Our Church Staff
Servants of Love & Joy ...... Each Member of JC FUMC
Rio Texas Conference Bishop Robert Schnase
Hill Country District Superintendent Rev. John Wright
Pastor Rev. Lee Romero
Pastor Emeritus Rev. Bill Wiemers
Pastor Emeritus Rev. George Joehnk
Education Director Ronnie Birck
Youth Director. Carrie Anders
Church Secretary Angela Bacon
Financial Secretary Elaine Swiss, Carol Willis
Treasurer Carol Schlachter
Lay Leader James Sultemeier
Nursery Attendants Savanna Sultemeier, Dorothy Deal
Music Director Wendy Sultemeier
Pianist Sandra Danz
Praise Team Bryan Anders, Doug Smith & Darlene Young
8:30 Usher James Deal
10:50 Usher Paul Watt
The nursery is available during Worship Services and Sunday
school for pre-school children and babies. We love to have our
older children in worship.
Opportunities for Serving Christ
Sunday – August 27th
8:30 & 10:50 am Worship Services Sanctuary
9:40 – 10:30 am Christian Ed Classes
4:00 pm HS Youth – Back to School Party Activity Center
Monday – August 28th
9:30 am Exercise Fellowship Hall
Tuesday – August 29th
9:00 am Games Fellowship Hall
Wednesday – August 30th
9:30 am Exercise Fellowship Hall
5:00 am Children’s - Back to School Party Activity Center
6:30 pm MS Youth – Back to School Party Activity Center
6:30 pm Choir Activity Center
Thursday – August 31st
Friday – September 1st
9:30 am Exercise Fellowship Hall
7:00 pm Game Night First Baptist Church
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Our Wesley Nurse Cindy Leonard
Hours are Monday through Thursday 7am-12pm & 1pm–6pm, Friday off
Her number is 512-771-8783 E-mail:
The office is open
9-12 and 1-4 Monday through Thursday
If something is needed when the office is closed you may call:
Pastor Lee on his cell @ 361-205-5421
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Happy Anniversary!
George & Sheila Barnette, August 27
Happy Birthday!
Jan Garrett August, 28
Jimmy Youdan August, 28
Cooper Schnitz August, 30
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES
FELLOWSHIP – led by Bill & Elaine Swiss. The class will be studying Rob Fuquay’s “Take the Flag: Following God’s Signals in the Race of Your Life”. New members and visitors are welcome to join in. The class meets in Fellow Ship Hall, located near the Sanctuary.
JOHN WESLEY – led by Barbara Hudson. We begin a new series of lessons based on the book of Habakkuk in OT and a book by Heather Zempel entitled "Amazed and Confused". We will be exploring what happens in our lives when God's actions collide with our expectations. If you are not attending a class, please join the John Wesley class as we dig deeper into God's word.
NOMADS’ – Nomads class will be watching and studying a 9 session series by Anne Graham Lotz titled “Expecting to see Jesus”. Based on Anne’s book and Bible study “I Saw the Lord”, this study will feature a new message delivered from the Mount of Olives. Anne will give us a wake-up call using the signs of Jesus’ return. Everyone is welcome to join this study. We meet in the middle room across from the church office.
SEEKERS – The Seekers class is studying "God is Good” He is Better Than You Think by Bill Johnson. All are invited to join.
YOUTH – Join us in the Youth room as we complete a 4 week study on true friendships vs “likes” and what the bible tells us about how to be a friend. Snack, lesson & discussion provided. All 6th—12th graders are invited.
CHILDREN – The curriculum used for Nursery, PreK-5th Grade is “Planting Faith, Growing Faith”. All classrooms are accessed from the hallway by the church office.
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FUMC Youth Groups kicks off a new school year with Luau themed Back to School Parties. Students and their parents are invited to dress in their best Hawaiian attire for an informational meeting, themed games, plus dinner in the Activity Building of FUMC JC.
HSY(9th-12th grade students) is Sunday, August 27, 4-6pm
MSY (6th-8th grade students) is Wednesday, August 30,6:30-8pm
Please RSVP to attend so we know how many to expect for dinner.
Carrie Anders, Youth Director #210-240-6019,
August 27, 2017
12th Sunday after Pentecost
“A PLACE TO GROW IN CHRISTIAN LOVE”
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
105 N. LBJ DR.
PO BOX 207
JOHNSON CITY, TX 78636
830-868-7414
Website: www.fumcjctx.org
First Awakening
Contemporary Worship Service
8:30 a.m.
“You Are the Body of Christ Raised”
Announcements
Opening Prayer
Passing of the Peace
Songs of Praise / Centering
Blessing of Backpacks
Joys & Concerns
Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer – All
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those
Who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen
Offering
Children’s Choir
Scripture Romans 12:1-8
Sermon “All Are Important”
Song of Reflection
Benediction
Closing Song
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“This worship service is over – your service to God begins.”
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Our Mission Statement
The mission of the Congregation of the First United Methodist Church is to continue to be a committed fellowship of disciples sharing the love of God through Jesus Christ and furnishing a place of Christian worship, programs, services and facilities for its members and the people of the Johnson City area.
Teddy Bear Ministry
You are invited to hold a bear during joys and concerns and then take it and give it to someone who needs a word of encouragement, healing, or up-lifting.
Traditional Service
10:50 a.m.
“Do no harm. Do good. Stay in love with God.” John Wesley
Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors
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Announcements
Passing of the Peace
Opening Hymn Children’s Choir
Call to Worship BOW #456
Leader: Almighty God, through your only Son you overcame death
All: and opened to us the gate of everlasting life.
Leader: Grant that we who celebrate our Lord's resurrection, by the renewing
of your Spirit,
All: arise from the death of sin to the life of righteousness; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(GELASIAN SACRAMENTARY, 5TH CENT., ALT.)
Hymn of Praise “Amazing Grace” UMH #378
Prayer of Confession BOW #482
Lord Jesus Christ, you are the way of peace.
Come into the brokenness of our lives and our land with your healing love.
Help us to be willing to bow before you in true repentance, and to bow to one another in real forgiveness.
By the fire of your Holy Spirit, melt our hard hearts and consume the pride and prejudice which separate us.
Fill us, O Lord, with your perfect love, which casts out our fear, and bind us together in that unity which you share with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(CECIL KERR, NORTHERN IRELAND, 20TH CENT.)
(A Time of Quiet Reflection)
Words of Assurance
May the almighty and merciful Lord grant us remission of all our sins, true repentance, amendment of life, and the grace and consolation of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, U.S.A.)
Affirmation of Faith UMH #881
Blessing of Backpacks
Joys and Concerns
Lord’s Prayer (see prayer in 8:30 Service Order of Worship)
(You are invited, if you would like, to hold your neighbors hand during the Lord’s Prayer.)
Offering/Doxology
Anthem
Old Testament Reading Psalm 124
Hymn of Preparation “Forward Through the Ages” UMH #555
Scripture Romans 12:1-8
Sermon “All Are Important”
Dedication Hymn “Take My Life, and Let It Be” UMH #399
Benediction
Sending Forth “Rock of Ages” UMH #361
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“This worship service is over – your service to God begins.”
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Today’s Scripture
(CEB)
Romans 12:1-8
1 So, brothers and sisters, because of God’s mercies, I encourage you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice that is holy and pleasing to God. This is your appropriate priestly service. 2Don’t be conformed to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you can figure out what God’s will is—what is good and pleasing and mature.
3Because of the grace that God gave me, I can say to each one of you: don’t think of yourself more highly than you ought to think. Instead, be reasonable since God has measured out a portion of faith to each one of you. 4We have many parts in one body, but the parts don’t all have the same function. 5In the same way, though there are many of us, we are one body in Christ, and individually we belong to each other. 6We have different gifts that are consistent with God’s grace that has been given to us. If your gift is prophecy, you should prophesy in proportion to your faith. 7If your gift is service, devote yourself to serving. If your gift is teaching, devote yourself to teaching. 8If your gift is encouragement, devote yourself to encouraging. The one giving should do it with no strings attached. The leader should lead with passion. The one showing mercy should be cheerful.