Staunton Mennonite Church

2405 3rd St - Staunton, VA 24401 - 540 886-5869
Office hours Monday and Friday, 9am until 1pm
Pastor: Kevin Gasser    smcpastor@verizon.net   540 292-4507
Elder: Glenn Zendt - 886-3550
 

“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

June 22, 2014 No. 25 Vol. XLVlII

Greeters for March:
Danny & Frances Weaver

Nursery this week:
Sylvia/Frances

Next week:
Huyards

 

9:30 SUNDAY SCHOOL

“Hope for a New Day” – led by Danny Weaver

10:30 WORSHIP Service

We Gather

Gathering Song - 9 MH
Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer

We Praise

Congregational Singing 557 MH, 310 MH, 558 MH
Offering/Offertory

We Hear

Children’s Time
Scripture Reading: Galatians 2:15-20
Message: “The Vital Link

We Respond

Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time
Closing Song  644 MH
Benediction

Today's Leaders

*Song Leader: Garlan Yoder
*Worship leader: Danny Weaver
*Children’s Time: Glenn and Kathy Zendt
*Message: Dennis Kuhns

Announcements

Today we welcome Dennis Kuhns as our speaker for the worship service. Dennis and his wife, Edith, are preparing for over-seas mission this fall.

There will be a Prayer Meeting at Staunton Mennonite this Wednesday beginning at 7:30 pm.

Our church children have been invited to participate in Vacation Bible School at Lynside Mennonite June 26-29, 6:30pm. Please see Kevin for more details.

There will be a carry-in fellowship meal following next Sunday’s worship service. Please bring a dish or two to share.

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

Save the date: July 15th will be our annual ice cream social at the park!

Please Prayer For:

  • Pam Humphries, healing at UVa after open-heart surgery.

  • Those traveling this summer.

Galatians 2:16, “… a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ.

Staunton Mennonite Church

Photo by A. D. Strickland

Sunday, June 15, 2014
Worship Attendance ~ 55
Offering ~ $1,600.80

Next Sunday, June 29, 2014
Sunday School - Dwight Huyard
Worship Leader - Sonya Gasser
Music Leader - Joe Shenk

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.

 

Draw near to me

Call to Worship

Leader: We gather in the presence of God,
Men: filled with longing and sadness,
Women: filled with hope and joy.
All: We gather as a worshiping people
and as a family of faith.

Opening Praying

God, we come into this place of worship and gather as your
people. We give thanks for your presence with us. We hope to
learn anew how best to be your people. To you we pray, our
Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen.

Sending

May you go refreshed from our worship together,
inspired to be a blessing to those you meet,
nourished by the gifts of the Spirit. Amen.
—Eleanor Epp-Stobbe, Waterloo, Onta

Bible readings for today: Jeremiah 20:7-13; Psalm 69:7-10, (11-15), 16-18 (18); Romans 6:1b-11;
Matthew 10:24-39.
Bible readings for next Sunday: Jeremiah 28:5-9; Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18; Romans 6:12-23;
Matthew 10:40-42 (42).