Worship Service Bulletin for Sunday January 1, 2006.

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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 Hebrews 13:5 Links to the text for previous months are found on the scripture recitation page.

January 1, 2006

Continental Breakfast: 9-10:15 a.m.
Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

There will be no Sunday School on January 1, 2006.

Gathering
Welcome & Announcements: Doug & Dawn Nyce
Call to Worship
Congregational Singing: Matthew Hunsberger
To Us a Child of Hope Is Born
Hail the Bless'd Morn
I'll Praise My Maker

Engaging
January Scripture Recitation: Hebrews 13:5
Children's Lesson: Linda Snader/Anne Juarez
Congregational Singing: Matthew Hunsberger
He Came Down
As with Gladness Men of Old
Scripture Reading: Luke 2:22-40
Sermon: “A Child of Hope” by Clyde G. Kratz
Hymn of Response: Matthew Hunsberger
Celebrations and Concerns: Clyde G. Kratz
Offering

Responding
Sending Hymn: Matthew Hunsberger
Lord, Let Us Now Depart in Peace

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 25, 2005
Worship: 172
Offering: $4,390
Offering YTD: $247,235
Budget YTD: $255,600

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, January 8, 2006
Sermon: "Baptism: Doorway to Discipleship" by Clyde G. Kratz
Worship Leader: Sarah Bixler

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, January 15, 2006
Sermon: "Come & See" by Clyde G. Kratz

Pray for our congregation:

• those members who are experiencing sickness or who are recovering from injury


• the relationships in our families, which can be strengthened or strained during the holidays





Pray for our community:

• that God would enliven local churches to lovingly minister and witness to those around them



Pray for our world:

• those affected by the disruption and misery caused by the fighting between Congalese/UN Troops and Ugandan rebels in the Democratic Rupublic of Congo. Currently, there are many people - on the road and camping outside - who are in need of food. The situation is still too dangerous for relief aid to be sent.



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

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! Children and adults alike will enjoy the Hunt Family Fiddlers as they perform lively Irish dances and fiddle music. See this amazing family of 9 members on Sunday, February 5 at 4 p.m. in the Eastern Mennonite School auditorium. There is no admission charge; an offering will benefit the ministries of Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions.