UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR WLUMC Sunday, February 28 Prayers for Pastors & Worship Prayer Room 7:45 am Traditional Worship Service Sanctuary 8:00 am Fellowship Time HeBrews Café 9:00 am Kid’s Choir (K-3) Education Bldg., Room 200 9:00 am Choral Ensemble Music Room 9:10 am Praise Worship Service Sanctuary 9:30 am Sunday School For All Ages Education Bldg. & Community Ctr 9:30 am Confirmation Class Community Center, Room 201 9:30 am Fellowship Time HeBrews Café 10:30 am Kid’s Choir (Gr. 4-6) Education Bldg., Room 200 10:30 am Young Adult Class Education Bldg., Room 110 10:45 am Traditional Worship Sanctuary 11:00 am Table Talk II Education Bldg., Room 109 11:00 am Domestic Violence Meeting Education Bldg., Room 112 11:00 am Community Worship Service Community Center 11:10 am Children’s Church Community Center, Rooms 201-202 11:30 am Keeping the Connection Community Center, Room 101 12:00 pm Kid’s Choir (4-6) Music Room 5:30 pm Chimers Music Room 6:00 pm Tween Group Community Center, Room 202 6:00 pm Youth Group FireHouse Youth Room 6:00 pm Celebracion Latina Sanctuary 7:00 pm Monday, February 29 Courage to Change Education Bldg., Room 204-206 6:30 pm “Hoofcamp” Exercise Group Hebrews Café 6:45 pm Men’s Bible Study Community Center, Room 101 6:30 pm Reformation Bible Study Education Bldg., Room 112 7:00 pm The Book of Acts Bible Study Education Bldg., Room 110 7:00 pm Overeaters Anonymous Community Center, Room 202 7:30 pm Tuesday, March 1 Faithful Friends Prayer Room & Nursery 9:00 am Roman’s Bible Study Education Bldg., Room 112 9:15 am Women of the Bible Study Education Bldg., Room 110 9:30 am Ephesians Bible Study Education Bldg., Room 109 9:30 am Caring Community Meeting Education Bldg., Room 112 1:00 pm Ignite Young Adult Group FireHouse Youth Room 6:30 pm Mission Meeting HeBrews Café 6:30 pm Diabetes Support Group Education Bldg., Room 109 7:00 pm NA Community Center, Room 201 & 202 7:00 pm Wednesday, March 2 Morning Prayers Sanctuary 7:14 am Islam Study Education Bldg., Room 109 9:30 am NO Safe Haven Lighthouse Education Bldg., Room 109, 110 3:30 pm WLW Meal

Ham, Steak Sandwich, Vegetable, Salad Bar, Dessert, Beverage Rabold’s Small Group Education Bldg., Room 209 6:15 pm Kid’s Club Education Bldg., Room 204-206, 207 6:30 pm Jr./Sr. Youth Group Fire House Youth Room 6:30 pm “Characteristics of a Disciple” Sanctuary 7:00 pm Women at the Well Education Bldg., Room 112 7:00 pm Goody’s Small Group Praise Team Room 7:00 pm Festival Choir Music Room 7:00 pm Chancel Choir Music Room 8:00 pm Thursday, March 3 Needlework Education Bldg., Room 112 1:00 pm Bell Choir Music Room 4:30 pm Relay For Life Community Center 4:30 pm Daniel Plan Exercise HeBrews Café 6:30 pm Griefshare Education Bldg., Room 109 6:30 pm Financial Peace Recap Mtg. HeBrews Café 7:00 pm Friday, March 4 Saturday, March 5 Daniel Plan Exercise Group HeBrews Café 8:00 am Comm. Group-Grace For Shame Education Bldg., Room 112 9:00 am Friends of God HeBrews Café 9:00 am

Welcome New Visitors!

We’ve got a special gift for you!

Please visit our Welcome Center

in the Sanctuary Lobby or

Community Center

15 Woodside Ave., West Lawn, PA 19609 P: 610-678-5611 F: 610-927-1225 Email: office@westlawnumc.org Web: www.westlawnumc.org

Pastor Jeff Raffauf

February 28, 2016

“The Gift Being Thunderstruck”

TRADITIONAL WORSHIP 8:00 & 11:00 A.M.

[*Please stand if able]

PROCLAMATION

GATHERING

(Prayer cards may be passed to the center aisle for collection by the ushers.)

Welcome & Greeting Pastor Haldeman

Our Life Together

*Call to Worship

Scripture Reading Job 37:1-5 Page 483 (OT)

God’s Word For Us “The Gift Being Thunderstruck” Pastor Raffauf

Preludes “Prelude in F” “Toccata and Fugue”

Krebs Anon. Italian

Morning Prayers, 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 sins, as we forgive those who sin 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.

*Hymn “I Sing the Almighty Power of God” No. 152

Leader: Awe-some Love, enter our lives People: and open us to the gifts residing deep within us.

Leader: Form us as expectant people, watching for your Presence among us

People: that comes through quiet intuition or thunderous “a-ha’s.”

Leader: Comfort us, we pray, and yet speak boldly to us, as well,

People: as we come fully before you in our worship today.

Readers 8:00—Margo Hill 11:00—Jane Draper

*Hymn “Stand By Me”** No. 512

Prayer of Confession, Silent Prayers

( 8:00) Prelude (11:00) Prelude

“Andante” “O Father, By Whose Name”

Bell Choir

Franck arr. Ringham

*Passing of the Peace

( 8:00) Special Music (11:00) Special Music

“Grace Greater Than Our Sin” Ruth Shaffer, piano “Ah, Holy Jesus”

Bell Choir

Martin

arr. Larson

Words of Assurance

*Hymn “Through It All” No. 507

Welcome! Greeters & ushers will be happy to help you find our Nursery, Prayer Room, restrooms, and provide assisted listening aids. The Welcome Center, in our Sanctuary Lobby, has more information about West Lawn UMC. First, second &

third-time guests: please fill out a “Welcome” slip to let us know that you wor-shipped with us today— we are happy you are here! Visit our HeBrews Café, locat-ed on the lower level of the Sanctuary at 9:00 am or 10:30 am to enjoy refreshments with friends in Christ.

CHILDREN & YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL @ 9:30 AM Infant .............................................................. Education Bldg., Nursery, Room 104 Toddlers.......................................................... Education Bldg., Nursery, Room 104 Age 3-4 ......................................................................... Education Bldg., Room 202 Kindergarten—1st Grade ............................................. Education Bldg., Room 208 Grades 2-3 ....................................................... ……...Education Bldg., Rooms 207 Grades 4-5 .................................................................... Education Bldg., Room 206 Jr. Youth (grades 6-8) ............................................... Community Center, Room 202 Sr. Youth (grades 9-12) .............................................................. Fire House Café Confirmation Class ................................................... Community Center, Room 202

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL—Ed. Bldg. (EB) or Community Ctr. (CC) (all classes are held at 9:30 AM unless otherwise noted)

Adult Class 1 (Table Talk ) Adult Class 2 (Table Talk 11:00 AM) Adult Class 3 (Loyal Pairs & Spares) Adult Class 4 (Barth Memorial Class) Young Adult Class (10:45 AM)

Andy Stanley’s “In the Meantime” ........... Andy Stanley’s “Why in the World” ....... International Lessons Series .................. “Maxie”The Intercessory Life” ............. Russell Moore’s “Onward” ........................

EB Rm 109 EB Rm 109 EB Rm 110 EB Rm 112 EB Rm 110

Jeff Raffauf Lead Pastor jeff@westlawnumc.org

Andrea Haldeman Pastor of Discipleship & Congregational Care

andrea@westlawnumc.org

Nick Camacho Pastor of Community Outreach

nick@westlawnumc.org

Terry Cooney Pastor of Visitation terry@westlawnumc.org

CHILDREN’S CHURCH @ 11:30 AM in the Community Center, Rooms 201 & 202

Flowers on the Altar Today are Presented:.

To place an order for flowers, contact Acacia Flower Shop at 610-376-8767 / acaciaflowershop@gmail.com by noon on Tuesdays.

In celebration of a new great-granddaughter, Lucy Kate Carter,

by great-grandparents, Don & Doris Wesley

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS PLEASE CONTACT ISAAC MAHLER, MINISTER TO YOUTH 610-678-5611 (OFFICE) ▪ ISAAC@WESTLAWNUMC.ORG ▪ 610-914-1001 (CELL)

CURRENT WEEKLY Schedule: Sunday School 9:30AM in the Community Center -Middle School in CC. 201 / High school in Firehouse Café / Confirmation in CC 202 Youth Group Sundays from 6-8PM in the Community Center WEST LAWN WEDNESDAYS: Dinner at 6PM Small groups 6:30-8:00

UPCOMING MARCH EVENTS!!! 3/5: Bowling @ Berks Lane 2:30-5:30PM ($10)

3/9: Pizza Dinner in youth room before WLW

3/19: Church Easter Egg Hunt—Students encouraged to help Serve

3/23: No West Lawn Wednesday (Holy Week)

3/24: Living Last Supper @ 7:30 in the sanctuary (All youth Invited!)

3/25: Good Friday Worship Service @ 7:30 In the Sanctuary

3/26: EASTER Sunday!!! Christ is Risen!!!

(No Middle School, High School, or Confirmation Class on Easter

Morning, please attend service as a family!) Youth Group is also

cancelled for the evening.

We Are Going Bowling! All Students are invited to join us for an afternoon of Bowling! We will

be going to Berks Lanes on Saturday March 5th. We will meet at the

church at 2:30PM and return at 5:30PM. We will bowl from 3-5 and

the cost is $10 per person. This covers shoe rental and all the bowling

we can squeeze in during the 2 hour window! Students can bring extra

Money for snacks and drinks I they would like. Don’t Miss out!

Thanks for the feedback! I want to say thank you to everyone who took the time to fill out our

youth survey. It was very informative and we will begin processing

through results, discussing what we learned and planning and future

adjustments and changes that might be necessary. We will also use the

feedback to help finalize the summer schedule in the next 2 weeks!

Passing of the Peace of Christ

*Postlude “Voluntary” Wesley

Songs of Praise

PRAISE WORSHIP - 9:30 A.M.

Our Prayers (Prayer cards may be brought forward, when invited, as we sing.)

Our Gifts to God

Sending Out

“The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.

So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” – John 3:8, (NRSV)

COMMUNITY WORSHIP - 11:10 A.M.

Scripture Reading Job 37:1-5 9:30 Reader: -Daryn Zeiner

Page 483 (OT)

*Dismissal with Blessing

(11:10) Children’s Sermon Children are invited to return to their seats OR go upstairs to Rooms 201 & 202 for Children’s Church.

*(11:00) We invite all to hold hands and sing “Blest Be the Tie That Binds”

Welcome, Our Life Together

*Prayer of Dedication

*Response “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” No. 95

Presentation of our Gifts to God

( 8:00) (11:00)

“A Prayer for Our Time” Choral Ensemble

“If It Weren’t for Grace” Chancel Choir, Arlan Davis, solo

Martin

Rouse

Musical Offering

God’s Word For Us “The Gift Being Thunderstruck” Pastor Raffauf

Ministry Moment OGHS

*Hymn “When We All Get to Heaven” No. 701

** The hymn, “Stand By Me,” is another work by the preacher/composer, Charles Al-bert Tindley. This hymn draws upon the richness of several stories or images from both the OT & the NT, and is prayer-like in calling out to God to “stand by me” when the going gets tough. Praise God that our Savior would never leave us or forsake us!

Ministry Moment OGHS

If you would like to be kept apprised of events here at WLUMC by receiving a copy of our mailings, please contact us: 610-678-5611 ● email: office@westlawnumc.org ● website: www.westlawnumc.org

ANNOUNCEMENTS ● UPCOMING EVENTS

Due to the growth of the Consignment Sale, there will be no West Lawn Wednesday dinner served on March 9th. All other WLW activities will take place as usual, and dinner will return to the Community Center on Wednesday, March 16th. For more information on the sale, go to www.faithfulfriendssale.com.

Keeping the Connection will be preparing care packages for college students today after the 11:10 service. If you would like to make a snack donation, please drop it off in Room 101 of the Community Center before 12:00 pm today.

It’s time to order your Easter Flowers! We have tulips and lilies available, for $7 each. If you would like to order flowers to adorn our sanctuary on Easter, pick up one of the envelopes in the narthex of the church, fill it out and return it to the office by March 14th. Flowers may be picked up at Easter services.

Looking for Instrumentalists! We are considering forming an orchestra to partici-pate in special services and events. This would NOT be an every-Sunday commit-ment, but we would see the orchestra enhancing our music program, sometimes alone and sometimes in accompaniment to choirs, adding to the effectiveness of our worship. So, whatever instrument you play— stringed, woodwind, brass, percus-sion—consider joining us! Please contact Dick Becker (wlumcdick@gmail.com or 610-678-5611, Ext. 17) with your interest. Thank you for your consideration.

First Saturday Worship will be held on March 5th at 6:00 pm in the Community Center. Dave Endy will bring the message, “Why Missions, Why Me?” and Pastor Terry will lead us in Communion. Join us for music, testimony, Holy Communion, and fellowship in the Community Center on the first Saturday of every month!

One Great Hour of Sharing: You will find a special One Great Hour of Sharing offering envelope in your bulletin today. This offering helps to lay the foundation of all United Methodist Committee on Relief work by covering the costs of doing business. This means all contributions designated to specific programs can go 100 percent to those programs because UMCOR’s basic expenses are covered.

Our tween group for fourth and fifth graders will meet again this evening at 6:00 PM in the Community Center. Looking forward to another great gathering tonight!

Our annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place at the West Lawn playground, as well as in our Community Center, on Saturday, March 19, beginning at 1:00 PM. We welcome donations of small toys and candy to fill the eggs! Please drop off donations at the Welcome Center or Church Office. Also, if you have not served recently at a West Lawn event, please consider joining this Easter team to help hand out prizes, facilitate a family craft, and distribute snacks. To sign up to serve, contact Kelly Rismiller at kelly@westlawnumc.org; 610-507-9141.

Attendance and Financial Report for February 21, 2016

8:00 9:30 11:00 11:10 Total

Our Presence at Worship 140 249 130 78 597

Sunday School 159

2016 Weekly Budget Need $ 26,880 2016 Budget Goal:$1,360,798

Budget Giving Total for Feb. 21 $ 21,235

Budget Giving YTD $178,748

ANNOUNCEMENTS ● UPCOMING EVENTS

New Journey Clothing Closet is cur-rently in desperate need of men’s jeans and casual pants, especially sizes 28-36, and bath towels. As always, men’s women’s and children’s clothing, as well as bedding, other linens, and small household items are also welcome

The next Women’s Book Club meeting will be on Wednesday, March 2 at 7:00 pm in the Community Cen-ter, Room 102. All are welcome on the first Wednesday of each month for discussion and book selection for the upcoming month.

We are currently seeking donations of new, unused Easter/Spring cards for a ministry outreach effort. Dona-tions may be dropped at the Church Office or Welcome Center. Thanks!

SHUTTLE SERVICE is available from the Wilson High School parking lot (in front of the school on Grandview) leaving the high school lot at 9:10 and 9:25 am prior to the 9:30 service and returning following the service.

Our Vacation Bible School team is looking for 2-3 adult helpers with assist children with special needs at this year’s June event. If you, or someone you know, have experience working with children needing extra assistance, and would like being a 1-on-1 aide for this year’s VBS, we know some families would be blessed to have you care for their children during the program. Con-tact Kelly for more information: kelly@westlawnumc.org, 610-507-9141.

Circle of Friends Hain’s Church Dinner: On Saturday, March 12, join us for dinner and an evening of music with Rev. & Mrs. David Reinwald. Enjoy baked chicken with all the trim-mings for $16/person. Pick up a res-ervation card at the Welcome Center and mail to Harriett Ziegenfuss along with your payment, or put in the box at the alley entrance of the Ed. Bldg (deadline is 3/4/16). Contact Harriett at 610-678-3107 or the Woodrings at 610-678-7168 for questions.

Our next Blood Drive is scheduled for Tuesday, March 29th, from 3-7 pm in the Community Center. Please call Eileen Williams at 610-670-0591 to schedule your appointment today and receive a free WLW dinner ticket!

Mission Trip Informational Meet-ing: March 6th at 4:00 pm in the He-Brews Café. This is a meeting for anyone interested in mission trips in 2016. If you already attended one of the informational meetings, there is no need to attend again unless you want the latest information on the South Carolina trip and Pignon Haiti updates. Some of the trips are very close to being filled and are on a first-come, first-serve basis.