Welcome and Call to Worship

Hymn:                    For the healing of the nations                            367 HWB

Scripture: Jeremiah 19:1-14

Hymn:                    Longing for light                                                  54  STJ

Children’s Time   Out of Africa

Speaker:               “Seeking Cultures of Peace”                              Scott Holland

Hymn:                    For we are strangers no more                             322 HWB

Sharing and prayer

Offering and singing

We are marching in the light of God               Zulu Freedom Song

(Sing each grouping two times and the refrain after each verse.)

 

We are marching in the light of God,                               
We are marching in the light of God.

 

We are marching, marching

We are marching, Ooh

We are marching in the light of God.

 

We are living in the love of God,

We are living in the love of God.

 
We are moving in the power of God,
We are moving in the power of God.

 

Announcements

Hymn of sending:                 Move in our midst                               418 HWB

 

Worship leader: Joy Vs;  Song leader: Titus Kg;  Pianist: Anita Ts;  Readers: Tim h & Joy is

 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. 

 

 

Through the end of 2007 the Sunday morning schedule is as follows:

10:00-10:15:  opening, scripture, singing, children's time

10:15-10:20:  children to Sunday School and speaker begins

11:00-11:15:  sharing, announcements, prayer, offering, closing

11:15-11:30: break for visiting  (Nurture Committee to coordinate drinks

and snack)

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 kids will return to their Sunday School room for planned activities which will last until 12:15.  Thanks for your cooperation on this arrangement.

                    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.

 

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

·         Patti Sr                                                          

Poetry Meeting : 

·         Don Ty 

Peace and Justice Interest Group, Monday, October 8, 7:30 p.m., Gertrude’s

·         Gertrude Wn

Readers Club:  Sunday,  September 30, 7:00 p.m., Priscilla’s 

                    Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths  by Bruce Feiler

·         Priscilla Cn                   

Slow Cookers:  Tuesday, October 2, 6:30 p.m., Showalters’

·         Gertrude

 

 Meetings:

Finance Committee                                             

Nurture Comm. Meeting    

Worship Committee,                            Monday, October 22, 7:30,                 Wks’

Congregational Life Committee,            Tuesday, October 16, 7:30 p.m.,         Rys’

Congregational Business Meeting

Service – Outreach Committee

                               

 

SERVICE OUTREACH

 

SAVE THE DATE!  The annual CROP Walk will be October 7, beginning at 2:00 p.m. at First United Methodist, 120 S. State Street, Ann Arbor. 

 

<>A list of local service agencies that our congregation supports every year has been posted on our website.  Please take a look at the list and explore what is going on around us.http://www.shalomcommunitychurch.mi.us.mennonite.net/Service%20agencies.html

FINANCE COMMITTEE

To prepare the 2008 congregational budget, the Finance Committee has distributed a memo requesting your household’s expected financial contribution to SCC for the coming year.   We ask that you provide this information to either Emily Burkhalter or Anita Toews via one of the suggested methods (form in mailboxes, email or verbally) by October 14.  Thank      you for your commitment to this aspect of our congregation’s life.

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 AND RESOURCE MATERIALS:

September 30—Our speaker today is Scott Holland –Associate Professor of Theology and Culture and Director of Peace Studies and Cross-Cultural Studies at Bethany Theological Seminary
October 7 – John D. Roth – teaches history at Goshen College, Director of the Mennonite Historical Library.  He will speak on "Why Peace is Good News: Pacifism, Spirituality and the Future of the Mennonite Peace Witness."  Copies of his article, “Polls Apart:  Why Believers Might Conscientiously Abstain from Voting” were circulated by email this week.  There are some additional copies on the table in the lobby this morning.

October 21 – Ann Hostetler, -- published poet (Empty Room with Light), editor of a capella:  Mennonite Voices in Poetry,  teaches English at Goshen College.  On 
Saturday evening, October 20, Ann will lead a poetry writing workshop for all who are interested from 7 – 9 p.m. at the home of the Thackreys.  All are welcome.  Please 
RSVP to Janet if you plan to attend.

October 28 – Reuben Sairs – teaches New Testament, ethics, world religions and evangelism at Rosedale Bible College, plays classical guitar.

November 4 – Owen Gingerich-- former research professor of Astronomy and History of Science at Harvard and senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian 
Astrophysical Observatory.  He will speak on “Is the Universe God’s?”  On Saturday evening, November 3, he will speak at a meeting of the Science and Theology 
discussion group organized by Rolf Bouma, a group that meets monthly to discuss topics in science and religion.  It is an open group and people from Shalom are invited 
to attend.  More information on time and place to follow.

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From Gertrude Wn, MMA advocate for Shalom:  For the past two adoptions in our church we raised money to match an MMA grant to assist with the expenses for 
overseas adoption, which are considerable.  The first time MMA matched $1000.  Last year they  lowered it to $500.  It has now been halved again to $250.  We have 
always exceeded the grant amount for our part.  If you would like to contribute to our matching part, please write a check to Shalom with 'adoption' in the memo section.  
Please do this by the first of October.

Help build bridges of hospitality and understanding:

Invite 2 or 3 International students from the University of Michigan to dinner in your home in the months of October -December. This can be offered any evening of the week or week-end.  You may prefer to have students over for Thanksgiving or any holiday dinner but it can be also any time that works for you and your family.  Please contact Esperanza at ECIR, (Ecumenical Center and International Residence) 734-662-5529 or email ecir@provide.net for registration information. 

Sherry Ty has more information.