“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Glenn Zendt
*Worship Leader: Sonya Gasser
*Accompanist: Sandy Carter

 *Message: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

There are Youth Bulletins available at the front door for children to use during the worship service. These bulletins include activities for children ages 3-6 and 7-12. Please see Marlene for details.

If you still have Christmas cards, please consider sending one to Jordan Strickland. The holidays can be especially lonely, let’s show Jordan we continue to think about him and keep him in our prayers!

Jordan Strickland #1200445
River North Correctional Center
329 Dell Brook Lane
Independence, VA 24348

Please pray for:

• Our church family as we begin the new year!
• Norma’s nephew, Wayne Wentworth, and his family as they deal with

  discouraging news about his cancer.

Luke 2:45-46, “When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.”

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.

Praise him Call to Worship Leader: Praise the Lord, sing praise all the heights! People: Praise God, sun and moon. Sing praise, all you shining stars! Leader: Praise God, all the earth. Sing praise, all fruit trees and hills! People: Praise God, all you animals. Sing praise, creeping things and flying birds! All: Young men and women alike, old and young together, let all that has life and breath praise God! Praying Today, O God, the soles of your feet have touched the earth. Today, the back street, the forgotten place, have been lit up with significance. Today, the households of earth welcome the King of heaven. For you have come among us, you are one of us. So may our songs rise to surround your throne as our knees bend to salute your cradle. Amen. —adapted from Sing the Story #130 Sending As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, let us put on clothes of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. And may Christ’s peace rule in our hearts so that whatever we do, in word or deed, we will do in Christ’s name. Today is the fifth Sunday of Advent. Advent–Epiphany worship resources are produced cooperatively by Mennonite Church Canada Formation, the Denominational Ministry of Mennonite Church USA, and Leader magazine. Bible readings for today: 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Psalm 148; Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:41-52. Bible readings for next Sunday: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 147:12-20; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 1:(1-9), 10-18; or Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2015 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont. Cover design by Paul Stocksdale; © 2015 Church of the Brethren. Printed in the USA. 12-27-15