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January 29, 2023

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany                                                                                                         

 Please sign the attendance pads that are in the hymnal racks.

PRELUDE                                                     Hannah Barrett, organist

“How Firm a Foundation”  (arr. Hayes/Wagner)

WORDS OF WELCOME

MISSION MOMENT:   Valentine’s Banquet    

LITURGIST:  Mary Meckenstock-Gribben          

*CALL TO WORSHIP        Unison                  based on Exodus 32:1-14

Lord God, you are the one who brought us out of Egypt.  The one we have followed into the desert and the one we wait for now in this holy place.  Lord we are impatient people.  If we sit here for long, we, too, might start collecting jewelry and casting objects to take our attention and devotion:  smart phones, iPads, videogames, sports teams, Facebook.  At this moment our phones are silenced; we are not connected to the internet and we are seeking an experience with the divine, the sacred, the awe-inspiring.  Lord, do not give up on us, turn your wrath away from us and grace us with your Holy Spirit.  Amen.                                                        

*HYMN OF PRAISE         “We Gather Together”              UMH#131

CHILDREN’S TIME      Josephus

PRAYER CHORUS          “Come and Fill Our Hearts”        FWS#2157

PASTORAL PRAYER

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.

SPECIAL MUSIC    

TITHES & OFFERINGS

Call For The Offering

Offertory                                                         Hannah Barrett, organist

“Lord, Be Glorified”  (arr. Kilpatrick/Wagner)

Feed the Fish (children’s offering)                                                                                                                                                    

*Doxology  “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”  UMH#95

*Prayer of Dedication

CHORAL ANTHEM    “Still”  (Keith Christopher)      Chancel Choir

Alexandra Rome, director       Sharon Graham, accompanist

SCRIPTURE LESSON    Exodus 32:1-14

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”  Aaron said to them, “Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters and bring them to me.”  So all the people took off the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron.  He took these from them, formed them in a mold, and cast an image of a calf, and they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”  When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a festival to the Lord.”  They rose early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought sacrifices of well-being and the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to revel.  The Lord said to Moses, “Go down at once!  Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’”  The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are.  Now let me alone so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, and of you I will make a great nation.”  But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?  Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth?’  Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people.  Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’”  And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.

Leader:  The word of God for the people of God.

People:  Thanks be to God.

SERMON  “A Good Idea at the Time”  Craig Hauschild, Senior Pastor

*CLOSING HYMN                 “Depth of Mercy”                      UMH#355                                       

*BENEDICTION

*POSTLUDE                                                      Hannah Barrett, organist                                                                                                             

“Spanish Trumpet Joy”  (de Praza/Harris)

This Weeks Readings:

January 29, Leviticus 8:1 - 10:20; January 30, Leviticus 11:1 - 14:57;

January 31, Leviticus 15:1 - 18:30; February 1, Leviticus 19:1 - 23:44;

February 2, Leviticus 24:1 - 27:34; February 3, Numbers1:1 - 4:49;

February 4, Numbers 5:1 - 7:89; February 5, Numbers 8:1 - 10:36

The altar flowers are in loving memory of Rev. William C. Miller by 

Carolyn and family.

JOYS AND CONCERNS:

Happy Birthday:

January   29:  Marguerite Stewart, Tammy Wellbrock  

January   31:  Susan Dumler 

February   1:  Kevin Bainter, Sheryl Dreiling  

February   3:  Aaron Ladd

February   4:  Breckyn Sturgeon, Diane Wolfe

February   5:  Jan Booze, Ruth ImMasche, Mitch Schwartz,

          Jarilyn Staab, Madelyn Wilkins  

Prayer Concerns:

Joe Edwards

Cindy Lane,

Virginia Kraus

Zachary Kuntz

Rachel Palmberg                                   

Brett, (nephew of Fairbanks)

Carolyn States                                               

Camaron Daughhetee

Kyler Burk

Carol Pitner                                                                                                                                                       

If you or a family member are in the hospital, please call the church office if you would like to be on the prayer list or to let the pastor know at 785-625-3408.

Senior WOW – February 1, noon – lunch at Professor’s and program by Julie Smith from The Salvation Army.

                      01-22-2023 Worship Attendance approx. 0                                                       

               Sunday School  0   On-Line Worship Attendance  249                  

                        Greeters:    8:30  am  Donna Weaverling 

  10:45  am  Ruth Briney

The 2022 Contribution Statements have been mailed out.  If you have questions when you receive yours, please call the church office.

CHURCH CALENDAR 

Sunday:  Nursery will be available from 9:45-12 with a lesson         

8:30 a.m.      Worship Service-sanctuary

9:45 a.m.      Sunday School

9:45 a.m.      “The Gathering”-Worship Center-downstairs

9:45 a.m.       “The Bible Year”  Ambassador’s Class Rm 205

10:45 a.m.      Worship Service-sanctuary

4:00  p.m.      Worship Committee                        

Monday:

0:30  a.m.      Staff Meeting                                                                          

Wednesday:    

6:00  a.m.      Men’s Bible Study

5:00  p.m.      WOW Meal –hamburgers/hot dogs, French

                    French fries, barbeque beans, veggies, dessert   

6:15  p.m.      “Find Your People”, Sandy Henningsen, Rm 205   6:15  p.m.      “The Bible Year” Tom McDonald, Fidelis #103   6:15  p.m.       “The Bible Year”  Pastor Craig/Pastor Troy-

dining room  

  6:15  p.m.      Bell Choir – room 207  

  7:15  p.m.      Chancel Choir Rehearsal – chapel

PECANS FOR SALE – We have one pound packages of pecan pieces for sale for $10.00 in the church office.

CAMPUS CENTER MEAL MINISTRY  Please call the church office to sign-up for a salad or dessert.  Two people are needed each week.

785-625-3408, Thank You!  March and April dates available.

Tickets for the Red Heart Valentines Dinner are on sale today in the church parlor.  Menu:  smoked pork chops, green beans, cheesy potatoes, garlic bread sticks and red velvet cheesecake.  Randy Gibbs bagpipe tunes and Trilogy providing entertainment.  Sarah Miller will present a Valentine Song and Surprise!  Sponsored by Eyesmile, Jarrod and Stacey Jones.  Benefiting FUMC Middle & Senior High Youth.  Proceeds go to mission trip this summer.  This event will be held Saturday, February 18 beginning at 5:30 pm.

ALTAR FOUNDATION 2023

Started in 2008 the Altar Foundation is one of the funds overseen by the permanent endowment committee.  The fund was established as a way to build a permanent endowment within the church by encouraging regular giving to an endowed fund, and to provide an endowed fund that could be supported through estate bequests.

Annually, the contribution amount is set at the number of years since Methodism arrived in Hays, with this year being 150 years or 150.  These annual contributions amount to about $10,000 thanks to the support of many who were founding members of the foundation in 2008, and still contribute today, and others who have joined along the way.  In 2014 formal grant proposal guidelines were adopted and put in place.  These guidelines provide an avenue to request funds from the Altar Foundation.  Additional information can be found on the church’s website at www.haysfumc.com or by contacting any endowment committee member.  Thank you for your continued support of the Altar Foundation.

Altar Foundation 2023 Contributions

Greg & Gwen Daughhetee, Jeff & Marla Copper, Jacinda Johnson/Eric Leuschner, Donna Weaverling, Michael & Donna Cooper, Dave & Karen Hendrickson, Curt & Jennifer Kitson, Delbert Stanton, Rick & Diane Wolfe, Phil & Linda Stahlman, Mike & Laura Gaughan, Wendy Beougher, Ernie & Pam Bryant, Joe & Sue Dolezal, Jaci Gottschalk, Harvey & Susan Jansonius, Lorena Kellogg, Michael & Sharolyn Legleiter, Duane & Shirley Steffen, Eric & Charlotte Rathke.