Gathering |
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Opening Hymn | WB # 19 | Open now thy gates of beauty |
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Call to Worship and Prayer |
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Choruses | | He has made me glad |
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Announcements |
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Hymn | WB # 226 | You are salt for the earth |
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Tithes and Offerings |
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Hearing the Word |
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Children's Story | Carol Knieriem & Mary Cooney |
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Hymn | WB # 26 | Holy Spirit, come with power |
(younger children are dismissed to the nursery) |
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Scripture Reading | Matthew 23:23 |
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Sermon | Justice, Mercy and Faith |
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Responding to the Word |
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Special Music | Revelation Song | Jay & Marilyn Kroeker |
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Sharing and Prayer |
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Hymn | WB # 596 | And I will raise you up |
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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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Revelation Song by Phillips, Craig & Dean |
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Worship Leader: Kevin Troyer |
Music Leader: Wanda Stauffer |
Greeters: Jolene Boshart & Kim Weaver |
Children's Story Next Sunday: David Wiebe |
Drivers Next Sunday: Rick & Wanda Stauffer |
Nursery Today: Emma & Erin Cooney |
Nursery Next Sunday: Brenda & Megan McLey |
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Birthdays and Anniversaries |
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Today, June 28 - Sheri Nitzsche |
Wednesday, July 1 - Ellie Friesen |
Wednesday, July 1 - Linda Wenger |
Saturday, July 4 - Rhonda Brubacher |
Saturday, July 4 - Michelle Fast |
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Calendar |
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Today, 12:00 pm | Taco Bar Fundraiser Lunch |
Today, 1:00 pm | Zachary Boyd Baby Shower |
Wed. July 1, 7:00 pm | Playground Committee |
Sat. July 4, 6:00 pm - ? | Wiebe's July Fourth Blow-Up |
Wed./Thurs. July 15-16 | FMC Vacation Bible School |
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Record for June 21 |
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Attendance: 60 | Offering $1,373 |
June Budget $8,564 | June Offerings $6,104 |
YTD Budget $53,525 | YTD Offerings $53,598 |
YTD Building $13,761 | |
Announcements |
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WELCOME - Today we welcome Thayne Sparke as our speaker. Thayne comes to us from Grace Children's Home in Henderson, NE. Thank you for sharing with us, Thayne. If you can make a donation to Grace Children's Home, please place the envelope in the offering plate or mail to the Children's Home. |
NEXT SUNDAY - Our speaker next Sunday will be Marlin Kym, a retired Mennonite pastor and a member of our congregation. Our pastor, David Orr, is on sabbatical and will return in early August. |
BABY SHOWER TODAY - A baby shower for Bill and Katie Boyd, and baby Zachary will be held at First Mennonite Church right after today's lunch. We hope you can join us for this celebration of Zachary's birth. |
TACO BAR TODAY! - Join us today for a taco bar lunch. The youth group will be serving us lunch as a fundraiser for their trip to the Mennonite Youth Convention in Columbus, OH. Free-will donations will be accepted. The Taco Bar will be followed by the Boyd Baby Shower. YOUTH GROUP UPDATES FROM COLUMBUS - The Senior High youth group will be traveling to Columbus, OH for the Mennonite Youth Convention on June 30 to July 5. If you would like to receive a daily update about the group's experience, email to get on the email list! |
WIEBE'S JULY FOURTH BLOW-UP - You are all invited to a July 4th party at David and Kendra's house, at 6:00 p.m. Bring something to grill, something to share, and something to sit on. If you want, you can also bring something to blow up (David will be happy to blow it up for you). After it gets dark, the Country Club will give us a great fireworks show. |
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE! - A big thanks to all those who helped with the church garage sale yesterday. It was a big job and many, many people contributed in different ways. Thank you, Robbyn and Holly. |
SIGN UP FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL - Look for the GREEN sign-up sheet on a table in the Fellowship Hall if you would like to help out with teaching Sunday School this summer. All the materials and instructions are provided and there are many openings to choose from. Thank you to those who have already taught or have signed up for a future Sunday. The children of FMC thank you!! |
CAN YOU HELP? - A letter is inserted in the bulletin today from Beth Martin, of Chicago, Illinois. Beth called our church and is looking for the gravesite of her great-great-grandmother, Elisabeth Wedel Buller, a Mennonite woman who died in Lincoln in 1874. Please read the letter and see if you have an idea of where to look. Any history detectives out there? |
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - Don't forget Bible School on Wednesday and Thursday, July 15 & 16. See Tammy Riedel if you have questions. |
IN CONCERT - The Gospel Echoes Northwest Crossroads Team will be at East Fairview Mennonite Church in Milford on Wednesday, July 1 at 7:00 p.m. This team ministers to churches and prisons throughout the Northwest, along with a two to three week tour in this region. They will bless and encourage you with their music and testimony. |
ELATION PERFORMING "GODSPELL" - The music group ELATION of St. Stephen United Methodist Church in Mesquite, Texas, will present the musical "GODSPELL" at First United Methodist Church of Lincoln, Nebraska on Monday July 13, 2009 at 7:00 pm. First United Methodist Church of Lincoln is located at 2723 North 50th Street in Lincoln. Admission is free. GREAT CHANCE TO HELP - Can you sign up to serve supper at the People's City Mission on Sunday, July 5? It's a wonderful chance to help others without a long-term commitment. The sign -up sheet is on the bulletin board by the kitchen. Thank you. |
Dear First Mennonite Church, I'm somewhat at my wits end with trying to track down information on my great-great-grandmother, Elisabeth Buller. I'm hoping that a member of your congregation or that of another Nebraska Mennonite Church may be a history buff on Mennonite travels through the state from the late 1800's, and will have a suggestion on where Elisabeth is buried.
I've been in contact with Nebraska State government cemetery personnel Patricia Churray and Wyuka Cemetery's Fran Baatz. Patricia has shared with me a great deal of her information and research, but we did not find Elisabeth's grave. Fran says she is not at Wyuka either, even though it was the only cemetery in existence during the year Elizabeth died. She is not at the 'poor farm', Fairview or Teachman. In fact, she shows up on no cemetery database in the country.
So, given that, my last hope is the Mennonite Church itself. My family was part of the Mennonite emigration from Russia. My great-great grandmother's name was; Elisabeth Wedel Buller, who died August 28, 1874. In a letter from 1879, her husband David Buller wrote "My wife Elisabeth died August 28, 1874 and was buried in Lincoln, Nebr. We had just come to America and had not yet reached South Dakota. She was very grieved; she did not want to come to America. This caused her death. We had a nice large farm in Russia." They were originally from Prussia and Russia. David Buller, along with their 7 children continued on to Childstown, SD and then to Marion, SD. He is buried in the Buller family cemetery on the original Buller family farm in Marion, SD.
My hope is that she is in a marked grave on private property somewhere. Or that she is buried outside Lincoln in another town and he was mistaken with saying the town was Lincoln. Either that or she is misnamed as Fuller or a similar name.
We will be in Lincoln on July 5th for a wedding. I will have my 82 year old mother with me who has lit the fire underneath me to find our relative!! I would love to solve this mystery! Thanks for any help, Beth Martin Chicago Illinois |
