Sunday, May 3

Announcements

• Condolences to the Kearns Family on the death of Mark’s mother, Bonnie Kearns, who died April 22; Randy Lenhart on the death of his uncle on April 24; and Steve Hull on the death of his father on May 1.

• Thank you! When the Finance Committee put out the call to cover the gap in our 2020 budget of $15,000, you stepped up BIG for the 2020 Vision Fund. Our goal was $15,000 and by April 10th, you supported King Ave with $39,595 which is $25,000 OVER the goal. We are in times that none of us has experienced before and we will get through this and be together again. Rest assured the extra $25,000 is already being put to use to keep King Avenue ready for you, your families, and our community when we can gather again.

• Rummage Sale Update from United Methodist Women: The rummage sale scheduled for June is cancelled. Therefore, no rummage donations will be accepted until further notice. We will keep you informed. Thank you - Mary McCullough & Connie Hook.

• Children's Connections: Sign up to participate in a weekly video message board through Flipgrid. It is widely used by preschoolers through high school students across the country. This is fun and SAFE for the whole family. Each class has its own “grid.” CLICK HERE to learn how to your kids become a part of an age-specific Children's FlipGrid group.

• Fellowship Group Starting: Are you interested in getting to know others at King Avenue Church better? There is a NEW 5-week Fellowship Group (offered online through ZOOM) starting on Monday, May 4, 7:00-8:30 pm and meeting each week through Monday, June 1. If you would like to participate, please email colleen@kingave.org OR text 614.774.0956 to indicate your interest.

• Honoring our Graduates: We plan to honor graduating seniors from high school, undergraduate or graduate/professional programs. If you are graduating, and have not been contacted already, please email colleen@kingave.org so we can celebrate this significant event with you.

• Church Gardeners Needed: If you are able to plant and care for a portion of King Avenue UMC’s landscaping, please contact Office Manager Amy Ashburn, amy@kingave.org, to sign-up and be assigned a plot. Thank you for helping keep our church beautiful.

• Planning for Re-opening: We do not know yet when we will re-open for in-person worship services, but the staff is working on plans to do so safely when it is permitted. We do know that asking persons to wear cloth masks is likely to be part of the plan. We will need cloth masks to distribute. If you are able to help provide these, please respond through the welcome card.

The Lord be with you

Congregation – And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

Congregation – We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

Congregation – It is right to give our thanks and praise.

It is right, and a good and joyful thing, Always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. And so, With your people on earth And all the company of heaven We praise our name and join their unending hymn:

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Holy are you, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ. By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection you gave birth to your church, delivered us from slavery to sin and death, And made with us a new covenant by water and the Spirit. On the night to which he gave himself up for us he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said; “Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” When the supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Drink from this, all of you this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” And so, In remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving, as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.

Congregation – Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.

Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood.” By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory, and we feast at his heavenly banquet. Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy church, all honor and glory is your, almighty Father, now and for ever.

Congregation – Amen