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Section I
Welcome
and Introduction to Safe Sanctuary
¨ Call to worship: For all of us it is important to know that we are loved, that people care for us and stand up for us. We need food to eat and safe places to sleep and work and play. For all of us, it is good to have places where we feel comfortable and safe, people we enjoy being with and friends and family who love us. Where are the places you feel safe and the people you enjoy being with, people and places that are good and safe?
¨
Prayer
¨
Congregational
reading
Leader
Into the dark places of our
world where people are frightened and hungry,
Leader
Into places where people are
fighting,
into
places where people have no homes
Leader
Into places where we feel
unsafe, into situations that hurt us and scare us,
Leader
We ask our prayers in
Jesus’ name and in the Hoy Spirit’s power
¨
Song of
welcome
Sanctuary
¨ Scripture reading Matthew 18: 1-6 and 10-14
¨
Introduction to the meeting
¨
Singing
I’ve
got peace like a river
The
butterfly song
Section II
Stories
of sanctuary and safety
¨
Stories
¨
Singing
Jesus
loves the little children
Every
time I feel the spirit
Section
¨
Offering
and time of silence
¨
¨
Prayer
and blessing
Section IV
Celebration
¨
Sharing
and announcements
¨
Dance
¨
Singing
He’s
got the whole world
¨
Benediction
Leading us in worship today: Song Leader-Tim Smith and Miriam Weaverdyck, Leaders and speakers Curtis Weaverdyck, Roxanne Cross, Dave Polley, Worship leader Paul Versluis, reader is Dylan Polley, pianist is Joy Versluis.
If you
have congregational concerns, contact
the pastor or the
Congregational Life Committee: Dave
Polley.; Roxanne Cross; Curtis Weaverdyck,
SHALOM COMMUNITY CHURCH
HAPPENINGS
Small Group Opportunities: the following groups meet regularly and are open to all interested persons. You can “drop in” and “drop out” as you wish. Call the contact person for information, dates, times, directions or location. Or call Norene Kanagy
Peace and Justice Interest Group, Feb 9, 7:30 PM Weaverdyck
· Gertrude Warkentin
Readers’ Club: Our Mutual Friend by Dickens Jan 25, 7:00 PM Warkentin,
· Priscilla Chamberlain
Slow Cookers:
·
Gertrude Warkentin
·
Committee Meetings:
Finance
Committee:
Nurture Committee:
Worship Committee: Jan 26, 7PM Versluis
Congregational Life Committee
Feb
10,
Service Outreach
Committee
Feb
26,
Congregational Business Meeting Feb 15, Gretchens House
January rotating
potlucks..
Host: Weaverdyck, Guests: Ponstein, Clemens
Host: Versluis, Guests: Cross, Harvey, Hein
Host:Showalter, Guests: Brubaker, Seelbach, Hollander/Chamberlain
Host: Kanagy, Guests: Nofziger, Shantz, Tang, Hallberg
Host: Miller-Polley, Guests: Sprunger, Hansen
Host: Ropp, Guests: Burkholder, Smith, Kaufman
Host: Brubacher/Clingenpeel, Guests: Warkentin, Holland/Carbary
SERVICE – OUTREACH
¨
Food
collection: The
Service-Outreach committee asks you to remember to bring canned/
packaged food
to potluck for donation. 110 lbs of
food was delivered last week to Food Gatherers.
¨
Titus and Joy K , Nelson and Ruth S,
Paul V, and
Paul S are making plans to volunteer with Mennonite
Disaster Service the week of Feb 15th in
¨ On the third or fourth Sunday of each month Paul and Joy will be hosting guests at their home for lunch.
¨ This week we finished painting at the Interfaith Hospitality House. Thank you to Chris M, Miriam W and her friend Melessa, and Paul V.
INTERFAITH ROUND TABLE Round Table Dinners: Share a meal in a home with people from a variety of religious traditions (possibly Jewish, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Baha’i, Unitarian Universalist, Quaker, Unity or Interfaith). A simple meal becomes a vehicle to tell our stories, laugh, ask questions and see generosity in action. What a good way to deepen our understanding of people from different faith backgrounds. Sign up for a seat at the table. Flyers with details can be picked up where literature is handed out or call 734-424-1535 / email gbrides@umich.edu. Paul and Joy V are planning to host an Interfaith Dinner in their home on the weekend of Feb 28th.
UMS tickets on sale for “Sweet Honey In The Rock,” Thursday, Feb. 12th and “The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma,” Friday, Mar. 13th, Saturday, Mar. 14th. More ticket information and prices at 734-424-1535 or www.irtwc.org
New online calendar!
Go to our church website and see the new Happenings page
(http://shalomcommunitychurch.mi.us.mennonite.net/Happenings.html).
To add calendar events you will need to set up an account with
your
e-mail address. It's very
straightforward. Just let Kevin know and he will have an
invitation sent
to your e-mail address. We also
have a new Google Group! The link is below the calendar.
The Google
Group is great for posting items of interest that you wouldn't
necessarily send
to everyone at shalomcc. It's also a place where you can start up
a
discussion on anything you like.
Paul’s schedule
for 2009
¨
¨
InterSpiritual Dialog and its
Mentoring Program,
June 2 – 8th with Father Thomas Keating at the St Benedicts
Monastery in
¨
¨
Central District Annual Meeting June
25-27,
¨
Michigan District Annual Meeting ,
Anita T reports that Shalom received more money in contributions
in 2008 than we spent. We
received $116,462.87 in income for the General Budget fund.
This
leaves us with a surplus of about $1,300 for the year.
Thank you for giving during a difficult
economic year. Many of you gave an extra gift at the end of the
year and
that helped us to meet the budget.
Next week Sunday John Powell will be speaking on the tears of Ophra, Jesse Jackson and John Lewis. The following week will be a contemplative service that will include Communion lead by Paul V
Persons going to Cameron are asked to meet briefly following the meeting today.
Sanctuary
Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary
Pure and
holy, tried and true
With
thanksgiving, I'll be a living
Sanctuary
for You
THE BUTTERFLY SONG, Words and Music by Brian M. Howard
If I were a butterfly
I'd thank you Lord for giving me wings
If I were a robin in a tree
I'd thank you Lord that I could sing
If I were a fish in the sea
I'd wiggle my tail and I'd giggle with glee
But I just thank you Father for making me, me
CHORUS
For
you gave me a heart and you gave me a smile
You
gave me Jesus and you made me your child
And
I just thank you Father for making me, me
If I were an elephant
I'd thank you Lord by raising my trunk
If I were a kangaroo
You know I'd hop right up to you
If I were an octopus
I'd thank you Lord for my fine looks
But I just thank you Father for making me, me
If I were a wiggly worm
I'd thank you Lord that I could squirm
If I were a fuzzy, wuzzy bear
I'd thank you Lord for my fuzzy, wuzzy hair
If I were a crocodile
I'd thank you Lord for my great smile
But I just thank you Father for
making me, me
Every time I feel the
spirit
Movin’ in my heart I will pray
Every time I feel the spirit
Movin’ in my heart I will pray
Up on the mountains my Lord spoke
Out of His mouth came fire and smoke
Looked all around me, it looked so fine
I asked the Lord could it be mine
The
It
chills
the body but not the soul.
There aint
but one train upon this track.
It
runs to
heaven and then right back.
Oh, I have sorrow and I have woe
I have heartaches here below
But while God leads me I’ll never fear
For I know that He is near
He’s got the
whole world
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.
He's got my brothers and my sisters in His hands,
He's got my brothers and my sisters in His hands,
He's got my brothers and my sisters in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.
He's got the sun and the rain in His hands,
He's got the moon and the stars in His hands,
He's got the wind and the clouds in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.
He's got the rivers and the mountains in His hands,
He's got the oceans and the seas in His hands,
He's got you and he's got me in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.
He's got everybody here in His hands,
He's got everybody there in His hands,
He's got everybody everywhere in His hands,
He's got the whole world in His hands.