“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 SUNDAY SCHOOL

"A New Beginning" - led by Danny Weaver

Today's Leaders

*Music Leader: Glenn Zendt
*Worship Leader: Garlan Yoder
*Children’s Time: Garlan Yoder
*Message: Kadrin Anderson

Announcements

Today we welcome our own Kadrin Anderson to the pulpit. Kadrin has taught biology locally at Mary Baldwin College, Blue Ridge Community College, and Stuart Hall School.

 Staunton Mennonite Women will have their annual Christmas Dinner on Tuesday, December 2, 6:00 p.m.  Details are in the mailboxes.  RSVP to Sonya or Kathy today.

 Mark your calendars for Sunday, December 14, 4:00 p.m. SMC Christmas activities will include preparing and serving a meal at Valley Mission and singing carols for the residents in their dining hall. Those who plan to participate will need to complete a volunteer application; forms are available in the fellowship room.  After our time at Valley Mission, a meal will be provided at the church for participants. Food assignments will be given by the Special Programs Committee. 

Psalm 104:24 (New International Version)
How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

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.

The richness of God’s glorious inheritance Gathering Leader: Come! Come with singing and shouting, Left: singing for joy to the Lord, Right: shouting to the rock of our salvation! All: We come with thanksgiving. Leader: We worship a great God, a king above all, Left: who has created all things. Right: To God all things belong. All: He is our maker and our God. Praying Glorious God and king: We come this day to worship you, to have the eyes of our hearts opened, to know the hope we have in you. We come to listen for your voice. Amen. Sending May Jesus Christ—risen from the dead and now reigning as king— Bless you with his glorious inheritance as God’s holy people. —Esther Lanting, Wakarusa, Indiana November is Mission Month. Bible readings for today: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Psalm 95:1-7a; Ephesians 1:15-23 (18); Matthew 25:31-46. Bible readings for next Sunday: Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 (3); 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37.