Opening Hymn
Holy
Spirit, come with power
HWB
26
Call to Worship Psalm
100
HWB
821
Poem
“Welcome
Morning” by Anne Sexton
Hymn
We
plow the fields and scatter
HWB
96
Introduction to the morning
Children’s Story
Scripture
Deuteronomy
26: 1-11
Hymn Praise to God, immortal
praise,verses 1,2,5
HWB
91
Lord
should rising whirlwinds, verses 6, 7, 9
HWB
92
Scripture
Mark
8:1-8
Luke17:
11-19
Reflections on Gratitude
Sharing and Prayer
Announcements
Offering
Hymn
Praise
the Lord
HWB
52
Benediction
Song
leader: Curtis Weaverdyck; Piano:
Stephanie Nance; Children’s
Story: Tom Brubaker; Speakers: Stephanie Nance and Ben Brown; Worship
leader: Janet Reedy; Readers:
Rebecca Wyse, Don Thackrey
Visitors
are
invited to stand and introduce yourselves during the sharing time so we
can welcome you.
Visitors and
regular
attendees are invited to submit the “I wish card” found in the back
of the hymnal.
Until January 13 the Sunday morning schedule will be as
follows:
10:00-Worship
begins
11:15-11:30: break
for
visiting and refreshments
11:30-12:15: discussion
with the guest speaker. (Adults meet in the sanctuary with
speaker. Youth attend Sunday School or at times meet with
adults. Children K-5 attend activity time. Preschoolers and
infants
attend nursery).
Sunday School for elementary age and younger children occurs during church. Children will be in the service until after the "children's time." They will then go to their
Sunday School classes or to the nursery. They will have refreshments together with the adults between worship and adult Sunday School. During adult Sunday School,
preschool children will be in the nursery until 12:15. K-5 children will return to their Sunday School room for planned activities which will last until 12:15. Preschool
children will have their Sunday School class in their old room. Nursery will still be in the regular nursery room.
Elementary age children will meet in the adult classroom with the big table in it through the end of 2007.
There
will be no Sunday School for children or adults on November 25,
December 16,
December 23, and December 30.
This means that children
will stay for the entire worship service except
for the small children who go to the nursery.
We are in need of volunteers for nursery for
dates when
there is no Sunday School: 11/25, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30.
Please
contact any member of the Nurture Committee (Joy K., Laura P., Miriam
W., April
H.) if you are available to help.
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 wish. Call the contact person for information,
dates, times, directions or location.
Mom’s Small Group
·
Patti Sprunger
Peace and Justice Interest Group, Monday,
December
10, 7:30 p.m., Weaverdycks’
·
Gertrude Warkentin
·
Readers Club:
· Priscilla Chamberlain
Slow Cookers:
Tuesday, December 4, 6:30 p.m. at Nofzigers’
·
Gertrude Warkentin
Meetings:
Nurture Comm. Meeting
Worship Committee,
Monday,
November 26, 7:30 p.m., Weaverdycks’
Congregational Life Committee,
Service – Outreach Committee, Thursday, November 29, 6:30 p.m., Brubakers’
Dwelling in the Word: A corporate spiritual discipline of being attentive to God through the practice of meditation on Scripture.
· Suggested passages for the reading are Isaiah 42:1-4, or 1-7, and John 15:1-11, or 1-17.
- Slowly read the passage. What
word or phrase, feeling or image stands out? Dwell on this impression
and if you are in a group, share this impression with others.
- We might practice this discipline when
we gather in small groups, or for committee meetings, when we visit or
when we are alone.
- We are welcome to share our
impressions with others online in the blog provided. http://shalomcc.wordpress.com/
- The goal is to be attentive to God and
each other through this practice.
- There will be opportunity for
formal sharing of our individual and collective experiences with this
discipline. We are encouraged to also share in small groups
or as we cross paths in daily life.
ANABAPTIST VOICES:
GUEST SPEAKERS
December 2 – Wilma Bailey – Associate professor of Hebrew
and Aramaic scripture at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis. She is the author of the book "You
Shall Not Kill" or "You Shall Not Murder:" The Assault on a
Biblical Text.
**Rotating Potlucks -- Rotating potlucks will occur on January 19, February 16 and March 15. Sign up to be a host and/or participant by calling or emailing Betsy Harvey.
Rotating potlucks are small potlucks that take place at people's houses and include anywhere from 6-16 people.
**The Alternative Bazaar at the First Baptist Church will be on December 2 from approximately 3-7 p.m. with set-up time and take down times on either side. Shalom
sponsors a Ten Thousand Villages sale within the larger bazaar.
Christmas Pageant: Gertrude Warkentin will coordinate the annual Christmas Pageant on December 16 this year. It is a time when anyone/everyone? contributes to the
retelling of the old and always new story of Jesus’ birth, including more current stories of how the old story is brought to life today. This can be done in word, song, music,
action. Let her know about your contribution by December 10.
Anyone wishing to adopt a low-income family, senior, or single disabled adult in Washtenaw County and provide food for a holiday dinner and/or a small gift for each
family member, call Gertrude Warkentin or e-mail, by Thanksgiving, or call 481-2049 directly ASAP.
The Nurture Committee is looking for someone to host the yearly Christmas Caroling Party. We suggest using a co-hosting approach. For example, those who have
larger homes can offer the use of their home for the party. Other folks can help host the party (cleaning preparation, organizing food, clean up). Please respond to anyone
on the Nurture Committee with questions and offers: Laura P., April H., Miriam W., or Joy K.
It is time to renew subscriptions for The Mennonite and The Messenger. Please contact April Hicks by 12/5 if you are interested in renewal or if you want to start a
new subscription. There are special discounts in place for students as well. SCC will cover the cost of the subscriptions. Those who receive the subscriptions are
encouraged to make a donation to SCC to cover the cost, if financially able. April will also send out emails to those currently on the list for subscriptions.
Pageant
Choir From Nelson Shantz:
I am hoping to assemble a choir for the Shalom Pageant on
December
16. I have a piece, “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem” for 4 part
choir and piano. It is a tuneful and lovely piece, pretty easy to
learn
and fun to sing. I plan to have 2 rehearsals on Saturday, December 1 and Saturday, December 8 from
11:00 to 11:45 a.m. at my house Please e-mail or phone me to indicate
your
interest.
The end of the year is
almost
here. Remember Shalom
Community Church
in your end of year giving plans. If you would like to know how
much
money you have contributed to SCC from January 1 - November 18, 2007,
please
contact Anita Toews. Of course, an end of year accounting for income tax
purposes will be provided in
January.
You
can contribute money to Mennonite Church USA
organizations in a
single, secure credit/debit card transaction at giving.MennoniteUSA.org.
Church of the Brethren: The Ministry Assistance Fund will face increased requests from pastors for aid to meet financial emergencies, especially because COB is
phasing out payments for health insurance for ministers. Congregations are invited to take special offerings for this fund.
Mennonite
World Conference will be in Asuncion, Paraguay, July
14-19, 2009. It is not too early to
think about attending or about contributing money to sponsor attendees
from the
global South. Costs are an average
of about $2500.
Church
of the Brethren National Young Adult Conference
will be at the YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park,
CP on August 11-15, 2008. The theme
is “Come to the Mountain:
Guidance for the Journey.”