May 10, 2015 Sixth Sunday of Easter

PRELUDE LIGHTING CANDLES ANNOUNCEMENTS

*CALL TO WORSHIP: L: Sing to God a new song, P: for God has done marvelous things! L: Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth, P: for God is still doing marvelous things! L: Break into joyful song! P: Sing to God a new song!

*OPENING HYMN “Gather Us In” No. 2236 Black “All Creatures of our God and King” No. 62 verses 1-4 Endeavor

OPENING PRAYER God of songs and marvels, old and new, your powerful love for this world continues to astound us. In these last days of Easter, we gather to recall the love that brought Jesus into this world and into our lives: as savior, friend, and brother. We thank you for welcoming us into your household and for trusting us with your marvelous work to draw all people into the spacious home of your love. Amen.

RECOGNITION OF TEACHERS AND GRADUATES Blessing for Graduates L: God of truth and knowledge, by your wisdom we are taught the way and the truth. Bless _________ as they now finish this course of study. P: We thank you for those who taught and worked beside them, and all who supported them along the way. Walk with these graduates as they leave and move forward in life. Take away their anxiety and confusion of purpose. Strengthen their many talents and skills, instill in them a confidence in the future plan, where energies may be gathered up and used for the good of all people, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen. Briggsville: Erich Brunn, Payton Lindner, Austin Moore, Jaret Sveum Endeavor: Lacey Russell (college) Moundville: Adam Puterbaugh, Lexi Scherbert

CHILDREN’S TIME

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

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON 1 John 5:1-6 *HYMN “You Satisfy the Hungry Heart” No. 629 *GOSPEL LESSON John 6: 35, 41-51 MESSAGE SPECIAL MUSIC “Hallelujah” Nancy Johnston – Briggsville TIME OF PRAYER We pray this week for Madison: Bashford, their clergy Fran Deaner & Brenda Wingfield and the 269 members. JOYS AND CONCERNS SILENT MEDITATION PASTORAL PRAYER OFFERTORY *DOXOLOGY No. 95 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen *PRAYER OF DEDICATION Bountiful God, we came hungry in the spirit, and you fed us with the bread of life; we came thirsting for your grace, and you revived us with living water. In gratitude and thanks for your many blessings, receive the gifts we bring this day, that they may be for the world signs of the bread of heaven and the fullness of your grace. Amen. *CLOSING HYMN “Take Our Bread” No. 640 *BENEDICTION *POSTLUDE * Denotes standing as able Bold denotes congregational response

Today’s bulletin sponsored by Steve & Roxie Novak

in memory of our parents.

www.trinityunitedparish.org tuparish@gmail.com P.O. Box 36, Briggsville, WI 53920

Rev. Julie Wilson (608) 438-7186 julsumc@gmail.com

Office Hours: Monday: Noon—4, Tuesday 9 -3; Thursday 9 - 2:30 pm

(608) 981-2500

Worship Times:

Briggsville United Methodist Church, 8:30am Moundville United Methodist Church, 9:30am

Trinity Endeavor United Church of Christ, 10:45am

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON 1 John 5: 1-6

E veryone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born from God. Whoever loves

someone who is a parent loves the child born to the parent. This is how we know that

we love the children of God: when we love God and keep God’s commandments. This is the

love of God: we keep God’s commandments. God’s commandments are not difficult, because

everyone who is born from God defeats the world. And this is the victory that has defeated

the world: our faith. Who defeats the world? Isn’t it the one who believes that Jesus is God’s

Son? This is the one who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ. Not by water only but by

water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

GOSPEL LESSON John 6: 35, 41-51

J esus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and who-

ever believes in me will never be thirsty. The Jewish opposition grumbled about him be-

cause he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They asked, “Isn’t this Jesus,

Joseph’s son, whose mother and father we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down

from heaven’?” Jesus responded, “Don’t grumble among yourselves. No one can come to me

unless they are drawn to me by the Father who sent me, and I will raise them up at the last

day. It is written in the Prophets, And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has lis-

tened to the Father and learned from him comes to me. No one has seen the Father except

the one who is from God. He has seen the Father. I assure you, whoever believes has eternal

life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness and they died. This is

the bread that comes down from heaven so that whoever eats from it will never die. I am

the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever, and

the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

ANNOUNCEMENTS May 10

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

10 Graduation and Sunday School teacher recognition

11 Sharing Supper planning meeting & potluck, 6 pm, @ Sue Johnson’s

Briggsville Protestant Cemetery Assn meeting, 7 pm. BUMC

12

Walking Bible Study,

John Muir Park, 9 am

13 After School program 12:30—5:30 Briggsville Confirmation Class, Briggsville, 6:30

14 Moundville education, 5:30 Moundville Finance, 6:30 Moundville Ad Council, 7 pm

15 Pastor Julie day off

16 Celebration for Sam Royappa’s ministry. 9:30—11:30 Dodgeville UMC

17 Confirmation Sunday Pancake Breakfast EUCC, 8:30—10:30

Coffee Hour, after worship, Briggsville

Endeavor Ad Council, noon

18 19

Walking Bible Study,

John Muir Park, 9 am

20 After School program 3:30—5:30 Briggsville

21 Heritage House Service, 1 pm Moundville Treble Makers Music Night, & all church Choir practice, 6:30

22 Pastor Julie day off

23

24 Pentecost Wear red today!

25 Memorial Day

26

Walking Bible Study,

John Muir Park, 9 am

27 After School program 3:30—5:30 Briggsville

Sharing Supper 5—6:30 pm Endeavor School

28 Moundville Treble Makers Music Night, & all church Choir practice, 6:30

29 Pastor Julie day off

30

31

Joint Worship, 10 am, Moundville UMC, followed by potluck Help celebrate Moundville’s 100 years. No worship service at Briggsville UMC, or

Endeavor UCC.

2

Walking Bible Study,

John Muir Park, 9 am

Briggsville Education

7 pm

3 After School program 3:30—5:30 Briggsville

Joint Missions, Briggsville, 7 pm

4 5 Pastor Julie day off

6 1

May 2015

Help meet layette kit challenge This year the focus for donations for the 2015 UMC annual Ingathering is layette kits. The congregation at Moundville UMC is being challenged to donate enough items for 12 layette kits and we are challenging Briggsville UMC to do the same. We have a source for the sweaters but the following items are needed for each layette kit:

6 cloth diapers (new, prefolded or plain) 2 undershirts or onesies 2 baby washcloths 2 gowns or sleepers 2 diaper pins (with protective plastic closures) 2 receiving blankets (NOT quilted or knit-ted) All items must be to the churches no later than June 7, so that we are able to put to-gether the kits to take to Annual Confer-ence.

Find God’s truth in parables A six-week Walking Bible Study will be based on James W. Moore’s Jesus’ Parables About Priorities and give participants a chance to see if they can find God’s truth in the truth-stories from the mind of Jesus. The Walking Bible Study will be meeting 9-10 am on Tuesdays at John Muir Park on Hwy F, and starts at 9 am. Call or email the church office to sign up for the class.

It’s an eventful month for parish

On MAY 17 six young people from the par-

ish (two from each church) will be con-

firmed. There will also be a pancake break-

fast at Endeavor UCC (8:30—10:30), and at

Briggsville there will be a coffee hour and

bake sale after worship service to benefit

the Relay for Life. On MAY 24 please join us

in wearing red as we observe Pentecost.

Why red? To remind us of the fire of the

Spirit. Finally, there will be only one service

on MAY 31 when all three congregations

will gather at Moundville United Methodist

Church for a 10 am joint worship service

with Bishop Hee-Soo Jung. This service cele-

brates the centennial of Moundville UMC.

All invited to all-parish choir Your voice is needed in the all-parish choir that will be practicing twice, on May 21 and 28 at 6:30 pm at Moundville UMC. This special choir will be singing at the May 31 joint wor-ship service. Join us!

We would like to come together to wish Pastor

Julie (and Ted) Farewell and

Good Luck in her future

Please join us Sunday, June 7th at noon

Endeavor UCC Church

Weather permitting, we will celebrate with a

picnic - outside next to the church.

Bring a Dish to Pass. Beverages provided.

We will also have a box set aside for cards. If

you cannot attend and would like to mail a

card, Pastor Julie’s home address is:

N341 Lincoln St. , Briggsville, 53920 “Press Forward

Do Not Stop Do not Linger In Your Journey

But Strive For The Mark Set Before You”

Poetry By George Whitefield