WESLEY WEEKLY NEWS
79 Clinton Street, Concord, NH 03301
Visit our Web page at http/www.concordwumc.org
Phone: (603) 224-7413 Fax: (603) 225-9161
OUR WESLEY UMC WELCOME
Is this your first Wesley UMC worship service? If so, we want to share with you our Wesley UMC welcome. During the Welcome to Worship part of the service, please record the information you feel comfortable sharing on the yellow sheet on the clipboard as it comes to you. We appreciate your visit, and we would like get to know you better. Please help us by participating in our Wesley UMC welcome and stop by our welcome center in the narthex.
COME TO THE TABLE
The United Methodist Church welcomes all people to share in the sacrament of Holy Communion. At the ushers' invitation, please come to the Lord's Table by the side aisle nearest you. You may receive kneeling at the rail or standing at the center aisle. After receiving the bread and the cup (gluten free wafers are available for those who are allergic to wheat), return to your pew by the center aisle. Simply dip the morsel of bread placed in your open hands into the cup and partake of both together. If you are unable to come forward, alert an usher to your need to be served in your pew. You are welcome at the Lord's Table regardless of the church in which you were baptized. If you have never been baptized, consider your participation in today's celebration of Holy Communion an invitation from Christ to receive the sacrament of Baptism, too, and make your interest known to our pastors.
DISCRETIONARY FUND
The Pastors' Discretionary Fund extends Wesley UMC's love and concern to members of our church family and neighbors in need. During August, $191.84 was expended from this fund to assist people who were previously interviewed by our pastor. Please use the offering plates located near the chancel rail to designate your gift as you come forward to receive Holy Communion.
NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY
Here at Wesley UMC – Sunday, September 12, 2010
12:00noon-3:00pm
Plan to attend and meet and greet the folks who live in our neighborhood. Please bring lawn chairs to share with our guests.
Games for the kids Clowns Hot Dogs
Bounce House Electric Praise Chips
Face Painting Watermelon
Volleyball Cookies
Lawn Games Beverages
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Wesley is hosting a block party on Homecoming Sunday, September 12, from 12-3 pm. Besides a picnic lunch, we will be having a variety of lawn games. Each of these games needs 1-3 people to oversee the activity. Please consider volunteering for this event for the people of Wesley as well as the neighborhood. Sign up sheets are in the narthex. Any questions, please call Norm Lemay at 774-6728 or email nlbl@gsinet.net.
LEE DOMANN, a United Methodist minister, award-winning songwriter, storyteller, and modern-day troubadour from New Mexico WILL BE HERE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, AT 7:00PM!
PLEASE DON’T FORGET THAT SUNDAY SCHOOL RESUMES AT 9:00AM NEXT SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
DISCIPLE BIBLE STUDY: orientation for the 2010-2011 class of Disciple I participants will begin at 7:00pm on Thurs, Sept 16. Peter & up to twelve students will explore the Old & New Testaments of the Bible during 34 weeks of classes beginning Thurs, Sept 23, from 7:00-8:30pm. Approximately 30 minutes of daily Bible reading & prayer will be required for each week’s session. A workbook fee of $30 will cover the cost of materials. Help to cover the cost is available. If you are interested in participating in this journey through the Bible, please sign up on the bulletin board in the narthex. If you have questions, please talk with Peter.
NH DISTRICT DAY WITH BISHOP PETER WEAVER & INSTALLATION SERVICE FOR DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT, REV. DR. DAVID J. ABBOTT ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11.
The First United Methodist Church of Laconia-Gilford will host this informative day with Bishop Weaver, starting at 9:00am with fellowship at the church. The Bishop’s talk, beginning at 9:30am, will focus on “Mission Leap Year.” This is the challenge each church in our conference faces this year to begin one new mission project in 2010. Lunch will be served at noon and the installation will begin at 1:30pm. A reception will follow. For planning purposes reservations are needed – please call the office (224-7413) if you are planning to attend any part of the day.
INQUIRERS’ CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 14! If you are interested in learning more about Wesley and the United Methodist Church, or are interested in joining Wesley, please let Peter know that you are interested in coming to the next set of 3 classes to be held, Tuesdays, September 14, 21, and 28.
GROWING EDGES: Come join us for 3 nights of thought provoking ideas about Leadership, Worship and Evangelism in Hanna Hall, Tuesdays, September 21, September 28 and October 5.
6:30-7:00pm: Simple Supper (donations accepted)
7:00-8:30pm: DVD Presentation to Stretch the Imagination
Childcare Provided -----> Sign up now in the Narthex.
UMCOR RESPONDS TO FLOODING IN PAKISTAN
With new floods compounding the effects of weeks of inundation across Pakistan, the people of this nation in crisis are in desperate need of a different kind of deluge: the rain of compassion. While the number of deaths so far is relatively low for so extensive a disaster, the United Nations estimates that the number of people affected by the crisis is comparable to the combined toll of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan Kashmir. UMCOR is working with Partners CWS, Muslim Aid, and GlobalMedic to provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene aid. Please give generously to International Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #982450 and help the people of Pakistan survive the worst disaster in memory in their country. Please indicate Pakistan Floods on the memo line of your check.
SCHOOL HAS STARTED: Do you know what your child’s most important school supply is? YOU! Your child’s education is a critical ingredient to his success. Go to open house, meet your child’s teacher. If a child knows you are interested, he or she will be more likely to do better in school. Show that you care! Get involved!
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL: The earliest existing Christian writings are not the Gospels. Rather, they are the epistles—or letters—written by the apostle Paul in the decades immediately following the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. And of all the epistles, none is as unique and powerful as Paul’s letter to the Romans. The adultSunday school class will begin a study of Romans, led by Byron Champlin, in the parlor at 9:00am, Sunday, September 12. There will be no outside reading or study guide; just bring your Bible and be prepared to engage in friendly conversation about that week’s text. Romans is the only epistle that Paul wrote to a church that he did not found and to Christians who did not know him. It’s his introduction—and so one of our best windows into the bedrock of Paul’s beliefs and Christian vision. But, as one commentator has written, in Romans, Paul “deals with problems as contemporary as tomorrow’s newspaper.” So it’s also a roadmap Paul has left to help us find a Christian approach to life’s fundamental challenges.
THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR
TODAY: 8:30am Communion Service, Phillips Chapel
10:30am Worship Service, Sanctuary,
Childcare
10:45am Worship and Wonder, Library
6pm Rejuvenation! Contemporary Service
TUES: 10am Moms’ Group, Nursery
WED: 7pm Staff Parish Relations Committee, Parlor
THUR: 6pm Jubellation handbell choir, Music Room
7pm Sanctuary Choir
NEXT SUN: 9am Spiritual Espresso, Sanctuary, Childcare
9am Sunday School
10:30am Worship Service, Sanctuary, Childcare
10:45am Worship and Wonder, Library
12:00pm Neighborhood Block Party
6:00pm Rejuvenation! Contemporary Service, HH
STAFF EMAIL ADDRESSES
Peter Hey: peter@concordwumc.org
Misty Griffith: misty@concordwumc.org
Nancy Cole: billnan@metrocast.net
Jamie Tackett: jamie@concordwumc.org
Bill Broadrick: bumpa@tds.net
Website: http://www.concordwumc.org
