Smithville Mennonite Church

May 25, 2008 - 10:30 a.m.

97% of all the water in the world is salty and undrinkable. 2% is frozen and currently unavailable. Of the remaining 1%, one-fourth is located in North America between Canada and the US—the Great Lakes. So what does the rest of the world do for clean water?

WE GATHER

GATHERING MUSIC Lila Smucker

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE

WE PRAISE GOD

WELCOME/GREETING

CALL TO WORSHIP Carol Schrock

CONGREGATIONAL SONGS Youth Praise Team

Blessed by Your Name Come thou Fount

Here I am to Worship Center

OFFERING PRAYER/OFFERTORY

DISMISSAL FOR CHILDREN’S CHURCH

WE HEAR THE WORD

Psalm 23: 2-3a

MESSAGE Soul Restoration Pastor Todd Martin

WE RESPOND

RESPONSE SONG

In Christ Alone

SHARING/PRAYER Robert Armitage

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

9:00 a.m. Coffee/fellowship time – Connie Geisinger

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

Elective Class – Book Study Living Beyond Yourself By Beth Moore

10:30 a.m. Worship

P.A. System Ryan Steiner

Multi-media Eric Ramseyer

Nursery Care Ben & Gen Rohrer

5:00 p.m. Frisbee Football

Next Sunday

10:30 a.m. Worship

Last Sunday . . .

Worship attendance – 162

Offering: Budget ......................................$2561.20

Sunday School................................11.80

Kingsway Student Fund…………1000.00

Mongolia Trip 08................................430.00

Mongolia Missions........................400.00

Coming Up…

June 10 Mennonite Women

10 - 16 Jr. MYF Service Trip

18 - 21 ALIVE Festival

21 Mongolia Prayer Breakfast

22 Relief Sale display at SMC

26 Mongolia Trip

What’s Happening…

Everyone is welcome to celebrate Ryan’s graduation by attending his graduation party May 31, 12 pm-3:30 p.m. at his home. See the note on the bulletin board.

Bring your lawn chairs to Hartzler’s Ice Cream Shoppe this Tuesday May 27, at 7:00 p.m.. You will enjoy gospel music by The Coppenhaver Trio, and “Memory Music” by Lois and Winifred Ramseyer, while treating yourself to delicious ice cream.

Brandi Amstutz has a new address: 4201 N. Terrace View, Apt. 216, Toledo, OH 43607. Her phone number remains: 330 201 1426.

Name tags are still available! Cost is $3:00. 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 verse, or any other short inspirational message. See Rhonda or Todd.

Mongolia Countdown: There are now 4 Sundays until the “Mongolia 8”—our team from SMC heads out. Between now and then everyone who is interested in supporting and understanding this adventure is welcome to come to our 8:30 a.m. prayer meeting every Sunday. We will also have two more informational meetings, June 1 and 22, to which we welcome anyone, especially friends and family who may have questions.

Please claim your wash baskets and other containers left from the Mongolia Men’s garage sale. They are in the west hallway.

OrrVilla Retirement Community invites you to an open house this afternoon, from 1:30 to 4:30. Several assisted living apartments in Maple Terrace will be open for tours. OrrVilla is located at 333 E. Sassafras St, just east of Dunlap Hospital. Look for the “Open House” signs.Come see why OrrVilla is an enjoyable place to live.

Camp Luz needs your assistance with the following items for summer crafts: Magazines for cutting pictures, shredded paper (especially colored paper), paper towel tubes, glass jars (ketchup, pickle, etc), and plastic grocery bags. Also we still need nurses toward the end of the summer. If you are an RN or LPN, Contact 330-683-1246, Deb Horst, if you are interested in serving as camp nurse.

THIS WEEK AT SMC . . .

Monday, May 26

1:00 p.m. MYF to Akron Aeros game – meet at church

Tuesday, May 27

12:00 p.m. Open Circle Eat-Out at The Farmer Boy

Martha Miller host

7:00 p.m. Discernment of Gifts Committee

Wednesday, May 28

6:00 p.m. Jr. MYF meeting at Terry Hershberger’s

6:30 p.m. Seeker’s Eat-Out at The Pines – Ross & Vesta Landis host

Thursday, May 29

6:00 p.m. Elders at Paul Rohrer’s

7:00 p.m.. Real Life (College and Career) in the Library

Friday, May 30

8:30 a.m. Women’s Prayer

In Our Prayers . . .

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

· Our SMC friends and family, Richard & Elizabeth Ross, and Lyle & Jane Kalina

· Geneva Smucker and Cullen Naumoff, complete healing from cancer, and Wilbur Miller and Ramsay Wallace, recovering from surgery

· Tonya Starner, praise God for the $775 received for printing her book, and prayer for safety and peace of mind as she returns to Mongolia from the states

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: www.smithvillemennonite.org

Pastor Todd’s office hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 9: a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Church office hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12 :00 p.m.

E-mail: lmsmucker@smithvillemennonite.org and todd@smithvillemennonite.org