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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”

  August 16, 2015 No.33 Vol. XLIX
 
 

 

9:30 Sunday School

“A Persecuted People” – led by Kevin Gasser

10:30 Worship Service

We Gather

Gathering Song
Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer

We Praise

Congregational Singing
Offering/Offertory
Back-to-School Blessing
Children’s Time

We Hear

Scripture Reading: Ephesians 4:25-5:2
Sermon: Kindergarten Christianity

We Respond

Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time
Hymn of Response
Benediction

Today's Leaders

 
 

*Song Leader: Susan Huyard
*Worship Leader: Dwight Huyard

Message: Kevin Gasser

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Announcements

Kevin will be teaching the adult Sunday school class August 23, and 30. Each week Kevin will email an adapted version of a section from his thesis for review. If you wish to participate in the discussion or would just like to be included on the email list, please let Kevin know today.

Next Sunday there will be a big event after church that you won’t want to miss! There will be a picnic lunch at Sherando Lake, followed by a baptism service. After the baptism there will be a guided hike led by our botanist-in-residence, Kadrin Anderson. Please bring your own lunches, swimming, and hiking gear.

Waynesboro Mennonite will host a district-wide “Family Fun” event on August 29 from 1-8:30 pm in their church pavilion. There will be a carry-in meal, games, and live music. Please see the bulletin board or Garlan for more information.

Save the dates: Applesauce making, September 8 and 18; Apple butter boiling, September 12 and 19. More information to come.

Please pray for:

  • Our church families as they return to school.

  • AD Strickland, recovering from an infection in his heart.

  • Joyce Showalter as she heals at home from shoulder surgery.

 

Ephesians 5:15, “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise.”

Staunton Mennonite Church

Photo by A. D. Strickland

Sunday, August 9, 2015
Worship Attendance ~ 37
Offering - $1,201.00
 

Next Sunday, August 23, 2015
Sunday School - Kevin Gasser
Worship Leader - Garlan Yoder
Music Leader - Glenn Zendt

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.

 

Seek peace, and pursue it

Gathering

Wisdom invites us to her table. She calls us to live and walk in
the way of insight. The Lord calls us to fear him, for those who
seek the Lord lack no good thing. Jesus offers us the bread of
his broken body and the drink of his shed blood. All who accept
his sacrifice will be filled with his Spirit.
Come to the table set for you. Abide in Jesus and he will
abide in you!

Witnessing

Leader: When you face a school bully and are pressured
to fight back, what will you do?
Children/youth: We will seek peace and run after it!
Leader: When political leaders call on you to fight
with military power, how will you demonstrate
your loyalty to Christ?
Younger adults: We will search for peace and maintain it!
Leader: When it seems like you are alone in your
prayers for peace, how will you express hope?
Older adults: We will strive for peace and promote it!
Leader: When human greed and violence destroy
the good earth God gave us to steward, how
will you live as God’s created and redeemed
children?
All: We will seek peace and pursue it!

Praying

God of all wisdom and life, you have called us to turn from
evil and do good, to seek peace and proclaim it to this hurting
world. Guide us as we search for peace and make us both bold
and joyful as we pursue our calling to represent Christ to our
world. Amen.
—Susan Miller, Hesston, Kansas

Bible readings for today: 1 Kings 19:4-8; Psalm 34:1-8; Ephesians 4:25–5:2;
John 6:35, 41-51.
Bible readings for next Sunday:
Proverbs 9:1-6; Psalm 34:9-14;
Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58.

Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2014 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Waterloo, Ont.
Printed in the USA. 08-16-15