June 1, 2008 - 10:30 a.m.
WE
GATHER
GATHERING
MUSIC Louise Hershberger
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE
WE
PRAISE GOD
CONGREGATIONAL
SONGS Lynette Neuenschwander
God
of the Bible (song of the month) STJ
27
O Sing to the Lord STJ 12
WELCOME/GREETING
CALL
TO WORSHIP Elvin Mast
CONGREGATIONAL
SONGS
My Shepherd Will Supply my Need HWB 589
Nothing is Lost on the Breath of
God overhead
OFFERING
PRAYER/OFFERTORY
SPECIAL
MUSIC Oswald-Rohrer
Quartet
Peace
In the Valley
Where
the Spirit of the Lord is
WE
HEAR THE WORD
Psalm 23:
3b - 4
MESSAGE Scared of the Dark? Pastor Todd Martin
WE
RESPOND
RESPONSE
SONG
In Your Sickness
HWB 585
SHARING/PRAYER Dave Smucker
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
9:30 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 Rich Shetler
Multi-media Dave Miller
Nursery Care Bryce and Kathy Lehman
After Worship Meeting of
5:00
p.m. Frisbee Football
Next Sunday
8:30
10:30 a.m. Worship
Last
Sunday . . .
Worship
attendance – 159
Offering: Budget ......................................$2561.20
Sunday School..................................8.35
Building
Fund…….........................500.00
Ella Pearl Smucker Memorial…….100.00
Coming
Up…
June 10
Mennonite Women
10 - 14 Jr. MYF Service Trip
18 - 21
ALIVE Festival
21
22 Relief
26 –
July 13
July 13 – 19 MYF trip
28 –
Aug. 1
What’s Happening…
Congratulations
to Sarah Laird on completing all of her Bible Memory verses!
Please note this new address for Pat Mease:
The MYF is available Wednesday evening for anyone who needs help with yard work or other small projects. There
is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board outside the secretary’s office.
GIRL’S CLUB FOR THE SUMMER!! (Grade 1 – Grade 8):
Come join the fun as we meet with the Mennonite Women on Tuesday, June
10 at SMC from 9 am to 1 pm. We will help with some of their service
projects, stay for lunch, and have a meeting to explain a summer reading club
and plans for other activities. If you
need a ride or have questions, please call Louise Hershberger or Sandy Hoover.
Our Mennonite Women’s day to quilt on the Wayne County Churches’ Quilt at Lehman’s Hardware in the Buggy
Room (near the entrance) is this Friday, June 6, any time, 9 -5 p.m. You may buy your lunch at the café which is
near the room where we will be quilting.
Please return your sermon surveys to the PRC mailbox in the foyer.
Extra surveys are on the table in the west hall.
Mennonite Mutual Aid (MMA) assisted our congregation members through its “Sharing Funds”
matching grant program to support special needs this past year with a total of
$1,919.41. Ralph & Lila Smucker
serve as the MMA advocates in our congregation.
Please contact them for more information.
Used book donations for the August 1 & 2
Would you help your church family stay informed by sharing your travels and news
through the Crosswinds? I would appreciate having items for Here and There About
the Parish. I would also appreciate hearing which items you have especially
enjoyed reading in past newsletters or suggestions for future publications. -Rhonda Mease, Crosswinds Editor
THIS WEEK AT SMC . . .
Wednesday, June 4
7:00
p.m. MYF – Meet at SMC – Service
Night
Thursday, June 5
7:30
p.m. Pastoral Relations Committee
7:30 p.m. Trustees
Friday, June 6
8:30
a.m. Women’s Prayer
7:00
p.m. Real Life at Pat Mease’s
(note new address)
In Our
Prayers . . .
·
Pastors Todd and
Rebecca, that they would grow in their love and likeness of Jesus
·
Our SMC friends
and family, Paul and Alta Rohrer, and Jan and Joanne Kauffman
·
The Gifts
Discernment Committee as they work at filling positions at SMC; pray that God will
call people according to His will, and that those He calls will be willing to
serve.
·
For Smithville
and our surrounding community; the Greene Ministerial Association and those to
whom they minister.
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