Worship Service Bulletin for Sunday July 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 Matthew 6:33. Links to the text for previous months are found on the scripture recitation page.

July 22, 2007

GATHERING
Prelude
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
Congregational Singing

PRAISING
July Scripture Recitation, Matthew 6:33
Offering
Congregational Singing
Celebrations & Concerns

PROCLAIMING
Children's Lesson
Scripture Reading, I Peter 4:1-11
Sermon, "Across the Street in Ministry"

RESPONDING
Lord, you give the great commission
Communion
Benediction
Heart with loving heart united

Sermon: Clyde Kratz
Worship Leader: Susan Stoltzfus
Music Leaders: Matt Hunsberger & Praise Band (c/o Sarah Bixler)
Children's Lesson: Larry & Marilyn Yoder
Greeters: Ed & Teresa Miller
Nursery Attendants: The Beach family

Statistics for Sunday, July 8 & 15, 2007

Attendance & General Fund Offering:
7/8 Worship: 98
7/15 Worship: 146
Offering: $5,803
Offering YTD: $133,101
Budget YTD: $164,769

Special Offerings:
Building fund: $3,160
LCC (Dintamans): $200
SALT (Dan Baker): $200

EMHS fund: $250
EMHS fund YTD: $6,297
EMHS fund goal: $26,000

MHEG fund: $522
MHEG fund YTD: $5,875
MHEG goal for 2007: $10,000

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, July 29, 2007:
SERVICE TIME= 10:00 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M.
HIGHLAND RETREAT

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, August 5, 2007:
SERVICE TIME= 10:00 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M.
Sermon: "Mutual Aid" by Beryl Jantzi
Greeters: Jim & Gerry Rush

Ministry Assignments for Sunday, August 12, 2007:
SERVICE TIME= 10:00 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M.
Sermon: "Missional Life Stories" by Owen Burkholder
Greeters: Jim & Gerry Rush
FELLOWSHIP MEAL

• Pray for Zion members, Elwood Yoder & June Lantz, as they are teaching in China.


• Keep the fellowship hall building process and funding needs in your prayers.


• Pray for Bible school teachers and students - that children may see and experience Jesus.

WHAT IS PENNY POWER? Penny Power is a fun & easy way to raise money for Mennonite Central Committee and Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions. Just drop your coins in the water jug container on the table in the foyer before the Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale in October. For more information, contact the church office at 896-7577.

VESPER SERVICES: Experience the serenity of evenings in a lovely woodland setting with music and a meditation to inspire you! The services, held each Sunday evening in July & August, run from 7:00 to 7:45 p.m. July 22 will feature a Taize service of music, scripture, & prayer led by Monica & Matt Carlson of Harrisonburg Mennonite Church. Family night is July 29. Bring sandwiches for your family & finger foods to share at 5:30 p.m. for a picnic on the hill. Dinnerware & drinks will be provided. During the vesper service at 7 p.m, Lindale pastor Duane Yoder will share a meditation, followed by a children’s story & music. In case of rain, we will meet in the Whitmer School.

PLEASE NOTE that the next Relief Sale meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. on August 13 at Harrisonburg Mennonite Church.

ALL SHENANDOAH VALLEY YOUTH are invited to a time of worship at the CrossRoads amphitheater on Sunday, August 12, beginning at 7 p.m. Luke Hartman, assistant basketball coach at Harrisonburg High School and professor at Eastern Mennonite University, will be the featured speaker. Worship for the evening will be coordinated by Caitlin Helmuth. Ice cream will be served after the service. Bring a blanket or lawn chair.

MCC SKYLINE BENEFIT RIDE. Every two years, an MCC ride is planned on the East Coast to benefit MCC. This year’s ride is August 5-9 along the Skyline Drive. Proceeds from this ride will benefit MCC’s work for peace, including walking alongside the Anabaptist churches in Colombia in the midst of a four-decades long conflict. For details of this event, visit www.mcc.org/event/bike or contact the church office for a brochure and registration form.

ASSISTANT FOR ADVANCEMENT position is available at Eastern Mennonite University. The assistant for advancement is responsible to the Vice President for assisting in administrative tasks & in achieving the vice president’s program responsibilities. The assistant provides division program & personnel assistance; aids institutional teamwork & implements division department objectives & policies; coordinates division office needs, specified meetings, events, & functions; relates to the development, marketing, and alumni & parent relations staffs. For a list of qualifications for this 12-month, full-time position that begins August 15, visit www.emu.edu/humanresources.

PARK VIEW FEDERAL CREDIT UNION has the following position openings at their Harmony Square Location: Administrative Assistant, Member Support Specialist, and PT Accounting Assistant. Job descriptions are posted on their website at www.pvfcu.org. If you have applicable experience, excellent oral & written communication skills, and are detail-oriented, accurate, & able to handle a wide variety of tasks, please send your resume and a cover letter to Human Resource Manager, PVFCU, 1675 Virginia Avenue, Harrisonburg, VA 22802; or email careers@pvfcu.org.