Smithville Mennonite Church

August 5, 2007 - 10:30 a.m.

 

WE GATHER

GATHERING MUSIC                                                     Kathy Gerber

ANNOUNCEMENTS                  

PRELUDE                                                        

WE PRAISE GOD

CONGREGATIONAL SONG               Lynette Neuenschwander                           

            “The Longer I Serve Him”

 

WE HEAR THE WORD

 

CALL TO WORSHIP/SCRIPTURE READING

            II Corinthians 4:1-6                            Lewy & Betty Ebersole

 

MESSAGE              “Seeing the Face of God”            Richard Ross                                                     

CONGREGATIONAL SONGS                                       Praise Team

            “This is the Day”                                “My Redeemer Lives”

            “Oh How He Loves You and Me”      “Cleanse Me”

 

OFFERING PRAYER

OFFERTORY     “Just a Closer Walk With Thee”       Rebecca Martin     

CONGREGATIONAL SONG

            “Break Thou the Bread of Life”                                       MH 222

COMMUNION

SHARING/PRAYER                                           Pastor Todd Martin    

BENEDICTION 

POSTLUDE 

 

 

 

 

We welcome all to our worship service today.  If you are a guest at Smithville Mennonite, we pray that you have been blessed by worshipping with us.  If you need assistance, our ushers will be glad to help you.  We invite you to sign our guest book in the foyer and to come and worship with us again.

 

TODAY . . .

            8:45 a.m.          Prayer time in Pastor’s study.

9:00 a.m.          Coffee/Fellowship time-   Donita Gingrich

9:30 a.m.          Sunday School for All Ages

                        Elective Class –The First Place series  

           10:30 a.m.          Worship Service

                                               

 P.A. System      Richard Shetler

 Multi-media        Eric Ramseyer               

 Nursery Care      Denise Rufener & June Steiner

Jr. MYF Swimming at Kalina’s     

            5:00 p.m.          Frisbee Football

            7:00 p.m.          Baptism for Josiah Ramseyer at Camp Luz

                                    Refreshments at Ramseyer’s

           

Next Sunday. . .

          10:30 a.m.         Worship Service

Message: “Bible Juggling” by Pastor Todd

                                    Baby Dedication for Seth Hostetler

 

            5:00 p.m.          Frisbee Football

 

Last Sunday . . .

Worship attendance – 159

Offering:            Capital Improvement …………….. $ 6,251.02

                        Budget ……………………………..       250.00

                        Sunday School ……………………          9.98

                        Kingsway student fund …………..    1,500.00

                        College Aid ………………………..      100.00

$707.65 is still needed to complete our August-December College

 Aid payment

   

Coming Up . . .

Aug. 18             Music Festival at Camp Luz

Aug. 26             Camp Luz Day – East Chipp. Vocal Band

 

 

 

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT SMC . . .

 

August 11 – Church Family Fun Night at the Steiner’s. FARM FUN DAY! Lots of exciting games for all ages including the PIE EATING contest. Supper at 5pm, sign up to bring food.  See flier in mailbox for ore details.  Special guest Vincent Chen will lead devotions and Matt Shetler will be baptized. Please come and celebrate this special event!

 

The Smucker family is extending an invitation for you to join them in celebrating Ralph and Lila’s 50th wedding anniversary.  There will be an open house here at the church, August 18, from 4 to 7 p.m.

 

 Jim and Rita Atkinson’s new address is 1751 Blackberry Lane, Orrville, OH  44667.  Their phone number is 330 642-0237, and their email address is rjatkinson@zoominternet.net.

 

Mark & Kathy Gerber’s new address is:  2078 N. Millborne Rd., Orrville, OH  44667.  Phone number and e-mail remain the same.

 

VBS 2007 DVD:  For those that would like a copy of the DVD and pictures from our Vacation Bible School this year, please sign up on the sheet outside of the secretary’s office.  The cost is $3 to cover the costs for media, labels and plastic cases.  Anything given above the $3 will go to a multimedia fund for future software purchases.  The money will be paid to the church at the time of pickup.  The DVDs should be ready by the second Sunday of September.  If you have any questions, please see Tim Laird.

 

The Book, “A Merry Heartis missing from the library without any record of who has it.  We would appreciate its prompt return as others are asking for it. Thanks, the Librarians.

 

Leadership Summit “goers” . . .

We will carpool from SMC August 9-11 at 8:45 a.m. and return to SMC by 3:30 p.m. each day.  If you have any questions, see Todd.

 

Parenting Discipleship class offered again . . . The Growing Kid’s God’s Way class is being offered again this year in the home of Eric & Roxie Ramseyer.  This class is a great resource for parents that provides vehicles to apply Biblical principles in raising our kids.  It also greatly challenges us to be the living examples Christ wants us to be.  Please pray if God would have you join us.  If you have questions, please call 330-857-2678 or plan to attend the informational meeting that will be held here at the church on August 30 at 7:30 p.m.  Classes will start on September 10.

 

 

THIS WEEK AT SMC . . .

 

           

TUESDAY, August 7

            10:00 a.m.         Coffee Hour at BrennField

 

WEDNESDAY, August 8

7:00 p.m.          MYF – Swimming at Kalina’s     

 

 THURSDAY, August 9

            8:30 p.m.          Softball at Orr Park

           

 FRIDAY, August 10

            8:30 a.m.          Women’s Prayer

                                    Girls’ Jamboree at Camp Luz

           

SATURDAY, August 11 

            8:00 a.m.          Men’s Prayer Breakfast

            5:00 p.m.          Family Farm Fun Night at Ron Steiner’s

                        Baptism for Matt Shetler

           

In Our Prayers . . .

 

·         Pastor Todd, that he would preach The Word effectively.

·         Our Friends and Family at SMC…Vernon and Geneva Meyer, and Lois Ramseyer

·         Carol Schrock, for bone growth and healing in her foot.

·          Mabel Hartman, recovering from hip replacement surgery.

·         Robert Armitage, who will be putting our “Walk Across the Room” lesson into practice with a family member this week.

 

Smithville Mennonite Church

6097 Akron Rd., P.O. Box 455, Smithville, OH  44677

Phone:  330-669-3601           

E-mail:  lmsmucker@smithvillemennonite.org todd@smithvillemennonite.org

Website:  smithvillemennonite.org

Pastor:  Todd Martin

Youth Pastor:  Rebecca Martin

Church office hours:  Tuesday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon