Smithville Mennonite Church

October 21, 2007 - 10:30 a.m.

 

WE GATHER

GATHERING MUSIC                                                     Kathy Gerber

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE                 

WE PRAISE GOD

CONGREGATIONAL SONGS                                    Carol Schrock

            “Come, Now is the Time to Worship”                                STJ  9

            “We Have Come Into this Place”                                Overhead

WELCOME/GREETING

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                    Eric Ramseyer

CONGREGATIONAL SONGS             

           “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”                                     HWB 71

           “Rain Down”                                                                     STJ 49

OFFERING PRAYER/OFFERING

OFFERTORY

 

WE HEAR THE WORD

SCRIPTURE                         Genesis 42:1-7                     Alta Rohrer

MESSAGE         “Simeon in the Slammer, and Silver in the Sack—  

Joe’s Tricky Test”               Todd Martin                    

 

WE RESPOND

RESPONSE SONG          “Great is Thy Faithfulness”           HWB 327 

SHARING/PRAYER                                                         Sandy 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 – Lois Ramseyer

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

                                    Elective Class – Book Study

“Get Out of that Pit”  By Beth Moore

                         P.A. System    Monica Mease

 Multi-media      Hank Reifsnyder

 Nursery Care    Megan Reifsnyder and Meredith Mease

            12:00 p.m.         Welcome Meal for those attending 1 year or less

              5:00 p.m.        Frisbee Football

              6:30 p.m.        Veggie Tales – “The Wonderful Wizard of Ha’s”

 

Next Sunday. . .

          10:30 a.m.         Worship

                                    Message by Pastor Todd

            3:00 p.m.          Mentors’ Meeting (mentors only)

            5:00 p.m.          Frisbee Football

           

Last Sunday . . .

Worship attendance – 143

Offering:            Budget ……………………………....…$2853.24

                        Sunday School  …………………………..…8.76

                        Central Student Fund…………………..9250.00

                        Kingsway Student Fund…………………748.00

                        Building Fund…………………………….200.00

                        Compassion Fund……………………….100.00                 

Coming Up . . .

Oct. 31             Mentors & Youth

Nov.  2              Scrapbooking

       10              Men’s Prayer Breakfast

11              Mongolia Fund-raiser meal

17             All Saints Party (All Church Night)

 

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT SMC . . .

 

Be sure to attend our annual business meeting here at the church this Wednesday evening. Remember to bring the annual reports that were in your mailboxes last Sunday.

 

There will be a noon meal prepared by Alta Rohrer and Lila Smucker, here at the church, November 11, to raise money to support our Mongolia missionaries. The menu includes ham loaf, potatoes, peas, salad, rolls and pie. Please mark this date on your calendars.

 

The Open Circle Eat-out will this Tuesday, October 23 at 12 noon, at The Barn Restaurant.  Mahlon and Beulah Zuercher will host.

 

Please note Sandy Hoover’s new address and phone number:

            933 South Main Street

            Orrville, OH  44667                                 Phone:  330-642-0027

 

Another bike hike has been planned for next Saturday, October 27.  Meet at Dalton Park at 10:00 a.m.  The total distance is approximately 52 miles

 

Save the Date!  Herb and Kevin Himes will be leading an evening of worship through piano/organ music and hymn singing on Sunday, November 18, at 7 p.m., at the Salem Mennonite Church in Kidron.  Come gather as a community and worship the Lord together!

 

John Schmid, founder and director of Common Ground Ministries, will be performing at a benefit concert for Sunshine Children’s Home and MCC. The concert will take place on Sunday, October 28, at 6:30 p.m., at Crossroads Evangelical Church in Wauseon. A freewill offering will be taken. For more information call Sunshine at 419-865-0251.

 

Dr. Bishara Awad will be speaking in our area next weekend. Saturday evening at 6:30, he will speak at Behalt, and Sunday evening at 6 p.m. he will be at Central Christian Schools. Dr. Bishara is a native of Palestine, and the president of Bethlehem Bible College.  Christianity Today has called him the leading evangelical voice of the Middle East.  All are welcome to attend these services.

 

Pastor Bob Fetterhoff of the Wooster Grace Brethren Church is hosting a 13-day tour of the holy lands in March and April, 2008. Those who register by November 1 will receive a $100 discount of the cost of the trip.  For information call 330-264-9459.

 

 

           

 THIS WEEK AT SMC . . .

 

Tuesday, October 23

          5:30 p.m.          Elders

                                    Open Circle Eat-Out

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

Wednesday, October 24

            6:00 p.m.          Congregational Business Meeting

                                   

Friday, October 26

          8:30 a.m.          Women’s Prayer

            4:30 p.m.          Fish Fry at Central

Saturday, October 27

          10:00 a.m.        Bike Hike from Dalton Park

          7:30 p.m.          Just Married’s

 

In Our Prayers . . .

·         Pastor Todd – pray that he would be blessed with health & strength.

·         Our SMC friends and family—Brenda Miller, and Wilbur & Ann Miller.

·         Those in our congregation with health concerns—Mabel Hartman, Paul and Ruth Kauffman, Martha Miller, Vernon Meyer, and Irene Troyer.

·         Pray for the innocent victims in countries ravaged by war. Pray too, that God’s peace will reign in the hearts of national leaders, and that peaceful solutions may be found to the world’s strife and conflict.

 

 

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