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.
Call
to worship
Leader
Let
the light fall warm and red on the rock,
Let
the birds sing their evening song
And
let God’s people say Amen
ALL
AMEN
Leader
Let
the tools be stored away,
Let
the work be over and done
And
let God’s people say Amen.
ALL
AMEN
Leader
Let
the winds blow wild around us,
But
let hearts be glad and minds be calm
And
let God’s people say Amen.
All
AMEN
Opening
prayer
For
this world, written
by Walter Rauschenbusch
Opening hymn
God
of the earth, the sky, the sea
HWB 53
Poetry reading
In my garden,
written by Yorifumi Yaguchi
Congregational hymn
All
things bright and beautiful
HWB 156
Children’s time
Scripture reading
Proverbs
8:22-31 [speaking about Wisdom]
Matthew
6:19-21
Teaching
Caring
for both Creation and Creator
Offering
Hymn of response
Beauty
for brokenness
SS
115
Sharing, announcements and prayer.
Closing hymn
Like
the murmur of the dove's song HWB 29
Leading us in worship
today: Worship leader – Nelson Shantz,, Speaker - Paul Versluis,
Song
leader – Shelly Weaverdyck, Pianist – Kathy Brubaker,
Children’s teaching – Carolyn Holland
If you
have congregational concerns, contact
the pastor or the
Congregational Life Committee:
Roxanne Cross;
Curtis
Weaverdyck; Arlene Seelbach,
COMMUNITY CHURCH HAPPENINGS
Moms’ Small Group
• Patti Sprunger
Peace and Justice Interest Group
June 22, 7:30
Weaverdyck
·
Gertrude Warkentin
Readers’ Group Delights & Shadows by Ted Kooser, June 14, 7PM, Shantz
· Priscilla Chamberlain
Slow
Cookers
·
Gertrude Warkentin
Committee Meetings:
Nurture
Committee:
May
21 9:30AM Kanagy
Worship
Committee:
May
18 7
PM
Shantz
Congregational
Life Committee
May
19 7
PM
Cross
Service
Outreach Committee
June
25 6:30
PM Gertrude
Folk music
showup
May
28 6:30
Weaverdyck
Hi-way pickup
July
11-19
Congregational
Business Meeting
May17 12:30 Grechen’s
H.
Next
Sunday, May 24th is our
Memorial Day Service. Please
come prepared to share the story of someone you love who has died. There will also be opportunity to light
a candle in memory of friends who have died .
There
will be no Sunday School on May 31
as we will gather for worship at 11AM at the Delhi Metropark on the
Huron
River. Please bring food for a
shared picnic at the MetroPark.
Remember there is a $4 entry fee for each car entering the Park.
Everyone
is invited to Miriam Weaverdyck's
graduation party on Sunday
May 31, 2009. It will be an open house 4:00 - 6:00 pm at the
Weaverdyck
home at 1946 Steere Place, Ann Arbor, 668-0003. Just causal and
fun!
A
hardcopy invitation is in your mailbox at church. Miriam's
baptism will
be at 11:00 that morning in the park, followed by a potluck.
Please
come! Miriam, Shelly, and Curtis
Rachel
Versluis and Neil Detweiler invite you to their wedding on June 27,
2009, at
the College Mennonite Church in Goshen In., at 2PM with reception
following in
the Fellowship hall. Please RSVP if
you are planning to attend by June 5th.
The
next Congregational Business Meeting
is today following the church service. The 2 topics currently on
the
agenda are the "Challenges with filling committee positions"
(discussion of church committe size, structure and any other ideas
to
address this topic) and "Purpose and content of SCC website" to provide
CLC input on this topic. All are encouraged to attend.
Child
care will be available during the meeting. If you would like
to add a specific topic to the agenda, please contact Jon
Sprunger
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 for 2009
¨
InterSpiritual Dialog and its
Mentoring Program,
June 2 – 8th with Father Thomas Keating at the St Benedicts
Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado.
¨
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
The next folk music gathering is May 28, 6:30 PM at the Weaverdyck’s
Home. Making folk music includes
instruments (guitar, banjo, finger
snapping, fiddle??), voices (singing, whistling, etc.), listening, and
sharing. You don't need to have an instrument to come and join in. Anyone is welcome to attend.
Don't need to RSVP, just show up.
Paul will
tell Central District Conference
that we have no one to serve as delegate for our annual meeting in Sugar Creek Ohio, June 25th
– 27th ?
Hi-way pickup is scheduled
for the week of
July 11-19.
Friends in Deed is in
need of
furniture. The Furniture Line is 734-484-7607 S & O as
in
Service and Outreach.