PRAYER SEEKING SALVATION: Lord Jesus, I know I have sinned against You. I believe that

You died for me, and I place my trust in You. Forgive my sins and save me from the judgment to come. Help me to turn from my sin and live a life wholly devoted to You.

PRAYER SEEKING SANCTIFICATION: Lord Jesus, I recognize my need for holiness. Purify

me of all that is unlike You, fill me with Your Holy Spirit until I am totally Yours, and set me apart for Your purposes from this day forward.

If you seek or have found salvation or sanctification today, please let a member of the pastoral staff know. We’re here to help you on your journey.

W I L M O R E FREE METHODIST CHURCH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

OFFICE@WFMC.NET WWW.WILMOREFMC.ORG 859.858.3521

WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS—WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19, 2021 TODAY

8:00a Pre– Service Prayer—B106 8:30a Morning Worship—Sanctuary & B201 Overflow Nursery—Building B Preschool Wing 9:45a Children’s Sunday School, Youth and Adult Bible Fellowships ABF Elective “Developing Your Stewardship Journey” - B105 Nursery—Building B Preschool Wing 11:00a Morning Worship—Sanctuary & B201 Overflow Nursery—Building B Preschool Wing children under 4 years 3:30p Chimes of Joy—B102; NO Tintinnabulation Handbells today. 4:30p World Missions Team Meeting—B107 4:45p Heaven’s Harmony B100; Youth Choir—B101 Sanctuary Choir—Sanctuary 6:00p Evening Worship Nursery—Building B Preschool Wing children under 4 years 7:00p Combined HS/MS Afterglow @ Padgetts, 812 Corbitt Drive

MONDAY 10:00a Ladies’ Bible Study via Zoom; (contact Judy Metcalf for Zoom link / 859-858-4063)

TUESDAY 6:30a Men’s Prayer Meeting—A200 7:15a Youth Prayer Breakfast—Building C 8:00a Ladies’ Prayer Meeting—A200 9:30a Ladies’ Bible Study—B203 6:30p Blessings Handbell Choir—Asbury University 7:00p Men’s Basketball

WEDNESDAY 4:45p Bible Quizzing—B104

6:00p FMY (Free Methodist Youth)—Building C (Dinner 6:30p) 7:00p Adult Prayer Meeting—B200/201 CLC (Christian Life Club) 2 yrs. old - 5th grade 2 yrs. - K: Building B Preschool Wing 1st - 5th grade: A100 Wing Nursery/Childcare—Building B Preschool Wing

THURSDAY 10:00a Common Threads Prayer Shawls—B107 12:00n TOPS—A200

FRIDAY 10a-12n Moms Pray & Play—Church playground

SATURDAY 9a-Noon Mum Sale / Bible Quizzers 2-4:00p Youth Open Gym

Called to Lead: In Repentance Pastor Daryl Nehemiah 9:6, 22-37

RECORDINGS OF ALL MESSAGES ARE AVAILABLE. Note “Message” and date on a Communication Card at the Welcome

Center, and pick up your CD the following Sunday. Messages (audio, video and print) may also be downloaded at wilmorefmc.org.

Young Adults, you’re invited to a Taco Bar dinner after morning worship on Sunday, September 26! Join us around 12:15 p.m. in the Hospitality Room of Building C for tacos and homemade desserts.

Questions or to RSVP, call or text Kelly Winter at 859.935.5109

Welcome to worship at WFMC! Here are some helpful notes if you are new.

THE COMMUNICATION CARD is key to allowing us to welcome you fully. Please fill it out and drop it in the gold box after worship. We won’t harass you,

but we’d love to send a welcoming note.

THE WORSHIP GUIDE in this folder leads through our service. We try to use elements, liturgy, music and sacraments from a variety of Christian traditions to help lead people of all ages, stages, and tastes into God’s presence. Worship is participatory, so please join in prayer, word, giving, and song.

NURSERY for children up to 2 years is available all morning in the Pre-school Complex, Building B.

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP JR. (CWJR, age 2 and 3) is available all year for both morning worship service in the Pre-school Complex, Building B.

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP (CW, age 4 through grade 3) After the Children’s Time, children are escorted by CW Staff to A102. Following worship, parents of children ages 4 through Kindergarten must pick up their children from room A102. Children in grades 1-3 will be taken to their Sunday School classroom. Following 11:00 worship, parents must pick up their children from A102 downstairs.

HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES are available in the foyer.

WHEELCHAIR SEATING is readily available in the center aisle or an usher will be glad to remove a sanctuary chair for your convenience.

NURSERY: TODAY/THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK 8:30 Worship J Evans/D Flanigan/M Woki L Evans/B Wagler/K Winter Sunday School J Lovell/D Roxberry K Diddle/P Probst 11:00Worship N Elwood/E Walsh/S Walsh A Gothay/J Madill/G O’Neal 6:00 Worship N Riffell/R Riffell/R Saunders C McGlothlin/A Warnock Wed. Evening A Allen/R Thompson A Allen/L Branan

PRAYER FOCUS: Let’s pray for our children and youth ministry areas and leaders—and participants. Pray for strong and enduring faith to be built into our children and for wisdom for them to live faithfully with Jesus.

WORLD MISSION FOCUS—UKRAINE: Pray for Brent & Colleen Weaver who are serving in Kiev, focusing on discipleship. Brent works with young adults and Colleen in theological education.

HOME MISSION FOCUS: Pray for the Wilmore-Highbridge Community Center, the director Koby Miller, and all who receive help with utility payments.

YOUTH MINISTRY FOCUS: Pray for the youth activities of the church. Pray for the teens as they get into the more challenging parts of school with quizzes, tests, and college placement tests. Pray for teens going through the driving permit and license processes. And pray for the general anxiety that many teens face in these uncertain times.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRIS JOHNSON and her 8 year-old son Caiden Johnson, whose adoption became official July 27, 2021.

THANK YOU DEAR CHURCH for walking along side our family through the weeks and days of losing our mother, grandmother, Millie Hall. Your cards, calls, visits, delicious food that you shared told us of your love for Millie and each of us. We can only imagine what she is seeing now! - Barry & Fran May

PRAYER COMMITMENT REMINDER: It’s not too late to sign up to be involved in the multiple prayer opportunities at WFMC. Be sure to stop by the Welcome Center and pick up the Prayer Commitment Sheet, fill it out, and leave it in the offering box. ~ Your WFMC Prayer Team

WFMC MEMBERSHIP CLASS: Mark your calendar for the next Member-ship Class October 2, a Saturday seminar 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Interested in attending? Write “Membership” on the Communication Card. The class gives a comprehensive introduction to our church, denomination, and beliefs. Come and investigate - no commitment is required to simply take the class.

THOUGH THESE ARE CHALLENGING DAYS, there is no reason for despair. Our hope always rests in God. What ways might we partner with him for revival? One tangible response to that question is Praying Through, one night a week of continuous prayer, seeking God for His mercy and genuine revival. A participant would commit to a one half-hour block of time on the night selected, praying at home or wherever they might be. The plan is to continue this covenant weekly until our spring renewal services next year. This plan will be presented more fully next Sunday morning.

2022 CHURCH PHOTO DIRECTORY Today and Next Sunday Only !

Photos will be taken in the church foyer immediately following morning and evening worship services. You can also “proof” your directory listing and update any changes in your contact information.

Are you a regular attendee of WFMC but not yet in the directory? If you call WFMC your church home, we want you in the directory—whether or not you are a formal member. Please stop by the foyer and have your family photo taken and give us your contact info.

Our directory is created in house and is an important tool for knowing one another and staying connected. Please participate—it’s free and painless!

All-Church

HAYRIDE Sunday, October 3, 6:00 p.m.

Bring your kids, some friends, and come to the hayride!

The church will provide hamburgers, chips and drinks. Please bring a "hand held" dessert to

share: cookies, brownies, cupcakes, etc.

PRIMETIMERS TRIP TO ECKERT FARM AND ORCHARD SEPTEMBER 23

10:00—11:30 a.m. Reserve your spot for Thursday, September 23 if you'd like to visit Eckert Farm and Orchard near Versailles, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Lunch will follow at The Dixie Cafe in Keene. There is no charge for Eckert's unless you wish to take a $3.00 wagon ride into the fields. You can pick apples or a pumpkin for per pound prices. Make a reservation to ride in the church van which leaves at 9:30 a.m. (returning after lunch), or meet at the church to follow in your car, or meet at Eckert's. Reservations are needed for lunch. Please contact Melissa Flowers at 301-351-7873 or melismata@msn.com to reserve your lunch spot.

Beautiful prayer shawls are available to give away! These shawls are free to our congregation to use as gifts of encouragement for our friends in need and are located on the shelving to right of the Information Wall (to the left of Welcome Center). We want to pray for those who receive a shawl, so when you take a shawl,

please sign it out in notebook located on the shelf with the shawls; indicate your name and the recipient of the shawl and let us know how we can pray.

The prayer shawl ministry, Common Threads, meets Thursdays, 10:00a—12:00 noon in B107. Please join our merry band for two hours of rich fellowship as we work to create these beautiful prayer shawls!

A Time To Remember...On All-Saints Sunday evening, October 31, we

will remember and celebrate the lives of our family members who have passed away during the past year (since October 2020). Through songs, prayers and scripture readings, we will honor those who were part of the WFMC family, as well as the deceased parents, siblings and children of those who attend WFMC.

If you would like your loved one included, please complete a purple information sheet at the Welcome Center and turn it in at the Welcome Center or the church office. Please note pictures are due by October 17 in order to be included in a video presentation.

MISSIONS WEEK 2021: The annual mission emphasis week is being planned for October 16–24. Free Methodist missionaries Darin & Jill Land and World Gospel Mission missionaries Dan & Katy Beth Searls will be our speakers. The week will start with the men’s breakfast and ladies Mug-n-Muffin on Saturday, Oct 16, and end with the international potluck on Sunday, October 24. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.

CHILDREN’S TIME: Pastor Daryl

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP JR. (CWJR) for children ages 2 and 3, is available in the Building B Preschool Wing for the entire worship service time.

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP for children age 4 through grade 3 meets in Room A102 downstairs. After the Children’s Time, children are escorted by CW Staff to A102. Following worship, parents of children ages 4 through Kindergarten must pick up their children from Room A106. Children in grades 1-3 will be taken to their Sunday School classroom. Following 11:00 worship, parents must pick up their children from A102 downstairs.

*Children in 8:30 service may now leave for Children’s Worship ANNOUNCEMENTS MUSIC MINISTRY Gloria Gaither & Dony Mcguire

Upon This Rock Bruce Smythe

MESSAGE Pastor Daryl Called to Lead: In Repentance

POSTLUDE arr. Seth Bingham

My Soul, Be On Your Guard

Help for the hearing impaired is available. See an usher for assistance.

WORSHIP IN GIVING We give our finances in worship through either the gold boxes in the foyer, by mail, or digitally through Engage via this QR code.

WORSHIP GUIDE

God is so glad you’ve set aside this time to worship Him. He inhabits the praise of His people. As we gather, please take a moment to ask God to prepare us for worship—to open our ears and minds to His voice and to freely apply His word to our hearts and lives. Please also take a moment now to silence all electronic devices so that the Lord might have opportunity to freely speak to all.

GATHERING Jubilation (Psalm 98:4) Jason Payne To God Be the Glory (Hymnal 66) arr. Don Phillips All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (Hymnal 97) arr. Jason Payne

SONGS OF REPENTANCE & REDEMPTION

Hymnal 335 Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus Hymnal 334 Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy (stanzas 1, 2, 4) Hymnal 336 Jesus, I Come (stanzas 1, 2) Hymnal 339 Since I Have Been Redeemed Hymnal 335 Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus

CALL TO PRAYER

Hymnal 463 Precious Lord, Take My Hand (stanza 1) Precious Lord, take my hand, lead me on, help me stand I am tired, I am weak, I am worn; Thro’ the storm, thro’ the night, lead me on to the light Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home. (CCLI Member)

PRAYER Pastor Dwight GOD’S WORD TO US Nehemiah 9:6, 22-37 Leader: The Word of God for the people of God. All: Thanks be to God.

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