Worship Service Bulletin for Sunday October 28, 2005.

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In January 2003, we started doing a scripture recitation during the Sunday worship service. We use the same scripture for each Sunday in the month. Click here for this month's scripture recitation text which is 2 Corinthians 9:8 Links to the text for previous months are found on the scripture recitation page.

October 30, 2005

Gathering
Prelude: Celah Pence & David Pence
Welcome & Announcements: Clyde G. Kratz
Call to Worship
Congregational Singing: Welby Showalter
All People That on Earth Do Dwell
Teach Me Thy Truth

Confessing
October Scripture Recitation: 2 Corinthians 9:8
Offering
Offertory: Celah Pence & David Pence
Celebrations and Concerns: Clyde G. Kratz
Congregational Singing: Welby Showalter
Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service
God, Whose Giving

Proclaiming
Scripture Reading: Jessica Myers
Matthew 22:34-40
Sermon: “Take My Yoke upon You and Learn From Me,” Penny Driediger
Hymn of Response: Welby Showalter
O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee

Sending
Benediction: Welby Showalter
Lord Of Light, Your Name Outshining

Welcome to all who join us for worship today. May you experience God’s peace and joy as we worship and fellowship together. 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 or hand it to one of the ushers.

Zion Mennonite Church Ministries

Zion Mennonite Church Ministry Assignments

Attendance & Offering for Sunday October 23, 2005
Sunday School: 141
Worship: 168
Offering: $3,372
Offering YTD: $202,973
Budget YTD: $211,362

Ministry Assignments for Sunday November 6, 2005
Sermon: Loren Horst
Worship Leader: Clyde G. Kratz
Special Music: MennoFolk

Ministry Assignments for Sunday November 13, 2005
Sermon: "Well Done! Faithful Servant," Clyde G. Kratz
Footwashing Service
Worship Leader: Penny Driediger
Fellowship Meal

• Remember in prayer those in our community who are recovering from surgery: Retha Alger, Kenny Goins, Larry Morris and Ruth Kaufman.


• Pray for the Northern District Council, which will meet on November 7.

SHENANDOAH VALLEY HYMN SING. Join in singing favorite hymns with other Anabaptists in the Valley on Sunday, October 30 at 7 p.m. at Park View Mennonite Church. Lowell Byler is the music director, and Myron Augsburger is the hymn sing coordinator.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Gift & Thrift continues to experience "miraculous" growth in donations and sales in all 3 of its divisions – a World of Good, Artisans' Hope, and Booksavers – for which we are grateful. You can help answer our prayers for much needed volunteers in all areas by calling Deb King for more information at 433-8844.

ALASKAN ADVENTURE. Would you like to combine service and adventure? There is still room for several participants and we are looking for adult leaders in this year's Service Adventure unit in Anchorage, Alaska. Young adults age 17-20 can serve from February – December 2006 in one of our most unique service locations! To check out the type of service work available and to download an application, visit http://service.mennonitemission.net, email us at Service@MennoniteMission.net or call toll-free 1-866-866-2872. This is your chance to give yourself and gain everything.

FESITVAL OF PRAISE. The fourth annual “Festival of Praise” will be held on Sunday, November 6 at 4 p.m. in the Park View Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg. Ten men’s singing groups will perform, and join together in a mass choir with Jay Hartzler leading. An offering will be received to benefit Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions ministries. Don’t miss this worship and praise event!

EMHS HOST FAMILIES NEEDED. EMHS has the opportunity to have students from outside the local area because families in the community have been willing to open their homes to include these students. Host families are paid $317 each month by the school. Students supply their own personal items and eat lunch at school. EMHS is urgently seeking homes for two students, one already enrolled and one who has applied to come in January. Please contact Jean Fisher for more information at 432-4521 or fisherj@emhs.net

MCC'S SALT DEADLINE is February 15. SALT (Serve and Learn Together) is a one-year cross-cultural living and service experience for young adults aged 18-27, sponsored by MCC. Assignments available world-wide. For more information, see www.mcc.org/vep/salt/index.html.

PARTNERS IN MISSION work group to Nazareth and Bethlehem, May 5-22, 2006! For more information, contact Dorothy Jean Weaver at 432-4276, weaverdj@emu.edu.

TED & LEE THEATERWORKS, the local comedy/theater duo, are back with another new show! "The Bob Show" features comedy sketches based on Biblical story. November 6, at 2 p.m., and November 8-10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Court Square Theater. For more information, see the flyer posted on the bulletin board by the Church Office.

FINAL LECTURE BY SARA WENGER SHENK. Sara Wenger Shenk, professor at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, will present her final lecture, “Remembering Who We Are From Generation to Generation,” on Saturday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Dayton Church of the Brethren.

HISTORIC HOUSE TOUR. The Bounty of Hearth and Heritage tour is scheduled for Saturday, November 19, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. It will feature four homes in the Broadway area built in 1794, 1832, 1853, and 1867, and will also include refreshments at the Linville Creek Church of the Brethren. For more information, see the flyer posted on the bulletin board by the Church Office, call 438-1275, or visit www.VBMHC.org.

BETHEL COLLEGE is currently searching for a new college President. For more information on the search, please refer to the letter posted on the bulletin board by the Church Office.

YOUTH WORK FOR DUMMIES, the annual youthworkers retreat, January 20-22, will be in Williamsburg, VA. Glen Guyton, youth minister at Calvary Community Church will be the speaker. The cost is $125/person (double occupancy) when you register by Jan. 1, 2006. For more information, refer to the brochure included in the Growing Leaders packet.