“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Susan Huyard
*Worship Leader: Sylvia Yoder

 *Message: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

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

The final applebutter boiling event for this year’s Relief Sale will be all day long this Saturday, September 26, at Friendship Park in Stuarts Draft. See Nelson for details.

"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

James 4:2a, “You desire but do not have, so you kill.
You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight.”

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.

Sow in peace Gathering/Call to Worship Leader: Come, surrender yourself and worship the Lord. People: Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. Leader: The Lord is trustworthy—today, tomorrow, and forever. People: We lay aside our privilege and ambition and walk in God’s ways. Confessing/Reconciling Dear God, violence and power rule the world. You teach us to walk a different path, one of peace and mercy. At times it is difficult to walk this path and hear your voice with the clamor of the world ringing in our ears. Forgive us when we stray, and reconcile us to you, to ourselves, and to our neighbors. Give us the courage to be servants and peacemakers. Amen. Sending Leader: We leave this place inspired by the wisdom of the Spirit of God. People: We will seek the will of God in all things. Leader: We go to serve, not be served. We go to be last, not first. People: We will sow in peace, and reap the harvest of righteousness. — Jason Boone, Raleigh, North Carolina Today is International Day of Prayer for Peace. Jason Boone is the coordinating minister of the Peace and Justice Support Network, a partnership of Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Mission Network. It exists to support, encourage, and strengthen peace and justice across Mennonite Church USA. Bible readings for today: Jeremiah 11:18-20; Psalm 54; James 3:13–4:3, 7-8a; Mark 9:30-37. Bible readings for next Sunday: Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29; Psalm 19:7-14; James 5:13-20; Mark 9:38-50. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2014 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Waterloo, Ont. Printed in the USA. 09-20-15