Bulletin for March 10, 2013

Washington Mennonite Church

March 10, 2013

9:30 AM

Ashamed No More

  Lent 4 – God will remove our disgrace

"God loves us not because we are loveable but because He is love, not because God needs to receive but because He delights to give.”  - CS Lewis

 

 

GATHERING AS GOD’S PEOPLE

Prelude

Gathering                             

Call to Worship                                    

Songs                                      Praise to the Lord, the Almighty                        HWB 37

                                                Come, thou fount                                                  HWB 521

                                                O God, how we have wandered                         STS 58

LISTENING FOR GOD

Children’s Time                   

Scripture                               Luke 15:1-2, 11-32

Meditation                            “Grace or Redemption”

Confession/Assurance

Song of Response                 Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all                          HWB 533

BEING THE PEOPLE OF GOD

Sharing

Pastoral Prayer                    

Offering                                

Benediction

Sending Song                        Amazing grace                                                      HWB 143

 

Centro Cristiano Hispanic Worship Service                                    2:30 PM

                Martha Hernandez, pastor

               

Worship Leaders:

Worship Leader:   Barb Ramsey                       Song Leader:  Mary Lou Farmer

Meditation:  Grant Nebel                                   Children’s Time:  Amy Widmer

Prelude/Offertory:   Susan See

               

Upcoming Events: March 10 – Baby Shower for Angela & Jared                      Dinner Theatre Rehearsal March 13 – Dinner Theatre Rehearsal March 17 – Potato Bar Fundraiser for MYF March 20 – Monthly Quilting March 23 – Breakfast at the Bates March 28 – Maundy Thursday Service, 6:30 March 31 – Easter MYF Brunch, 8:30                      Dedication of Easton Miller                      No Sunday School April 18-20 – Dinner Theatre Performances

                                                                               

Preaching Schedule:                           

March 17 – Amanda

March 24 – Amanda, Palm Sunday

March 31 – Grant, Easter

Education Leaders:

Adult Sermon Extension (Sanctuary): Sandy Buhrow

Adult Bible Study (end classroom in Fellowship Hall): Barb Ramsey

The Year of the Bible (small room at SW corner of Fellowship Hall): Roger Farmer

Young Adult Sunday School (upstairs classroom): All

Preschool – 2-5 years (middle classroom in Fellowship Hall)

Grades 3-6 (classroom off kitchen)

 

We welcome all to this place for the worship of God and for Christian fellowship.  Let us worship God in spirit and in truth, reaching out to one another in Christ’s love.  We welcome our guests and visitors and hope you will join us again soon.

Vision Statement -  As followers of Jesus Christ, we are a community of faith empowered by the Holy Spirit, seeking to love God with all our hearts, minds, souls, and strength, and to love others as ourselves.

Ministers:  All of God’s People

Pastors:                        Grant Nebel                                       Amanda Beachy

                                319.931.2579 (cell)                                 319.325.4522 (cell)

                              grant.edie at gmail.com                       abeach25 at gmail.com                                                                         

Elders: Francis Litwiller 656.3426, Barb Ramsey 653.3785, Myron Graber 653.1674

Church Office e-mail: wash.mennonite at juno.com

Church Secretary: Andrea Nussbaum 815.404.3363   Church Office Phone: 653.6041