March 6, 2005

Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.
Lent: Imagine! A Secret Spring within You

March 6, 2005

Gathering in Christ's name

Call to worship
Leader: Come out of the darkness! Now in the Lord you are light!
People: We will live as children of light.
Leader: The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. Those who love their brothers or sisters live in the light.
People: This I do know, that once I was blind and now I can see.
ALL: O Lord, you are great and do marvelous deeds.

Prayer of Invocation
Hymns HWB 70
HWB 216

Scripture reading 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23
Prayer of confession
Children's Story
Hymn HWB 559

Hearing

Scriptures John 9:1-41; Ephesians 5:8-14
Sermon The Momentum of Hope
Hymn of Response HWB 545

Responding

Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Offering
Announcements
Hymn HWB 563
Benediction

Today

Worship Leader: Maren Tyedmers Hange
Music: Jeff Myers, Alderfers
Sermon: Roy Hange
Nursery: Youth
Children's Church: Youth
Scripture readers: Anne D., Joyce H., Alan H.

Announcements

CMC's annual Agape Meal will be held on Maundy Thursday, March 24 at 6:30 p.m. If you would like to provide soup, bread or fresh fruit, please sign up on the bulletin board in the foyer.

Our church is sponsoring a table at the Annual Love INC Banquet. The banquet is Friday, March 18 from 6:30-9:00 at the Omni Hotel. The speaker will be Robert Odom, National President of Love INC. The cost of the event is a donation. Please let Joyce Hutchinson know if you would like to attend.

The Annual VMRC Auxiliary Auction and Meal is scheduled for Friday, March 18 in Detwiler Auditorium on the VMRC campus. We are in need of items to auction. Suggestions include: handcrafted wooden items, antiques, quilts, furniture, gift certificates, etc. Be creative! All proceeds benefit the VMRC community and will be used this year to fund a wheelchair accessible van. If you have any questions your may contact your VMRC Auxiliary representative or Evie Leichty at 433-4956.

EMU's Young Person's Christian Association (YPCA) invites you to a night of great music to benefit a great cause. Two a cappella musical groups, Sons of the Day and Shekinah, will perform at Park View Mennonite Church on Thursday, March 17, at 7:00 p.m. Though admission to the concert is free, it is a fundraiser. All donations received will support YPCA's many ministries both on and off the EMU campus.

Interested in becoming a Host Home for the Runaway Emergency Services Program (RESP) of Children, Youth, and Family Services? Want to be a Youth Companion to young persons (ages 11-18) while the youth and his/her family receive counseling? To volunteer for either program or to get more information, please call 292-SAFE (7233)

Prayers and Praises

Mennonite Mission Network: Pray that the witness of love, even without spoken words, given by Christian brothers and sisters to victims of the tsunami in South Asia will impact people. Also pray that Christians will be both diligent and wise as they seek ways to share verbally of God's love.

VMBM: Krista Swartzentruber touches the lives of the youngest students at the Maranatha School for the Deaf in Jamaica every school day. She is the hands and feet of Christ in this setting. May she find the patience and love that is needed for this task.

Pray for the local services for people in need: Love Inc., Shelter for Help in Emergency, Food Bank, Salvation Army, CAISC -a justice ministry and PACEM - the initiative for the homeless.

Pray for those within our CMC family:
~Upton family as Logan continues to recover
~ Matt Nissley and his YES team in Peru.
~ Jim Parks as he recuperates from knee surgery.
~ Those devastated by the Tsunami in Asia and Africa.