“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Joe Shenk
*Worship Leader: Glenn Zendt

 *Message: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

The Women’s Care Group will meet this Wednesday at Kathy’s home beginning at 7:00 pm.

Join theologian, activist, blogger, and author Drew Hart at Eastern Mennonite University’s Martin Chapel February 18 at 7 pm and EMU Lehman Auditorium chapel February 19 at 10 am for a discussion on racial reconciliation and the work of the church. Both events are free and open to the public. Hart is the author of “Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism” published by Herald Press.

The annual meat canning for MCC will be February 22-26 at the Hinton Mennonite Relief Center. Virginia Mennonite Conference is responsible to provide help on Tuesday, February 23.

Please pray for:

• Marvin Showalter as he anticipates bilateral knee surgery later this month.

 

Romans 8:38-39, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

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.

Believe in your heart Call to Worship Leader: As we gather in this place, let us be drawn into the safety of the love of God. With the psalmist, we proclaim: All: You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” Confessing/Reconciling Provider God, we confess that we often forget that all we are and all we have comes from you. We forget that we can trust in you and rely on you in times of trial and temptation. Forgive our weakness and forgetfulness. Help us to lean on your lifegiving Word and to believe in your promise of reconciliation and eternal love. Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Amen. Assurance: God says, “Whenever you cry out to me, I’ll answer. I’ll be with you in troubling times. I’ll show you my salvation.” Sending May we carry this promise of God with us this week; Those who love me, I will deliver; I will protect those who know my name. When they call to me, I will answer them; I will be with them in trouble, I will rescue them and honor them. Lent–Easter worship resources are produced cooperatively by Mennonite Church Canada Formation, the Denominational Ministry of Mennonite Church USA, and Leader magazine. This year’s resources were written by a team from Mennonite Church British Columbia of Mennonite Church Canada. Bible readings for today: Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b- 13; Luke 4:1-13. Bible readings for next Sunday: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17–4:1; Luke 13:31-35 or Luke 9:28-36. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2015 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont. Cover design by Paul Stocksdale; © 2015 Church of the Brethren. Printed in the USA. 2-14-16