Sermon Notes

195 Broad St. • Wadsworth, OH 44281Phone: 330.336.6689Email: wadsumc@wadsumc.orgWebsite: wadsumc.org

UnitedMethodist

WADSWORTH

C H U R C H

September 16, 2012

Adults

The Mission Committee is accepting donations for Marian’s Closet and Salvation Army through September. Items needed include: t-shirts and socks for school age children; cereal, peanut butter, jelly/jam, canned fruit, pasta sauce, and spaghetti O’s. Please place your donations in the boxes near the elevator in the narthex. Thank you in advance for your help.

Membership Class Pastor Don Ebert will host a “Coffee With the Pastor” today, from 1:30 to 3:00pm in Fellowship Hall. At the coffee you also will have the opportunity to sign up for a six-week class called A Disciple’s Path that will guide you in your next steps along the path as a follower of Jesus Christ. It is a wonderful opportunity for you to connect with other disciples and find support and encouragement as you continue to grow in your faith. Just show up this afternoon.

Generation iY If you received & read this book & still have it, we are collecting them to give to the East Ohio Conference for a fall youth leader’s training. The books will be sold at a discounted price & the profits will be given back to the Wadsworth UMC. Please drop-off your book in the box in the upper lobby.

Our mission

is to make disciples of Jesus Christ

for the transformation of the world.

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Nehemiah: [Re]member & [Re]turnNeh. 1:4-11; Ps. 115:1-5, 12-13; 1 Jn. 3:16-24; Jn. 10:11-18

Our most ________ tasks require our most ________ prayers. “Prayer proceeds __________ in any area of your life.”

Five actions that bring Nehemiah to a place of “deep prayer”: - He ___ ____ = before you can ever connect to the heart of God, you must sit down and quit being so ______. - He _______ = connecting to the pain of God and others. - He _______ = carrying the _______ of God. - He ________ = _________ for something greater. - He _______ = “offer yourself for God’s _____ _______.”

The more ___-______ you become, the more _________ and _______ your prayers become. (v.5)

Since God is a great and awesome he is to be ____ and ____.

The balance to fear: God is a God of __________ ______ __ ____. “A covenant is an ___________ promise.” God assumes the legal obligations of your ___________.

Awareness of who God is brings us to a place of __________. The Gospel is not a set of beliefs, the Gospel is a _______. Confession is a commitment to _______ the source of pain.

Nehemiah 1:6 and 11 – “Clarity of Purpose” Many commit themselves to a lot of _____ ____ but not the thing that God has ______ _____ ___. A ____ ____ for great God creates _________ outcomes. All prayer should lead to _____________. Jonah’s prayer – “What I have vowed I will _____ _____.”

Worship 8:15 and 11:00

Worship 9:30

We Gather to Worship Our GodGathering Music WelcomePrelude David Lisle (8:15)

Brenda Adley (11:00)

We Enter God’s Presence with Song and Praise *Call to Worship Psalm 115:1-5, 12-13*Invocation*Hymn 155 (vss. 1,2,4,6) All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name*Unison Prayer*Gloria Patri 71Opportunities to Minister & ServePresentation of Bibles (11:00)

We Hear God Speak and Offer Our Prayers New Testament Lesson 1 John 3:16-24Gospel Lesson John 10:11-18Hymn 452 (vss. 1-2) My Faith Looks Up to TheeJoys & ConcernsPastoral Prayer/Lord’s Prayer Anthem Lord, Here Am I Chancel Choir

We Hear the Word of God Proclaimed Old Testament Lesson Nehemiah 1:4-11Message Nehemiah: [Re]member & [Re]turn Pastor Don Ebert

We Respond To God’s Word & Share in His MissionOffering of our Gifts and TithesOffertory *Doxology and Prayer of Dedication*Hymn 399 Take My Life, and Let It Be*Benediction*Postlude

*Please stand as you are able.

Welcome! If you are a guest today, thank you for choosing to worship with

us. After the service, please stop by the Information Center.We have a gift for you and some literature.

We join together in prayer for: Hospitalized this week: Bill Plumley (ACH)Local: Our Mayor, City Council, and civic leadersNation: Flood victims in southwest USAWorld: The violence in Yemen and Libya

Caring

Altar Flowers Dedicated to the glory of God and given by Jill Parker in memory of parents, Ed and Ruth Parker.

This WeekMonday, September 179:15am BSF Leaders, 1101:00pm Small Grp, 1027:00pm Boy Scout, FH

Tuesday, September 18 11:30am Lunch Bunch, 1084:15pm Jr. Joyfuls, 1097:00pm District SPR, FH

Wednesday, September 197:15am Men’s Bible Study, Buehler’s 9:15am BSF, all church 6:30pm jROC, annex6:30pm ROC, FH7:00pm Adult Choir, Sanc

Today

Thursday, September 206:30am Prayer, 112 9:00am Quilting, 110 6:00pm Kidz Choir, 110 6:30pm Prayer, 1126:45pm Cub Scouts, FH7:00pm Praise Team, Sanc7:00pm Finance, 109Friday, September 219:00am Heritage Home, all Sunday, September 23 8:15am Worship 9:30am Worship & Classes 11:00am Worship & Classes1:30pm New Member Class, 1094:30pm Den mtgs, 2nd flr

There is still time to sign up. This fall, groups will take a fresh look at the book of Nehemiah - a study on [re]discovering God’s vision. We are hopeful that each group will lead its participants from information to transformation. We are in the midst of a new way of ‘doing’ small groups, with discipleship at the core and we’d love for you to be a part. Register

at wadsumc.org/#/signup.

1:30pm New Member Class, Fellowship Hall3:30pm Hospitality Training, 109

A big job coming up on Saturday, September 22. Work includes trimming hedges, yard work and cleaning gutters. Needed are 6-10 foot ladders, an extension ladder for the gutters, and pick-up trucks to cart away the debris.

Bring hedge trimmers and clippers. Meet at the church at 9:00am or go to 440 Oak Street. Please call Bart Rahe at 330.336.6749 and let him know what equipment you can bring. This task requires several workers and is an opportunity for you to reach out to one of our own.

The Power of Praying for Your Adult ChildrenNew short term adult Sunday School class for the fall semester. For parents of adult children from 18 to 78! (or those who care for other adults who are ‘like children’ in their lives)Do you have adult children:• Who have strayed from the faith or have never believed?• Who struggle in their relationships or marriage or work or

finances?• Who seem to lack direction for their life?• Who are not making wise decisions in their life?• In the military or who are far from home that you worry

about?• Who are on track in their lives but you know praying for them

is important?Then we have an APP for that! This class (Adults Parents Praying) will guide us in praying for adult children in a way that protects their privacy and lets us learn to lift these important people in our lives to God through prayer. Meet at 11:00am in room 113.Led by Mary Jo Schroeder.

Braden AeyAlivia BaldwinAddison BeckAidan GrayEthan Hire

William KarkoffJackson MillerJacob RamsayRyan SatinkJasmine Wilson

Emma YoderJJ ZakikianJonathan ZeitlerGabriel Zimmerer

Bible Presentations The following second graders will be receiving a Bible from the church this morning.

Old Testament Lesson Nehemiah 1:4-11Message Nehemiah: [Re]member & [Re]turn Pastor Don Ebert