July is "Wear Your Nametag" month at Lakewood UMC!
As we transition back to in-person events and services, make sure and wear a name tag during church activities (name tags are available on the long table outside of Wesley Hall).
Wearing name tags helps all of us – longtime attendees and first-time visitors alike – during times of worship, fellowship, and service.
Calling each other by our names is a simple way to celebrate that each one of us is a beautiful and unique creation of God!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Click here to sign up for a “Meet & Greet” with Rev. Roy Beth Kelley. Slots available throughout July and the first week of August.
Click here to read Lakewood UMC’s updated COVID guidelines. *All individuals are strongly encouraged to wear masks during all church worship services and events.*
Following are links to free resources on how to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine:
Arkansas Department of Health
https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programs-services/topics/covid-19-map-of-1-a-pharmacy-locationsUAMS Health
https://uamshealth.com/treatment/covid-19-vaccinations/Baptist Health
https://www.baptist-health.com/covid-19-vaccine/
The next LUMC Men’s Breakfast is August 7 at 8 am in Gibson Hall. Contact Michael O’Connor (michaelo.nlr@gmail.com) for more information.
Giving Books For Love: Lakewood UMC is collecting new and gently used books throughout July and August! We need EVERY family in our church to help us with this mission. Please bring new and gently used books to the bins outside of each worship space and/or in our breezeway!
The annual three-night retreat July 25-28 at Subiaco Abbey’s Coury House guest lodge offers space and time for centering prayer, meditation, and self-reflection in a gorgeous, serene river valley location. All rooms are single occupancy to allow for solitude and silence. Cost is $265 payable to Coury House upon checkout for room, meals, and use of facilities. For more information, contact Rev. Cindy Henry (cindy@lakewood-umc.org).
Enneagram workshop (“Back to Balance”) to be held from 9 am-4 pm on Aug. 7 at LUMC. The cost is $50/person. Registration begins May 1 at fumclr.org/registrations.
Adult and youth VBS volunteers still needed for July 30-31. To volunteer, or for more information, email Jill Dillman (jdillman@lakewood-umc.org) or Rochelle Gray (rgray@lakewood-umc.org).
Canvas Community Church volunteers needed! Contact Michael O’Connor at (501) 350-0886 for more information.
Please leave donations for the Gardner UMC Food Pantry in the container in the breezeway. The requested items for July are cookies and/or pasta.
AfterCare Express is hiring teachers for the upcoming school year! Contact Kat Beaver (kbeaver@lakewood-umc.org) for more information or to apply!
SERMON INFORMATION:
Rev. Roy Beth Kelley
Title: “Living In The Light”
Scripture: Ephesians 5: 8-14
Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;*
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic** church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
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, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
