Worship Sunday: 09/22/24

Centering Music:

Adagio Cantabile by Beethoven

Geoffrey Stemen, organ

Hymns:

UMH #451 Be Thou My Vision

TFWS #2153 I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me

Scripture:

Hebrews 11:1-16

(8:30 AM) Janis Kile Roux

(11 AM) Monelle Wells

Offertory:

(8:30 AM)

10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Matt Redman and Jonas Myrin

Chapel Choir

Katie Love, soloist; Riley Puccio, cajon; Dr. Warren Kimball, guitar; Janis Kile Roux, piano

(11 AM)

I Know Not What the Futurue Hath arr. Luigi Zaninelli

Chancel Choir

Sermon:

"The Wall or The Doorway?"

Joseph LeBoeuf

Postlude:

For the Beauty of the Earth arr. Chris Rice

Geoffrey Stemen, piano

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Today's Newsletter:

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As we discover more about following the call that God has on our lives, we invite you to visit our Serve Form. This form has all the ways that a person can serve in our church. It ranges from Kids Hope to Small Group Leader to HOPE Ministries to being a worship volunteer. We hope you will take the time to check it out.

UUMC ministries help church members find meaningful, relevant ways to strengthen their relationship with Christ. Make weekday small groups part of your routine. We'd like to invite you to visit our Grow Form and find your place at one of our intended groups. We have groups that are all women, all men, and couples.

Join the Wesley Alumni Tailgate this Saturday!

Join us for fellowship, food, and football! 

This Saturday, September 21st, is the Alumni Tailgate at the LSU Wesley from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. We'll have jambalaya, desserts, and drinks available. Come for music, games, and lots of fun. 

We will have some gameday parking at the Wesley reserved for alumni to purchase. If you are interested in reserving a spot, please RSVP to Mary Rachel by this Friday at director@lsuwesley.com.

We look forward to seeing you. Geaux Tigers!

Grace and Peace,

Rev. Mary Rachel Moore

Associate Minister and Director of the Wesley Foundation

Front Yard Bikes Bash:

The Front Yard Bikes Bash is next Sunday, September 29th from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the BREC Botanical Gardens.

This bash is intended to bring together families and community leaders to share in their love of bike rides while raising money to help Front Yard Bikes in its mission to help youth in our community develop healthy, fulfilling, and productive lives.

Kids Hope News:

*Don’t forget about our Book Club Leader Training/Get-Together this Sunday, September 22nd at noon in the Church Library. Looking forward to seeing everyone back together! Lunch will be provided!

Our Fabulous Garden Team was able to kick off the first day of gardening with the 5th graders before the storm hit. Our young gardeners completed a scavenger hunt to learn to identify plants, composted kitchen scraps and coffee grounds, tasted our basil with tomatoes and mozzarella cheese, sowed bush beans, and pledged to become plant geeks!

We are going to have a great year growing together thanks to our awesome volunteers: Jenny Sutcliffe, Sheri Lee, Mindy Piontek, Mimi Heinz, Fran Martin, Marie Varnes, and our new Community Coffee partners Elizabeth Brooks Panzica and David Hooper. A big shout out to Community Coffee for not only volunteering with us this year but also bringing us coffee grounds to use as fertilizer in our raised beds

Huge THANKS to our Teacher Encourager Volunteers who are taking treats to the entire faculty every Friday. The teachers are very appreciative of this kind gesture. It brightens their day and gives them something to look forward to after a long week. Thank you, Lisa Frost, Nancy Hillman, Suzette Bahlinger, Janis Kile Roux, Sheri Lee, Randa Patrick, Kyle Wooldridge, Barbara Albright, Sarah Wylie, and Kay Willson. 

We’re looking forward to starting our Mentoring Pairs and 4th Grade Book Clubs on Sept. 24th!

The school year 2024-25 is looking BRIGHT thanks to you, UUMC!

Shirley Flake

Director of Kids Hope

shirley@universitymethodist.org

September Sermon Series: Exploring Doubt

We often believe that doubt is the enemy of faith. However, doubt can actually be the bedrock of a richer faith life. Using Brian McLaren’s book Faith After Doubt as a guide, we’ll be journeying with our doubts throughout this series. We encourage you to dig deeper into the questions you dare not ask out loud in church. We’ll encourage you to work through those questions in this series.

View the Week Four Devotional Guide

Parents & Professionals Social:

Join us tomorrow for a time of connection at the home of Robert and Michelle Hoke from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. with nursery available at the church.

Centering Prayer:

Centering Prayer is a contemplative Christian meditation practice designed to deepen one's relationship with God by fostering a state of interior silence. It involves choosing a sacred word, symbol, or phrase that serves as a focal point to help the practitioner let go of distractions and enter into a quiet, receptive state of being. The practice is typically done for about 20 minutes, twice a day, and is intended to create a space for encountering God’s presence beyond thoughts, emotions, and sensory experiences. Centering Prayer emphasizes consent to God's action within and seeks to cultivate a deeper awareness of God’s indwelling presence in everyday life.

Centering Prayer will be held on Wednesdays, from noon-12:30 p.m. on Zoom beginning Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024. 

Women's Walk to Emmaus:

Women’s Walk to Emmaus: October 3rd-6th at Broadmoor United Methodist Church. The Focus of Emmaus is God as known in Jesus Christ and how that finds expression in the local church. 

The objective of Emmaus is to inspire, challenge, and equip local church members for Christian action in their homes, churches, and places of work. Emmaus lifts up the way for our grace-filled life to be lived and shared with others. The Walk to Emmaus events (separate Women’s Walk and Men’s Walk) is a three-day experience which takes a New Testament look at Christianity as a lifestyle. It is a weekend designed to strengthen and renew the faith of Christian people, and through them their families, congregations, and the world in which they live. Emmaus is a combined effort of laity and clergy toward the renewal of the church.

If you are interested in participating, please email Marianne Herbert at marianne.herbert@hotmail.com.

Blessing of the Pets:

Join us and the University Presbyterian Church for the Blessing of the Pets. We invite you and your furry family members to gather with us on Sunday, October 6th at 5:30 p.m. in the back parking lot. This will be a great gathering to roll us into October together.

Grief Group:

Have you lost a friend, family member, or someone you are close to recently? We understand that losing someone close to you is a deeply personal and challenging journey. During such a difficult time, you don't have to walk this path alone. We warmly invite any person interested to join this new Grief Group. It can be seen as a compassionate and confidential space where you can share, listen, and find comfort alongside others who have also experienced loss.

This group will begin on Monday, October 7th, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the Parlor at University United Methodist Church. This group will run for eight weeks on Mondays. It will be led by Ki Addison. The book being used is called Understanding Your Grief: 10 Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart by Alan D. Wolfelt, PH.D. The church will provide copies for any person wanting to participate.

Prayer List:

Robert Blackledge, Marc Blackwell, Joan Benedict, Trey Bickham, Myrtle Branning, Doug Braymer, Bob and Sharon Buchanan, Beth Courtney, Jan Daly, Blaire Dickey, The Dunn Family, Nancy Gardner, Janet Grace, Kristine Hawkins, Susan Horton, Elliot Irby, The Family of Arnold Jackson, Gregg Jones, Nancy Johnson, Rev. Linda Joseph, Dana and Curt Kinard, The Family of Bill King, The Family of Evalyn Lank, The Family of Marilla LaFleur, June Lank, Maria and Oswaldo Linares, Charlotte Love, Ceci Neustrom, Sally Perry, Susan Pourciau, Marianna Ritter, Brooklyn Rives, Jessica Roux’s Ukrainian Host Family, Jessie and Herbert Sibley, Mary Tinsley, Garrett Ward, Ellen Wiemers, Wesley Foundation Leadership, Students at LSU as Classes Begin, and all of those in our congregation who are in nursing homes or homebound.