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165 E. Main Street Westminster, MD 410-848-8325

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8:30am Service

* You are invited to stand in heart or posture

Welcome! Please fill out the “Welcome to Worship” registration form included in your bulletin and place completed forms in the offering plate later in the service.

WELCOME AND HAPPENINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY Our Mission: Changing lives through Jesus Christ to make a difference.

PRELUDE “Honor and Glory, Power and Salvation” Broughton

* CALL TO WORSHIP Come, let us sing to our Creator; make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. We come into God’s presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise with songs of praise! Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before our Maker! This is our God, and we are God’s people. We are like sheep, with God as our shepherd. O the depth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! Who can begin to know the mind of God? How unsearchable are God’s judgements; how inscrutable are God’s ways!

* HYMN “Lift Every Voice and Sing” UMH 519

* PASSING THE PEACE The Peace of Christ be with you / And also with you.

OPENING PRAYER O God, all things come from you, and you are in all things. Yet you are not confined to what we can see or imagine. You are beyond our highest and deepest thoughts of you. The tallest mountains and deepest seas are as nothing before you. The vast reaches of time and space are your design. Sovereign Ruler, how dare we harden our hearts against you? Speak to us here to remind us of your glory and of our need for you. Amen.

ANTHEM “Sound the Trumpet” Purcell Sue Hughson and Linda Wood, soloists

COMMUNITY PRAYER / LORD’S PRAYER

* HYMN “As a Fire Is Meant for Burning” FWS 2237

GOD’S WORD IS READ Matthew 25:34-40, Psalm 127:1

GOD’S WORD IS PROCLAIMED “The Church of Today” Westminster Youth

RECEIVING GOD’S TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS Offertory “He Leadeth Me” Payne * Doxology “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” UMH 94 * Offering Prayer

CELEBRATING our partnership with Wesley Theological Seminary and WELCOMING Seminarian Student, Vivian (Dongeun) Lee page 9 of your bulletin

* HYMN “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” UMH 133

* SENDING FORTH Please be seated for the Postlude.

POSTLUDE “The Solid Rock” Hustad

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9:45am Eucharist Service Welcome! Please fill out the “Welcome to Worship” registration form included in your bulletin

and place completed forms in the offering plate later in the service.

WELCOME AND HAPPENINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY Our Mission: Changing lives through Jesus Christ to make a difference.

* CALL TO WORSHIP Come, let us sing to our Creator; make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. We come into God’s presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise with songs of praise! Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before our Maker! This is our God, and we are God’s people. We are like sheep, with God as our shepherd. O the depth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! Who can begin to know the mind of God? How unsearchable are God’s judgements; how inscrutable are God’s ways!

* HYMN “Lift Every Voice and Sing” UMH 519

INVOCATION AND OPENING PRAYER Pastor: Open our lips People: And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. Pastor: Praise the Lord. People: The Lord’s name be praised. Pastor: O God, all things come from you, and you are in all things. Yet you are not confined to what we can see or imagine. You are beyond our highest and deepest thoughts of you. The tallest mountains and deepest seas are as nothing before you. The vast reaches of time and space are your design. Sovereign Ruler, how dare we harden our hearts against you? Speak to us here to remind us of your glory and of our need for you. Amen.

COMMUNITY PRAYER / LORD’S PRAYER

GOD’S WORD IS READ Matthew 25:34-40, Psalm 127:1

GOD’S WORD IS PROCLAIMED “The Church of Today” Westminster Youth

* SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION Invitation UMH 12 Confession and Assurance The Peace Thanksgiving and Communion UMH 13 As you come forward to receive communion, we invite you to bring God’s tithe and your offering forward to place in the offering plates at the end of the aisle.

CELEBRATING our partnership with Wesley Theological Seminary and WELCOMING Seminarian Student, Vivian (Dongeun) Lee page 9 of your bulletin

* HYMN “As a Fire Is Meant for Burning” FWS 2237

* SENDING FORTH

Enter to worship God, Leave to serve God’s people.

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11:00am Service We gather to worship God ...

GATHERING MUSIC

WELCOME to Westminster United Methodist Church

Our Mission: Changing lives through Jesus Christ to make a difference.

SONG CELEBRATION “Come Now Is the Time to Worship”

“Build This House”

PASSING THE PEACE

KIDS’ TIME

Kids’ Dismissal K-5th are invited to

final Sunday of Summer Music Camp

COMMUNITY PRAYER / LORD’S PRAYER

GOD’S WORD IS READ Matthew 25:34-40, Psalm 127:1

LET’S TALK “The Church of Today”

Westminster Youth

REFLECTION TIME / OFFERTORY

HAPPENINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY

CELEBRATING our partnership with Wesley Theological Seminary

and WELCOMING Seminarian Student, Vivian (Dongeun) Lee

CLOSING SONG “All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name”

SENDING FORTH

… we leave to serve God’s people!

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WELCOME to our worship service, today. We pray that you may find the peace and encouragement of God’s presence during your time with us. Let us get a chance to know you. Join with our congregation in completing the “Welcome to Worship” registration form in your bulletin.

CONTACT US

IN THE NARTHEX Large Print Hymnals

Large Print Bulletins

Children’s Worship Bulletins

CD 8:30am Worship Recording

Welcome Center with ministry flyers

ON REQUEST American Sign Language Interpretation

Available with prior notice, on request. Our office will provide interpreter contact info to discuss your needs and schedule.

Hearing Assisted Worship Ask an usher for assistance.

SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP Join us in the Bell Garden (rain plan—Martha Manahan room), between services.

CAMPUS Ask any usher for direction to various rooms on our campus.

Take advantage of Guest Parking on our Center Street lot.

Our Mission — “Changing lives through Jesus Christ to make a difference. ”

Sunday School for all ages, September-May, 9:45am.

Nursery with certified staff caring for children preschool and younger, at all services, year-round.

10:30am Music Groups 11am service KidZone.

Register in-person at our Sunday School or Nursery or online by going to Registration at wumcmd.org or by scanning this QR code:

CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION

To Our Guests…..

Youth Group meets weekly on Sundays, 7pm, at our Youth House, 155 E Main Street. John & Stephany Seargeant, Directors of Youth Ministry, Westminster UMC UMYF@wumcmd.org/443-605-3388

ALLERGY SENSITIVITY POLICY—we value our allergen-sensitive worshippers. We use only artificial flowers and plants during our Sunday worship and we ask our worship attendees refrain from wearing strong perfume/cologne.

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2017

Please contact REACH, directly, with your need:

Doris Beam 443-291-6386

June Hicks 667-367-2226

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Our Family and Friends

Our General Board of Global Missionaries Nan McCurdy, Miguel Miarena, (West Pac Conference), Sun Lae Kim (UB, Mongolia), Alina Saucido (Nicaragua).

8/18-8/24 requests, John, Jerry (friends of Carole Roberts) Ella Marie (cousin of Christen Swartzbaugh) Ken Robertson (father-in-law of Meghan Robertson)

8/11-8/17 requests, Naomi Myers (mother of Larry Myers) Laura Williams (daughter of Darlene Union) Dorothy Zellhoffer (aunt of Darlene Union) Belinda Blizzard (sister-in-law of Ann Dell)

8/4-8/10 requests, David Zollickoffer (brother of Michele Zollickoffer) Terri Goss (friend of Michele Zollickoffer) Bob Eichner (brother of Linda Clark) Pietros Family (by William Knox)

7/28-8/3 requests, Lisa Cook (daughter of Debbie Cook) Nevaeh Williams (great-niece of Tina Joyce) The Volner Family (friends of Ashley Johnson)

7/21-7/27 requests, Amanda Mullinix and Isabel (by Heather Parks)

7/14-7/20 requests, Charles Beaver (brother-in-law of Chris Brown) Bob Raines (father of Ashley Johnson) Jake Gonsman (by Rich Gonsman) Sunny Helms (by Amy Sharpnack) Peter Nickolas, DDS (friend of Jenny Myers)

7/7-7/13 requests, Susan Sullivan (sister of Kim Cascio) Kearstin Hicks (granddaughter of Don & June Hicks)

6/30-7/6 requests, Robert Wisner (brother of Teresa Shipley

Those serving in the Military Pvt David Perez, Army, Iraq (future son-in-law, Kim Cascio); Dan Myers, Army, Fort Bragg, NC; Sally Myers, Army, Afghanistan (nephew/niece of Susan & John Harbold), Rachel Davis (Naval Flier, granddaughter of June George), William Felder (Army, Stottlemyers’ nephew), Jeannie Cook (Germany, Debbie Cook’s daughter), Stefanie Sadowski-Gray, (Keesler AFB, Sadowskis’ daughter), Alexandria Kennedy (Air Force Medic, Afghanistan), Dominic Chiavacci, (Marines, Hawaii, Sue Thomas’ grandson), Tyler Samberg, Israeli Def Force/Anti Terrorism, Israel (Carolyn Samberg's son)

Bulletin Prayer List, Email Prayer Chain, and Pastor Only Please use the Welcome to Worship slip to submit prayer requests. We will keep submissions in the bulletin for eight weeks. You are welcome to reissue your request at that time via our website, phone to church office or via another Welcome to Worship slip.

Prayer Circle (prayer requests to the phone tree) Please call our coordinator, Cathy Hartman, 410-871-9087 or the church office to submit requests.

Join the Prayer Email chain by sending a request to Pastor Malcolm: m.stranathan@wumcmd.org

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Philippians 4:6 NIV

Our Church Family

Lorna Rice, Tyler King, Morris & Charlotte Koontz, Gary Wilson, Michael Collett, Betty Long, Carol LaFon, Cathy Flinn, John Carbaugh, Robert Shaeffer, Hank & Pat Diener, Pam Shafer, Dan & Eleanor Shipley, Ken Haj, Rev. Dick & Ann Harden, Louise Miller, Ryan King, Skip Amass, Norma Cobourn, Pearl Fulton, Claudine Fitzgerald, Jean Garver, Victor Makovitch, Nancy Fletcher, Dave Taylor, Tina Joyce

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Maker Fest RALLY DAY September 10, 9:30am VBS fun continues for our entire congregation on Sunday, September 10th at the Maker Fest Rally Day! Following the 8:30am worship service, parents and children will collect their "factory map" and activity tickets then set off on their Maker Fest adventure. Children will meet their Sunday School teachers, tour classrooms, preview WUMC's Music Programs all the while learning they are uniquely created by God.

Back to School Blessing Sunday, September 3rd Teachers and school staff recognized in all services.

Students of all ages (pre-school - college) are invited to attend 11am worship service and bring their backpack for a special Blessing of the Backpacks during Kid's Time.

CHURCH PICNIC ***New Location*** Westminster City Park September 10, 12pm Church provides Fried Chicken and Beverages.

Please bring a dish to share. (drop off food in Jubilee Hall Kitchen, Sept 10)

Games for the kids! Praise Band!

So we purchase enough food and drink, please RSVP to Fun Fellowship [Sue Thomas, Dee Roush, or Kristy Vandervalk] or online by scanning this code:

RSVP form on today’s Welcome Slip or by scanning this QR Code:

We hope to see you in The Park!

Financial Peace University September 17, 9:30am Register TODAY In the United States: broke is normal. In FPU, families will learn to live like no one else so later you can live like no one else!

Course fee is $93 per family, this covers all your class material - book, envelope system, an online access code to the videos, resources and financial tools on the FPU website. Partial need-based scholarships are available, contact Ashley Johnson for more information.

Register on the back cover of the bulletin by scanning here:

2017-2018 Education Registration NOW OPEN Parents, are you tired of filling out the same information many different times for different programs? So are we! We now have one universal "Education Ministry" form for you to fill out to register someone for our nursery, Sunday School classes, children's choirs, Music Appreciation and KidZone. Please take a moment to fill out one form per person to participate in these programs for the 2017-2018 year. Completing these forms by the end of August helps us plan and adequately prepare our programs. We are looking forward to a great year!

Sunday School Maker Fest Rally Day is September 10th. This will kickoff our new Sunday School year and students can meet their teachers and visit their classroom during Maker Fest. Regular Sunday School classes will officially begin on September 17th. If you are interested in serving in our Sunday School ministry as a teacher, assistant or in another way, please talk to our Sunday School Superintendents, Jacki Stranathan and Wayne Olson, or the Director of Christian Education, Ashley Johnson.

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Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Collection Place donations in the OCC Shoebox baskets in the Mission Hallway.

Update—there are many donations in Mission Hallway. THANK YOU!!! TAKE A LOOK!!! We do still especially need:

Toothbrushes (about 100)

Soap and washcloths (about 50)

Notebooks (about 50).

THANKS for your donations.

Least of These Golf Tournament at The Links at Gettysburg September 29th, Shotgun Start at 8am Light breakfast included

Water and Soda on Course

Lunch at the Clubhouse

$85/ golfer

Contact: Scott Gentile @ 443/277-5119 or scottgentile@comcast.net

Susanna Circle will not meet Sept 1—instead, the group will meet Friday, September 8. The program will address sustainable living; guests are welcome.

There are angels among us … heartfelt thanks to our anonymous angel. Pastor Malcolm & Jacki

Advance Directive Session September 18, 6:30pm Monica Clark-McGrew , RN is one of the Nurse Navigators at Carroll Hospital who works with assisting patient with Advance Directives. She has worked with Hospice and Palliative Care patients both in the home and hospital for over 15 years. Monica can give an overview of the Advance Directives, what they are, why they are crucial to have and how to fill them out. She can also review documents you currently have, and answer questions.

Making Sense of the Bible New Life in Christ Class Sept 10—Oct 15, 6 sessions Rev. Dave Highfield and Woodie Wood Rev. Adam Hamilton writes “I love the Bible…and I wrestle with it. There are portions, if I’m honest, that I have questions about. I’m guessing…you have questions too.” This class will use Hamilton’s book as a spring-board to honestly wrestle with the difficult questions raised by thoughtful Christians and non-Christians. Examples: Were Adam and Eve real people? Why is God so violent in the Old Testament? Why would Paul command women to “keep silent in the church?” Is Jesus the only way to salvation? How does God view homosexual people?

Sept 10 Making Sense of the Old Testament

Sept 17 Making Sense of the New Testament

Sept 24 Questions about the Nature of Scripture

Oct 1 The Bible and Science

Oct 8 Violence, Suffering, Other Troubling Issues

Oct 15 Wrestling with Issues of Sexuality and Relationships

Compassionate Knitters will be starting up again, Sept 13, 2017. The CK's mission is to knit or crochet shawls for our ministers to take to persons in need. We have knitting needles and yarn and would be happy to have you join our group. If you don’t know how to knit and would like to learn, we can get you started. CK's meet in the WUMC Library, 1-2:30pm, Wednesdays. Call me if you have questions - Dot White, 410-596-9028.

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WELCOME Seminarian Vivian (Dongeun) Lee Vivian Lee enters her second year at Wesley Theological Seminary, this fall. Vivian lives in New Windsor with her husband, The Rev. Dr. Steven Cho (pastor of Stone Chapel and Zion UMC’s) and their 13 year old son, Won. Vivian will be interning here at Westminster UMC while school is in session, eight to nine hours each week, for the next two years. We are very excited about this new opportunity to work with Vivian as together we, “We change lives through Jesus Christ to make a difference.”

Pastor: The Practice of Ministry and Mission program establishes a partnership between Wesley Theological Seminary, a seminarian student and a local congregation. Today, we welcome Vivian (Dongeun) Lee, who is responding to God’s call to become an Elder in the United Methodist Church.

Learning Partner: We celebrate Vivian’s arrival among us! Together with the pastors, we will covenant with Vivian as her learning partner, agreeing to meet with her monthly as we support her learning and ministry here at Westminster UMC.

Pastor: Together, all of us … pastors, learning partners, and congregation, covenant with Vivian in this mutual teaching and learning relationship, pledging our mutual commitments to the building up of the church and community around us.

Congregation: We welcome you as a student in ministry among us. We promise to labor with you as brothers and sisters in faith. We support you in partnership with Wesley Theological Seminary as a sign of our mutual ministry on behalf of the church.

Vivian: I accept your gift as leaders and teachers of ministry. I promise to labor with you as your sister in faith. I pledge to you my prayers, encouragement, and support. May the Holy Spirit guide and strengthen us that in this partnership and in all things we may do God’s will in service of Jesus Christ.

Congregation: Almighty God, by virtue of our baptism we are all called to a life of service in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Look with favor upon Vivian, a student and leader of your own calling to follow Christ and serve in his name. Give her courage, patience, and vision; and strengthen all of us in our Christian vocation of witness to the world and of service to others; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

By your Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit you gave to your apostles many excellent gifts and you have placed us in a community to learn and share these gifts. Provide for us your guidance, that we may be teachers and learners together. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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HERALD monthly newsletter Articles are due on the fifth of each month to Sherri Haines, church office. ...for publication of events up to two months out.

BULLETIN weekly church bulletin Notices are due by Tuesday, 3pm, to Sherri Haines, church office. ...for publication of current events, no more than two weeks out. Submissions should be no more than 75 words.

WEEKLY E-HERALD via email Forward info to Sherri Haines, church office, by 3pm, Wednesday. ...for email and facebook publication to the entire church on Thursdays, intended for time-critical events and news related to this coming weekend in our church and ministries, ONLY. Submission should be brief, of 50 words or less.

WEBSITE and FACEBOOK Submissions to the website may apply to any future date. The website is placed on most publications of the church. Facebook is best reserved for shorter-timed updates but there is an events feature that can be used, at your request, to invite people to special programs in the church.

Westminster UMC Staff Availability You will see staff working beyond these hours; thank you for keeping our posted hours of availability:

Pastor Malcolm: 2pm Sun—2pm Tue Pastor Shari: 12pm Thur—12pm Sat

Clergy Days off:

Bulletin Sponsorship Your sponsorship brings us COLOR bulletins.

Sign-up, today, in the Bulletin Binder located in our narthex (on the podium near the sanctuary doors).

Sponsorships are typically $25 on regular Sundays.

Personalize your dedication!

Easy payment in the offering plate (note “bulletin sponsor” on envelope and in check memo line).

Thank you for bringing color to our morning

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Office Admin.

Financial Secretary

9:30 - 3:30

Facilities Custodian

Director of Christian Ed.

Church Office Hours = Mon-Fri, 9am-3pm

Westminster United Methodist Church 165 E. Main Street Westminster, MD

410-848-8325

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Sun Aug 27, 2017 UMYF Campout Event - offsite CCFS Sunday 8:30am A Worship Service 9:45am A Eucharist Service 11am A Worship Service 11:15am Music Camp - NLiC 5pm MOPS Kick-off - NLiC

Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:30pm Soup Kitchen - Jubilee

Tue Aug 29, 2017 8am Preschool First Aid / CPR Training - MM 1pm Yoga Session - Jubilee 3pm Community Conference - SW 7pm Trustees - Library

Wed Aug 30, 2017 1pm VIP Meeting - ConfRm 4:30pm Community Conference - MM

Thu Aug 31, 2017 9am Herald Mailing - ConfRm 6:30pm Praise Band Rehearsal - Sanctuary

Fri Sep 1, 2017 6:30am Bible Study - Library 9:15am Susanna Circle - MM 1pm Concert Rehearsal - Sanctuary 6pm Scrapbooking - SW

Sun Sep 3, 2017 Teacher, Staff, Student BLESSINGS at all services, Communion Sunday 8:30am Worship Service 9:45am Eucharist Service 11am Worship Service / Backpack Blessing 6:30pm Youth Group Back-to-School Prayer Event - Youth House

WUMC Calendar Webpage

Duty 8:30am 9:45am 11am

Greeters

Ushers

Readers

Communion September 3 September 3

Techs

Other Nursery, all services

Michelle Olson, Coordinator Rachel Olson

Next week:

Communion offered at all services.

Teacher, Staff, Student School Blessings at

all services.

Backpack Blessing at 11am service.

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Today’s bulletins are given

to the

Glory of God

in memory of

Mildred Poole

on her 110th birthday,

by Mary Louise Poole.

Westminster UMC

Rally Day September 10, 9:30am

Sunday School Registration begins, August 13

Sunday School classes begin Sept 17

Church Family Picnic September 10, 12 noon

Picnic in the Park, this year! RSVP on today’s Welcome Slip

Financial Peace Sept 17 - Nov 12 9:30-11am Register today, below or online

Back to School Blessings September 3 Teachers, Staff, Students recognized at all services Backpacks blessed at 11am

Financial Peace University

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Phone

Email

Address

Address

Childcare Required (check box)

Please tear-off and place in offering plate