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”

March 16, 2014 No. 11 Vol. XLVlII

Greeters for March:
Marvin and Florence Showalter

Nursery this week:
Huyards

Next week:
Marlene/Amina

 

9:30 SUNDAY SCHOOL

 

Lesson Title

“Peter’s Report” led by Danny Weaver

10:30 WORSHIP Service

Opening Prayer

Inviting God, how you love this world! We have encountered
and witnessed that love in your sending your son Jesus not
to condemn, but to save us. As we worship, help us to receive
your love—and to respond to your call to move to a place of
even greater promise, so that our journey with you will not
only bless us but also bless others. We pray this in the name of
the One who was obedient to the end. Amen.

Encountering

Lent Theme Song “I Sought the Lord” #228 (MH)
Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer
Congregational Singing
Offering/Offertory
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 12:1-4
Confession and Assurance

Call to Worship

Leader: We look to the hills and to the mountain tops;
People: where does our help come from?
Leader: We look to sun, the moon, and the stars above;
People: where does our help come from?
Leader: We look to the God of Abraham,
maker of heaven and earth;
All: our help comes from the Lord!

Witnessing

Gospel Reading: John 3:1-17
Drama *Children, please sit in the front rows
Sermon: Mulligan
Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time
Closing Song
Benediction

Sending

We have encountered God’s provision of strength
in times of temptation.
Let us go then as witnesses to God’s redeeming and steadfast
love, on the lookout in the week ahead
for how God is offering the blessing of grace to all people.

Today's Leaders

*Accompanist: Sandy Carter
*Song Leader: Garlan Yoder
*Worship leader: Amina Shenk
*Message: Kevin Gasser
*Actors: Leah, Isaac, and Luke Huyard

Announcements

The Women’s Care Group will meet this Wednesday at Kathy’s beginning at 7:00 pm.

The VMRC Auxiliary will hold SpringFest on March 22. Included in the day's events are both a breakfast and lunch in the Hartman Dining Room, baked goods, Culinary Creations, and the ever-popular Silent Auction. Proceeds will go to the Good Samaritan Annual Fund, which provides financial assistance to persons in assisted living and complete living care at VMRC who have exhausted their personal funds. Advance tickets for breakfast and lunch are available at the Park Gables front desk.

There are two work days scheduled to clean the rental properties as we plan offer them soon. Workers are invited to bring their own supplies the afternoon of March 25 and any time after 10:00 am on March 26.

Please Prayer For:

  • Norma Greenleaf as she suffers from an inflamed pancreas.

  • Dwight’s sister, Crystal, as she heals following a brain hemorrhage and fall.

  • A peaceful resolution to the conflict in Ukraine.

 

Matthew 4:6a, “If you are the Son of God…”

Staunton Mennonite Church

Photo by A. D. Strickland

Sunday, March 9, 2013

Worship Attendance ~ 39
Offering ~ $1,588.00

Next Sunday, March 23, 2014
Sunday School ~ Marvin Showalter
Worship Leader ~ Dwight Huyard
Music Leader ~ Lowell Wenger

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.


Bible readings for today: Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121 (5); Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17 or Matthew 17:1-9.
Bible readings for next Sunday:
Exodus 17:1-7 (6); Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42.