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UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR WLUMC Sunday, October 20 Prayers for Pastors & Worship Prayer Room 7:45 am Traditional Worship Service Sanctuary 8:00 am Fellowship Time HE-brews Café 9:00 am Safe Haven Apple Pie Sale HE-brews Café 9:00 am Praise Worship Service Sanctuary 9:30 am Sunday School For All Ages Education Bldg. & Community Ctr. 9:30 am Confirmation Class Firehouse Youth Room 9:30 am Traditional Worship Sanctuary 11:00 am Community Worship Service Community Center 11:10 am Children’s Church Community Center, Rooms 201-202 11:30 am Men’s Ministry Meeting Community Center, Room 101 12:30 pm Children’s Choir Music Room 5:00 pm Sunday Night Invite Community Center 5:30 pm Kid’s Club Community Center 6:00 pm Kid’s Club Junior Education Bldg., Room 204 6:00 pm Tween Group Community Center 6:00 pm Youth Group (grades 6-12) Firehouse Youth Room 6:45 pm Monday, October 21 Courage to Change Education Bldg., Room 204-206 6:30 pm Men’s Bible Study Education Bldg., Room 112 6:30 pm Parables Bible Study Education Bldg., Room 109 7:00 pm OA HE-brews Café 7:30 pm Tuesday, October 22 “If You Want to Walk on Water…” Education Bldg., Room 110 9:30 am The Gospel of Mark Education Bldg., Room 109 9:30 am Guitar Workshop Music Room 6:30 pm Praise Team Rehearsal Sanctuary 7:00 pm NA Education Bldg., Room 109 7:00 pm Wednesday, October 23 “Finding I Am” Bible Study Education Bldg., Room 109 9:30 am Safe Haven Lighthouse HE-brews Café 3:00 pm WLW Meal Community Center 4:30 pm
Bratwurst, Mac & Cheese, Vegetable, Salad Bar, Dessert, Beverage
Youth Group FireHouse Youth Room 6:00 pm
Toddler Time Education Bldg., Room 204 6:15 pm Young Families Small Group Education Bldg., Room 208-210 6:30 pm
Griefshare Education Bldg., Room 109 6:30 pm
ALPHA HE-brews Café 7:00 pm
Choir Rehearsal Music Room 7:00 pm A Spiritual Journey with Pastor Nick Prayer Room 7:00 pm
Goody’s Group Praise Team Room 7:00 pm Women at the Well Education Bldg., Room 112 7:00 pm Thursday, October 24 Bell Choir Music Room 4:30 pm Disciple 1 Bible Study Education Bldg., Rooms 109 6:30 pm Men’s Small Group Education Bldg., Room 110 6:30 pm Friday, October 25 Newsletter Assembly Education Bldg., Room 109 10:00 am
Saturday, October 26 Daniel Plan Exercise Group Education Bldg., Room 207-209 8:00 am Overeaters Anonymous Community Center, Room 202 9:30 am
15 Woodside Ave., West Lawn, PA 19609 P: 610-678-5611 F: 610-927-1225 Email: [email protected] Web: www.westlawnumc.org
October 20, 2019
Prelude “God Hath Spoken Through the Prophets”
*Passing of the Peace
(11:00) Special Music
"Nimrod from ‘Enigma Variations’" String Ensemble
Elgar
TRADITIONAL WORSHIP 8:00 & 11:00 A.M.
*Call to Worship (screens)
God’s Word For Us Laity Sunday Message: “Proclaim the Message”
Morning Prayers, Lord’s Prayer (on screen, using “forgive us our sins”)
Welcome Isaac Mahler
*Exit Music
Presentation of our Gifts to God
Scripture Reading II Timothy 4:1-5 Page 213 (NT)
(Prayer cards may be passed to the center aisle for collection by the ushers.)
*Hymn "Faith of Our Fathers" No. 710
*Dismissal with Blessing
Our Life Together—Invite, Embrace, Empower
*Prayer of Dedication
*(11:00) We invite you to hold hands and sing #557 “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” (vs.. 1 only).
*Response “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” No. 94
Thank you to all of our laity who contributed to today’s worship service!
*Hymn “O Zion Haste” No. 573
*( 8:00) Affirmation of Faith Apostles’ Creed No. 881
*Hymn “God Hath Spoken By the Prophets” No. 108
* Please stand if able.
*Act of Praise “I Am the Church” (vs. 1) No. 558
Musical Offering
(11:00) Baptismal Covenant/New Members: Bill & Joanne Schlosser
( 8:00) (11:00)
“Offer Them Christ” Adult Choir
“Spirit of the Living God” String Ensemble
McDonald
Atkinson, arr. Read
(11:00) Prelude “Air” String Ensemble
Handel
Rebecca Zeiner, Amy Schneiderhan Shuman, and John Coakley
Welcome! Greeters & ushers will be happy to help you find our Nursery, Prayer Room, restrooms, and provide assisted listening aids. The Welcome Center, in our Sanc-tuary Lobby, has more information about West Lawn UMC. First, second & third-time guests: please fill out a
“Welcome” slip to let us know that you worshipped with us today— we are happy you are here! Visit our HE-brews Café, located on the lower level of the Sanctuary at 9:00 am or 10:30 am for free refreshments.
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL—Ed. Bldg. (EB) or Community Ctr. (CC) (all classes are held at 9:30 AM unless otherwise noted)
Adult Class 1 (Table Talk )
Adult Class 3 (Loyal Pairs & Spares) Adult Class 4 (Barth Memorial Class)
Moses, Don’s Forget...Pass It On ….. “GOD” ......................................... Book of Genesis .................................
EB Rm 109 EB Rm 110 CC Rm 101
CHILDREN’S CHURCH @ 11:30 AM-Community Center, Rms 201 & 202
To place an order for flowers, contact Acacia Flower Shop at 610-376-8767 / [email protected] by noon on Tuesdays.
CHILDREN & YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL @ 9:30 AM Infant & Toddlers ........................................... Education Bldg., Nursery, Room 104 Age 3 ........................................................................... Education Bldg., Room 200 Age 4 ........................................................................... Education Bldg., Room 202 Age 5/Kindergarten .................................................... Education Bldg., Room 208 Grade 1 ............................................................ ……...Education Bldg., Rooms 210 Grade 2 ............................................................ ……...Education Bldg., Rooms 207 Grades 3 ...................................................................... Education Bldg., Room 209 Grades 4-5 ................................................................... Education Bldg., Room 112 Youth ....................................................................... Community Center, Room 201
Jeff Raffauf Lead Pastor [email protected]
Nick Camacho Pastor of Community Outreach
Terry Cooney Pastor of Visitation [email protected]
Flowers on the Altar Today are Presented:.
In loving memory of Brandon Harbach on his birthday, by his family.
In honor of the life and passing of Len Rath, by his brother, George, and family.
Mini-Calendar:
The Details
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS PLEASE CONTACT ISAAC MAHLER, MINISTER TO YOUTH 610-678-5611 (OFFICE) ▪ [email protected] ▪ 610-914-1001 (CELL)
Sunday Night
Invite Dinner @ 5:30PM Community Center
Youth Group 6:00-7:45PM
6th-12th in C.C.
Embrace WLW Dinner @ 6PM Firehouse Café Small Groups
6:30-7:45 Band: 7:45-8:45**
Empower: #YGAM Sunday @9:30AM
Sunday School (in CC201)
Confirmation class Firehouse Café
(not 1st Sundays)
IMPORTANT INFO: Sunday Night Invite TONIGHT 10/20—Dinner at 5:30!!!
Family Night OUT—10/27—Hoedown in the community center!!!
Sign up NOW for the 4th Annual Youth Auction and Dessert!!!!
Start Planning for our Youth Group Winter Retreat in January!!!
Thanksgiving Break for youth is 11/24 and 11/27!
10/20 Sunday Night Invite! Dinner for all at 5:30PM
10/23 West Lawn Wednesday
10/27 Family Event—Western Themed Dance party!!!
10/30 West Lawn Wednesday
11/2 Mens Breakfast—Youth Aged Men encouraged to attend!
11/3 Sunday Night Invite
11/6 West Lawn Wednesday
11/10 Sunday Night Invite
11/13 West Lawn Wednesday
11/17 YOUTH AUCTION—PLEASE RSVP TODAY!!!!!
The youth & children's ministry is co-sponsoring a fun country Hoedown on Sunday night October 27th from 3-5PM Enjoy music, dancing, games and crafts People of all ages are welcome to attend and encouraged to dress up in either your favorite western wear or your Halloween costume! FREE to ALL!!!
YOUTH AUCTION IS FAST APPROACHING: This event is Critical for our youth group. This one event provides all of the scholarship money we use for the entire year to help students and leaders attend all of our amazing retreats and camps that they might not be able to afford otherwise! Please sign up to attend, donate an item, purchase something and show your support for our youth! The youth will serve dessert and share some testimonies about their experiences.
9:30 PRAISE WORSHIP
Welcome, Our Life Together Wynne Cloud
Worship in Song
Scripture: II Timothy 4:1-5
Prayer Song, Prayer Time, Reprise
Presenting our Gifts to God
Musical Offering
Message: Laity Sunday Message: “Proclaim the Message” Rebecca Zeiner, Amy Schneiderhan Shuman, and John Coakley
Closing Blessing/Sending Song
11:10 COMMUNITY WORSHIP
Welcome, Our Life Together
Worship in Song, Scripture: II Timothy 4:1-5
Prayer Song
(Children are invited to proceed upstairs to Children’s Church as we sing.)
Prayer Time, Reprise
Presenting our Gifts to God
Musical Offering
Message: Laity Sunday Message: “Proclaim the Message” Rebecca Zeiner, Amy Schneiderhan Shuman, and John Coakley
Closing Blessing/Sending Song
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—
with great patience and careful instruction. II Timothy 4:2 (NRSV)
ANNOUNCEMENTS ● UPCOMING EVENTS If you would like to be kept apprised of events here at WLUMC by receiving a copy of our mailings, please contact us: 610-678-5611 ●
email: [email protected] ● website: www.westlawnumc.org. We now live stream worship services every Sunday at 8:00 & 9:30.
*Nursing moms: pick up a key for the nursing room at the Welcome Ctr.
Safe Haven Apple Pies will be sold in the HeBrews Café TODAY after the 8:00 and 9:30 services for $10 per pie in support of their mission project.
The Festival Choir and Worship Orchestra are now forming for our Christ-mas Cantata "And It Came to Pass, Emmanuel" by Jay Rouse and Rose Aspinall, to be held on Sunday, December 15th at 9:00am and 11:00am. Vocalists and in-strumentalists are needed for this musical Christmas spectacular. Rehearsals for members of the Festival Choir will be on Wednesdays at 7pm in the Music Room starting on Nov 6. Information regarding rehearsals for instrumentalists is soon to be announced.. Practice CD's and sheet music are available now in the Music Office. Please contact John Coakley ([email protected] or call the Church Office) if you are interested in this short-term commitment.
We will be hosting Family Promise families Nov. 3-10, and are looking for volunteers for set-up/tear down, preparing meals, and evening/overnight hosts. Contact Joanne Henny at [email protected] or 610-858-5966.
Our next Men’s Breakfast is on Sat., Nov. 2 from 8-9:30 am. The speaker will be Rob Maaddi, author, radio/TV personality. Tickets available at the office or contact George Bauer at [email protected].
Children's Ministry is seeking round coffee or baby formula containers for a special project! Any donations are greatly appreciated. Simply drop them off at the church office or Welcome Center before October 25.
Our next Inquirers’ Class will be offered Saturday, November 2nd from 10:00 am—12:00 pm in the HE-brews Café. If you would like to know more about West Lawn Church, The United Methodist Church, or are interested in uniting with this congregation, please plan to attend. You may register by con-tacting the church office.
Thank you for supporting our West Lawn Kitchen Ministry by either attending the meals or serving on the team. We are off to a great start, however, we are looking for extra hands to help out on a Wednesday evening to wash dishes, clear tables or serve food, especially between hours of 5:30-7:30 p.m. If you are able, please come and we will show you what to do or contact Jack Wi l l i ams ( j a ckwi l l i ams5774@gmai l . com) or Ed S tauf fe r ([email protected]) for any questions.
Please join us for Wed. Morning Bible study at 9:30 am in Rm. 109 for “Seamless” by Angie Smith In 7 sessions. Seamless covers people, places, and promises of the Bible, tying them together into the greater story of Scripture.
ANNOUNCEMENTS ● UPCOMING EVENTS
Attendance and Financial Report for October 13, 2019
8:00 9:30 11:00 11:10 Total
Our Presence at Worship 125 234 107 56 522
Sunday School Attendance 157 Live Stream Viewers: 35
Tithes & Offerings for last week $23,107
October Income (2 weeks) $56,264 2019 Budget Income To Date: $1,090,848
October Income Goal $127,803 2019 Budget Goal (12 months) $1,522,076
Are you dreading the holidays, know-ing that everything has changed and that happy memories from past years can’t be recreated? Come to the Sur-viving the Holidays program on No-vember 6, 2019 at 6:30 PM in He-brews Cafe. You can register by calling the church office.
If your small group would like to participate in this year’s church-wide Advent Study, Mike Slaughter’s “Down to Earth,” contact Terrie Jenkins at 610-914-5129 with your order by today. If you would like to be part of a small group, contact Pastor Jeff in the church office.
Women's Book Club will meet Wed., Nov. 13, at 7:00pm in the Comm. Ctr. Rm 102 to discuss All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. New readers always welcome! December's book is Every 15 Minutes by Lisa Scottoline. To be added to the email list please contact Donna Barnhart at [email protected]/610-678-7873.
West Lawn UMC is seeing exciting growth & we need to add additional positions to our team: Administrative Assistant: 20 hours a week. (Start date: January 2, 2020) This position will work on special pro-jects and publications in order to pro-vide clerical support to the pastors, staff, and ministries. Strong computer skills in MS Word, Excel and Publish-er required. If interested, send a letter of interest to Carolann Schneiderhan [email protected] or call (610) 678-5611. Deadline: 11/1. Part-Time Custodian: We are look-ing for someone to join our custodial team for cleaning and other duties as needed. This position offers flexible hours. Please contact Carolann at 610-678-5611 if interested.
Western Berks Shepherding Minis-try is seeking volunteers to drive cli-ents to local medical appointments. You can choose when and where to drive. This is a flexible volunteer op-portunity with very little commitment, but is extremely rewarding! The next training session will be Thurs. Oct. 24 at 1:00pm at Trinity Lutheran in Robe-sonia. Please call 484-294-7394 to sign up or for information..
Within the next month, we will be demolishing our Penn Ave. apartment buildings and expanding our parking lot. Please keep this endeavor in your prayers for a safe and successfully completed project.
Do you have a unique Nativity set? If so, the Prayer Team is looking for na-tivities to display for a special event (“Nativity Reflections”) on Cantata Sun-day, December 15th. Please keep an eye on the bulletins and the next Crossroads to learn how you can share your special nativity sets and the stories behind them.
