Worship Service Bulletin for Sunday August 27, 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 Ephesians 4:32 Links to the text for previous months are found on the scripture recitation page.

August 27, 2006

Gathering
Prelude
Welcome & Announcements
Call To Worship
Come, Let Us All Unite To Sing
God Of Our Strength
Lord, I Am Fondly, Earnestly

Praising
Children's Lesson
Back To School Blessing
August Scripture Recitation, Ephesians 4:32
Offering
Celebrations & Concerns
I Sought The Lord
Jesus, Rock Of Ages

Proclaiming
Scripture Reading, Matthew 23:1-39
Sermon, "What If - The Sky Were Falling?"
In The Rifted Rock I'm Resting

Responding
Benediction
In The Bulb There Is A Flower

Sermon & Back To School Blessing: Clyde G. Kratz
Worship Leader: Penny Driediger
Music Leader: Deb King
Children's Lesson: Anne Juarez

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, August 20, 2006
Worship: 194
Offering: $ 3,334
Offering YTD: $ 160,407
Budget YTD: $ 193,543

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, September 3, 2006
Sermon: "Preparing Disciples For Christ" by Clyde G. Kratz
Worship & Music Leader: Matt Hunsberger
Greeter: Diane Emswiler

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, September 10, 2006
Sermon: "The Wildness Of God" by Clyde G. Kratz
Music Leader: Dave Yutzy
Greeter: Diane Emswiler
CHILDREN'S CHURCH

• Praying for our youth, May through August. Take time this Sunday to stop one of the youth of our church and ask what you can pray about for him/her throughout this week, in regards to the new school year. If you are a youth group member or a parent of youth, feel free to call or e-mail Celah Pence, the prayer ministry coordinator, with any special prayer requests. Names for August 27: Jennifer Leaman and Philip Yoder.


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

THE RELIEF SALE will be October 6 & 7 at the Rockingham County Fair Grounds. Please refer to the flyer in your mailbox to find out how you can contribute yummy baked good donations.

THE CHUCK WAGON GANG will perform at the EMHS Auditorium on August 27 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $13 for artist's circle seats, $11 for general admission, & $2 extra at the door. Children under 12 get in free. This concert will benefit the VMRC Auxiliary.

VESPERS AT THE CROSSROADS AMPHITHEATER: Sunday, August 27 is final night for Vespers will feature music by dulcimer player Dave Landes & meditation by retired Brethren leader Earl Fike. The service is 7—7:45 p.m.

SHEKINAH, a women's a cappella ensemble based in Harrisonburg, will be holding auditions for low alto or high soprano voices on September 4 from 4-7 p.m. at Lehman Auditorium. "Shekinah's mission is to share our love for singing & our faith in Jesus Christ. We strive for musical excellence & invite our audiences to worship with us. Though we perform a diverse repertoire, Christ is the center of our identity & ministry as a community of musicians." If interested, please contact Jenny Hartwig at 434-0852 or jennifer.hartwig@gmail.com; refer to our website for more information: www.shekinahmusic.net.

THE NORTHERN DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE announces an evening in celebration of ministry! On September 10, come to the Tabernacle at Highland Retreat for a potluck fellowship meal at 6 p.m. & a worship service at 7:30 p.m, in order to hear testimonies of the ministry of Michael Shenk, retiring overseer, & to celebrate the installation of Clyde Kratz, the new overseer. This invitation is for all Northern District clergy, congregational leadership teams, retired leaders, & members of the congregation that would like to participate.

AIRING ON NBC-TV: Hunger No More—Faces Behind the Facts, produced by Mennonite Media, is being rebroadcast beginning September 10 at the discretion of local NBC affiliates in their faith series, "Horizons of the Spirit." Visit www.mennomedia.org/hunger/ for more info. To order this DVD call Mennonite Media (800)999-3534.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MENNOFOLK! Mennonite folk musicians will appear in concert on Friday, October 13, in downtown Harrisonburg & Saturday, October 14, on EMU’s campus, in conjunction with Eastern Mennonite University’s annual Homecoming celebration. Over the Rhine will also give a concert on October 14 at 9 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium. Tickets for this event are available through the EMU Box Office, 432-4582.

RIDE FOR FITNESS & CHARITY! Join Bike Shenandoah on September 23, get sponsors for your ride, & benefit four service agencies: Roberta Webb Child Care Center, Mennonite Media, MCC, & Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions. Begin & end at Eastern Mennonite High School, enjoy a free dinner to celebrate, & know that your exercise has supported worthy organizations. For registration, go to www.bikeshenandoah.org.

EASTERN MENNONITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is looking for a part-time Spanish teacher. Three classes meet twice a week, making teaching time 3 hours per week. The teacher would be instructing kindergarten through fifth graders. If interested, please contact Maria Archer at 833-4015.

EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY IS SEEKING qualified applicants to fill the following positions: Assistant to the Provost/Administrative Director of EMU at Lancaster (12 months, full-time); Administrative Assistant in the Education Department (12 months, full-time). For more info on these & other positions, go to www.emu.edu/humanresources/vacancy/allopen.html. Send a letter of application, a resume, as well as the names, addresses, & telephone numbers of three references to: hr@emu.edu or Human Resources Office, Eastern Mennonite University, 1200 Park Road, Harrisonburg, Va 22802.

COME & VISIT CROSSROADS: The Welcome Center at Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center (CrossRoads) is now open to the public. Come see an exhibit & video; then, tour the hilltop campus, which includes a pre-Civil War house & a 100-year old school house. The hours are Wednesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is by donation. CrossRoads is behind the north side of Harrisonburg High School, off Garbers Church Road.

BOOKS ABROAD & AT HOME through Mennonite Mission Network provides a mission opportunity for you! Many overseas schools, churches, & pastors are dependent on used books for Bible study & reading English. Books Abroad receives donated books, such as Bibles, Bible study helps, concordances, commentaries, dictionaries, & Christian living resources, & sends them abroad. Please consider donating good used books or postage money to Books Abroad. For more information, pick up a brochure at Zion or contact the church office.