October 28, 2018
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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 - "There's Within My Heart a Melody"

Call to Worship
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Like the sun that is far away and yet close at hand to warm us.
So God’s Spirit is ever present and around us.
Come Creator into our lives.
We live and move and have our very being in you.  Open now the window of our souls.
Opening Prayer
   
Creator God, because you make all that draws forth our praise and the forms in which to express it, we praise you.  Because you make artists of us all, awakening courage to look again at what is taken for granted, grace to share these insights with others, vision to reveal the future already in being, we praise you. Because you form your Word among us, and in your great work embrace all human experience, even death itself, inspiring our resurrection song, we praise you. Yours is the glory. Amen.
Gloria Patri

Responsive Reading - Psalm 100

Sharing, Prayers and Concerns

The Lord's Prayer

Dedication of Tithes and Offerings

Doxology

Invitation to the Word:
          Psalm 150    
          Hymn - "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling"
          II Corinthians 5: 17-21                             Winston Skinner

Sermon                                                                 Winston Skinner 

Special Music ' "There's a Place for Us"          Winston Skinner                                                                          
Affirmation of Faith - Statement of Faith/ECC

Hymn - "Let There Be Peace on Earth"

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!
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​Weekly Schedule
9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.​​​​​​
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​Gathering and Prayer Time
Adult and Youth Sunday School
Worship Service
​Announcements
  • Today, Sunday, October 28:  We are celebrating Leonard Bernstein Centennial Sunday.  Winston Skinner is preaching while Michael and Terrie are on vacation.
  • Belk Charity Sale:  We have received $43.50 for our building fund from store sales of tickets for the August Belk Charity Sale.  Winston has tickets for the upcoming Charity Sale on November 3 from 6 to 10 a.m. at Belk at Ashley Park.  Tickets are $5 each with proceeds going to the building fund.  There are individual tickets to buy and packets of 10 tickets to sell.
  • Sunday, November 11:  We will receive an offering for people impacted by Hurricane Michael in south 
    Georgia during the worship service on Sunday, November 11.
  • Shoe Drive:  ​Unity Elementary School has asked us to help with a shoe drive.  Donations can include any shoes, from boots to heels to flip flops.  Shoes can be new or gently used. 

October 21, 2018
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Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost


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

Welcome and Announcements

Hymn - "My Hope Is Built"

Call to Worship
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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 prophesy, 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 91: 9-16

Hymn - "Take Up Thy Cross"

Sharing, Prayers and Concerns

The Lord's Prayer

Dedication of Tithes and Offerings

Doxology

Invitation to the Word:
          Hebrews 5: 1-10    
          Hymn - "Be Thou My Vision"
          Mark 10: 35-45                                               Pastor Michael

Sermon                                                                      Pastor Michael                                                                           
Affirmation of Faith - The Apostles' Creed

Hymn - "Are Ye Able, Said the Master"

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!
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​Weekly Schedule
9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.​​​​​​
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​Gathering and Prayer Time
Adult and Youth Sunday School
Worship Service
​Announcements
  • October 22 - 29:  Pastor Michael on vacation
  • Saturday, October 27, 4 - 6 pm:  Trunk-or-Treat; more cars/trucks needed
  • Sunday, October 28:  Winston Skinner preaching!
  • Shoe Drive:  ​Unity Elementary School has asked us to help with a shoe drive.  Donations can include any shoes, from boots to heels to flip flops.  Shoes can be new or gently used. 

October 14, 2018
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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

Hymn - "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"

Call to Worship
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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
   

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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 you Word.  Amen.
Gloria Patri

Responsive Reading - Psalm 90: 12-17

Hymn - "Only Trust Him"

Sharing, Prayers and Concerns

The Lord's Prayer

Dedication of Tithes and Offerings

Doxology

Invitation to the Word:
          Hebrews 4: 12-16    
          Hymn - "Have Thine Own Way, Lord"
          Mark 10: 17-31                                              Pastor Michael

Sermon                                                                      Pastor Michael                                                                           
Affirmation of Faith - The Apostles' Creed

Hymn - "More Love to Thee, O Christ"

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.​​​​​​
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​Gathering and Prayer Time
Adult and Youth Sunday School
Worship Service
Announcements
  • Today, Sunday, October 14, 2:30 pm:  Charge Conference will be held at Greenville UMC.  Each church in our connection will collect and bring canned meats to Charge Conference to be distributed to the churches in the connection which have a food pantry.
  • October 22 - 29:  Pastor Michael on vacation
  • Saturday, October 27, 4 - 6 pm:  Trunk-or-Treat; more cars/trucks needed
  • Sunday, October 28:  Winston Skinner preaching!
  • Unity Elementary School has asked us to help with a shoe drive.  Donations can include any shoes, from boots to heels to flip flops.  Shoes can be new or gently used. 

October 7, 2018
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost


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

Welcome and Announcements

Hymn - "Holy, Holy, Holy!  Lord God Almighty"

Call to Worship
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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
   
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​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 8

Hymn - "Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me"

Sharing, Prayers and Concerns

The Lord's Prayer

Dedication of Tithes and Offerings

Doxology

Invitation to the Word:
          Genesis 2: 18-24    
          Hymn - "Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus"
          Mark 10: 2-16                                                 Pastor Michael

Sermon                                                                      Pastor Michael                                                                           
Affirmation of Faith - The Apostles' Creed

A Service of Holy Communion

Hymn - "Blest Be the Tie That Binds"

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
  • The floral arrangement placed in the sanctuary today are in memory of Eleanor Willingham by Rosalind Edmondson.
  • Today, Sunday, October 7:  Please support the United Methodist Children's Home by participating in the Amazing Grace Offering on today.
  • Sunday, October 14, 2:30 pm:  Charge Conference will be held at Greenville UMC.  Each church in our connection will collect and bring canned meats to Charge Conference to be distributed to the churches in the connection which have a food pantry.
  • October 22 - 29:  Pastor Michael on vacation
  • Saturday, October 27, 4 - 6 pm:  Trunk-or-Treat; more cars/trucks needed
  • Sunday, October 28:  Winston Skinner preaching!
  • Unity Elementary School has asked us to help with a shoe drive.  Donations can include any shoes, from boots to heels to flip flops.  Shoes can be new or gently used. 
  • We received donations totaling $44 for the building fund from the donation jar at last Sunday's fellowship lunch.