Worship Service Bulletin for Sunday April 22, 2007.

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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 4:14-16. Links to the text for previous months are found on the scripture recitation page.

April 22, 2007

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

GATHERING
Prelude
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
Prayer

PRAISING & PROCLAIMING
April Scripture Recitation, Hebrews 4:14-16
EMU Chamber Singers
Offering
Special Offering for EMU Chamber Singers

RESPONDING
Celebrations & Concerns
Benediction
Sending Song

EMU Chamber Singers, directed by Ken Nafziger
Greeters: Grant & Susan Stoltzfus
Worship Leader: Marie Morris

Statistics for Sunday, April 15, 2007

Attendance & General Fund Offering:
Worship: 185
Offering: $4,981
Offering YTD: $74,178
Budget YTD: $88,269

Special Offerings:
MHEG: $475
Building Fund: $300

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 Ministry Assignments

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, April 29, 2007
Sermon: "Revelation & Conversion" by Clyde G. Kratz
Greeter: David Brenneman
Worship Planners: Matt Hunsberger, Deb King, Clyde Kratz

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, May 6, 2007:
EMHS CHOIR
Worship Planners: Matt Hunsberger, Deb King, Clyde Kratz
Greeters: Dave & Deb King

Continue to pray for Bluffton College students & parents in their journey of grief. Also remember the family of Gary Post, a local man murdered in Richmond, and Virginia Tech students & families dealing with the tragedy this week.

• Psalm 116:15 “The LORD’s loved ones are precious to him; it grieves him when they die.”


• Psalm 34:18 “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

EVERYONE IS INVITED to a carry-in meal & appreciation service for the commissioning of Paul & Evelyn Kratz on April 22 at Mt. Clinton Mennonite Church. The meal will begin at 5 p.m, with soup provided. Please bring bread, salad, or dessert. For more information, call 833-4753.

BOOK SIGNING AT EMU BOOKSTORE: The EMU Bookstore features seven outstanding authors for a book signing on April 28. Authors will be a the bookstore from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come meet the authors & see their gift of love and labor to the broader Christian community. A list of authors is posted on the bulletin board in the foyer.

REGISTRATION FOR VMC ASSEMBLY: Registration for Virginia Mennonite Conference Assembly is now open on-line (www.vmconf.org). To receive a paper copy, contact your church office. The theme this year is "Our Christ-centered Faith," and the Assembly will be held at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina, July 26—28.

VMRC MEETING: The annual meeting of VMRC Auxiliary will be May 17 at 7:00 p.m. in Detweiler auditorium on VMRC Campus.

“COUPLES NIGHT OUT,” hosted by FLRC will be at 6:30 on May 19 at Simple Pleasures in Harrisonburg. Gerald & Marlene Kaufman, family therapists & authors of Monday Marriage from Lancaster, PA, will be speaking. The recommended donation is $40/person. Register by calling 434-8450.

ANOTHER POSITIVE PARENTING CLASS series led by Harvey Yoder will be held at Family Life Resource Center on five consecutive Tuesday evenings, 7-8:30 p.m, starting May 1. Cost is $35/person or $60/two persons from the same household. A text, “Common Sense Parenting,” is available for $13. Register at 434-8450 or services@flrc.org.

CHINA SUMMER ENGLISH COURSE: A Christian church in central China has invited VMBM to send a team of eight teachers to their church in July 2007. Ken Horst has organized a Partners in Mission team, with Elwood Yoder & June Lantz as team leaders. The team still has openings for two additional members. Team members will use prepared materials to teach English at the Nanchong Church to Chinese students. Mennonite Partners in China is organizing trip details. Young adults are encouraged to inquire, although anyone interested in this unique ministry opportunity in China from July 9 to August 1, should contact Elwood Yoder (elyoder@aol.com), Ken Horst (ken.horst@vmbm.org), or June Lantz (908-6662).

EMHS FLAMES GOLF BENEFIT will be May 4 at Heritage Oaks Golf Course with flights at 8 a.m. & 1 p.m. Join us for fun & fellowship in support of the Alumni Association & the Athletic Departments. Contact Lynn Leischner, leischnerl@emhs.net or 432-4526, for more information. The deadline is April 30.

EASTERN MENNONITE SCHOOL is seeking applicants, who share a passion for working with children & youth in a Christ-centered academic environment, for the following positions: First Grade Teacher, Fourth/Fifth Grade Teacher, Eighth Grade Math & Algebra II Teacher, and Director of Development. Please express interest by e-mailing leamanp@emhs.net.

HAVE YOU EVER VISITED CROSSROADS? Come see an exhibit & video; then, tour the hilltop campus, which includes a pre-Civil War house and a 100-year-old schoolhouse. The Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center (CrossRoads) is open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is by donation.