October 8, 2006

Pre-service Music Rain Down SJ 49
Call to Worship
Prayer of Invocation
Hymns Brethren, we have met to worship HWB 8
New earth, heavens new HWB 299
Children's Story
Hymn God sends us his Spirit HWB 293

Hearing

Scripture 1 Samuel 20:30-42; John 11:1-11, 33-37
Sermon Brothers and sisters in hope
Hymn There is more love somewhere SJ 109

Responding

Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Offering/Hymn Praise God from Whom HWB 119
Announcements
Hymn The Lord life you up SJ 73
Benediction

Today

Sermon: Roy Hange
Worship Leader: Maren Tyedmers Hange
Music: Mel Janzen, Alderfers
Nursery: Mouberry

Announcements

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

Many thanks to those who volunteered at our church's funnel cake booth at the Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale yesterday. We had a good turnout of volunteers and customers.

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