Caldwell United Methodist Church

 Bring Individuals to Christ    Nurture spiritual growth

Invite others to discipleship

October 25, 2009

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(Please sign the attendance sheet in the pew pad. Please tear the sheets out and place them in the offering plate after everyone in your pew has signed in)

 

PRELUDE: Lighting of the Candles

Gathering songs: There’s A Song  #2141 TFWS

                              GiveThanks #2036 TFWS

 

WORDS OF GREETING:         God is Good – All the time

                          All the time- God is Good

 

SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS: Including birthdays and Anniversaries 

                                                   

Following each joy, please respond:

                        For These gifts, We thank you, God.

            Following each concern, please respond:

                        God, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.

 

CHILDREN’S MOMENTS

 

*MORNING GREETINGS:  Greet those around you with handshakes or hugs and words of greeting or joy.

 

OPENING SONG: O God, Our Help in Ages Past  #117 in your Hymnal                                

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP:  

Leader:  We believe, O Lord, that you have not abandoned us to the

               Dim light of our own reason to conduct us to happiness,

               But that you have revealed in Holy Scriptures whatever

               Is necessary for us to believe and practice.

People:  How noble and excellent are the precepts, how sublime

               And enlightening the truth, how persuasive and strong

               The motives, how powerful the assistance of your

                Holy religion.

Leader:  Our delight shall be in your statutes,

People:  And we will not forget your Word.  Amen.

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PREPARATION FOR PRAYER: “Through It All” #507 in your Hymnal

SILENT PRAYER                                 

PASTORAL PRAYER  

THE LORD’S PRAYER

 

SHARING GOD'S BLESSINGS:  Operation Christmas Child

 

*OFFERING RESPONSE   

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures high and low; give thanks to God in love made known:  Creator, Word and spirit, One.

 

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Redeeming Lord, we continually seek your comfortable refuge. You deliver us from our unfounded fears and provide us with miraculous examples of your love. In response, we offer these gifts. We pray that these funds will provide an outreach that warms people with your resplendent love. As a church community, we exalt and praise your holy name. Amen.

 

A READING FROM THE BIBLE: Mark 10:46-52

 

ANTHEM:  Find Us Faithful"  Green/Mohr

 

MESSAGE:  Our Roots are Showing

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*CLOSING SONG:  “Sent Forth by God’s Blessing  #664 in your Hymnal

                                    

*WORDS OF PARTING

 

*PARTING SONG “Trees of the Field”

                                  #2279 in The Faith We Sing 

 

 

 

8504 Caldwell Road, Mukwonago, WI  53149

(800) 570-4440

 www.CaldwellUMC.org
CaldwellUMC@earthlink.net

Pastor Grace Baldridge’s Cell Phone (262) 751-0955

Secretary’s Phone:  (262) 662-0264

 

Ministers                                                                                       All of us

Pastor                                                                   Pastor Grace Baldridge  

Pianist                                                                                    Jane Spires

Greeters & Ushers                                                               Laurie Duffek

Reader                                                                                Laurie Duffek

 

Dates to Remember

 

October 26 Items due for the bulletin

                    Wisconsin Conference Clergy Retreat, Stevens Point

 

October 27  Centering Prayer, Adult study, Our Lord’s UMC New Berlin

                     Registration $10 series of 3                                                       7:00 PM-8:00 PM

 

October 21  “Harry Potter & The Hallowed Word, adult study

                     @ Our Lord’s UMC Berlin Weekly Series of 5

                     $10 registration fee                                                                                7-8:30 PM

 

October 29  Choir Rehearsal                                                                                      6-7:30 PM

                     Bible Study “The Trees of the Bible”                                                     7:30 PM

October 30   Reformation Day                                                                     10:00 AM-2:30 PM

                     Conference Nomination Committee, Tomah                              3:30 PM- 5 PM

 

 

Volunteers for Next Sunday

Greeters & Ushers        Bob and Avy Weeks

Reader                           Deanna Shimko- Herman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 10:46-52

The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ 48Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ 49Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind man, saying to him, ‘Take heart; get up, he is calling you.’ 50So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51Then Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher,* let me see again.’ 52Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has made you well.’ Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

 

 

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Daily Prayer

Please use this guided prayer as a way to pray daily for the whole world.

Together, let us pray

For the people of this congregation…

For those who suffer and those in trouble…

For the concerns of this local community…

For the world, it’s peoples, and it’s leaders…

For the Church universal – it’s leaders, it’s members, and it’s mission

In communion with the saints…Amen      

 

 

 

Volunteer Opportunity:

 

 

Caldwell UMC is seeking a volunteer to help prepare the weekly bulletin and do other light secretarial duties at the church. If you have basic secretarial and computer skills and can volunteer approximately 5 to  6 hours per week, contact Marilee Gloe personally or call her at 414-430-7999 for more information.