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March 15, 2009
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Gathering
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Prelude
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Welcome and Announcements
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Hymn
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WB # 14
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Come, we that love
the Lord
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Opening Words
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Hymn
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WB # 7
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Here, O Lord, your
servants gather
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Hearing the Word
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Children's Story
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Nancy Peters
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Hymn
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WB # 499
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Lord, speak to me
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(younger children are dismissed to the
nursery)
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Scripture
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John 2:13-22
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Tithes and Offerings
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Offertory
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Camp Meeting
by Charles Ives
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(based upon the
revival song Just As I Am)
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Sermon
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Spring Cleaning in
the Temple of Life
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Responding to
the Word
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Hymn
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WB # 389
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Take my life
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Sharing and Prayer
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Hymn
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WB # 366
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God of grace and God
of glory
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Benediction
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Assisted listening devices
are available at the audiovisual desk.
Please stand and use a
microphone during announcements and sharing.
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Worship Leader:
Dallas Schlegel
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Music Leader: David Breckbill
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Greeters: Steve
& Angela Nitzsche
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Children's Story Next Week: Anita Breckbill
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Nursery Today: David
& Kendra Wiebe
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Nursery Next Sunday:
Gerry & Mary Cooney
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Snacks Next Sunday:
OPEN
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Birthdays
and Anniversaries
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Monday, March 16 - Ben
Breckbill
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Tuesday, March 17 - Benjamin Nitzsche
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Wednesday, March 18 - Sheryl Friesen
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Calendar
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Today, 12:00 pm
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Potluck Lunch
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Wed. March 18 7:00 pm
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Baptism Exploration Group
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Wed. March 18 7:00 pm
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Full-Flavored Group - Wenger's
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Wed. March 18 7:15 pm
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And/Or?! Group - Brubacher's
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Thur. March 19 7:00 pm
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Leadership Board
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Fri.-Sat. April 3 & 4
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MCC Sale - Aurora Fairgrounds
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Fri.-Sat. April 3 & 4
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Peacemaking Workshop - Lincoln
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Sat. April 25, 10:00 am
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Women's Spring Tea
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Record
for March 8
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Attendance: 77
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Offering $2,016
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March Budget $10,705
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March Offerings $4,300
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YTD Budget $21,410
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YTD Offerings $22,487
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Birthday Offering
$97
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Announcements
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POTLUCK TODAY - We will have a potluck lunch right after
the worship service. Everyone is
welcome for good food and fellowship.
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HOMEMADE FOOD NEEDED - First Mennonite Church is
responsible for providing the following homemade items for the Soup Supper at
the MCC Sale on Friday, April 3 in Aurora:
15 pies, 12 loaves of bread, and 8
jellies
There is a signup sheet posted on the bulletin board for
you to indicate what item(s) you would be willing to donate. Any extra
amounts of food that are not used for the Soup Supper will be sold either at
Priced Foods or submitted to the auction on Saturday. Thanks for your
help!
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Three more Sundays! Keep bringing donations for the Foster
Care Closet at First Mennonite Church during March! Clean used items of
all sizes are needed: infant through teen sizes, dress clothes & casual
clothes, shoes & all other. Baby items also needed (blankets, etc.)
Remember also that lots of teens are adult size! Items not accepted are used
as undergarments. FCC also prefers modest clothing. Thank you for your
donations! If you have questions, please contact Ruth Chantry or FCC Director
Leigh Esau at 402.617.0667.
NOTE: Please leave
items on east side of Classroom #1.
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SPRING BREAK - No Campus Discussion Group this week.
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GRANTS RECEIVED - We are thankful to the Nebraska
Mennonite Mission & Benevolent Board which has provided 3 grants to our
congregation: Juvenile Offender and Victim Mediation ($500), Mennonite Youth
Convention ($875), and Anabaptist Lecture Series ($500). Thanks also to Marlin Kym who represented
us at their meeting last month.
Minutes of their meeting and the 2008 Annual Report are posted on the
bulletin board.
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BAPTISM CLASS
WEDNESDAY - The Baptism Exploration Group will meet this Wednesday, March 18
at 7:00 p.m. at church.
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PEACEMAKING WORKSHOP
XXII -
Conflict in the
Middle East. Tragedy in Gaza. How can we act to support peacemaking
efforts in this troubled area of our world?
The Peacemaking Workshop XXII
presents a unique opportunity. Anna
Baltzer, a Jewish American Columbia graduate, Fulbright scholar,
granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, and human rights worker with the
International Women's Peace Service, is the resource person for this year's
Peacemaking Workshop. Her acclaimed
presentation is an account of her eyewitness experience of the conflict in
the Middle East and the joint Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent resistance. Anna will be giving three different
presentations to provide context and hope for the conflict in the Middle
East. There is no cost to attend Peacemaking Workshop XXII, Friday, April
3, at 1:00 p.m. at the Miller Chapel in Old Main at Nebraska Wesleyan
University (5000 St. Paul Ave.); 7:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church
(50th & St. Paul); Saturday, April 4, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
at First Mennonite Church (7300 Holdrege).
The Peacemaking
Workshop is an ecumenical gathering
supported by our local faith community and other peace with justice
activists. The Workshop is held each
year in Lincoln to share perspectives and foster discussion and action on
peacemaking, justice, and conflict transformation. For more information call 466-1906 or visit the Peacemaking Workshop
website: www.fmclincoln.org/peacemaking_workshop/2009.
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HOSTS NEEDED - Looking for hosts for the Peacemaking
Workshop, which will be held at our church on the morning of Saturday, April
4. Let David Orr know if you could
help.
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