Children’s Ministries
Thank you so much to Epworth children who collected 2,571 coins during Lent, raising $309.56 for hurricane recovery in eastern NC! Go, kids!
Promotion Sunday is June 9. We will have a special celebration during Sunday School.
Worship, Sunday, May 19, 2019
9:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Children’s Musical “Land of the Lost and Found”
9:00 a.m. Songs: Lead Me, Guide Me; Glory, Glory, and Hallelujah
11:00 a.m. Hymns: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling; Amazing Grace, and Lead Me, Guide Me
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Greeters: Belinda Rasmussen, Jim Goacher
Ushers: 8:30 Mike Shiflett / 11:00 Dave Harlow, Patsy Harlow, John Rasmussen
Acolyte: Cameron Posey / Crucifer: Jerryl Christopher
Youth Reader: Ethan Benware
Bus Driver: Steve Smith
Sound Technician: 11:00 Christopher Thomas
Altar Guild: Judy Daymont, Kellie Sims
Counters: Joyce Dalgleish, Brent Engel
Altar Flowers: Given to the glory of God and in memory of Dee Stanley by Kristen Anderson Richardson.
Altar Flowers Are Needed June 9 and June 16. If you are interested in donating flowers, please contact Gloria Dewey.
An inspiring read, “Unto the Least of These”
Learn how Epworth United Methodist Church became involved with the people of Haiti in this inspiring book. Unto the Least of These tells the story of dedication, trials, tribulations and some successes of working with some of the seemingly invisible people of the world in Haiti. Haiti is the poorest country in Western hemisphere, but it also has a Christian community that is vibrant and alive.
Epworth UMC, Durham, NC, first with Providence UMC, Charlotte, NC and later together with a sister Church, Swansboro UMC, Swansboro, NC, have shared in efforts with the Christians in Haiti to minister to the “Least of These.” The Fond Doux Foundation is an outgrowth of Epworth UMC’s and Swansboro UMC’s sharing in Christian ministry with Christians in Fond Doux, Haiti.
The author is the Rev. John Clausing, an associate member of Epworth United Methodist Church and a retired pastor of the United Church of Christ.
Books can be ordered from:
Fond Doux Foundation
PO Box 51443
Durham, NC 27717
Cost: $20 / Expected printing date: June 1, 2019
The Fond Doux Foundation engages friend-to-friend with people in and around the village of Fond Doux, Haiti, helping to provide better access to medical care and health education, improved nutrition through agriculture and animal husbandry, educational scholarships, and intercultural faith-based activities. FDF is a 501(c)3 organization based in Durham, North Carolina, USA, whose Christian community outreach began in 2011.
Worship, Sunday, May 12, 2019
8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Sermon: Rev. Karen H. Whitaker
Scripture:
Hymns: He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought, The King of Love My Shepherd Is, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Response Hymn at 8:30: Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
Response at 11:00: Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us, arr. by David Lewis
Benediction: O for a Heart to Praise My God
9:00 a.m.
Sermon: “Know Your Shepherd,” Rev. Dr. Sangwoo Kim
Scripture: John 10: 22-30
Songs: African Processional, Holy Spirit, Salvation Belongs to Our God, Your Grace is Enough
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Liturgists: 8:30 Maureen Oakes, 11:00 Mike Bunch
Greeters: Carolyn Davis, Kathy Chaney
Ushers: 8:30 Mike Shiflett; 11:00 Bob Hodgins, Joyce Dalgleish, Jay Hallan, Alan Payne
Acolyte: Virginia Nadworny / Crucifer: Henri Nadworny
Youth Reader: Elise Benware / Bus Driver:
Sound Technician: 9:00 / 11:00 Greg Bolt
Altar Guild: Judy Daymont, Kellie Sims
Counters: Beth Armbruster, Mary Catherine McSpadden
Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God with love from Meg, Lewis IV, Emily Bass and Emily Sheppard in celebration of the May birthdays of John Hemingway and his wife, Louise Fann.