Smithville Mennonite Church

September 30, 2007 - 10:30 a.m.

 

WE GATHER

GATHERING MUSIC                Louise Hershberger, Lila Smucker

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE                 

WE PRAISE GOD

CONGREGATIONAL SONGS                                   Velma Shetler

           “Blessed Assurance”                                                     HWB 332

           “The Love of God”                                                          MH 538

WELCOME/GREETING

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                      Paul Rohrer

OFFERING PRAYER/OFFERING

OFFERTORY

WE HEAR THE WORD

THE COVENANT PLAYERS

 

WE RESPOND

RESPONSE SONG           “Oh, How Happy are They”        HWB 597

SHARING/PRAYER                                                         Ginny Oyer                                             

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 office

            9:00 a.m.          Coffee/fellowship time – Linda Myers

            9:30 a.m.          Sunday School for all ages

                                    Elective Class –“Get Out of that Pit”

                                                By Beth Moore

           10:30 a.m.          Worship with The Covenant Players

                                    Offering for Capital Improvement

                                      P.A. System   Rich Shetler

  Multi-media     Velda Rohrer

  Nursery Care   Dave & Chris Miller

            5:00 p.m.          Frisbee Football

           

Next Sunday. . .

          10:30 a.m.         Worship

                                    Message by Pastor Todd

                                       Faithful and Found

            5:00 p.m.          Frisbee Football

            7:00 p.m.          Grow Group at the Mease’s

Last Sunday . . .

Worship attendance – 164

Offering:            Budget ……………………………...…$3617.45

                        Sunday School……... ……………………15.55

                        Mongolia Support…………………….….300.00

                        Central Student Fund….………………2335.00

                        Mongolia Trip 08…………………………100.00

 

Coming Up . . .

October   9        Mennonite Women                                                        

  3        All Church Night

 11        Calvary Hour Dinner

                                        13     Men’s Prayer Breakfast at The Amish Door

                              15 – 18       MCC Meat Canning                             

 

 

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT SMC . . .

Thank you for your prayers for James Mullet. (Nephew of Ruth Brazis) God has been good, and James is recovering nicely from the injuries sustained in a four-wheeler accident in July.

 

Our Mongolia 08 team has formed! Nate Mast, Todd Martin, Pat Mease, Brandon Rutt, Steve Schlabach, Dave Smucker, Harold Steiner and John Wenger have made the commitment to travel to Mongolia in July. Please continue to pray for these men as they make arrangements and raise the finances needed for this trip.

 

MCC has a new Web site for kids!  Hello Online gives children the chance to learn about other countries and cultures through multimedia stories and interactive games.  It now features Colombia and Ukraine.  Follow this link to explore Hello Online: MCC.org/hello

 

Camp Luz Bridge Dedication!  Sunday, October 21, 2007 1:30 PM.  Everyone is invited to the dedication of the new bridge named “The Crossing.”  Following the dedication all are invited to refreshments in the Dining Hall and the Ohio Mennonite Camp Association Annual Meeting at 2:00. Come hear what God is doing in the camp ministry!

 

The annual meeting of the Ohio Friends of the Calvary hour free chicken dinner is Thursday night, October 11, at 6:00 p.m. in the Kidron Mennonite Church fellowship hall.  If you haven’t already received tickets, you can pick them up from Ella Rohrer or Elvin Mast.

 

MCC is celebrating 60 years of mobile meat canning. The date and  location of relief canning is October 15 – 18, at the Gerber Building behind Central Christian School in Kidron. Volunteers are needed for many different positions. Volunteers can work a day or two, or 2-4 hours a day. See the flyer in your mailbox and the poster on the board by the secretary’s office.

 

           

 

  THIS WEEK AT SMC . . .

Tuesday, October 2

          7:30 p.m.          Growing Kid’s class at Eric Ramseyer’s

Wednesday, October 3

            6:00 p.m.          All Church Night

Thursday, October 4

            7:30 p.m.          Trustees

Friday, September 28

          8:30 a.m.          Women’s Prayer

            2:00 p.m.          Worship Committee

Saturday, October 6

          7:30 p.m.          Just Married’s at Rebecca Martin’s

         

            In Our Prayers . . .

·         Pastor Todd – pray that he would have wisdom in giving counsel.

·         Our SMC friends and family—Jay and Herma Miller, and Linda Myers.

·         Pray for Marlow and Vicky Ramsey in Mongolia, and their daughters, Rebecca, who is working in Canada, and Jessica who is in high school in the Philippines.

·         Pray that God will turn the hearts of the people of our nation back to Him, that we will rely on His good blessings rather than on our own self-sufficiency.

 

 

Smithville Mennonite Church

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

Phone:  330-669-3601           

Pastor:  Todd Martin

Youth Pastor:  Rebecca Martin

Website:  smithvillemennonite.org

Church office hours:  Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon

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