“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Joe Shenk
*Worship Leader: Glenn Zendt
*Accompanist: Sandy Carter

Message: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

Many thanks to everyone who helped teach Sunday school during the 2014-15 church year! Your willingness to serve and share your time, gifts, and energy are greatly appreciated! -Marlene

The final applebutter boiling event for this year’s Relief Sale will be all day long this Saturday, September 19, at Friendship Park in Stuarts Draft. See Nelson for details.

You are invited to participate in the International Day of Prayer for Peace at the Gypsy Hill Bandstand next Sunday, September 20, from 4-5 pm. There will be music, drama, prayer, and children’s activities.

"Walking on Water: Trust that Jesus trusts YOU!" is the theme of VMC's Middle School One-Day Retreat, September 26, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm at Eastern Mennonite School. Rebekka Stutzman will be the featured speaker. Cost is $30 for the day. Please see Kevin to sign up.

We are in need of volunteers to serve as greeters before the Sunday school hour. If you are interested and available, please see Kevin

Please pray for:

• The refugee crisis in Europe

• Lennie Dale Showalter that she may find healing after the loss of vision in one eye.

James 3:9
“With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father,
and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.”

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.

Sustain the weary with a word Gathering Leader: God gives us the tongues of teachers, to speak words that sustain the weary. People: God wakens our minds, to listen with eagerness to learn. God opens our ears to hear God’s Word to obey and to not turn away. Leader: In the face of oppression and humiliation, we stand secure in God’s love. People: God is our helper. We will not be disgraced nor ashamed. All: Together we stand and affirm one another with words to encourage the weary. The Lord is our helper and our sustainer. Praying God, we come today in the midst of a new year of learning. Bless the students and teachers among us with open minds to learn, in school and church, and grant them patience and wisdom. We are mindful of you and the care with which you formed us with minds to think and mouths to speak. We pray that you ready our minds and hearts to learn; strengthen us with your words. May we encourage all we encounter to grow in love for you and for one another. For each person here we give you thanks. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Sending As we leave this place may we go with minds refreshed and strengthened for the week ahead. May God’s wisdom surround us as we join one another in faith. We go encouraged and strengthened to speak words to sustain the weary. - —Krista Allen, Goshen, Indiana Today is Christian Formation Sunday. MennoMedia, Mennonite Church Canada, and Mennonite Education Agency equip the church to experience and share the gospel from an Anabaptist perspective. Krista Allen is the director of communications for Mennonite Education Agency. Bible readings for today: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 116:1-9; James 3:1-12; Mark 8:27-38. Bible readings for next Sunday: Jeremiah 11:18-20; Psalm 54; James 3:13–4:3, 7-8a; Mark 9:30-37. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2014 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Waterloo, Ont. Printed in the USA. 09-13-15