Staunton Mennonite Church

2405 3rd St - Staunton, VA 24401 - 540 886-5869
Office hours Monday and Friday, 9am until 1pm
Pastor: Kevin Gasser    smcpastor@verizon.net   540 292-4507
Elder: Glenn Zendt - 886-3550
 

“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

November 28, 2010  ~  No 48 Vol. XLIV

   
9:30 SUNDAY SCHOOL Hour

“Comforting awareness”-led by Garlan Yoder

10:30 WORSHIP

Gathering

Congregational singing-We Come
Lighting the Advent candles
Gathering Words
Opening Prayer

Prasing

Congregational singing
Offering
First Scripture Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5
Children’s Time
Second Scripture Reading: Romans 13:11-14
Sermon: Waiting and working
Testimony

Rerponding

Confession
Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time

Sending

Benediction
Congregational Song


*Worship leader: Susan Huyard
*Message: Kevin Gasser
*Music leader: Lowell Wenger
*Testimony: Joe and Amina Shenk


Announcements

There will be an Alternative Holiday Shopping Event at Ten Thousand Villages in the Dayton's Farmers Market. Please shop on November 30 and mention Eastern Mennonite School and they will donate 15% of your purchase to the PTF. Remember the success of the event is how many school families and friends MENTION the school name when they are shopping.

The annual SMC Women’s Christmas Dinner will be held at Now You’re Cooking at 6:00 on December 7th. Invitations are in mailboxes today. Please RSVP with Sonya by November 30th if you are planning to attend.

Our Community Place invites you to its annual Christmas concert benefit for OCP, Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at Park View Mennonite Church. Chef-prepared desserts will be served with other refreshments starting at 6:30pm; live musical performance begins at 7:30pm. Their latest musical release—“Our Christmas Present: Vol. II”—will be available to the public for the first time. The suggested donation is $20. More information can be found by visiting www.ourcommunityplace.org/concert/ or by calling 540.442.7727

Please save the date of December 19th for the annual SMC Christmas Caroling and soup dinner.

Please Prayer For...

  • Paul Duncan as he heals from heart surgery.
  • Those suffering from seasonal illnesses.

Romans 13:11, “Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers”


Thank you for joining us in worship today.  If this is your first time at Staunton Mennonite,
please fill out the “Welcome” card in the back of the pew and place it in the offering plate.


 


Sunday, November 21,
2010  

Worship attendance 42
General Offering: $1,605.00

Next Sunday, December 5, 2010

Sunday School - Marvin Showalter
Worship Leader - Kathy Zendt
Music Leader - Susan Huyard

Staunton Mennonite Church
Photo by A. D. Strickland

"No one truly knows Christ unless they follow Him daily in life" - Hans Denck