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”

December 5, 2010  ~  No 49 Vol. XLIV

   
9:30 SUNDAY SCHOOL Hour

“Receiving comfort and strength”-led by Marvin Showalter

10:30 WORSHIP

Gathering

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

Prasing

Congregational singing: 111 MH, 121 MH, 131 MH
Offering
First Scripture Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10
Children’s Time
Second Scripture Reading: Matthew 3:1-12
Sermon: It’s time for a change
Testimony

Rerponding

Confession
Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time

Sending

Benediction
Special Music: Peace Before Us


*Prelude: Leah Huyard *Song leader: Susan Huyard
*Worship leader: Kathy Zendt *Message: Kevin Gasser
*Offertory: Chance Houff *Testimony: Greg Sykes
*Offering takers: AJ Jones and Rian Strickland
*Scripture readers: Isaac Huyard and Victoria Sykes


Announcements

The annual SMC Women’s Christmas Dinner will be held at Now You’re Cooking at 6:00 this Tuesday. See Sonya for details. Men are invited to meet at the church for a chili supper! We need a few men to sign up on the bulletin board to bring chili.

Congratulation to Lowell & Marlene Wenger on the birth of their granddaughter Matea Sue. She was born at 2:24 pm last Sunday, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz. and measuring 18.75 inches.

Church Council has been cancelled for the month of December.

There will be a Chuck Wagon Gang concert at White Hill Church of the Brethren on December 16th at 7:00 pm. See bulletin board for details.

Dec 19 is the date for our annual Christmas Caroling. We will meet at the church at 3:45 to go to various places. Afterwards there will be a soup and sandwich meal. Every family should bring enough sandwiches for themselves then we will share them. Soup will be provided. Following the meal there will be a Christmas program by the children.

There is one poinsettia at the front of the sanctuary for each family in the congregation. Please feel free to take your poinsettia on the last Sunday before Christmas that you will be here.

Please Prayer For...

  • Paul Duncan as he heals from heart surgery and mourns the death of his mother-in-law.
  • Those suffering from seasonal illnesses.

Matthew 3:8, “Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.”


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 28,
2010  

Worship attendance 48
General Offering: $1,802.00

Next Sunday, December 12, 2010

Sunday School - Glenn Zendt
Worship Leader - Sonya Gasser
Music Leader - Garlan Yoder

Staunton Mennonite Church
Photo by A. D. Strickland

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