Welcome Visitors…The Road UMC is the place to be! St. Mary`s
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Welcome Visitors…The Road UMC is the place to be! St. Mary`s
Thought for the Month "We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice." -Carter Woodson Sun 1 B/P, Diabetes and Cholesterol screenings Children’s Church @ 10:00 a.m. Heritage Sunday Rehearsal @ 9:00 a.m. (Choir Room) 8 UMW Mtg. after worship service Heritage Sunday Rehearsal @ 9:00 a.m. (Choir Room) 15 Mon 2 Worship Mtg. @ 6:30 p.m. Trustee Meeting @ 6:30 p.m. 9 Finance Mtg. @ 6:00 p.m. Married Couples @ 6:30 p.m. 16 ~ February 2015 ~ Tue Wed Thu 3 4 5 10 17 B/P, Diabetes President’s Lay Ministry and Day Mtg. Cholesterol @ 6:00 p.m. screenings Rock Ministry @ 11:30 a.m. Children’s Anniversary Church @ 10:00 a.m. Mtg. @ 6:00 p.m. Heritage Sunday Rehearsal @ 9:00 a.m. (Choir Room) 22 Heritage Sunday Bible Study @ 12:00 p.m. Children/ Youth Choir @ 6:00 p.m. Prayer Ministry @ 6:15 p.m. Unity Choir @ 7:00 p.m. Zumba @ 5:30 p.m. Bible Study @ 6:00 p.m. 11 12 Bible Study @ 12:00 p.m. Children/ Youth Choir @ 6:00 p.m. Kids Night Out @ 6:00 p.m. Prayer Ministry @ 6:15 p.m. Unity Choir @ 7:00 p.m. 18 Children/ Youth Choir @ 6:00 p.m. 6 Sat 7 Boy Scout Mtg. @ 10:00 a.m. Loving God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength and loving neighbor as thyself Zumba @ 5:30 p.m. Bible Study @ 6:00 p.m. SPRC Mtg. @ 6:00 p.m. 13 14 UMM Mtg. @ 8:30 a.m. 19 Zumba @ 5:30 p.m. Bible Study @ 6:00 p.m. Ash Wednesday Breakfast Ministry Open Service House @ South Columbus @ 6:30 p.m. UMC @ 7:00 p.m. 26 Council Meeting @ 6:30 p.m. Pro-Active Team Mtg. @ 6:00 p.m. Church Anniversary Mtg. @ 6:00 p.m. Technology Mtg. @ 6:30-7:30 p.m. Bible Study @ 12:00 p.m. Children/ Youth Choir @ 6:00 p.m. Kids Night Out @ 6:00 p.m. Prayer Ministry @ 6:15 p.m. Unity Choir @ 7:00 p.m. Zumba @ 5:30 p.m. Bible Study @ 6:00 p.m. UMW Mtg. @ 6:00 p.m. Roy Sumlin Jr. 3993 St. Mary’s Road, Columbus, GA 31907 Office: (706) 689-8707 Fax: (706) 687-6944 www.theroadumc.org Sunday, February 22, 2015 Rev. Dr. L.K. Pendleton Living a life that is Christ-centered and biblically oriented. Learning to be a disciple of Jesus Christ as we live counter to the culture following wholeheartedly after God in a broken world. Leading others to experience God; being light in darkness and salt in a decaying environment. 20 21 Boy Scout Mtg. @ 10:00 a.m. Safe Newsletter Sanctuaries Deadline Training @ 10:00 a.m. Children’s Food Box Rehearsal for Deadline Heritage Sunday @ 11:15 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 27 28 Food Box Pick Up Trustees on Call ***Vital Signs for February 2015*** for February A: Attendance B: Offering (706) 984-3236 “A Christ-centered church, where we are, loving, living, learning, and leading in the kingdom of God!” Come during the Invitation to Discipleship 25 (706) 536-8508 St. Mary’s Road United Methodist Church If you would like to enter into fellowship with The ROAD UMC… 24 Sheila Woodbury The mission of The Road UMC is to become a community of believers committed to helping all people to personally know Jesus Christ by delivering a biblically based teaching and preaching of the gospel to those saved and seeking Christ and thereby developing disciples, families and communities through the power of the Holy Spirit. If you are new to our community and looking for a church home or desire to explore your spirituality, please consider us. At The ROAD, we are engaged in the L4 experience: 23 Dinner following worship service Fri Welcome Visitors…The Road UMC is the place to be! Week 1: 258 Week 2: 244 Week 3: 225 Week 4: $15,214.40 $10,295.90 $7,175.40 $ TOTAL RECEIVED: TOTAL NEEDED: $32,685.70 $50,000.00 See our pastor or a member after church Call the church office and schedule an appointment to speak with the pastor Email us at [email protected] See one of our greeters or ministers after the worship service This is the working church! The lazy church is down the street! James R. King, Jr., Resident Bishop Rev. Dr. Buddy Cooper, D.S. Cynthia Williams, Lay Leader Willie Belfield, Associate Lay Leader The SMRUMC Staff Shea Ellis, Receptionist Jacqueline McCall, Administrative Assistant Jacquelyn Egins, Director of Music Debra Alexander, Youth Musician [email protected] F/B: The ROAD UMC Pastor’s Office Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Tuesday – Thursday (and by appointment) Email: [email protected] Telephone Number: (706) 221-7643 “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9 Our Time of Worship Celebrating African American Heritage Sunday “Imagine Me” 1st Sunday in Lent THE GATHERING Lighting of the Candles *Song of Praise Acolytes Children/Youth Choir “Siyahamba” *Call to Worship Leader: Beautiful are the WORKS of God! People: Beautiful also are the SKINS of my people! Leader: Beautiful is the MIND of God! People: Beautiful also are the HOPES of my people Leader: Beautiful is the HEART of God! People: Beautiful also are the SOULS of my people Leader: God made the heavens and the earth! People: And my people built the pyramids and the world’s first civilizations! Leader: God made the Seven Seas! People: And my people were the first to sail them! Leader: God made us; and God made all nations which dwell on the face of the earth! People: It is He that hath made us and not we ourselves! Leader: With His blood He saved us. By His power, He has raised us! People: To God be the glory for the things He has done. Leader: And always remember, my Father’s children, that God is good! ALL: All the TIME! This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes! “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” “This Little Light Of Mine” Hymn of Praise *Invocation Choral Response Congregation Sarah Christine White Congregation “Kum Ba Yah” News in the Pews Three theological principles that direct our path around finance. The Communications/Technology Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in the church library. The topic of the meeting will be Audio Training Plan. Please come ready to provide input. Boy Scouts Recognition Dinner: St. Mary’s Road family, you are cordially invited to the Muskogee District Boy Scouts of America volunteer recognition dinner to be held on February 26, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $15 per person and the registration deadline is February 15, 2015. Scoutmaster Harold Claytor will be receiving an award. For those who would like to attend, checks should be made payable to Boy Scouts of America Troop # 238. For more information contact Mr. James Darty at (706) 570-9502. 2015 Open Door Classic Walk and 5k Run will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2015. You may learn more about the race and register online or download the application at the Open Door Website at: http://joinus.opendoorcommunityhouse.org/site/TR/Events/General?fr_id=1040&pg= entry Women’s Day Service will be held on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at our 10:00 a.m. worship service. The theme of the 2015 Women’s Day is “Welcomed by God, Welcoming All,” 1 Peter 4:9-10. Please be sure you wear your purple and pearls. Usher Meeting: There will be a mandatory Usher Meeting after worship service on Sunday, March 8, 2015. This meeting will be brief so please make arrangements to attend. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Donald Stinson or Mrs. Andrea Taiste. The Road, South Columbus and M.L. Harris UM Churches will hold joint worship services during the Lenten Season. The schedule is as follows: Maundy Thursday Service, Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at M.L. Harris UMC, Good Friday Service, Friday, April 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary's Road UMC. Coming Soon!!! Stay tuned for more exciting details about our 59th Church Anniversary, April 26, 2015, "On The Road To Sixty." Don’t forget to deposit your change in the Faith Well located in the lobby next to the kiosk, each week before or after service. This money will be used to fund our Sunday Breakfast Ministry! 24/7-365 Prayer Request/Praise Report is now available online. ONE: WE ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST A TITHING COMMUNITY. Color: Purple (Time of Prayer and Meditation) The Faith of Finance 22 Set apart a tithe of all the yield of your seed that is brought in yearly from the field. 23 In the presence of the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose as a dwelling for his name, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, your wine, and your oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, so that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.(Deuteronomy 14:22-23, NRSV) TWO: WE WORSHIP A LIVING LORD WHO DEFINES VALUE AND ETHICS, NOT MONEY. 6 Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; 7 for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; 8 but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains. (1 Timothy 6:6-10, NRSV) THREE: WE DO NOT OPERATE LIKE A BUSINESS, BUT AS THE COUNTER-CULTURAL COMMUNITY OF CHRIST. 18 And others are those sown among the thorns: these are the ones who hear the word, 19 but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing. 20 And these are the ones sown on the good soil: they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold. (Mark 4:18-20, NRSV) Amount Historical Voices From The Community MLK Reflection: From A Birmingham Jail “America” Worship Through Song MLK Reflection: From A Birmingham Jail Prayer for the Village Community Worship Through Giving MLK Elementary School 5 Year Goal $1,000,000.00 Amari Conwell 1 Year Goal $200,000.00 Pledged $303,770.00 Children/Youth Choir Tiffani White Roy Sumlin Jr. Processional Contributed $23,933.00 Community Community Blessing “Black Butterfly” Sounds of Blackness Please join us for Lunch in the Fellowship Hall! Like us on Facebook at The Road UMC! Visit our Website @ www.theroadumc.org SMRUMC – MORTGAGE PLEDGE Parish Notices/Welcome and Recognition of Visitors Worship Through Song Please remember to silence cell phones and personal communication devices during our morning worship. Thank you! Need 200 paying units for 5 years at $1,000.00 per year. Pledging Units YTD: 79 Pledging Units Needed: 121 Lectionary Readings, Week of February 22, 2015 Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-10 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 Prayer Warrior On-Call for the Month of February Ms. Sheila Woodbury (706) 536-8508 Prayer Concerns Harold Claytor Jeannye Dudley Emily Walker 926 Celia Drive, Columbus, GA (07) 3039 Four Oaks Drive, Atlanta, GA 30360 5339 Rockwell Court, Columbus, GA (07) (706) 563-6499 (770) 399-6340 (706) 689-7510 Christ in our Homes, Christ in our Church, Christ in our Community, Christ in Us! Call the church office to notify the staff of any known Prayer Request or you may enter your Prayer Request on our website, www.theroadumc.org.