Called to be Servants of Christ in Our Community Niagara United Mennonite Church May 3 rd, 2015 Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Gathering Will Friesen Call to Worship Linda Friesen Worship in Song Congregational Life & Announcements Linda Friesen MCEC Delegate Report Kathe Wiens, Steve Cox, H. & I. Dau Offering Focus- Pork on a Bun How He Loves Julieanne Enns & Danielle Redekopp Proclamation Scripture Reading: Matthew 7:1-12 and Matthew 10:16 pew Bible pg. 939 & 942 Hans Hermann Dau Planks, Pigs, Snakes, and Doves Stephen Cox Sending Today s nursery volunteers: Jake & Justine Driedger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reminder: Next week s service begins at 10:45 am! TODAY: Young Adults Pizza Lunch- in the gym after the Worship service. Bring your family and friends for pizza and fellowship! JOYS & CONCERNS: Tuesday evening, Franz Neufeld passed away. Visitation will be held this afternoon at Tallman Funeral Home in Vineland, from 2-5 p.m. The funeral service will be held here on Monday, May 4 th at 10:30 a.m. A choir will participate in this service. If you are able to participate in the choir, please attend the practice prior to the service at 10:00 a.m. in the Choir Room. Our prayers are with the family during this time of loss. May the comforting peace of Jesus surround them at this time. Thank you for your prayers for Justine Reimer who is recuperating well at home after a fall and subsequent hospital stay. We thank God that she is not suffering any serious side effects. In response to the tragic earthquake in Nepal last weekend, MCC is welcoming donations to aid in providing relief to those affected. If interested in supporting this mission, please kindly mark Nepal on your offering envelope. MCC is thankful in praising God for the safety of all MCC service workers and national staff. Please partner with them, in praying for the people of Nepal and those affected in neighbouring countries.
WITHIN NIAGARA UM CHURCH: NUMC children - clipboard change! Take the page(s) that interest you and attach to the empty clipboard, with a bag of crayons. Please return the clipboard and bag of crayons to the corner basket when finished. Life With Us May issue is now available. Please pick-up your copy of our newsletter either at the Welcome Centre, or by the mailboxes. Alternatively, it can also be accessed online from our website. Enjoy! Thank you to whoever gave a bag of toys to the Church nursery. The children are enjoying them. My Coins Count! You may have noticed some coin jars popping up around the church. Please take this opportunity to donate your pocket change to this fundraiser. All funds collected will be passed along to MCC at the Relief Sale at the end of the month. Please note that this campaign replaced the former Penny Power in response to our country phasing out the penny. Ladies breakfast at Lawrenceville- Thursday, May 7 th. All ladies are welcome! Please join us for breakfast and fellowship, beginning at 9:00 am. To sign-up for email reminders, contact Emily Fieguth at emily@lawyersniagara.com. Baby bottles are due back next week! Anyone who is participating in the Baby Bottle Campaign, please kindly return your bottles to the Welcome Centre next week on Mother s Day! Thanks for your support! NUMC's Pork-on-a-Bun project at MCC Relief Sale in New Hamburg: Saturday May 30 th! Please sign up with Joachim Dau ajdau@vaxxine.com to volunteer for this very special and fun project. It takes many hands to raise approx. $10,000 each year for MCC! Please donate to this project, with your funds marked "Pork Project" on your donation envelope. 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 at 905-468-7029 by Friday, May 8, if you re interested. Note: The bus will pick Niagara passengers up at NUMC if 20 or more people register for pickup here. 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. 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. 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. Save the Date! On Oct. 3 rd, cyclists across Canada will join together for a family friendly Ride for Refuge event in support of Mennonite Church Canada ministry. The technical and online details aren t in place yet, but it s not too soon to organize a team, join a team, or prepare to sponsor a rider or team. More details will follow in future announcements. THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE (May 4 th May 10 th ) Monday: 7:15 pm Photo Directory Meeting Tuesday: 7:00 pm Church Council Meeting Wednesday: 7:00 pm Prayer Meeting Thursday: 8:00 pm Choir Practice Friday: 6:30 pm 7:30 pm Youth Next Sunday, May 10 th Mother s Day 8:45 am Praise & Worship Practice 9:30 am Sunday School + Singing 9:45 am Baptism Class in the boardroom 10:00 am Youth No Interactive Sermon resumes on May 17 th 10:45 am Worship Service Message by Pastor Rudy Dirks Our Nursery volunteers for next week: Anita & Kendra Sawatzky *For a complete listing of church events, please see our online calendar on our church website.* Offering of April 26 th : $6,693.65 Please look for breakdown in next week s bulletin Attendance on April 26 th : German Service 89 ; Worship Service 185
May Music Schedule May 3- led by Danielle Redekopp and Steve Cox Musical Children's Moment with Katrina Metsa 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 Choir, led by Ruth and Laury Willms Children's Moment with our pastor, Rudy Dirks May 24 Pentecost/Baptism/Communion Choir and special music led by Ruth and Laury Willms May 31- Men's Choir, led by John and Kathy Rempel Up Coming Events: Choir 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. MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ONTARIO: A Taste of Southeast Asia Dinner - Join us for a delicious southeastern Asian meal in support of MCC refugee sponsorship programs followed by a musical 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 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. 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. 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. MENNONITE WORLD CONFERENCE: Anabaptists from around the world are coming to the United States for Global Assembly this July but first they need to get visas! Please join with Mennonite World Conference in praying for our Visa Task Force as they work with our global brothers and sisters on getting approval from the US government to travel to Pennsylvania this summer. More prayer requests at www.mwc_cmm.org/pa2015prayernetwork. OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND: 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. Sanctity of Life Prayer Service: Wed. May 13 at 7:00 p.m. at First Reformed Church, 1136 Vansickle Road North, St. Catharines, Pastor Art VanSlageren officiating. Everyone welcome. There will be refreshments following the Prayer Service. As thousands of Canadians prepare to witness for life on Parliament Hill at the annual March for Life, we need to pray for the most vulnerable among us. Over 100,000 unborn children are aborted in Canada every year. Canada, along with North Korea and China, are the only countries in the world that have no legal protection for children before birth. For more info, visit ChooseLife.ca or call St. Catharines Right to Life 905-684-7505. Pleasant Manor Memorial Service will take place on Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Creekview Meeting Room. We invite family and friends to join us for a time of remembering and sharing. Refreshments will follow the service. Bryan Sweet Chaplain 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.