Our Traditional Service of Worship

Pastoral Prayer
15th Sunday after Pentecost The Lord’s Prayer #895
11:00 am August 24, 2008 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
*We invite those who are able, to stand during these acts of worship Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
ENTRANCE And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
We enter into the presence of God as we come together in the name
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
of Christ with music and song, greetings, prayer, and praise.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Singing our Welcome Amen.
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Do Lord, Remember Me” 1 verse #527 The Offering
Do, Lord, do, Lord, do, Lord, remember me;
Do, Lord, do, Lord, do, Lord, remember me; *Doxology OLD 100TH
Do, Lord, do, Lord, do, Lord, remember me; Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow #95
Singing do, Lord, remember me. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Prelude praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
Lighting of the Altar Candles praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Call to Worship Charlie Fisher, Liturgist
We have gathered from our different places to worship
Prayer of Dedication
here.
PROCLAMATION
How good it is to worship together in unity! The scriptures are opened to us through music and proclamation.
We come from our different occupations, our diverse
activities. *Hymn of Illumination #2237 [TFWS]
As a Fire Is Meant for Burning
How good it is to worship together in unity!
*Opening Prayer Sermon Dr. T. Glenn Bosley-Mitchell
Merciful God, we boldly pray to you, confident that you Stories from Genesis
will not reject us. In spite of our human failings, your love 13: Joseph saves his brothers
continues to draw us together. Be with us today, as we
rejoice in the power of your grace. Dance with us today
RESPONSE
We prepare to serve in the world as we sing and receive the benediction.
as we celebrate the unity we share in Christ. How good it We go into ministry with the Lord’s blessing.
is to be together! Hallelujah! Amen!
*Hymn of Praise #140
*Hymn of Sending Forth #368
My Hope Is Built
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
*Affirmation of Faith *Benediction
A Statement of Faith of the United Church *Sending Forth Congregation
of Canada #883 My Tribute #99
*The Gloria Patri To God be the glory, to God be the glory,
To God be the glory for the things he has done.
Glory Be to the Father #70
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost: *Postlude
as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Amen. Worship Matters
PREPARATION August ushers: Milt Bedingfield (capt), Jim
We lift our hearts and minds to God as we hear God’s Word Hughlett, Ronnie Mason, David Rogers
and we share our joys, concerns, prayers, and gifts.

Old Testament Reading Please Keep in Your Prayers…

Genesis 45:1-15 Our Known Military: Scott Aiken, Tim Bonner, James
Anthem Chancel Choir Brumley, Ashlee Colvin, Tracey Edwards, Patrick
Old Time Religion Medley arr. Hayes Freshwater, Daniel Goode, Shawn Bonner Grabulis,
Eric Harvester, Jr., Ken Herbert, Brian McClanahan,
Psalter Trevor Mott-Smith, Misty Newell, Michael Penn, John
Psalm 133 p. 850 Vondruska, Kristen Vondruska, James Weeks
Prayer Sharing Those shut-ins living at home or in care facilities
Call to Prayer Our reported hospitalized: St. Joseph - Arthur Carr
Lead Me, Lord #473 Those recently hospitalized: Jim Steere
Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness;
Make thy way plain before my face.
Bazaar Buzzings
The bazaar is coming November 22, and it‟s now
time to start rooting plants for the plant sale.
Check this box in your bulletin each week for the
latest buzz about our bazaar.
A Note to all VBS Power Lab workers - There will
be a post VBS celebration on Saturday,
September 6, time and place to be announced.
Please reserve this date on your calendar.
A special called meeting of the Church Council
will be held this Wednesday, August 27 at 7:00
p.m. This meeting is open to all church
members, and we hope YOU will plan to attend.
We have tried Coke Zero and Caffeine-Free Diet
Coke--neither one sold very well, and because
they are diet drinks, they have a short shelf life
(usually about two months). So, we have an
empty slot in our soda machine and would
welcome your suggestions about another Coca
Cola product (that‟s where we must buy our
supplies) to offer. Let us know your suggestion by
phone, email, in person, drop us a note or write it
on the sheet attached to the front of the Coke
machine.
The September/October Upper Room
Devotionals are now available in the basket on
the table outside the church office. Please note
that we have experienced a price increase---the
regular print copies are now $1.25 and large print
are $1.85. Please leave your donation in the
basket where you pick up your devotional or on
Betty‟s desk.
Rehearsals for our Christmas cantata “And Glory
Shone Around” will begin this Thursday, August
28th at 7:30 p.m. in the choir room (on the
sanctuary level). The musical includes scriptural
narration, familiar carols, and new songs you will
truly love. If you have any questions, please see
Judy or call her at 229-9230.
Genesis 45:1-15
Joseph Dreams of Greatness
1
Then Joseph could no longer control himself
before all those who stood by him, and he cried
out, „Send everyone away from me.‟ So no one
stayed with him when Joseph made himself known
to his brothers. 2 And he wept so loudly that the
Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh
heard it. 3 Joseph said to his brothers, „I am
Joseph. Is my father still alive?‟ But his brothers
could not answer him, so dismayed were they at
his presence.
4
Then Joseph said to his brothers, „Come closer
to me.‟ And they came closer. He said, „I am your
brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 And
now do not be distressed, or angry with
yourselves, because you sold me here; for God
sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the
famine has been in the land these two years; and
there are five more years in which there will be
neither ploughing nor harvest. 7 God sent me
before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth,
and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8 So it
was not you who sent me here, but God; he has
made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his
house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry
and go up to my father and say to him, “Thus says
your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all
Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. 10 You
shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be
near me, you and your children and your children‟s
children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all
that you have. 11 I will provide for you there—since
there are five more years of famine to come—so
that you and your household, and all that you
have, will not come to poverty.” 12 And now your
eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see
that it is my own mouth that speaks to you. 13 You
must tell my father how greatly I am honored in
Egypt, and all that you have seen. Hurry and bring
my father down here.‟ 14 Then he fell upon his
brother Benjamin‟s neck and wept, while Benjamin
wept upon his neck. 15 And he kissed all his
brothers and wept upon them; and after that his
brothers talked with him.
 Our Presence Last Week
Heights Happenings
Worship (9:30)............................ ............................40
Worship (11:00) .......................................................92 Opportunities for Fellowship, Worship, and
Sunday School ........................................................41 Service
Youth on Wednesday & Thursday ............................... Sunday, August 24
Music Ministry Groups ................................................. 9:30a Casual Worship
Disciple (Gospel of John) Bible Study.......................... 9:30a Sunday School
10:30a Coffee Fellowship in Allen Hall
Our Stewardship Last Week 11:00a Traditional Worship
General Fund Pledged ................................ $1,916.00 7:00p NA meeting
General Fund Unpledged ............................ $1,520.00 Monday, August 25
Loose Plate ...................................................... $24.00 9:00a Prayer group
Sunday School ................................................. $22.25
Tuesday, August 26
Building & Imp / Renovation ............................... 60.00
Other…………………………………………….. $795.49 Primary election, A/H, all day
7:00p Disciple Bible study
7:30p NA meeting
Our Stewardship YTD Wednesday, August 27
2008 Budget $317,675.06 11:00a REAL luncheon, A/H
Projected YTD $201,601.62 3:00p Youth room opens
Received YTD (thru 8/18/2008) $167,041.49 5:30p Youth dinner
Spent YTD $171,189.44
6:30p Youth program
Excess (Deficit) ($4,147.95)
7:00p Church Council meeting
Apportionment Mission Giving Thursday, August 28
Annual Goal $31,077.00 7:30p Chancel choir rehearsal
Given YTD $4,603.00 Friday, August 29
5:30p Praise team set up & rehearsal
8:15p NA meeting
Seminole Heights UMC Staff Hi Fi After the game party
Rev. T. Glenn Bosley-Mitchell .......................... Pastor Saturday, August 30
Judy Colvin........................................... Music Director 6:00p NA Learning Day, A/H
Tana Bierce ....................................Children‟s Director Sunday, August 31
Matthew Heitz ...................................... Youth Director 9:30a Casual worship
Betty Jones ..................................Office Administrator 9:30a Sunday school
Christine Messer .......................... Financial Secretary 10:30a Coffee fellowship
Lynne Bobbitt ................................. Nursery Attendant 11:00a Traditional worship
Lamar Camp .... Sunday Office & Building Coordinator 7:00p NA meeting
Christine Messer ............................Preschool Director
Jason Steere ....................................... Hymn Organist
The flowers are given today in honor and memory
of our Dad, Glenn Barrington for his birthday,
August 27, 1923 with lots of love and happy
Telephone Extensions/Email Addresses
memories from “The Girls”--Nan, Beth and Jane.
Church 813-236-5931 ♦ Fax 813-236-5932
SeminoleHeightsUMC@hotmail.com
Congratulations to Tim and Heather (Rushworth)
Pastor—x224 ......................... RevTGBM@gmail.com
Bonner on the birth of Caleb Matthew on August 5.
Office—x221 ......... ElizabethCarrJones@hotmail.com
Finance—x223 ............................................................ Proud grandparents are Bob and April Rushworth
Music........................................................................... and Larry and Debbie Bonner.
Children—x225 ..................... TGBierce@hotmail.com
Youth—x225 ......................matts_zoo77@yahoo.com
Worship info—x300
 Words from our Pastor
We have completed two-thirds of our “Mini-
Disciple Study” on the Gospel of John and
have had some great discussions. People have
come and gone as their summer schedules
permitted but have generally had a great time
studying the bible. We are moving the discussion
to Tuesday night for the next couple of weeks to
avoid conflicts and the Labor Day holiday.
So what do we study next? Our Wednesday
night Pastor‟s Study starts up again in mid-
September and I have been exploring where we
might go. I would like to propose that we look at
the Book of James. James deals almost
exclusively with the social and practical aspects of
Christianity. It reminds us of the everyday
problems with which we struggle and maintains
that Christian faith touches every aspect of life,
transforming routine pursuits into opportunities for
discipleship. Our Pastor‟s Study will start on
Wednesday, September 17th, and will be held in
the chapel 6:45--7:30 pm.
As a Dad of seven of the “thumb generation”
it‟s hard keeping up with all their text messaging,
and online chats, and myspace/facebook pages,
etc. But I am trying to stay digital. As such, I have
created a web log (commonly referred to as a
blog--“A Slice of Seminole Heights UMC.” You
can find the one that I‟ve created for our church at
a new web address--www.shumc.org. I hope
that you will look at it on a regular basis. It
includes some of my thoughts, digital copies of the
bulletins and newsletters, links to UMC articles
and connects you to the new UMC Web portal
(developed by the United Methodist Reporter). I
recently talked about a book I was given last week
by Alma Ferguson (absolutely fascinating) and I
include book reviews and links to Cokesbury and
Amazon where you can purchase the book. You
can also add your own comments to the blog. Join
me in the digital ministry of our church.
Speaking of which, I have earnestly tried about ten
different web site building programs and have
miserably failed. I simply can‟t seem to get the
handle on HTML. I need a WYSIWYG style of
program. Finally, I retreated back to my own Apple
Mac and created a website for the church using
iWeb. You can find my primitive efforts at
www.seminoleheightsumc.org. Anybody else want
to give it a try? Clearly I need help!
Our Casual Worship
9:30 am August 24, 2008

Gathering Music
Singing our Call to Worship
Opening Prayer
Children’s Time
Songs of Praise
Prayer Sharing
Morning Prayer
Offering
Songs of Preparation
Bible Reading
Genesis 45:1-15
Sermon
Stories from Genesis
13: Joseph saves his brothers
Songs of Dedication
Blessing
Announcements
A nursery for children is available on this
floor—see a member of the Praise Team.
Following our worship, all are invited
downstairs to Allen Hall for a time of coffee and
fellowship.
Our Praise Team—Judy Colvin, Jayne
Braddy, Amanda Brown, Nick Colvin, Bill Duvall,
Matthew Heitz, Larry Messer, Amanda Thurman

Seminole Heights United Methodist Church

Corner of Hanna and Central
6111 North Central Avenue ♦ Tampa, FL 33604
813-236-5931
Rev. Dr. T. Glenn Bosley-Mitchell, Pastor