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”

August 28, 2011 ~  No. 35  - Vol. XLV

   
9:30 SUNDAY SCHOOL

“Stewards of relationships” part two-led by Danny Weaver

10:30 WORSHIP Service

We Gather

Prelude
Gathering Song
Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer

We Praise

Congregational singing
Offering

We Hear

Children’s Time
Scripture Reading: Matthew 16:23 - 28
Message: “We all have our crosses to bear”

We Respond

Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time
Closing song
Benediction


*Song leader: Lowell Wenger
*Worship leader: Susan Huyard
*Message: Kevin Gasser
 

Song selections for today can be found in the blue Hymnal for Worship and Celebration (BB),
green Sing the Journey (StJ) and red Mennonite Hymnal (MH) found in the backs of the pews.

 

Nursery care is available behind the sanctuary for children ages 0-2.


Announcements

Ruth Duncan would like to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, and food offered during her recovery period following surgery.

There will be a church picnic and hike at the Humpback Rock campsite today after church. We will plan to meet for lunch at 1:30 with hiking on your own to follow. Please bring sandwiches to exchange and a side to share.

The Mennonite Women of Staunton will meet on September 10th for a prayer breakfast at Kathy Zendt’s beginning at 9:00 am.

The Augusta Regional Free Clinic is holding a fundraising event at the Depot Grille in Staunton September 19th beginning at 5:00pm. All tips will benefit the clinic.

There are pie pans available in the Fellowship Hall for anyone who wishes to donate pies, cookies, cakes, or other baked items for the Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale, September 30-October 1st.

All are welcome to the Rehoboth Jail & Prison Ministry Day of Jubilee on September 24th. Come share in this time of food, fellowship, and testimony sharing beginning around noon in Schuyler.

Please Prayer For:

  • Please pray for the nations of our world experiencing political, social, and economic struggles.

Matthew 16:24b, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”
 


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, August 21,
2011

Worship attendance 38
Offering  $1,180.00

Next Sunday, September 4, 2011

Sunday School - Garlan Yoder
Worship Leader - Marvin Showalter
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