Bulletin for March 22, 2015

Washington Mennonite Church

March 22, 2015

9:30 AM

Upside down & inside out

Lent 5: Letting the seed coats decay

We expect maturity to be something we can arrive at—and then live in ever after.  Yet God desires what we hide away in our secret hearts.  For that seed to grow, the seed coat must first decay.  What has to die in our lives so that a new covenant, written on our hearts, can bear its fruit?

FIRST LOOK

We invite you to greet those around you and welcome visitors to our time of worship as you enter the sanctuary.

As the prelude begins, we invite you to end your conversations with those around you and quiet your hearts and minds in preparation for the worship service.

Welcome and Opening Prayer         

Songs of Worship                

Scripture Reading                                John 12:20-33

Children’s Time

If God is going to turn us upside down and inside out during this Lenten season, we will need to give our consent to that transformation by being oriented toward, and around, God.  The classic way Christians have done this is through prayer.  Each week during Lent the children (and adults) will be invited to participate in different ways of praying—ways of praying that invite God to focus and refocus our lives on and in Christ.         

Scripture Reading                                Jeremiah 31:31-34

Call to Authenticity             

                                               

UPSIDE DOWN & INSIDE OUT

Call to Grace

Message                                               

SECOND LOOK

Reader’s Theater                

Scripture Reading                                Jeremiah 31:31-34

Song of Response               

Congregational Prayer

Offering

Call to Commitment

Blessing

Sending Song                       

               

Centro Cristiano Hispanic Worship Service                                    2:30 PM

                Martha Hernandez, pastor

               

Worship Leaders:   

Meditation:  Amanda Beachy                                 Song Leader:  Edie Nebel

Worship Leader:  Megan Miller                             Congregational Prayer:  Barb Ramsey

Children’s Story:  Amy Widmer                              Prelude/Offertory:  Sandy Buhrow

 

Upcoming Events:

Mar 28 –                 Bates Family Farms Breakfast, 9am

April 15 – Spring Business Meeting, 7pm

May 10 –                 IMS Concert Choir here, 6:30pm

Sunday School Classes: (11:00 – 11:30am)

Sermon Discussion (Sanctuary): Jon Widmer

Matthew Study (back corner of the Fellowship Hall): Roger Farmer, Barb Ramsey

Youth Grade 7-12 (upstairs): Amanda Beachy

Primary Grade K-3 (middle room in Fellowship Hall): Gloria Widmer

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:                       Amanda Beachy                                     Grant Nebel

                                  319.325.4522 (cell)                               319.931.2579 (cell)

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

Elders: Barb Ramsey 653.3785, Myron Graber 653.1674, Jon Widmer 653.4714

Church Secretary: Andrea Nussbaum 815.404.3363   Church Office Phone: 653.6041   

Church Website: www.washingtonmennonitechurch.blogspot.com

Church Office e-mail: washingtonmennonitechurch@gmail.com