NOTE: Please sign the attendance sheet in the pew pad. After everyone in your pew has signed in, please tear the sheet out

and place it in the offering plate. Thank you!

GATHERING SONG #2165 FWS “Cry of My Heart”

WORDS OF GREETING

God is good — all the time.

All the time — God is good.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

*CALL TO WORSHIP

We who have risen to embrace this day,

we who are weary in body and spirit,

all are welcome in this sacred place.

We who know the abundance of life,

we who are left impoverished by harsh realities,

all receive a sustaining measure of God’s love.

We who are strong in mind and soul,

we who are challenged by illnesses of many kinds,

all are whole in the Spirit of God.

We who have a voice and the strength to use it,

we who whisper prayers in our hearts,

all are invited to worship God.

Come, for all have a place of honor in the heart of God!

*PRAYER OF INVOCATION

God of Extravagant Welcome, like flickering candles on

a table, the soul of each person illumines the heart of our gathered community, and in the radiance of the whole,

we recognize your presence. Filled with your Spirit of Love, may we reflect your gracious welcome to all. Amen.

*OPENING HYMN #2228 FWS “Sacred the Body”

*PASSING OF THE PEACE Please introduce yourself

and extend the peace of Christ to those around you.

CHILDREN’S MOMENTS

SCRIPTURE Luke 14:1, 7-14 NRSV

PREPARATION FOR PRAYER #2167 FWS “More Like You”

TIME OF PRAYER

JOYS AND CONCERNS

SILENT PRAYER

UNISON PRAYER AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

Holy God, at whose banquet table we feast every day of our lives, we have been richly fed with good food and homes, education and work, and so many things we take for granted. Feed us now with your glorious presence and with your Word that humbles us.

Christ our loving host, open our hearts to accept your invitation to true community in God’s reign. Assure us of the openness of God’s banquet table, and help us make certain that no one is excluded from dining there.

Gracious Spirit of God, present with all human beings: help us to know you in the hungry, the stranger, the ill, and the prisoner, that our souls may be fed with the fruits of justice, and our hearts be made glad with healing and hospitality. With our sisters and brothers we pray:

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.

TIME OF OFFERING

SHARING GOD’S BLESSINGS

All loose change goes to Palawan Orphanage.

*OFFERING RESPONSE

#2044 UMH “My Gratitude Now Accept, O God”

*OFFERTORY PRAYER

God, we thank you for the banquet of life. In our offering we give up some of our luxuries for the sake of brothers and sisters who lack food, shelter, or medical care. We reach out to help, expecting no reward but the satisfaction of sharing what you have so richly entrusted to us. We dedicate our time and abilities along with these fruits of our labor. Amen.

ANTHEM “Generation to Generation”

Words by Christie Smith Stephens; music by Greg Gilpin.

SCRIPTURE AND MESSAGE Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 NRSV

“Yesterday. Today. Forever.”

*CLOSING HYMN #356 UMH “When We Are Living”

*BENEDICTION

Let mutual love continue,

show unbounded hospitality to strangers,

know you are entertaining angels unaware.

Trust that Jesus the Christ is the same

yesterday and today and forever,

and by living the generous love of Spirit,

we become the Body of Christ in our day.

God where the Spirit of God leads you. Amen.

*PARTING SONG #2172 FWS “We Are Called”

An * in the service indicates to stand as able

Liturgical resources drawn from: Gathered by Love by Lavon Bayler © 1994 by United Church Press; Before the Amen edited by Maren C. Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirabassi © 2007 by Maren C. Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirabassi; Touch Holiness edited by Ruth C. Duck and Maren C. Tirabassi © 1990 by The Pilgrim Press; and Seasons of the Spirit™Congregational Life Pentecost 1, 2010 © 2009 by Seasons of the Spirit.

Worship Leaders for Next Sunday:

Greeters and Ushers: Barbara and Don Foster

Reader: Deanna Shimko-Herman

Sunday, August 29, 2010

10:45 a.m. Worship Service

Caldwell United Methodist Church

Your Mukwonago Church in the Country

8424 Caldwell Road, Mukwonago, WI 53149

www.CaldwellUMC.org • (262) 662-2679

Rev. Joyce Rich, Pastor

August/September Dates to Remember

Sun Aug 29 9:00 AM worship @ Bethel and St James

10:45 AM worship @ Caldwell

1:00 PM Confirmation mtg @ St James

Wed Sept 1 12:00 Noon UMW day group mtg church hall

5:30 PM C.A.R.E. Committee mtg

7:00 PM Joint Worship Team mtg @ Caldwell

Thurs Sept 2 6:30 to 7:45 PM Choir Rehearsal

Sun Sept 5 9:00 AM worship @ Bethel and St James

10:45 AM worship @ Caldwell

6:00 PM Pastor Joyce @ Fairhaven vespers service

Tues Sept 7 6:30 PM UMW evening group mtg

6:30 PM Finance Ministry Team mtg

Thanks for Keeping It Clean!

Thanks to everyone who helped with the Highway “L” clean-up!

Holding in Prayer

Shut Ins: Mabel Byron, Bill Spires

Joys: Celebrating birthdays: Bill Spires (Aug. 26); Pastor Grace Baldridge, Robert Kodet (Aug. 29); Todd Schmidt (Aug. 30); Bob Weeks (Sept. 1); Thomas Craig (Sept. 3). Celebrating a wedding anniversary: Peg and Al Handy (Aug. 30); Sheryl and Johnny Hutchison. With Jane and Randy Craig on the birth of their 9^th grandchild: Carley Jane Craig, to Daniel and Nicole on Aug. 15. With Warren Hansen for his friend Elizabeth (they went to grade school together) who celebrated her 94^th birthday last week.

Concerns: With Amy and Brian Donahoe’s family and for the family and friends of Donald “DJ” Miller; for the family and friends of Annamary DeWitt (wife of Bishop Jesse DeWitt) on her death Aug. 14; for the family, friends, and former parishoners of Rev. Fay Johnson (retired clergy) on his death Aug. 18; our troops overseas; all who are looking for work.

Join the E-mail Prayer Ministry Team

Pray every day with the E-mail Prayer Ministry Team! Each weekday you’ll receive an email message with a brief thought, reflection, or prayer and specific joys and concerns from members of Caldwell and Bethel. For more info send an e-mail to BethelUMC@elknet.net, with subject “prayer group.”

Luke 14:1, 7-14 New Revised Standard Version

On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. . . .

When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host; and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give this person your place,’ and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 New Revised Standard Version

Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers. Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.” So we can say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.

What can anyone do to me?”

Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. . . .

Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Use Your Gardening Skills for the Hope Center

The Hope Center is in need of people power to help harvest fresh produce from their Green Power Garden. You could also water, weed, and maintain plants and beds as needed. Project leaders will be on hand to direct and assist with locating hoses, tools, etc. Individuals and groups can volunteer to work: Tues. evenings 5:00 to 7:00 PM; or Sat. mornings 9:00 AM to Noon. Contact Sandra at 262-385-8009 or email sroback@wi.rr.com to volunteer. The garden is located in Waukesha near the intersection of Hwy. 164 and County I on private property.

The Palawan Orphanage Project

This is the last Sunday for all of the loose coins in the offering to support the Palawan Orphanage in Puerto Princesa City on the east coast of Palawan province in the southwest Philippines. Their mission is to respond to the growing number of orphans and children at risk of domestic and military abuse and exploitation. The United Methodist Women will be matching the total raised by the congregation to support this mission.

Help Make “Italian Night” Extra Special

At our Italian Dinner fundraiser on Sat., Sept. 25 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM we will serve fresh garden salad, bread, dessert, penne pasta with choice of plain marinara sauce or marinara sauce with Italian sausage. You can make the evening even more special by signing up to help! There are things to do in advance, and things to do that day. Check the sign-up sheet! Thanks to our UM Women for coordinating this event! Our goal is to serve dinner to 200 people on Sept. 25. Please put up posters at work, or pass out the small cards to family, friends, neighbors and co-workers to invite them. At $7 per adult, or $4 for those under 10 years of age, this is a real family event!

God’s Acre Auction and More!

On Sat., Oct. 16 the bake sale, rummage sale, and silent auction all start at 9:30 AM. Ala carte lunch is available from 11:00 AM until 3:00 PM. The live auction begins at 1:00 PM. How can you lend a hand? Contact the UM Men who are coordinating this event: Steve Lohr – silent auction (what businesses do you have contacts with?); Bob Weeks – live auction (what skills and services or stuff can you donate?); Don Foster – rummage (sort, clean, and bring in after Sept. 25); and Ken Pugh – lunch (assisted by Nancy – and maybe you?). The UMW also welcomes your contributions of baked goods for the bake sale! Stay tuned for more information in the weeks ahead!

Celebrate the Power of Bridging Faith and Ecology

An open house and showcase, created by the Interfaith Earth Network and partners, will highlight the success of local congregations’ green teams. Enjoy an afternoon of inspiration and live music (Jeff Bray, Jahmes Tony Finlayson, Holly Haebig), network with green teams as they exhibit, perform and demonstrate their sustainable living, faith education, and advocacy programs. There will also be children’s activities and earth-friendly snacks. It all happens Sun., Oct. 24 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM at the Urban Ecology Center. Free for people of all ages – and donations gratefully accepted to support the work of Interfaith Earth Network. See www.interfaithearthnetwork.org for more information.

Extravagant Generosity with Dan Dick

Lay leaders, council chairs, finance and stewardship teams, and anyone concerned about the financial health of the church are invited to learn insights and tools for giving wholeheartedly at the “Extravagant Generosity” seminar. The seminar leader is Dan Dick, Director of Connectional Ministries for the UMC Wisconsin Conference. The workshop is being held in our region on Sun., Nov. 7 from 2:00 to 6:30 PM at Waterford Community UMC. The cost is $20/person, with a maximum of $60/church for all materials and a light supper. Co-sponsors of the seminar: Wisconsin UM Foundation; Conference Council on Finance and Administration.