March 9, 2008 – 10:30 a.m.
WE GATHER
GATHERING
MUSIC Rebecca Martin
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE
WE
PRAISE GOD
CONGREGATIONAL SONGS Mark
Gerber
WELCOME/GREETING
CALL
TO WORSHIP Bryce Lehman
CONGREGATIONAL SONGS
OFFERING
PRAYER/OFFERING
OFFERTORY
SPECIAL
MUSIC Myers Sisters
& Joilyn Zimmerly
DISMISSAL
FOR CHILDREN’S CHURCH
WE
HEAR THE WORD
SCRIPTURE John 6:1-15
MESSAGE “The Miracle of More” Pastor Todd Martin
WE
RESPOND
RESPONSE
SONG
SHARING/PRAYER Rev. Richard Ross
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 Ryan Steiner
Multi-media Tim
Laird
Nursery Care Ben
& Gen Rohrer
3:00 p.m. Local Quiz Tournament at Sonnenburg
7:00 p.m. Grow
Group at Mease’s
Next
Sunday. . .
10:30 a.m.
Worship - Message by Pastor Todd Martin
Dedication of Aaron Laird
Last Sunday . . .
Worship attendance – 189
Offering: Budget ………………………..…...…$5551.74
Sunday
School ….………….........….…13.13
Ella
Pearl Smucker Memorial ……...…100.00
Paul
Kauffman Memorial……………….620.00
Coming Up . . .
March 20 Maundy
Thursday Meal and Service
MYF
Overnighter at Rebecca Martin’s
30 Silent
Service
April 4-6 Men’s
retreat at
26 SMC
May 10 Hillary
Watson Concert at SMC
23-24 Ladies retreat at Countryview
Inn, Charm, OH.
With
Speaker; Trish Berg
WHAT’S
HAPPENING AT SMC . . .
On your bench this morning you will
find an order form for Easter Lilies. These will be placed in the sanctuary on Easter morning, and
your dedication will be printed in the bulletin. Please attach payment if
possible and place in the secretary’s mailbox by next Sunday.
Come to lunch and a craft event on Thursday, March 13, to help chase
the winter blues away. Meet at Longhorn
Steakhouse in
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
Church Cookbook Update: Ladies and Men—you may continue to submit recipes. Please put in Louise Hershberger’s church
mailbox.
Friendship Circle Eat-out &
Craft: Ladies, see your mailbox for details on this
Thursday’s (March 13) outing. Sign up in
the hallway today, or call Louise by Wednesday, March 12.
Thank-you to all who helped with, and donated so very
generously to the fund-raiser meal last Sunday. The total amount raised was
$2,358.00.
Please note this schedule for our Easter
Services:
Thursday, March 20 – 6:30 p.m. Maundy
Thursday Meal and Service
Sunday, March 23 –: 7:00 a.m.
8:00 – 8:45 Breakfast (MYF Fundraiser)
9:00 – Sunday School
– children’s classes &
one adult class in
the sanctuary
10:00 – Worship Service
Central’s Fish Fry is this Friday, March 14 from 4:30
-7:30. Juniors are
Selling
tickets or they will be available at the door.
Adult tickets are $7.00 and children’s tickets are $4:50. Children under age 5 eat free.
Central Christian’s spring musical, Honk, which is a family-friendly,
humorous adaptation of The Ugly Duckling also begins
this Friday. Performances are Friday and
Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00. All seats are $7.
THIS WEEK AT SMC . . .
Tuesday, March 11
9:00 a.m. Mennonite
Women
9:30 a.m. Healthy
Walk
7:00 p.m. Worship
Committee, place TBA
Wednesday, March 12
6:30 p.m. Lenten Prayer
Breakfast at
7:00 p.m Mentors
Thursday, March 13
9:30 Healthy
Walk
11:30 Friendship
Circle at Longhorn Steakhouse
7:30 Elders
Friday, March 14
8:30 a.m. Women’s
Prayer Quiz
Team Meets to go to
5:30 p.m. Bible
Memory Benefit Auction /
4:30 – 7:30 Central’s Fish Fry
Saturday, March 15
7:30 Mongolia
Prayer Breakfast at Mrs. Yoder’s
In Our
Prayers . . .
·
Pastor Todd—that
he would grow in his love and likeness of Jesus.
·
Our SMC friends
and family –Steven & Carol, Melanie, James, & Jennifer Hahn, and Ralph
& Lila Smucker
·
Al Miller, hospitalized in
·
Safe travel and
spiritual growth for the quiz team as they travel to PA, for tournament.
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