“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

Greeters for December:
Ruth & Howard Duncan

Nursery this week:
Sonya/Marlene

Next week:
Sylvia/Marlene

9:30 SUNDAY SCHOOL

Lesson Title

“The Reason for God” led by Danny Weaver

10:30 WORSHIP Service
Today is World Fellowship Sunday

We Gather

Gathering Son
Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer

Gathering/Call to Worship

Leader: Come, let us worship our God
who lives and moves on the border.
People: On the border? We thought the best place
to encounter God is in the religious center.
Leader: Come and follow the way of Jesus who began his
ministry on the border between the northern region
of Galilee and the southern region of Judea with the
capital Jerusalem.
People: Why not begin in the center? Why not just send a few
missionaries to the border zone?
Leader: God is at work in the border zones of life, bringing light
and life to those on the margins. Come and worship our
God who is our center and who lives and moves on the
border.

We Praise

Congregational Singing
Offering/Offertory

Affirming Faith (unison)

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

We Hear

Children’s Time
Scripture Reading: Matthew 4:12-23
Sermon: “Turning into Beautiful Things”

Sending

Leader: Jesus, you called to us from the shore of the sea of
Galilee, on the northern border of the religious capital.
We were fishing.
People: We heard you call out, “Follow me, and I will
make you fish for people.” We couldn’t resist.
We immediately left our boat and followed you . . .
and we haven’t been the same since.—Ron Rempel, Waterloo, Ontario

We Respond

Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time
Closing Song
Benediction

Today's Leaders

*Worship leader: Garlan Yoder
*Song leader: Lowell Wenger
*Message: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

Please stay and enjoy a fellowship meal today after the worship service! Didn’t bring anything? No problem, we always have plenty.

Everyone is welcome to a Super Bowl Party at Lowell and Marlene’s home on February 2nd. Please bring snacks and finger food to share. Kickoff is at 6:30.

Springdale Mennonite invites you to participate in a six-week study from the book of Revelation on Wednesday evenings, beginning January 22 at 6:30 pm. See Kevin for more information.

Please Prayer For:

Matthew 4:17, “From that time on Jesus began to preach,
‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’”

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

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.

Today is World Fellowship Sunday. Mennonite World Conference is a global community of 101 Anabaptist-related national conferences with 1.3 million baptized members. The next Global Assembly is July 21–26, 2015 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. For more information see: www.mwc-cmm.org Bible readings for today: Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1, 4-9; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23 (22). Bible readings for next Sunday: Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 (7).