THE JESUS CREED "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength." The second is this: "Love your neighbor as yourself." There is no commandment greater than these.
FirstMennonite Churchof Christian
Moundridge, Kansas A Welcoming Community of Christians for Peace
Sunday,July6,2008
Sunday,July 6,2008
Hearing Aids,Children's Worship Binders, and Nursery Careare available upon request. Contact the ushers.
PreludePsalm XIX… MarcelloRoberta Gingerich Andante … Handel Ode To Joy …. BeethovenTiffany Fisher
Worship Service9:30 A.M.
Welcome & Announcements
Gathering and Praising
* Invocation
* Call to Worship
Leader: This is sabbath we seek deep within our restful selves for re-creation. People: This Sunday- we celebrate the bright resurrection and its good news. Leader: This is the day which God has made. People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it. *HymnTo God Be the Glory# 102
A Favorite of Gin Niehage
Proclaiming and Listening
Sharing Congregational Joys and Concerns Scholarship Recipients
This light is lit,with Christians everywhere,as a prayer for peace. HymnLord, Listen To Your Children# 353
Discipline of Silence and Prayer of the Church
Worship MusicJill Klein
Children's Moment Readers TheatreWith All Your Strength
Gospel Reading Luke 19:1-10 Pg 854
SermonThick Wall Or An Open Door?Pastor Mary Cross Responding *HymnYou've Got a PlaceSJ # 4 Offering and Offertory MusicThe Ash GroveRoberta Gingerich
ByHeld
Offertory Prayer
Going in God's Name
*HymnHeart, With Loving Heart United# 420 *Benediction
*Those who are able, please stand.
To all our visitors
Welcome
. If you are a first time visitor, please fill out the card that the ushers will give you
,
and place it in the offering plate. We are delighted that you are worshipping with us. First Mennonite Chur
ch of Christian is a fellowship
that
welcomes all people in our community so that they may grow in personal understanding and relationship with God. We welcome new members and guests. If you feel moved to join our fellowship or would like to know more about joining, please see the pastor or one of the ushers.
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The Church provides nursery care
during the worship service for those who desire it. An adult should accompany children over three
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an instrument to help children through the worship hour, is available in the foyer.
Sunday,
June
2
9
-
Worship Service-
92
,
Total Offering:
$
2,918.56.
Offering Schedule
July 6 Local Church Offering
July 13 Scholarship Fund
July 20 - Local Church Budget
July 27 MC USA
Greeters Schedule
July 13 Hilda Goering & Welma Stucky
July 20 The Phil Waite Family
July 27 Robert & Caryl Tieszen
August 3 Gladys Goering & Vera Mensch
News and Events
Celebrating this Week:
Birthdays
Anniversaries
July 6-Violet Voran
July 7-Matthew Stucky
July 8-Chip Parker Becky & Dan Pohl
July 9-Rachel White
Karen Ratzlaff
Jonathan Bontrager-Waite
July 10-Cindy Lewis Anita & John Foggan
July 11-Phyllis Stucky
Trevin Wiens
Beth Bontrager
July 12-Janet Gehring,
Russ Stucky
Brock Zerger
Opportunities
Today
9:30 a.m. - Worship Service
10:45 a.m. -
Joint Adult and High School
*
Tuesday, July 8
- Note time and date change
7:30 p.m. Library Committee Meeting
Wednesday, July1
Bulletin Information
due by noon
Sunday, July 13
9
:30 a.m.
Worship Service
,
Worship Leader-
Naomi Wollmann
,
Offering-
Scholarship Fund
,
Pianist
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Beth Bontrager
, Music-
Sarah Pohl
, Children's Story-
Teresa Strausz
, Greeters-
Hilda Goering & Welma Stucky
10:45 a.m. Joint Adult and High School Sunday School
If you have
flowers
that you would like to share for the morning
worship service in
July
,
contact
Marvella Ratzlaff
345-
8145
.
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The human community and the natural world will go into the future together as a single, sacred community or we will both perish in the desert. - Thomas Berry
Announcements
FMCC News
We serve our neighbors as seeker
s and followers of Jesus Christ
and as people of faith who experience God's gifts of love, grace, and salvation. Biblical passage: Luke 10:25-37
We cultivate deeper relationships with God.
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News from Camp Mennoscah
W
ow! We're halfway through our summer camps! It's been a great summer so far, and we don't want you to miss it. (Have you seen our River Play Rainbow People?) There are still spaces available for our Junior II and Junior III camps
, b
ut only a few for our Junior High II and Senior High camps. Contact us about availability. Our theme this summer is The Bible: Digging for Treasure. Bring a friend and come see what we're doing this summer. Confirmation cards should be arriving for those campers who have already registered. Please check the cards for any ina
ccurate information. Questions,
Contact us at
620-297-3290
or
/us.mc656.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=campmnomennowdc.org"">. We respond to community needs and dreams. Work is continuing on the new director's residence. They are now in need of interior painters.The A.C. is on, so it will be a cool job! If you can help, contact Galen Waltner, 620-386-0287. Get ready, all you Work & Play and MennoFolk campers! The Work & Play and MennoFolk on the Prairie camps are coming up in September and October, and we want you to join us. See the 2008 Camp Mennoscah catalog for more information or contact us at 620-297-3290 or /us.mc656.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=campmnomennowdc.org"">. Watch for more information later this summer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At the special Church Meeting, June 15, the vote was 48 in favor of the motion to 24 opposed. This result gives direction to our Board of Education as they consult with West Zion concerning the possible combining of our K though 8th grade Sunday School classes. If a co-operative program is agreed to, time changes take place in the future. The Moundridge Food Bank is in need of a bulletin board, a sturdy card table, and a two drawer locking file cabinet with keys. Contact Caryl Tieszen if you would like to donate any of these items. Food bank: Now is our church's chance to help those less fortunate serve their families good meals. A box for food items is in the foyer. Let's fill it with boxes of instant potatoes, scalloped potatoes, or any type of potato dish, canned fruit, peanut butter, 3 quart size boxes of powdered milk, toilet paper, oatmeal, and cereal. Please buy the small sizes; e.g. approximately 11 oz boxes of cereal. We do not repackage food, and large quantities may not get used.
We seek and practice shalom
Prayers for Peacemakers This year marks Israel's 60th anniversary as a modern nation. Pray that it may live securely, be a light to the nations, and provide justice and equity for all within its borders and beyond. First Mennonite Church of Christian,PO# 66 Moundridge, Ks 67107
