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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
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“Love, Hope, and Light in the Community”

  March 13, 2016 No.11 Vol. L
 
 

 

9:30 Sunday School

“All Right Now,” led by Glenn Zendt

10:30 Worship Service

We Gather

Gathering Song
Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer

We Praise

Congregational Singing
Offering/Offertory
Children’s Time

We Hear

Scripture Reading: Philippians 3:4b-14
Sermon: “Leaving it behind”

We Respond

Congregational Prayer Time
Closing Hymn
Benediction

Today's Leaders

 
 

*Song Leader: Joe Shenk
*Worship Leader: Sylvia Yoder

 Message: Kevin Gasser

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Announcements

The Women’s Care Group will meet this Wednesday, 7:00pm, at Kathy’s home.

The annual Southern District Hymn Sing will be held March 20 at Springdale Mennonite, beginning at 6:00pm. This service will focus on “Hymns of Praise and Celebration of God’s Mission,” as we will hear musical selections from our congregations, as well as stories of local ministries affiliated with Virginia Mennonite Missions. Please bring a light snack to share after the service. A free-will offering will be taken for Virginia Mennonite Missions.

There will be a Maundy Thursday service at Staunton Mennonite on March 24 to celebrate the Lord’s Supper, read scripture, and join together in song. More information will be available next Sunday.

Staunton Mennonite Church will be altering our morning schedule on Easter Sunday, March 27. We will have a carry-in breakfast, beginning at 8:30, and the worship service will begin at 10:00. There will be no Sunday school on Easter, but if we finish breakfast early, we will plan to meet in the sanctuary to sing Easter hymns.

Did you receive a tax refund and don’t know what to do with it? We are trying to pay down the balance on our rental house and will be collecting additional funds through April 15. Please consider earmarking an extra donation for the rental property with “303 Grubert” in the memo line.

Please pray for:

• Sylvia’s parents, as they both deal with health concerns.
• Marvin Showalter as he heals from bilateral knee surgery.
• Our friends and family members traveling over spring break and the Easter holiday
 

 


Philippians 3:4-14; I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Staunton Mennonite Church

Photo by A. D. Strickland

Sunday, March 6, 2016
Worship Attendance ~ 36
Offering - $974.00

Next Sunday, March 20, 2016
Sunday School -  Dwight Huyard
Worship Leader - Leah Huyard
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.

 

The Lord has done great things

Call to Worship

Leader: The Lord is doing a new thing:
All: The Lord makes a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert!
Leader: The Lord forms us as a people
All: and we declare God’s praise!
Leader: The Lord has done great things for us!
All: And we rejoice!

 

Confessing/Reconciling

Leader: God of all who thirst,
our hearts are parched
from wandering in deserts
far from your life-giving springs.
Call us to your well.
All: Fill our cups with your grace.
Let your love overflow in our hearts,
and make us fully alive. Amen.

Assurance

Leader: The Lord continues to do great things for us,
and we shall rejoice.

Sending

May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy. May we perceive
the fragrance of the new thing God is doing in our world. Amen.

Lent–Easter worship resources are produced cooperatively by Mennonite Church
Canada Formation, the Denominational Ministry of Mennonite Church USA, and
Leader magazine. This year’s resources were written by a team from Mennonite
Church British Columbia of Mennonite Church Canada.

Bible readings for today: Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8.

Bible readings for next Sunday: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Luke 19:28-40; Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm
31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14–23:56 or Luke 23:1-49.

Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2015 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont.
Cover design by Paul Stocksdale; © 2015 Church of the Brethren. Printed in the USA. 3-13-16