“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Susan Huyard
*Worship Leader: Dwight Huyard

 *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.

There are still plenty of 2016 calendars available. Feel free to take some to share with friends and family.

If you have not yet taken a poinsettia home from the front

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.

Matthew 2:11, “On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him.”

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.

The true light Call to Worship Leader: Arise, shine; your light has come. People: God’s glory has risen upon us. Leader: Even if darkness should cover the earth, deep darkness cover the peoples, People: nations shall come to your light, kings to the brightness of your dawn. Leader: Nothing can hide God’s glorious light. All: Let us look to God and be radiant. Let us reflect the brightness of this dawning. Praying O God, the source of all insight, whose coming was revealed to the nations not among men of power but on a woman’s lap, give us grace to see you where you may be found. Like the magi of old, we bring our gifts to you. We offer what gifts we have to you in their variety, that they may be used in your service. Amen. - adapted from Sing the Story #139, #140 Sending People of God, let your light shine. The light of Christ is in you and among you, guiding you and blessing you, now and always. Amen. Today is Epiphany Sunday. 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: 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. Bible readings for next Sunday: for next Sunday: Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2015 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont. Cover design by Paul Stocksdale; © 2015 Church of the Brethren. Printed in the USA. 1-3-16