Thank you for your gifts and cards during this time of celebration of our Savior’s birth. As we continue our ministry together, please keep us in your prayers as we continue to reach out to those around us. Thank you and God Bless, in His love,
- The staff of Christ United Methodist Church, Pastor Sandy, Marge, Amos, and Sue
Offering counters are needed for the third Sunday of each month. If you like to count money and can spare an hour or less after church, please contact Georgia Connelly, 532-7561.
E-TOUR:The Next Generation – February 1, 2014 –At Emmanuel UMC, Enola – 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Equip – Empower – Engage and Connect – A Susquehanna Conference event offering expanded day-long ministry track workshops centered around the mission of the local church. Various leaders and staff of Susquehanna Conference will offer workshops. Register online at where you can read full course descriptions. Or ask your pastor or church office to print the brochure for you. The cost of $5 includes lunch. We recommend this event for all of our Church leaders and teachers. If you can’t make it on this date, check out the other District’s dates on the website/brochure.
The Book Discussion group will meet on February 3 with lunch at 12:30 and the book discussion at 1:00. Please contact me (Marlene Hess at 532-8374 or ) if you are interested in joining our book club, and she will give you the information about where we will be meeting each month. The list of books are as follows:
Feb. - After the Rain by Karen White
March - The Memory of Love by Linda Olsson
Apr. - Those We Love Most by Lee Woodruff
If you know of anyone in need of transportation to or from Worship service please contact Steve VanDixon – 830-9510 or Bill Morgan – 532-7519. We will make every attempt to see that this is not an obstacle for anyone wishing to worship!
If you have a prayer request, you may call the prayer-chain, starting with Linda Miller, 532-8000.
Please remember the immediate and continued need for family size boxes of dry cereal for the families of our community. Place boxes in the bin marked King’s Kettle – Cereal. Thank you!
Prayer Requests
- Carl Blessing –cancer
- Leona Hartman –recovery physical rehab
- The family and friends ofBetty MacKenzie- our sympathy
- Helen Minor –surgery, hospitalization
- The family and friends of Fred Hockersmith – our sympathy
- Taylor Klose – eye surgery
- Gavin - surgery
Susquehanna Conference churches:
Elimsport UMC, Allenwood; Loysburg UMC, Loysburg; Roseglen UMC, Duncannon; Breezewood UMC, Breezewood; Centennial UMC, Trout Run; Oakdale UMC, Hunlock Creek; Freedom Avenue UMC, Burnham; Montandon UMC, Montandon; First UMC, Chambersburg; Roseville UMC, Mansfield
In an attempt to keep our prayer list up to date, persons and situations will be listed for three consecutive Sundays. If you wish to continue the listing after this, simply call the church office and request the prayer listing continue. Thank you.
Nursery care is available during worship service for children under the age of 5. If you have a young child and would like to take advantage of our nursery care please do not hesitate to contact one of the greeters or any of the ushers before or even during the worship service.
Our church greatly appreciates the generosity of M & T Bank and Orrstown Bank for allowing us the use of their parking lots during our worship services. There will be four designated parking spots in the M&T parking lot on Sunday mornings; two are for handicap parking and two for visitor parking. Overflow parking is available in the Orrstown Bank parking lot.
TOTES FOR TOTS: If you have a baby or toddler with you during worship this morning, our ushers will be happy to give you a tote filled with toys/books for children ages 0-5. At the end of the service, just leave the bag on your pew, and we'll take care of it. If your little one would like to take something with him/her from the tote bag, let it be our gift to you! We're so glad to have the children at worship with us!
This Week with Christ!
(Please note that all meetings will be held at Christ United Methodist Church unless otherwise indicated)
Sunday, January 12
8:30 AMWorship Service
9:30 AMSunday School
10:30 AMWorship Service
Monday, January 13
6:00 PMHospitality Committee
6:30 PMOutreach Committee
7:00 PMMinistry & Nurture Committee
Wednesday, January 15
10:00 AMYarnspinners
6:00 PMHandbell Choir Rehearsal (please check with Dorina before attending)
Thursday, January 16
7:00 PMBible Study
Saturday, January 18
9:00 AMClothing Bank with Breakfast
Sunday, January 19 Human Relations Day
8:30 AMWorship Service
9:30 AMSunday School
10:30 AMWorship Service
Newsletter Items Due
Find us on Facebook by going to Christ United Methodist Church, Shippensburg, PA. There are scripture lessons with a discussion question you can just think about or you can start a dialogue with other people. Information is being added all the time, so check it out and “like” us. Our website continues at where the “Good News” can be viewed as well as other information about our church family.
CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
January 12, 2014
“A place where visitors become friends.”
Welcome to Christ United Methodist Church! We especially greet those who are worshiping with us for the first time and rejoice that you have chosen to spend this special time with God and us. Feel free to secure a maroon colored information packet about Christ Church found near each door. As God leads, we welcome you to become an active participant with us!! If you desire to speak with our pastor, please contact the church office.
Who’s in the pew? Welcome pads are located near the end of each pew. Its purpose is to note your presence with us and to help you greet those near you. If we do not have your contact information, we would be most pleased to receive it. Thanks for your cooperation as we endeavor to welcome everyone with love and peace.
Special sound enhancement devices for those with an auditory deficiency are available at the sound table in the rear of the sanctuary.
Prayer request cards are available in the red pew Bibles. Please look for an usher to collect the card during the first hymn with your special prayer request. Keep in mind that only cards that have been checked for sharing will be mentioned aloud during service and included in bulletins.
The Yarn Spinnerswill meet on the Wednesday, January 15 at 10:00am in the church library. Anyone who knits or crochets is welcome.
John Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life is a six-week study on John Wesley, the major themes of his theology, the spread of Wesleyanism to North America, and renewal in the Wesleyan tradition. Author, Charles Yrigoyen, Jr., a retired clergy member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference has been a local church pastor, college teacher and chaplain, and for twenty-four years the General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and history. He has taught at five theological seminaries and has written or edited eight books and numerous articles.This study will be offered on Thursday evenings beginning January 16. Please sign up, so we can order books accordingly.
For those desiring to have offering envelopes for the upcoming 2014 year, please pick them up on the table in Hollar Hall. Thank you.
Due to the possibility of inclement weather if there is an early school dismissal or closing all activities for that evening are cancelled and the church may be closed, please call ahead. If there is inclement weather on a Sunday morning you may call the church and receive a cancellation the message, if there is one, from the answering machine.
* Indicates the congregation should please stand as each person is comfortable.
wwwUMH – United Methodist Hymnal (blue hymnal) TFWS – The Faith We Sing (black hymnal)
HB – Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) NT – New Testament
WE GATHER FOR PRAYER AND TO PRAISE GOD
GREETING, WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THE LIGHT OF CHRIST
CALL TO WORSHIP (responsively)
We worship Christ as the Lamb of God, for he takes away the sin of the world.
We worship Christ as the eternal Word, for he embodies the nature and will of the Father.
We worship Christ as the Light of the World, for he reveals the way to Life Eternal.
Come, let us worship him.
OPENING PRAYER
PSALTER Psalm 29 No. 761 UMH
WE CONFESS OUR SINS AND ACCEPT GOD’S PARDON
PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
O Lord, our Heavenly Father, as we think upon your Son’s baptism we recall the vows made on our behalf or that we ourselves made at the time of our baptism. We confess that contrary to those promises we have not always resisted evil, injustice, and oppression; nor have we put our whole trust in your grace. Forgive us, we pray, and strengthen our resolve to serve you as our Lord, all of our days. Amen.
TIME OF SILENT REFLECTION & CONFESSION AND WORDS OF ASSURANCE
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD PROCLAIMED
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Isaiah 42:1-9
NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Matthew 3:13-17
(Response: L: This is the Word of God for the people of God! P: Thanks be to God!)
SHARING GOD’S WORD
WE RESPOND TO GOD’S CALL
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH No. 881 UMH
PERSONAL SILENT PRAYER, PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
OFFERTORY: THE GIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
* OFFERTORY PRAYER (in unison)
O Lord, as we personally need the Holy Spirit to be effective in our Christian life and witness, so we also need your Holy Spirit’s power to give vitality to these gifts. By your divine energy may these offerings of money become translated into a dynamic experience of your concern and love. Amen.
WE DEPART TO SERVE GOD IN THE WORLD
* CLOSING HYMN “I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry” v. 1, 6, 7 No. 2051 TFWS
" I was there to hear your borning cry, I'll be there when you are old.
I rejoiced the day you were baptized, to see your life unfold.
When the evening gently closes in and you shut your weary eyes,
I'll be there as I have always been with just one more surprise.
"I was there to hear your borning cry, I'll be there when you are old,
I rejoiced the day you were baptized, to see your life unfold "
* BENEDICTION
(Please be sure to greet others and offer the peace of Christ before leaving!)
* Indicates the congregation should please stand as each person is comfortable.
wwwUMH – United Methodist Hymnal (blue hymnal) TFWS – The Faith We Sing (black hymnal)
HB – Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) NT – New Testament
WE GATHER FOR PRAYER AND TO PRAISE GOD
CHIMING THE HOUR OF WORSHIP, WELCOME, AND THE LIGHT OF CHRIST
PRELUDE Chorale Prelude on “St. Bernard” Powell
* INVITATION TO GOD “Meet Us Here” (on screen)
* OPENING PRAYER
* OPENING HYMN “Gather Us In” No. 2236 TFWS
* CALL TO WORSHIP (responsively)
We worship Christ as the Lamb of God, for he takes away the sin of the world.
We worship Christ as the eternal Word, for he embodies the nature and will of the Father.
We worship Christ as the Light of the World, for he reveals the way to Life Eternal.
Come, let us worship him.
WE CONFESS OUR SINS AND ACCEPT GOD’S PARDON
PRAYER OF CONFESSION (in unison)
O Lord, our Heavenly Father, as we think upon your Son’s baptism we recall the vows made on our behalf or that we ourselves made at the time of our baptism. We confess that contrary to those promises we have not always resisted evil, injustice, and oppression; nor have we put our whole trust in your grace. Forgive us, we pray, and strengthen our resolve to serve you as our Lord, all of our days. Amen.
TIME OF SILENT REFLECTION & CONFESSION AND WORDS OF ASSURANCE
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD PROCLAIMED
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Isaiah 42:1-9
*HYMN “Cry of My Heart” No. 2165 TFWS
NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Matthew 3:13-17
(Response: L: This is the Word of God for the people of God! P: Thanks be to God!)
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
SHARING GOD’S WORD
HOLY BAPTISM & RECEPTION INTO THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Dwight Neff
WE RESPOND TO GOD’S CALL
* RESPONSE HYMN “Spirit Song” No. 347UMH
PERSONAL SILENT PRAYER, PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH
OFFERTORY: THE GIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY “Peace Descends” Smith
* MUSICAL RESPONSE “Give Thanks” No. 2036 TFWS
Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One, give thanks because he’s given Jesus Christ his son. And now let the weak say, “I am strong”; let the poor say, “I am rich because of what the Lord has done for us.” Give thanks! Give thanks!
* OFFERTORY PRAYER (in unison)
O Lord, as we personally need the Holy Spirit to be effective in our Christian life and witness, so we also need your Holy Spirit’s power to give vitality to these gifts. By your divine energy may these offerings of money become translated into a dynamic experience of your concern and love. Amen.
WE DEPART TO SERVE GOD IN THE WORLD
* CLOSING HYMN “I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry” No. 2051 TFWS
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “Chorale Postlude” J. S. Bach
(Please be sure to greet others and offer the peace of Christ before leaving!)
CHURCH STAFF
Pastor: Sandy Kraft
Telephone: 717-532-4786
Email:
Pastor’s Office Hours: Mon. – Fri. 9 AM-Noon
Secretary: Susan Hallett
Custodian: Amos Neil
Organist: Marge Young
Handbell Choir Director: Dorina Saul
Church Office Hours: Mon. – Fri. 9 AM – 12 Noon
Email: Website:
Sunday School – 9:30 AM Worship Celebration – 8:30 and 10:30 AM
Vision: To be inspired by God’s love to serve everyone.
Mission: To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.