“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Glenn Zendt
*Worship Leader: Kadrin Anderson
*Sermon: Martin Rhodes

 Pastor Kevin Gasser

Announcements

Today we welcome Martin Rhodes to our worship service. Martin is the Short-term Missions Coach and Ministry Support Teams Coach for Virginia Mennonite Missions.

Eastern Mennonite School will present The Pirates of Penzance October 20-23. Please see Leah Huyard or the bulletin board for more information.

David and Grace Shenk, Andres Prins and Sheryl Martin, members of the EMM Christian/Muslim Relations Team, will present at a public forum at 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 27, in Martin Chapel (Eastern Mennonite Seminary). The goal of the forum is to be better equipped to know, love, and share Jesus with Muslim members of our community.

The 15th annual Festival of Praise benefiting Virginia Mennonite Missions will be held at Eastern Mennonite High School on November 6, beginning at 4pm.

Just Jazzin’ for the Valley Mission, the annual fundraiser featuring food, music, and a silent auction, will be held November 10, from 6:30-9pm. Please see the bulletin board from more information.

The annual Fall Harvest Party will be held on November 13 at the Huyard Farm. Please note the date change.

Please pray for:

• For those affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Luke 17:5-10 New International Version (NIV)

5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

6 He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

7 “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? 8 Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? 9 Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

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.

The Lord is your keeper Gathering Leader: Lift up your eyes to the hills— People: from where does my help come? Leader: Lift up your eyes to the hills— People: my help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. Leader: Lift up your eyes to the hills— All: the Lord is my keeper; praise the Lord! Offering Holy Lord, we have set aside this time, the first part of the first day of the week, to declare that you are first in your lives. Bless this offering of our time and our treasure. Your kingdom come; your will be done in our l Sending As you go out from here, be assured that the Lord is your keeper. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forth and even forevermore. Amen. —Harold Schlegel, Morden, Manitoba Bible readings for today: Genesis 32:22-31; Psalm 121; 2 Timothy 3:14–4:5; Luke 18:1-8. Bible readings for next Sunday: Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22; Psalm 84:1-7; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2015 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont. Cover design by Paul Stocksdale; © 2015 Church of the Brethren. Printed in the USA. 10-16-16