March 5, 2006

Call to Worship
Leader: Come, beloved children of God,
come and worship the Lord.
People: The Lord is merciful and good,
giving life to all creation.
All: We worship the Lord who loves us with an everlasting love love.
Leader: Make us to know your ways, O Lord;
teach us your paths. Lead us in your truth and teach us,
for you are the God of our salvation. Amen.
Prayer of Invocation
Hymns We Gather Together HWB 17
I Know the Lord
Scripture Genesis 9:8-17
Letter from God
Children's Story
Hymn What Wondrous Love HWB 530

Hearing

Scripture Mark 1:9-15; 1 Peter 3:18-22
Sermon And he was with the wild beasts
Hymn I'm Pressing On the Upward Way SJ 96
Prayer of Confession (based on Psalm 25)
Leader: God of mercy, we do not have the faith of Noah;
we have doubted your wisdom,
looking in all the wrong places for answers.
People: Lead us in your truth.
Leader: We have turned away from you,
pursuing our own ambitious goals.
People: Make us to know your ways.
Leader: We have heard your word but have often failed to
follow, choosing the course of convenience and ease.
All: Teach us your paths. Amen.
Words of Assurance
Leader: In relentless love, God established a covenant for all generations.
God provided salvation for Noah
and has lovingly provided a Savior for us-
God's own blessed Son, Jesus Christ.
Ritual of Blessing with water

Responding

Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Offering/Hymn Praise God from Whom HWB 119
Announcements
Hymn Lead Me Lord HWB 538
Benediction

Today

Sermon: Roy Hange
Worship Leader: Maren Tyedmers Hange
Music: Jen Larson Sawin, Alderfers
Nursery: Youth/Alderfers

Announcements

Mark your calendars for the Youth Mystery Dinner on March 25 at 5:30 p.m. for all adults who enjoy the unknown. Cost is $10.00 per person, Entertainment provided, Tickets can be purchased from Lois Alderfer DON'T WAIT! Your $10.00 ticket fee will cover the cost of your meal. Donations (tax deductible) made to CMC for the youth fund appreciated.

Stewardship Note: We are 75% through our fiscal year, and our current level of giving has enabled CMC to meet all its budget commitments. Thanks be to God and each of you for your faithful giving.

The annual fundraising banquet for Love Inc. will take place at 6:45 on Friday, March the 24th at the Park Street Baptist Church. The speaker is the same one who spoke last year and is a very interesting speaker. There is no charge. Pledges and donations are accepted at the close of the meeting. If you would like to attend, please let Gloria know this week. Contact her at 296-4989 or gloria.gredler@lexisnexis.com.

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

Prayers and Praises

VMBM: Today, in two sessions, our brothers and sisters in the Jamaica Mennonite Church are gathering for their 48th annual conference witheth theme "Revive Thy Work, O Lord." This highlight of the church year includes lively singing, powerful preaching, communion and dramas. May God give them a special portion of His Spirit today, and give them safety as they travel to and from Kingston.

Mennonite Mission Network: Mennonite Mission Network worker Anne Garber Kompaoré in Burkina Faso is doing research and making contacts regarding establishing a translation project in the major Burkina dialect of the Fulani language. Pray that this research will yield fruitful results.

Pray for the local services for people in need: Love Inc., Shelter for Help in Emergency, Food Bank, Salvation Army, IMPACT--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