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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”

  May 24, 2015 No.21 Vol. XLIX
 
 

 

9:30 Sunday School

“The Spirit of Control” – led by Danny Weaver

10:30 Worship Service

We Gather

Gathering Song  - 46 (HWB)
Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer

We Praise

Congregational Singing - 332, 295, 614 (HWB)
Offering/Offertory
Children’s Time

We Hear

Scripture Reading: Romans 8:18-27
Message: “Groaning

We Respond

Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time - 299 (HWB)
Closing Song
Call to Commitment/Benediction

Today's Leaders

 
 

*Song Leader: Susan Huyard
*Worship Leader: Garlan Yoder
*Accompanist: Sandy Carter

 *Message: Kevin Gasser

 
 

Announcements

We will be collecting items for the Valley Mission through June 14. They are currently in need of toilet paper, paper towels, Pine Sol and Lysol Disinfectant Spray. Please bring your donated items to the front of the sanctuary before worship or during the coin offering.

There will be a prayer meeting this Wednesday at Staunton Mennonite beginning at 7:00 pm.

The offering next Sunday will be divided evenly between Virginia Mennonite Missions and Virginia Mennonite Conference.

The Women’s Care group will meet Wednesday, June 3.

Please pray for:

  • Jenifer Bradford Lois Sell as they return from traveling abroad.

  • Margaret Mules as she deals with a prolonged illness.

  • The victims of the earthquake in Nepal.

 

 


Romans 8:22, “We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.”

Staunton Mennonite Church

Photo by A. D. Strickland

Sunday, May 17, 2015
Worship Attendance ~ 40
Offering - $1,641.00
 

Next Sunday, May 31, 2015
Sunday School -              
Worship Leader - Sonya Gasser
Music Leader - Garlan Yoder

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.

 

Send out your Spirit

Gathering

Right: O Lord, how diverse and magnificent are your works!
Left: In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your
creatures.
Right: Even the great seas are full of your creatures;
Left: by your spirit they are created, nurtured, and die.
Right: O Lord, rejoice in your works; may they reflect your
glory forever.
Left: Let us sing to the Lord all our lives; let us sing praise
to our God while we have breath.
Right: Let our words and our thoughts, our songs and our
prayers, please the Lord.
Left: Therefore let us rejoice in the Lord!
All: Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord!

Praying

God of life and power,
there are times when we feel like old, dry bones. Life wears us
out, exhaustion overwhelms us, and hope seems lost. Breathe
your Spirit into us. Strengthen our hearts and our minds and
our bodies. Make us alive so that we may be your people. We
know that you, the

Sending

The last days are here. God has poured out the Holy Spirit
upon you. Sons and daughters prophesy. Young and old see
visions and dream dreams. Everyone attend to the signs in the
heavens above and on the earth below. The Lord’s great and
glorious day is coming. We have called upon the Lord and we
shall be saved!
—Mike Bogard, Newton, Kansas

Bible readings for today: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Romans 8:22-27 or
Acts 2:1-21; John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15..
Bible readings for next Sunday
: Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17.

Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2014 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Waterloo, Ont.
Printed in the USA. 05-24-15