“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Joe Shenk
*Worship Leader: Lois Sell

 Message: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

Church Council will meet this Wednesday at 7:00. Devotions: Glenn.

There will be a church cleaning day on April 23rd, from 9 am until it is all done! Please bring cleaning supplies and a good work ethic. Lunch will be provided.

Did you receive a tax refund and don’t know what to do with it? We are trying to pay down the balance on our rental house and will be collecting additional funds through April 15. Please consider earmarking an extra donation for the rental property with “303 Grubert” in the memo line.

Please pray for:

• Gary Mules, recovering after an auto accident.

• Lowell and Marlene as they attend the parent/child dedication of their grandson Ezra today
   in Harrisonburg.

Acts 9:17, “Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, ‘Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

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.

So that my soul may praise you Confessing/Reconciling On the Damascus Road, Jesus said to Saul, “Why do you persecute me?” Jesus identified with the suffering believers. Believers still suffer today, and Jesus still identifies with them. Are we the suffering? Or are we part of the violence done to believers? (silence) May the Lord provide an Ananias for us when our eyes are clouded with scales, so that we, with Paul, regain our sight and proclaim Jesus as the Son of God. Prayer Leader: O Lord, in our distress we cry to you for help, when the life is draining out of us, we know we need you. If we die, who will tell of your faithfulness? People: Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Leader: Turn our mourning into dancing; take off our sackcloth and clothe us with joy so that we may praise you and not be silent. All: O Lord our God, we will give thanks to you forever. Amen. Offering In times of lack, we despair about not having enough, but Jesus comes to us and there is abundance for all. Let us cast our nets on the other side of worry and follow the risen Lord! —Diane Zaerr Brenneman, Wellman, Iowa Bible readings for today: Acts 9:1-6, (7-20); Psalm 30; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19. Bible readings for next Sunday: Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30.1:1-19. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2015 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont. Cover design by Paul Stocksdale; © 2015 Church of the Brethren. Printed in the USA. 4-10-16