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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”

  September 27, 2015 No.39 Vol. XLIX
 
 

 

9:30 Sunday School

“Remembering God’s Faithfulness,” led by Danny Weaver

10:30 Worship Service

We Gather

Gathering Song - 46 HWB
Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer

We Praise

Congregational Singing - 565, 578, 598 (HWB)
Offering/Offertory
Children’s Time

We Hear

Scripture Reading: Mark 9:38-50
Sermon: “Circles & Stumbling”

We Respond

Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time
Hymn of Response - 504 HWB
Benediction

Today's Leaders

 
 

*Song Leader: Glen nZendt
*Worship Leader: Kadrin Anderson

 *Message: John Stoltzfus

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Announcements

Today we welcome John Stoltzfus to our worship service. John has served as a pastor in Colorado and recently returned to live close to family in Virginia. He and his wife Brenda are employed at Stuarts Draft Christian Home. John is also a long-haul truck driver and enjoys making trips through the state of Ohio.

There are still plenty of opportunities to help with the Relief Sale this weekend, October 2-3! Baked goods always make a great donation and help is often needed at the auction and in food sales. The auction begins Friday night at 7:00 pm and resumes Saturday morning at 9:30 am.

You can donate money directly to Mennonite Central Committee’s relief efforts for the refugees of Syria and Iraq. Simply follow the link below. Any amount is appreciated!
http://mcc.org/learn/more/syria-iraq-crisis-response

Please pray for:

  • The refugee crisis in Europe

  • The Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale, taking place next weekend.

 

Mark 9:41, “Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.

Staunton Mennonite Church

Photo by A. D. Strickland

Sunday, September 20, 2015
Worship Attendance ~ 43
Offering - $816,00
 

Next Sunday, October 4, 2015
Sunday School - Garlan Yoder
Worship Leader - Marlene Wenger
Music Leader - Susan Huyard

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.

 

It is to such as these

Invocation

O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the
earth! When we look at the work of your cosmic fingers, we
wonder that you are mindful of us; that you care for us, such as
we are. We are filled with grateful awe that you long to commune
with us, your children. May this hour of worship be a
time of sweet communion with you, our Lord and gracious table
Host. Amen.

Confessing & Assurance

Leader: Lord Jesus Christ, too often we have failed to see ourselves
as your beloved children.
Left: Too often we have rejected those whom you embraced
and blessed, in whom you saw signs of your kingdom.

Right: Too often we have failed to follow the way to your reign on
earth as it is in heaven.
All: Gracious, table-serving, unifying Lord, forgive us. Forgive
us and help us worship and feast with contrite spirits.

Leader: We have this assurance: God, who has crowned us with
glory and honor, who has spoken to us by a Son, welcomes
us and offers us grace. This Son, Jesus Christ, offers
us the gift of his peace. Embrace and share this peace,
trust that the reconciling peace of Christ is at work in and
among us. Amen.

Benediction

Knowing Jesus blessed even powerless, trusting, and expectant
children, we now extend that blessing in God’s name. Accept
God’s blessed embrace, receive Jesus’ hands upon your head,
take your place at the welcoming table of God, and in childlike
faith, grow into God’s kingdom. Amen.
—Elsie H. R. Rempel, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Today is World Communion Sunday. Elsie H. R. Rempel wrote these resources for
Mennonite Church Canada, which seeks to engage the world with the reconciling
gospel of Jesus Christ by forming a people of God, becoming a global church, and
growing leaders for the church. More World Communion Sunday resources are
available from MC Canada at www.commonword.ca/go/97.

Bible readings for today: Genesis 2:18-24; Psalm 8, Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12;
Mark 10:2-16.
Bible readings for next Sunday:
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15; Psalm 90:12-17; Hebrews 4:12-16;
Mark 10:17-31.

Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2014 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Waterloo, Ont.
Printed in the USA. 09-27-15