Worship Service Bulletin for Sunday March 12, 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 Jeremiah 31:33 Links to the text for previous months are found on the scripture recitation page.

March 12, 2006

Gathering
Welcome & Announcements
Call To Worship
God Loves All His Many People
God Of Our Strength
March Scripture Recitation, Jeremiah 31:33

Praising
Praise To God, Immortal Praise
Lord, Should Rising Whirlwinds
Letter from God
Silent Reflection with music
Celebrations and Concerns
Offering

Proclaiming
Children's Lesson
Sweet Hour Of Prayer
Scripture Reading, Mark 8:31-38
Sermon, "Take Up The Cross"

Responding
Hymn of Response
Benediction
Come, Come, Yet Saints

Sermon:Clyde G. Kratz
Worship Leader: Penny Driediger
Music Leader: Matt Hunsberger
Children's Lesson: Ryan Landgraff

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, March 5, 2006
Offering: $ 7,546
Offering YTD: $ 42,789
Budget YTD: $ 56,736

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, March 19, 2006
Sermon: "An Illuminating Word" Clyde G. Kratz
Music Leaders: Praise Team (c/o Elwood Yoder)
Worship Leader: Penny Driediger

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, March 26, 2006
Sermon: "Facing Our Fears" Clyde G. Kratz
Music Leader: Matt Hunsberger
Worship Leader: Elwood Yoder
Children's Church

• Prayer focus: pray that God would strengthen his church in India to respond to the great needs in that country.


• Pray for the presence of God to be very real at the Zion Women's Retreat next weekend.


• A prayer for the week: I ask Him to think with my mind, to love with my heart, and to speak with my lips. -Bill Bright





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

YOUTH PASTOR POSITION AT BELDOR. Beldor Mennonite Church in Elkton is looking for a part-time youth pastor or a couple interested in serving as a youth pastor team. Responsibilities and salary will be based on one-fourth or one-fifth of a full-time position. For more information or to apply, contact Kenneth Wood at (540) 298-8835 or (540) 298-1866; or Eldon Layman at 433-1519.

WEDNESDAY LENTEN SERVICES. An ecumenical community worship service, in the Taizé-style, will be held each Wednesday during Lent, now until April 5, 8:30-9:30 p.m. at Park View Mennonite Church. These services are for the local Christian community to join in prayer for each other, our community, and our world. 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.

SOUP AND ARTS FEST: Eastern Mennonite High School and Eastern Mennonite Middle School will host the Soup and Arts Fest on March 18, from 5-7:30 p.m. in the EMHS Dining Hall. The evening will include a soup buffet, student art gallery, and artisan demonstrations. For tickets, call 432-4502. Proceeds benefit the fine arts department at EMHS.

OPEN HOUSE AT EMHS AND EMMS: Eastern Mennonite High School and Middle School will hold an Open House Sunday, March 19 at 3 p.m. Stop in to visit classrooms, meet teachers, and learn about curriculum. Call 432-4521, for more information.

A QUESTION FOR YOU, MEN: Do you enjoy praising and serving the Lord in song? Well, the Rockingham Male Chorus currently has openings for all parts. The chorus meets from early September to mid-May and gives from 20-30 programs each year, singing locally and as far away as Florida. Chorus members come from all areas of the valley and meet Tuesday evenings at the Bridgewater Retirement Community chapel for practice. If you would enjoy singing with this auditioned group, contact David MacMillan, Director, at 433-0667.

EMHS VOLLEYBALL CLINICS FOR GIRLS: EMHS will host girls’ volleyball clinics for grades 4 and 5 on March 18 and 25, and for grades 6 and up on March 14, 16, 21, 28, and 30. Cost is $10 per player. Contact Jan Kauffman, EMHS Varsity Volleyball coach, at jankauffma@netzero.net.

RALPH WOOD, a theologian and literary critic, will speak about “God’s Mercy Burns: Flannery O’Connor and the Art of the Prophetic Judgment” on Thursday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Martin Chapel at EMU.

A SERIES OF FIVE THURSDAY EVENING SEMINARS for engaged couples will be held at EMU's Campus Center rooms 301/302 beginning March 16. Topics include families of origin, conflict management, finances, sexuality and personal responsibility for making a marriage work. Cost for the series is $50 per couple ($20 for student couples). Community members register through Family Life Resource Center at 540-434-8450. EMU students register through EMU's Campus Ministries - donna.garber@emu.edu or 432-4317.

EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY would like to invite you to come see for yourself why EMU is an exceptional Christian university. Special visit dates are: March 18 and March 30 & 31. Please call EMU at 432-4118 or register on-line at www.emu.edu/admissions/brochure/cv.html.

THE HUNT FAMILY FIDDLERS will present a family oriented program at Broadway High School on March 18. Admission is $5 per person ($20 for a family of 4 or more) at the door. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. for this 7:00 program. All proceeds benefit Lindale Mennonite Church's building fund.

A GENERATIONS SEMINAR sponsored by MMA Trust Company and Mennonite Foundation in cooperation with Virginia Mennonite Conference and conference-related ministries will be held Tuesday, March 28 at the Eastern Mennonite University Commons, rooms 211 and 212 at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Please phone the MMA Harrisonburg office at 434-3666 to reserve your spot.

SPRING BUS TRIP TO YODER BARN! Pieced Together: We Had It Good, which includes stories of change and traditional four-part harmony to dramatically illustrate the sharp contrast all communities feel between the present and the past, will show at Yoder Barn in Newport News. Ed & Edie Bontrager are coordinating an overnight bus trip on March 31. Please refer to the flyer in your mailbox for more information.

THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY MEN’S CHORUS will practice each Sunday 3:00-4:30 p.m. in EMS now—March 19, preparing for programs on March 25 & 26. Men of all ages are invited to join. Jay Hartzler is directing. If you have questions, call Jacob Heatwole at 421-7780.

SATURDAY, APRIL 1, LUNASA, an Irish music quintet, will present a program at the Eastern Mennonite School Auditorium. One reviewer said of the group, "An amazing new instrumental quintet: state-of-the-art Irish music as aggressively infectious as you¹ll ever hear." The concert is a fundraising event for the Touring Choir which will be touring in Europe in June. For tickets and more information call 540-432-4500.

A CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCE IN YOUR HOME! This summer, the Intensive English Program at EMU needs host families for young people from other countries. There are three sessions: May 8-July 21 (Summer Session), July 24-August 18 (Summer Vacation Course for students 18 and older), and July 17-August 4 (SELAM 2006 for students ages 12-17). Host families provide: housing and family fellowship for one or more students; breakfast and supper for students on weekdays; all meals on weekends (unless the students have a field trip); daily transportation (if needed) from your home to IEP. All host families will be remunerated at $120 per week per student. To find out more, call the Intensive English Program at 432-4059 or Matt Carlson at 433-3235. You can also e-mail Matt at matthew.carlson@emu.edu

“FROM EVERY TRIBE & NATION,” August 3—6 in Dallas, Texas, is the first Racial/ Ethnic Conference planned by MCUSA Intercultural Relations, African-American Mennonite Association, Iglesia Menonita Hispana, & Native Mennonite Ministries. For more information or to request a brochure, send an e-mail to: intercultural@Mennonite.USA.org.