“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Glenn Zendt
*Worship Leader: Dwight Huyard
*Children’s Time: Tate Love
*Sermon: Beryl Jantzi

 Pastor: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

Today we welcome Beryl Jantzi to our worship service. Beryl is the Southern District Minister and the Director of Stewardship Education for Everence.

There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board for those who would like to provide a meal for Marvin and Florence Showalter. Please call Marvin at 540-943-2136 to arrange delivery of the meal.

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.

There will be a carry-in fellowship meal next Sunday following the morning worship service. Please bring a dish or two to share.

The adult Sunday school class will begin studying the book All Right Now by Timothy Geddert next Sunday. Please read chapter 1 in advance.

Please pray for:

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

• Peggy Blosser as she heals at home following a mini stroke.

Matthew 6:24, ““No one can serve two masters.
Either you will hate the one and love the other, or
you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve both God and money.”

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.

Seek God’s face Call to Worship Leader: The Lord is our light and our salvation: whom shall we fear? All: The Lord is the stronghold of our lives; of whom shall we be afraid? Leader: One thing we ask of the Lord, one thing we seek; All: We seek to live in the house of the Lord all the days of our lives, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in the Lord’s temple. Confessing/Reconciling All: Hear, O Lord, when we cry aloud. Be gracious to us and answer us. Do not turn your servants away in anger, you who have been our help. Do not cast us off. Do not forsake us, O God of our salvation! (silence) All: Teach us your way, O Lord, and lead us on a level path. Leader: God invites us to believe that you shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Sending Go out from here believing that we shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Be strong, take courage, and wait for the Lord. 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: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17–4:1; Luke 13:31-35 or Luke 9:28-36. Bible readings for next Sunday: Isaiah 55:1-9; Psalm 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2015 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont. Cover design by Paul Stocksdale; © 2015 Church of the Brethren. Printed in the USA. 2-21-16