Author: Staff

This week
SUN 4/3 9:30am Worship Service
11am Sunday School for All Ages
MON 4/4 1:00pm Wired Word Bible Study
TUES 4/5 2:00pm Longcore Circle
WED 4/6 8:30am Men’s Group at City Limits Restaurant
7:00pm Choir Practice
COMING UP
TUE 4/12 6:30pm UMW-Ladies Night Out
FRI 4/15 6:00pm Amish Dinner—Lakeview—Mark your calendars today!
SAT 4/16 9:00am Project Hope—Freedom Walk
TUE 4/19 9:30am Mary Martha Circle
SAT 4/23 8am-5pm Sheepdog Seminar

Lectionary Readings for April 10, 2016
Acts 9:1-6, 7-20; Psalm 30; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19
Check out the lectionary reading schedule at www.newaygoumc.com

Worship Helpers For Today
Liturgist: Ron Pardonnet
Acolyte: Saria Brooks Inside Ushers: Jean Reynhout & Jen Larsen Outside Ushers: Vern & Carolyn Boose
Projector: Deb Prins
Sound: Need Volunteer

Newaygo United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 366
101 State Road
Newaygo, MI 49337
Ph: (231) 652-6581
Fax: (231) 652-6601
Email: umcnew@newaygoumc.com
Website: newaygoumc.com
Pastor: Kathleen Groff
Phone: (231) 652-5272
Email: kthlngrff@gmail.com

ORDER OF WORSHIP
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Pass The Peace of Christ
“Come, Now is the Time to Worship” Screen
Welcome
Prelude/Bringing in the light of Christ
Call to Worship
Liturgist: Christ our Savior is risen from the dead! Alleluia!
People: Break forth into joy! Sing together! God comforts those whose hearts are broken in sorrow.
Liturgist: We who once suffered in death, we who once cried in despair—
People: Now we know victory over death! Now we know joy over despair! For God has raised Christ from the grave! The tomb is empty and death has been defeated for all the earth!
Opening Prayer
*Hymn: “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” Hymnal #384
Scripture: John 20:19-31 Pew Bible Pg.808
Children’s Moments
Choir
Prayers and Joys and Concerns of the Congregation
Silent Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
Lord’s Prayer Screen
Scripture (Pastor Kathy)
Revelation 1:4-8 Pew Bible Pg. 910
Message: “Who Is to Come”
Worship with Tithes and Offerings
Offertory music
Offertory Response: “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
Hymnal #95
Offertory Prayer

Communion: Hymnal pg. 15 Screen
*Hymn: “Breathe On Me, Breath of God” Hymnal #420
*Benediction
*Closing Song: “Let There Be Peace”
Postlude

Greif Share Support Group
@ Vera’s House (St. Marks Episcopal Church)
Are you grieving a recent or past death of a loved one? For 13 weeks starting April 11th at 6:30pm-8:30pm please join us for a time of sharing and support. Workbook, CD, group discussion and support. Please call Anne Vandekieft at 231-250-3620 to register or for more information.

Amish Dinner
April 15th @ 6pm
Mary’s Bakery in Lakeview MI
We will have a full Amish cooked meal with 2 meats, all the fixings and dessert. There will be many choices and the cost is $12.50 per person. Please sign up in the coffee area so we can give them a good count by April 10th.

Touch Letters
Touch letters are available in the coffee area, if you have someone you would like us to send a note to, please write their name on the top of a touch letter and lay it on the table to be signed by the congregation. Thank you for your help.

Prayer Requests
If you have a prayer request or joy you would like us to pray for during prayer time in the worship service, please write your prayer on a card and give it to Pastor Kathy before worship. Prayer cards are available in the pews and on the table in the Narthex as you come in.