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February 6, 2005

Gathering

Gathering Music: Joanna Goins
Welcome and Call to Worship: Ken Nafziger
Announcements

Praising

Congregational Singing: Celah Pence
"Come, we that love the Lord": #14 HWB
"Here in this place": #6 HWB
"Come and see": #20 HWB

Proclaiming

Children dismissed for Children's Church (age 3-grade 2)
Scripture Reading: Acts 9:1-19
Message: "An invitation to walk with God" - Clyde Kratz
"I am thine O Lord": #505 HWB
Communion
Special Music: Kaitlin Stauffer

Responding

Celebrations and Concerns: Clyde Kratz
"I am the Bread of Life": #472 HWB
February Scripture Recitation
Offerings (2nd Offering for EMHS Congregational Aid Plan)

Sending

Benediction
"I come with joy to meet my Lord": #459 HWB

Welcome to all who join us for worship today. May you experience the peace and joy of being among friends in worship and fellowship. If you are a visitor with us we invite you to fill out a visitor card found on the back of the pew so that we may know you better. Please place the visitor card in the offering basket.

Zion Mennonite Church Ministries

Attendance & Offering - Sunday January 30, 2005
Services cancelled due to snow and ice.

Ministry Assignments for Sunday February 13, 2005
Worship will be led by Sons of the Day.

Ministry Assignments for Sunday February 20, 2005
Speaker: Sarah Bixler

• Remember Steve & Betsy Dintaman as they make plans to return to the area in June.


• Pray for parents in the congregation with new children: Mike & Sarah Piper (Jonathan) and Wes & Jen Showalter (Allen).

Legacy Five, a southern gospel group, will perform in Eastern Mennonite High School’s new auditorium on Sunday, February 6 at 2:00 p.m. with an opening performance by Karen Knight. Tickets are available at Red Front Supermarket, Family Christian Bookstores, Patchwork Plus, Ruth's Bookstore, Sharon Bookstore, WBTX, and EMHS. Artist Circle: $14 in advance/$16 at the door; General Admission: $12 in advance/$14 at the door. For more information call 540-432-4526.

Gospel Music Extravaganza. EMU will hold its fifth annual Gospel Music Extravaganza at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at EMU. Area church and university gospel choirs - including the Northeast Community Choir, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Men of Zion, Lisa Henderson, EMU Gospel Choir, J.C. Motion from JMU - and others, will present worship and praise music. Admission is free; a free-will offering will be taken. The concert, part of Black History Month observances at EMU, is sponsored by the multicultural services office. For more information, call 540-432-4458.

EMHS Spring Spiritual Renewal Week, February 7-11, will be held in the new EMHS auditorium with plenty of extra seating so that all are welcome to attend. The theme will be, “You are a chosen people,” and will be a retrospective look at the history of EMHS as well as a glimpse into the future of EMHS. The week will include drama, music and media presentations detailing the school's history. Each day will feature a different speaker: Mary Deputy Brubaker ('32) on Monday; J. David Yoder, former principal, on Tuesday; Ernie Martin ('63), assistant principal, on Wednesday; Jonathan Bowman ('93), former teacher, on Thursday; and Paul Leaman, principal, on Friday. Chapel times are 8:48-9:28 Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 9:25-9:55 Tuesday, and 8:00-8:30 Friday.

An ecumenical community worship service, in the Taizé-style, will be held each Wednesday during Lent, from February 9 to March 16, 8:30-9:30 p.m., at Park View Mennonite Church. All are invited to this service of sung prayer, hymns, scripture readings, intercessory prayer, and silence. The worship is patterned after the Taizé community, a Christian community located in a small village in eastern France which has had a significant impact on Christian worship worldwide.

Prayer Fellowship. There will be a World Mission Prayer Fellowship on Thursday, Feb 10, 12:15 -1:15 p.m. in the West Dining Room on the EMU Campus. The special topic this month is “In the wake of the wave, how can we be praying?” Lawrence Yoder will be sharing briefly some insights and perspectives on the tsunami event, growing out of years of mission experience in Indonesia. Our priority, as usual, will be to take the bulk of our time together to pray in small groups for designated regions of the world. Teachers/ students are welcome to bring lunch trays into the dining room.

The Annual VMRC Auxiliary Auction and Meal is scheduled for Friday, March 18 in the Detwiler Auditorium at VMRC. We are in need of items to auction. Suggestions include handcrafted wooden items, antiques, quilts, furniture, gift certificates, etc. Be creative! All proceeds benefit the VMRC community and will be used this year to fund a wheelchair accessible van. If you have any questions you may contact Evie Leichty at 433-4956. Thank you for helping to make this major fundraising event a success.

Want to get closer to God and your valentine? Find out how at Marriage Encounter. The next one is scheduled for Richmond, VA on February 25-27. Brochures are located on the table outside the church office.

The Hunt Family Fiddlers, of Chesapeake, Va., will perform on Sunday, March 20 at 4 p.m. in the EMHS auditorium. An offering will be received to benefit Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions ministries.

Blue Ridge Area Health Education Center is seeking Asian language speakers and providing training for interpreters. For information contact Beth Rodgers at 540/568-3383 or rodgerbe@jmu.edu.

Registration is now available for Charlotte 2005! Forms are available online at www.Charlotte2005.org or through the church office. Register now to take advantage of early bird discounts.