Second Sunday in Easter
April 27, 2014
In preparing for worship, use the quiet time at the beginning of
the service to focus your attention on God. Prepare your
whole being, body, mind and spirit for honoring and praising
God!
One, that we may see the promise of Easter in the stirrings of
this precious earth and in the life energy flowing through our
bodies. Help us find faith to believe where we have not seen,
that others may see, in our living and our loving, the glory of
the risen Christ. Amen.
CHILDREN’S TIME
* Please stand as you are able
HYMN
PRELUDE, PROCESSIONAL AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRAISES AND PRAYERS AND LORD’S PRAYER
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
GREETING
L: Let us pray: Your Easter people gather to praise you,
amazing God. Continue to make your ways known to us. Fill
us with your presence. We cannot live apart from you. Your
counsel and instruction are with us day and night. We have
only to open ourselves to your direction. Inspire in us fullness
of joy, we pray, as we respond in faith to the risen Christ and
embrace the tasks you set before us. Build up our sense of
community that we may truly care for one another through all
life’s trials. Amen.
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
SCRIPTURE LESSON
Acts 2:14a, 22-32
MESSAGE OF HOPE FOR GOD’S PEOPLE
HYMN
Thine Is the Glory
*CALL TO WORSHIP
L: Come into God’s presence with joy.
P: In God, we have an inheritance that is imperishable.
L: Come into God’s presence with hope.
P: In Christ, we have an inheritance that cannot be
defiled.
L: Come into God’s presence with longing.
P: In the Spirit, we have an inheritance that never fades.
L: Come into God’s presence with love.
P: In God, we have an inheritance that brings new life.
TITHES AND OFFERINGS
*Doxology – UMH 95 & Prayer of Dedication
*OPENING HYMN
*THREE FOLD AMEN AND RECESSIONAL
Surely the Presence (2 times)
UMH 328
*OPENING PRAYER (UNISON)
God of signs and wonders, breathe new life into us this day
that our spirits may awaken to the joy and hope of our glorious
inheritance through the living Christ. Clear our vision, Holy
UMH 302
*CLOSING HYMN
He Rose
UMH 308
UMH 316
*DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING
L: We are sent forth in the power of Christ’s resurrection.
Alleluia! The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
ALL: Amen.
There are no strangers here, only friends we have not met. If
you are worshipping with us for the first time, WELCOME!!
We look forward to having you join us again!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS:
Apr 27 @ Parsonage – YOUTH GROUP – 4:30-6:00PM
Apr 28 @ Congress Hill – making hoagies 5:30PM
Apr 29 – Congress Hill Hoagies delivered
Apr 29 – Pastor Sue at Greenhills all day with DS
May 4 @ Parsonage – YOUTH GROUP – 4:30-6:00PM
May 13 @ Goshen – Ad Council – 7:00PM
May 15 @ Parsonage – SPRC – 7:00PM
May 18 @ Parsonage – YOUTH GROUP – 4:30-6:00PM
May 19 @ Shawville – Ad Council – 7:00PM
May 20 @ Congress Hill – Ad Council – 7:00PM
May 22 – Pastor Sue at Hollidaysburg all day w/Bishop
BULLETIN SPONSORS:
Congress Hill
Marlene Gramling in Memory of Parents
Shawville
Rose Rauch in Memory of Loved Ones
It’s not too late to be a BULLETIN SPONSOR! Signup sheets
are in the churches for bulletin sponsors throughout the year
as well as for serving as usher, acolyte, greeter and liturgist.
Your help in serving is greatly appreciated!
BOOK STUDY: Due to time issues with getting homework
done for Course of Study that is due before June 1st, Pastor
Sue needs to delay the upcoming book study until after school
is completed in August. Please accept my apologies for the
delay and know that as soon as school is done, we will get
back on track and join together once again for study and
reflection as well as laughter and fellowship!
The Greater Shawville Parish
Congress Hill 9AM Shawville 10AM Goshen 11:15AM
Phones: Parsonage 765-6325/ home 339-7481/cell 553-7846
Sue Arnold, Pastor
website: www.umcgsp.com
The Greater Shawville Parish
Welcomes You to Worship!!
Please come again…
SCRIPTURE PASSAGE – ACTS 2:14a, 22-32 (NLT)
14 Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles
and shouted to the crowd, 22 “People of Israel, listen! God
publicly endorsed Jesus the Nazarene[d] by doing powerful
miracles, wonders, and signs through him, as you well know.
23 But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged
plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help
of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him.
24 But God released him from the horrors of death and raised
him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip. 25
King David said this about him:
‘I see that the Lord is always with me.
I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
26 No wonder my heart is glad,
and my tongue shouts his praises!
My body rests in hope.
27 For you will not leave my soul among the dead[e]
or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.
28 You have shown me the way of life,
and you will fill me with the joy of your presence.’[f]
29 “Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the
patriarch David wasn’t referring to himself, for he died and
was buried, and his tomb is still here among us. 30 But he
was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath
that one of David’s own descendants would sit on his throne.
31 David was looking into the future and speaking of the
Messiah’s resurrection. He was saying that God would not
leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the
grave.
32 “God raised Jesus from the dead, and we are all witnesses
of this.
VBS COLLECTIONS FOR KITS/SHUT-IN BOXES – March
Congress Hill – Adult Toothbrushes – individually packaged
Shawville – 2” Pencil Sharpeners / 3oz bar soap – no Ivory
Goshen – Kids’ blunt scissors / unsharpened pencils (6 per kit
needed)
VBS COLLECTIONS FOR KITS/SHUT-IN BOXES – April
Congress Hill – Tissues, pocket size / 2 total boxes of BandAids regular size and color
Shawville – Chapstick / Sugar-Free candy or mints
Goshen – 24-count Crayons
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ALLPORT/BIGLER/WOODLAND WORK CAMP
June 22-27, 2014
Lake Street UM Church “Work Camp” program of the
Woodland Parish of the United Methodist Church
In June 2012, a week-long work camp was started where
volunteers locally as well as from all over Central PA make
small home repairs for homeowners in need in our area. In
each of these past two years, they were able to complete
twenty different projects. They are looking for volunteers to
commit to helping by physically working on projects, donating
money to help pay for lumber, paint, nails, etc.
Please see Pastor Sue for the volunteer form as well as how
to donate to this great “Volunteer In Mission” work right in our
own backyard.
YOUTH GROUP will be meeting APRIL 27th at the
Parsonage from 4:30-6:00PM. Pastor Kenny Leonard will be
sharing how to make Blue Bird Boxes.
Youth will be meeting May 4 and May 18 where Tom Condon
will be sharing about planting.
Please watch your bulletins for meetings that are scheduled.
Every week there is a list of meetings and events. If you are
on the committee that is meeting, please mark your calendars
and come to the meeting so we can all do the business of the
church – which it to make Disciples of Christ. Our efforts
matter!