Worship Service Bulletin for Sunday April 29, 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 29, 2007

GATHERING
Prelude
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
Come, thou Almighty King
We praise thee, O God

PRAISING
April Scripture Recitation, Hebrews 4:14-16
Offering
Jesus, You sit upon the throne
In Christ Alone
Celebrations & Concerns

PROCLAIMING
Scripture Reading, Acts 9:1-6 (7-20) and John 21:1-19
Sermon, "Revelation & Conversion"

RESPONDING
Rise and follow me
Benediction
Guide my feet

Sermon & Worship Leading: Clyde G. Kratz
Music Leader & Worship Leading: Elwood Yoder
Greeter: David Brenneman

Statistics for Sunday, April 15, 2007

Attendance & General Fund Offering:
Worship: 291
Offering: $2,808
Offering YTD: $76,986
Budget YTD: $94,154

Special Offerings:
MHEG: $250
Colombia (Kauffmans): $200
LCC (Dintamans): $200
EMU Chamber Singers: $196

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, May 6, 2007
EMHS CHOIR
Greeter: David Brenneman
Worship Leader: Matt Hunsberger
Greeter: Dave & Deb King
Worship Planners: Matt Hunsberger, Deb King, Clyde Kratz

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, May 13, 2007:
Sermon: "Presence & Care" by Clyde G. Kratz
Special Music: Broadway High School Chamber Group
Greeters: Dave & Deb King
Worship Planners: Matt Hunsberger, Deb King, Clyde Kratz

• Please pray for Doug & Dawn Nyce as they travel to Pennsylvania in coming weeks to visit and comfort Doug's sister Pam and her family. Pray that God will be tangibly present in those moments.


• Pray for Ida Showalter: that she may feel reassurance and peace from God through members of our church.

HYMN SING: The Shenandoah Valley Hymn Sing will be at 7:00 on April 29 at Park View Mennonite Church.

PLEASANT VIEW, INC. invites all interested persons to attend the free workshop “From Exile to Inclusion: A Community for Everyone,” led by Paul Leichty (Network Director of Anabaptist Disabilities Network) & designed to help communities of faith become more inclusive of persons with disabilities. This workshop will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 12 at Pleasant View’s Harrisonburg Day Support Services building. Lunch will be provided. To make reservations, please contact Dave Gullman at 433-8960 or dgullman@pleasantviewinc.org.

CONSIDER HOSTING an EMU foreign language assistant for the 2007-2008 academic year. The Department of Language & Literature is seeking three Harrisonburg host families to provide three young women from Bolivia, Nicaragua, & Colombia with: private bedrooms, packed lunches for weekdays & other meals at home, transportation to & from campus on weekdays & church on Sundays, emotional support as they serve the EMU community & adjust to an unfamiliar country. Compensation for host families includes a monthly stipend & rich international friendships. If interested, contact Marti Eads at 432-4165 or martha.eads@emu.edu.

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.

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.

SPRING CLEANING? Booksavers of Virginia can use those books you no longer need. They can be dropped off at Gift & Thrift on Mt. Clinton Pike. Your books benefit Mennonite Central Committee.

CROSSROADS OFFERS WORKDAYS: Come help with outdoor projects at the 13-acre campus of Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center (CrossRoads) on Friday & Saturday, May 11-12. Call 438-1275 for details.

OPPORTUNITY TO HELP AT HIGHLAND RETREAT: Highland Retreat is designating Saturday, May 12 & May 19 as work days. Lodging is available Friday and Saturday night at no charge for those who come to work. This is a great opportunity for SS classes, small groups, or individuals to enjoy some time together in working and retreating at Highland.

ARTISAN’S HOPE is in need of regular volunteers for the summer. Volunteer opportunities are available weekdays and Saturday between 9 a.m. & 5:15 p.m. If you have a few hours to give during the week and want to support fair trade in this way, please contact Sara Halteman for more information at 433-4880 or artisanshope@yahoo.com.

SERVANT PROJECTS are meant to be intergenerational. Adult participants are encouraged to serve alongside their youth group. Don’t pass up this wonderful opportunity for adults to interact with youth from your congregation! Register online at www.SanJose2007.org to participate in a Servant Project at the San Jose Mennonite Youth Convention.

DO YOU LIKE TO SING? You may want to sign up to sing in the joint youth & adult choir that will participate in San Jose Mennonite Youth Convention’s combined worship service. The choir will be directed by Helen Hudgens of Evanston, Illinois. She serves as the music minister at Reba Place Church & is a faculty member at North Park University where she teaches music theory, aural skills, & music theory, and directs the Music in Worship program. Register online at www.SanJose2007.org.