October 11, 2009

Pre-service music
Call to Worship
Leader: Give thanks to God, for God is good.
People: Great is God's love, higher than the heavens.
God's faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Leader: God has made known to us the path of life;
God's presence gives us joy.
People: My future is in God's hand;
God is near, and nothing can shake me.
Leader: God made us a new creation
and gave us a new song to sing.
People: Give thanks to God, for God is good.
Prayer of Invocation
Hymns This is my Father's World HWB 154
Seek ye first the kingdom of God HWB 324
Child Dedication of Pierce and Judah
Song Jesus friend, so kind and gentle HWB 621
Children's Story Jessie Buckwalter

Hearing

Drama Two fools for Christ
Scripture Psalm 40, Matthew 6: 9-15, Philippians 2:12-18
Sermon Discerning God's will for your life
Hymn Guide my feet HWB 546

Responding

Sharing of Praises and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Offering/Hymn Praise God from Whom HWB 119
Announcements
Hymn Thy Holy Wings STJ 118
Benediction

Today

Announcements

Please email all bulletin announcements by Wednesday 8:00 pm to Becky.

Board of Elders is working on Roy and Maren's Annual Pastoral Review. Please help us by completing your review form by Sunday, October 18, 2009. Hard copies can be found in your mailbox. Responses can be given to Lois by either hard copy or email.

Our annual Christmas Play and Party will take place on December 12. Would anyone be willing to give leadership to it together with Deandra? Please contact Maren.

"Pray the Devil Back to Hell" is the extraordinary story of a small band of Liberian women who came together in the midst of a bloody civil war took on the violent warlords and corrupt Charles Taylor regime, and won a long-awaited peace for their shattered country in 2003. A leader in Liberia, Leymah Gbowee organized hundreds of women to protest the civil war. She now heads Women Peace and Security Network in Ghana, offering training and counsel to women all over Africa. The public and campus community is warmly invited to this film and reflection with Leymah Gbowee. Thursday, Oct 22, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Film, 8:15-9:00 Personal Reflection and Talk-back with Leymah, Web site: http://www.praythedevilbacktohell.com

Daphna Creek and Doyle Moats, Jr., will be providing a benefit concert for FLRC at 7 pm Friday, October 23, in the Park View Mennonite Fellowship Hall. Come enjoy an evening of music and help support FLRC's mission to bring hope, health and healing. Check the www.flrc.org website for more information.

Hear the harmonious sounds of men's voices at the 8th annual Festival of Praise, Sunday, Nov. 1, 4:00 p.m., Eastern Mennonite School auditorium, 801 Parkwood Drive, Harrisonburg. Various groups will sing, and then join a mass chorus led by Jay Hartzler. The offering will benefit earthquake disaster relief in L'Aquila, Italy supported by Virginia Mennonite Missions.

Marva Dawn, theologian, author, and educator, speaks for the Augsburger Lecture Series at EMU. On Tue. Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. in Martin Chapel, she speaks on "The Scintillating Word" (Hebrews 4:12-16) and on "Just the Exuberance the World Needs" (2 Timothy 1:8-14) from 7-8 p.m. also in Martin Chapel. On Wed. Oct. 21 in Lehman Auditorium, her chapel talk, "What is our Mission in a Post-postmodern Age?" is based on 2 Timothy 1:3-7. These lectures are offered free of charge. Contact 540-432-4115 or campusministries@emu.edu for more information.

Prayers and Praises

MMN:A former inmate and his wife, members of Drew and Mary Ellen Robinson's congregation in Mongolia have begun helping in prison ministry. Pray that through the Robinsons and this couple, whose lives have been so dramatically transformed, many more prisoners may experience freedom in Jesus.

VMM: In April, an earthquake devastated L'Aquila, Italy, so much that it feels like a ghost town now, reports Willard and Eva Eberly. Swiss, Italian and American Mennonites are joining together to give relief to this desperate situation. [see article in October Connections] Ask God what your response can be.

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