Easter Season April 23, 2017 Welcome to Sunday morning worship at College Mennonite Church. If you are a visitor, see pages 3 and 4 for more information. Songs for Gathering Beth Bontrager WE GATHER TO WORSHIP Nos reunimos para adorar Prelude Welcome Hear the Bells Ringing, Christ Is Risen! (arr. Wagner) Jubilate! Handbell Choir Phil Waite Call to Worship Leader: We gather to worship, O God: All: Open our eyes. Abre nuestros ojos. Leader: We look for signs of your resurrection, O God: All: Open our eyes. Abre nuestros ojos. Leader: In the midst of our doubts: All: Open our eyes. Abre nuestros ojos. Leader: When shadows obscure our vision: All: Open our eyes. Abre nuestros ojos. Leader: Stand among us, O God. And enable us to trust in your presence. Prayer of Invocation Hymns Jesus, stand among us H 25 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing! H 278 Abre mis ojos SS 65 Prayers of the People
WE HEAR GOD S WORD Escuchamos la Palabra Hymn Come and fill our hearts SJ 59 (children are invited to come forward) Children s Time Taste and See Talashia Keim Yoder Hymn I sought the Lord H 506 Scripture John 20:19-31 Sermon Unless I see..., I will not believe Sophie Lapp Jost Hymn of Response We walk by faith H 570 WE RESPOND WITH PRAISE Respondemos con alabanzas Mentor/Mentee Recognition Justin Yoder and Ben Ramer Daniel Yoder Offering Bring your offering forward to baskets in the front. Children and ushers will assist those who prefer not to get out of their pews. Ritual of Friendship: Please sign the friendship booklet, pass it to your left, and then return it to the other end of the pew. Offertory Yejin Kim Doxology on screen Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving Sophie Lapp Jost WE DEPART TO SERVE Nos despedimos para ir a servir Closing Hymn Thine is the glory H 269 Benediction Phil Waite Hymn Renew your church H 363 Congregational Meeting Max Mertz 2
WELCOME TO WORSHIP AT CMC We extend a special welcome to visitors joining us for worship today. Some details to help you find your way at CMC: Today s schedule 8 a.m. Shalom Ringers 9 a.m. Coffee in west foyer and south hallway 9:30 a.m. Worship service after worship Children and youth Sunday school classes Congregational meeting (sanctuary) Coffee and fellowship in the south hall 11 a.m. Adult Sunday school classes see p. 4 1:30 p.m. Jail ministry 6 p.m. MYF Investor meeting 6:30 p.m. Vespers at Waterford Crossing 8 p.m. Taizé worship service (Newcomer Center 19) Greeters are happy to answer your questions and assist you in finding restrooms, coffee, Sunday school classes, and more. Care for infants is in Room 125; for toddlers and twos in Room 124. Hearing devices and large-print bulletins are in the church office. Se puede escuchar el mensaje en español mediante los audífonos disponibles en el centro de bienvenida que se encuentra en el pasillo cerca de la puerta J del santuario. (Receivers for Spanish language translation are available at the Welcome Center in the hallway next to door J.) Recordings: CDs of the worship service are available after Sunday school at the Welcome Center in the south hall. Worship service videos are available at www.collegemennonite.org. Peace Candle Reflections Faith is rarely where your head is at. Nor is it where your heart is at. Faith is where your [backside] is at! Daniel Berrigan The candle shines each Sunday reminding each of us to take seriously the gospel of peace. CMC Office Hours Sunday: 9 a.m. to 12 noon Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday: closed all day 3
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES AFTER WORSHIP Infants (Rm 125) Toddlers (Rm 124) Threes and Fours (Rm 122) Kind.-Grade 2 (Rm 121) Grades 3-5 (Rms 131-132) Genesis Gr. 6-8 (Basement) MYF Gr. 9-12 (Basement) Borderlands (Rm 111) An open and affirming group exploring the integration of faith, life, and relationships The Brunch (Rm 143-144) College-age and young adult fellowship Deaf Christian Fellowship 10:30 a.m. (Rm 301) A group of Deaf adults studying the Bible using American Sign Language (ASL) Embajadores de Cristo (Rm 100) Diálogo abierto sobre el tema del sermón Growing Roots (Rm 134) A group that discusses Bible stories and faith and life issues, seeking to strengthen faith formation in our homes Homebuilders 8 a.m., April 30 (Rm 100) God s Preserving Love Horizons (Rm 120) A welcoming and informal group Pathfinders (Rm 300) God s Reconciling Love Dan Steiner Safe Harbor (Rm 141) God s Reconciling Love Seekers (Rm 108) Impact of Social Media Duane Sherer Stoltzfus Sojourners (Rm 307) Ivan Illich on the Good Samaritan Brian Casas Weavings (Rm 142) The Poetry of Four Favorite Hymns Mary Oyer and Rebecca Slough Library hours: 8:45-9:30 a.m. and after the worship service LOOKING AHEAD Wednesday, April 26 11:30 a.m. Men s fellowship 3 p.m. Group games 6:30 p.m. Jubilate! Handbell Choir and Prayer Choir 7 p.m. MYF Dutch Blitz 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Thursday, April 27 10 a.m. Pastoral care visitors 4:15 p.m. Bible school committee Friday, April 28 6 p.m. Estudio Bíblico Ministerio Hispano/Hispanic Ministry Bible Study Sunday, April 30 9:30 a.m. Worship service after worship No Sunday school for all ages. Goshen College baccalaureate begins at 11 a.m. in the sanctuary. 4
ANNOUNCEMENTS Congregational Meeting Today After Worship There will be a brief congregational meeting following worship today to discern three congregational representatives for the church board. You can participate in advance by submitting an absentee ballot before 9:30 a.m. today to the church office or emailing to gifts@college mennonite.org. Individuals nominated by the congregation are: Carol Ebersole Becky Horst* David Lapp Jost Ron Kennel* Amy Phend Seth Yoder* (*indicates current board member eligible for another term) Bible School Volunteers Needed Impact the hearts (and tummies) of our children! For Bible school June 5-9, volunteers are needed to: Provide baked goods (cookies or other easy-to-eat snacks) Help children create a lampstand (menorah), learn about basket weaving, or experience the Tabernacle as a Then and Now activity leader or assistant Build relationships with a group of eight to ten children as a Family Group leader or assistant Sign up today at the Bible School information table in the south hallway. Men s Fellowship Vic Stoltzfus On Wednesday, April 26, Vic Stoltzfus, will present the program: Prison Ministry. This luncheon and program in the Fellowship Hall begin at 11:30 a.m. and end by 1 p.m. Individuals, men and women, who did not register for this current series are invited to attend. Contact Owen Hess by noon Monday, April 24, at 533-1923 or email joyhess@maplenet.net to arrange for your attendance. Pay Owen $7 upon arrival. MYF Investor Meeting #1 Thanks to everyone who pledged and gave money and became an MYF Investor. We have reached our fundraising goal! Thank you! We look forward to see you all at our first Investor meeting at 6 p.m. today, Sunday, April 23, in the Fellowship Hall. Investors, parents, and anyone who wants to invest time in our youth is welcome. Vesper Service at Waterford Crossing 6 p.m. today Vespers service at Waterford Crossing will be hosted at 6 p.m. today by Pamela Yoder and CMC pastoral care visitors team. The theme will be Celebration of Resurrection and Life. 5
Contributions Needed for Student Aid Fund The school year will end soon for 25 CMC students attending Goshen College, Hesston College, AMBS, and Bethany. These students urgently need your help in the next two months to finish this financial school year in the black. As the end of the school year approaches, we still need $28,968 to meet our obligations to our students. Please consider helping further the continuing Christian education of these CMC youth with your financial donations. Thank you for considering this mission. Volunteers Needed Greencroft Bus Drivers: Additional volunteer bus drivers are needed. Requirements include a public passenger driver s license, ability to assist people getting on the bus, and being prompt. We currently have only two drivers, and when they are not available we need to hire a driver from Greencroft. For additional information, contact Marty Lehman. Sunday Custodians: Currently we have only two Sunday custodians and need an additional two or three people. Duties include the ability to lift heavy things and move furniture, locking and unlocking doors, room setups and teardowns, etc. For additional information, contact Scott Litwiller or Marty Lehman. Kitchen Volunteers: Additional volunteers are needed to help with funeral meals. For additional information, contact Jessica Whicker at jessica@collegemennonite.org. Neighborhood Group Sunday May 7 Our next Neighborhood Group Sunday will be May 7. If you have not attended a neighborhood group, contact the church office for information about your group. Contact Information Update John Zook 3117 Drake Ct., Goshen, IN 46526 landline disconnected use cell # as listed in directory Join CMC s Growing Ministry with Children There is a lot of growth and change happening in our congregation right now. This is good news. But it also means we will need to make adaptive changes. In the last 13 months we gained 25 children under the age of 18. We will need to add more Sunday school classes, which also means more Sunday school teaching opportunities. We invite your prayers as we work through these growth opportunities and encourage you to consider being part of the valuable ministry of teaching the children of CMC. Talashia Keim Yoder, pastor for family ministry and Lori Copsey, chair of Discipling Commission 6
Estudio Bíblico Ministerio Hispano De abril a mayo, el Ministerio Hispano llevará a cabo una serie de estudios bíblicos llamados Caminando hacia shalom: una historia de salvación en perspectiva anabautista. Las reuniones serán todos los viernes a las 6 pm en diferentes lugares. Estos estudios bíblicos serán una práctica de interpretación comunitaria de la Biblia donde los participantes leerán los textos bíblicos y discutirán su significado para nuestro tiempo. Bible Study Hispanic Ministry From April to May, the Hispanic Ministry, led by Luis Tapia, will conduct a series of Bible studies called Walking Toward Shalom: A History of Salvation in Anabaptist Perspective. The meetings will be every Friday at 6 p.m. in different places. These Bible studies will be a practice of communal interpretation of the Bible, where participants read the biblical texts and discuss their meaning for our time. Church Library Book Notes 284.3 Bec Anabaptist Essentials: Ten Signs of a Unique Christian Faith (Herald Press 2017) by Palmer Becker, former director of the pastoral ministries program at Hesston College. He expands on his book, What Is an Anabaptist Christian? by focusing on Jesus, community, and reconciliation. As Malcolm Gladwell says, It s hard to explain to an outsider how seriously Mennonites take these three things. 616.99 Kal When Breath Becomes Air: What Makes Life Worth Living in the Face of Death (Vintage 2016) by Paul Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon and new father, who died at 37 years of lung cancer. The diagnosis prompted this elegant, literate memoir and meditation on dying. Mennonite Women Report, April 6, 2017 Forty women gathered on Thursday, April 6, for fellowship and a time of working on various projects. Mennonite Woman of the month is Edna Hunsberger. Clinton Frame Church has invited our women to meet with them on May 3. Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Women s meeting is scheduled for May 6 at Holdeman Mennonite Church. Linda Christophel shared about the MDS work in Saipan in which she and several other CMCers participated. Gay Lehman told of the many ways The Window reaches out to the Goshen community. Work completed: 95 bags strung, 77 rolled bandages, four cards, 300 prayer squares completed with 80 donated to the deaf women s retreat, two comforters. Offering: $155 for MCC s Global Family project. 7
Mennonite Women May 4 Join Mennonite Women for a workday beginning at 9 a.m. on May 4 in the Gathering Rooms. Bring toiletry items and egg cartons for The Window. All women are invited to join in a variety of projects. Notifying the Church Office of Hospitalization Due to privacy laws and HIPPA regulations, the church is not automatically notified when you are hospitalized. If you would like the pastoral team or others at CMC to know about your admission, trip to the ER, etc., we rely on you or a family member to whom you have given permission to share with us. Thanks for your help in helping us to extend care to you and your loved ones. Off-site Worship: If you are not able to attend the worship service, we invite you to join us via technology. At 9:25 a.m. each Sunday, live transmission of our worship service is available at: Radio: WGCS 91.1 FM: the Globe Online: www.collegemennonite.org Greencroft Communities: Channel 13 For pastoral care emergencies, call 574-535-6326 Church office... cmc@collegemennonite.org Phil Waite, pastoral team leader, outreach... phil@collegemennonite.org Gwen Gustafson-Zook, pastor for worship... gwen@collegemennonite.org Talashia Keim Yoder, pastor for family ministry... talashia@collegemennonite.org Sophie Lapp Jost, pastoral intern... sophie@collegemennonite.org Marty Lehman, pastor for administration & discipling... marty@collegemennonite.org Luis Tapia, guest pastor... luis@collegemennonite.org Daniel Yoder, pastor for Christian formation youth... daniel@collegemennonite.org Pamela Yoder, pastor for community life & pastoral care... pamela@collegemennonite.org Sheila S. Yoder, coordinator for deaf ministries... sheila@collegemennonite.org 1900 South Main Street, Goshen IN 46526 574-535-7262 www.collegemennonite.org cmc@collegemennonite.org 8