WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS THIS WEEK
Sunday
Greeters
9:00a Bobbie Hedge
10:30a Rich &
Wanda Wirt
Lay Readers
9:00a Traditional Kris Anderson
10:30a Contemporary Laurie
Herman
Ushers
9:00a Traditional:
Head usher, Jeff Baldwin; Tom Montgomery
Tom
Werner, James Anderson, Hans Larsen
10:30a Traditional: Head usher, Ray Lockhart, Mike and
Sharon
Payson
10:30a Contemporary: Head usher, Dennis VanSkyhawk,
Nick
Bourassa, Don Sinnwell, Todd Tubbs
Elevation
Youth Ministries:
Dining Cards for Sale this Sunday! The Youth Ministry will be selling dining cards again this
morning in the Fellowship Hall. The cost of each dining card is $15. Each card
has over $250 in savings for local businesses. The cards are also specific to
the area in which you live! These make great gifts as well as cool stocking
stuffers and your money goes toward youth ministry events and missions!
Mission Trip
Materials are out!!! – Please see
Josh for materials about our Duluth Mission with Middle School students and our
Sr. High mission to Downtown Chicago in the summer of 2008! Turn in your
registration forms along with your deposit to secure a spot for one of these
life changing trips! Non refundable deposits and forms are due by January 27th!
We are looking for a female leader to go along on our Duluth Summer Mission
Trip! If you are interested in a life changing experience and love hanging out
with some awesome middle school youth please contact Josh at 651-423-2475 ext.
214!
REGULAR WORSHIP SERVICES AT
ROSEMOUNT UMC
Wednesday,
7:00 pm – Contemporary
Sunday,
9:00 am - Traditional
Sunday,
10:30 am – Traditional
Sunday,
10:30 am – Contemporary
Rosemount UMC has the following
available:
Wheelchairs; Walkers
Large Print
Bibles; Large Print Hymnals
Large Print
Powerpoints
Magnifying
Sheets
Assisted
Listening Devices
(Please inquire at
the welcome desk or ask an usher)
Fragrance Free
Area
(located in front of soundboard in the sanctuary)
There are speakers
in the Narthex for those who may need to walk with a restless child.
ROSEMOUNT UMC
Pastors: Lead, Karen
Bruins; Associate, Brooke Heerwald
P.O. Box 22
-14770 Canada Avenue W.
Rosemount, MN 55068
651-423-2475 / Fax:
651-423-2124
Email:
office@rosemountumc.org
Website: www.rosemountumc.org
WEEKLY UPDATE
December 30
WORSHIP
10:30 AM
Gathering Angels We Have Heard on High
Welcome/Announcements
Praise
Songs Joy to the World
What
Child is This?
Hark!
The Herald Angels Sing
Prayer Oh, Lord, You’re
Beautiful
Offering Go, Tell it on the
Mountain
Scripture
Isaiah 7:14; Mark
1:1-8
Message
“How Far Away is God?”
Pastor
Rick Ormsby
Service
of Healing and Wholeness
Mary, Did You
Know – solo, Mike Champ
Song The Lord’s Prayer
Blessing
Welcome
We’re
glad you’re here today.
BAPTISM
SUNDAY….Sunday Dec. 30th at 9:00am, we’ll celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism for Mya LeeAnn
Hubbard, born to August 13,
2007 to Ross and Lydia Hubbard. Mya’s baptism sponsors are her aunts, Angela
Noftke and Jessica Dedyne.
FLOWERS
SUNDAY are provided by Kevin and Julie Dray.
Order your Cantata 2007 DVD! Stop by the Welcome Desk and sign up today! Only $15 per
copy ~ Contact Terry Field
tfield@rosemountumc.org
GDK Preschool registration forms for the 2008-2009 school year are now available on the RUMC Children’s Welcome Table
and on our website at www.godsdiscoverykids.org. Completed registration forms are due by January
30. We will be offering classes for
three, four, and five-year-olds. Contact
Wendy Riphenburg at ext. 217 or wriphenburg@rosemountumc.org for
tours.
CARNIVALE…A very special ministry is coming to RUMC!!
Carnivale!!! Our first event is on Friday, January 25, 2008 from 5:30 to 9:30pm in the FLC. Carnivale is a
respite care program for families with children with intellectual and
developmental disabilities and their siblings such as a genetic syndrome,
autism, ADHD and severe learning disabilities. While the children will be
enjoying an evening of fun activities and a meal, mom and dad can enjoy some
time away for themselves. Pre-registration is required. If you are
a family that could benefit from this ministry or if you would like to
volunteer as a helper, please contact Gail Hoffmann, 952-322-5796 or Karen
Klekner, 651-423-2475. All volunteers much take Risk Management training at the
church on Thursday, January 10 at 6:30
pm if they haven't already done so. This ministry has been
generously supported and funded by the CCP foundation--a foundation that
promotes the abilities of children and adults with developmental disabilities.
SEND GREG TO JAMAICA…Greg Strock will be on the Jamaica team, building classrooms
for a pre-school in Bamboo, January 15-28.
He needs help to meet the cost of $1400 for this experience. Donations (cash or check made out to
“Rosemount UMC”) may
be made and given to Greg or Pastor Rick Ormsby. If put in the offering,
clearly designate for Greg & for Jamaican team.
ISRAEL TRIP: Would
you like to take a trip of a lifetime! Would you like to walk where Jesus
walked and take a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee?
Well, if you said yes, Crossroads Church is going on a Holy Land tour
on April 29 - May 8, 2008.
There is also an optional four-day Galilee Extension including a full day
archaeological dig. If you are interested please contact Darla Lidke at
952-322-3278 or darlalidke@yahoo.com . Nancy and Doug Fuller are also going. You
may contact them for more information also at 952-432-0762.
AFTER CHRISTMAS
SALES…We are looking for
donations of gift bags and tissue paper for next year’s Children’s Store at the
Bazaar. If you come across any great
deals during sales, please contact Cindy Dietz. 952-432-5019 or ddeietz@frontiernet.net
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT UMW(United Methodist Women)?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AN OFFICER?
Register and come to the Metro East District meeting January 26th at St. Paul's UMC in Mendota Heights.
Registration begins at 8:30
with coffee. The program begins at 9:00a.m.
and concludes with lunch being served at 12:30p.m. The keynote speaker will
be Carol Rieke. She is Minnesota's Women Division Director and
represents MN UMW at Women's Division meetings. Please bring paper
products: paper towels, napkins, TP for Emma Norton Residence. The cost is
$7.00 for lunch and $2.00 without lunch. Please contact Janet Ewing, janete9@charter.net or 952-431-7751.
ALPHA is coming! This
11 week course takes a deep look into common questions of faith. It is
being offered here at Rosemount UMC this winter on Wednesday evenings,
beginning January 9th at 5:30
pm. Contact Brooke Heerwald
for additional information bheerwald@rosemountumc.org
651.423.2475 x209
SERVING OTHERS
IN OUR COMMUNITIES
MEDICINE BOTTLES…We are no longer
accepting medicine bottles at the Donation Location. Thank you for your generous past donations.
THE CLOTHING MINISTRY at North UMC could use
volunteers to help sort clothing and help the customers find what they are
looking for. The next date the clothing ministry is open is Saturday,
January 5 from 9am - noon. If you are interested in
helping, please call Brenda Lawrence
at 651.454.6117. We can carpool from the church at 8:15.
THE FAMILY PLACE…is a daytime shelter for homeless families in St. Paul that we have
served at several times as one of our Urban Plunge sites. We have stepped up our commitment there and
are serving an evening meal about once every three months. Our next serving opportunity for The Family
Place will be Sunday, Jan. 20. If you
are free to help out, please contact Tom and Linda Montgomery,
coordinators. We will car pool from the
church, leaving about 2:30pm
on Sunday, Jan. 20. We should be back at
RUMC by 6:30. Come and be the hands and feet of Jesus and
help to “feed his lambs”. Tom &
Linda Montgomery, 651-423-3721 or tmontgomery@frontiernet.net