“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

Song Leader: Joe Shenk
Worship Leader: Garlan Yoder

Sermon:
Pastor Kevin Gasser

Announcements

Today’s offering will be divided evenly between Virginia Mennonite Conference and Virginia Mennonite Missions.

The annual Fall Harvest Party will be held this afternoon at the Huyard Farm. All who are available immediately after church are encouraged to bring packed lunches and help prepare the Brunswick stew. Please bring knives, cutting boards, a side dish and ingredients (list available on the bulletin board) as well as lawn chairs. We hope the stew will be ready around 4:00pm. Also, remember to bring empty jars for leftover stew and jugs for cider!

Mary Baldwin University and the Temple House of Israel synagogue invite you to a free screening of the movie “Rosenwald,” which depicts the life of Julius Rosenwald as he established over 5,000 schools for underprivileged children in the United States. The documentary will be shown in MBU’s Francis Auditorium on November 16, beginning at 6:45 pm. A time for questions and answers will follow.

The Mennonite Women of Staunton annual Christmas party will be held on December 6. More details to come later.
 

Please pray for:

• For Leah Huyard, as she travels for college visits the next few weeks.

• The ongoing struggles in the Middle East.

• The transfer of power in the United States

Luke 21:9, “When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”

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.

Steadfast love and faithfulness Gathering Call to Worship: Come, now is the time to worship. Come, this is the time to give our hearts. Come, let us offer new songs of praise to the One who has done marvelous things. Opening Prayer: Holy God, you are not confined to the past; you are not limited to distant places of space or time. Your steadfast love is fresh each day; your faithfulness has no expiration date. Here and now, we offer you our worship. May our lips and our lives proclaim your praises. Amen. Offering Forgive us, O Christ, for those times when we have considered this part of our service an obligation—a necessary interruption to pay the bills. This small offering reminds us of your great offering, given for our sakes and for the sake of the world. By your constant faithfulness and steadfast love, the power of sin and death has been broken. We have been set free! We give with joy because you have given so very much. Amen. Sending Leader: Precious Lord, as we leave this time and this place, we ask that you take our hand. People: By your faithfulness and steadfast love guide us, All: so that your healing and hope may flow through us to the world. Amen. —Harold Schlegel, Morden, Manitoba Bible readings for today: Malachi 4:1-2a; Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19. Bible readings for next Sunday: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 46; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2016 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont. Printed in the USA. November 13, 2016. Photo © 2016 David Radcliff. Used by permission.