Miramar United Methodist Church

Miramar United Methodist Church

in the heart of Miramar, a place for gathering, healing, and sending out friends, helping to create a sense of family to find new life in Christ

Part of the United Methodist family where we make disciples for the

Transformation of the world.

Celebrating 59 years of Ministry!

Order of Worship for September 1, 2019-8:30 & 11:00 a.m. services

As a courtesy to all, please place cell phones to silent mode.

Call to Worship

 

*Hymn 185 When Morning Gilds the Skies

 

Prayer

 

Praise & Worship

 

Welcome and Recognition of Visitors

(please return your visitors card to the usher when you have completed it), Birthday and Anniversary Recognition,

Announcements, *Sharing the Spirit. Visitors are invited to come to our Welcome Center on the Utopia Drive “front porch” after the service.

(Try to learn the name of someone you don’t know.)

Scripture

 

Children’s Time

 

*Hymn 168 At the Name of Jesus

Reception of Tithes and Offerings (electronic giving available at miramarumc.org)

*Doxology (Hymn 95) “Praise God, from Whom all Blessings Flow”

(The Nursery is open in Room 11)

 

Sharing Joys & Concerns- Please fill out the green sheet and return it to the ushers.

 

Prayer Hymn 378 Amazing Grace

 

Pastoral prayer and Lord’s Prayer

(You are invited to come forward for prayer, dedication or rededication. If you have made a commitment to the Lord or if you would like to become a member of the church, please speak with Pastor David for prayer and the next step.)

 

Sermon                 Pastor David Range

 

Hymn of Preparation 640 Take Our Bread

 

Holy Communion

 

*Hymn of Commitment 557 Blest Be the Tie That Binds

 

Benediction and Postlude (please join hands)

Today’s Mission offering is for Good Samaritan Fund

Next Sunday’s is for Apportionments

Attendance for last Sunday 178

Finance report for last Sunday

Envelopes and Loose Collection $ 2907.00

Building Fund/Trustees $ 27.00

Roof Repair $ 29.50

Mission $ 279.50

Bulletins today are given by Millicent Gardner in memory of her dear husband Ralston, and to say thank you to the church family for their prayers and support during her recent bereavement.

Events this week:

Today: Birthday Recognition Fellowship Breakfast in between services. All those born in September should sit at the head table. All welcome. Sunday School resumes at the 11:00 a.m. service. United Methodist Men meet after the 11:00 a.m. service. Youth group resumes 4-5:30. Prayer meeting 7:00 p.m.

Monday: Happy Labor Day

Tuesday: Nominations Committee meet at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Bible Study 7-8:30 p.m. All welcome to start the new school year as we work our way through the central passages of the scripture.

Thursday: Choir practice 7:00 p.m.

Next Sunday: Worship at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Commissioning of Team Members for Bold Justice

Looking Ahead:

Monday, Sept. 9 Trustees at 7:30 p.m. in the library, Roland Abel’s house meeting, 7:30 p.m. in the hall.

Tuesday, Sept. 10 Finance committee, 7:00 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 13 Children’s Club meets 7-8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 16 Admin Council at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 17 Pre School Board at 7:30 p.m. in the library, Ina McNeil’s house meeting in the sanctuary at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Appreciation meeting 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 19 United Methodist Women, 7:00 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 20 Sale of Meals 5-7:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 23 Joyce Hemmans house meeting in the hall at 7:30 p.m., Donna Simms house meeting in the library at 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 to 27 Revival! with the Rev. Dr. Geraldine McClellan, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 29 Joint service at 10:00 a.m. for the 5th Sunday of the month

Monday, Oct. 7 Breast Cancer Awareness sponsored by the UMW and Women's Healthcare & Wellness Committee of the Alpha Beta Omega Chapter

Upcoming Children’s Clubs: Fridays 7-8:30 p.m.

Sept. 13, Oct. 11, Oct. 25, Nov. 8, Nov. 22, Dec. 6

Youth Group Schedule Fall 2019: Sundays 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 1, Sept. 15, Sept. 29, Oct. 13, Oct. 27, Nov. 10, Nov. 24, Dec. 8

Bible studies: Sept. 4, 11, 18, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov. 13, 20, 27, Dec. 4

Dear congregation, you can make donations to the church through the Vanco electronic giving system. This allows for regular giving to take place according to your preferences. You can set up your giving profile or have the church office help you to do so. Please consider this method of giving.

Welcome to all visitors. You are invited to stand during the service and introduce yourself, or to have someone else introduce you. We want to give you one of our welcome packs and therefore encourage you to fill out the card and tear off the badge, write your name on it and wear it so that we can greet you during and after the service. Note that there is a wheelchair entrance from the back-parking lot through the double doors. The church has a wheelchair in the back of the sanctuary for anyone wishing to assist a person coming to a meeting. Rest rooms for the disabled are available in the Preschool wing.

Please pick up your September/October Upper Room Daily Devotional guide today.

Hurricane shutters panels available through Roland Abel at 954 812 7361: five which are 45” long, two which are 57”, nine that are 55”, seventeen that are 87”.

Prayer concerns:

Randy & Dorothy’s families as they travel, Kim Russell & others in need of mental health care, joy for family visiting and a prayer to always share the good news, Pat & Amber Mark for better health, Rene Mark as she begins a new job, help for the financially stressed, Virginia, Brenda, Sonia, Jessica, Jeannie, Lorna Dillon, youth as they return to school, Ana Lilian’s grandson with cancer, Allison’s mother’s eye surgery, Nicholas as he settles into school that he might make and be a good friend, for empty nest parents, Mabel Bizzell, Shawnette to feel confident about her twins, Jackie McCorkle aunt to recover after fall, sister Marcia’s treatment to work, thanksgiving for Tom Tuell’s tests to come out well, Trelawney friend to get better, Safia as she leaves for college in Canada, Lisa’s health, Enid, Everton thankful for a clear colonoscopy, Laura Hodge at the passing of her sister, Josh Minott to be relieved of pain in knees and hand, Basil, Samantha thankful for what the church did for her mother Shirley Gregg-Leonce, Leyhanna and others in college, Duane Crooks as he travels, Audley wishing people would flock to church as much as a chicken sandwich, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecucador, Honduras, Guatemala, USA, peace, love, empathy, patience, understanding in the world, Karen Francis, Millicent Gardner, Rosemarie Nicholas, Dudley Lee, Pam, Sonia, Dexter, Joan, Dr. Katie, Curtis, Cherry, Brian, Nadage, Denise, Dorothy, Sebastian Villanueva, healing also for Harrison Grandwilliams, Sylvia’s family, Tori, Jax, Gillian, Fabia, thankful for a group home for Emma, Joan fighting cancer, Lisa at loss of mother, Pinder & James family, Catherine Wheedleton, Brandon Reggie, Debra Pierce, Carolyn Kelly, Owen Wyman, Nickese, Shanaize, Dominica, for the unsaved, marginalized, homeless and hungry people of the world, and all lands in way of hurricanes.

Miramar UMC Tel: 954-989-4711 miramarumc.org mirumeth@gmail.com