October 5, 2014
GATHERING Prelude Iraqi Peace Song --traditional (sung in Arabic and English) performed by MUSE, Cincinnati's Women's Choir Gathering Hymns Here, O Lord, your servants gather HWB 7 What is this place HWB 1 Welcome (Visitors are invited to fill out a welcome card and place it in the offering basket.) Passing the Peace Call to Worship Leader: We have come to worship you, O God; People: gather us in. Leader: Some of us come full of happiness; People: gather us in. Leader: Some of us come a little sore from what life brings; People: gather us in. Leader: Some of us come indifferent or confused; People: gather us in. Leader: We honor you - who forms us and calls us each by name. People: You are our God, known yet unknown, present here yet everywhere now and forever. Leader: You have made us distinctly unique and yet part of your people world-wide. All: Gather us in to your fierce love, your tender care, your abundant grace. Leader: We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen. Opening Prayer PRAISING Hymn Asithi: Amen HWB 64 Offering Prayer Offering
HEARING Scripture Philippians 3:4b-14 Children s Story Hymn Haleluya! Pelo tsa rona STJ 88 (Children ages 3 through 7 are excused to Children s Circle) Sermon The Art of Loosing Doug Luginbill Communion Leader: At this common meeting place of the Lord's Table, we enter into a spirit of togetherness, becoming one body in Christ, all members one of another. People: We are all followers of Christ and share the bread and cup as an act of unity, recognizing our joining with all believers everywhere in all times. Leader: We remember the price paid for our redemption so that we may have life in abundance. People: We remember the presence of the risen Christ among us and recommit ourselves to the way of the cross. Leader: Let us make ready our hearts and minds, leaving judgment of others aside, considering only our own relationship to God. People: We come as penitent believers, asking forgiveness, accepting God's transforming grace, and recommitting our lives totally to Christ as Lord. Leader: Let us keep the feast; for the spiritual food is the gift of Christ to us. People: Let us experience the mystery, for here Christ gives himself to us again, and we are renewed on our spiritual journey, looking forward to the feast of the redeemed in the age to come. RESPONDING Response Hymn I bind my heart this tide HWB 411 Sharing Joys, Concerns, and Reflections and Introduction of Visitors
Prayers of the Community SENDING Hymn Go now in peace HWB 429 Benediction We warmly welcome all who are visiting with us today! We hope you will join us for fellowship time after the service and give us an opportunity to get to know you. Please fill out a visitor card from the pew rack and place it in the offering basket. Listening assistance devices are available through the sound technician at the rear of the sanctuary. We offer the following activities for children: A supervised nursery for newborns through age 3, located next to the main entrance; Children's Circle for children ages 3 through 7, which meets in the basement during the second half of the worship service. Music Key: HWB = Hymnal: A Worship Book (blue hard cover book) STJ = Sing The Journey (green soft cover book) STS= Sing The Story (purple soft cover book)
ANNOUNCEMENTS Please send your announcements to the office before 11:00am-Friday to be included in the bulletin.speak with Pastor Mark or the worship leader before the Sunday service if you wish to voice your announcement at the end of worship. Sunday, October 5 CMF welcomes guest speaker Doug Luginbill Saturday-Sunday, October 11-12 CMF s 40th Anniversary Celebration Sunday, October 12 Pastoral Search Committee (6:30pm) Tuesday, October 14 Community Meal (5-7pm) All are welcome! Sunday, October 19 Monday, October 20 Pastoral Search Committee (6:30pm) Council Transitional Meeting, home of Judy VH (5:30pm meal, 6:30pm meeting) Check out the EVENTS page on our website for more calendar information. CMF Welcome Statement Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship is a Christ-centered, welcoming and inclusive church community committed to peace and justice. We acknowledge and affirm the image of God in persons of every race, ability, class, gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation. We celebrate an open communion in which all who seek a closer journey with God are welcome to participate. We invite all who covenant with us to join in the full life of the congregation. CMF Vision Statement As a Mennonite community, seeking to follow Jesus Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we will be embracing, engaging, growing.
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Contact information available through the office for all facilitators. 4229 Brownway Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45209 871.0035 office@cincinnatimennonite.org Mark Weidner, Pastor 582.3723 (cell) markweidner@cincinnatimennonite.org In town Saturdays-Tuesdays (3x monthly) Violet Sears, Office Administrator, is in the office on Tuesdays and Fridays Church office located in Peace House at 3046 Minot Avenue, First Floor