“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

9:30 Sunday School

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Leah Huyard
*Worship Leader: Kathy Zendt

Pastor Kevin Gasser

Announcements

There are additional “Welcome your neighbors” signs available in the coat room. Feel free to take one for yourself or a friend.

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

There is a thank-you note on the bulletin board from Virginia Mennonite Missions for the alternative Christmas gift we provided for the church in Thailand.

Harrisonburg Mennonite Church is hosting a Thai meal and update from the Mark & Sarah Schoenhals family on what God is doing in Northeast Thailand. Enjoy food, music, dance, pictures and stories from Thailand, Friday, February 3, 2017, 6:00 p.m. Please RSVP to Loretta Hawkins at 540-433-2223 or lzh7@comcast.net by January 27.

Springdale Mennonite invites us to join in their School for Christian Living. Classes are Wednesday at 6:30 pm and run through February. Sessions will address the following questions (and others) through Bible study, discussion, and study of the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective and other resources:

• What do we mean by “believer’s baptism”?
• What is an appropriate age for baptism . . . 10, 16, 21?
• Why can’t someone be baptized without becoming a member?
• Is membership still a useful concept?
• What about inactive members?
• Should children be invited to receive communion?

Please pray for:

• Marlene’s niece, Carmen, and her three daughters, as Carmen undergoes
   brain surgery in Boston on Monday and Tuesday.

John 1:39, “He said to them, ‘Come and see.’ They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.”

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.

Come and see Gathering On this day of holy revealing, come and see the Lamb of God, who takes away sin, come and see the one upon whom the Spirit descended, come and see the one who baptized with the Spirit, come and see the one whom you are seeking. Witnessing Leader: We give witness People: to the Lord who hears our cries. Leader: We give witness People: to the Lord who lifts us up. Leader: We give witness People: to the Lord who gives a new song. Leader: We give witness People: to the Lord who helps us. All: We will speak of God’s faithfulness and delight in God’s will. Sending We have seen and we have heard of the faithfulness of our God. Go now and speak of these things to others. The grace of God is upon you. — Kathy Giesbrecht, Winnipeg, Manitoba Bible readings for today: Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40:1-11; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42. Bible readings for next Sunday: Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1, 4-9; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23. Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2016 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont. Printed in the USA. January 15, 2017. Photo © 2016 David Radcliff. Used by permission.