March 11, 2007

Pre-service Music
Prayer of Invocation
Call to Worship (based on Psalm 63)
Leader: O God, you are our God. We seek you.
People: Our souls thirst for you as in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.
Leader: We have seen you in the sanctuary,
and know your power and glory.
People: We will praise you and bless you as long as we live.
ALL: O God, you satisfy our souls as with a rich feast. In the shadow of your wings, we sing for joy, and you uphold us.
Hymns O let all that thirst HWB 495
Precious lord, take my hand HWB 575
Children's Story Jeannine Denlinger
Hymns Lo how a rose HWB 211

Hearing

Scripture Isaiah 55:1-9; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9
Sermon March madness
Confession and reconciliation
Leader: "Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and
you that have no money, come, buy and eat. Come,
buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Why do you spend your money for that which is not
bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and
delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and
come to me; listen so that you may live." Who will
listen to the Lord today?
People: We will listen to the Lord today.
Leader: We are all invited to listen the Lord today. Let us
bring ourselves to God in prayer.

ALL: God of life, we listen to you, for you alone have the
words of life. When we realize that we have paid too much attention to the voices in our world, we listen to you.
Leader: When sense the poverty of our souls we listen to you.
When our souls hunger for abundant life we listen to you.
ALL: In the morning and in the evening, we will listen to you.
Leader: Our generous God provides for us.
Hymn Thou true vine , that heals HWB 373

Responding

Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Offering/Hymn Praise God from Whom HWB 119
Announcements
Hymn Blest are they STJ 94
Benediction

Today

Sermon: Maren Hange
Worship Leader: Tim Nissley
Music: Lee Bidgood
Nursery: Nissley

Announcements

Reggie and Dean Wentz are grateful for all the help and support during the funeral of their son Peter and the past two weeks.

The funeral for Jim and Carolyn Bowen's daughter-in-law, Tracey Rogers Bowen, will be on Monday at 2 p.m. at Hill & Wood with Roy Hange officiating. The viewing will be on Sunday evening from 7-8 p.m. at Hill & Wood Funeral Home.

IMPACT RALLY (called Nehemiah Action) will be this Thursday, March 15, 6:30 p.m. at the Charlottesville High School Martin Luther King Center (formerly called the Performing Arts Center). The proposals for improvements in public transportation and affordable rental options will be presented to the Charlottesville city council members and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. Everyone is welcome to attend and let your presence show your support for these issues. If you have questions, please contact Gene Fifer, Dottie Scott, Jennifer Vaughan, or Roy Hange.
This effort is based on the text Nehemiah 5:1-13.

Dr. Paul Farmer, a world famous public health advocate, will be speaking this Sunday, March 11 at 7pm at Holy Comforter Catholic Church. It is free to the public and donations to PACEM will be accepted. He will also be speaking on Monday, March 12 at 6pm at McLeod Hall Auditorium at UVA Nursing school.

As many of you know Chad and Jeannine will be moving in a few months. Jeannine has been doing the bulletin for the past few years. If you are interested in taking her place in this role, please let Jeannine or Maren know.

THE JEWISH CHRISTIAN SCHISM REVISITED is the focus of a one-day conference hosted by EMU on Friday, March 16. In a posthumously published book, John Howard Yoder makes the historical and theological case that the Jewish-Christian Schism "did not have to be."--A catalyst for much a needed conversation around a most pressing inter-religious issue of today-How shall the Children of Abraham live together in peace? Meetings will be held in the Seminary's Martin Chapel, beginning at 8:30 am. The public is invited. There is no registration fee.

This morning Roy Hange is installing a new pastor at Harrisonburg Mennonite Church in his role as overseer of the Harrisonburg District of Virginia Conference.

Prayers and Praises

VMBM: Tim and Tama Shoemaker, tranSend participants in Ireland, have left Belfast to serve in Limerick. They ask us to pray that the people in this town will be open to them as they get acquainted with youth and adults in the community.

Mennonite Mission Network: Mennonite Mission Network workers Jeanette and Todd Hanson, China, request prayer that the Nanchong congregation will experience a renewal in its commitment to each other as a body and healing of relationships during the final phases of a long, difficult building project.

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