First United Methodist Church of Arroyo Grande
275 N. Halcyon Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
805 481-2692 fumcag@yahoo.com worshipweekly.com
October 20, 2024 8:30 AM
Abbreviation Legend
CH--Criswell Hall
S--Sanctuary
K--Kitchen
L--Library
Room #123
MMR--McMillen
Room #113
PS--Pastor's Study
HR--Handbell
Room #115
Mon Oct 21 6:30 PM Gerry's Quilt Class-Criswell Hall.
Tue Oct 22
9:00 AM Senior Exercise-CH, 10:00 AM Sew n Sews-MMR,
11:00 AM Chair Yoga-CH, 1:00 PM Bible Study-Criswell Hall,
5:00 PM Bell Choir Rehearsal-Handbell Room.
Wed Oct 23 9:00 AM Church Work Morning, Criswell Hall.
Thu Oct 24
9:00 AM Senior Exercise-CH, 10:00 AM Craft Workshop-MMR,
11:00 AM Chair Yoga-CH, 5:00 PM Bell Choir Rehearsal-HR,
6:30 PM Chancel Choir Rehearsal-Sanctuary.
Fri Oct 25 11:00 AM Nominations-Pastor's Study.
Sun Oct 27
8:30 AM Contemporary Service--Sanctuary.
10:30 AM Traditional Service-Sanctuary.
4:00 PM Free Movie "Ghostbusters" -Criswell Hall.
Sunday, Nov 10 ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS FAIR
after each service in Criswell Hall.
Gives the opportunity for giving unique Christmas gifts
as well as support some non-profit organizations:
Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International and Women
at Risk International
Today's Altar Flowers are
given in Celebration of our
Church's 140th Anniversary
Fri. Nov 1, Sat. Nov 2, 9 AM to
1 PM & Sun. Nov 3 after church.
UWF Holiday Boutique
Mark your calendars to attend
and find special items for your
holidays! Sign up to help at the
UWF table to volunteer for set up,
work during the sale, and to bring
your craft items and things for the vintage corner.
Plants, succulents and holiday baked goods are also
very welcome.
Sunday, Oct 27 4:00 PM in Criswell Hall.
The movie is "Ghostbusters/Frozen Empire".
The Spengler family returns to the NYC
firehouse where new & old ghostbusters
unite to save the world when an ancient
artifact is discovered. Movie is FREE, also popcorn &
refreshments. Sign up at Connections desk in Narthex.
Sunday, Nov 17 12:30 - 2:30 after church
CHARGE CONFERENCE HERE!
This is the opportunity to meet in person and enjoy the
leadership of our new District Superintendent, the Rev.
Garth Gillam. It is also an occasion for him to get to
know us better as a congregation to represent our
church to the Cabinet, especially in our transition year
in which we will be receiving a new pastor in July.
Please plan to be here in Criswell Hall for the first
in-person "solo" Charge Conference in over a decade!
October 20, 2024 8:30 AM
Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
OPENING PRAISE O Waly, Waly (Open Mine Eyes) Handbell Choir
arr. Douglas E. Wagner
Promised Land
arr.Cheryl (Sutton) Baker
WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRAISE SONGS Great is Thy Faithfulness
Let the Waters Rise
Your Grace is Enough
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
ILLUMINATION Who is Like Thee
SCRIPTURE Job 38: 1-7, 31-41
Psalm 104: 1-9, 24, 35c
SERMON TO TELL THE TRUTH: Rev. Mary Birgelaitis
Challenge
OFFERING I'd Rather Have Jesus
COMMUNION El Shadai
FINAL BLESSING I Just Want to Praise You
CLOSING When the Roll is Called Up Yonder
Praise Team Leader: Mike Clark Piano/Keyboard: Dennis Eiler Bass: Bob Jorstad Singer: Connie Clark
Handbell Director: Leonard Lutz with the Grande Ringers
Today's Liturgist: Mary Throndson
Today's Scripture
ATTENDANCE GIVING
WEEK 8:30 10:30 IN-PERSON VIDEO TOTAL
09/22 35 52 87 33 120 $ 3,964
09/29 33 46 79 42 121 $ 3,111
10/06 33 53 86 16 102 $ 9,158
10/13 33 47 80 8 88 $4.296
Our Fiscal Year started July 1 Weekly Oering Needed $6,321
STEWARDSHIP REPORT: YTD Received $ 92,365- YTD Budgeted $ 93,465
Today's Hosts:
TRUSTEES
Next Sunday
October 27:
STAFF-PARISH
Job 38: 1-7, 31-41
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without
knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, I will
question you, and you shall declare to me.
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the
earth? Tell me if you have understanding. Who
determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its
bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone when the
morning stars sang together and all the heavenly
beings shouted for joy?
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose
the cords of Orion? Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth
in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its
children? Do you know the ordinances of the
heavens? Can you establish their rule on the
earth? “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so
that a flood of waters may cover you? Can you send
forth lightnings, so that they may go and say to you,
‘Here we are’? Who has put wisdom in the inward
parts, or given understanding to the mind? Who has
the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the
waterskins of the heavens, when the dust runs into a
mass and the clods cling together? “Can you hunt the
lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, when
they crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in their covert?
Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young
ones cry to God, and wander about for lack of food?
Psalm 104: 1-9, 24, 35c
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are
very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty,
wrapped in light as with a garment. You stretch out
the heavens like a tent, you set the beams of your
chambers on the waters, you make the clouds your
chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind, you make
the winds your messengers, fire and flame your
ministers. You set the earth on its foundations, so
that it shall never be shaken. You cover it with the
deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the
mountains. At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of
your thunder, they take to flight.
They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the
valleys to the place that you appointed for them.
You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that
they might not again cover the earth.
O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you
have made them all, the earth is full of your creatures.
Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord!
