Did you know that one day you will be complete in glory?

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1 3 February 2019

2 Good Morning and Welcome! You had lots of choices this Sunday, and we are so glad that you are here with us! We want to connect with you at your speed and in your way. Please take a moment to complete a Connect Card from the seatback in front of you, and bring it by the info center to receive a special gift. About Us ~ We follow Jesus Christ, believing that he not only provided a way for us to have peace with God, but gave us an example of how we should live. Our doors and arms are open humbly and joyfully to anyone who wants to learn with us how to follow Jesus Christ as Lord. As we say, "Grace happens here." Kids & Babies ~ During our Modern Worship service, our nursery is fully staffed to care for children from birth through 3 years old, while kids in pre-k through grade 5 are encouraged to join Little Eden Kids Church for a special worship time of their own. Parents can register children in the Kids Courtyard beginning at 10:30am. Pickup is immediately after the service. Courtyard Café ~ We offer coffee, tea, hot chocolate, juice, and water from 8:30 11:15 am each Sunday. Please stop by and enjoy a cup O joe and catch up with friends. We invite you to stay between services to fellowship with each other and enjoy the beautiful weather! Did you know that one day you will be complete in glory? And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man. 1 Corinthians 15:49

3 This Sarasota Community Church Sunday, February 3 9:00am Traditional Worship Service 10:05 10:50am Bible Class en Español Mod 18 Faith Issues Module 17 Questions from Heaven Middle School Community Group Room 6 Winter Friendship Class Fellowship Hall Practical Living Green Room United Community Group Room 9 Remembering the Forgotten God Book Study Mod 1 11:00am - Kids Church -Room 11 off Kid's Courtyard 11:00am - Nursery - Room 8 off Kid's Courtyard 11:00am Modern Worship Service 3:00pm - GriefShare Module 17 6:00pm - High School Community Group Monday, February 4 No events Tuesday, February 5 6:30am 7:15am Men s Faith & Life Group Der Dutchman 6:30pm 7:30pm Open Prayer Time Green Room 7:00pm 9:00pm The Gathering Esther & Nate (503) Wednesday, February 6 8:00 9:30am Men s Breakfast Der Dutchman 6:30pm 8:00pm The Faith Group - Green Room 6:30pm 7:30pm Little Edens Kids Club Courtyard Thursday, February 7 9:00-2:00pm Dorcas Circle - Rooms 9 & 10 6:30pm Worship Team Practice Auditorium Friday, February 8 No events Saturday, February 9 6:00pm - Bethel Mountain SCC Auditorium We are here for you. If you or your family are in need of pastoral care or visitation please be in touch with Shirley Good, Pastoral Care Minister at

4 Made for Him by Him Dennis Bontrager (You can stop by the Info Center & order a DVD or CD for $3)

5 YOUR GIFT MATTERS! There are three convenient & safe ways to give at SCC TEXT TO GIVE Any amount to GIVE ONLINE Click IN SERVICE Leave your gift in baskets Change for a Dollar isn t where we help our own or support mission programs. This is where we bring a one-time tangible gift of help and hope to a person who is one arm s length away from us. And the cost? Just one dollar! Who has God brought to your attention? Last Week Attendance Offerings & Contributions....$14,806 Change for a Dollar $519/ $1448 YTD / $129,131 Since

6 HOPE & PRAYERS PRAY ~ for all those who are struggling with cancer or dynamics due to cancer treatments. REMEMBER OUR SHUT-INS ~ They are part of our congregation but cannot worship with us on an ongoing basis because of health issues. This includes: Betty Beachy, Leo Cummings, Helen Cydrus, Dave Gerber, Ed Helmuth, Sandra Jamieson, Vi Kauffman, Emma Mullet, Del Serrano, and Dave & Catherine Schrock. PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ~ Paul Bobbette, Doug Carlson, Bernie Christner, Marge & Walt Christner, Roy Davidson, Jenna Detweiler, Ann Eichelberger, Billy Gentilman, Jan Graber, Nelson Graber, Bryan Gray, Marilyn Guenther, Mark Hanna, Maggie Latham, Lorraine Maust, Dan Miller, Dorothy J. Miller, Victoria Nussbaum, Shannon Osborn, Queena Phu, Emma Rauschenberger, Rhonda Royer, Barbara Schlegel, John Schwartz, Ron Yoder, Milton & Carol Yoder. EVA JOBE ~ is continuing to have EEG s to see where the seizures orignate from. Please pray for wisdom so the doctors can prescribe the right medication and dosage. CARDS ~ for Walt Christner please send to, Foundation of Hope, 2250 Jesus Way, Sarasota, FL PRAISE REPORT ~ Our daughter is feeling better! See you on Sunday, thank you sooo much! ~ Lynda & Dan Gaspar

7 EVER WONDER WHY YOU ARE HERE? The Bible makes it abundantly clear that God created man and that He created him for His glory, (Isaiah 43:7). So therefore, the ultimate purpose of man, according to the Bible, is simply to glorify God. A harder question to answer, perhaps, is what does it look like to glorify God? In Psalm 100:2-3, we re told to worship God with gladness and know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. Part of what it looks like to glorify God is to acknowledge who God is (our Creator, for starters) and to praise and worship Him as such. C.S. Lewis stated it beautifully, But the most obvious fact about praise whether of God or anything strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise unless (sometimes even if) shyness or the fear of boring others is deliberately brought in to check it. The world rings with praise lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game praise of weather, wines, dishes, actors, motors, horses, colleges, countries, historical personages, children, flowers, mountains, rare stamps, rare beetles, even sometimes politicians or scholars. I had not noticed how the humblest, and at the same time most balanced and capacious, minds, praised most, while the cranks, misfits and malcontents praised least... I had not noticed either that just as men spontaneously praise whatever they value, so they spontaneously urge us to join them in praising it: Isn t she lovely? Wasn t it glorious? Don t you think that magnificent? The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about. It is not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are; the delight is incomplete till it is expressed. (Reflections on the Psalms) C.S. Lewis

8 DORCAS CIRCLE REPORT FOR 2018 Completed Projects 134 Newborn Kits: (1 kit contains 3 long gowns, 3 short gowns or under shirts, 1 cap, 1 pair socks or booties, 1 baby cap, 1 receiving blanket, 1 bar Ivory soap, and 4 large safety pins). 260 School Kits: ( 1 kit contains 4 spiral notebooks - 70 pages, 1 flexible plastic ruler, 8 unsharpened # 2 pencils, 1 box of 12 colored pencils, 1 metal pencil sharpener, 2 ballpoint pens, and l large pencil eraser. Items are placed in double drawstring bags. ) 837 hygiene kits: ( 1 kit contains 1 dark colored hand towel, 1 toothbrush, 1 large tooth comb, 1 bar hand soap - 4 oz., and 1 fingernail clipper. Items are placed in double draw stringed bags.) 156 Relief Kits: ( 1 kit contains 4 medium weight, dark color bath towels, 4 individual tooth brushes, 4 bars zote laundry soap, 4 bars hand soap - 4 oz., shampoo-minimum 30 oz. plastic bottles, 1 box assorted bandages - minimum 40 assorted, 2 wide tooth combs, 1 finger nail clippers, 2 pkgs. thin maxi sanitary pads.) 1492 Kit Bags, 8 Prayer Shawls, 113 Adult Comforters, and 103 Children Comforters. 11 Quilts: We work with Pa. Mennonite Central Committee, and many of our kits go there for the USA and world-wide needs. We work closely with them and provide most, if not all of Florida s needs. They requested and we gave Iglesias Christian Ebenezer Church at Apopka for their local mission and their Dominican Republic Churches: 100 school kits, 100 hygiene Kits, 50 Newborn Kits, 50 comforters and 100 straight kit bags. We also gave many children comforters and used, good clothes to Safe Children Coalition for Foster and adoptive children. Blankets were donated also to The Pregnancy Center and Veterans Association. A Baby Blanket is also donated to new babies in our Church. We host Siesta Key Chapel ladies and help them make comforters for Habitat for Humanity's new homes. Extra comforter tops and/or quilts were given to other U.S. Churches to help with their relief mission. A special thanks to all who donated time and money or delivered boxes of kits and supplies for our Dorcas Circle Mission.

9 For Further Study The Apostle Paul wrote, All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Colossians 1: 15-16, He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things were created through him and for him. Acts 17: 24-28, The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place. That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him, for in him we live and move and have our being. II Peter 1: 3-8, His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Isaiah 66: 1-2, Thus says the Lord: Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest? All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look; he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

10 CHURCH NEWS BETHEL MOUNTAIN BAND Saturday, February 9 th at 6:00pm in the SCC Auditorium. Bethel Mountain Band is coming to Sarasota Community Church! Have you ever heard them play? They describe themselves as, We are a group of guys all in our 50 s and 60 s, most of the group grew up in churches singing 4-part harmony, and we have had a Gospel Bluegrass group for eight years. We are basically a quartet with acoustic instruments mandolin, banjo, guitar, harmonica and bass. We specialize in old time gospel songs and Americana music that appeals to audiences of all ages"! PAINTING WITH A TWIST Sunday, February 3 rd at 3-5pm Join the Graceful Women of Global for an afternoon of painting with artist, Liz Hess. Liz will guide us in creating our own masterpieces, while we enjoy great coffee, treats, and a time together to share about women serving and living in the world s least-reached areas. Seating is limited. Fee per participant is $100 and includes all art supplies, food and a $70 donation to Global Disciple s Graceful Women of Global giving fund. Painting with a Twist is located at 5543 Palmer Crossing Circle in Sarasota call for reservations! Or Visit the web at THE ANNUAL PALM GROVE QUILT & CRAFT SALE Feb 6 th Feb 9 th Wed-Fri 8am 5pm and Saturday 8am to 12:00pm. If you have items to consign, checkin is at the Palm Grove Church Fellowship Hall on Mon & Tues Feb 4 & 5 th between 8am & 5pm. For more information call Al & Irene Miller at All net proceeds go for their Haiti mission project which has a school of over 600 students and includes a feeding program. WINTER GOSPEL MUSIC CONVENTION ~ Feb 7 th at 5-9pm. Join us and several artists at the 2019 Winter Gospel Music Convention at the Bradenton Area Convention Center. Featuring: The Isaacs, The Mark Trammell Quartet, Jeff & Sheri Easter, Jim Brady Trio, and The Browns! The cost of the tickets are $32 per person which includes the concert and transportation from SCC parking lot. Sign-up sheet is at the Info Center in the back of the church. Hope you can join us for an amazing night of gospel music! PUERTO RICO HURRICANE RECONSTRUCTION MEETING Mon, February 4 th at 4:00pm Green Room. Volunteer Hurricane Reconstruction Opportunities in Puerto Rico. Ben Sprunger will share about the needs of the Mennonite School and MDS in Puerto Rico. Volunteer teams are being organized. Team I from Feb. 20- March 1. Team II from March If you are interested, please join us for details or contact Ben Sprunger

11 WORLD ATTIC THRIFT SHOP ~ We are doing away with our Yard Sale. What will we do with all that extra stuff? We support a Haitian Church in Belle Glade, FL. They are the poorest of the poor. We will put that stuff in a trailer for them. When it s full, we will take a trip down. We will offer the trailer load to any local group having a fund-raiser for missions or ministry. PASS THE WORD and give us a call at This is a great place to shop, donate, or volunteer! They are located at 3530 & 3576 Webber St. Sarasota, FL JOY WILL COME AGAIN Poems of Hope and Peace by Irene Shearer! Her book with word pictures & photos, invites you to reach toward your own personal hope and peace, and to find joy again. This book is available for $18 from Amazon.com or $14 directly from Irene. VALENTINE S DINNER AND CONCERT ~ Steve & Annie Chapman at the Carlisle Inn. Friday, Feb 15 th thru Saturday, Feb 16 th Looking for a perfect way to spend a romantic evening with your loved one? Then enjoy a Valentine s dinner, dessert, and concert for $39 a person. Tickets available online at dhgroup.com/events or call or just visit the front desk. BBQ RELIEF DINNER Tuesday, February 5 th at 4:00pm. MCC Relief chicken BBQ dinner at Pinecraft Park. The cost is a donation.

12 STAFF Pastor Roger & Wendy Shenk appts: cell: Executive Minister James Read cell: Pastoral Care Minister Shirley Good cell: Seniors Minister Dennis Bontrager cell: Youth Coordinators Nic & Samantha King Nic s cell: Samantha s cell: Kids Coordinator Cindy Grant kids@sarasotacommunitychurch.org cell: Creative Director Belinda Jobe marketing@sarasotacommunitychurch.org Administrative Assistant Kathy Cydrus info@sarasotacommunitychurch.org Worship Coordinator Lindsey Caffelle worship@sarasotacommunitychurch.org cell: Prayer Team Leaders Gilberto & Elizabeth Perez prayer@sarasotacommunitychurch.orgiu SAVE THE DATE! February Annual Palm Grove Palm Grove 7 Gospel Music Conv. Ctr 9 Bethel Mountain Band 14 Living Joyfully 16 Valentine s Dinner & Concert Carlisle Inn 17 AAron Stutzman 24 Blood Pressure Check 25 Overseers Mtg 25 Coffee with Leaders 28 Living Joyfully March Generosity Sunday 9 Caring Sisters Brunch 10 Kramers 14 Living Joyfully 16 Movie Night & Potluck 24 Blood Pressure Check 25 Overseers Mtg 25 Coffee with Leaders 28 Living Joyfully April Living Joyfully 20 Community Easter Egg Hunt 22 Overseers Mtg 22 Coffee with Leaders 25 Living Joyfully 28 Blood Pressure Check Bulletin Submission deadline is every 10am. Send your requests to the church office for consideration: marketing@sarasotacommunitychurch.org 4041 Bahia Vista St. Sarasota, FL Ph: Fax: Follow Us/Like Us Church Office Hours Tue, Wed & Thu 9a-3p or by appointment

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