March 2, 2008 – 10:30 a.m.
WE GATHER
GATHERING
MUSIC
Louise Hershberger
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE
WE
PRAISE GOD
CONGREGATIONAL SONGS (overhead)
Geannette Lehman
All
Who Are Thirsty Blessed
Be Your Name
In Christ Alone Let the Worshippers Arise
WELCOME/GREETING
SPECIAL
MUSIC
Water into Wine
CALL
TO WORSHIP Dave Smucker
CONGREGATIONAL
SONG
The
Easter Song (overhead) Lynette
Neuenschwander
OFFERING
PRAYER/OFFERING
OFFERTORY Josiah Ramseyer
DISMISSAL
FOR CHILDREN’S CHURCH
WE
HEAR THE WORD
SCRIPTURE Matthew 14:22-33 Kevin Trent
MESSAGE “White Water Walking” Pastor Todd Martin
WE RESPOND
RESPONSE SONG
Go My Children
HWB 433
SHARING/PRAYER Ruth Snyder
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 – Robert & Ruth
Shetler
9:30 a.m. Sunday School for
all ages
Elective Class – Book Study
“Pathway
to Purpose for Women”
By Katie Brazelton
P.A. System Rich
Shetler
Multi-media Eric
Ramseyer
Nursery Care Jake
& Brenda Hostetler
Noon
2:30 p.m. Local Quiz Tournament
Next
Sunday. . .
10:30 a.m. Worship - Message by Pastor Todd Martin
3:00
p.m. Quiz Tournament at Sonnenburg
Last Sunday . . .
Worship attendance – 148
Offering: Budget ………………………..…...…$3503.80
Sunday
School ….………….........….…11.20
Compassion
Fund………………….…..293.10
Ella
Pearl Smucker Memorial ……...…500.00
Coming Up . . .
March 14-16 Invitational Quiz Tournament
March 15
May 23-24 Ladies retreat at Countryview Inn
WHAT’S
HAPPENING AT SMC . . .
Please stay for the fund raiser meal
today in the social
hall. Proceeds from this haystacks
and dessert meal will help defray
the expenses for our team of men who are going to
Special thanks to Geannette Lehman for sharing with us in song today. Geannette is a
sister-in-law to Eric & Roxie Ramseyer.
Everyone is invited to attend the Green Ministerial
Lenten Prayer Breakfast this Wednesday. The breakfast is being held here at
SMC, and begins at 6:30 a.m.
ALL
CHURCH NIGHT:
Eight dozen cupcakes (any kind) are needed for the
meal. Sign up on the bulletin board.
Is your pinewood derby car ready? The second race is for the classic previously
raced cars. Come early to have your car
weighed.
Come to lunch and a craft event on Thursday, March 13, to help chse the winter blues away.
Meet at Longhorn Steakhouse in
The flower committee is extending an
invitation for you
to share an Easter lily with the congregation again this year. You may do this
in honor or in memory of a loved one. You may choose one stem, ($8) two stems
($16) or three stems ($23.50). The lilies will be placed in the sanctuary on
Easter Sunday, and an acknowledgement will be printed in the bulletin. A sign up sheet is on the bulletin board
outside the church office.
Membership Matters!
Have you accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior? If you have, I invite you to become a part of
the SMC family. A 5-session class will begin
in March, exploring what it means to become a member of our family here at
SMC. Please let me know if you are
interested. –Pastor Todd
Ladies: Let’s get walking again!
Come Tuesday & Thursday morning at 9:30 to the church for a healthy
walk. See Louise Hershberger with any
questions.
Dozens of books are being pulled off the junior
library shelves. Please
help us
keep the library attractive and functional by supervising young children when
they are in the church building.
The flower committee is extending an
invitation for you
to share an Easter lily with the congregation again this year. You may do this
in honor or in memory of a loved one. You may choose one stem, ($8) two stems
($16) or three stems ($23.50). The lilies will be placed in the sanctuary on Easter
Sunday, and an acknowledgement will be printed in the bulletin. A sign up sheet is on the bulletin board
outside the church office.
Wayne County Bible
Quizzing Triple Elimination Tournament begins this afternoon at 2:30, at
Ladies: Mark your calendar for Friday evening and Saturday,
May 23 & 24, for a retreat in
One year ago today, March 2, 2007, a charter bus
carrying Bluffton University baseball players overturned killing five of the
players, the bus driver and his wife. As
a result of that accident, a bill has been introduced to improve the safety of
motor coaches. More information on this
bill can be found at www.motorcoachsafetynow.com
Including addresses of congress people to whom you may
write if you Choose. Let’s pray for the families of those who were killed at
this first anniversary time.
A
THIS WEEK AT SMC . . .
Tuesday, March 4
9:30 a.m. Healthy
Walk
6:45 p.m. JYF
Meet at SMC - Ice Skating at Alice Noble
Wednesday, March 5
6:30
a.m. Lenten Prayer Breakfast at
SMC
6:00 p.m All Church Night – Pinewood Derby
Thursday, March 6
9:30
a.m. Healthy Walk
7:00 p.m.. Trustees
Friday, March 7
8:30 a.m. Women’s
Prayer
In Our
Prayers . . .
·
Pastor
Rebecca-that she would be blessed with health and strength.
·
Our SMC friends
and family –Lois Greenbank and Ruth Snyder
·
Sam and Deb,
Smucker—making plans to travel home on furlough.
·
Pray that God’s
people will join together in unity as they seek His face, and that His Spirit
will fill all of our hearts.
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