Called to be Servants of Christ in Our Community Niagara United Mennonite Church April 26 th, 2015 Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Gathering Rachael Peters Call to Worship Erv Willms Worship in Song Days of Elijah The River Congregational Life & Announcements Erv Willms Prayer & Sending: Matthew Riediger Steve Cox Offering Focus- Mennonite World Conference Proclamation Scripture Reading: Isaiah 52:1-12, pew Bible pg. 716 Ron Riediger The Quiet in the Land Pastor Rudy Dirks Sending Today s nursery volunteers: Sue Fast & Laurene Nickel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Called to be Servants of Christ in Our Community expresses our desire to share our faith and love of Jesus Christ with all we meet. We welcome you and hope that your time with us will be enjoyable and enlightening. Families with children are invited to worship together with us in the service. For children 5 yrs old or younger who are not able to sit through the church service, there is a nursery downstairs, or a glassed-in room behind the sanctuary where you may sit with your baby and still follow the service. If you feel a sense of belonging, you are most welcome to be with us. Talk to us about how you can participate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ German Worship Service 10:00 am Andachtsleiter: Gunnar Doerwald Grusswort: Johannes 12:25-26 Orgelspiel: Giesela Doerwald Opfergaben Fokus: Mennonite World Conference Chorlied Lied: GB #415 Weiss ich den Weg auch nicht Chorlied Schriftwort: Johannes 21:1-22 Botschaft: Ostern ist vorbei - Ich geh fischen Udo Woelke Lied: GB #351 Mir nach, spricht Christus, unser Held V. 1,2,6,7 JOYS & CONCERNS: Thursday morning Franz Neufeld was admitted to the Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehab Centre where he is receiving palliative care for lung cancer. The family appreciates your prayers. WITHIN NIAGARA UM CHURCH: Lost & Found: A black photo disc has gone missing. If anyone has seen this, or has information on its whereabouts, please kindly return it to or speak with April in the office. Please let us know if you are interested in attending the Mennonite World Conference in Pennsylvania this summer on behalf of our church as a delegate. To date, we have one delegate who has come forward, and we d love to send one more. Please contact Lloyd Redekopp if you are interested or require more information.
As a part of our Food Pantry ministry, we often send our excess food to Newark Neighbours. As a frequent donator, they have requested from us more Sidekicks packages. Please keep this need in mind as we help to support our community. Missions Committee - Peach Salsa fund raising Similar to previous years, NUMC will be participating the August Peach Festival selling Peach Salsa. In preparation for the Festival, we will be making Salsa on Friday night May 1 st and Saturday May 2 nd. If you're interesting in helping please contact a Missions Committee rep. Thanks! Young Adults Pizza Lunch - May 3 rd after the service in the gym! Bring your families and invite your friends! Please contact Jolien Koole for more details or to R.S.V.P. so we know numbers for the pizza order. Library Update- There are many new books available to borrow under the windowsill in the library. Please familiarize yourself with our library and feel welcome to borrow material that interests you and your family! Niagara Workers Welcome Concert tickets are on sale now! Please consider purchasing a ticket for $20 to help support this ministry. The concert this year is May 3 rd @ 7:30 pm at Orchard Park Church on Hunter Road. Tickets can be purchased in our church office through April. Bus Tour - June 9-12 th, has been planned by CAA-Tuxedo to visit Ohio's Amish Country. For details see the poster on the bulletin board. Call Martha Bartel ASAP at 905-468-7029 if you are interested, or call CAA direct at 905-984-8585 and ask for Lois at ext. 2030. The bus will pick us up at NUMC IF 20 or more people register from the Niagara area. A volunteer is needed for our live-streaming over the internet. This person is required to activate the stream on the computer before service begins, and then stop the stream after the Worship Service. Only basic computer knowledge is necessary and training is provided for the specific details. If you are willing to help, please contact the church office. Housekeeping Note: We are very blessed to have such lovely church facilities, including our three kitchen areas : the main kitchen, the Youth Room kitchen and the café. As much as we love to see these amenities being utilized, we do find it timely to remind you that when making use of the church dishes, it is your responsibility to wash them, dry them, and return them to their proper location. As a gentle reminder, we do not have dishwashing staff and want to encourage everyone to please clean-up after themselves. Thank-you! CHURCH COUNCIL NEWS: 1. We would like to thank Trudy and Art Hildebrand for their 13 years of service. They have decided to retire and are moving to Pleasant Manor. We are looking for a Church Custodian to replace them, effective June 1 st. Please find the complete job description available on our website: redbrickchurch.ca. Interested applicants can email NUMC.custodian@gmail.com, mail or drop off their resumes to the church office, Attention: Church Council Chair. The deadline for applications is May 8, 2015. 2. The Church has been informed by the Technical Safety Standards Authority [TSSA] that our elevator is no longer in compliance with Ontario safety standards. This order is effective May 1, 2015. To upgrade to the new standards, major work is needed at an approximate budget of $30,000. We are proceeding with obtaining quotes and determining the next course of action. There is currently only $ 12,000 in our Capital Fund. Please mark your donations Capital Fund to support this need.
THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE (April 27 th May 3 rd ) Wednesday: 6:30 pm Promises, Promises Leadership Event Friday: 6:00 pm M&S Peach Salsa Preparation 6:30 pm Youth Band 7:30 pm Youth Pizza Party & Games Night Saturday: 7:00 am M&S Peach Salsa Production Next Sunday, May 3 rd 8:45 am Praise & Worship Practice 9:30 am Sunday School + Singing 10:00 am Baptism Class in the boardroom 10:00 am Youth No Interactive Sermon resumes on May 17 th 11:00 am Worship Service Message by Pastor Rudy Dirks Our Nursery volunteers for next week: Jake & Justine Driedger *For a complete listing of church events, please see our online calendar on our church website.* May Music Schedule May 3- Youth Band led by Danielle Redekopp and Steve Cox Musical Children's Moment with Katrina May 10 Mother's Day Sunday School choirs with Evelyn Finlay and Donna Froese Bianca DiZio will be serving us with special music during the offering. May 17 Testimonies/Baptism, led by Ruth and Laury Willms Children's Moment with our pastor, Rudy Dirks May 24 Pentecost/Baptism/Communion and special music led by Ruth and Laury Willms May 31- Men's, led by John and Kathy Rempel Up Coming Events: practices for Baptism, and Pentecost will be held on April 30 th, May 7 th, and May 14 th. We would love to see more singers join our Thursday 8:00 pm practices in the sanctuary. We are especially looking for alto, tenor and bass voices. OFFERING FOCUS: When we were baptized, we became part of the community known as Niagara United Mennonite Church. Our church is part of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (MCEC). MCEC is a part of Mennonite Church Canada, which is part of Mennonite World Conference. Every six years, we hold a gathering of all the Mennonite communities from around the world. It is a time to see how the Anabaptist vision that was started almost 500 years ago, has borne fruit. It is a time to meet our brothers and sisters from the many nations, and truly worship as one community under God. This July, the conference is being held in Harrisonburg, PA, which according to Google Earth is 5 hours 31 minutes away. The conference
is Tuesday, July 21 to Sunday, July 26. Please consider giving to this, so that we can help someone from a church which does not have our abundance, and also consider going yourself (https://www.mwc-cmm.org/pennsylvania-2015). Offering of April 19 th : $5,660.00 Please look for breakdown in next week s bulletin Attendance on April 19 th : Worship Service 241 MENNONITE CHURCH CANADA: More Than Gold - Pan Am and Para Pan Am Games, Summer 2015 - Ontario Have you heard about More than Gold 2015? Are you someone who is not attending Mennonite World Conference? Here is an opportunity to help out with Pan Am Games (July) and the Para Pan Am Games (August). Mennonite Church Canada recommends the "More Than Gold" church-based voluntary service opportunity for pastors able to be chaplains; local home stay hosts for athlete s families and volunteers; on-site hospitality, community festivals. Attend an On Your Marks event designed to help churches/organizations envision how they will be involved. Are you interested or have questions? Check out the website: http://morethangold2015.ca/. Talk to one of the NUMC pastors or Jason Martin, MC Canada, 519-638-0870 or 226-747-1833. MENNONITE WORLD CONFERENCE: Are you interested in learning more about Mennonite World Conference s Global Assembly, coming July 21-26 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA? Even if you don t think you can come, follow along and join in the conversation on the Facebook page: Facebook.com/MennoniteWorldConference. Share your story and learn about your Anabaptist brothers and sisters from around the world! MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ONTARIO: Get involved at the New Hamburg Mennonite Relief Sale May 29 th & 30 th! Run for Relief: Register for the 5k Run or 2k Walk. Play Music: Busking-style musicians are needed Friday evening or Saturday (contact Dan at dan@ddajohnson.com) Plants: Start plant cuttings and bulbs now, and bring them to our Plant Tent at the Sale. Details of these opportunities to get involved can be found at our website (www.nhmrs.com) or email johnreimer@sentex.ca. A Taste of Southeast Asia Dinner - Join us for a delicious southeastern Asian meal in support of MCC refugee sponsorship programs followed by a musicical presentation from The Commons. Tickets: adults $20, children (5-12) $5 available by calling (905) 387-3952 or hmc@cogeco.ca or at the door. More info at mcco.ca/events. Saturday, May 2 @ 5pm, Hamilton Mennonite Church, 143 Lower Horning Drive, Hamilton MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE: Families are Suffering As violence in Syria continues, families are being forced to flee their homes and seek shelter in nearby towns. When the fighting moves there, they must flee again, with nothing but their official papers and the clothes on their backs. These families need safety, shelter, and basic essentials. You can help MCC respond with compassion to those who are suffering. Here s What You Can Do- Gather your friends. Gather your family. Gather everyone you know. Let s drop what we re doing, rally together, and raise $10,000 to help children and families who are displaced by violence in Syria s brutal, ongoing civil war. Use the following address to respond to our NUMC SOS project on line: https://sosforsyria.mcco.ca/c/kathy-rempels-campaign/ MCC urgently needs KIT BAGS: Please help us replenish our inventory. Please use medium or lightweight fabric. Sewing instructions are available at mcco.ca/kits or by calling Wendy Cotter at 519-745-8458 ext 248. Plan on attending the New Hamburg Mennonite Relief Sale May 29 th & 30 th. Donate & roll coins at the My Coins Count (http://mcc.org/get-involved/my-coins-count) tent. Come to the Friday evening Indoors Auction featuring items for the inside of the home. And come and sample food from three new food venues! Volunteers Needed: Setup and Cleanup volunteers are needed for Thursday, Friday and Saturday: for details contact John Reimer at johnreimer@sentex.ca.
OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND: TABOR MANOR WELLNESS SUITE RIBBON CUTTING APRIL 27 Tabor Manor will be hosting the ribbon cutting & dedication of its new Wellness Suite Program on Monday, April 27 from 1:30pm 4:00pm at 1 Tabor Drive. We cordially invite you to attend this special occasion. Please park in the Scott Street MB Church parking lot. Interested in connecting faith and work in your daily life? Everyone is welcome at MEDA Niagara s next breakfast meeting Tuesday, Apr. 28, 7:30-8:30 am at Sweets Café & Bistro. More information atwww.meda.org/niagara or from Maria Klassen at 289-362-5963. Sausage orders are back again! Please go to edenschoolcouncil.ca to place your order our call Alex Baergen at 905-327- 6052. Order period ends April 28 th and pickup is Saturday May 9 th 10am-12pm in the Eden cafeteria. Brussels Mennonite Fellowship is pleased to invite you to our 35 th Anniversary Celebrations on May 2 & 3 rd. Sat. night 7 pm, come & enjoy a music night with the New Freedom Quartet from Elmira. Sun. morning our Worship Service begins at 10 am. We hope to see you there! Mother s Day Concert Looking to take Mom somewhere special on Mother s Day? Grace United Church in NOTL is presenting a soprano soloist concert for just $20 per ticket at 2pm. Please see details on the community bulletin board. At the Annual Meeting of the United Mennonite Home on Sat. June 6 th, the Board will present a motion to the delegates to make a change in the constitution. All delegates please put this reminder in your calendars. Mennonite Disaster Service has a service opportunity for the whole family. Families of children and adults of all ages are encouraged to serve together building cabins for a week at Camp Elim near Swift Current, Saskatchewan between August 3-28. For more info and to register call 866-261-1274 or atmds.mennonite.net/projects/campelimfamily project. Registration for Ontario Mennonite Music Camp (OMMC) is now open for summer 2015! OMMC is a wonderful opportunity for youth age 12 to 16 to form friendships, enhance their musical abilities, grow in their faith, and develop leadership skills. This overnight camp will be held at Conrad Grebel University College Aug 16-28. Register online (before May 31st for the early bird rate) at www.grebel.ca/ommc. NUMC Services & Sermons are available online. Individual Sermons or Sermon Series are available for purchase, formatted on CD or DVD. Please place your order through the church office. Live Streaming Privacy Notice Our church services are live streamed over the internet, capturing the stage and up to the front half of the church in the picture that is transmitted. We encourage all ages to sit towards the front of the church to showcase our lively and active congregation! Thanks for your support.