October 1, 2006

Pre-service Music
Call to Worship STJ 122 & 137
Prayer of Invocation HWB 691
Hymns If You Believe and I Believe SJ 32
Joys are Flowing Like a River HWB 301
Children's Story
Hymn Take, O Take Me as I am SJ 81

Hearing

Scripture Mark 1:21-39
Sermon Got God's Rhythm?
Hymn They That Wait HWB 584

Responding

Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Offering/Hymn Praise God from Whom HWB 119
Announcements
Hymn God be with you HWB 430
Benediction

Today

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

Announcements

Please sign up for serving at our church's Funnel Cake Booth at the MCC relief sale next Saturday in Harrisonburg. The sign up sheet is on the bulletin board. There are plenty of spaces left.

Baptism classes after church on Oct 1, Oct 15, and Oct 22 upstairs in the Middler SS room led by Maren.

Want to reach out to the community? Like to Bake? Help Clark School at their Fun Fair by contributing baked goods. The Fun Fair is Saturday, Oct. 7 from 10-2. Our church will have a baked goods table their. Proceeds will benefit Clark Elementary School. See Joyce Hutchinson for details.

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

Mennonite Central Committee is calling for school kit donations. MCC needs thousands of school kits this fall to meet requests for shipments to countries including Jordan, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Kazakhstan. Many school kits have been delivered this past year to Iraq and Afghanistan, but many more are needed, and current supplies are very short. This is one of MCC's most-requested and most-appreciated items. Can you help?

On October 15, at 7:30 p.m., John Ruth, historian, storyteller, writer and filmmaker from Pennsylvania, will discuss the "Migration of Mennonites & Brethren from Pennsylvania to Virginia" at the Bridgewater Church of the Brethren, 420 College View Drive, Bridgewater, Va. The public is invited and donations will be accepted in support of the Valley Brethren-Mennonite (CrossRoads) Heritage Center.

You are invited to MennoFolk, October 13 & 14, 2006. This year's music festival will feature 15 national and local Mennonite folk artists including: Trent Wagler, Chuck Neufeld, Rachel Ries and Tim Shue. Concerts will take place in downtown Harrisonburg on Friday night from 7 - 11 pm and on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University on Saturday beginning at 4 pm. Tickets are $12 or $35 per family, children under 5 are free. Over the Rhine will close out the festival, under a separate $12 ticket ($8 if you have a Mennofolk festival ticket), in Lehman Auditorium at 8pm on Saturday. Seating is limited, get your tickets early by going: Online at www.emu.edu/boxoffice Phone: 540-432-4663 (M-F 10:30-2:30pm) In Person: The EMU Box Office, 1200 Park Road, University Commons or at Red Front grocery in Harrisonburg.

Prayers and Praises

VMBM: Luke Hoover, serving through VMBM's tranSend program, arrived in Nazareth Village, Israel last month. He is learning his roles and responsibilities in the unique place of witness and relates to a wide variety of people. Pray for him today.
Mennonite Mission Network: The Mennonite Voluntary Service staff and leaders of MVS units will gather Oct. 12-15 in Boulder, Colo., to make decisions on program policy for the coming years. Pray for God's presence and wisdom as they discern together.

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.

Gathering in Christ's name

Hearing

Responding

Today

Announcements

Prayers and Praises