June 11, 17 We welcome all who have come to worship today. Let s encourage each other in our walk with the Lord and give Him thanks for all things. Prelude Call to Worship Celebrate the Lord of Love Celebrate Church Life Pastor Brent Worship in Giving Bell Group Scripture Reading James 1:1-12 Charis Franz Worship in Song Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee - Hymn #56 He Who Began A Good Work In You Message Present Joy: Living with Confidence Pastor Pat Closing Song He Is Able Each week following our worship service, there will be a prayer couple in the prayer area near the organ to pray for any needs or concerns that you may have. FOR THE CHILDREN - Nursery is available for children under 4 years old during Sunday School and Worship Service. Children s Church is available each Sunday morning for children 4 years old through 3rd grade. Watch the screen for dismissal time. NURSERY WORKERS today are Marianne Hockett and MaKenna Cummings. Workers scheduled for next Sunday, June 18, are Sue Frantz and Brooke Cummings. ACTIVITIES TODAY 5:00 PM VBS Workers Meeting and Set-up. Meet in the sanctuary. 7:00 PM High School Summer Kick-Off. Swimming & Volleyball at Steve and Stacie Enns. New Freshmen invited. VBS VOLUNTEER MEETING - ALL Crocodile Dock Team SHAFTER MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH 400 Kern St., Shafter, Calif. 93263
THIS WEEK JUNIOR HIGH YOUTH - Hurricane Harbor Water Park on, Monday - Friday Vacation Bible School - 9:00-11:30 AM Monday Coed Volleyball - 7:00 PM Beacons at Covenant Coffee - 9:30 AM Trustee Meeting - 7:00 PM Trim & Healthy Mama s & Papa s at Viss s - 7:00 PM Wednesday Open Gym - 6:15 AM Thursday SMBY Jr. Hi Pool Party at Steve & Stacie Enns - 7:00 PM Saturday SMBY High School Movie & Swimming - 8:00-11:00 PM at Randy & Karla Bloemhof s June. Sign up by June 18 by seeing Pastor Brent. HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH - LA Dodger game on July 7. Sign up with Pastor Brent by June 25. COFFEE WITH A COP On Thursday, June 22, from 8:00-10:00 AM you are invited to join your neighbors and the Shafter Police Department for Coffee and Conversation at Covenant Coffee, 1101 E. Lerdo Hwy. No agendas or speeches, just a chance to ask questions, voice concerns, and get to know the officers in your neighborhood. Questions? Call Sgt. Gustavo Olvera at 746-8500. SMBC BACKPACK TRIP August 4-6 THINGS TO COME JUNE Father s Day/Guest speaker Dennis Fast Junior High to Hurricane Harbor Christian Education Board Meeting Ladies Fellowship & Quilt Tying Torchbearers to Carrington Guest Speakers Missionaries Jason & Tifany Clark Church Business Meeting Hartland Junior Summer Camp Deacon Meeting SMBY Junior High Games in the Gym 18 25 25 25-30 27 29 CHURCH BUSINESS MEETING - Sunday, June 25, 6:00 pm The Annual Backpack Trip with Pastor Pat has been set for Friday-Sunday, August 4-6, 17. This is an easy to moderate hike in the Kaiser Wilderness above Fresno and is open to men, women and children. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Space is limited so reserve your spot with a $5 non-refundable deposit to the church office by July 1. If you have any questions please contact Pastor Pat or the church office. MARRIAGES Ted & Sandra Bloemhof are excited to announce the marriage of their daughter, Tiffany Bloemhof to Rick Kratt on May 27, 17 at Park Place in Shafter. They have made their home in Bakersfield. Peter and Jackita Viss are pleased to announce the marriage of their son, Simon Viss to Monica Izzo on June 3, 17 in Temecula, Ca. They will make their home in Santa Ana, Ca. FLOWERS were placed in the sanctuary today by Tim and Von Sunday Schedule Koffee Klatch 9:15-9:30 AM Sunday School 9:30-10:30 AM Worship Service 10:45-12:00 PM Telephone Numbers Church Office 746-4969 Fax 746-2969 Kiddie Kollege 746-4960 Email- smbc@shaftermb.org Website - www.shaftermb.org Patrick Coyle - Senior Pastor Brent Cummings - Youth Pastor Grayson Piepgrass - Pastor of Care Ministries Melissa Bergen - Director of Local Missions VISION STATEMENT To build the body of Christ at Shafter MB Church by equipping people for Christ-like maturity and for reaching unbelievers in our community, nation and world. Unruh in loving memory of parents J. Waldo & Esther Unruh and Lon Janzen. SAVE THE DATE! Make plans now to attend the national gathering for empty nesters, boomers, and builders! Celebrate 17 Anchoring our Faith will be held September 29 - October 1, 17 at the Renaissance Stapleton Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Call 800.551.1547 or visit www.mbfoundation.com/celebrate17 for more information.
HARTLAND SUMMER CAMP balances and medical forms are due on June 25th for Jr. High Camp and on July 2nd for High School Camp. SMBC BASKETBALL CAMP July 10-13 This year SMBC will be offering an evening Basketball Camp for all incoming 1st to 6th grade children on July 10-13 in the SMBC gym from 6-8 p.m. John Wiebe will be the camp instructor. Cost of camp is $15. Sign up by July 1, forms are available in the church office and foyer. SMBC WRESTLING CAMP July 17-21 The 17 SMBC Wrestling Camp will be held Monday - Friday, July 17-21 from 10 am - 12pm in the Fellowship Center gym and is open to all incoming 1st to 6th grade children. Pastor Pat will be the camp instructor. On Friday, July 22, at 7pm, there will be an exhibition match and dessert. The cost of the camp is $15 and includes a t-shirt, team picture, medal, certificate, and snacks. Sign-up by July 1, forms are available in the church foyer and office. BPC BABY BOTTLES Please return your filled 17ChangeFor-Life Campaign bottles to the church by next Sunday, June 18. Thank you for supporting the Bakersfield Pregnancy Center as they serve needy women and babies in our community. OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR INTERNS We are blessed to have Alyssa Friesen, Baldemar Felix and Katie Coyle serving as summer interns in a variety of areas such as Children, Junior High, Community and Administrative ministries! Their summer salaries come from four sources; the SMBC Intern Budget, the PDC Board of Next Generation Leadership, personal support letters and the SMBC Intern Fund. Each intern is responsible to raise $1,600 of their summer salary through personal support letters. If you'd like to help them in that process, please consider contributing to the "SMBC Intern Fund." We're excited about how the Lord will use these three talented college students and invite you to be part of their support team! EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The Christian Leader, the U.S. Mennonite Brethren national magazine, is seeking an assistant editor whose primary responsibility will be writing and editing stories for the CL and our biweekly e-news digest. This is a half-time position, and the assistant editor can work from anywhere in the U.S. Qualifications include involvement in a local USMB congregation and experience in journalistic writing and storytelling. For a full job description visit www.usmb.org/classistanteditor or contact editor Connie Faber at editor@usmb.org.
Worship Songs CELEBRATE THE LORD OF LOVE Trade your heavy heart for a heart of joy Celebrate what God has done Join the song of praise as we gather here Celebrate the Lord of love Jesus is our Lord, He is reigning here We declare His kingdom's come Darkness has to flee, In His holy light Celebrate the Lord of love SUNDAY SCHOOL for all ages will continue through June from 9:3010:30 am. The adults will meet in the Fireside room. 6/18: Roger Riley MDS (Mennonite Disaster Service) 6/25: Missionary Sharing: The Clark Family All Sunday School classes will take a break for 6 weeks this summer no classes from July 2 - August 6. All classes resume August 13. Ministry All creation sings, hear the oceans roar Let the earth proclaim that Christ is Lord. W/M by Paul Baloche and Ed Kerr; C. 1995 Integrity s Hosanna! Music/, ARR, ICS, UBP, CCLI#22610 CELEBRATE in the morning, praise Him in the evening. when your smiling, praise Him when you re breaking. in the sun, and praise Him in the starlight. ev ry season, praise Him through the dark times. Chorus: Celebrate, celebrate! Shout it from the mountaintop. Celebrate, celebrate! Even with a broken heart. Til dawn awaits, we ll sing Your praise Dancing in the dark, for all our days our song will say, Lord, how great You are! W/M by Rend Collective; C. 15 Thankyou Music (PRS) (adm. Worldwide at CapitolCMGPublishing, ARR, UBP, CCLI #2216 JOYFUL, JOYFUL, WE ADORE THEE - Hymn #56 HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU He who began a good work in you, He who began a good work in you Will be faithful to complete it, He ll be faithful to complete it; He who started the work Will be faithful to complete it in you. W/M by Jon Mohr C. 1987 Birdwing Music/Jonathan Mark Music, ARR, INC, UBP, CCLI #2216 HE IS ABLE He is able, more than able to accomplish what concerns me today He is able, more than able to handle anything that comes my way He is able, more than able to do much more than I could ever dream BEACONS AT COVENANT COFFEE The Beacons class meets every at 9:30 am at Covenant Coffee at the Ford Theater, corner of Lerdo & Beach Ave. Just a time to get together for fellowship! HARTLAND S WOMEN S RETREAT is September 15-17, 17. Any ladies who would like to attend can reserve a spot with a $ deposit made out to SMBC by July 3, 17. Deposits can be brought to the church office or give to Heidi Wilson. For more information on the retreat go to hartlandcamp.com.
Pastor Pat Coyle - June 11, 17 Pastor Pat Coyle - June 11, 17 Present Joy: Living With Confidence Present Joy: Living With Confidence In a world of constant change it s sometimes difficult to live with confidence. The Apostle Paul encourages the church at Philippi to learn to do just that as they learn to live with joy. We can do that too through faith in Jesus. In a world of constant change it s sometimes difficult to live with confidence. The Apostle Paul encourages the church at Philippi to learn to do just that as they learn to live with joy. We can do that too through faith in Jesus. Confidence comes when we know: Confidence comes when we know: God is working (vv. 1-6). God is working (vv. 1-6). We re loved (vv. 7-8). We re loved (vv. 7-8). We re maturing (vv. 9-11). We re maturing (vv. 9-11). Present Joy: Present Joy: