Smithville Mennonite Church

April 13, 2008 - 10:30 a.m.

 

GATHERING MUSIC                                                 Rebecca Martin

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE               

CONGREGATIONAL SONGS                                      Mark Gerber 

            Shout to the Lord                     Take My Life         

            Do Lord                                   Forever God is With Us

            The River is Here        

WELCOME/GREETING

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                    Dave Smucker  

CONGREGATIONAL SONGS                                    Carol Schrock

            Praise Him Praise Him (vs. 1 & 3)                                  HWB 100

            Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee (vs. 1 & 4)                         HWB   71

HYMN STORY                                                     Pastor Todd Martin

CONGREGATIONAL SONG

            Amazing Grace (vs. 1, 2, 3 & 6)         

OFFERING PRAYER/OFFERING

OFFERTORY

CONGREGATIONAL SINGING            Lynette Neuenschwander

            If You Believe and I Believe (x2)                                             STJ 32

            My Soul is Filled With Joy                                                     STJ 13

            Longing for Light                                                                   STJ 54

SPECIAL MUSIC                                                            Velma Shetler

HYMN STORIES                                                               Pastor Todd

CONGREGATIONAL SINGING                                 Velma Shetler

            All Hail the Power  (vs. 1, 2, & 3)                                    HWB  106

            All  the Way My Savior Leads Me (vs. 1 & 3)                   MH   573

            What a Friend We Have in Jesus (vs. 1 & 3)                       MH  337 

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 – Elvin & Emma Mast

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

                                    Elective Class – Book Study

Living Beyond Yourself  By Beth Moore”

           10:30 a.m.          P.A. System    Dave Miller

             Multi-media      Tim Laird

             Nursery Care    Terry & Louise Hershberger

            7:00 p.m.          Grow Group at Ron Keim’s

           

 

Next Sunday. . .

          10:30 a.m.         Worship

           

Last Sunday . . .

Worship attendance – 166

Offering:            Budget ……………………….……...….$3762.50

                        Sunday School……………….………………7.50

                        Kingsway…………………………………...421.20

                       

Coming Up . . .

            April       22   Open Circle Class Eat-Out

                              23   Seeker’s Class Eat-Out    

                     25-26   Lasting Flame Marriage Seminar

                            26   Mongolia Team Garage/Bake Sale

            May           4 Central Christian Concert Choir at SMC

                                5  Sr. Citizen Day at Camp Luz

                              10   Hilary Watson Concert at SMC

                         23-24   Ladies Retreat at Countryview Inn, Charm, OH  with speaker, Trish Berg

 

 

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT SMC . . .

Wednesday evening All Church Night…with the meal beginning at 6 p.m.  Bring your most prized possession (or draw a pictue of it) to share with others after the meal during our fellowship night.  There will be time to relax and visit with those around you.

 If you could make a dessert for the meal, sign up on the bulletin board and pick up a recipe.  Also, two persons are needed to help with clean up.  Thank you!

 

The Financial Report for six (6) months ending 3/31/08 are in your mailboxes today.

 

Please make the following changes to your church directory:

            Mark & Kathy Gerber, 2078 N. Millborne Rd., Orrville, OH  44667

            And Rich & Velma Shetler’s phone:  330-682-9142

            Rich’s cell:  330 465-7425

 

SMC COOKBOOK UPDATE A total of 432 recipes have been submitted so far for our first ever SMC Cookbook!  More recipes may be submitted & more forms have been placed by the church mailboxes.  Feel free to include family favorites from generations before (make a notation of the relationship to you).  Thank You!  Friendship Circle Committee

 

Mark your calendars for a night of acoustic pop & folk music, Saturday, May 10, at 7 p.m.  Smithville Mennonite is hosting Hilary Watson in concert.  Hilary is a 23-year-old musical artist from Southern California who will be on tour in Ohio in May.  She released her debut album in 2007 and joined Fernando Ortega for several dates on his summer tour.  Invite your friends & neighbors and maybe even that special lady in your life. (Mother’s Day is May 11) For more information on Hilary, visit www.fishers.com/hilary.

 

SMC WOMEN’S RETREAT  May 23 & 24, CountryView Inn B & B, Charm, OH  - Information is in your mailboxes today and may also be picked up at the sign up table in the hallway.  The cost of the event is $%0.00 per person.  Speaker: Trish Berg.  Come for fun, social time and inspiration!!  Visit www.charmcountryviewinn.com – “The perfect place to restore your spirit.”

 

You are invited to attend “Stories of Success” presented by Adriel youth and staff.  Join Adriel for a meal and short program to see first-hand the differences that are being made in young lives.

  April 17 – breakfast at Orrvilla Maple Terrace in Orrville, 8:30 a.m.

  April 18 – Breakfast at the Farmstead Restaurant in Berlin, 7 a.m. or 9 a.m.

 RSVP to Terri McGarry at 937-465-0010, ext 113, or tmcgarry@adriel.org.

 

 

THIS WEEK AT SMC . . .

Tuesday, April 15

          9:30 a.m.          Healthy Walk

Wednesday, April 16

            6:00 p.m.          All Church Fellowship Night

                                    MYF - Quizzing

                                    Jr. MYF – Scavenger Hunt

Thursday, April 17

            9:30 a.m.          Healthy Walk

            7:00 p.m.          Coordinating Council

Friday, April 18

          8:30 a.m.          Women’s Prayer

                                    MYF Retreat

                                    Ron Sider Conference at Central

Saturday, April 19

            7:30 a.m.          Mongolia Prayer Breakfast with Tonya Starner

                                    At Mrs. Yoder’s Kitchen

 

 

In Our Prayers . . .

·         Pastor Todd, that he would be blessed with health & strength

·         For our SMC friends & family…remember especially this week; Robert, Ruth, Aaron, Emily, Allison, and Matthew Shetler.

·         Aylana Worthen; continue to pray for physical healing.

·         Brenda Miller; pray that she will especially feel God’s presence during these difficult weeks.

·         Ken Day, experiencing severe back pain.

·         Linda Beachy’s father, Crist Miller, scheduled for hip replacement surgery

 

 

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