May 6, 2007

Pre-service Music
Prayer of Invocation
Call to Worship
Leader: Come and hear, all you who fear God.
Listen to one another as you tell what God has done.
People: God has listened to our prayers in steadfast love;
God has tested us but has not rejected us.
Leader: Have no fear, and do not be troubled;
the Spirit of truth dwells in you.
People: God is never far from us, even though unknown;
the Spirit gives us breath and keeps us alive.
Leader: Bless God, all nations; let praise be heard.
God has brought us to this time and place.
All: In Christ we live and move and have our being.
We are made righteous and restored to wholeness.
Hymns I owe the Lord a morning song HWB 651
Lord Jesus Christ, be present now HWB 22
Children's Story
Hymn I sing the mighty power of God HWB 46

Hearing

Scripture 1 Peter 3:8-22
Sermon Arm yourselves with the attitude of Christ
Hymn Come thou fount HWB 521

Responding

Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Offering/Hymn Praise God from Whom HWB 119
Announcements
Farewell to the Eubanks
Hymn God of our life HWB 486
Benediction

Today

Sermon: Roy Hange
Worship Leader: Maren Tyedmers Hange
Music: Jeff Myers, Alderfers
Nursery: Youth/Myers

Announcements

Mark Your Calendars!!! Church Retreat will be June 1-3 this year. Please register soon. Forms are by the mailboxes. A volunteer is needed to organize the talent show. Please let Lois know if you are interested in helping.

There will be a LADIES TEA on May 12th at 10am at the church. Please invite you mother, daughter or a friend. Sign-up in the foyer.

Beth Pratt will be doing the bulletin beginning this week. Please email announcements to her at BethPratt@earthlink.net. Thanks, Beth, for your willingness to do this job!

Do you see an MMA counselor? Spot someone in your congregation who could make a great MMA counselor and your church could earn $1,000! We're looking for motivated men and women who are sales professionals and who want to integrate their faith and values into their careers. Contact Grete Horst, our MMA advocate, for more information.

Lasting Marriage: The Owners' Guide, authored by FLRC counselor Harvey Yoder. Lasting Marriage is based on the premise that relationships need the same kind of care and maintenance we give any other valued possession, such as a motor vehicle. While we naturally assume our cars will require more, not less, care as they age, we have often not applied that same reasoning to marriage.

Spring Cleaning? Booksavers of Virginia needs the books you no longer need. They can be dropped off at Gift & Thrift on Mt.Clinton Pike. Your books benefit Mennonite Central Committee.

Registration for Virginia Mennonite Conference Assembly is now open online (www.vmconf.org); to receive a paper copy, contact your church office. The theme this year is "Our Christ-centered Faith" and the Assembly will be at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC, July 26-28.

The Habitat Store needs volunteers to help with customer service and processing donations. Proceeds go towards the construction of Habitat homes in the Charlottesville area. We especially need volunteers who can regularly lift heavy merchandise. Cashiers needed as well. 2-4 hour commitment on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis in a fun, laid-back work environment. Interested? Contact Carla at 293-6331 or carla@cvillehabitatstore.org. Or visit www.cvillehabitatstore.org for more info.

3: 8-12 Do not return evil for evil…but seek peace and pursue it.

3:13-14 blessed are you for doing what is right without fear
even if it means suffering

3:15-16 your best defense/appeal is a gentleness and
reverence that maintains a good conscience and shames those abusing you thus revealing your hope

3:17-18 it is better to suffer for doing good than for
doing evil as Christ also suffered to bring you to God
and bring life in the spirit

3:19-20 like Noah, Christ appealed to entrapped spirits

3:21 baptism as the pledge of a good conscience toward
God
4.1… arm your selves with the attitude of Christ who suffered

Prayers and Praises

VMBM: An urgent call from Nazareth Village, Israel, for volunteers to serve in this first-century replication of life in Jesus' time comes to us. You and your family or small group may find this experience both a challenge and a blessing. If you can serve, contact Ken Horst at ken.horst@vmbm.org

Mennonite Mission Network: The first Sunday in May each year, Benin Bible Institute highlights its training programs on "BBI Sunday" in the Mennonite churches in Benin. Mennonite Mission Network workers Bruce Yoder and Nancy Frey request prayer that this year the churches will again respond positively and generously to BBI.

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