March 12, 2017

2nd Sunday in Lent

March 5

Attendance: 57

Offerings: $3609

YTD Received: $22,746

YTD Needed: $32,300

MISSION

To Make Disciples of

Jesus Christ For the

Transformation of the

World.

VISION

To Build a

Community of Faith

Upon the Foundation

of Grace, Where All

Lives Are Being

Transformed Into the

Life-Changing Gospel

of Jesus Christ.

CORE VALUES

In Order to Live Into

Our Vision For Our

Preferred Future, We

Will Live and Lead

With: Integrity,

Accountability,

Unrelenting Love For

All People, Courage

and Risk, and Holding

Nothing Sacred But

the Mission.

Welcome to Wesley!

We are so glad you have joined us today!

If this is your first time, then please let

someone know you are visiting. We

consider everyone here as family, so

expect to be loved, hugged, and prayed

for.

Sunday, March 12 9:00 AM– Hackberry Worship 9:45 AM– Sunday School 11:00 AM– Worship 3:00 PM– Ignite Drama Team 4:00 PM– Wesley Kids Tuesday, March 14 8:30 AM– Coffee Talk (Hollier’s)

Wednesday, March 15 5:30 PM– Youth

Thursday, March 16 4:30 PM– Choir Practice Sunday, March 19 3rd Sunday in Lent 9:45 AM– Sunday School 11:00 AM– Worship 12:00 PM– UMW Baked Potato 3:00 PM– Ignite Drama Team 4:00 PM– Wesley Kids

Prayer List Alice Hinton, Lindsey Campbell, Calvin Sharpe, Boyd Aleman, Michael Choate, Karen Abshire, Gordon & Carolyn Farnum, Marcie Havner, Gordon Steen, Lillian Linscomb, Martha Hampton, Calvin Sharpe, Angela Landry, Bert Swire, Abby Smudricks, Mindy Lavoi, Destiny Williams, Wilma Landry, Wilson Swire, Arlene Jordan, Alice Williams,

Greg Taylor, Janet Arceneaux, Dylan Broussard, Toni Atwell, Don McInnis, Bob Sigler, Genie Williamson, Cody Wynn, Devons Vincent, Angela Downs, Curtis Skinner, Bradley

Bergeron, Chuck Hansen & Family Families of Angela Landry and Dorothy Taylor

All affected by natural disaster & violence, State of our country Missions, US Military, Comfort in Mourning, Traveling Mercies, Unspoken Requests

Easter Lilies

$5/each

Due April 2

Place Order Form in Offering Plate

PRAY ONE FOR ANOTHER (James 5:16) To submit a prayer request, please complete an intercessory prayer request slip and place them in the basket at the altar. Requests can also be submitted online

or by e-mailing/calling the church office.

423 Live Oak Street, Sulphur, LA 70663

337-527-3602

wesleyumcsulphur1@gmail.com

www.wesleyumcsulphur.org

Rev. Bradley Swire, Pastor

(337) 912-2159

Bradley.swire@gmail.com

Casa Para Niños Aleluya is a Christ- centered ministry that includes both a physical home and spiritual covering for abandoned, orphaned, and abused children in Guatemala.

The ministry provides food, shelter, clothing, education, and spiritual discipleship. The primary needs they have asked us to assist with sending are antibiotic ointment, Nyquil, and Dayquil.

Youth Envelope Fundraiser: Today! Support our much needed youth ministry interns. Pick-up the envelope with the number corresponding to the amount you feel called to give. Thank you!

UMW Baked

Potato

Fundraiser

March 19

Adults: $7.00

Kids: $3.50

THE SERVICE OF WORSHIP

Please Stand as you are able

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Gathering Molly Richard Bringing In the Light of Christ Welcome, Announcements, and Opening Prayer Pastor: God is Good People: All the Time

Call to Worship Come, all who need help! Our help comes from God, the one who made heaven and earth. Come, all who desire blessing! Our blessing comes from God, the God of Abraham, the God of the ages. Come, all who long for salvation! Our salvation comes from Jesus Christ, the one sent by God to save the world.

Opening Hymn Lift High the Cross UMH 159 Passing of the Peace of Christ Pastor: May the peace of Christ be with you all. People: And also with you.

Pennies from Heaven This loose coin offering goes to the Casa Aleluya Children’s Home, which cares for orphaned, abused, and mistreated children in Guatemala. All the children are invited to grab a small bucket from the sound booth in the back and collect the loose coins you may feel called to give and then bring them to the large bucket in the front. Children in grades K-5 are invited to go to children’s church after the children’s moment. Sharing of Joys & Concerns

Pastoral Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy

kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

Hymn of Praise Love Lifted Me Cokesbury 233 Mission Moment

WE RESPOND TO THE CALL OF GOD Giving Our Gifts, Tithes, & Offerings Unto God Choral Anthem

Doxology

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; praise

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen

WE LISTEN TO THE WORD OF GOD

Scripture John 1:1-5, 14 Pew Bible 808

Pastor: This is the Word of God for the People of God People: Thanks be to God.

Message Creed: “And In Jesus Christ…” Rev. Bradley Swire Affirmation of Faith The Apostles’ Creed UMH 881 I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic* church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. * Universal

Gloria Patri

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Amen. Amen.

INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP Hymn Lord, Who Throughout These 40 Days UMH 269 Do you feel God calling you to make a public profession of faith? Have you been visiting with us for a while and wish to make Wesley UMC your new church home? If the answer to either of these is yes, then please come to the front during this song.

WE DEPART TO SERVE GOD

Benediction Sending Forth Molly Richard

Carrying the Light of Christ Into the World

Message Overview & Notes

And In Jesus Christ... John 1:1-5, 14

“When God sought to communicate his love for us, he sent Jesus. It was in his Son that God’s message, God’s Word, came to us and

became our defining story. Through Jesus, God was saying: I Am. You matter to me. I love you.”

1) “Creed” is a Latin word meaning, “I Believe.” The

beliefs expressed in the Apostle’s Creed are foundational to claiming the name “Christian”.

2) Jesus is: Yeshua– Hebrew word meaning “deliverer” or

“savior.” Jesus is: Christ– the Greek word that means “anointed one,” that comes from the Hebrew word meaning “Messiah.”

3) Jesus is not just A son of God, Jesus is THE Son of God. 4) The term “Word” in John 1 comes from the Greek word,

Logos, meaning logic. Logos is the mind, the logic, the creative power, the reasoning, and even the character and power of God.

5) Jesus is the divine Word that reveals the depth of God’s

love. The Incarnation was not simply to have God walk in our shoes; it was to allow God, literally, to meet us on our own ground— to become one of us in order to reveal himself to us in terms that we could understand, showing us what he is like and what his will is for our lives and for the world.