Bulletin:  March 18, 2007                                                                                                 

GREETING

HWB 26                                Holy Spirit, come with power 

SCRIPTURE                         Luke 22:31-34, 54-62 & John 21:15-18

INTRODUCTION 

HWB 243                              Before the cock crew twice

CHILDREN’S STORY 

TEACHING     

STJ 87                                   Put peace into each other’s hands (vs. 1, 2, 3, 5)

SHARING & PRAYER

ANNOUNCEMENTS,  INTRODUCTIONS & OFFERING

HWB 553                              I am weak and I need thy strength

Leading us in worship:  Paul Versluis, speaker; Vija Ml, worship leader and visuals; Titus Kg, song leader; Michelle Wr-Hn, pianist; Patti Sr, Children’s Story, Noah Wk, scripture reading

* 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. 

LENTEN SERIES 2007

 

Studies in contrast – inspiring stories from Passion week

LENT 1 February 25: Extravagance in a world of poverty:  the anointing at Bethany (Mark 14:3-9)

LENT 2 March 4: Loneliness among friends:  the garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:32-42)

LENT 3 Mar 11:  Praying the impossible desire: the garden of Gethsemane (Mk 14:32-42, Lk 22:39-46)

LENT 4 March 18:  Faith after betrayal: Peter’s denial (Luke 22:31-34, 54-62 & John 21:15-18)

LENT 5 Mar 25:  Dignity in the face of humiliation: the mocking (Mt 26:67-68, 27:11-14, 27-31, 39-44)

LENT 6 April 1-Palm Sunday: Celebrating hope in the shadow of destruction (Luke 19:28-40)

Please contact Vija Mll if you’d like to be involved in any of the Lent worship services

SHALOM COMMUNITY CHURCH HAPPENINGS

 

Finance Committee                             

Facilities Committee                            

Slow Cookers                                       

Congregational Meeting                    

Nurture Comm. Meeting                    

Mom’s Small Group                             March 22               7:30         Wn

Poetry Meeting                                    March 23               7:30 AM Wn        

Peace and Justice Interest                  March 12               7:30         Wk

Congregational Life Committee         March 17               9 AM      Versluis

Worship Committee                             March 27               7:00         Versluis

Readers Club                                        April                                       Ts

                                                                The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman

Service – Outreach                              April

 

 

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.  
 

The Facilities Committee has been working busily, if invisibly, since our last report to the congregation in December, 2006.  Most of you will know that this committee is working with two other partners to design and build a jointly-owned facility that can be used by all partners.

                On November 28, 2006 we submitted an application to Lodi Township for preliminary approval of our project.  The township’s response to our application required that we gather additional information about the nature of the site we are working with.  The departure of a fourth partner from the venture in November and the higher-than-acceptable cost of our first design have also had an impact on our work.

                We have recently concluded work on redesigning the building and site plan in response to all of these constraints. We are re-submitting these plans along with an application for a ‘special use’ permit to Lodi Township with the expectation of being on the April 24 agenda.

                While that process goes forward, we are also planning a pair of meetings to present these plans to the congregation.  Those meetings will take place after church on Sunday, April 15, and Sunday, April 22.  We ask everyone to make an effort to participate in those meetings.  We will also have a packet of information available for all that will cover at least much of what will be presented at those meetings.

                A  more detailed version of this announcement will be e-mailed today; printed copies are available on the lobby table for anyone who does not use e-mail.

 
This is to let everyone know that the next Mom's Small Group will be Thursday, March 22 , 2007 at Gertrude Wn's home at 7:30 pm.  All are welcome.  If you have 
questions, please don't hesitate to contact me Patti Sg
 

If you have Congregational concerns, please contact the Congregational Life Committee.  Janet Ry, Patti Sr, or Dave Py .

 

DENOMINATIONAL NEWS

 

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

 

¨       Central District Conference: June 21-23, 2007 meeting in Berne Indiana

¨       COB Annual Conference: June 30- July 4, 2007 in Cleveland Ohio.  [Roxanne Cs will attend]

¨       Mennonite Assembly/Youth Convention:   July 2-7, 07 San Jose CA. [Paul and Joy will attend]

¨       COB District Conference:  August 9-12, ,2006, Hastings Michigan

 

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

 

"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 Wn (MMA advocate), or visit MMA-online.org. Applications are due by March 31, 2007."

 

 

 

SERVICE OUTREACH

 

Property Disposal Department.  Ten folding wooden chairs are available for anyone who needs a few spare chairs around the house.  These are remnants from the historic days of the ‘basement church.’  They are presently in Nelson Sz’s workshop but will not be kept after April 15.  A small donation to Shalom’s coffers is suggested.  Talk to Nelson:.

 

Luke 22:31 ‘Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, 32but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.’ 33And he said to him, ‘Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death!’ 34Jesus said, ‘I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow this day, until you have denied three times that you know me.’

 

Luke 22: 54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance. 55When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them. 56Then a servant-girl, seeing him in the firelight, stared at him and said, ‘This man also was with him.’ 57But he denied it, saying, ‘Woman, I do not know him.’ 58A little later someone else, on seeing him, said, ‘You also are one of them.’ But Peter said, ‘Man, I am not!’ 59Then about an hour later yet another kept insisting, ‘Surely this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean.’ 60But Peter said, ‘Man, I do not know what you are talking about!’ At that moment, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. 61The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, ‘Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times.’ 62And he went out and wept bitterly.