October 30, 2016
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Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost


Rev. Michael McFarlin, Pastor
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​Prelude and Bringing in the Light

Welcome and Announcements

Hymn - "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing"

Greeting
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Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord,
That He may teach us His ways and that we may walk in His paths.
Opening Prayer
   
O God, our Guide and Guardian, you have led us apart from the busy world into the quiet of your house.  Grant us grace to worship you in Spirit and in truth, to the comfort of our souls and the up-building of every good purpose and holy desire.  Enable us to do more perfectly the work to which you have called us, that we may not fear the coming of the night, when we shall resign into your hands the tasks which you have committed to us.  So may we worship you not with our lips at this hour, but in word and deed all the days of our lives;; through Jesus Christ our Savior.  Amen.
Gloria Patri

Responsive Reading - Psalm 119:137-144

Hymn - "I Am Thine, O Lord"

Sharing, Prayers, and Concerns

Dedication of Tithes and Offerings

Doxology

Invitation to the Word
          Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
          Hymn - "Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy"
          Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Affirmation of Faith

Hymn - "Amazing Grace"

Holy Baptism and
​Reception into the United Methodist Church
Welcome, New Members!
We welcome into our membership James and Christy Johnson.  James joins Allen-Lee Memorial United Methodist Church from Calvary Baptist Church, and Christy joins the church by profession of faith and baptism. 
Welcome to Allen-Lee!
We hope that you will feel the warmth of this loving congregation while you are here worshiping with us.  The restrooms are located downstairs near the kitchen area.  Please let us know if you need anything or want more information about our church.  We are an open and welcoming fellowship.  It is our hope that you will come again and often!
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Weekly Schedule
  9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
​11:00 a.m.
Gathering and Prayer Time
Adult and Youth Sunday School
Worship Service
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Announcements
  • Please pray for Andrew and Norine Brunson, 20-year missionaries in Turkey who have been detained after trying to renew their visas.  Visit the Facebook page of Pamela Mohlmann Brunson, Andrew's mother, for a form letter to send to your U.S. senator and representative for the safety of these missionaries.
  • ​Sunday, October 30:  Deadline for donating items for Operation Christmas Child boxes or monetary donations for purchasing items. Read more about this project and get instructions for the types of items that are needed at the Operation Christmas Child website.
  • Wednesday, November 2, from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.:  Church planning meeting
  • Friday, November 4, 8:30 - 10 a.m.:  Volunteer to read to Unity Elementary students during Real People Read Day.  Unity provides breakfast for volunteers.  To sign up, contact Erika White, Unity Elementary counselor, at 770-927-6488 or erika.white@mcssga.org.
  • Saturday, November 5:  Belk Charity Day; Winston Skinner has tickets for you to purchase or to sell.  They are $5 each and all proceeds go to the building fund.
  • Saturday, November 5, at 5 p.m.:  Inter-faith prayer meeting at Zion Hill Church
  • Monday, November 7, at 7 p.m.:  Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson will meet with LaGrange District laity at Peachtree City UMC.
  • November 13:  Last Sunday to bring completed Operation Christmas Child boxes.

October 23, 2016
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Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost


Rev. Michael McFarlin, Pastor
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​Prelude and Bringing in the Light

Welcome and Announcements

Hymn - "All Creatures of Our God and King"

Greeting
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And in the last days it shall come to pass, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh
and your sons and your daughters shall prophecy, your old shall dream dreams, and your young shall see visions. 
When the Day of Pentecost had come, they were all gathered together in one place.
And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled the house where they were sitting.
And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.
Opening Prayer
   
God all-powerful, grant that we may rid ourselves of the works of darkness, and that we may invest ourselves with the weapons of light in this life to which your Son, Jesus Christ, with great humility came to visit us; so that in the final day, when He returns in majestic glory to judge the living and the dead, we shall rise to eternal life through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and forever.  Amen.
Gloria Patri

Responsive Reading - Psalm 65:1-4

Special Music - "In Times Like These" - Jeanne Carter

Sharing, Prayers, and Concerns

Dedication of Tithes and Offerings

Doxology

Invitation to the Word
          Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22
          Hymn - "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"
          Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Affirmation of Faith

Hymn - "Just As I Am, Without One Plea"

Benediction
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Welcome to Allen-Lee!
We hope that you will feel the warmth of this loving congregation while you are here worshiping with us.  The restrooms are located downstairs near the kitchen area.  Please let us know if you need anything or want more information about our church.  We are an open and welcoming fellowship.  It is our hope that you will come again and often!
       ​​​​​
Weekly Schedule
  9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Gathering and Prayer Time
Adult and Youth Sunday School
Worship Service
​  ​​​​​
Announcements
  • Please pray for Andrew and Norine Brunson, 20-year missionaries in Turkey who have been detained after trying to renew their visas.  Visit the Facebook page of Pamela Mohlmann Brunson, Andrew's mother, for a form letter to send to your U.S. senator and representative for the safety of these missionaries.
  • Sunday, October 23, at 2:30 p.m.:   Charge Conference at Luthersville UMC
  • Monday, October 24, at 6:30 p.m.:   El Salvador mission team meeting with a soup and sandwich potluck at Luthersville UMC
  • Saturday, October 29, from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.: Trunk-a-Treat
  • Sunday, October 30:  Deadline for donating items for Operation Christmas Child boxes or monetary donations for purchasing items. Read more about this project and get instructions for the types of items that are needed at the Operation Christmas Child website.
  • Wednesday, November 2, from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.:  Church planning meeting
  • Friday, November 4, 8:30 - 10 a.m.:  Volunteer to read to Unity Elementary students during Real People Read Day.  Unity provides breakfast for volunteers.  To sign up, contact Erika White, Unity Elementary counselor, at 770-927-6488 or erika.white@mcssga.org.
  • Saturday, November 5:  Belk Charity Day; Winston Skinner has tickets for you to purchase or to sell.  They are $5 each and all proceeds go to the building fund.
  • Saturday, November 5, at 5 p.m.:  Inter-faith prayer meeting at Zion Hill Church
  • Monday, November 7, at 7 p.m.:  Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson will meet with LaGrange District laity at Peachtree City UMC.
  • November 13:  Last Sunday to bring completed Operation Christmas Child boxes.

October 16, 2016
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Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost


Rev. Michael McFarlin, Pastor
​   
​Prelude and Bringing in the Light

Welcome and Announcements

Hymn - "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee"

Greeting
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This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
The hour is coming, and now is, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship Him.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!  Give thanks to Him, bless His name!
Opening Prayer
  
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.  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. Our delight shall be in your statutes, and we will not forget your Word.  Amen.
Gloria Patri

Responsive Reading - Psalm 19:1-6

Hymn - "Be Thou My Vision"

Sharing, Prayers, and Concerns

Dedication of Tithes and Offerings

Doxology

Invitation to the Word
          2 Timothy 1:1-14
          Hymn - "Sweet Hour of Prayer"
          John 1:1-5, 9-10

Sermon                                                          Jeanne Carter

Affirmation of Faith

Hymn - "Leave It There"

Benediction
​   
Welcome to Allen-Lee!
We hope that you will feel the warmth of this loving congregation while you are here worshiping with us.  The restrooms are located downstairs near the kitchen area.  Please let us know if you need anything or want more information about our church.  We are an open and welcoming fellowship.  It is our hope that you will come again and often!
       ​​​​
Weekly Schedule
  9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Gathering and Prayer Time
Adult and Youth Sunday School
Worship Service
​  ​​​​
Announcements
  • ​Charge Conference reports:  Please complete online by October 16.
  • Wednesday, October 19, at 7 p.m.:  Administrative Council meeting
  • Saturday, October 22, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.:  County-wide clean-up for Meriwether County
  • Sunday, October 23, at 2:30 p.m.:  Charge Conference at Luthersville UMC
  • Saturday, October 29, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.:  Truck-or-Treat. 
  • Sunday, October 30:  Deadline for donating items for Operation Christmas Child boxes or monetary donations for purchasing items. Read more about this project and get instructions for the types of items that are needed at the Operation Christmas Child website.
  • Wednesday, November 2, at 7 p.m.:  Church planning meeting
  • Friday, November 4, 8:30 - 10 a.m.:  Volunteer to read to Unity Elementary students during Real People Read Day.  Unity provides breakfast for volunteers.  To sign up, contact Erika White, Unity Elementary counselor, at 770-927-6488 or erika.white@mcssga.org.
  • Saturday, November 5:  Belk Charity Day; Winston Skinner has tickets for you to purchase or to sell.  They are $5 each and all proceeds go to the building fund.
  • Sunday, November 6:  Special collection to help pay the $7 per shoe box handling fees for the Operation Christmas Child boxes completed through year-long donations.
  • Monday, November 7, at 7 p.m.:  Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson will meet with LaGrange District laity at Peachtree City UMC.
  • November 13:  Last Sunday to bring completed Operation Christmas Child boxes. 

October 9, 2016
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Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost


Rev. Michael McFarlin, Pastor
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​Prelude and Bringing in the Light

Welcome and Announcements

​Presentation of Quilt of Valor to Pete Johnson

Hymn - "America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)"

Greeting
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Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his suffering ones.
Opening Prayer
  
O Lord our God, you are always more ready to bestow your good gifts on us than we are to seek them, and are willing to give more than we desire or deserve.  Help us so to seek that we may truly find, so to ask that we may joyfully receive, so to knock that the door of your mercy may be opened to us; through Jesus Christ our Savior.  Amen.
Gloria Patri

Responsive Reading - Psalm 66:8-12

Hymn - "America, the Beautiful"

Sharing, Prayers, and Concerns

The Lord's Prayer

Dedication of Tithes and Offerings

Doxology

Invitation to the Word
          Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7
          Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Affirmation of Faith

Hymn - "This Is My Song"

Benediction
​  
Welcome to Allen-Lee!
We hope that you will feel the warmth of this loving congregation while you are here worshiping with us.  The restrooms are located downstairs near the kitchen area.  Please let us know if you need anything or want more information about our church.  We are an open and welcoming fellowship.  It is our hope that you will come again and often!
       ​​​
Weekly Schedule
  9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Gathering and Prayer Time
Adult and Youth Sunday School
Worship Service
​  ​​​
Announcements
  • Wednesday, October 12, at 7 p.m.:  Building Committee meeting
  • Sunday, October 16:  Jeanne Carter preaching! (Pastor Michael is preaching homecoming at Raleigh UMC.)
  • Charge Conference reports:  Please complete online by October 16.
  • Wednesday, October 19, at 7 p.m.:  Administrative Council meeting
  • Saturday, October 22, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.:  County-wide clean-up for Meriwether County
  • Sunday, October 23, at 2:30 p.m.:  Charge Conference at Luthersville UMC
  • Saturday, October 29, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.:  Truck-or-Treat. 
  • Sunday, October 30:  Deadline for donating items for Operation Christmas Child boxes or monetary donations for purchasing items. Read more about this project and get instructions for the types of items that are needed at the Operation Christmas Child website.
  • Wednesday, November 2, at 7 p.m.:  Church planning meeting
  • Friday, November 4, 8:30 - 10 a.m.:  Volunteer to read to Unity Elementary students during Real People Read Day.  Unity provides breakfast for volunteers.  To sign up, contact Erika White, Unity Elementary counselor, at 770-927-6488 or erika.white@mcssga.org.
  • Saturday, November 5:  Belk Charity Day; Winston Skinner has tickets for you to purchase or to sell.  They are $5 each and all proceeds go to the building fund.
  • Sunday, November 6:  Special collection to help pay the $7 per shoe box handling fees for the Operation Christmas Child boxes completed through year-long donations.
  • Monday, November 7, at 7 p.m.:  Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson will meet with LaGrange District laity at Peachtree City UMC.
  • November 13:  Last Sunday to bring completed Operation Christmas Child boxes. 

October 2, 2016
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost


Rev. Michael McFarlin, Pastor
​
​Prelude and Bringing in the Light

Welcome and Announcements

Hymn - "Great Is Thy Faithfulness"

Greeting
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.
The risen Christ is with us.
​Praise the Lord!
Opening Prayer
  
O God of all times and places, we pray for your Church, which is set today amid the perplexities of a changing order, and face to face with new tasks.  Baptize her afresh in the life-giving spirit of Jesus.  Bestow upon her a great responsiveness to duty, a swifter compassion with suffering, and an utter loyalty to your will.  Help her to proclaim boldly the coming of your kingdom.  Put upon her lips the ancient gospel of her Lord.  Fill her with the prophets' scorn of tyranny, and with a Christ-like tenderness for the heavy-laden and downtrodden.  Bid her cease from seeking her own life, lest she lose it.  Make her valiant to give up her life to humanity, that like her crucified Lord, she may mount by the path of the cross to a higher glory; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.
Gloria Patri

Responsive Reading - Psalm 137

Hymn - "Morning Has Broken"

Sharing, Prayers, and Concerns

Dedication of Tithes and Offerings

Doxology

Invitation to the Word
          2 Timothy 1:1-14
          Hymn - "My Faith Looks Up to Thee"
          Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Affirmation of Faith

Service of Holy Communion

Hymn - "Close to Thee"

Benediction
​  
Welcome to Allen-Lee!
We hope that you will feel the warmth of this loving congregation while you are here worshiping with us.  The restrooms are located downstairs near the kitchen area.  Please let us know if you need anything or want more information about our church.  We are an open and welcoming fellowship.  It is our hope that you will come again and often!
       ​​
Weekly Schedule
  9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Gathering and Prayer Time
Adult and Youth Sunday School
Worship Service
​  ​​
Announcements
  • Sunday, October 16:  Jeanne Carter preaching! (Pastor Michael is preaching homecoming at Raleigh UMC.)
  • Charge Conference reports:  Please complete online by October 16 so the reports can be printed and ready for signatures at the Administrative Council meeting.
  • Wednesday, October 19, at 7 p.m.:  Administrative Council meeting
  • Sunday, October 23, at 2:30 p.m.:  Charge Conference at Luthersville UMC
  • Saturday, October 29, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.:  Truck-or-Treat. See Sandy Wood for details.
  • Sunday, October 30:  Deadline for donating items for Operation Christmas Child boxes or monetary donations for purchasing items. Read more about this project and get instructions for the types of items that are needed at the Operation Christmas Child website.
  • Wednesday, November 2, at 7 p.m.:  Church planning meeting
  • Saturday, November 5:  Belk Charity Day; Winston Skinner has tickets for you to purchase or to sell.  They are $5 each and all proceeds go to the building fund.
  • Sunday, November 6:  Special collection to help pay the $7 per shoebox handling fees for the Operation Christmas Child boxes completed through year-long donations.
  • November 13:  Last Sunday to bring completed Operation Christmas Child boxes.