Salem United

Methodist Church 1321 Salem Church Road

Irmo, South Carolina 29063 Established 1873

November 24, 2019

Come to me, all you who are weary and

burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28

Youth Sunday 24th Sunday after Pentecost

November 24, 2019 A Service of Word

The color green is used to denote the earthly ministry of the Church of Jesus Christ.

PRELUDE

PROCESSION WITH LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES

CHIMING OF THE HOUR

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

*OPENING SONG All Creatures of our God and King If you have a prayer request, please fill out the prayer card and the ushers will pick them up during the singing of the hymn.

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Tyler Hodges Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Lord, we love this invitation, and are desperate for it. Sometimes we are overwhelmed by life and feel as if we have one more thing to do we will collapse. We praise you and adore you for the promise of rest in the middle of it all. Sometimes we take on too much, we have no one to blame but ourselves, and therefore are not able to mentally or physically fulfill the demands on our time in the manner that is needed. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, Lord, thank you for your gentle and humble heart and your yoke of grace rather than being another voice that tells us we need to better manage our time. In all that you do, you never present a busy, frustrated, irritated or rushed spirit. You always spend time with your Father and always accomplish his will. May it be the same for us. And you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Fill me with your spirit and give me rest. Being closer to you I will be able to feel your presence and guidance on what should be the priorities for my life and lead me with a spirit of grace. Help me to do all that I need to do with wisdom and kindness for your glory. Help me to make sure my “to-love” list becomes and stays much more of a priority than my “to- do” list. All of this we pray in your name, Amen.

*GLORIA PATRI 70

MESSAGE FROM MATTHEW 11:28 Michael Smith

PRAYER WITH LORD’S PRAYER Julia Rose Hood

OFFERING

*DOXOLOGY 95

THE CHILDREN’S SERMON Teagan Spearman & Madison Strait We invite children ages 3-7. Children can be picked up after worship service in the classroom across the hall from the nursery.

SCRIPTURE – HEBREWS 12:1 Maggie Brewton

SERMON 1 Bryson Stutts

ANTHEM Jesus Paid It All

SCRIPTURE – ISAIAH 1:18 Coby Van Roosevelt

SERMON 2 Noelle Magann

*CLOSING SONG Come as You Are During the singing of the final hymn you are invited to the chancel rail to share your prayers.

*BENEDICTION Rachel McCrary

*CHORAL RESPONSE Amen, Amen, Amen

*CHIMING OF THE HOLY TRINITY

*POSTLUDE (A Time of Greeting and Fellowship) *Indicates that the Congregation stands. If standing is uncomfortable,

please remain seated and continue with your participation. Bold Titles indicate Congregation Participation.

A Welcome to our Guests! We are honored that you are worshipping with us. Please complete

the "red book" registration to record your presence. Also, please

introduce yourself to those around you and visit our Welcome

Center. We have a welcome gift for our first time guests in the

welcome center. Please stop by the desk at the close of the worship

service. We hope you will return to join us again in Worship!

STEWARDSHIP AND ATTENDANCE Week of November 10, 2019

Needed each week to fund unified budget $13,746.62 Unified budget received $13,093.00

Needed to meet budget year to date (Incldg. bldg. fund) $618,597.64 Unified budget received year to date (Incldg. bldg. fund) $514,502.90

Week of November 17, 2019 Needed each week to fund unified budget $13,746.62

Unified budget received $8,846.00 Needed to meet budget year to date (Incldg. bldg. fund) $632,344.26 Unified budget received year to date (Incldg. bldg. fund) $523,348.90

Attendance

Worship 186 Sunday School 66

PLEASE PRAYERFULLY REMEMBER: Brookdale Assisted Living — Mavis George

Lowman Home —Betty Hanzlick

Pruitt Health — Ed Brower

Springfield Place — Doris Monts

Still Hopes — Gloria Gordon

Tyborne UCP — Jessica Gore

White Oak Manor — Emily Manley

Homebound — Luther Chandler, Leroy Gibson,

Betty Jaco, Ray Keith

Special Prayers — Carolyn Brower, Freddie Butler,

Fred Cole, Francis Haltiwanger, Sandra Hinson,

Dale Jenkins, Quinton Meetze, Voncille Meetze,

Mike Shelton, Ruth Smith, Jenny Stalvey

Lexington Medical Center — Ed Thomas

ASSISTING IN WORSHIP TODAY:

Ushers: Lead – Ryan Cole

Charles Cole, Michael Nash

Kendall Smith, Mason Vyskocil

Acolyte: Ella Hodges

Nursery: Millie Fore, Tina Overton

Greeters: Sandra Sills, Martina Thomas

Trustee: Mike Haas

Children’s Church: Tracy Shores

Flower Ministry The flowers which grace the Holy Altar today are given

to the Glory of God by Keith and Donna Corley in

honor of their 30th

Wedding Anniversary on November.

Our Christian Sympathy We would like to express our heartfelt sympathy to the family of

Judy Wrenn upon her death.

Special Missions Recognition Award

The women of UMW would like to congratulate Millie Howard

on receiving this year’s Special Missions Recognition award for

her support of Salem UMC. Millie has served as Assistant

Treasurer at Salem, on The Oasis Committee, Member of Faith

Circle, member of The Pathfinders SS Class, helps with

preparing and delivering meals to shut-ins, helped with serving

meals at Finley Park, helped with sandwiches for downtown

homeless, on Salem Team for Washington UMC Soup Cellar and

co-hosts for UMW Social Committee among her other

contributions for Salem.

Youth Small Groups

Tonight all youth will meet at San Jose for our first small groups

meeting of the year. We will meet together at 5:00p.m. and then

break out with your small group leader to eat, fellowship and get

to know each other.

Salem Family Holiday Tree

Today we begin to usher in the holiday season a little early by

placing a lighted tree in the Welcome Center. This tree is

separate from our traditional Chrismon tree as it will be referred

to as our Salem Family Tree. We would like your help in

decorating the tree! We would love for families to adorn our tree

with a “family ornament”. It can be a new ornament, a special

homemade ornament, or one that simply represents the

character/personality of your family! You can begin bringing

your family ornament (one per family) today! Hooks will be

provided for you to place your ornament on the tree. Let’s fill

our tree up quickly as the joy of the season is upon us!

Ladies’ Lunch Bunch For any ladies that just want to get together for fellowship time over

lunch, we will meet on November 25th at 12 o’clock at El

Poblano’s.

Advent/Christmas Decorating

The Worship Committee will be decorating the Sanctuary for

Advent / Christmas on Saturday, November 30th

, at 9:00.

Everyone is invited to come out and help.

Pledge Cards We have received pledges from 71 families. There are still those

who have pledged in years past that have not turned in cards. If

you have not completed one, pledge cards are available in the

Welcome Center and the Narthex. Please be sure to fill one out

and place in the offering plate. Thanks to all for your support of

Salem.

The Bazaar is scheduled for December 14th and we hope

everyone puts this date on their calendar to come shop.

The youth group will be selling homemade soups again this

year. If you have a favorite soup you would like to make and

contribute, please call Sheri Hood, 803-767-5924 or email

sherihood@icloud.com. All proceeds will go toward the 2021

foreign mission trip.

The time of the event is 9 - 2. There will be over 40

vendors…… We look forward to seeing you there!

If you or someone you know is interested in setting up a table

please contact Millie Fore 920-5261 or Sandra Durst 600-6206

for more information.

OASIS Holiday Celebration

We will gather for a fun, festive Holiday Celebration in the

fellowship hall on Tuesday, December 17 at 11:30. It will be a

pot luck event so bring your favorite dish to share, as well as a

$10 unisex gift for a gift exchange.

Christmas Mission Project This holiday season at SUMC we will be supporting the Prisma Health

Children’s Hospital Child Life Holiday Market. Donations are used to

set up a “store” for inpatient families, and parents/caregivers are

provided with tickets to redeem for gifts. The Holiday Market enables

parents/caregivers to “shop” for holiday gifts without having to leave

the hospital. The Child Life department assists children from birth thru

the teenage years so there is a wide-range of shopping opportunities –

the infection control policy requires that all donations must be NEW

with original tags and/or packaging. A list of suggested items can be

found below. In order to support this mission, we ask that all

donations be placed under the Salem Family Tree in the Welcome

Center by Wednesday, December 18th

.

Current high-priority needs:

Sippy cups

Fabric for surgery caps o Accepted in form of fabric store gift cards

Matchbox® cars

UNO® cards

Small Lego® kits

Action figures

Colored pencils, markers & crayons

Coloring books

Stuffed animals

Preteen/teen pajamas

Teen items Helpful donations for all ages: Infant items:

Rattles/teething rings

Baby blankets

Pacifiers

Lullaby boxes

Busy boxes

Bottles

Crib attachments

Oballs

Light-up/musical toys

Infant socks with grips

Sippy cups

Toddler/preschool:

Mr. Potato Head

Fisher Price® Farm/Little People

Sound books/board books

Light-up/musical toys

Interactive toys (Vtech® & LeapFrog®)

Baby dolls of all ethnicities (especially African-American)

Bilingual toys & books (English/Spanish)

Magna Doodles

Medical play kits

Duplos®

Plastic dinosaurs & zoo animals

Push cars/wagons/scoot toys

View-Master® & slides

School age:

Barbie® & Barbie clothes

My Little Pony®

Monster High®

Littlest Pet Shop

Matchbox®/Hot Wheels® cars

Action figures (Spider-Man, Hulk, Ninja Turtles, Wrestling, etc.)

G.I. Joe

Nerf guns

Lego® kits for boys and girls ages 10+

Puzzles (under 100 pieces)

“I Spy” books

Teens:

Gift cards (iTunes, Starbucks, Walmart, Target, Amazon, etc.)

Jewelry

Lip gloss

Nail polish/mani-pedi kits

iPods®

Remote control cars

Balls (sports, Nerf)

Journals

Fuzzy/colorful socks

Headphones

Universal phone chargers (Android/Apple)

Wireless speakers

Games:

Board games

UNO®/Phase 10 cards

Playing cards

Nintendo® DS & games (up to Teen rating)

Wii™, PS3™ & Xbox 360 games (up to Teen rating)

Xbox 360 (wireless controllers)

Crafts:

Stickers

Crayola® crayons/markers (Crayola products are latex free)

Coloring books

Individual water color painting sets with brush

Dot paint

Paint by numbers

Word search/crossword puzzle books

Paint with water books

Beads

Jewelry making kits

Wood & ceramic objects to paint

Play-Doh® & accessories

Picture frames to decorate

Miscellaneous:

Fleece blankets (bright colors & patterns for all ages)

Stuffed animals

Current DVDs up to PG-13

Pajama pants (all sizes)

Underwear (all sizes)

Tervis®-style tumblers

Batteries (all types, especially C & D)

Window clings

Single-sized bed sheet sets (Bright colors & patterns and/or

character-themed for all ages)

Holiday/birthday themed wrapping paper/gift bags/tissue paper

Christmas Poinsettias

If you would like to place a poinsettia in the Church for

Christmas, or make a donation to our Building Fund in honor of

or in memory of a loved one, please complete the form below.

Poinsettias will be $13.00 each. A listing of all poinsettias and

donations will be inserted in the bulletins on Sunday, December

15th

and Sunday, December 22nd

. Poinsettias may be picked up

after the Christmas Eve service on December 24th

. Please

place the completed form along with payment marked,

“poinsettia” in the offering plate, or drop it by the Church Office.

The deadline for receiving forms and payment is Monday,

November 25th

. Names only please, no special messages will

be added. Please print clearly.

Poinsettias In Loving Memory of:

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_________________________________________ In Honor of:

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_________________________________________

Given by:______________________________________________

Total # of Poinsettias @ $13.00 each _____.

Total amount enclosed $_________.

In Lieu of Poinsettias, Donation to the Building Fund

In Loving Memory of:

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_________________________________________

In Honor of:

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_________________________________________

Given by:______________________________________________

Total amount enclosed $_________.

Women’s Self Defense Class

Saturday, January 11, 2020 12:00 - 2:30pm

We invite the women of Salem and their friends to join us

for a 1 day self-defense class with John C Carter of Carter’s

Academy of Self-Defense. We will begin with a lunch followed

by the workshop.

There are only 30 spots available so be sure to sign up quickly.

Registration forms and waivers are located in the church office.

Total cost for the event is $10.

Available for all females 12 yrs. and older

(18 and under must have parent either participating or in

attendance)

Questions: please contact Jim Magann at

jimmagann@gmail.com

Mission of Month for November Used Medical Equipment

Do you have any wheelchairs, shower seats or other medical

items that you are no longer using? This month the Missions

committee will collect any equipment you have that is in

relatively good shape and donate them to a local organization

that cleans them up and gives them to people in need. You may

drop them in the church office at any time or by the back door of

the fellowship hall on a Sunday morning. Thank you for your

contributions towards this mission.

Sharing God’s Love Our current needs: dried beans, boxed potatoes, canned fruit,

soup, crackers, jelly, XL women's clothing and children’s large

sizes.

A SPECIAL NEED: Shoes, boots, sneakers, slippers of all sorts

and sizes. Gently used please.

Sharing God's Love greatly appreciates your assistance in our

ministry. With your support we are able to assist with the needs

in our community.

Boxes are located in each Sunday School Room and a basket is

in the hallway next to the Fellowship Hall entrance.

73 items were carried to SGL on November 5th

.

THIS WEEK AT SALEM

Sunday, November 24 9:30 A.M. . . . . . . . . . . Sunday School for all ages, Nursery provided

10:30 A.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morning Worship

5:00 P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Play Practice / Kid’s Club 5:00 P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Youth Group @ San Jose

Monday, November 25

12:00 P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ladies’ Lunch Bunch @ El Pablano’s

Tuesday, November 26

7:00 P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA Meeting

Wednesday, November 27

7:00 P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Choir Practice Thursday, November 28

7:00 P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AA Meeting

Saturday, November 30

7:00 P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA Meeting Sunday, December 1 9:30 A.M. . . . . . . . . . . Sunday School for all ages, Nursery provided

10:30 A.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morning Worship

5:00 P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Play Practice / Kid’s Club 5:00 P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Youth Group

The Office will be closed on Wednesday and

Thursday for Thanksgiving.

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS

Monday through Thursday

8:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

1321 Salem Church Road, Irmo, SC 29063

Website: salemumcsc.com

E-mail: smethodist@aol.com

Phone 803-781-1626

In case of an emergency,

call 843-209-9273 or 803-422-9400

OUR MINISTRY TEAM

Gary Phillips — Pastor

Sarah Bridges — Director of Music

Mary Catherine Greenway — Communications Coordinator

Stephanie Knott — Pianist

Angie Lain — Business/Finance Manager

Miriam Y. Lovett — Organist

Jim Magann — Youth/Outreach Ministries

Tina Overton — Director of Creative Ministries

Marie Wicker — Administrative Assistant