ANNOUNCEMENTS
MESSAGE FROM BRO. EARL: There’s a lot of stuff I want to say that I don’t have time to say on Sunday! There
is a whole other level of depth and growth that can’t be reached in a couple of hours per week. So, I started a
blog called “Hey Preacher!” Just go to https://heypreacher.wordpress.com. Check it out!
Earl
CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS: If you did not pick up your Contribution Statement last Sunday, please do so
today at the Church Office after Morning Worship. The savings in postage will be appreciated.
CHURCH DIRECTORY, 2015: Cornerstone Imaging shipped our new Church Directories on 7/8/15; they should
arrive here early next week. Cornerstone provided a directory for all families who had a portrait made by
Cornerstone. In addition, they are providing an “overage allowance” of directories for distribution to “future
members.” To the extent that we are able, we will provide some of the “overage allowance” to those in our
congregation who did not have a portrait made by Cornerstone, but provided their picture for the directory.
Cornerstone complimentary portraits of 16 families who only wanted an 8x10 are available in the church office.
METHODIST MEN’S BREAKFAST is next Sunday, July 19, at 7:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall.
“BAGS of BLESSINGS”: Please see Ms. Elizabeth if you would like to join the “Bags of Blessings” Team. This
Community Back-to-School event is August 2nd at the Winfield Track Field next to the Elementary School. Each
elementary child who attends will receive a bag of school supplies, sponsored by the Winfield-area churches.
“PENCIL IN” ON YOUR CALENDARS:
 November 22, Community Thanksgiving Service at our church.
AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR: The AED Monitor at our Church is ready to use in the event of a
cardiac arrest. The AED is in clear view in the hallway near the Church office for easy access. For further
information, contact Hilda Smith at 205-275-4432.
Email DISTRIBUTION TO CONGREGATION: If you advise us of your email address, we will add you to our
distribution for interim event announcements, minutes of meetings, etc.. You may send your information to our
church office email address: info@winfieldfumc.com.
ACOLYTES:
 07/12/15 – Daisy Brown & Hayden Brown
 07/19/15 – Seth Birdsong & Kaden Williamson
USHERS FOR JULY: Russell Carothers, Anthony McCaleb, Nick Smith, Ralph Wirth.
USHERS -- REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS: We need volunteers for August and September. We welcome any of
our ladies and men who would volunteer to join the pool of ushers. Please contact me as to which month will
work for you for your service. Thanks so much – Bill Belle Isle at 487-2405 or info@winfieldfumc.com.
Pastor and Staff
Wednesday Night Set-Up
Rev. Earl Freeman, Pastor
Suspended: July
Bill Belle Isle, Admin. Assistant
Suspended: July
Elizabeth Anderson, Children’s Director Suspended: July
Kara Williamson, Youth Director
Aug 05: Jack & Hermi Russell
Betty Lawrence, Nursery
Aug 12: Mary Bostick & Pat Rodgers
Leah Ann Bowling, Nursery
Musicians
Laura Boswell, Music Director
Carol Dickinson, Organist
Amanda Anderson, Pianist
Anthony McCaleb, Praise Band
The North Alabama
Conference of the
United
Methodist
Church seeks to be a
community of spiritual
leaders empowering
life-giving
congregations for the
transformation of the
world.
We at First United
Methodist of Winfield
seek to join that
mission by loving God
with: “all our heart
and all our soul” by
focusing
on
the
spiritual quality of
everything
from
business meetings to
Bible studies; “all our
strength” by engaging
as fully as possible in
the work of Habitat for
Humanity in Marion
County; and “all our
mind” through special
church-wide
studies
throughout the year.
We will then use our
transformed lives to
help transform the
lives of others.
Winfield First United
Methodist Church
835 Bankhead Hwy * PO Box 387 * Winfield, AL 35594
Church: 487-2405 * Website: winfieldfumc.com
Pastor’s Cell: 205-393-2232
Pastor’s Email: earl.freeman@umcna.org
Rev. Earl Freeman
July 12, 2015
Ephesians 1:3-14
3 Bless the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He has blessed us in Christ with
every spiritual blessing that comes from heaven. 4 God chose us in Christ to be holy
and blameless in God's presence before the creation of the world. 5 God destined
us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ because of his love. This was
according to his goodwill and plan 6 and to honor his glorious grace that he has
given to us freely through the Son whom he loves. 7 We have been ransomed
through his Son's blood, and we have forgiveness for our failures based on his
overflowing grace, 8 which he poured over us with wisdom and understanding. 9
God revealed his hidden design to us, which is according to his goodwill and the plan
that he intended to accomplish through his Son. 10 This is what God planned for the
climax of all times: to bring all things together in Christ, the things in heaven along
with the things on earth. 11 We have also received an inheritance in Christ. We
were destined by the plan of God, who accomplishes everything according to his
design. 12 We are called to be an honor to God's glory because we were the first to
hope in Christ. 13 You too heard the word of truth in Christ, which is the good news
of your salvation. You were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit because you
believed in Christ. 14 The Holy Spirit is the down payment on our inheritance, which
is applied toward our redemption as God's own people, resulting in the honor of
God's glory.
Sunday Schedule
9:45 am Sunday School
11:00 am Worship
4:45 pm NO Bible Study, Pre-K – 6th for July
6:00 pm Evening Worship
Weekday Schedule
Wed: 5:30 pm NO Dinners for July
Wed: 6:00 pm The Point, 7th -12th grade
Wed: 6:15 pm Little Mustard Seeds, Pre-K - 4th Grade
Wed: 6:15 pm Bible Study (all ages)
We want to WELCOME YOU to Winfield First United Methodist Church. If you are a visitor, please fill
out ALL the information in the Red Book at the end of each row, so that we may be able to serve you
better. Members, please make sure to write your name in the Redbook each week so we may have a
more accurate attendance.
Winfield First United Methodist Church
July 12, 2015
Prelude (Silent Prayer)
“How Great Thou Art” -- Arrg. Anderson
Call to Worship
Amanda
“Christ Beside Me” (FWS #2166)
Choir
“Hymn of Promise” (vs. 1,2,3)
#707
Welcome and Announcements
Invocation
* Hymn
* Affirmation of Faith
#881
Children’s Time
Offertory
Elizabeth Anderson
“Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty” – Arrg. Anderson
Amanda
* Doxology
* Hymn
“Blessed Assurance” (vs. 1,3)
#369
Pastoral Prayer; Lord’s Prayer
Anthem
“Take My Life, and Let It Be”
Scripture
Ephesians 1:3-14
Diamond
PRAYER REQUESTS: (This list is updated weekly. To continue to keep someone on this list, please use
the Prayer Sheets located with the offering envelopes weekly. You may place it in the offering plate,
bring it by the office, or give it to Rev. Earl Freeman at anytime.): Nell Attaway; Beth Mason (sister
of Lynn Crook); Daphne West Stanford; James Lee Archer; Mark Bryant; Shelia Adams; Andrew
Walker; Slade Gilmer; Alice Robertson; Jessie Williamson (Chris Williamson’s father); Sonny Johnson,
nephew of Peggy Gilmer; Stephanie Mansfield; Jeremy Fikes, son of Pam Brasher; Larry Wirth; Jerry
Russell (brother of Jack Russell) and Donna Dunn (daughter of Jack & Hermi), who will be caring for
him; Jerry Brasher; Alan Barber; Jeremy Moore; Debbie Posey, hospitalized; Jan Youngblood; Tony
Williams; Harold McDonald; Larry Hunter; David Box (son of Rev. C.W. Box); Kris & Dylan Sce; Jerry
Jenkins; Mark & Jessica Burleson; Kathrin Mueller, having surgery to remove a brain tumor; Rebecca
Adkins; Larry Alexander; Sarah & Nick Lucas; Ramona Lawrence; Jeremiah Warren; Benny Spann;
Angela Engler; Kim Aldridge (daughter of Wayne & Chris Garrett); Bobby Crossley (father of coworker
of Diana Reaves); Sheila Kilgore; Teresa Paschall, for complete recovery from surgery and Sandra
Mozingo, for upcoming back surgery (sisters of Deborah Tidwell); Flo Cunningham; Johnnie Webb;
Douglas Stanford (uncle of Sandy Anderson); Barbara Farris (request of Peggy Gilmer); Greg Maddox;
Christine Garrett; Kim Galbraith; Randy Channel; the successful completion of the Habitat for
Humanity house being constructed for the Brown family; Jamie Griffin with cancer (daughter of 1st
cousin of Jack Russell); Preston & Jamie Smith with injuries; Larry Carmichael (father of Hill
Carmichael, son-in-law of Carol Dickinson; the families and friends of the nine parishioners executed
during their Bible study at church in Charleston, SC.; Olivia Atkinson for her trip to Sweden.
OUR KNOWN SICK (Pray for): Junior Bostick; Faye Guin; David Keeton; Margaret McLaughlin; Rose
Byrd; Mary Franks; Jim Lewis; Lois Gilstrap; Amanda Carothers South; Sue Perry; Christine Prater,
recovering from surgery after breaking her hip; Faith Williams, hospitalized in Birmingham and
recovering from open heart surgery; Christine Garrett, hospitalized in Winfield.
(CIA) CHILDREN IN ACTION & IGNITE: NO Sunday afternoon Bible Study.
Sermon
* Hymn
Rev. Earl Freeman
“Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling” (vs. 1,4)
Benediction
Choral Benediction
*Please Stand
SUNDAY NIGHT WORSHIP:
#348
Rev. Earl Freeman
“People Need the Lord” (FWS # 2244)
Choir
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY: “Making Sense of the Bible: Violence and Suffering”
SUNDAY WORSHIP, SCRIPTURE & SERMONS after TODAY:
MORNING
EVENING
July 19: Ephesians 2:11-22, “___________________”
July 26: Ray Alexander preaching, “___________________”