Call to Worship
Gathering Hymn We are people of God’s peace HWB 407
Scripture
Romans 12:9-21
Reading #2 ‘We talk about forgiveness’ in Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Walter Wink citing Shela Cassidy in When the Powers Fall; On the basis of her healing ministries, she observes that ‘hatred is a devil to be cast out and we must pray for the power to forgive, for it is in forgiving our enemies that we are healed.’ Willard Swartley continues in his book ‘Covenant of peace’ [59] The goal of all …nonviolent resistance is to overcome evil with good – and to transform hostile relationships into friendship through reconciliation, truth telling and forgiveness.’
Congregational hymn My Shepherd will supply your need HWB 589
Children's story The Quarreling Book, by Charlotte Zolotow
Teaching
“Overcome
evil with good’
Hymn of response Dona nobis pacem [round] HWB 346
Sharing
and Prayer
Announcements and
offering
Sending Hymn The Lord bless you and keep you SJ 76
Leading us in worship; Joy Vs pianist, Titus Kg song leader.
* The offering is a
commitment
of our regular attendees. Visitors
should feel no obligation to donate.
Visitors and regular attendees are invited to submit the “I wish
card” found in the back of the hymnal.
SHALOM COMMUNITY CHURCH HAPPENINGS
Finance Committee
Facilities Committee
Slow Cookers
Service – Outreach
Congregational Meeting
Nurture Comm. Meeting
Mom’s Small Group
Poetry Meeting
Readers Club March 4 7pm Sz
Jimmy
Carter’s book
Worship Committee
March
5
7:30
Wk
Peace and Justice Interest March 12 7:30 Wk
Congregational Life Committee March 17 9 AM Versluis
Rotating Potlucks will occur on March 17. Be a host and or participant
Please pick up a copy of The Shepherd on the table in the foyer.
Youth: Miriam and Noah Wk, Paul Vs, Dylan and Caleb Mr Py-decided to raise money for the Heifer Project by participating in a Read To Feed project. They will keep
track of the number of pages they read for the next month. At the end, they will combine their number of pages read. If you would like to sponsor them for 1-5 cents per
page or more, please respond to this email or talk to a youth. Give a hoot, give poverty the boot.
Chris and Emily:
Volunteers who wish to provide a meal
may either take the meal to them or bring a meal to church and they
will come
and get it. Examine your
calendar
and call or email me Betsy Hy with days that would be good for you. It is important to LET Betsy KNOW so she
can distribute the meals over the longest time possible and so they
don't get 8
meals one week and 1 the next. She will inform Chris and Emily who is
bringing
food. If you bring food to their home
it is your
responsibility to call them and make a mutually good drop-off time.
If
you have Congregational concerns, please contact the Congregational
Life Committee. Leland Rp,, Patti Sr or
Dave Py
DENOMINATIONAL NEWS
COB= Church of the Brethren; CD = Mennonite
Church
Central District Conference
¨
Central District Conference:
¨
COB Annual Conference: June 30-
¨ Mennonite Assembly/Youth Convention: July 2-7, 07 San Jose CA. [Paul and Joy will attend]
¨
COB District Conference: August 9-12, ,2006,
Please view the
"College
scholarships: Students can get
financial assistance through the Mennonite Mutual Aid College
Scholarship
program. Each year MMA awards up to
36 scholarships to students who are member of a congregation with an
MMA advocate. For details see Gertrude
Warkentin (MMA
advocate), or visit MMA-online.org. Applications are due by
COMMUNITY EVENTS
"Refusing
To Be Enemies" ICPJ hosted a
special clergy and religious leaders
screening of the trailer for the upcoming movie, "Refusing to Be
Enemies." The response was so
positive, we've decided to host two more.
When:
of the
Zeitouna Jewish-Arab women's dialogue group. Why:
To learn about the exciting work of the Zeitouna dialogue group in
advance of
the world premiere of the documentary, "Refusing to be Enemies," at
the Michigan Theater on Sunday, March 18 at
or email chuck@icpj.net
About
the Movie: The film, "Refusing To Be
Enemies" profiles the twelve women of a local dialogue group called
Zeitouna ("olive" in Arabic) and documents their developing
relationship over a four-year period. Six of the Zeitouna women are of
Arab
descent and six are of Jewish descent. Some are native born and some
are
immigrants. What they all have in common is their humanity and their
desire to
bridge the gulf that has developed between their two communities. They
chose
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the focus of the group and use the
dialogue
process as a means of personal transformation leading to
socio-political
transformation.
SERVICE
OUTREACH
The Service and Outreach Committee is pleased to report that a total of 63 Health Kits were collected and delivered to the Mennonite Collection site in Goshen
thank-you is due to Noah Wk and Joy Kn Kg for making the deliveries for us. We felt blessed in working with the Ann Arbor Mennonite Church
we thank all of you, in both congregations, for being so generous in this recent collection. Service and Outreach Committee
Romans 12:9-21 [On genuine love]
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers.
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.’ No, ‘if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.’ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. The New Revised Standard Version