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April 5, 2015

The Altar flowers today are given to the glory of God. Please Pray For Peggy Aglubat; Irylanna Butler; Alli Callender; Nancy Clark; Victor Connor; Helen Counsell; Eugene Deane; Harry Fluharty; Tammy Fritz; June Moon Gaedecke; Chad Gittings; Kathryn Gray; Liz Hood; Nan Hutcherson; Roy Jones; Jeremy Long; Don & Pat Milleson; Art Oliver; Nancy Reed; Ed Rush; Clara Shifflette; Paula Smith; Bunny Taylor; Travis Whetzel; Ernestine Williams; Dannie Wright

This Week at Aldersgate Today, April 5 8:00 am Worship Service (Sanctuary) 9:00 am Revelation Class (208); Agape Class (108) 9:00 am Childrens Easter Celebration 9:30 am Easter Egg Hunt (Fellowship Hall downstairs) 10:00 am Worship Service (Sanctuary) 11:15 am Friendship Class (208), Seekers (108)

Monday, April 6 Church Office Closed Easter Monday 6:00 pm Instrumental Ensemble (S) 7:00 pm Boy Scouts Troop 119 (FH,106,107) 7:00 pm Families Anonymous (108) 7:00 pm Member Care (HR) Tuesday, April 7 Office Hours 9am to 1pm 10:00 am Quilters Guild (FH) 1:30 pm ALS Support Group (RR) 1:30 pm Alzheimers support group (208) 5:30 pm Stephen Ministers (208, 111) Wednesday, April 8 Office Hours 9am to 1pm 10:00 am Fellowship of Friends (208) 5:30 pm Small Group Prayer meeting (108) 6:15 pm Covenant Discipleship (Parlor) 7:00 pm Womens Bible Study (Youth Room) 7:30 pm Choir Practice (S)

Thursday, April 9 Office Hours 9am to 1pm 6:00 pm UM Men (K,HR,WC) 6:00 pm Greer Backpack Program 6:30 pm Sweet Adelines (FH)

Friday, April 10 Church Office Closed

Saturday, April 11 8:00 am Mens Group (208) 10:00 am District UMW (FH)

Childrens Easter Celebration TODAY

9:00 to 9:30am Easter Egg Hunt at 9:30!

(Downstairs Fellowship Hall)

This years special Easter Offering supports:

Clara Biswas, missionary to Cambodia;

Heart Havens, a home for intellectually challenged adults;

and the Wesley Foundation, the United Methodist campus

ministry at UVA.

Make checks payable to AUMC with Easter Offering

on the memo line.

The youth of Aldersgate are collecting toilet paper to take to

The Haven. Last year we collected 757 rolls we'd like to top that with at least 800 this year! Please leave unopened

toilet paper rolls/packages in the youth room through Easter. To find out more about The Haven

please visit them online at thehaven.org. THANK YOU!

Interested in a Couples Small Group, Wednesdays 6:45-8pm?

Food, fellowship, & Scripture! Contact Mike Thornton

mikethornton100@gmail.com The teddy bears in the pews are part of AUMCs Prayer Bear Ministry sponsored by the Mens Group. They are meant to bring the prayers and encouragement of the congregation to those who are ill, shut-in, or in need of encouragement. Feel free to take one if you know someone in need.

Key:

CR = Choir Room

FH = Fellowship Hall

HR = Hospitality Room

K = Kitchen

RR = Reed Room (Old Sanctuary)

Unfin. FH = Unfinished Fellowship Hall

WC = Welcome Center

YR - Youth Room

If you have a prayer request,

write it here.

http://thehaven.org

APRIL 5, 2015 EASTER SUNDAY 8AM WORSHIP SERVICE Prelude Here Comes the Son (Beatles)

Welcome Rev. Scott Davis, Lead Pastor

Processional Song The Anthem, He is Lord

*Call to Worship Chelsea Morse, Worship Leader

*Hymn 302 Christ The Lord is Risen Today

*Opening Prayer

Childrens Message Rachel Miller, Director of Ministries with Young People Lord I Lift your Name on High

Interactive worship time for children including song and age-appropriate message. Today we invite all children and volunteers to remain and Worship with loved ones.

We Hear the Word

Scripture John 20:1-18 Kathy Morse The Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.

Sermon Is It Over? Rev. Scott Davis, Lead Pastor

We Respond to the Word

Offering Amen (Because He Lives)

We Come to the Table

Communion Jesus Paid it All Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)

The Lords Prayer We Go Forth to Serve

Closing Song You are my King (Amazing Love) You are invited to join in refreshments, coffee, and conversation in the Reed Room, to your left as you walk out of the Sanctuary.

10:00 WORSHIP We Gather To Worship

Prelude Alleluia Elliott De Borgo Instrumental Ensemble

Welcome Rev. Scott Davis, Lead Pastor

*Call to Worship Hansie Haier Leader: Out of the darkness of grief and despair comes a message of hope. Christ is risen. People: Christ is risen, indeed. Leader: We run to the tomb to see for ourselves.

And it is true. Christ is risen.

People: Christ is risen, indeed.

Leader: We hear a voice call our name, and we know our risen Lord

is with us now and always.

People: Christ is risen. Christ is risen, indeed. Thanks be to God.

*Opening Hymn 302 Christ the Lord is Risen Today EASTER HYMN

Welcome Card

We extend a special welcome to our guests! Please take a moment

to fill out this card, then tear at the perforation and place it

in the offering plate. Name: ________________________ ______________________________ Address: _______________________ ______________________________ E-mail: ________________________ ______________________________ Phone number: _________________ ______________________________

How did you hear about us? How often do you attend church?

I dont attend church A few times a year Once or twice a month Every week

Yes, I would like to receive a weekly e-Note with news about Aldersgates ministries.

*Opening Prayer O God of all our days, we come this morning with eager anticipation. We seek to know you, to see you, to touch you. Open our hearts, that we might experience you anew. Open our lives, that we may be faithful witnesses to your resurrection. May we, with shouts of joy, proclaim your steadfast, liberating love to all people, everywhere. Amen.

Come Now Children All children are invited to come forward as the congregation sings: Come, now, children, this is your time; God loves you, we love you, you are the gift of our church!

Childrens Message Rachel Miller, Director of Ministries with Young People Today we invite all children and volunteers to remain and worship with loved ones.

We Proclaim the Word Scripture Lesson John 20:1-18 The Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.

Sermon Is It Over? Rev. Scott Davis, Lead Pastor

We Respond to the Word

Hymn of Prayer 328 Surely the Presence of the Lord

Pastoral Prayer Rev. Chris Fuss, Associate Pastor

Offering Prayer

Offertory Festivity Rodney S. Miller Instrumental Ensemble

*Doxology 94 We Come to the Table

Invitation

Confession and Pardon 8

The Great Thanksgiving 23 (Musical Setting D)

The Lords Prayer

Giving the Bread and Cup

Prayer after Communion Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us. Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your Spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

*Hymn of Commitment 322 Up from the Grave He Arose CHRIST AROSE

We Go Forth to Serve

*Benediction

*Postlude Hallelujah Chorus G. F. Handel Chancel Choir and guests from the congregation

You are invited to join in refreshments, coffee, and conversation in the Reed Room, to your left as you walk out of the Sanctuary.

*please stand as you are able

FREQUENTLY ASKED

QUESTIONS OF FAITH

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10:00 am and 11:30 am10:00 am and 11:30 am10:00 am and 11:30 am

Does prayer really work?

Do I have to go to church to

be a Christian?

Do I have to take the Bible

literally?

Do I need to read the Bible to

be a Christian?

Do I need to believe

everything the creeds say?

Sunday Morning Schedule through Sunday, May 31, 2015

10AM Traditional Worship

(Sanctuary) 11AM Sip-N-Chat (Reed Room) 11:30AM Contemporary Worship

(Sanctuary) Sunday Mornings at Aldersgate beginning Sunday, June 7, 2015 9AM Blended Worship

(Sanctuary) 10AM Small Group Opportunities

(Reed Room) 11AM Traditional Worship

(Sanctuary) 8:30AM 12:30PM Refreshments, Fellowship and Community

(Reed Room) More information about our new

schedule is available in the Aldersgate Alive! magazine as well as the Sunday Morning at Aldersgate United Methodist

Church brochure available throughout the building