August 15th, 2021

2000 S. Locust | (575) 522-8220| info@uumc-lc.org| uumc-lc.org |

Senior Pastor 575-522-8220 option 1 Rev. Dr. Heike Miller heike@uumc-lc.org

Church Administrator Kate Lewis office@uumc-lc.org

Office Coordinator Kay Hobson reception@uumc-lc.org

Facilities Manager Arturo Ortiz *All requests must go through church office

Children, Youth, & Young Adult Tracy Esslinger tracy@uumc-lc.org

Radical Outreach Brian Townsend brian@uumc-lc.org

Bright Beginnings Patty Sprague

director@brightbeginnings-lc.org

Technical Coordinator

Jeff Lee

*All request must go through the church office

UUMC Office Hours Monday - Thursday: 9am - Noon; 1pm-4pm Friday: 9am - Noon

2000 S. Locust St. Las Cruces, NM 88001 575-522-8220 uumc-lc.org

Your Friendly UUMC Staff

Week At A Glance Sunday, August 15th 8:30am Traditional Worship Service 9:45am Sunday School Classes 9:45am Journey Worship Service 11:00am Traditional Worship Service 3:30pm Youth Group 5:00pm Youth Bell Rehearsal 5:30pm Journey Bible Study 5:30pm High School Connect Group Monday, August 16th 3:00pm Grateful Hearts - Emmaus Reunion Group 6:00pm Sisters in Faith - Women’s Emmaus Reunion Group 6:00pm Fishers of Men - Men’s Emmaus Reunion Group 7:30pm Radical Ringers - Bell Choir Rehearsal Tuesday, August 17th 9:00am Community Garden Work Day 11:00am Mary Martha Circle (United Methodist Women)

5:30pm Admin Board Meeting

Wednesday, August 18th 9:30am Upper Room Prayer Group Thursday, August 19th 10:00am Al-Anon Meeting 6:00pm Cross Connections Bible Study @UUMC Friday, August 20th 9:00am Community Garden Work Day 9:00am God’s Pantry Sunday, August 22nd 8:30am Traditional Worship Service 9:45am Sunday School Classes 9:45am Journey Worship Service 11:00am Traditional Worship Service 3:30pm Youth Group 5:00pm Youth Bell Rehearsal 5:30pm Journey Bible Study 5:30pm High School Connect Group

Attendance & Giving

08/08 8:30 Service: 64 08/08 9:45 Service: 15 08/08 11:00 Service: 45 08/08 Online Service Views: 90 08/08 General Fund Giving: $8,328.76 08/08 Total Giving: $19,038.80 YTD General Fund Giving: $65,055.09 YTD General Budget: $58,821.14

Upcoming Church Events

Wednesday, August 25th 5:00pm: Usher & Worship Leader Training Sunday, September 5th Communion Sunday September 21st & 22nd 2:00pm-8:00pm: Church Directory Photo Sessions

* Please mark your calendars and watch for more details!

*For more detailed information on the calendar events or to learn who to contact for a specific ministry, please visit the church office for the most current Book of Ministries. They can be found on the desk outside the church office. You may also call the church office during normal of-fice hours for more information at 575-522-8220 , email info@uumc-lc.org or visit our web-site uumc-lc.org.

We are starting a Whiz Kids Tu-toring Program with University Hills Elementary. Volunteers are needed to tutor students 1st - 5th grade. We plan to meet on Tuesdays from 2:30-5PM(date TBA). If you are interested in being a tutor or helping in Chil-dren and Youth ministries and have not been through a Safe Sanctuary training in the last year, please plan to attend our

Safe Sanctuary training on Tuesday, August 31st from 5:30 PM- 7:00 PM. Whiz Kids tutor orientation will be on Tuesday, September 14th, 5:30 PM-7:00 PM. Please contact Tracy Esslinger (tracy@uumc-lc.org) if you are interested in volunteering or to get more information.

New Church Directory Our Church is doing a new pictorial directory! We want everyone to get a new picture made so that our new directory will be complete. IT WON’T BE COMPLETE WITHOUT YOU! You can make your appointment by calling the church office or online by visit-ing the website: https://instant-scheduling.com/sch.php?kn=763&typId=63684 Photo dates are: SEPTEMBER 21 & 22 2021.

Order of Worship

† Please stand as you are able

Prelude

Welcome

Introit

† Hymn #380 v.1-3 There’s Within My Heart A Melody

† Hymn #395 v.1,4 Take Time To Be Holy

† Affirmation of Faith #882

† Doxology #70

Musical Offering His Eye Is On The Sparrow

Prayers of the People

† Hymn #451 v.1-3 Be Thou My Vision

Scripture Readings Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

† Hymn #389 v.1-2 Freely, Freely

Service of Holy Communion

The Lord’s Prayer

Benediction

† Song of Going Forth As We Go

Postlude

Ephesians 5:15-20

15 Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, 16 making the most of the time, be-cause the days are evil. 17 So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is de-bauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, 20 giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Next Week’s Scriptures:

Ephesians 6:10-20

*Large print hymnals are available at the usher table if needed.

*There will be no Children’s Church today because of Communion Sun-day. Children are encouraged to attend church in the sanctuary with their families.

The General Board of Global Ministries is the

worldwide mission, relief and development

agency of The United Methodist Church,

working with partners and churches in more

than 115 countries to equip and transform people and places for God’s mission. They

currently have response efforts going on all over the world in relation to covid and oth-

er disaster relief efforts. More information on ways to donate or to get involved can be

found at https://umcmission.org/

Community Garden The community garden is looking for some “Weed Warriors” to help with the ongoing maintenance in the garden. Our volun-teers currently work on Tuesday and Friday mornings. We would love to have you join for one hour a week, or as much as your schedule allows. We can assign a particular task that you feel comfortable with such as watering, pulling weeds, clean-up, etc. Our community garden is a wonderful way to make contact with our surrounding neighbors and gives us the open-

ing to share Christ’s love. Please contact Melly Locke, Laura Sollars, or the church of-fice if you would like to get involved or if you have questions. We would love to have you!

Congregational Care: to provide care & ministry to church members, church related persons.

Youth Ministry: for substantive programs that will expose youth and youth leaders to spiritual growth, self-development and enhancement of the Christian community.

Global Missions: used to assist anyone going into ministry full time, to provide for vol-unteers in mission, to establish a covenant relationship with a missionary, or to sup-port Global ministries

Local Missions: used to create and support programs/projects that equip the families of our immediate neighborhood to become healthy self-sustainable units and promote safe spaces for their children and youth to grow and develop.

Endowment Funds Below is a summary of the endowments currently held for UUMC and the purpose for each one. If you have any questions about how endowments are handled within our church, please contact our church administrator at office@uumc-lc.org.

One last hoorah for the Youth Group at White Sands before the start of school.