Bulletin:  June 21,  2009                                                                                              

Visitors:  We're delighted you are here.  Please complete a Welcome card (at the Welcome Table), and we invite you to introduce yourself during the sharing time. 

               

Space for Worship

 

Opening hymn:     HWB 1, What is this place

 

Introduction to worship

 

Hymn:                    HWB 2, In thy holy place we bow

 

Litany of Psalms:

 

   All:       We praise you, Adonai, in your  sanctuary,

                   with the blast of the trumpet,

                   with lyre and harp,

                   with timbrel and dance,

                   with strings and flute,

                   with clashing cymbals!

                Let everything that has breath

                   praise our God!

                Alleluia!

 

Children’s time

 

Hymn                     StS 3,  Jesus calls us here to meet him

 

The Message: “Matching the container with the  faith of the contained”

 

Responses to Message

 

Offering

Sharing

Congregational Prayer

Announcements

Closing hymn:      HWB 87, Great is the Lord

Benediction

 

Worship leader: Nelson Shantz.  Speaker and pianist: Anita Toews.  Readers: Mark Salzer, Betsy Harvey, Shirley Powell, John Powell. Children’s story: Joy Versluis. Song leader: Tim Smith.  Musicians: Jan Hallberg, Paul Seelbach, & Tim/guitars; Miriam Weaverdyck, string bass

 

If you have congregational concerns, contact the pastor or the Congregational Life Committee:  Roxanne Cross at,;

Curtis Weaverdyck at,; Arlene Seelbach, a_

 

COMMUNITY CHURCH HAPPENINGS 

 

Moms’ Small Group

             Patti Sprunger               

 

Peace and Justice Interest Group    June 22, 7:30          Weaverdyck

·         Gertrude Warkentin    

 
Readers’ Group  “The Road” by C. McCathy, 7/26,  7PM at Priscilla & Danny's 
·    Priscilla Chamberlain 

 

Slow Cookers               July 7th, 6:30 PM at Kevin Tangs                                                               

·         Gertrude Warkentin 

 

Committee Meetings:

 

Finance Committee:                                                                                                                                                                            

Nurture Committee:                                                                                       

Worship Committee:                                             June 22       7 PM           Shantz

Congregational Life Committee                           July 21        7 PM           Cross         

Service Outreach Committee                               June 25       6:30 PM      Gertrude

Folk music Showup                                               June 25       7PM            Weaverdyck

Hi-way pickup                                                        July 11 and July 18 9AM sharp

                       

Everyone is invited to a baby shower for Rachel and Joel Nofziger on Friday, July 17, 7 PM at the Kanagy home (186 Carriage Way, Ypsilanti).  They are registered at Little Seedling (formerly Tree City) located on Zeeb and at Target. Both may be accessed through their websites.

 

Jim Crowfoot will be our guest at the Peace and Justice Interest Group meeting Monday night, June 22, at 8PM at the Weaverdyck home.  You are invited to come and share in our conversation about lifestyle, community and sustainability.

 

Paul and Joy Versluis are gone this weekend to attend the wedding of their daughter Rachel  and Neil Detweiler in Goshen Indiana.   Our speaker for next Sunday is Don Postema, author of the book “Space for God”.

 

On Sunday, June 14, the annual silent auction helped raise over $1600.   Thank you to all who participated and donated their time, money and services.  This year’s monies will help Miriam, Joe, Caleb, Dylan , Scott and Michelle as they prepare for Church of the Brethren work camp the end of July.

 

New online calendar!  Go to our church website and see the 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.  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 a discussion on anything you like.

 

Paul’s schedule

¨       Mennonite Church Convention Columbus Ohio, June 30 – July 5

¨       Central District Annual Meeting June 25-27, Sugarcreek, Ohio

¨       Michigan District Annual Meeting , Hastings Mi, Aug 10th-11th

 

Hi-way pickup is scheduled for the week of July 11-19.  We will schedule a pickup on Saturday July 11 at 9AM and in needed another pickup for Saturday July 18th.   Please meet at 9AM sharp at the I94 and Baker Road Park and Ride.

Friends in Deed is in need of furniture.  The Furniture Line is 734-484-7607  

 The Nurture Committee is interested in the important happenings in your life as they are also important to our Shalom community.  Please let us know of graduations, weddings, births, deaths or major illnesses in your family.  

Joy Versluis, Norene Kanagy, and Su Hansen

 

There will be a Community Garden Blessing on Sunday  July 19 at 10:00 at our garden plot before the worship meeting.

 

Monday, June 22--Theology on Tap discussion on torture of prisoners, sponsored by Canterbury House is organizing a  at Arbor Brewing Company in the Tap Room. The event will start at 7:00, or you can come early at 6:30 to order your drinks, appetizers, and to hang out with peace-minded people. Free and open to the public.

 

Monday, July 6th -- The Call in the Darkness: The Economic Crises and the New American Dream -- 4th of July Community Discussion and Potluck Dinner.  On July 4th, we celebrate our country's heritage, values, and democratic ideals that define the "American Dream". But as the economic crisis continues to reshape our lives and our visions for the future, how do our visions of the "American Dream" begin to change? Join us for this informal community sharing of our hopes, concerns, questions, and insights as we reflect on this unique 4th of July holiday. Families welcome! Wesley Lounge, Wesley Foundation (shares a building with First United Methodist Ann Arbor: 602 E. Huron, Ann Arbor - on State between Huron and Washington). 6:30pm. Please bring a dish to pass. RSVP's appreciated to gracek@icpj.net, 663-1870. Co-sponsored by Michigan Peaceworks. (Please share this with your congregations!)