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You
are precious in my sight
Gathering
(Psalm 36:5-10 NIV)
Leader: Your love,
Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness
to the skies.
People: Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your
justice like the great deep.
Leader: How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take
refuge in the shadow of your wings.
People: They feast on the abundance of your house; you give
them drink from the river of delights.
All: For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see
light.
Offering
In gratitude and as a response for the many gifts you have provided
for us, we offer you ourselves, and all that we have. Use
our financial gifts, we pray, as a means of expanding your good
news to a world that is desperately seeking purpose and hope.
By your Holy Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each
other, and one in ministry to the world. Through Jesus Christ
our Lord and Savior. Amen.
Sending
(1 Peter 4:8-10 ESV)
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers
a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without
grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another,
as good stewards of God’s varied grace. — Beryl Jantzi, Harrisonburg,
Virginia
Today is Stewardship Sunday. Everence is the stewardship agency of
Mennonite
Church USA, and Beryl Jantzi is the director of stewardship education. The
mission of Everence is to help members of the church integrate their faith
and values with their finances, doing better together.
Bible readings for today: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 36:5-10; 1
Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11.
Bible readings for next Sunday: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm
19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a;
Luke 4:14-21.
Mennonite
Worship Bulletins © 2015 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener,
Ont.
Cover design by Paul Stocksdale; © 2015 Church of the Brethren. Printed in
the USA. 1-17-16
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