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“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community” |
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March 15, 2015 |
No.11 |
Vol. XLIX |
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9:30 Sunday School
“The Truth-telling Spirit”-led by
Marvin Showalter
10:30 Worship Service
We Gather
Gathering Song
102 HWB
Announcements
Call to Worship
Call to Authenticity/Opening Prayer
We Praise
Congregational
Singing - 80 MH, 167 HWB, Overhead
Offering/Offertory
Children’s Time
We Hear
Scripture Reading: John 3:14-21
Call to Grace
Message: “Viewing the world anew”
We Respond
Readers’ Theater
Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time
Closing Song 54 StJ
Call to Commitment/Benediction
Today's Leaders |
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*Children’s time: Susan Huyard
*Song Leader: Susan Huyard
*Worship Leader: Sonya Gasser
*Readers: Emy Yoder, Garlan Yoder, Tate Love, Marlene Wenger |
*Message:
Kevin Gasser |
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Announcements
There will be a carry-in
fellowship meal following the worship service today. Did you forget to
bring a dish to share? No problem! We have plenty.
The Women’s Care group will meet this Wednesday at Kathy’s beginning at
7:00pm.
A matching donation of up to $10,000 will be made to help pay down the
principal on the rental property at 303 Grubert. Will you help by giving
above and beyond your normal contribution to the church? Please earmark
any extra donation with “303 Grubert” or make a pledge by April 30th to
take advantage of the matching funds.
The annual Southern District Festival of Praise is scheduled for Sunday,
March 29 at Springdale Mennonite. The evening’s activities will begin at
6:00pm
Prayer Request
Next Week's
Scripture
Jeremiah 31:31-34
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John 3:14-21New International Version (NIV)
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man
must be lifted up,[a] 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life
in him.”[b]
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God
did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the
world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but
whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not
believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict:
Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light
because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light,
and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be
exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that
it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight
of God.
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Photo by A. D. Strickland |
Sunday, March 8
2015
Worship Attendance ~ 45
Offering - $3.316.60
(303 Grubert, $75.00)
Next Sunday, March 22, 2015
Sunday School - Danny Weaver
Worship Leader - Marlene Wenger
Music Leader - Glenn Zendt |
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No one truly
knows Christ unless they follow Him daily in life" -
Hans Denck
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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. |
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The
light has come into the world
Call
to Authenticity
Leader: Where are you, Lord? We feel abandoned.
You don’t seem to be listening to our cries for help.
People: When life is hard,
we want you to make it better.
Leader: Like the people of Israel,
we’re tired of our burdens,
our distress, and our difficulty.
People: Do something, and quickly!
(silence)
Leader: Shine your light on us,
People: help us trust that you are present even in hardship.
Call
to Grace
Though even the redeemed are fools because of their sinful
ways, God saves them from their desperate circumstances,
giving orders for their healing and rescuing them from the pit.
Call
to Commitment
Leader: God turns things upside down and inside out
by being present whether we know it or not.
People: God, we will walk in your light
whether we see it or not.
Bible readings for today: Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3,
17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21.
Bible readings for next Sunday: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12
or
Psalm 119:9-16; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33.
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