DISCIPLE 1 BIBLE STUDY CLASS COMING IN SEPTEMBER: Do you want to grow in
your faith and discipleship? Would you like to know more about God’s Biblical story
from Genesis to Revelation? Then may be Disciple 1 in-depth Bible study is for you.
Reverend Anne Hough is offering to lead a study group, beginning in September, if
there are enough people interested. If you would like more information, or want to
register, please contact Anne at [email protected] or 540-256-4372.
FOOD CLOSET NEEDS: To continue feeding our hungry neighbors, we are in current
need of ramen noodles, individual oatmeal packets, canned meat and all
other non-perishable donations. Please place items in the bins located just inside
the church entrances.
FLOWERS & FOOD BASKETS SIGN UP REMINDERS: If you would like to sponsor
flowers or food baskets during worship in honor of a special person or occasion,
you will find the sign up sheets & forms on the wall outside of the library. Flower
requests need to be submitted one month in advance and food basket requests one
week in advance. Both can be submitted up to a year in advance if you know your
dates. Please contact Debbie Creekman for questions about
flowers [email protected] or 703-967-5856 and for questions about food
baskets call the church office 703-978-3500.
UMC MARKET - SUPPORT ST. MATTHEW’S BY SHOPPING ONLINE: UMC Market was
created by the United Methodist Church in partnership with major online retailers.
By using UMC Market to make their purchases from partner retailers, church
members entitle local churches like St. Matthew’s to receive commissions of
1-9% of their online purchases made through their UMC Market account. To find
out more about the overall program, visit www.umcmarket.net. For step-by-step
instructions on how to sign up to support St. Matthew’s specifically, please visit:
www.stmatthewsumc.org/serve/umc-market.
KINDRED PROJECT PRAYER GROUP: You are invited to join in quiet prayer with UM
clergy and laity who gather hereon the second Tuesday of the month with the grass
-roots group called Kindred Project. The next meetings at St Matthew's UMC will be
August 9 and September 13, 1:00 to 3:00 pm. All are welcome.
REACH OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED: Our Walk-in Ministry provides financial
assistance to members of our congregation and community who are in need of
emergency financial assistance to pay necessary rent, utilities, etc. Through this
ministry, we care for our Lord by caring for those on the margins of society
(Matthew 25:34-40). This ministry is funded entirely by direct donations and is
currently running short on funds. If you can help, please write a check payable to
St. Matthew’s UMC, with “Walk-in Ministry” in the memo line, and put the check in
the offering plate.
CHURCH OFFICE SUMMER HOURS: Through Sep. 2nd, the church office will close at
1:00PM on Friday afternoons.
Order of Worship 8:15 & 11:15 AM
July 24, 2016
10th Sunday after Pentecost
9:45 AM Modern Worship Service
10th Sunday after Pentecost
Gather
Opening Songs
Prayers of the People
Proclaim
Announcements
Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:18-25
Message: “Words To Live By: Hope”
Respond
Offering Our Gifts
Communion
Go
Closing Song
Benediction
ST. MATTHEW'S MISSION STATEMENT
St. Matthew’s is a welcoming community, nurturing and serving God’s children so that
all may find meaning and purpose through Jesus Christ.
WELCOME TO ST. MATTHEW’S
Welcome friends in Christ! We are happy you have joined us in our worship today to celebrate the love of God in Jesus Christ. If you are visiting with us, please be so kind as to
fill out the pew pad and introduce yourself to the worship leaders as you leave. We are
proud to serve Fair Trade coffee through UMCOR’s Coffee Project.
Be thoughtful, be silent, for this is the house of God. Before the service speak with God,
during the service let God speak with you, after the service speak with one another.
PRELUDE
“Shall We Gather at the River” Livingston Carol Workman, Organ
WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS & GREETING
*INTROIT No. 328 (United Methodist Hymnal )
“Surely the Presence of the Lord”
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place; I can feel his mighty power and his grace.
I can hear the brush of angels’ wings, I see glory on each face; surely the presence of the
Lord is in this place.
*CALL TO WORSHIP
O come, let us sing to our God and make a joyful noise
to the rock of our salvation.
We lift our hearts and voices
in joy and thanksgiving
for being here together
in the presence of our beloved God.
Come, let us worship this amazing God, for we belong to God.
We will listen for God’s word and live in the hope it inspires.
*HYMN No. 368 (United Methodist Hymnal)
“My Hope is Built”
CHILDREN’S TIME & HYMN OF BLESSING No. 611 (United Methodist Hymnal)
Child of joy, our dearest treasure, God's you are, from God you came.
Back to God we humbly give you; live as one who bears Christ's name.
ST. MATTHEW’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH STAFF
Bishop: Young Jin Cho
District Superintendent: Jeffrey Mickle
Senior Pastor: Neil Hough
Associate Pastor: Grace Han
Associate Pastor (SAM & Visitation) : Bill Moberly
Senior Administrative Assistant: Nancy Manning
Director of Youth Ministries: Mike Fujiura
Director of Welcoming Ministries: Lynne Studeman
Director of Children’s Ministries: Carrie Schwab
Preschool Ministries Coordinator: Christine Moser
Director of Communications: Liz Dutton
Office Assistant: Kim Lauer
Bookkeeper: Andrea Crews
Finance Secretary: Jackie Dinker
Office Resource Assistant Volunteer: Claire Adams
Director of Music: Nancy Cappel
Assistant to the Director of Music: Abby Madden
Assistant Handbell Director: Tammy Freeman
Organist: Carol Workman
9:45 AM Worship Leader: Abby Madden
Worship Media Coordinator: Dan Burrer
Weekday School (WDS) Director: Gail Pepin-Vivian
WDS Business Administrator: Laura McLean
Sign Language Interpreter: Michele Bach-Hansen
Nursery Worker: Elizabeth Hernandez
Supported Missionaries:
Clara Mridula Biswas, http://bitly.com/1ausiI8 /
[email protected]
Rebecca Parsons, http://bitly.com/17nPY2j /
[email protected]
8617 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003
703-978-3500 • [email protected]
www.stmatthewsumc.org
MORNING PRAYER & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy
kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
MISSION MOMENT/GOD’S TITHES & OUR OFFERINGS
“Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Grace Martin, Violin
*DOXOLOGY pg. 95 (United Methodist Hymnal )
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
OFFERTORY PRAYER:
God of our joy and our sorrow, of our living and our dying: help
us to find a life that is full in the things that you would have for
us: hope, love, faith, service, holiness, compassion, and courage.
Let us not be so attached to life that we are afraid of change, or
transition, or what the future holds. As we offer to you this
morning a small portion of what you have entrusted to us, help
us to have hands that hold nothing of this world as tightly as we
hold on to you and your son Jesus our Savior. In his Holy name,
we pray. Amen.
SCRIPTURE
SERMON
Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:18-25
“Words To Live By: Hope”
*HYMN No. 707 (United Methodist Hymnal)
Neil Hough
“Hymn of Promise”
*BENEDICTION
“Shalom to You”
Shalom to you now, shalom, my friends. May God’s full mercies bless you, my
friends. In all your living and through your loving, Christ be your shalom,
Christ be your shalom.
*RESPONSE No. 666
(United Methodist Hymnal )
“The Lily of the Valley” Fry/Hays
*Please stand if you are able
POSTLUDE
Carol Workman, Organ
FLOWERS & FOOD BASKETS IN WORSHIP: A food basket is given to the Glory of God and
in the name of Christ Jesus who blessed all the little children to come to me… and
come they did for our Vacation Bible School! An additional food basket is given in glory
and honor of God’s many blessings every day and in loving memory of Frankie Hull by
Bob Hull. Another two food baskets are given by the Contemporary Issues Sunday
School Class so that others may eat.
THANK YOU: I want to thank the many members of the congregation for their support
following my accident in April. Recovery has been slow but I was encouraged by your
many cards, phone call and prayers. Early on, Barbara and I truly relied on the food
delivered to us. It remains to be seen how much more I can recover with addition
physical therapy but I realize that this has been a team effort and I appreciate that very
much. Jim Williams
Announcements
New Sermon Series Starts Today: Today, we will begin a new sermon series
called Words To Live By. During this series we will consider some of the basic
“words” of Christian life, words like: hope, love, faith, service, holiness, compassion, and
courage. We will not only try to understand what they mean for our lives today, we will
also be challenged to embody these “words” in daily life. Our goal is to live lives that
exemplify these essential characteristics of Christian discipleship. Please join us.
THIS WEEK
Sunday, July 24
JP Mission Trip
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
6:00 p.m. Sr. High Bowling
SAVE THE DATE
July 31
Blood Drive
Sr. High Summer Slam
August 2
Trustees Meeting
Monday, July 25
JP Mission Trip
August 3
Wednesday on the Lawn
Missions Committee
Tuesday, July 26
JP Mission Trip
8:30 p.m. AA
August 6
Wednesday, July 27
ALS Support Group
JP Mission Trip
6:30 p.m. Wednesdays on the Lawn August 8
7:30 p.m. Church Council Meeting All Youth King’s Dominion Trip
Thursday, July 28
JP Mission Trip
7:30 p.m. Modern Worship
Rehearsal
August 9
Kindred Project-Prayer Group
Endowment Committee
Friday, July 29
JP Mission Trip
Michelo Project Team Returns
August 10
Food for Others
Wednesdays on the Lawn
SPRC
Welcoming & Evangelism
Committee
WEDNESDAYS ON THE LAWN: The Worship and Missions Commissions will
host Wednesdays on the Lawn this Wednesday, July 27th. We will be serving pork
barbecue and make-your-own sundaes. Please bring a side or dessert to share. We
will have outside games for the children, weather permitting.
August 12
Bridge Group
SENIOR HIGH SUMMER SLAM: Sunday, July 24th the Senior High UMYF will meet at
Annandale AMF Lanes from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. for bowling and fellowship. For
questions or concerns contact Mike Fujiura at [email protected].
August 14
Sr. High Summer Slam
August 15
Jr. High Manic Mondays
August 16
Endowment Committee
Food for Others
August 19
20s and 30s Dinner Church
August 20
CPR/AED Training
For more information on the events above visit www.stmatthewsumc.org
WORSHIP ATTENDANCE 7/17: 401
ELECTRONIC GIVING: We offer electronic giving to automate
your regular offering. Electronic giving provides convenience
for you and the critical donation consistency for our operations
and ministries. Authorization forms and additional information
are available in the church office or at www.stmatthewsumc.org.
NURSERY (8:15 am - 12:15 p.m.): For children up to 3 yrs (Rm. 113)
CHILDREN’S WORSHIP: For children (4 years-rising 2nd grade) meets immediately
following children’s time at the 11:15 worship service in room 109.
9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages:
Children • 4 Years old to Rising 6th Grade (Rm. 116)
Youth - New Classes start in September
Adults • Apostles and Other Folks (Rm. 304)
 Contemporary Issues (Rm. 306)
• Parents of Children (Rm. 303) • Re-Discovery (Rm. 302)
• Hands Helping Humanity (Rm. 301) • Women of Faith Cafe (Parlor)
• Growing in Faith (Rm. 305)
Find all study offerings at: www.StMatthewsUMC.org
OPEN POSITION AT ST. MATTHEW’S: St. Matthew's is seeking applicants for the parttime position of Business Administrator for the Weekday School. More information can
be found on the website at www.stmatthewsumc.org/employment-opportunities/.
Those interested in applying please contact Terry Moran, SPRC Chair
at [email protected] or by calling the church office at 703-978-3500.
TEACHER ASSISTANT POSITON: St. Matthew’s Weekday School is looking for a dynamic assistant teacher for our 4-year old class. The ideal teacher would have a degree
and experience working with children in an educational setting. However, we will
consider an exceptionally warm and compassionate candidate with lots of experience with children. You must have a love for children, work well with others and a
zest for teaching. St. Matthew’s WDS follows Fairfax County School schedule. We are
a half day school, approximately 20 hours per week, Monday through Friday. If you
feel as though this job opportunity is calling you please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected].
BLOOD DRIVE JULY 31ST: Ready, willing and able to give blood Sunday July 31st?
Click on the following link to SignUpGenius: http://www.signupgenius.com/
go/409094ea4ad28a75-july, or contact David or Debbie Throckmorton at 703-2083505 or Debbie at [email protected]. Remember if you wish to honor
someone by your giving, please include their name(s) in the comment field when you
sign up. We will be sharing your giving and honoring with the St. Matthew’s family in
the Sunday bulletin following the blood drive. Thank you for your gift of life to save
a life!!
CPR AND DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING: St. Matthew's Board of Trustees will sponsor a
Red Cross Training for CPR and defibrillation use on Saturday August 20th from 9
a.m. - 12 p.m. The training is free for the first 18 people who sign-up. Contact Martha Lee at 703-425-0046 or signup at http://www.SignUpGenius.com/
go/20F0549A4A928A31-redcross
SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE FOR WEYANOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: We are collecting
School Supplies throughout the summer months to support students at Weyanoke
Elementary School. Needed items include: Backpacks, glue sticks, two-pocket folders,
colored pencils, pencils, composition books, glue sticks, tissues, Lysol wipes, dry
erase markers and loose leaf paper. Donations can be dropped off in the church library in the bins labeled Supply Drive. Drive ends on Sunday August 28th. For
questions or concerns contact Carrie Schwab at [email protected].