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Announcements and Upcoming Activities

Gather

Sunday Lunch Bunch
Join us for good food and fellowship at 404 Celsius on Main
immediately following TODAY’s Worship.

Leadership Board
Leadership Board will meet next Sunday, March 8th
immediately following Worship.

Welcome to Senoia UMC
We welcome you to Senoia United Methodist Church. If you are a guest with us today for the first time please let the usher know so you can be given a welcome gift. Please complete the yellow Guest Card found in your pew and place it in the offering plate. A nursery for children birth to under 4 years old is available. Please see an usher for assistance. Restrooms can be reached through the rear sanctuary door by the organ. An accessible restroom is in the hall and additional ones are in the Fellowship Hall.
We welcome you to Senoia United Methodist Church. If you are a guest with us today for the first time please let the usher know so you can be given an SUMC mug. Please complete the Connexion Card found in your bulletin and put it in the offering plate. A nursery for children birth to under 4 years old is available. Please see an usher for assistance. Restrooms are located in the Fellowship Hall, which can be reached through the rear sanctuary door by the organ.

Senoia United
Methodist Church

Grow

Joy Sunday School Class
Kemp Wright leads the JOY Sunday School class that meets on Sundays at 10:00 am. They have started reading Rachel Billups’
An Unlikely Lent: Extraordinary People of the Easter Story. Explore the
lesser known Biblical characters who played a crucial role in Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection.

Men’s Prayer Group
Sam Sweat leads this group Mondays at 7:00 am in the
Fellowship Hall. Join with other men to share accountability and
support one another. They will begin Trevor Hudson’s Hope Beyond Your Tears: Experiencing Christ’s Healing Love. All are welcome!

Monday Morning Bible Study
Join Pastor Julie for a Lenten Study that meets on
Mondays at 9:00 am entitled “Tell Me Something Good.”

Wednesday Night Bible Study
Join Rev. Stephen Soulen each Wednesday at 6:45 pm as they
study Henri Nouwen’s "Reaching Out: The Three Movements of
Spiritual Life," an insightful plan for a spiritual life as we seek union with God. Pick up your book in the office.

House of David
Join us on Wednesdays from 10:00 am to Noon in the
JOY Room for the streaming series House of David.
We explore the life of the shepherd boy turned king as we follow
his journey. We are watching Episode 5 this week.

Go

Backpack Buddies
Please plan to join us on this Wednesday at 6:00 pm for Pizza Night! After the meal, we will remain in the Fellowship Hall to assemble meals for Backpack Buddies to help school kids! Complete your
reservation on the Connexion Card included with today’s bulletin.

Christians in Action
CIA meets March 11th at 5:30 pm to finalize details for our March 25th cookout at Park of Hope. We need your help with cooking, setting up, serving, and clean up. We also welcome contributions of hot dogs, buns, cookies, drinks, or monetary donations towards this outreach event!

Sunday 3/1
Second Sunday in Lent
10:00 am Sunday School
11:00 am Sunday Worship
12:15 pm Lunch Bunch
Monday 3/2
7:00 am Men’s Prayer Group
9:00 am Lenten Bible Study
Tuesday 3/3
6:45 pm Bell Choir
Wednesday 3/4
10:00 am House of David
6:00 pm WNS
Wednesday cont’d
6:45 pm Chancel Choir
6:45 pm Reaching Out
Bible Study
Thursday 3/5
7:00 pm AA
Friday 3/6
6:00 pm NA
Next Sunday 3/8
Third Sunday in Lent
10:00 am Sunday School
11:00 am Sunday Worship
12:15 pm Leadership Board

Activities This Week

Those Assisting in Worship Today
Acolyte: Aurelia Meares
Reader: Maurice Ungaro
Ushers: Bob Tinsley & Kemp Wright
Communion Set Up: Katy Sweat & Melinda Garver
Communion Server: Carlotta Ungaro
Counters: Mark Edwards & Vijay Purugulla
Greeters: Jeff & Susan Miller
Those Assisting in Worship Next Sunday - 3/8
Acolyte: Luke Tobleman
Reader: Vijay Purugulla
Ushers: Bob & Scott Tinsley
Counters: Dick Sutton & Carlotta Ungaro
Greeters: Robin Jensen & Jan Fenner

Dr. Julie Schendel, Pastor
Julie@senoiaumc.org
Nancy Lewis, Director of Music
nancylewisumc@gmail.com
Amie Fuller, Administrative Assistant
office@senoiaumc.org
Bereatha Brooks, Nursery Coordinator
Polly Watson, Housekeeping
John Felbinger, A/V Technician

March 1, 2026
Second Sunday In Lent

Dr. Julie Schendel, Pastor
229 Bridge Street ⴕ P.O. Box 98 ⴕ Senoia, Georgia 30276
office@senoiaumc.org ⴕ 770-599-3245
www.senoiaumc.org
Gather♦Grow♦Go

Worship
We Gather to Worship
Greeting Dr. Julie Schendel, Pastor
Chiming of the Hour
Welcome and Announcements
Prelude Nancy Lewis, Organist/Pianist
Lighting of the Candles
*Call to Worship Dr. Schendel
Tell me something good!
God loves us more than we could imagine.
Tell me something good!
God loves all of creation more than we could imagine.
Tell me something good!
God’s love meets us in this service of worship. We are not alone.
This is good news indeed!
Let us worship our compassionate God. Amen.
*Hymn The Voice of God is Calling UMH 436
*Affirmation of Faith
We believe in the good news of Jesus Christ. It sounds like welcome and feels like home. It sounds like laughter and feels like mercy. It sounds like love and feels like a seat at the table, so we believe in the good news of Jesus Christ. We have seen it alive in the world. And even when our hearts ache, even when wars rage, even when mercy feels out of reach, we remember the one who welcomed the children and led with nonviolence. We remember the one who cared for the vulnerable and inspired those around him. We remember that the good news really is good news, for we have seen it alive in the world. Thanks be to God! Amen.
*The Gloria Patri UMH 71
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
World without end. Amen. Amen.
Meditation When the Poor Ones
When the poor ones who have nothing share with strangers,
When the thirsty water give unto us all,
When the crippled in their weakness strengthen others,
Then we know that God still goes that road with us,
Then we know that God still goes that road with us.

We Grow Through The Spoken Word
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Merciful God, did we see you hungry and give you something to eat? Did we see you thirsty and give you something to drink? Did we see you alone and offer you compassion? Or did we cross the street? Did we avert our eyes? Did we come up with every excuse in the book? God, we long to be people who love our neighbors with the same overwhelming love that you have for them. But we must admit, we have a long way to go. Forgive us for the times when we let bias, scarcity, or fear get in the way of love. Wash us clean and give us the courage to try again. With hope for a better
tomorrow we pray. Amen.
Words of Forgiveness
We are seen.
We are forgiven.
We are invited to try again.
Thanks be to God for this unending love.
*Hymn Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service UMH 581, V1-3
Pastoral Prayer and The 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.
Congregational Response TFWS 2205
Lord, may our prayer rise like incense in your sight,
May this place be filled with the fragrance of Christ. Amen.
Worship with Tithes and Offerings The People
*Presentation and Doxology UMH 95
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
*Gospel Reading Luke 7:36-50 Maurice Ungaro, Reader
Response to the Word
Reader: The Word of God, for us, the People of God.
Congregation: Thanks Be to God.

Sermon The Good News is… Dr. Schendel
Great Love for God and Neighbor

Holy Communion Page 13
The table is open to anyone who seeks to respond to Christ’s love
and to lead a new life of peace and love.
Gluten free wafers are available upon request.
All altar rail donations will go the Altar Fund to assist those in our community.

We Go To Serve
*Closing Hymn I Come with Joy UMH 617, V1, 3 & 5
*Benediction Dr. Schendel
*Sending Forth
Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand,
the shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land;
a home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way,
from the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day.

By Our Prayers…
Prayers & Praises: Robin Jensen
You can make your prayer requests (including updates or to remove a request) by either email or calling the church office.

Prayer Cards
Prayer cards are located in the Narthex as you enter the front of the church. Please pick one each Sunday and pray for that person throughout the week.

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*Those who are able please stand. UMH (United Methodist Hymnal)
TFWS (The Faith We Sing)
All music used with permission: CLI License 21212483
The candle on the altar table is lit in memory of those who have died
due to gun violence and in awareness of this ongoing tragedy.

The flowers in the Sanctuary today are given
to the glory of God by Maurice & Carlotta Ungaro
in loving memory of Laura Dzwigalski.

Our sincere Christian sympathy is extended
to the family and friends of Tom Cotton,
upon his death April 21, 2023.

Leadership Board
Leadership Board will meet next Sunday, March 8th
immediately following Worship.

Wesleyan Covenant Prayer
I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt,
rank me with whom thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee,
exalted for thee or brought low for thee.
Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal.
And now, O Glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth,
let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.