Theme for morning: The workings of the church; serving God on a committee
Invocation
Shout to God! Sing to God a new song!
Sing praises, all you people
You who dwell in the land of the Huron
Who toil for your bread and your shelter
Give praise to God and know that the hours of your days are gifts from God
Sing the story of your days as a tribute to your maker
Sing Alleluia!
Hymn Praise, I will praise you Lord HWB 76
Post-sabbatical transition & welcome home
Reading STS 146
Reading STS 200
Scripture 1 Corinthians 12: 4-14, 20-28
Hymn Teach me thy truth HWB 548
Children’s teaching
Message: The workings of the church
Service
Outreach Committee
Nurture
Committee
Congregational
Life Committee
Hymn I Bind my heart this tide HWB 411
Sharing time
Prayer
Offering
Announcements
Closing Hymn Guide my feet HWB 546
Sending
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.
Worship Leader: Curtis
Weaverdyck; Post-sabbatical
transition: Shelly Weaverdyck and
Janet Reedy; Committee Speakers:
Chris
Blosser, Patti Sprunger, Laura Ponstein,
Kevin Tang; Song-leader: Nelson Shantz; Pianist:
Laura Brubacher; Children’s Time:
Priscilla
Chamberlain
We
welcome our
pastor, Paul Versluis back from his five-month sabbatical
Today we return to our regular schedule of Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and Worship at 11:00 a.m. at Gretchen's House.
If you
have congregational concerns, please contact the pastor or the
Congregational Life Committee:
Janet Reedy, Patti Sprunger, or Dave Polley
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.
· Patti Sprunger
Poetry Meeting :
· Don Thackrey
Peace and Justice Interest Group, Monday, January 14, 7:30 p.m., Weaverdycks’
· Gertrude Warkentin
Readers’ Club: January 13, 7 p.m., Hollander Chamberlains’, Hemingway Anthology
· Priscilla Chamberlain
Slow Cookers:
·
Gertrude Warkentin
·
Committee Meetings:
Finance
Committee:
Nurture Committee:
Worship Committee:
Monday, January
28, 7:30 pm, Weaverdycks’
Congregational Life Committee: Monday, January 29, 7:30 pm, Reedys’
Service Outreach Committee: Thursday, January 24, 6:30 pm, Miller-Polleys’
January 19 rotating potluck matches. If anyone would like to participate but is not listed below, please let Betsy Harvey know and she will add your name.
1.
Host: Cross, Guests:
Warkentin, Nance-O'Reilly, Brubaker
2. Host: Kanagy, Guests:
3. Host: King, Guests:
Smith, Showalter, Webster/Hein, Ropp
4. Host: Reedy, Guests:
Chamberlain/Hollander, Seelbach, K. Tang
5. Host: Versluis, Guests:
Brubacher/Clingenpeel, Kaufman
6. Host: Weaverdyck, Guests:
LaFlamme, Ponstein, Nofziger
7. Host: Shantz, Guests:
J.& P. Sprunger, J. Brubaker
and guest, Harvey
You
can contribute money to Mennonite Church USA
organizations in a
single, secure credit/debit card transaction at giving.MennoniteUSA.org.
Check out www.brethrenworkcamps.org for information on youth service opportunities for 2008. Registration opens January 3.
“Genocide” is the topic for the National Youth
Christian Citizenship Seminar, March 29-April 3, 2009,
Fresh from
the Word is a book of 366 daily devotions celebrating the 300th
anniversary of the Church of the Brethren.
Composed by writers from six Brethren groups, it is
a way for Brethren
to join in one spirit and purpose to celebrate the 300th
anniversary. You can order it
for $15 from the Brethren Press at www.brethrenpress.com.