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”

July 20, 2014

No. 29

Vol. XLVlII

Greeters for March:
Danny & Frances Weaver

Nursery this week:
Frances/Florence

Next week:
Gary/Sylvia

9:30 SUNDAY SCHOOL

“Overcoming Temptation” -led by Marvin Showalter

10:30 WORSHIP Service

We Gather

Gathering Song - 12 StJ
Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer

We Praise

Congregational Singing - 17 StJ, 40 StJ, 519 MH
Offering/Offertory

We Hear

Children’s Time
Scripture Reading: Matthew 13:24-30; 36-43
Message: “The Parable of ‘Do Nothing?’”

We Respond

Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time
Closing Song - 502 MH
Benediction

Today's Leaders

*Song/Music Leader: Susan Huyard
*Scripture Reader: Leah Huyard
*Accompanist: Sandy Carter
*Message: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

There will be a Prayer Meeting this Wednesday beginning at 7:30 pm.

Everyone is invited to the Virginia Mennonite Conference Annual Assembly worship services at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville on July 24th and 25th, beginning at 6:45 each evening. This year’s theme is “Making Disciples as We Go!” Find more details at: http://virginiaconference.org/assembly/

Save the date: August 8th there will be a church campout and baptism at Sherando Lake. Can’t sleep over? Day passes are available.

Please Prayer For:

Norma Greenleaf, recovering after receiving a pacemaker this past Tuesday.
Danny Weaver, recovering from knee-replacement surgery.
Those traveling this summer.
Those suffering in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
From Virginia Mennonite Missions: Please pray for the VMM ministry team in Thailand. Remember Steve, Bethany, Adam, Jeanette and their children. Pray that they as a team would continue to form a good foundation of love and care, healthy communication and grace.

Matthew 13:28b-29, “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds,
you may uproot the wheat with them.’”

Photo by A. D. Strickland

Sunday, June 13, 2014
Worship Attendance ~ 45
VMM/VMC Offering $823.00

Next Sunday, July 27, 2014
Sunday School - Danny Weaver
Worship Leader - Glenn Zendt
Music Leader - Joe Shenk

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.

Sow good seed

Gathering

Leader: You, O God, are the beginning and end,
alpha through omega.
People: You alone are God.
Leader: We are here to walk in your ways.
People: We are here to learn your truth and your love.
Leader: By birth, by adoption, and by redemption,
People: you have called us, you have claimed us,
and we are here.
All: God of creation and salvation, we worship you.

Confessing/Reconciling

O God, we confess we focus on the weeds in our lives,
in our lawns, and in those of our neighbors’ lives.
We search them out, tugging relentlessly, and in so doing
we damage the good that was growing there.
Give us the courage and grace to let go,
to see the beauty that is present, if not planned.
Give us the restraint
to sow only love and compassion in others,
and to cultivate it in ourselves,
leaving the rest in your discerning hands. Amen.

Sending

Children of God,
go in hope for what you do not see,
living in the kingdom that is not yet,
knowing that the very earth you stand on
is laboring with you,
awaiting the revelation and redemption.
Christ has come, Christ is here, and Christ will come again.
—Michelle Jantzi Dueck, Kitchener, Ontario

Bible readings for today: Isaiah 44:6-8; Psalm 86:11-17; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew
13:24-30, 36-43 (27).
Bible readings for next Sunday: 1 Kings 3:5-12; Psalm 119:129-
136; Romans 8:26-39 (28); Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52.