October 15, 2006

Pre-service Music
Call to Worship
Prayer of Invocation STJ 121
Confession STJ 129 & 130
Affirmation of Faith STJ 135
Hymns
Children's Story

Hearing

Scripture Matthew 15:21-28
Sermon The View from Lebanon Ken & Kass Seitz
Hymn If the war goes on SJ 66

Responding

Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Offering/Hymn Praise God from Whom HWB 119
Announcements
Hymn
Blessing for Ken and Kass
Ken and Kass, responding to the call of God in your lives
You have committed yourselves to being peacemakers in a region troubled by conflicts and in a country recovering from war
You go representing the church yet being American
Who knows the questions you will face on your return We stand with you today charging you to be agents of God's grace and peace, hope and vision to all you work with
May you go knowing the church stands with you.
Please receive this song as our prayer for you. STJ 73
Benediction

Today

Sermon: Ken & Kass Seitz
Worship Leader: Roy and Maren Hange
Music: Jeff Myers, Megan Mouberry
Nursery: Eubanks

Announcements

Covenant Sunday will be on November 12 this year. This is a celebration of our commitment to Christ and one another as a church during which members also annually renew their church membership. If anyone who is not a member currently is interested in Associate or full membership, please contact the pastors.

Today 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 .

On Tuesday, October 17, 2006, Mennonite Foundation and Virginia Mennonite Conference Related Ministries will sponsor a seminar on "Estate Planning and Year-End Charitable Gifting." This seminar will be repeated in two sessions during the day: 1.) 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 2.) 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, Detwiler Auditorium North Annex located on the second floor of the VMRC Corporate Office Building. Topics will include: Wills, Trusts, Power of Attorney Selection, Advanced Medical Directive Information and IRA Gifts under the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Check your church mailbox for an informational flyer. Please phone (540) 434-3666 or (800) 442-7930 to register.

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?

Prayers and Praises

VMBM: Tim & Tina Shoemaker, VMBM tranSend participants, ask us to pray that God will soften the hearts of people they are working with in Donegal, Ireland. Most people prefer to talk about the weather, not spiritual concepts.

Mennonite Mission Network: Pray for Mennonite Mission Network worker Anne Garber Kompaoré as she focuses this month on language research. Anne is translation consultant for United Bible Society of Burkina Faso.

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