January 22, 2006

Call to Worship Psalm 62: 5-12
Leader: Let our hearts wait silently for God,
since God is our hope of deliverance
People: God alone is our rock and our salvation.
We shall not be shaken.
Leader: On God alone rests our deliverance and honor.
Our refuge is God.
People: Once God has spoken; twice have we heard this:
that power belongs to God; and true love, O Lord, is yours.
Leader: Let our hearts wait silently for God,
since God is our shelter and strength.
Prayer of Invocation

Hymns If You Believe and I Believe SJ 32
In the Rifted Rock HWB 526
Scripture Reading Mark 1:14-20
Children's Story
Hymn Just A Closer Walk With Thee SJ 106
(Children ages 3-6 are dismissed for Children's Church)

Hearing

Scripture Jonah 1: 1-3; 3:1-5,10; 4:1-5, 10-11
Sermon The Jonah Syndrome
Hymn Father I Stretch HWB 529

Responding

Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Offering/Hymn Praise God from Whom HWB 119
Announcements
Hymn Guide my feet HWB 546
Benediction

Today

Sermon: Roy Hange
Worship Leader: Maren Tyedmers Hange
Music: Jen Larson Sawin, Megan Mouberry
Nursery: Eubanks

Announcements

A new adult Sunday School class is starting today in the back, west corner of the sanctuary. This class will be studying the book of Amos. The adult class in the front of the sanctuary is studying the Uniform Series.

The Salvation Army Emergency Food Pantry is in need of food items following a busy holiday season. Please see Joyce Hutchinson for a list of items needed.

Sunday, February 5 Annual Alderfer Super Bowl Party
For those who love football and/or for those who enjoy fellowship
Check your mailboxes for more information.

Please have all bulletin information to Jeannine by noon on Thursday. Thanks!

The Student Lecture Series at EMU presents Jim Wallis, February 21, at 7 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium. Wallis, noted Christian advocate for social change, is a widely-traveled speaker and commentator on ethics and public life and founder and editor of "Sojourners" magazine; more information: www.emu.edu/sga; email: studentlectureseries@emu.edu; admission free.
VMRC Auxiliary is sponsoring a Spring Auction on March 17, 2006 at Detweiler Auditorium. Do you have anything- handmade wooden items, gift baskets, good antiques, baked goods, plants, etc., you are willing to donate? Please contact Evie Leichty at 433-4956 or Phyllis Ramer at 896-3971. Your support is appreciated.

2006 MCC Turkey Canning is scheduled for February 27-March 3 at the Mennonite Relief Center, Hinton, VA.Virginia Mennonite Conference is responsible to provide help on Tuesday, February 28. Help is needed from 5 a.m. until 11 p.m. each day. Friday, March 3 is scheduled as a community day and help is needed especially in the early morning. Anyone is welcome to come and help on any day! Funds are needed to purchase turkey for processing and for the ongoing operation of the Relief Center. If you would like to contribute to this project you can send a donation to the: Mennonite Relief Center, PO Box 519, Dayton, VA 22821, earmarked for the meat canning project. If you have any questions pertaining to this project you can contact Leon Rhodes at 540-867-9751 or Gerald Knicely at 540-879-2077. Thanks for your participation in this effort.

Prayers and Praises

VMBM: Willard and Eva Eberly, VMBM Mediterranean region director and assistant, have returned to Bari, Italy after several months of home leave in VA. They have given vision and support to God's mission beyond Italy and into the Balkans. While in the US, they often visited persons to consider God's call to serve in this area. Is He calling you?

Mennonite Mission Network: The Service Adventure leaders' annual retreat will be held January 26-29 in San Antonio. Pray that this may be a time of building relationships, prayerful support and rejuvenation as leaders gather together.

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.

~ The four hostages in Iraq who are from Christian Peacemaker Team, their families, their support teams (Tom Fox has informal connections to Northern Virginia Mennonite Church), CPT leadership Carol Rose and Doug Pritchard, the hostage takers, the negotiators and everyone who is involved and affected by this.

Gathering in Christ's name

Hearing

Responding

Today

Announcements

Prayers and Praises