November 18, 2007 - 10:30
a.m.
WE GATHER
GATHERING MUSIC Kathy
Gerber
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE
WE
PRAISE GOD
CONGREGATIONAL SONGS Velma Shetler
“We
Gather Together” HWB 17
“Sing
to the Lord of Harvest” HWB 98
WELCOME/GREETING
CALL TO WORSHIP
Paul Rohrer
CONGREGATIONAL SONG
“What a
Mighty God We Serve” (x2) “Ah, Lord God” (x2)
“He is
Exalted” (x2) “All in All”
OFFERING PRAYER/OFFERING
OFFERTORY
WE
HEAR THE WORD
SCRIPTURE Genesis
46: 1-4 & 26-30, 50:15-21 Cheryl
Amstutz
MESSAGE Joe’s Faithful Future Todd Martin
WE
RESPOND
RESPONSE SONG “Longing
for Light” STJ 54
SHARING/PRAYER 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 . . .
Elective
Class – Book Study
“Get
Out of that Pit” By Beth Moore
P.A. System Monica
Mease
Multi-media Hank
Reifsnyder
Nursery Care Ben
& Gen Rohrer
2:00
p.m. Leadership Book Study at Paul Rohrer’s
(having read Step 4)
3:00
p.m. Frisbee Football
6:00 p.m. Choir Practice (note time change)
7:00
p.m. Smithville Area Thanksgiving
Service
With
East Chippewa Vocal Band
Next
Sunday. . .
Message
by Terry Hershberger
2:00 p.m. Leadership
Book Study
(having read Step 5)
3:00 p.m. Frisbee
Football
5:00 p.m. Choir Practice
7:00 p.m. Preparation
for Parenting Class
Last Sunday . . .
Worship attendance – 176
Offering: Budget ………………………….…....…$2999.38
Sunday
School ….……………........….….10.62
Central
Student Fund……….……….…...518.00
Coming Up…
November 27 Open Circle Class Eat-out
28 Seeker’s Class Eat-out
29
Elder’s
WHAT’S
HAPPENING AT SMC . . .
The flowers today are from the
children of Ruth Snyder. They are in
celebration of her birthday which is tomorrow.
Choir practice today has been changed to 6 p.m.
Todd & Rebecca Martin’s email has changed to treat777@embarqmail.com. Please
note this in your SMC phone book.
The Youth –
You won’t want to miss the Smithville
area Thanksgiving service this evening, here at SMC, at 7:00. East Chippewa Vocal Band will be performing.
Light refreshments will be served in the social hall following our time of
worship and thanksgiving.
The 73rd rendition of Handel’s Messiah will be Sunday,
December 16 at 2:30 P.M. at
What would it be like to have an angel crash into your
house and say that you’d soon be bearing God’s child? The Christmas play Dove Tale, takes on such
questions for a fresh and funny look at the nativity. This drama was originally written by Ted
Schwartz and the late Lee Eshelman along with Ingrid DeSanctis. The
production of DoveTale will be held at the
Performing Arts Center at
Sonnenburg Station will be singing on
November 25, at 7 p.m. at
THIS WEEK AT SMC . . .
Monday, November 19
9:30 a.m. Healthy Walk at the church
Tuesday, November 20
9:30 a.m.
Healthy Walk at the church
Wednesday, November 21
9:30 a.m. Healthy Walk at the
church
7:00 p.m.
MYF-Mystery Night
Thursday, November 22
Happy Thanksgiving
Friday, November 23
8:30 a.m. Women’s Prayer in the library
In Our
Prayers . . .
·
Pray for Pastor
Todd, that he would have wisdom in giving counsel.
·
Our SMC friends
and family—Mary Amstutz and Leatha
Zook
·
Pray that the leaders
of our country will be filled with divine wisdom, that they will judge
righteously and carefully, as God wills, not according to man’s wisdom.
Phone: 330-669-3601
Pastor: Todd Martin
Youth Pastor: Rebecca
Martin
Website:
smithvillemennonite.org
Church office hours:
Monday - Friday,
E-mail: lmsmucker@smithvillemennonite.org
todd@smithvillemennonite.org