Sunday Bulletins & Connection for May 13, 2021

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The Weekly Connection

May 13, 2021

In this edition of the Weekly Connection:

Worship

Worship Information
Planning for Re-opening
Worship Times/Places
Order of Worship for Sunday, May 16
10am In Person & VIRTUAL Worship on Facebook Live
11:30am In Person Worship in the Meditation Garden
Video of Last Sunday's Service

CIA: Mission & Outreach

I-58 Mission: May Focus & Current Needs
Bishop's Special Offering for the 2021 Annual Conference
Youth Days at Bloomcloset

Connexion Groups, Team News & Spiritual Growth

Clean Up Day Scheduled
Summerama Registration
Splatterdash Day
Upper Room Connexion Group
Bible Study
Our Hymn - A Closer Look: "Trust and Obey"

SUMC Info

eGiving
SUMC Online Giving: Accepting Credit and Debit Cards
Church Calendar
Church Staff

Worship

It's Time to REOPEN!

Please read below for details. More information to come!

Our church has reached herd immunity among the adults! This is excellent news for our health and safety. We will continue Facebook live.

The church council met and the Worship Team met yesterday. The following decisions have been made -

Worship Schedule now through May 23 – inside at 10, outside at 11:30. Masks kindly requested inside but not outside.
Worship on Memorial Day – only inside at 10.
June 6 – Grand Reopening! Back to our normal schedule!
Worship at 9:30, Sunday School at 10, Worship at 11.
90 + birthday party plus fellowship in lieu of Sunday School on June 6. All are invited for the fun at 10 am!
Sunday School for adults will start back June 13. Sunday School for kids will start back in August
All worship will be in the Sanctuary. Masks kindly requested inside.
Facebook live will continue but new time at 11.

We miss you and want you back! 😊

Thank you for supporting Senoia UMC during the pandemic. THANK you for your generous hearts. We have been able to pay all our bills but we know that as we ramp up ministries, our expenses will increase. Please consider making a donation to our church. Thank you!

Sunday, May 9, 2021

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Scripture:

John 15:9-17

Click here for more Sermon Videos!

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Seventh Sunday of Easter

Ascension Sunday

Join us In Person

or on Facebook at 10am:

https://www.facebook.com/senoia.umc/

~OR~

In Person in the Garden at 11:30am

Scripture:

Psalm 1:1-6

Click here for a printable bulletin

Everyone on church property will need to observe social distancing and masks kindly requested inside.

Worship Notes:

Worship in the Sanctuary This Sunday

at 10:00am

will be In Person

& Virtual on Facebook Live

AND

Outside worship in person

this Sunday

in the Meditation Garden at 11:30am

Order of Worship is the same sans the music

Order of Worship for This Sunday

May 16, 2021

Join Us In Person at 10am in the Sanctuary or at 11:30 in the Garden

Or on Facebook Live

View the Video Afterwards in your edition of Sunday on Monday

or online at http://www.senoiaumc.org/sermons

Worship

Seventh Sunday of Easter

Ascension Sunday

10:00

We Gather to Worship

Prelude

Words of Welcome

Chiming of the Hour

Lighting of the Candles

*Call to Worship xxxxxxdddxxxxxx Adapted from Psalm 1

Happy are those who choose their path -

I will follow Jesus.

Be careful where you put your step -

God will be your guide.

I will be a tree growing by a stream -

God’s Spirit like fresh water.

I will grow good fruit and grow strong

and God will watch over me. AMEN.

*Hymn xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx UMH 185

When Morning Gilds the Skies

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When morning gilds the skies my heart awaking cries:

May Jesus Christ be praised!

Alike at work and prayer, to Jesus I repair:

May Jesus Christ be praised!

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The night becomes as day when from the heart we say:

May Jesus Christ be praised!

The powers of darkness fear when this sweet chant they hear:

May Jesus Christ be praised!

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Let all the earth around ring joyous with the sound:

May Jesus Christ be praised!

In heaven's eternal bliss the loveliest strain is this:

May Jesus Christ be praised!

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Be this, while life is mine, my canticle divine:

May Jesus Christ be praised!

Be this th' eternal song through all the ages long:

May Jesus Christ be praised!

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We Grow Through the Spoken Word

*Affirmation of Faith xxxxxxxxxxxxxx UMH 883

A Statement of Faith of The United Church of Canada

We are not alone, we live in God's world.

We believe in God: who has created and is creating,

who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh,

to reconcile and make new,

who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God.

We are called to be the church: to celebrate God's presence,

to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil,

to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope.

In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us.

We are not alone. Thanks be to God. Amen.

*Gloria Patri

Glory Be to the Father

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.

Children and Youth Moment

Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer

Congregational Response ssssssssssss

Lord, may our prayer rise like incense in your sight,

May this place be filled with the fragrance of Christ. Amen.

*Hymn xxxxxxxxxxx Trust and Obeyxxxxxx UMH 467

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When we walk with the Lord in the light of his word,

what a glory he sheds on our way!

While we do his good will, he abides with us still,

and with all who will trust and obey.

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Refrain:

Trust and obey, for there's no other way

to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

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Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,

but our toil he doth richly repay;

not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,

but is blest if we trust and obey. [Refrain]

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But we never can prove the delights of his love

until all on the altar we lay;

for the favor he shows, for the joy he bestows,

are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain]

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Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at his feet,

or we'll walk by his side in the way;

what he says we will do, where he sends we will go;

never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain]

Offertory Prayer

*Presentation of the Offering and Doxology

Praise 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.

Scripture Reading xxxxssssssssssss Jean Cotton, Reader

Psalm 1:1-6

The truly happy person doesn’t follow wicked advice,

doesn’t stand on the road of sinners, and doesn’t sit with the disrespectful.

Instead of doing those things, these persons love the Lord’s Instruction,

and they recite God’s Instruction day and night!

They are like a tree replanted by streams of water,

which bears fruit at just the right time and whose leaves don’t fade.

Whatever they do succeeds.

That’s not true for the wicked! They are like dust that the wind blows away.

And that’s why the wicked will have no standing in the court of justice—

neither will sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

The Lord is intimately acquainted with the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked is destroyed.

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*Hymn xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx UMH 188

Christ Is the World’s Light

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Christ is the world's light, Christ and none other;

born in our darkness, he became our brother.

If we have seen him, we have seen the Father:

Glory to God on high!

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Christ is the world's peace, Christ and none other;

no one can serve him and despise another.

Who else unites us, one in God the Father?

Glory to God on high!

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Christ is the world's life, Christ and none other;

sold once for silver, murdered here, our brother;

he, who redeems us, reigns with God the Father:

Glory to God on high!

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Give God the glory, God and none other;

give God the glory, Spirit, Son, and Father;

give God the glory, God with us, my brother:

Glory to God on high!

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We Go to Serve

*Benediction

*Choral Affirmation Tune: St. Clement

All singing: The morning thou gavest, Lord, is ended;

The darkness falls at thy behest;

To thee our morning hymns ascended;

Thy praise shall hallow now our rest. Amen.

Chimesxxxxxs sssssssxxxxxThe people in silent reflection

*Stand as you are able

The 11:30 Service in the Meditation Garden follows the same

Order of Worship without the hymns and music.

Use this LINK for a printable copy of the Order of Worship

Use this button to Give for Tithe, Offering, Memorials, etc., online or set up recurring giving by check, credit or debit card

Or mail your offering to: Senoia UMC, P.O. Box 98, Senoia, GA 30276

The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ

for the transformation of the world.

Worship Last Sunday

CIA

Missions and Outreach

Senoia UMC's May Focus

for I-58

For the month of May we would like to focus on providing:

Adult disposable underwear in sizes Medium, Large and Extra Large
Children's Pull Ups/diapers in sizes 4,5,6

CURRENT NEEDS:

I-58 takes donations Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 10-2.

If the church office is not open you may leave your donations

on Ashley's porch.

Plans are Underway for Annual Conference 2021

Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson has named the North Georgia Conference Ministerial Education Fund as the Annual Conference Special Offering. This Fund provides scholarships to seminary and undergraduate students, course-of-study for local pastors, and license to preach school. We will be collecing donantions to the fund through June 6. Please mark your giving to the Education Fund.

The 2021 North Georgia Annual Conference will be held online June 3-5. The Conference will include three parts: a virtual Clergy Executive Session, a virtual Business Session, and two live-streamed worship services

Annual Conference 2021 will focus on the theme “Love is Making Room” and our Special Offering will go to the North Georgia Conference Ministerial Education Fund.

Youth - Save the Date!

The Youth will be helping at Bloomcloset on

June 15 and July 8. More information to come.

Connextion Groups, Team News

and Spiritual Growth

Church Clean Up and Work Day - We need your help!

It's time to clean and dust the sanctuary, including all of the pews. Also, the outside on the driveway side needs some cleaning up around the tables and the shed. There is something to do for all ages and skills. So no excuses!

We need to prepare the grounds and the building for the GRAND REOPENING, which will be June 6! Bring clippers and rakes or even blowers for outside if you have them.

The date is this Saturday, May 15, with a rain date of May 22. You can come early in the morning to start outside and the inside will be open by 9am.

Senoia UMC Summerama!

In place of our traditional VBS this summer, we are having two one day events - our SUMMERAMA!!

These will be open to our church family and their friends. Due to Covid our Summerama is not going to be open to the public as we have always done with VBS.

The dates are June 22 and July 13. These are all day events, 9:30-3:00.

Summerama will include story time with Miss Jean, recreation, art, science project, bells and the all important lunch.

Registration is open now - simply call Barb or Lee at the church, 770-599-3245, or Nancy Lewis 678-877-6560.

June 22: Joseph's Coat

of Many Colors

July 13: Miracles of the Bible

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Splatterdash

with Ashley and William

William and Ashley would like you to join them at Splatterdash this Sunday, May 16th, from 1:30 to 2:30 for some fun time.

Splatterdash is a "self serve" art studio that provides everything needed for people to get creative on their own time and in their own way. Their space is perfect for everyone from toddlers getting messy to adults needing art therapy, or kids needing a break from instructional lessons.

RSVP to Ashley if you'd like to join the fun.

1741 Newnan Crossing Blvd, Newnan. It's behind the Kroger at the corner of Newnan Crossing Blvd and Lower Fayetteville Rd.

Link to:

Splatterdash

Upper Room Connexion Group

The Upper Room at SUMC devotion group continues to meet on Wednesday mornings, at 10:30 in the JOY Room, off of the narthex of the sanctuary.

Each week we read that day’s devotion out of The Upper Room devotional booklet and see where the conversation leads us. We also share which of the daily devotions of the previous week stood out for us.

This nice small group has some wonderful thoughts of where they see Jesus and what He’s been doing in their daily lives. The group is open to all people of our church and community. We would love to have you join us!

Call or text me, Barb at 419-680-2103, if you have any questions. And yes, there are still a few Upper Room booklets if you haven’t yet picked up your copy!

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Bible Study with Barb

This week in Book Study with Barb we will be discussing one of my favorite scripture passages, the Great Commission, as found in Matthew 28:18-20.

Join us on Wednesday evening, May 19 at 7:00 either in the Fellowship Hall or via Zoom. “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” With these last words spoken to the 11 disciples, Jesus ascended into heaven. Go………and make disciples…..I will be with you to the end of the age. How wonderful these words are! What do they say to you when you read or hear them?

Make time on Wednesday to come and talk about what these words mean to you. I know you will feel truly blessed to share with others who have similar thoughts and feelings. Call or text me, Barb at 419-680-2103, if you have any questions. I’ll see you on Wednesday!

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://zoom.us/j/196787919

Password: ashley

Meeting ID: 196 787 919

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Please text or call me, 419-680-2103, with all your questions about any Connexion Group. Blessings, Barb

Our Hymn - A Closer Look

“Trust and Obey”

"Trust and Obey"

John H. Sammis

The United Methodist Hymnal, No. 467

“When we walk with the Lord in the light of his word,

what a glory he sheds on our way!

When we do his good will, he abodes with us still,

and with all who will trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way

to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.”

Many readers of this column grew up singing this familiar gospel song in Sunday School classes, worship services, revival meetings and other gatherings of the church.

Gospel songs often take a kernel of Scripture and weave a personal or first- person reflection around the chosen passage. We are not sure of the text upon which the author, John H. Sammis (1846-1919), based his hymn. Some sources suggest 1 John 1:7, but, as UM Hymnal editor Carlton Young points out, there does not appear to be any substantial resemblance to this passage and the content of the hymn.

Hymnologist Kenneth W. Osbeck cites 1 Samuel 15:22: “And Samuel said, ‘Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken better than the fat of rams.’” Perhaps this is the best we can do in this case.

The hymn was inspired in 1886 when the composer of the music, Daniel B. Towner (1850-1919), was the music leader during one of Dwight L. Moody’s famous revivals. Towner provided the following account cited by Moody’s musical partner, Ira D. Sankey, in his biography, My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns:

“Mr. Moody was conducting a series of meetings in Brockton, Massachusetts, and I had the pleasure of singing for him there. One night a young man rose in a testimony meeting and said, ‘I am not quite sure—but I am going to trust, and I am going to obey.’ I just jotted that sentence down, and sent it with a little story to the Rev. J. H. Sammis, a Presbyterian minister. He wrote the hymn, and the tune was born.”

Sammis is said to have composed the lines of the refrain upon receiving the letter:

“Trust and obey—for there’s no other way

To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.”

As is the case with most gospel songs, these lines provide the central theme around which all of the stanzas were written. The text and tune first appeared in the 1887 collection, Hymns Old and New, and the hymn has been included in countless hymnals since then. Methodist hymnals in the United States have carried it since 1897.

Sammis was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was a successful businessman in Logansport, Ind. Through his work with the YMCA he was called to the ministry, attended McCormick and Lane Seminaries, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1880. After serving congregations in Iowa, Indiana and Minnesota, he joined the faculty of the Los Angeles Bible Institute.

I can imagine that many a sermon has been based on these three words, and following the singing of this hymn at the conclusion of the sermon, many worshippers have headed home humming or whistling the refrain, providing a lyrical way to take the theme with them.

Dr. Young points out that this hymn “is concerned with the rewards of trusting God’s word and obeying God’s will.” The ultimate reward, a heavenly one so common in hymnody, appears in the final stanza when the hymn writer muses that “in fellowship sweet we will sit at his feet.”

Dr. Hawn is professor of sacred music at Perkins School of Theology.