“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Susan Huyard
*Worship Leader: Susan Huyard
*Offertory: The Huyards

 *Message: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

You are invited to a Wycliffe Associates dinner on November 14 at the Staunton Holiday Inn. This fundraising meal will be followed by a brief presentation from Wycliffe. There is a promotional flyer on the bulletin board providing additional information. Reservations can be made by contacting Glenn or Kathy Zendt.

Please consider donating from a list of items for Thanksgiving boxes to be distributed by the Valley Mission. We will be collecting the nonperishable foods at the front of the sanctuary through November 15.

Please pray for:

• The Virginia Mennonite Women’s Retreat, taking place right now!

Deuteronomy 6:4, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.”

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.

As a gift from the spring of the water of life Gathering/Call to Worship Leader: Come, experience the loving arms of a mighty God. People: We come, loving the Lord with all our heart. Leader: Come, giving to God all that burdens you this week. People: We come, knowing that God will give us peace. Leader: Come, where milk and honey flows for all people. People: We come, using our strength to gather in this place. Leader: Come, where the Spirit of God exists and the water of life is freely offered. People: We come, surrendering our whole being—heart, mind, soul, and strength in worship to God. All: Amen. Confessing/Reconciling Mighty and loving God, you bless those who are blameless and walk according to your ways. In our busyness, we may miss the nudge of your Holy Spirit to act in grace and love. Sometimes we act without considering the good of others. We seek you with all our heart but we don’t always obey. God, do not forsake your children and our unyielding hearts, but give to each of us your grace, mercy, and love. Amen. Sending Leader: Spirit of God, send us into our world with your greatest commandment written on our hearts and ready to share. All: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. And love your neighbor as yourself. —Sandy Miller, Goshen, Indiana November is Mission Month. Sandy Miller is director for Church Relations at Mennonite Mission Network. Mission Network seeks to lead, mobilize, and equip the church to participate in holistic witness to Jesus Christ, through partnerships, domestic service opportunities, and ministries in more than 58 countries. Bible readings for today: Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Psalm 119:1-8; Hebrews 9:11-14; Mark 12:28-34; or Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 24; Revelation 21:1-6a; John 11:32-44. Bible readings for next Sunday: 1 Kings 17:8-16; Psalm 146; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2014 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Waterloo, Ont. Printed in the USA. 11-01-15