This WeekNURSERYWe have a nursery available for your

children in Rainbow Hall.

MINISTRIESMINISTERS THE CONGREGATIONCHIld CARE dIRECTOR Ellen leslieMUSIC dIRECTOR Marilyn JoyceMUSICIAN Tony JohnstonMEdIA dIRECTOR Stephen MarshallCHURCH AdMINISTRATOR Kathy ByrdAdMINISTRATOR ASSISTANT lynne OverstreetFACIlITY MANAGEMENT Cody BradfordPRESCHOOl dIRECTOR Ashley TranthamCHIldREN’S dIRECTOR Pam GreenbergYOUTH dIRECTOR Cindy McdonaldPASTOR Rev. Stephen Cotten

Welcome!We welcome you to today’s worship celebration service. We are happy

you are here and pray that your spirit is refreshed. Please fill out the attendance registry with your name, address and

phone number...so we can keep in touch.

Liz Etheridge

Sunday, August 4 8:30 am Worship Service 9:30 am Refreshments 9:45 am Sunday School11:00 am Worship Service

Monday, August 5 Lunches of Love

Tuesday, August 6 Lunches of Love 4:00 pm Stephen Ministry

Wednesday, August 7 Lunches of Love

Thursday, August 85:30 pm LOL

Altar Flowers Altar flowers for Sunday, August 4,

are provided by Flowerland of Mt. Vernon and funded by the Charles

Bruce Flower Endowment Fund.

Finance CountersJuly

28 James King Gail ReedAugust

04 Linda Moore Stan Silva 11 Willie Bane Ben Tyler 18 Tom Sample James King 25 Steve Wright Linda Moore

Administrative Meetings

Trustees MeetingMonday, August 12 @ 6:00 pm

Rainbow Board MeetingMonday, August 19 @ 5:15 pm

Finance MeetingMonday, August 19 @ 6:30 pm

Church Council Meeting

Monday, August 26 @ 6:00 pm

We are confronted by an “either-or”; either we love God,

or we love earthly goods." (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)

Funny the things we remember as a kid. For some reason, I still remember what my older brother's high school response was when the yearbook editor asked him, "What do you want to be when you graduate?". His answer? A Millionaire.

Yes, my brother was counting that future money even before the graduation tassel was moved to the opposite side of his head. He could see the big house with the nice lawn....the sports car in the garage....the cash in his pocket. His goal in life was to be a millionaire.

Fast forward 40 years.

God constantly and persistently tapped him on the shoulder, whispered non-stop in his ear and desperately tried to get his attention. And what do you know.....it worked!

He's now 60 and using his work earnings to pay tithe in his own unique way by helping others. He sends large amounts of his monthly wages to God-centered organizations to help further the Word and keeps only enough to meet his simple needs. He lives modestly, drives a used car and works long hours. He's a wonderful man.

He has also discovered that by using his hands as a form of tithe, his spare time can be better served by serving meals to the homeless at a downtown Dallas shelter. There's always a stack of $10 Walmart gift cards in his center console to hand out to those in need who cross his path....

.....and he realizes he will never be a millionaire.

Because he chose something "better" than being a millionaire. He chose a life of Giving instead of a life of Taking. He chose to serve instead of being served, and he chose GOD instead of his original goal of GREED.

I tell you this because I believe we ALL struggle with wanting our "treasures" here on earth. The financial security, the "things" around us that bring us comfort, and we wrongly and quietly believe they will provide us the joy that God cannot. But it's an illusion, my friends. It's a mask the enemy has placed over a HUD home to make it look like a mansion.

"The things of this earth will grow strangely dim"

My brother taught me the journey is so much better when we lighten our load....when we replace the burden of living for our life here on Earth for the forever life in Heaven.

"A person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God."

Luke 12:21

"WHAT On EARTH ARE YOU DOInG FOR HEAvEnS’ SAkE?"

Sunday, August 4, 20198:30 AM & 11:00 AM

PoCkeT VeRSe“And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many

years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have

prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”

Luke 12:19-21

PRelude (8:30) Tony Johnston

welCoMe

*HYMN Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing CH 11

PASToRAl PRAYeR

THe loRd’S PRAYeR

HYMN Awesome God CH 179

*HYMN Sanctuary CH 638

SCRiPTuRe Luke 12:13-21 (8:30) Jan Andrews (11:00) Judy Kirby

oFFeRToRY PRAYeR “For God so loved the world, that God gave … !”

John 3:16 (adapted)

oFFeRToRY MuSiC “The Unclouded Day” Arr. Tony Johnston

*doXoloGY UM 95Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen

ANTHeM (11:00) You Are My All in All Chancel Choir

MeSSAGe God’s Priorities in Our Lives Pastor Stephen Cotten

HolY CoMMuNioN

*HYMN Freely, Freely CH 436 (vs. 1)

*BeNediCTioN

ReSPoNSe To BeNediCTioN

Freely, Freely CH 436 Refrain

PoSTlude (8:30) Tony Johnston

*Please stand as able *CH: Celebration Hymnal *UM: United Methodist Hymnal

Please Note: Names added to the prayer list will remain on the list for 30 days if needed. They will be relisted by request.

If you would like to have a prayer request emailed out or would like to add someone to the prayer list, please email the Church office at office@fumcmv.org

Prayer listJack AbbottWillie BaneDavid BergmanJenny BergmanDavid BrewerPatti BrewerJanie BynumCarolyn DaltonArdis Dennisnorma Jean Draperkenny DuckBeulah Duwe

Joanna EarlBob FlandersVictoria FletcherJan Banman Graciakathey Gutschlag Tim GutschlagRichard HaynieC.E. JonesChristi JonesMike JordanJudy LindleyPeggy Lowry

Elexis LunsfordTodd LunsfordMargaret MannJean Ann MarshallLou Gene MaxtonDennis McBrideCharlotteWhitesides McFarlinkenneth McGeeSusan McGeeLanny MooreMarla nolley

Blaine nordinDorothy PriceJake Reeder kip ReederBrian RuylePeggy Stuttsnancy ThamesAshlan WindorskiDorothy WinfieldSam Zarro

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