Grace Mennonite Church 10:00 a.m. Worship Service Pastors Mel Letkeman & Kyle Penner

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2 VOL 57 March 25, 2018 No. 12 Grace Mennonite Church 10:00 a.m. Worship Service Pastors Mel Letkeman & Kyle Penner Palm Sunday Come, thou Almighty King HWB# 41 Welcome & Announcements O worship the King HWB# 66 Call to Worship John 12:12-27 Palm Processional / Time with Children All glory, laud, and honor HWB# 237 All hail the power of Jesus name HWB# 106 Our Coins Count Children's Church for age 3 through grade 8 will meet in the foyer Prayer of Confession What wondrous love is this HWB# 530 John 19:16b-22 Homer Simpson, my Teenage Girlfriend, the Last Male Northern White Rhino, - Maybe the Cross Changes Everything. Praise, my soul, the King of heaven HWB# 65 Congregational Prayer and Offering Hosanna, loud hosanna HWB# 238 Benediction All are welcome to join us for coffee in the foyer, following the worship service. Participants in today s Worship Service: Worship Speaker: Kyle Penner Worship Leader: Richard Toews Song Leader: David Klassen Accompanist: Emmy Friesen Sound Tec: Chris Peters Computer Tec: Kurt Barz Children s Church: Jackie Koop, Sarah Dyck, Andrea Dick, Joy Neufeld Ushers: Jean Nsabimana, Mary Doerksen Cam Barkman, Bob Schmor Coffee Servers: William & Naomi Stoesz

3 Looking ahead to next Sunday: Easter Worship with Mel Letkeman and Kyle Penner All are welcome to join us for paska and coffee in the foyer, following the worship service. Coins Count for MCC - February 18 to April 1 During Lent, we re collecting coins for MCC Grow Hope again. So bring your coins, because the kids are going to be collecting them! Children s Church Children s Church for ages 3 to Grade 8 is held during the worship service. You may pick up your children following the worship service, in the upper level, classrooms 10,11,12 & 14. Lenten Formation - March :15 am We will be going through a few chapters of We Make the Road by Walking. Many of you have the book and can read ahead in preparation. For those who don t, we will be reading the chapters out loud as our way to begin, so come anyways. We will be looking at Chapter 32C today. So, grab a coffee and join us for good time of conversation together. Prayer Requests this week at Grace: We pray for our community resources and those who use these resources on a daily basis. Agape House, Soups On, Southeast Helping Hands, Today House, Steinbach Community Outreach. ~ A Prayer for this Week: Reveal to us the powers and authorities in our world. Reveal to us the power of the cross. Reveal to us the true nature of God. ~ A Pondering for Passion Week: Does the cross change God s mind about humanity? Or does the cross change humanity s mind about God?

4 Grace Opportunities: Little Bits of Grace: Coffee Time: Wednesday April 4, 9:30-11:30 All mothers, fathers, caregivers etc. with young children are invited to join us for a Come and Go coffee, snacks and playtime in Room # 10, located in the upper level. Little bits of grace lunch: Sunday April 22, 11:15 All families with children are invited to a lunch following the worship service. For more information please contact Annalee annaleeschellenberg@gmail.com. Soup s On Inc. is in the process of hiring for an Assistant Manager. Please check out Soup s On steinbachsoupson.com for details if you or anyone you know might be interested in this ministry. This week at Grace: Monday: Red River classes and child care - Monday thru Friday Sandwich making for HSD students, 9:00am Tuesday: Soup s On, 5 pm Thursday: Service of Shadows, 7:30 pm Friday: Worship & Communion at Steinbach Mennonite Church 10:00 am Soup s On Easter Dinner, 5 pm Bulletin Board Announcements: (located in the foyer) Loewen-Rudgers, John & Karen Friesen, and Mike & Cheryl Nimz Reports Updates from Mennonite Church Manitoba and Mennonite Church Canada AMBS, CMU, MCC announcements and information Various community events Construction at Grace: When exiting Grace, please take note of the exit doors being used during construction. In case of emergency these will be the only doors available. PLEASE NOTE NEW STAFF ADDRESSES: Effective immediately, the Grace staff has had a change in our addresses. We apologize for any inconvenience. Grace contacts: Pastor: Mel Letkeman mel@gracesteinbach.ca Associate Pastor: Kyle Penner kyle@gracesteinbach.ca Administrative Office: office@gracesteinbach.ca Administrative Assistant: Tuesday & Wednesday Cathy Barkman cathy@gracesteinbach.ca Administrative Assistant: Thursday & Friday Audrey Frey audrey@gracesteinbach.ca Administrative hours: 9:30 1:30. Bulletin submissions are due Thursday 9:00 am

5 Palm Sunday March 25, 10 am All are welcome to our service of Praise! Service of Shadows Handwashing, Music & Reflection Thursday, March 29, 7:30 pm All are welcome to join us for a quiet evening of music and reflection. Good Friday Service March 30, 10 am Steinbach Mennonite Church All are welcome to join SMC for Good Friday worship service. Communion will be served. Easter Morning Service April 1, 10 am Grace Easter Sunday morning worship service. All are welcome to join us for Paska and Coffee following the Service. Please take note that there will not be a Southeast Choral Sunrise Service at Grace this year. Grace will have our service at regular time, 10 am.