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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”

  October 25, 2015 No.43 Vol. XLIX
 
 

 

9:30 Sunday School

“Trusting the Spirit,” led by Danny Weaver

10:30 Worship Service

We Gather

Gathering Song
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer

We Praise

Congregational Singing -
Offering/Offertory
Children’s Time

We Hear

Scripture Reading: Mark 10:46-52
Sermon: “Seeing Jesus”

We Respond

Congregational Sharing/Prayer Time
Hymn of Response -
Benediction

Today's Leaders

 
 

*Song Leader: Glenn Zendt
*Worship Leader:Glenn Zendt
*Scripture Reader: Isaac Huyard

 *Message: Kevin Gasser

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Announcements

There will be a Prayer Meeting this Wednesday at 7:00 pm.

Please consider donating from a list of items for Thanksgiving boxes to be distributed by the Valley Mission. We will be collecting the nonperishable foods at the front of the sanctuary through November 15.

The annual Mennonite Women of Virginia Retreat will be held October 31-November 1 at Massanetta Springs Resort. Sharon Clymer Landis, co-author of The Spacious Heart: Room for Spiritual Awakening, will be sharing on the theme “Our Stories, God’s Story.”

Please pray for:

• Florence Showalter as she celebrates her 80th birthday!
• The people of Mexico affected by Hurricane Patricia.

 

Mark 10:47, “When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,
he began to shout, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’”

Staunton Mennonite Church

Photo by A. D. Strickland

Sunday, October 18, 2015
Worship Attendance ~ 43
Offering - $1,100.10
 

Next Sunday, November 1, 2015
Sunday School - Garlan Yoder
Worship Leader - Susan 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.

 

Take heart; get up, he is calling you

Gathering/Call to Worship

Leader: Sing aloud with gladness. Proclaim and give praise!
People: We come before God, a people struggling to live lives
of faithfulness.
Leader: The Lord our God has gathered us. With weeping we
draw near, and with wonder we sing God’s praise.
People: Let our mouths be filled with laughter and our tongues
shout with joy. For the Lord does great things!

Confessing/Reconciling

Forgiving and ever-present God, we confess our human
arrogance and the blind spots in our faith where we fail to put
our trust in you. We acknowledge our tendencies to quiet those
who respond to Jesus differently from ourselves. Forgive us as
we sing your praises while failing to listen to the heartbreak
of our neighbors. Help us, O God, to remember your peoples’
story in our everyday living; to apply the wisdom of our spiritual
ancestors to the problems of today; to create in us hearts
that are always open to others. Amen.

Sending

Leader: Holy Spirit, walk with us each day as we encounter
people striving for meaning.
People: We stand before you with open hands ready to accept
your wisdom.
Leader: Send us to our neighbors, willing to share your good
news.
All: Dwell in us. Energize and renew us with your love so
that we may take heart and share what Jesus is offering
to all people. Amen.
—Korey Dyck, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Today is Mennonite Heritage Sunday. The Mennonite Heritage Centre’s Archives
and Art Gallery are ministry programs of Mennonite Church Canada located in
Winnipeg, Manitoba. The archives’ mandate is to collect, preserve, and make accessible
stories of faith from an Anabaptist/ Mennonite perspective.

Bible readings for today: Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalm 126; Hebrews 7:23-28;
Mark 10:46-52.

Bible readings for next Sunday: Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Psalm 119:1-8; Hebrews
9:11-14; Mark 12:28-34; or Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 24; Revelation 21:1-6a; John 11:32-44.

Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2014 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Waterloo, Ont.
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