“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Joe Shenk
*Worship Leader: Kadrin Anderson
*Accompanist: Sandy Carter

 *Message: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

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

Remember that matching funds are available for any donation made toward the principal of the mortgage on 303 Grubert through the end of this month! Earmark checks with “303 Grubert.”

Staunton Mennonite will hold a light meal followed by the annual Talent Show on April 26. Bring your woodworking, knitting, story-telling, musical talents and more! Additional details will soon be available.

The annual Mennonite Women of Virginia Missions Day will be held May 2 from 9-12:30 at Trissels Mennonite Church. Eve Knepp will be speaking about her time serving at Maranatha School for the Deaf in Jamaica.

Please pray for:

• The victims of the college shooting in Kenya.
• Those who lost loved ones in the Germanwings plane crash

 

Next Week's Scripture

Revelation 5:1-14

Revelation 5:6, “I then saw in the center of the throne… a Lamb, standing as if it had been executed.”

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.

Happy are those who don’t see and yet believe Gathering Come! Come gather with God’s people. Come gather with those who choose to listen, who long to see, who doubt, yet dare to believe. Come! Come with your eyes that see darkness, your hearts that are broken, your ears that hear despair. Come! Let us listen together. Let us listen to those who proclaim, “We have seen the Lord!” Confessing/Reconciling God, you call us to the impossible. You ask us to believe that One who was crucified is now alive. You expect us to live in perfect unity, truly in harmony with one another. Our hearts and minds are too small! Lord, help thou our unbelief. Teach us the truth and the power of your transforming love. Amen. Affirming Faith Leader: Lord, we believe. People: We believe you are the Christ, our risen Savior. We believe not even death can separate us from love. We believe our sins are forgiven, our darkness overcome. Leader: Lord, we know. People: We know your love calls forth a response. We know that, having believed, our lives will never be the same. Leader: Therefore, we love. All: Together, we seek to walk in the light of your love. There, in our fellowship, we find your blessing—even life evermore. —Diane Bowman, Harrisonburg, Virginia Bible readings for today: Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1:1–2:2; John 20:19-31. Bible readings for next Sunday: Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48.