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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”

  January 17, 2016 No.3 Vol. L
 
 

 

9:30 Sunday School

“An Unfaithful Bride,” led by Dwight Huyard

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: Luke 22:35-38; 47-51
Sermon: “Swords, daggers, and guns”

We Respond

Congregational Prayer Time
Closing Hymn
Benediction

Today's Leaders

 
 

*Song Leader: Joe Shenk
*Worship Leader: Tate Love

 *Message: Kevin Gasser

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Announcements

There are Youth Bulletins available at the front door for children to use during the worship service. These bulletins include activities for children ages 3-6 and 7-12.

The Women’s Care Group will meet this Wednesday, January 20, 7:00 pm, at Kathy’s home.

There will be a carry-in fellowship meal next Sunday, January 24, after the church service. Please bring a dish or two to share with friends.

Please pray for:

• A D’s son-in-law, Hunter, as he recovers from kidney transplant surgery.
• Marvin Showalter as he anticipates bilateral knee surgery later this month.

 


Luke 22:36, “He said to them, ‘But now if you have a purse, take it, and
also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.’”

Staunton Mennonite Church

Photo by A. D. Strickland

Sunday, January 10, 2016
Worship Attendance ~ 44
Offering - 1,182.00

Next Sunday, January 24, 2016
Sunday School - Garlan Yoder
Worship Leader -  Lois Sell
Music Leader - Glen 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.

 

You are precious in my sight

Gathering (Psalm 36:5-10 NIV)

Leader: Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness
to the skies.
People: Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your
justice like the great deep.
Leader: How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take
refuge in the shadow of your wings.
People: They feast on the abundance of your house; you give
them drink from the river of delights.
All: For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see
light.

Offering

In gratitude and as a response for the many gifts you have provided
for us, we offer you ourselves, and all that we have. Use
our financial gifts, we pray, as a means of expanding your good
news to a world that is desperately seeking purpose and hope.
By your Holy Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each
other, and one in ministry to the world. Through Jesus Christ
our Lord and Savior. Amen.

Sending (1 Peter 4:8-10 ESV)

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers
a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without
grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another,
as good stewards of God’s varied grace. — Beryl Jantzi, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Today is Stewardship Sunday. Everence is the stewardship agency of Mennonite
Church USA, and Beryl Jantzi is the director of stewardship education. The mission of Everence is to help members of the church integrate their faith and values with their finances, doing better together.

Bible readings for today: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 36:5-10; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11.

Bible readings for next Sunday: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a;
Luke 4:14-21.

Mennonite Worship Bulletins © 2015 MennoMedia, Harrisonburg, Va., and Kitchener, Ont.
Cover design by Paul Stocksdale; © 2015 Church of the Brethren. Printed in the USA. 1-17-16