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“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”
December 7, 2008 ~ No. 48 Vol. XLII
9:30 SUNDAY SCHOOL
“Making total commitment” - Discussion led by Jim Delp
10:30 WORSHIP
Gathering
Call to Worship - Ronald Friesen
Scripture Reading - Isaiah 61:1-11
Children's Time - Peggy Blosser
Praising
Worshiping in Song - Glenn Zendt
Moment in Mission - Ronald Friesen
Confessing - Congregational Voices
Offering
Sharing/Congregational Prayer
Listening
Following God’s Blueprints - Kevin Gasser
Responding
Hymn of Response - Glenn
Benediction - Kevin
Announcements
.If you are visiting us for the first time today we hope that you feel
welcome. We would appreciate it if you could fill out the “Welcome” card
in the pew backs and drop them in the offering plate so we can get to know
you.
Ronald and Mim Friesen would like to thank everyone for the financial and
prayerful support they received during their recent trip to Mongolia.
Shekinah (women's a cappella) welcomes you to their Christmas concert:
"Spirit Among Us," to be held tomorrow, December 8, 7:00 p.m., at Park
View Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg. A freewill offering will be taken,
and the group's new Christmas CD will be available for purchase. For more
information, visit www.shekinahmusic.net.
All those interested in Christmas Caroling can meet at the church next
Sunday, December 14th at 4:00 pm. We will plan a light meal together
following our time of caroling.
Prayer Concerns
- Pray for our friends and family members dealing with cancer and its treatments.
- Praise God that BJ Rohr will not need Chemotherapy!
- Remember those who have recently lost loved ones as the holidays can be especially difficult.
- Please pray for the employees of Invista that have recently been laidoff and others struggling with the slowing ecconomy in our community and worldwide.
Isaiah 40:1-2, “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak
tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been
completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the
LORD's hand double for all her sins.”
Worship attendance 24
Offering $835.75
Next Sunday, December 14, 2008
Sunday School leader: Ronald Friesen
Worship Leader: Danny Weaver
Music Leader: Garlan Yoder
Message: Jason Axford
"No one truly knows Christ unless they follow Him daily in life" - Hans Denck