“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Susan Huyard
*Worship Leader: Glenn Zendt

 Message: Kevin Gasser

Announcements

Today we begin our sermon series on hell and life after death. If you miss a Sunday, please find the sermons at mennochurch.com as each sermon will build upon the previous one.

This Wednesday there will be a potato bar fundraiser for Leah Huyard’s trip with the Eastern Mennonite High School Touring Choir to Great Britain. Food will be served from 5:30-7:00 pm.

The Mennonite Women of Virginia Annual Missions Day event will be held Thursday, May 5, Mt. Clinton Mennonite Church, at 6 pm. To make a reservation for this free dinner please contact Dianna Lehman at 540-810-2706 or by email at: dianna.lehman@vmmissions.org.

Our offering next Sunday will be divided evenly between Virginia Mennonite Missions and Virginia Mennonite Conference.

Virginia Mennonite Missions' Auction & Family Missions Festival will be held May 13-14 at Eastern Mennonite School. There will be a meal Friday at 5:00 pm catered by Mennonite Hispanic Initiative ($10 plate), with a live auction following at 6:00. The fun continues on Saturday from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm. Visit booths highlighting work and workers around the world! There will be many children's' activities and fun things for all ages, including model airplanes, a soccer tournament, balloon animals, bouncy house, great music, and more!
 

Please pray for:

• Those affected by the fire in the National Park, including Ed Anderson as he works with
    the containment crews.
• Our students and teachers as they finish the school year.

Acts 23:6b-7, “‘My brothers, I am a Pharisee, descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.’ When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.”

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.

You are witnesses Affirming Faith Leader: If we love Jesus, we keep his Word. People: Jesus makes his home with us. Leader: God has sent the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name. The Spirit teaches us everything and reminds us of Jesus’ words. People: Jesus gives us his peace. Leader: Jesus does not give like the world gives. People: We will not let our hearts be troubled. We will not be afraid. All: Jesus, we believe. Offering Lord of all good gifts, you call us to share both good news and resources as your witnesses. Just as you called Paul to proclaim the gospel in Macedonia, give us a vision for sharing your good news with those who long to hear it. Open our hearts and our hands as you did Lydia’s, so we might give Sending May God be gracious to us and bless us. May the face of God shine upon us, not for our glory, but so that God’s saving power might be known among all nations. Let all peoples praise God! Let the ends of the earth revere the Lord. - Sarah Bixler, Princeton, New Jersey Today is Many People’s Sunday, a day that emphasizes the multicultural and multiracial nature of the Mennonite church. Bible readings for today: Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22–22:5; John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9; or Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47 or Psalm 93; Ephesians 1:15-23; Luke 24:44-53. Bible readings for next Sunday: Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2015 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont. Cover design by Paul Stocksdale; © 2015 Church of the Brethren. Printed in the USA. 5-1-16