“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Glenn Zendt
*Worship Leader: Tate Love

 *Message: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

Congratulations to the Love family. Shannon was named teacher of the year for Staunton City Schools and Stuart won gold at his Bible Quizzing event last weekend!

Today is the last chance to take advantage of the matching funds for the principal of the mortgage on rental property at 303 Grubert. Earmark checks with “303 Grubert.”

Staunton Mennonite will host a light meal followed by the annual Talent Show tonight at 5:00 pm. Please bring something sandwich-like and a dessert to share and your woodworking, knitting, story-telling, and musical talents to present. A few items will be auctioned off for the 303 Grubert project throughout the evening.

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:

• Jenifer Bradford as she travels to England.

• Margaret Mules as she deals with a prolonged illness.

• Victims of the Nepal earthquake:

Matthew 19:24, “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

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.

Let us love . . . in truth and action Proclaiming Child: How do I know what love is? Leader: This is how we know: by looking at Jesus. People: Jesus welcomed sinners, healed the sick, fed the hungry. He cared so much for us that he gave his own life. Child: How do I know if I’m following Jesus? Leader: This is how you know: by how much you love others. People: God’s command is simple—believe in the name of Jesus, and love others the same way Jesus loved us. Child: That sounds hard! How can I do that all by myself? Leader: This is how you know you are not alone: by the Spirit of Jesus that lives in us. People: Jesus loves you. He calls you. His Spirit will guide you always. Offering Gentle Shepherd, how graciously you have provided for us. How tenderly you lead us. You have brought us to streams of mercy; you have sheltered us in safe places. You provide for our needs. As you have loved, we want to love—and so we give back to you. Accept this offering from those who want to be your sheep. Amen. Witnessing/Sending As we go from here, may we bear witness to the cornerstone of our faith. The world cannot accept the One who chose to lay down his own life and who calls us to do the same. And yet, it is that very life, living in us, that has the power to transform the world. Like Peter and John, let us love in truth and action, so the world may know the One by whom we may be saved. —Diane Bowman, Harrisonburg, Virginia Bible readings for today: Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18. Bible readings for next Sunday: Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8.