Order of Worship and Announcements

Before a watching world: How (not) to be the church in public

October 12, 2008 — “How (not) to confront evil”

HWB = Hymnal: A Worship Book; STJ = Sing the Journey; STS = Sing the Story

Gathering

Gathering hymn HWB 54 Praise the Lord who reigns above

Prelude: “Down in the River to Pray” (arr. L. Line)

Lighting the peace lamp

Prayer

Call to worship

Leader:Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee,

                       to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

                       when they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.

                       And Jesus came and said to them,

All:All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

                       Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

      Women:     baptizing them in the name of the Father

                       and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Men:and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

             All:     And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

     HWB 121   Holy God, we praise Thy name

     HWB 69    The Lord is King

Hearing the Word

Children's time

Epistle reading: Philippians 3:18-21

     HWB 366   God of grace and God of glory

Epistle reading: Ephesians 1:17-23

     HWB 275   Lift your glad voices

Sermon: “How (not) to confront evil”

Responding

     STJ 71        Alleluia, the Great Storm is over

Offering and doxology

Offertory: “Morning Has Broken” (arr. C. Stevens)

Prayers of the congregation [respond in unison, following the leader]

     Adoration

           L:   Give glory to God!

           P:   Praise to you, Lord God!

     Confession

           L:   In your steadfast love,

           P:   Lord, have mercy.

     Thanksgiving

           L:   Let us give thanks to the Lord.

           P:   We thank you, God of salvation!

     Supplication

           L:   In your mercy,

           P:   Lord, hear our prayer.

     The Lord’s Prayer

Sending

Announcements

     Benediction

     HWB 418   Move in our midst

Pearl Hoover Hartman, worship leader & children’s time • Judy Bomberger, music leader • Phil Kniss, sermon • Yvonne Boettger, piano • Steve Nyce, guitar • Meg Smeltzer, violin • Dave Landes, hammered dulcimer • April & Greg Sachs, Laura & Ed Yoder, singers • Jacqueline deBrun, reader • Marlene Benner, visuals • Pastors Phil and Barbara, elder Bonnie Stutzman, post-service greeters

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“Before a watching world: How (not) to be the church in public”

PVMC PRAYER OPPORTUNITIES

Week of October 12, 2008

PRAY FOR THESE PERSONS AND SITUATIONS

• The Park View MYF, sponsors, and pastor Ross, who are on retreat this weekend, at Highland Retreat’s Red Oak Lodge.

• Lynette Mast, leaving today on a 10-day MCC Learning Tour to the borders of Mexico and Guatemala, focusing on immigration issues. Pray for her growth and learning, and also her family’s wellbeing while she is away.

• Leland Oswald, whose esophagus became blocked again from his cancer.

• Give thanks with the family of Kate Weaver, who had another MRI on Thursday, and early reports indicate her brain tumor has still not grown.

• Our sister congregations in Harrisonburg working at pastoral transitions and discerning ministry vision: Weavers, Community, & Immanuel Mennonite.

• Those bearing unspoken burdens.

• Those suffering from disasters and war, and all who serve them.

• Those living, traveling, or serving abroad...see bulletin board for details.

• Leaders in the church, community, nation, and world.

PRAY FOR THOSE HAVING BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK

• Ruth L. Burkholder, James Hughes, Barbara Moyer Lehman, Joyce Brunk, Jack Anderson, Erin Moore, Marla Burkholder, Loretta Helmuth, Virginia Shenk, Sherrill Glanzer, Pauline Myers

PRAY FOR THE CHURCH IN MISSION

• Mennonite Mission Network board members are meeting this weekend in Phoenix. Pray for wisdom and God’s leading in making decisions regarding budget, structure and priorities for the next year.

• In Trinidad, Paul & Evelyn Kratz encourage the Mennonite Church of Trinidad & Tobago by meeting with each congregation each month. Paul is guiding the pastoral selection for one congregation, and Evelyn is training church treasurers in several congregations. Thank God for their ministry.

PRAY FOR THOSE LEADING UPCOMING SERVICES

• “Two streams of life join in Jesus” • Roy Hange, sermon • Jay B. Landis, worship leader • Barbara Moyer Lehman, song leader

This Morning at Park View

WORSHIP (9:30-10:45 a.m.) Nursery attendants: Brent/Heidi Yoder, Emma Petersheim, Abe Nouri; next Sunday: Amanda / David Hughes, Jacqueline Willis, Everett Brubaker

FELLOWSHIP BREAK (15 min.) All are invited for beverages and visiting in fellowship hall. Please exit promptly when buzzer sounds.

     Children’s Assembly: Ages 2 - 4 (room 3); Grades K - 5 (room 17)

SUNDAY SCHOOL (11:00-12:00) – Classes for all ages. Everyone welcome.

Nursery attendants during Sunday school: Cathy Smeltzer Erb, Mary Glick

Ages 3 & 4: in room 4, with Beth Krall

Kindergarten: in room 5, with Deb Nyce

     Grades 1 - 2: in room 10, with Ethan Zook, Mark Brubaker

     Grades 3 & 4: in room 9, with Jim Leaman, Peyton Erb

     Grade 5: in room 8, with Barb Graber, Mary Cranston

Grades 6 - 8: in room 18, with Gretchen Maust

MYF: (high school): on retreat at Highland, returning 12 noon

     College-age: (room 13) sermon discussion

Colloquy: (room 16) Class will not meet because of EMU Homecoming

Faith and Issues: (fellowship hall) Timothy & Ruth Jost: “Key Issues in the Coming Election”

Interrogatio: (room 6) Sermon discussion

Logos: (balcony) Sermon discussion

Prayer: Prayer Room is available downstairs for silent meditation

SALT: (room 11) teacher: Carl Smeltzer; Uniform Lesson: “Discerning gifts for leadership”

Shalom: (room 7) Sermon discussion

SupportNet.com: Beginning new series on Peter, James, and John led by Loren Mast, André Mast, and Dave Brubaker

Yalla: (room 12) Continuing study of Romans

This Week

SUNDAY: inView in mailboxes

     2008-09 PVMC Agenda document in mailboxes for review

     Interrogatio potluck, 12 noon, fellowship hall    Adult Choir, 4 p.m., sanctuary

MONDAY - FRIDAY: Morning Prayers, 9am, conference room

MONDAY: RSVP by noon for Wednesday fellowship meal

SupportNet.com’s Canadian Thanksgiving, 6 p.m., fireplace room; MYF is providing babysitting, starting at 5:45 p.m.

TUESDAY: Men’s Bible study and breakfast, 7am, fellowship hall, Ervin Stutzman, teacher: “Profiles of Men in the Bible: David & Mephibosheth”

     Outreach Committee, 4 p.m., conference room

WEDNESDAY: Fellowship meal, 5:30 - 6:15 p.m., fellowship hall

     Children’s Choir, 6:30 p.m., room 17 (grades 2 - 6)

NEXT SUNDAY: Adult Choir, 4 p.m., sanctuary

Upcoming Events

OCTOBER

 22      JYF & MYF to VMC corn maze, 7 p.m.

 26      Congregational meeting to discuss 2008-09 congregational agenda, 11 a.m., sanctuary [no adult Sunday school]

Announcements

If you carpooled, biked, or walked to church today, as suggested, donations in the amount you saved in gas (or any additional) can be sent to Virginia Mennonite Conference (ATTN: “on the way together”), 901 Parkwood Dr., Harrisonburg, VA 22802. Further details on flier you received earlier.

More funds are needed to cover the Highland A-frame extreme makeover last weekend (see inView article). If you would like to help with this project, write your check to PVMC and mark it for “Highland cabin makeover.”

Thank you for the good contributions last Sunday for the faith promise offering. However, funds are still tight, with about $15,000 additional needed to cover checks needing to be mailed this week.

November 5, 9 a.m., is Guest Day for Mennonite Women in the Fellowship Hall. If you are not a regular attender of MW, you are invited. Hero Brzw, a student in the Center for Peacebuilding at EMU, will be the speaker at 11 a.m. in the sanctuary. Hero is from Suleimanyah, Iraq. As a social field worker in the villages of Iraq she often distributed MCC comforters and kits and is looking forward to this opportunity. A noon meal will follow the meeting. You are welcome to attend.

The Developing Countries Capital Project is open for ideas of churches in the third world that need help for a church building. Please contact Kathryn Fairfield at 828-6785 or at Kathryn.Fairfield@gmail.com before October 20.

Thank you for your weekly support of Patchwork Pantry; place items in the bins at entries and foyer. Items needed most are peanut butter, jelly, tuna, canned fruit, boxed macaroni & cheese dinners, canned one-dish meals, bar bath soap, shampoo (small/med). Cash gifts also welcome, since they need to purchase $200 of food each week to supplement donations. Write check to “Patchwork Pantry,” place in envelope marked for the pantry, and place in office mailbox.

The 3^rd annual Habitat for Humanity house build by area Mennonite churches has been set. A family is chosen, and the house will be at 680 E. Rock Street. PVMCers are needed especially on Saturday, Oct. 25, when Sam Petersheim will coordinate completion of the roof of the home. We also need people to coordinate food for this day. Contact Pastor Ross Erb for more info.

Arlene Eshleman, wife of former pastor Harold Eshleman, passed away October 1 in Elkhart, Indiana. A memorial service is planned for October 18, 4 p.m. at Harrisonburg Mennonite Church, with family visitation to follow.

For information about MMA counseling in basic budgeting, consumer debt consolidation, etc., see flyers below mailboxes.

Mennonite World Conference Assembly XV is July 14-19, 2009 in Asunción, Paraguay. A copy of registration materials is on the foyer table. The same information is also available at www.mwc-cmm.org. A listing of the many tours that include the assembly is on the bulletin board. Watch for a flyer in your mailbox this fall. Registration is encouraged by January 31, 2009.

Worship attendance last Sunday: 298; Faith Promise offering: $17,261.67