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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”

  October 4, 2015 No.40 Vol. XLIX
 
 

 

9:30 Sunday School

“The Spirit is Not For Sale,” led by Garlan Yoder

10:30 Worship Service

We Gather

Gathering Song - 14 StJ
Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer

We Praise

Congregational Singing - 11, 376, 377 (HWB)
Offering/Offertory
Children’s Time

We Hear

Scripture Reading: James 5:13-20
Sermon: “Anointed Prayer”

We Respond

Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time
Hymn of Response - 75 StJ
Benediction

Today's Leaders

 
 

*Song Leader: Susan Huyard
*Worship Leader: Marlene Wenger

 *Message: Kevin Gasser

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Announcements

Congratulations to Kadrin and Ed Anderson on the birth of their daughter Eleanor Sophie! Eleanor was born on Wednesday and weighed in at 7 lb, 15 oz.

You can donate money directly to Mennonite Central Committee’s relief efforts for the refugees of Syria and Iraq. Simply follow the link below. Any amount is appreciated!
http://mcc.org/learn/more/syria-iraq-crisis-response

Save the date: The annual Fall Harvest Party will be held at the Huyard farm on October 24. The Brunswick Stew is going on the fire early and we will plan to eat around 1:00 pm. If you plan to come, please talk to Susan or Kathy to determine what food you can bring.

Please pray for:

• The Anderson family as they transition to life as a family of four.
• Those affected by the shooting in Oregon.
• The refugee crisis in Europe.

 

James 5:16b, “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”

Staunton Mennonite Church

Photo by A. D. Strickland

Sunday, September 27, 2015
Worship Attendance ~ 45
Offering - $1.887,00
 

Next Sunday, October 11, 2015
Sunday School - Glenn Zendt
Worship Leader - Dwight Huyard
Music Leader - Joe Shenk

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.

 

It is to such as these

Invocation

O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the
earth! When we look at the work of your cosmic fingers, we
wonder that you are mindful of us; that you care for us, such as
we are. We are filled with grateful awe that you long to commune
with us, your children. May this hour of worship be a
time of sweet communion with you, our Lord and gracious table
Host. Amen.

Confessing & Assurance

Leader: Lord Jesus Christ, too often we have failed to see ourselves
as your beloved children.
Left: Too often we have rejected those whom you embraced
and blessed, in whom you saw signs of your kingdom.

Right: Too often we have failed to follow the way to your reign on
earth as it is in heaven.
All: Gracious, table-serving, unifying Lord, forgive us. Forgive
us and help us worship and feast with contrite spirits.

Leader: We have this assurance: God, who has crowned us with
glory and honor, who has spoken to us by a Son, welcomes
us and offers us grace. This Son, Jesus Christ, offers
us the gift of his peace. Embrace and share this peace,
trust that the reconciling peace of Christ is at work in and
among us. Amen.

Benediction

Knowing Jesus blessed even powerless, trusting, and expectant
children, we now extend that blessing in God’s name. Accept
God’s blessed embrace, receive Jesus’ hands upon your head,
take your place at the welcoming table of God, and in childlike
faith, grow into God’s kingdom. Amen.
—Elsie H. R. Rempel, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Today is World Communion Sunday. Elsie H. R. Rempel wrote these resources for
Mennonite Church Canada, which seeks to engage the world with the reconciling
gospel of Jesus Christ by forming a people of God, becoming a global church, and
growing leaders for the church. More World Communion Sunday resources are
available from MC Canada at www.commonword.ca/go/97.

Bible readings for today: Genesis 2:18-24; Psalm 8, Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12;
Mark 10:2-16.
Bible readings for next Sunday:
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15; Psalm 90:12-17; Hebrews 4:12-16;
Mark 10:17-31.

Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2014 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Waterloo, Ont.
Printed in the USA. 10-04-15