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Prelude Larissa Sanders
Lighting of the Candles
Choral Introit – “This Is The Day” Chancel Choir
Welcome & Opportunities to Serve Rev. Gary
Sheffield-James
Greeting & Opening Prayer Jon Lindberg
*Opening Hymn – “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” UMH #140
*Passing the Peace
Children’s Time Jamie Humphreys
Elementary children are invited to attend KidZone Children’s
Worship
Hymn – “The Voice of God Is Calling” UMH #436, Vs 1
Sharing of Joys & Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Hymn – “The Voice of God Is Calling” UMH #436, Vs 4
God’s Tithes and Our Offerings and Gifts
Musical Offering Larissa Sanders
*Doxology UMH #95
*Prayer of Dedication
*Gospel Lesson: Luke 20:27-38 Jon Lindberg
Anthem – “Plenty Good Room” Chancel Choir
Sermon – “A Tricky Question about Real Life”
Rev. Gary Sheffield-James
*Closing Hymn – “O Spirit of the Living God” UMH #539
*Sending Forth
*Congregational Benediction
Postlude
Leave to Serve God’s People *You are invited to stand in heart
or posture.
Join us for refreshments in Fellowship Hall immediately
following Service.
9:00 a.m. Traditional Service
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11:00 a.m. Contemporary Service
Enter to Worship
Gathering Music
Welcome & Opportunities to Serve
Greeting and Opening Prayer
*Passing the Peace
*Songs of Celebration –“ Live Like That” “Old Church Choir”
Children’s Time
Elementary children are invited to attend KidZone Children’s
Worship
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
*Worship Through Our Giving
*Offering Music – “How Can It Be”
*Prayer of Dedication
*Gospel Lesson: Luke 20:27-38
Sermon – “A Tricky Question about Real Life”
Closing Song – “10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)”
*Sending Forth
Leave to Serve God’s People
*You are invited to stand in heart or posture.
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Welcome to Mt. Zion UMC! We are glad God has brought you to
worship
with us today. We look forward to getting to know you! If you
are looking
for a church home, please speak to our Pastor after the
service.
Tag Mt. Zion on social media @mtzionhighland or
#mtzionhighland
Sunday Christian Education Programs
We invite you to join us for any of our Christian Education
Programs.
For more information, please visit us at
www.mtzionhighland.com
Sundays at 10:10 am – Christian Education Hour
Toddlers - 4 year-olds: Bible Story Time in the Nursery (rm
205)
Children PreK - 1st Grade: Sunday School in Room 103
Children 2nd-5th Grades: Sunday School in Room 132
Students 6th - 12 Grades: Sunday School in Rooms 136 and 138
Drop-In Bible Study: Conference Room 3
Parenting Class: Conference Room 2
Pioneer Class: Conference Room 1
Events Schedule: November 10 – 16, 2019
Submit announcements for the following week by noon on
Tuesday.
Sunday, November 10
10:00 am BP Screening/Lib
3:00 pm Paint Party/FH
4:00 pm Pack 702 Bear Den/132,134
5:00 pm Trinity Choir/Sanc
5:30 pm Stephen Ministers
Supervision/CR2
6:15 pm Youth Group/FH
Monday, November 11
10:00 am Bible Study/CR2
5:30 pm Stephen Ministers/CR2
7:00 pm MD Search & Rescue/FH
Tuesday, November 12
7:00 pm Missions/CR1
7:00 pm Trustees/CR2
7:00 pm Evangelism Hosp/CR3
Wednesday, November 13
9:00 am Sandwich Making/FH
9:30 am Seated Exercise/Chapel
11:00 am Retired Clergy/CR2
4:00 pm Preschool Reg./FH
6:30 pm Boy Scout Troop/FH
7:00 pm Chancel Bells/Sanc
7:45 Chancel Choir/Sanc
Thursday, November 14
4:00 pm SNOW DATE: Preschool
Reg/FH
7:00 pm Praise Band/Sanc
8:00 pm Pack 702 Mtg/Lib
Friday, November 15
5:00 pm MD Search &
Rescue/136,138
6:30 pm CBT Setup/Sanc
Saturday, November 16
7:00 am MD Search &
Rescue/136,138
8:30 am CBT/Sanc & all CRs
2:00 pm Organist/Sanc
Shepherding Team 5 on-call this week, Nov. 10 – 16.
Contact Crystal Zimmerman.
Sandwiches for the Homeless, Wed., Nov. 13: Set up at 9:15
am.
Sandwich making at 10 am. Contact Rod Barr.
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UPCOMING NEW MEMBER SESSIONS: For those interested in
joining
Mt. Zion Church, new member classes will be held on the
following Sundays
– Nov. 24 and Dec. 1 & 8 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Please
email
[email protected] or speak to Pastor Gary on Sunday
morning
to let us know of your interest. New Member Sunday will be Dec.
15, 2019.
The Advent Study this year is based on Robin Wilson’s book,
Advent: God
Is With Us. Pastor Gary will be facilitating the class. The
study consists of
attending four evening sessions which will be held on the
following Mondays
at 7 pm – Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, 9, and 16. The class will meet in
Conference
Room 2. Sign up for the class by placing your name on the
information sheet
provided inside the worship bulletin. Cost of book is $9.99.
Operation Christmas Child: Will you fill a box this year and
make a child
happy, as well as introduce them to Christ? Be sure to follow
the instructions
about items to include and those that cannot be included, such
as candy. Filled
boxes need to be brought to Mt. Zion on Nov. 17 or 24.
Questions? Contact
Margaret Rose.
Open Doors Food Pantry Christmas Angels are back! You may
begin
signing up now. Additional angels will be available in the west
narthex
beginning Nov. 24. Our distribution date is early this year
(Dec. 14.) so we
encourage you to return gifts early. Collection will be in the
west narthex.
Contact Karen Greiner.
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To all "Bakers and Buyers” Coming Soon, the fabulous Mt. Zion
UMW
Annual Thanksgiving Bake Sale!!! Complement your holiday events
with
delicious homemade goodies!! All proceeds are used for our
mission projects
so please choose your favorite recipe and create cookies, pies,
cakes, bars,
candies, nuts and more! Nov. 24, 10:00 am -12:15 pm in
Fellowship Hall will
be your "golden opportunity" to buy!!! Please contact Joyce
Saunderson for
details or to donate! Thanks!!
Winter coats, hats, and gloves for Ames UMC in West Baltimore:
We are
collecting items for those in need in Baltimore City. Drop off
new or gently
used items in the collection bin located in the west narthex
through Friday,
Nov. 22. Items will be distributed during the Thanksgiving
community
outreach event at Ames UMC on Saturday, Nov. 23.
Mount Zion is partnering with the International Rescue Committee
and
their Welcome Home Project to prepare an apartment for a newly
arriving
refugee family. If you are able to help, we need household
goods, furniture,
volunteers to store large items, collect and deliver items, shop
for additional
items, and set up the apartment. If you would like to help,
please sign up here:
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The Stephen Ministry program will be offering a four-part series
on
GriefShare - Surviving the Holidays, most likely between
services in Nov–
Dec. If interested in attending, or would like to invite someone
to attend,
please contact Kathy McLaughlin.
The BWC's chapter of the Wesleyan Covenant Association is
holding its
Fall Gathering of Worship and Fellowship on Sunday, Nov. 10, at
4 p.m., at
First UMC in Laurel. Refreshments will follow the worship. For
more
information, call 301-725-3093, or e-mail [email protected].
Thanksgiving Basket and Winter Clothing Giveaway Event at
Ames
UMC in West Baltimore: We are looking for volunteers to help
assemble
Thanksgiving meal baskets, organize clothing donations, and
distribute these
items during the community outreach event on Saturday Nov. 23.
Also
looking for volunteers with a pick-up truck, van, minivan, or
large SUV to
help transport food from the MD Food Bank to Ames UMC on
Friday,
Nov. 22. Contact Fred Towner.
The Drop-In Adult Sunday School class will begin a new study
sponsored
by Bishop Easterling and the BWC titled “Who are We” on Nov. 17.
This
study was designed to center us in our core identity. And, so we
ask, “Who
are we?” Who are we as the people of God? Who are we as the
people called
Methodists shaped by Wesleyan theology? Who are we as the
members of
the Balt.-Wash. Conference? Who are we becoming as we journey on
toward
perfection? Join us in Conf. Room 3 during the Sunday School
hour.
The Youth are collecting NEW and GENTLY USED items suitable
for
children to give as Christmas gifts to family members and NEW
pet toys for
those furry brothers and sisters. Our Youth Elves will wrap the
items to be
sold inexpensively at the Santa's Secret Workshop during
Breakfast with
Santa on Dec. 7. We also ask for donations of giftwrap, bags,
bows, &
invisible tape. Bins will be in the west narthex and the church
office until,
Dec. 1. Contact Carol Wunderlich at
[email protected]
Your loose change in the offering plate supports the Food
Pantry. Thank you.
Through Our Presence & Gifts, Week Ending Sunday, Nov. 3,
2019
Attendance: Worship Sunday School
Detailed monthly financial reports are
available in the Treasurer’s hallway
mailbox.
9:00 am: 123
11:00 am: 57
Total: 180
Adults: 42
Youth: 10
Children: 6
Financial Summary 2019 2018
Weekly Receipts 12,452 11,228
YTD Operating Receipts 505,982 577,665
YTD Operating Disbursements 498,549 560,099
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Through Our Prayers: As a shepherd cares for the sheep, so also
will
Christ watch over His followers, Lord, in your mercy, hear our
prayers.
Our Members: Tom Burtzlaff, Art Jacques, Carol Lindberg, Connie
Gull,
Bonnie Luepkes, Jack Maloney, Tish Miller, Phillip & Eli
Amos, Christy
Wnuk-Fink, George Bickerton, Connie Kolpack, Nancy Lindquist,
Ruby
Beaver, Hank Wainwright, Chuck and Laurie Norwood, Sue
Powers,
Charlene Fitzpatrick.
Our Homebound Members: Frieda Youngblood, Eva Bryant.
Members’ Family & Friends: Robin Emrich and family as they
grieve the
loss of her aunt, Doris Emrich, on November 1. Leanne Young,
Mandy Olson,
Trudie Brisbois, DuBoyce family, Loretta Haugh, Amelia
Hepinstall, Nancy
Easto, Debbie Taylor, Fran Glavan, Herb Johl, Kamden Harriott
and family,
Stephen Hobbs,Cindi Hobbs, Suzanne, Ginger Woods, Vi Jessee,
Gene Gygax,
James Carroll McCranie, Jr, Stephen Jarrison, Chet Keslawiak,
Cynthia
Carr, Bea Ball, Brian Bixler, The Campbell family, Robert
Wallance, Stephen
Harrison, Sam Kurland, Helen Edwards, Robin Adkins, Brian Hayes,
Carlisle
Sraver, Ed, Eric Carlson, Beau Ross, Dick Shober, John Shober,
Brenda
Evers, Ted Evers, Larry Johnson, Mark Myers, Bruce Van Blargan,
Jackie
Lineberger, Wes Jin, Ivan Diaz, Marian Isley & Lisa Slusser,
Bonita Divver,
Taylor, Joseph, Will, Suzanne, Rosemary, Kathleen, Joe, Gladys
Paulock,
Pauline Reel, Bob Wagner, Carol Thomas, Quellee & Raclynn
Gonzalez,
Roxann Ganbin, Beth Smith, Shannon Sharp, Linda, Brenda Gause,
Cindy
Bundy, Carol Wunderlich, the Bryan Family, Jacob, Kirk
Fitzpatrick.
Members Serving in Our Armed Forces: Colin Klopp, Andrew
Schmit,
Victoria Wyler.
Non-Members Serving in our Armed Forces: Patrick DuBoyce,
Rondall
Waltz-Wills, Chris Mittuch, Dan Mittuch, Derrek Koch, Brad Cohn,
Jason
Walker, Luke Tung, Mariah Mead, Andre, Lt. Mitch C.
We Serve God and God’s People
