May 18, 2008 - 10:30 a.m.
WE
GATHER
GATHERING
MUSIC Louise Hershberger
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE
WE
PRAISE GOD
CONGREGATIONAL
SONG Mark Gerber
Come Thou Fount HWB 521
WELCOME/GREETING
CALL TO WORSHIP Ross & Vesta
Landis
CONGREGATIONAL
SONGS
Victory
Chant
Overhead
King
of Kings
More
Love, More Power
OFFERING PRAYER/OFFERTORY
SPECIAL MUSIC Myers Sisters
WE
HEAR THE WORD
Psalm 23:1
MESSAGE Shepherds Wanted Pastor
Todd Martin
WE
RESPOND
RESPONSE
SONG
Guide My Feet HWB
546
BAPTISM
OF RACHEL GERBER
SHARING/PRAYER Pastor Todd
BENEDICTION/POSTLUDE
We welcome everyone 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
. . .
8:30 a.m. Mongolia
Trip Prayer in library
8:45 a.m. Prayer time in pastor’s office
Cake in honor of Rachel Gerber
Elective
Class – Book Study Living Beyond Yourself By Beth Moore
10:30 a.m. Worship
Baptism of
Rachel Gerber
P.A. System Monica Mease
Multi-media Hank Reifsnyder
Nursery Care Megan Reifsnyder & Rhonda Mease
5:00 p.m. Frisbee Football
7:00
p.m. Grow Group at Mease’s
Next Sunday
10:30 a.m. Worship
Last
Sunday . . .
Worship attendance – 184
Offering: Budget
……………………….…….........$3489.75
Sunday School……………………...…………5.25
Central
Student Fund………………..……..875.00
Kingsway
Student Fund……….…….….….400.00
The Mennonite………….……....…….…….105.00
Tonya
Starner Book Fund…………..……….15.00
.
Coming Up . . .
28 Seeker’s
Class Eat Out
Jr.
MYF Parent Meeting at Hershberger’s
June 10 - 16 Jr.
MYF Service Trip
18 - 21 ALIVE Festival
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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT SMC . . .
Congratulations
to Rachel Gerber and Sara
Landis on completing all of their Bible Memory verses.
Brenda
Miller’s new address is
Today
in your mailbox is a volunteer form listing the ministry positions
of the church. We encourage you to
volunteer to serve at SMC in the coming year; your volunteer form will be a
great help in the discernment process.
–The Discernment of Gifts Committee
New
DVDs! Thirteen DVDs of the NOOMA
series by Ron Bell have been donated to our adult library, including the
titles; Rain, Trees, Noise, Sunday, Rhythm, and Today. In the Junior Library, you will find new Max Lucado, Adventures in
Odyssey, and Jay Jay
the Jet Plane and other Focus on the Family DVDs.
All are
welcome to celebrate Ryan’s graduation by attending his graduation
party, May 31, 12 -3:30 p.m. at Ryan’s home.
See the note on the bulletin board.
The
Real Life (College & Beyond) group is planning to attend the ALIVE Festival at Clay’s Park, June 18-21. Watch for more information, and visit the ALIVE website at www.alive.org.
OrrVilla Retirement Community
invites you to an open house on Sunday, May 18.
Several assisted living apartments in Maple Terrace will be open for
tours. Open house hours are 1:30 to 4:30
PM. OrrVilla
is located at
Several
wash baskets and storage containers were left at the church from
the
Name
tags are still available!
Your first name will be placed above the line, and two lines, with up to
16 characters each (including spaces) can be placed below the line. This can be your last name, a short Bible
verse, or any other short inspirational message. See Rhonda or Todd.
THIS WEEK AT SMC . . .
Monday, May 19
6:00 p.m. Peacemaking
Workshop at Millersburg Mennonite
Wednesday, May 21
7:00 p.m. MYF
Thursday, May 22
6:00 p.m. Elders at Paul Rohrer’s
7:00 P.M. Real Life (College and Beyond) in the
Library
Friday, May 23
3:00 p.m. Check
in for Women’s Retreat at Countryview
Inn, Charm,
6:30 - Gathering with
refreshments in family room
Saturday, May 24
9:00 a.m. Youth Worker’s Training at
9:00 a.m. Peacemaking Workshop
10:00 a.m. Ladies’ Retreat with speaker Trish Berg
Free
time after
In Our
Prayers . . .
·
Pastor Todd, that
he would be a good husband and father
·
Our SMC friends
and family, Paul and Denise Rufener, and Jake,
Brenda, Isabelle and Seth Hostetler
·
The women of our
church who are gathering for the retreat in Charm next Friday and Saturday,
that they will experience a time of growth and refreshment
·
The survivors of
the tragedies in
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