CALLING OUT TO GOD IN PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING

 

¨       Introduction:  a contemplative service

¨       Scripture reading:                 Psalm 42:1-2

¨       Congregational hymn          Praise with joy the world’s creator    STJ 16

¨       Congregational responsive prayer

 

L:             As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.

                My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.   

P:             As a deer desires to drink flowing water, so our souls thirst for God.

L:             Open your lives then, and learn to desire God.
                Open your ears, and desire to hear God.
                Open your hearts, and desire God.

P:             In openness and with desire, we are here to visit with God.
                We trust God to meet with us,  that God’s river of life will flow thru us.

 

¨       A field of voices                   ‘Open my ears, open my eyes            AFV 24

¨       Congregational hymn          ‘Oh, have you not heard’                   HWB 606

 

Sharing and announcements and offering

Children’s teaching                            Contemplation as told by Ben Bn

 

CALLING OUT TO GOD TO FILL US WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

 

¨       Congregational responsive prayer

 

L              Breath of God, Breath of life, Breath of deepest yearning

P              Come, Holy Spirit.               

L              Comforter, Disturber, Interpreter, Enthuser,   

P              Come, Holy Spirit.
L              Heavenly Friend, Lamplighter, Revealer of truth, Midwife of change,
P              Come, Holy Spirit.
L              The Lord is here.  God's spirit is with us.

¨       Congregational hymn          ‘Holy, Holy Holy’                                HWB 75

¨        Prayer for rest and peace    Traditional Celtic prayer

¨       Hildegard of Bingen:  “Like a feather on the breath of God”

¨       Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita Antiphon for the Holy Spirit

 

                                The Holy Spirit, life that give life

                                And moves all things

                                And is the root of every creature

                                And cleanses all things of impurity,

                                Wiping away sins

                                And anointing wounds:

                                This is the radiant and admirable life,

                                Awakening and reawakening all things.

 

CALLING OUT TO JESUS FOR WISDOM AND HEALING

 

¨       Lectio Divina:                       Mark 10:46-52

¨       Song of yearning                                                                 by John Pl

¨       A circle of prayer                                                 Harp music by Ben Bn

 

Hymn of sending                  Healer of our every ill                          HWB 377

 

Leading us in worship:  Paul Versluis. Worship leader, Titus Kg. Song leader, Michelle Wr-Hn . Pianist

 

* Visitors are invited to stand and introduce yourselves during the sharing time so we can  welcome you.

** 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

 

Small Group Opportunities: the following  groups meet regularly and are open to interested persons in the SCC community.  You can drop in and ‘drop out’ as you
are able.  Call the contact person for information, dates, times, direction or location.

Mom’s Small Group

¨       Pattie Sr                                                

Poetry Meeting                                                   

¨       Don Ty                                 

Peace and Justice Interest                                  July 9      7:30PM  @ Wk

¨       Janet Ry                

Readers Club:                                                       July 22    6:30PM   Gertrudes

¨       Priscilla                  Radical hope: ethics in the face of cultural devastation by Jonathan Lear

Slow Cookers       

¨       Gertrude Wn 

 

Meetings:

Finance Committee                                             

Nurture Comm. Meeting    

Worship Committee                                            

Congregational Life Committee                                        

Congregational Business Mtg.                         

Service – Outreach                                              July 22    12:30       Versluis home      

 

The worship committee has decided that the worship services will begin at 11:00 am this summer.  On September 9, 2007 until January 1, 2008 the worship service
will begin at 10:00 am .   Please feel very free to contact any of the worship committee members with questions or comments.  Worship Committee: Rebecca We,
Shelly Wk, Tim Sh, Titus Kg, Paul Versluis

 

All chuch invitation: Firework and desserts:  8PM, on July 7^th.  Bring a dessert.  Fireworks at dark.  Bring lawn chairs and bug spray.  For those of you who have
never been here, the lake association puts on a fireworks show (approximately 45 minutes in length).  Leland Ropp, 1314 Long Lake Drive, Brighton, MI  48114,  You
are also invited to a table tennis tournament.  This will begin at 5 PM on Sat. July 7th at my house.  This is the same evening as the desserts and fireworks, so feel free
to come for both.  Leland Rp and Noah Wk.

 

Congregational concerns?  Contact the Congregational Life Committee, Janet Ry, Patti, or Dave Py

 

DENOMINATIONAL NEWS

COB= Church of the Brethren; CD = Mennonite Church Central District Conference

¨       Central District Conference: June 21-23 meeting in Berne Indiana  [Paul Versluis will be our delegate attending the conference]

¨       COB Annual Conference: June 30- July 4 Cleveland Ohio.  [Roxanne Cs will attend and be our delegate to the annual conference]

¨       Mennonite Assembly:   July 2-7, San Jose CA. [Paul and Joy will attend]

¨       COB District Conference:  August 9-12, ,2006, Hastings Michigan.  Tim Sh will attend and be our delegate.

 

View the Mennonite Church online giving website.  You are able to make credit card donations to all Mennonite Church organizations, including congregations.  http://giving.menoniteusa.org, https://giving.mennoniteusa.org/organization/detail/1254/. 

 

Some of you have been making donations to Shalom through the Mennonite Foundation at www.MennoniteUSA.org.  If you are doing so or intend to do so, please
know that Mennonite Foundation will issue receipts for tax purposes for all of those donations.  Those donations will NOT be included in the statement that is supplied
by Shalom Community Church at the end of the year.  Additionally, the Foundation takes a fee of 3% on all transactions before they are deposited in the SCC account.
 If you have questions, please contact Anita Ts. 

 

SERVICE OUTREACH

 

The Silent Auction collected over $700 for the youth fund.  

Attention Shalom's active participants!  The Service Outreach Committee would like to encourage you to do service through an organization or take personal
involvement in a service project.  We have a special budget to sponsor you in doing this work.  Past examples have been Mandy & David Kn for their recent work in Jamaica, and Susie Fk for her medical mission work in Argentina.  Please contact Paul Versluis if you are interested in applying.

 

Mark 10:46 – 52  They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. ⁴⁷When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ ⁴⁸Many sternly ordered him to be
quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ ⁴⁹Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind man, saying to him,
‘Take heart; get up, he is calling you.’ ⁵⁰So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. ⁵¹Then Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want me to do for
you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher, let me see again.’ ⁵²Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has made you well.’ Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.