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Sunday, November 16, 2025 - 10:30 am
Welcome & Announcements Lydia Martin Scripture Reading Isaiah 40:18-23; Psalm 2:1-4 First Fruits Giving Worship in Song c/o Rachel & Andry Stutzman VT 126 “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name” VT 364 “All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name” VT 111 “10,000 Reasons / Bless the Lord” Message “Essential Attitude” Curt Stutzman Scripture – Romans 12:14-13:7 Song of Response “Agnus Dei” (live stream will end) Sharing and Prayer Sending Song VT 394 “God Calls Us” Nursery is available during the Worship Service (Staffed today by Diann Beach, Emily Kauffman, Brenda Bechler) Our Service is live streamed and recorded Upcoming Weavers Calendar
Announcements Thank you for your continued contributions. We have a basket at the back of the sanctuary. Other ways to give may include your bank's bill pay or bank transfer (which are often a free service), via mail, or paypal on the church website. Designations from this past week: Budget - $5,626; Building Fund - $50; Missions - $400 There is a bus (coach) trip scheduled to see the Bible story Joshua, come alive at Sight & Sound in Lancaster, Pa. The Prime Timers are inviting anyone of any age to join for this trip. It is time to reserve your tickets for Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 the 11:00 showing. The tickets and bus fare will cost $170.00 per person. After the show we will be stopping for a later lunch at Katie's Kitchen which will be at your own expense. The deadline for reserving your ticket is November 16, 2025. There are 45 tickets available. Your ticket will be reserved when your payment is received. If writing a check make it out to Weavers Mennonite with Sight and Sound on the memo line. You can pay at the church office or put a check in the offering plate. Birthday wishes this week to: Lee Harlow, Abe Hartzler, and Macie Wenger. Weavers Administrative Council approved this week to recommend to the congregation to bring Austin Showalter on board as full-time associate pastor of Faith Development, beginning Jan. 1, 2026. Austin has been half time when he started in July. Affirmation ballots will be received Nov. 30. The next monthly young adult men's breakfast and Bible study in Trevor Oyer's basement (2891 Rawley Pike) will be on Saturday, November 22nd from 8:15-9:30am. We will be reading through Ephesians 5. Any interested young adult men, including individuals who don't attend Weavers, are welcome to join! Please text Trevor if you have any questions. (Cell Phone: 503-989-5929) Our Thanksgiving Fellowship meal will be Sunday, Nov. 23 (not on the 5th Sunday but before Thanksgiving). Please bring enough food for your family and our guests. Each family should bring their favorite Thanksgiving entree, side dish and dessert. Some suggested foods could be: turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie, cranberry relish and the like. Next Ladies Bible Study will be December 13th, 9-11 a.m., at Tamara Shoemaker’s. 870 Mockingbird Drive, Harrisonburg. Jeanne, Sandy B., and Tamara are contact people. Brunch, coffee, tea included. We will be covering the same passage as last time: Ruth 3:1-13, this time from a prophetic point of view. All women welcome; one does not have to be a Weaver's attendee to participate. Iglesia Shalom Nuevo Comienzo (recently welcomed into LMC and the BRD) has four families with income-earners who recently lost employment in the current reality. The congregation is providing support of various kinds, however they do not have the means to provide financial help at this time. We are invited to consider a gift toward this need. You may send gifts to Eastside Church with the memo "BRD Compassion Fund." Partner with the Shenandoah Valley Bike Coalition and the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank for Cranksgiving, a food drive by bike on Saturday, November 22nd, hosted at Brothers Brewery! Participants will ride to several stores to purchase a list of items most needed by the food bank. Participants and volunteers are needed. Contact Abe Hartzler for more information 330-988-2539 Men's Breakfast and Bible Study: Bible Study is held at Park View Mennonite Church on Tuesday mornings. Breakfast starts at 6:45 am, and the Bible Study runs from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. See the Fall 2025 Schedule: https://sites.google.com/view/vmcmensbiblestudy/home. Nov 20 (Thur) 6-8:15pm - Highland Retreat holds their Highland Banquet at the Lindale Mennonite Church fellowship hall (on Route 42, north of Harrisonburg). Doors open at 5:45. Banquet theme is “Lengthen the cords of our tent,” inspired by Isaiah 54:2. A freewill offering will be taken to benefit the ministries of Highland Retreat. For more info, including how to host a table, view the menu, and to RSVP for the banquet, visit highlandretreat.org/banquet. Support immigrant neighbors - In the face of mass deportations of immigrants, pulling them from family and community, and the closing of U.S. refugee programs, MCC continues its work to respond to Christ’s call to welcome the stranger. To learn how you can join us: https://mcc.org/what-we-do/initiatives/disaster-response/support-immigrant-neighbors Jamaica Hurricane Melissa Relief Fund - VMMissions encourages us to pray for the island of Jamaica, and specifically for the Jamaican Mennonite Church as they assess their community's needs in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. Pray that Christ's church will be a lighthouse for those who are suffering and in need. VMMissions is collecting relief funds at vmmissions.org/jamaica-relief along with other North American relief agencies to respond to the crisis as guided by our Jamaican brothers and sisters. Read a PDF online of the most recent issue of VMMission’s Transforming magazine on “Marketplace Ministry.” |
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