We e k l y M i r r o r
October 30, 2016 - All Saints Sunday
10:55 a.m. Service
Liturgical Color: White
Rev. L uis O rti z
http://www.mfumc.com/MorrowMirror
Discipleship Ministries – The United Methodist Church
A Prayer Meditation for All Saints Day
by Safiyah Fosua
We give you thanks, O God, for all the saints who ever worshiped you
Whether in brush arbors or cathedrals,
Weathered wooden churches or crumbling cement meeting houses
Where your name was lifted and adored.
We give you thanks, O God, for hands lifted in praise:
Manicured hands and hands stained with grease or soil,
Strong hands and those gnarled with age
Holy hands
Used as wave offerings across the land.
We thank you, God, for hardworking saints;
Whether hard-hatted or steel-booted,
Head ragged or aproned,
Blue-collared or three-piece-suited
They left their mark on the earth for you, for us, for our children to come.
Thank you, God, for the tremendous sacrifices made by those who have gone before us.
Bless the memories of your saints, God.
May we learn how to walk wisely from their examples of faith, dedication, worship, and love.
Discipleship Ministries is an agency of The United Methodist Church
© 2016 Discipleship Ministries. All Rights Reserved
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Sunday, October 30, 2016
3 p.m. MFUMC Sanctuary
Nursery provided
Charge Conference Attendance
The United Methodist Book of Discipline requires all
ministry team leaders to attend Charge Conference as
well as all lay servants, delegates to annual conference
and members of the Administrative Board now called
Governance Board.
All church members are welcome to attend!
Morrow First United Methodist Church
5985 Jonesboro Road • P. O. Box 143, Morrow, GA 30260
770-961-4668 (Office) 770-961-8204 (FAX)
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Friday - Closed
Church Staff
Rev. Luis Ortiz, Senior Pastor
[email protected]
Cora Johnson, Admin Assistant
[email protected]
Don Davis, Interim Choir Director
Jackie Davis, Accompanist
Nannette Dooley, Nursery
Elizabeth Lee, Nursery
Becky Griffin, Financial Secretary
[email protected]
Tracy Holland, Custodian
Jamie Bales, Chef
Report on October 22, 2016 Yard Sale, Bake Sale and BBQ
Yard Sale Income: $1,794.53 for Mary Alice Boyd Scholarship Fund.
Bake Sale income: $448.75.
BBQ Sale Income and Expenses: To be announced later since money is still
coming in for meat and stew sales and all expenses for BBQ have not yet
been paid.
Report on Church Finances through October 23, 2016
All current bills and payroll through October 23 have been paid with a
balance in the Operating Account of $1,624.81. We have one more Sunday in this month!
We have paid all of our Griffin District Apportionments for 2016. For our Apportionments, we still have $5,729.93
left to pay by the end of 2016.
Our hope is that we can end 2016 paying 100% of our Apportionments. We are very close to that goal!
Please continue to keep the missions and ministries of our church in your prayers.
Becky Griffin, Financial Secretary
Thank A Deserving Veteran!
Purchase a flag to
honor veterans, service
members and their
families for their brave
service.
Flags are on sale for
$2.00 and will be
placed on the lawn at
Morrow City Hall.
This is a cash only
purchase at Morrow
City Hall.
The name of your honored veteran will be read
during the Veteran’s Day ceremony on Friday,
November 11, 2016 4 - 4:30 p.m. at Morrow City
Hall.
Loose Change for Change
The UM Women are collecting your
pocket change to give to a cause. This
quarter the recipient is UMCOR’s
Disaster Relief. The coin jar is on the
table outside the library.
The Front Porch Players presents
A Christmas Carol - A Different Look
on Nov. 11-13 & 18-20, 2016
Our own Keith Larson stars
as Jacob Marley and Anna &
Noah Seelhammer are
featured as carolers in an
adaptation of the original
Christmas Carol by Charles
Dickens.
This adaptation by local
playwrights Gayann Truelove
and Tammy Barton tells the
story of Scrooge “with a heavy
emphasis on the females that
influenced his life,” says
Tammy Barton, Director.
Those women are his mother,
a hard-hearted and bitter
woman; a loving and forever
giving niece; his loving and
kind sister; his beautiful
fiancée from his younger
years; a beggar woman; and
the beautiful and all wise
Spirit of Christmas Past.
For ticket information visit www.thefrontporchplayers.com
or call 770-897-1404.
Upcoming Church &
Community Events
More event information available at
www.cityofmorrow.com
October 17
thru
November 4
Early Voting for
General Election on November 8
Visit your county’s
Elections & Registration website
for locations and times
Sunday, October 30
All Saints Sunday Observance
Sunday, October 30
3 p.m.
Charge Conference 2016
MFUMC, Sanctuary
Monday,
October 31
Ramblers visit
Mercier Orchards
9 a.m. Bus Departs
Monday,
October 31
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Halloween Funtacular
Southlake Mall
www.southlakemall.com
Monday,
October 31
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Safe Halloween with
Morrow Police Department
Milton Daniel Park
Tuesday,
November 1
8:30 a.m.
Ramblers Breakfast
Ann & Bill’s Restaurant,
Forest Park
Sunday,
November 6
Daylight Savings Time ends
Sunday,
November 6
Veteran’s Sunday Observance
Tuesday,
November 8
7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Election Day
November 11, 12, 18 & 19
7:30 p.m.
November 13 & 20
2:30 p.m.
Front Porch Players
proudly presents
A Christmas Carol
http://thefrontporchplayers.com/
tickets/
Monday,
November 14
11:30 a.m.
Ramblers
Silver Bay
in Stockbridge
Monday,
November 21
10 a.m.
Submission Deadline
for Sunday, November 27
Wednesday &
Thursday
November 23 & 24
Church Office Closed
for
Thanksgiving
Sunday,
November 27
10:55 a.m.
Hanging of the Greens Service
First Sunday of Advent
Weekly Mirror
Monday,
October 31,
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Milton Daniel
Park
(Beside Morrow
City Hall)
Date
Menu
Program
11/ 2
Ground Beef in
Gravy, Mashed
Potatoes, Green
Beans, Rolls,
Salad and Dessert
Reynolds Nature Preserve,
presented by John Williams
11/9
Pasta e Fagioli,
Bread Sticks,
Dipping Sauce,
Salad, and Dessert
United Methodist
Children’s Home, hosted by
Judy Jaeger and presented
by Mark Magoni
11/16
Thanksgiving
Dinner
Program presented by the
UMW
Happy Thanksgiving (no WNS)
11/23
Time/Place:
Cost:
RSVP:
Please note:
6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Adults 12 & up: $6.00 | take home plates
$6.00
Children 11 & under:
Free or $2.00 donations
Noon on Monday of each week
Fill out reservation form in the sanctuary
pew pocket
Or e-mail church office:
[email protected]
Quantity of food for WWNS is purchased
based on the number of reservations.
Those not cancelling reservations in
advance are expected to pay.
Please remember to include your name when
you place someone on the prayer list so we
will know whom to contact for update
information.
Kameron Burrell (great nephew of Linda McElhannon)
PRAYER REQUESTS
Matt Allen (husband of Darcy Bloom Allen)
Jayson Dooley (son of Nannette Dooley)
David Key (son-in-law of Bil & Melanie Johnson)
Ongoing: Janet Thomaston,
requested by Anita Thomaston; John
Maddox, both cancers are in
remission, requested by his sister,
Jackie Davis; Judy Roundtree,
chemotherapy treatments, requested by Cindy
Anderson; Linda Collier; Michael Fitzpatrick;
Richard Mix, requested by his cousin, Brooksie
Foster; Pat Sebo, chemotherapy treatments,
requested by Mary Anne Brannon; Tony OchoaMejia, cancer, requested by Doug Jewett.
November Communion
The next service of Word
& Table will be Sunday,
November 13, 2016.
Are you receiving the
Weekly Mirror Emails?
If not, please send your current
contact information to the church
office. The Mirror is sent through
the church’s database (record
keeping) program. Thus if you do
not receive the Weekly Mirror
email, we do not have current contact information
for you.
With our busy lives we often don’t
use our landline/home phones.
Please share your cell phone number
with the church office.
Church Office: (770) 961-4668
[email protected]
Your Group Counts
Leaders, please stop by the church office to record your
group’s attendance. Each week’s activities will be posted
to the church office door. Thank you for your assistance
with tracking this information.
Cora Johnson, Administrative Assistant
Stationed on Okinawa
Stationed Stateside
Aviano AFB - Italy
Capt. Kyle L. J. Phillips (grandson of Larry Phillips)
Stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC
Alex McKenzie (son of Ardell McKenzie)
Jacob Beard (friend of Brooksie Foster)
Stationed at USN Great Lakes Boot camp
Kevin McElhannon, Jr.
(grandson of Bill & Linda McElhannon)
Stationed in Kandahar Afghanistan
Max Anderson (cousin of Layla Leo)
Nursing Home /Hospital Independent Living/
Rehab Patients/ Homebound Members
Bright View North Andover: Ethel Jewett, 1275 Turnpike
St, #1211, North Andover, MA 01845.
Golden Crest Senior Living Community: Toni Bish, Rm
10B, 2160 Lake Harbin Rd, Morrow, GA, 30260-1902.
Governor’s Glen Assisted Living: Marline Sargent, Pod B,
5000 Governor’s Drive, Forest Park, GA 30297-6138.
Jonesboro Nursing & Rehab: Tootsie Callaway, Rm 116A,
2650 Highway 138E, Jonesboro, GA 30236-2744.
Summer’s Landing Bayberry Trace: Linda Jenkins, Rm. 119
315 Arrowhead Blvd, Jonesboro, GA 3023.
Brightmoor Senior Living: Ellen Kovaleski, Rm.2 3223
Newnan Road, Griffin, GA 30223.
Arbor Terrace Senior Living: Mary Ann Hawkins, Rm.3010
201 Crosstown Drive, Peachtree City, GA. 30269.
Homebound: Ellen Betsill, 501 Blossom Tr., McDonough,
GA 30253-2179; Jerry & Mary Brazeal, 3920 Brookline
Dr., Alpharetta, GA 30022-6435; Betty Hargis, 157
Pulliam Dr., Apt. 42, Jackson, GA 30233-5111; Bill &
Linda McElhannon, 3793 Charlotte Drive, Rex, GA,
30273-1208; Doris Melear, 2569 Wall St., Jonesboro, GA
30236-2750.
Remember these members in your
thoughts and prayers, and with
cards and visits.
Order of Worship October 30, 2016
All Saints Sunday
Gathering
As we gather to worship our Lord, feel free to greet your neighbors in Christian love. However, when the
announcements begin, please take your seats and at the chiming of the hour prepare your hearts and minds for
worship. Out of courtesy for your brothers and sisters in faith, silence your cell phones so we can be in a spirit of
worship throughout the service.
Welcome
10:55 a.m. Ritual of Friendship
10:57 a.m. Parish Notices
Chiming of the Hour
Lighting of the Altar Candles
Prelude
Congregation
Chuck Matthews, Liturgist
Bell Toller
Julia Gawel and Noah Seelhammer, Acolytes
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
arr. Martin
Joyful Praise Ringers
Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above
Wesley
Liturgist
Choral Call to Worship
*Invocation
Praise & Worship
*Hymn of Praise, #568 UMH
Celebration of Our Children
Christ for the World We Sing
Italian Hymn
Nadine Hoenes
Children, ages 2 through Kindergarten leave for Children Church
Congregational Praises and Concerns/Announcements (From the Prayer Books)
Morning Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
*Hymn of Celebration, #711 UMH vv 1-3
For All the Saints
Naming of the Saints (Please stand when the name of your family member is called.)
James Paul Kendrick
Richard R. Jaeger III
February 2, 2016
May 24, 2016
Charles Paul Mixon
July 25, 2016
Liturgist
Rev. Ortiz
Sine Nomine
Liturgist
Rafael Ortiz
September 4, 2016
Offertory Prayer
Musical Offering
Sent forth by God’s Blessings
*Presentation of God’s Tithes and Our Offering
*The Doxology UMH #95
Liturgist
arr. Krug
The Acolytes
Congregation
The Word Read & Shared
Anthem, Chancel Choir
New Testament Reading, p. 226
Message
Make My Life an Alleluia
Hebrews 12:1-3
“The Mark of a Saint”
Schram
Rev. Ortiz
Rev. Ortiz
We Depart to Love & Serve
*Hymn of Going Forth, #557 UMH
*Extinguishing of the Candles
*Benediction
*Postlude
Blest Be the Tie That Binds
Rejoice in God’s Saints
* stand, as you are able
Dennis
The Acolytes
Rev. Ortiz
Croft
CCLI # 1090020
Before you leave, please check your area to make sure you have all your items, pick up any loose
papers and return hymnals/Bibles to the rack; thank you for keeping the Sanctuary clean and
organized.
This Week at MFUMC
Interim Choir
Director:
Church
Accompanist:
Don Davis
Jackie Davis
Bell Choir
Director:
Liturgist:
October 30, 2016 - November 6, 2016
Sunday, 10/30
8:30 a.m.
Fifth Sunday Breakfast, Fellowship Hall
9:00 a.m.
Handbell Practice, Music Room
Anna Cox
9:45 a.m.
Sunday School for all ages
Acolyte Assistant: Worship
Janice Bales
Greeters:
Narthex:
Altar Guild:
John & Dana
Kathy Gailey
Chapman
Hall:
10:55 a.m.
Worship Service, Sanctuary
3:00 p.m.
Charge Conference, Sanctuary - Nursery Provided.
Chuck Matthews
Layla Leo
Children’s
Church:
Sound Tech:
Tracy Larson
Susan Adams
Monday, 10/31
9:00 a.m.
Bus departs for Ramblers trip to Mercier Orchard
10:00 a.m.
Comfort & Joy, Conference Room
Noon
Tuesday, 11/1
8:30 a.m.
Ramblers Breakfast at Ann & Bill’s Restaurant in
Forest Park
10:00 a.m.
Deadline: WEEKLY MIRROR SUBMISSIONS
12:00 p.m.
Church Office opening delayed until Noon
Ushers:
Mike Griffin (head), Brian Adams, and
Tom Cromer
Deadline: WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPER R.S.V.P.
Wednesday, 11/2
The Rosebud Honors
the birth of Kaelyn Annmarie
Haynie, born Friday, October 21,
2016 at Piedmont Fayette
H o sp i t al . K ae l yn i s t he
granddaughter of Karen Kelly in
our church. She is the first child
of Chris and Jessica Haynie of Senoia. Her
paternal uncle is Jeff Haynie of Atlanta and
paternal aunt is Meredith Haynie of
Jonesboro. The maternal grandparents are
Paul and Dixie Gasper of Fayetteville and
the paternal grandfather is Bobby Haynie of
Atlanta.
Ramblers Travel to
Mercier Orchards
in Blue Ridge
October 31
Church Bus departs: 9 a.m.
Please sign-up for bus as seating is limited.
Honoring Anniversaries
If you have or will be soon celebrating
your 25th wedding anniversary (or
more), please let us know. You can
email the Church Office the names of
you and your spouse and how many years
you are celebrating as of 2016. Office
email: [email protected]
6:00 p.m.
Wonderful Wednesday Night Supper
6:30 p.m.
Children’s Activities, Patsy Hoenes Learning Center
6:30 p.m.
Youth Activities, Upper Room
7:30 p.m.
Chancel Choir Practice - Nursery Provided
Thursday, 11/3
10:00 a.m.
Sunday, 11/6
FOOD PANTRY open until noon
Veterans Sunday (Observance )
2:00 a.m.
Daylight Savings Time ends
9:00 a.m.
Handbell Practice, Music Room
9:45 a.m.
Sunday School for all ages
10:55 a.m.
Worship Service, Sanctuary
Sunday, November 6, 2016