Worship Service Bulletin for Sunday December 25, 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 John 1:10-12 Links to the text for previous months are found on the scripture recitation page.

December 25, 2005

Gathering
Prelude: Eric & Peggy Brubaker
Welcome & Announcements: Daryl & Rebekah Brubaker
Call to Worship
Advent Lighting of the Candle
Congregational Singing: Welby Showalter

Engaging
December Scripture Recitation: John 1:10-12
Congregational Singing: Welby Showalter
Scripture Reading: Psalm 98
Sermon: “Joy to the World!” by Clyde G. Kratz
Congregational Singing: Welby Showalter
Celebrations and Concerns: Clyde G. Kratz
Offering with Offertory: Eric & Peggy Brubaker

Responding
Sending Forth Response
Congregational Singing: Welby Showalter

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, December 18, 2005
Worship: 172
Offering: $4,371
Offering YTD: $242,845
Amount to go: $12,755
Needed for college fund (2nd semester): $2,750

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, January 1, 2006
New Year's Day (no Sunday School)
Sermon: "A Child of Hope" by Clyde G. Kratz
Worship Leaders: Doug & Dawn Nyce
Music Leader: Matthew Hunsberger

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, January 8, 2006
New Year's Day
Sermon: "Baptism: Doorway to Discipleship" by Clyde G. Kratz

Pray for Zion:


• Joel Lehman's recovery


• Safe travel for Zion families during the holidays





Pray for our community:


• Hungry families in the area


• The ministry of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank



Pray for our world:


• MCC water projects, educational sponsorship, and HIV/Aids work in Kenya


• Survivors, who are now in danger of dying of cold and disease while living in tents, in Pakistan in the aftermath of recent earthquakes



Prayer concerns may be sent to: zionprayerroom@aol.com.

THE MENNONITE YOUR WAY Hospitality Directory for 2006-2008 is receiving hosts through December 31. Mennonite Your Way revives an old tradition by organizing a hospitality network so that travelers can share fellowship and travel more economically. Listed and using the MYW Directory will be Mennonites, Brethren, and Christians of similar "spirit" who are offering overnight accomodations of only one to two nights when it is convenient for them to do so. Hosts are not obligated to take callers or provide meals; they may ask for references. Guests are requested to leave a snall donation and, if possible, a small hostess gift. Hosts and travelers are expected to share courtesy, fellowship, and hospitality. If you would like to be listed in MYW Directory, contact Jay and Glola Basler at (847) 949-6179 or visit www.mennoniteyourway.com.

SING THE JOURNEY: Sunday, January 15, 2006, from 6:30—8 p.m. in the Eastern Mennonite School Auditorium, will be an evening of singing led by Ken Nafziger, professor of music at Eastern Mennonite University, and composer, Jim Clemens. If you have Sing the Journey, the new Hymnal Supplement, please bring your copy; otherwise, Community Mennonite Church and Eastern Mennonite University will provide copies for use. Child care will be provided for ages 0-7. This event is sponsored by Virginia Mennonite Conference, Eastern Mennonite School, and the Mission Endowment Fund. It is free and open to the public.

ADULT WINTER BIBLE SCHOOL, focusing on Revelation, will be held on Sunday evenings from January 22—March 5, 2006 (except February 5), at 6:30 p.m. in Eastern Mennonite School Auditorium. Duane Yoder will be the Bible teacher. Matthew Hunsberger and others will lead hymns from Sing the Journey each night before the Bible teaching, which will explore the first century context in which Revelation was written, as well as how the risen Christ calls the suffering church to faithfulness and victory in the face of extreme persecution. Adult Winter Bible School is free, and reservations are not required. Child care will be provided for ages 0-7. For more information, contact Steve Carpenter, Virginia Mennonite Conference Coordinator, at 434-9727 or steve.carpenter@vmconf.org.