“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.” --Hebrews 10:23
August 10, 2008
9:30 a.m. WE GATHER FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
| Children: Opening worship from 9:25-9:35 for age 4 - Jr. High. (Ages 2-3 go directly to basement room 5) | |||
| PreK/K: Basement Room 4 | Grades 1-2: Basement Room 3 | ||
| Grade 3-5: Basement Room 2 | |||
| Junior MYF Girls (grades 6-8): Upper Room | Senior MYF: Bible Study, Basement Rooms 6–7 | ||
| Adult Classes | Young Adults: Bible Study: Library. | ||
| International Lesson ("Images of Christ"): SW Classroom & Fellowship Hall | |||
| Women’s Sharing & Prayer Time: Pastor’s Study | Coffee and Conversation: Kitchen | ||
10:30 a.m. WE GATHER FOR WORSHIP
| Prelude | Strings Ensemble | |
| Call to Worship | Hannah Eberly | |
| Singing* | LuAnn Bender | |
| Offering | Hannah Eberly | |
| Singing | LuAnn Bender | |
| Sharing from LEAP | Freeman Bendfeldt, Evan Yoder | |
| Scripture Reading: Rom. 6: 8-23 | Dick Good | |
| Sermon: “Getting Up Close and Personal” | Richard Bowman | |
| Singing | LuAnn Bender | |
| Sharing & Announcements | Hannah Eberly | |
| Presentation of MMA Scholarship to Evan Yoder | Adam Savanick | |
| Sending & Song | Richard Bowman , LuAnn Bender |
* Large print hymnals and copies of overhead songs are available on foyer table. Please return them to the foyer table after the service.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sunday, August 17
NOTES AND HAPPENINGS
Weekly Prayer Focus: We’re on the threshold of a new school year. Pray for the teachers from our congregation who will have many opportunities to bless the lives of their students. Pray also that the students among us would grow in knowledge, wisdom and commitment to God’s purposes.
Pastor Lee & Peg Martin and family will return from camping in PA with family on Monday, Aug. 11. For pastoral care needs during this time, feel free to contact any elder.
If you placed a bid on the pork at church campout, please get your funds to Phil Harder.
Remember to bring food for the MYF food drive for Patchwork Pantry. Client demand is up 50% this summer and they are having to purchase food to meet the demand. Donations can be placed under the foyer table or can be taken to the pantry by Aug. 17.
Church Council will meet on Thurs. Aug. 21 at 7 pm. at the church.
Please take fabric bags to fill for school kits for MCC (available in the foyer) and return completed bags to the church by Aug. 31. List of contents is on the foyer table.
Thanks for helping us celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary! The cards with the kind and wonderful sentiments and your words of congratulations, encouragement and support mean so very much. Each one of you is so special and we are grateful to God and to you for the blessing you have been to us. God bless! --Mary Louise & Wilmer Lehman
Our congregation has been invited to share a Sunday evening program with the VMRC community on Sept. 14 at 7 pm. Plan now to be present for this time of worship and fellowship. Dick Good is coordinating the service and will be inviting a number of us to participate in the service.
Our annual church business meeting will take place on Sept. 28 at 6:30 pm. If you are chair of a committee or group, please submit your annual report to Barb Hartzler (preferably by email to the church at mcmchurch@juno.com) or place a written report in the church office mailbox by Sept. 7.
Looking Ahead:
| Sept. 14 | Sunday 7 pm. meeting at VMRC led by our congregation | ||
| Sept. 27-28 | Jr. Youth Retreat at Smith Mtn. Lake | ||
| Sept. 28 | Annual church business meeting |
(More announcements are here.)
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW
| Offering – Aug. 3: | Budget Albania |
$3,753.15 45.00 |
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| Attendance - Aug. 3: | Children's Sunday School Adult Sunday School Worship Service |
n/a n/a 111 |
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| Aug. 10 | Greeters: | David & Twila Stoltzfus | |
| Nursery: | Regina Brubaker, Stephanie Slabach Brubaker | ||
| Sound Operator: | Kenny/Jonathan Layman | ||
| Aug. 17 | Greeters: | Myron & Regina Brubaker | |
| Nursery: | Debbie and Katey Bergey | ||
| Sound Operator: | James Townsend | ||
MISSIONS MINUTE
Receptionist for VMC and VMM, Laura Campbell, is preparing for tranSend service with her husband, Steve. They will go to Montenegro in September to work with an evangelical church. Pray for a smooth adjustment and for God’s blessing as they minister to the people there.
OUR VISION
God calls us to be a worshipping, welcoming and united family of faith, following Jesus Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and ministering God’s salvation, healing and hope to the local community, the nation and the world.
Mt. Clinton Mennonite Church Pastoral Team
| Lee Martin, Pastor - 867-9593 | Eric Bendfeldt, Elder – 867-0834 |
| Jonathan Bowman, Elder - 437-6025 | Sonya Eberly, Elder – 867-5575 |
| Terry Witmer, Elder – 879-9210 | |
http://mountclinton.va.us.mennonite.net/
Mount Clinton Mennonite Church, Vol. 53, #32; August 10, 2008