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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”

  February 5, 2017 No.6 Vol. LI
 
 

 

9:30 Sunday School

“Re-created to Live in Harmony,” led by Danny Weaver

10:30 Worship Service

We Gather

Opening Song - 599 HWB
Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer

We Praise

Congregational Singing - 580, 526, 336 HWB
Offering/Offertory

We Hear

Children’s Time
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:1-12
Sermon: “Mourning and Meekness”

We Respond

Congregational Prayer Time
Closing Hymn
Benediction

Today's Leaders

 
 

*Song Leader: Leah Huyard
*Worship Leader: Glenn Zendt
*Accompaniment: Sandy Carter

Pastor Kevin Gasser

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Announcements

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

The annual Highland Retreat benefit auction will be held Saturday, February 18 from 7:45-12:30 at Eastern Mennonite School. See the bulletin board for more information.

Isaac and Leah Huyard are currently raising funds to attend this summer’s Mennonite Church Youth Conference. The Huyards will be holding a babysitting fundraiser to allow parents with young children the opportunity to enjoy a Valentine’s Day date on Sunday, February 19, after church until 4. Please talk to Isaac or Leah for more information.

Please pray for:

• Ruth Duncan, as she anticipates shoulder surgery this week.
• Joyce Showalter, as she recovers from a broken ankle.
• The weak, the vulnerable, the forgotten, the broken, and the marginalized individuals in our
   society.


 

 


Psalm 37:10-11, “A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.”

Staunton Mennonite Church

Photo by A. D. Strickland

Sunday, January 29, 2017
Worship Attendance - 46
Offering - $1,510.00

Next Sunday, February 12, 2017
Sunday School - Glenn Zendt
Worship Leader -Marlene Wenger
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.

 

The glory of the Lord

Gathering

Come, you whose lamps are blazing,
and come, you whose lamps are dim.
Come, salty ones, and come, you whose lives are feeling bland.
Come worship the One who was, and is, and is to come,
our God who restores our lamps with oil,
our God who renews our saltiness,
so that together we may be a city alight with praise,
a city that makes known the glory of the Lord!

Confessing/Reconciling

Leader: God who sees the needs of the oppressed,
People: we confess that our piety, our prayers, and our habits are
empty without justice.
Leader: God who hears the cries of the workers, of the homeless,
of the hungry,
People: we confess our fear of risk, our fear of being made vulnerable
in the face of so much need.
Leader: Assure us again of your healing in our weakness, of your
abundance in our sharing and in our receiving.

Offering

Generous God, we offer back to you these gifts
to be used in service of your kingdom.
Accept our tithes and offerings,
you who satisfies our needs in parched places.
Accept our lives, too, as an offering
given in love and pleasing to you, by the Spirit
who guided your Son, our Lord, to freely give
his life for the shalom of the world. Amen.
—Katerina Friesen, Elkhart, Indiana

Bible readings for today: 58:1-9a, (9b-12); Psalm 112:1-9, (10); 1 Corinthians 2:1-12, (13-16);
Matthew 5:13-20.
Bible readings for next Sunday:
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 119:1-8; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9;
Matthew 5:21-37..

Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2016 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont.
Printed in the USA. February 5, 2017. Photo © 2016 David Radcliff. Used by permission.