Announcements - November 6, 2022

Announcements for Sunday, November 6, 2022! 

In-Person Worship begins at 9:30am (Contemporary Service) and 11am (Traditional Service)

REMEMBER TO SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR THIS SUNDAY!

 

ALL SAINTS SUNDAY & COMMUNION SUNDAY

ONLINE WORSHIP SERVICE

For Sunday, November 6, 2022 will be available on Sunday at Ginter Park United Methodist’s Facebook page and on the YouTube channel.
This week's sermon is "Called to Be An Honor to God's Glory"

REMEMBERING ALL SAINTS

THE CANDLE LIGHTING AND NAMING OF SAINTS

God of the Saints, we give you thanks, O God, for every saint who ever worshiped you. Whether in brush arbors or cathedrals, weathered wooden churches or crumbling cement meeting houses.

Where your name was lifted and adored, where your scriptures were studied, your people served.

We give you thanks, O God, for centuries of hands in service: hands groomed, hands stained with grease or soil, young hands, hands marked with age. Holy hands of every shade raised in praise, serving hands that cooked, hammered, and held. We give you thanks, O God, for hardworking saints; Whether hard-hatted or steel-booted, head ragged or aproned, blue-collared or three-piece-suited. They ministered on the earth for you, for us, for our children to come. We give your thanks, O God, for saints in a season of pandemic family and friends whose love was taken from us too soon, caregivers of every kind who put our safety before theirs, employers and landlords who gave us steady wages and roofs over our heads, cooks and drivers that kept us fed and stocked. So, in gratitude for the gifts of these saints we take a moment to name them before you, and the body of Christ, claiming their lives as a gift to the church:

Floyd Minor Davis Jr.
Light candle, ring bell

Rose C. Ogburn
Light candle, ring bell

Sally Anderson
Light candle, ring bell

William “Bill” Rigsby
Light candle, ring bell

 

PRAYER CONCERNS

The family and friends of Doris Morefield (Brian Durrett's aunt) who passed on Monday, October 24th, Conway Kehoe, Bob Dickerson, Warren Huddleston (bad car accident, friend of the Lipke family), The family and friends of Lara Curry (co-worker of Brian Durrett), Edith Bassett, Brent Langford, The family of Klara Creamer (Mother-in-law of Mary Swing’s brother), Victoria Kinney, Frankie Irons, The family of Jim Sphar, Daniel & Helena Burns, Laura Norman’s family, Marylin Miles, David Charles Vance, Ruth Blevins, Christy (daughter of Conway and Mary Liz Kehoe), Betty Ford, Ukraine, our Afghan evacuees, Carolyse Walters, Julie Duke, Cindy Jones, Louise Wood, Robert Jones, Daisy Sanders, Jean Taylor, Beverly Samford, Cora Matthews, Anne E., Horace and Barbara Ford’s daughter-in-law/Jennifer’s father, Bill Fulcrod, Shirley Overstreet, Jane Whitlow, Cindy White, Jennifer Maitland, Isabelle Brown, Barbara Jessup, for people who love and care for people with COVID, Pastor MiRhang (ordination papers)

FINANCE/CHURCH COUNCIL

Will meet on Monday, November 14, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Instructions will be sent to all committee members.

ADVENT CANDLE LIGHTING:

Pastor MiRhang needs five families or individuals who will light the Advent candles for four Sundays - Nov. 27, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 18 and December 24. Please let the church office know if you or your family would like to participate.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY:

Our church maintains an extensive clothes closet which is often made available on Wednesday mornings to clients of our food pantry. The clothes closet is managed by our church sexton, Bonnie Evans. A volunteer is needed who can be available on most Tuesday mornings between 9 and 11 to work with Bonnie to help sort and label the various articles of clothing. If you can help with this, please contact Bonnie or the Church Office.

THE CHURCH CALENDAR FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEK

  • Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Side Door Service
  • 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service
  • Wednesday: 10 a.m. Food Pantry
  • 6:30 p.m. Side Door Band Practice
  • Saturday (Nov. 12): Remembrance of Life

LECTORS, CRUCIFERS, ACOLYTES NEEDED:

If you would like to volunteer to read the scripture or serve as crucifers or acolytes during the 11:00 a.m. worship service please put your name on the calendar located outside the Church Office. We kindly ask you to sign up no more than once a month so that we have diverse voices and presence in worship.

AFGHAN REFUGEES IN NEED:

Our Afghan refugees will be moving to a different location at the end of this month. Any monetary donations will be greatly appreciated.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT UKRAINE

Our prayers are constant and urgent for the Ukrainian people. Many of you have asked about the ways to help the people of Ukraine and to support our United Methodist witness in Ukraine. Bishop Khegay in Eurasia said that the best way to provide financial support is to contribute through the Global Ministries Advance for Eurasia and designate your gift for Ukrainian Assistance. Following is a link to the Eurasia Advance information: https://advance.umcmission.org/p-191-eurasia-in-mission-together-russia-and-belarus.aspx.  Please put “Ukrainian Assistance” on your check or envelope when you make offerings. We will send the fund to Eurasia Advance. As of June 30, $1575 has been sent to the conference for Ukraine.

GPUMC BREAKTHROUGH PRAYER IS GOING ON THROUGH NOVEMBER 14th!

Please pray everyday at 10:10 a.m. and 10:10 p.m.

God of resurrection power and possibility, send your Holy Spirit to: Breakthrough, renew, revive, and grow Ginter Park United Methodist Church. Release us from our worldly fears and remind us that You are with us always. Unleash Your vision for our new beginning in the life of our church and the community around us so that we continue to make and nurture disciples of Jesus Christ who serve the community and the world. Open our hearts to Your vision upon us and open our doors to embrace all Your children as they are. Help us faithfully listen for Your plan and act with Your love. Renew our excitement to follow Your way of light, love, and truth. Wake us up to the tangible possibilities ahead, and move in us to make them happen, for You Lord, not for us. By Your spirit of grace, clothe us, form us, and sustain us, so that we may bear the fruit of Your perfect love to the glory of the resurrected Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.

FOOD PANTRY REPORT:

We serve on average 140 households. We continue to need donations of soft toothbrushes, canned fruit, vegetables and tuna. We also need plastic bags and paper bags with handles. Volunteers are always welcome.

ADDRESS UPDATES NEEDED:

We are trying to update our contact information to make certain we can get things like the newsletter and giving statements to each of you.  Please take a moment to make sure we have up to date email and snail mail addresses.