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Millersburg Mennonite Church
288 E. Jackson St. — P.O. Box 16
Millersburg, OH 44654 — 330-674-7700
website: millersburgmennonite.org
Ministry Team
Pastors: Keith Lyndaker Schlabach 330-521-0561 [email protected]
Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach 330-521-0556 [email protected]
Elders: Bobby Hershberger 330-763-1953 [email protected]
Arlene Yoder 330-231-3450 [email protected]
DJ McFadden 330-674-1763
Church Office 330-674-7700 [email protected]
Church Website millersburgmennonite.org
Ohio Conference ohiomennoniteconference.org
Sundays-At-A-Glance
December 13—Advent III, Keith speaking
December 20—Advent IV, Rachelle speaking
December 27—Advent V, Keith speaking, Communion, Your Coins Count
Church Office Hours This Week:
Keith: Wednesday 2:00—5:00 pm, Thursday 9:00 am—12:00 pm
Rachelle: Tuesday 1:00—4:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am—12:00 pm
Margaret: Working from home, call 330-473-1473
Today - December 6
• 10:20 am - Prelude
• 10:30 am - Worship Service
Next Sunday - December 13
Speaker: Keith Lyndaker Schlabach
Worship Leader: Bobby Hershberger
Song Leader: Rachel Miller & Arlene Yoder
Prelude: Brooke Hershberger
Children’s Time:
Millersburg Mennonite Church
Second Sunday of Advent:
On the Road to Repentance
GATHERING
Prelude Arlene Yoder & Linda Hershberger-Kirk
Call to Worship Rachel Miller
Lighting of the Advent Candles
PRAISING Joe Wengerd
HWB 178 Come, thou long-expected Jesus
CHILDREN’S TIME Leah Miller
HEARING GOD’S WORD
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; Mark 1:1-8
Sermon: Repent and Believe the Good News
Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach
RESPONDING to GOD’S WORD
Time for Individual and Corporate Confession
Offering
Congregational Sharing
Announcements
SENDING
Closing Song: HWB 575 Precious Lord, take my hand
Benediction
Postlude
Songbook Key HWB=Hymnal Worship Book (Blue) PWB=Praise & Worship Book (Yellow) STJ=Sing The Journey (Green) STS=Sing The Story (Purple)
Volume LXII December 6, 2020 No. 49
December 6, 2020
Birthdays This Week
Janet Pérez—12/9 Arlene Yoder—12/12
Our Church
• Jim Schlabach continues to struggle with back pain • Gary and Sandy Miller: Thank you so much for your prayers for Tyler
and Bridget. Baby Wyatt Matthew was born November 23. 6 lbs 10 oz. They all went home Friday and are doing well. Gary and I so appreciate all the prayers for them, thank you.
• Health: Tim Roth, Christine Nafziger • Visitation: Dennis Gerber, Jocele Meyer, Caroll Roth, Larry & Jean
Sheets, Paul Thomas
Local/Community/Mennonite Church
• Please continue to pray for all those struggling with COVID, as well as health care workers who are caring for them.
• Health: Kurt Stutzman, Mary Hipp
State/Nation/World/Missions
• From Mennonite Mission Network: Mennonite Mission Network’s SOOP has developed COVID-19 protocols that permit serving in some locations. While the Navajo Nation has a high rate of infections, most of the cases are further west than the Navajo Brethren in Christ Mission.
Pray for volunteers to serve through tutoring and Christmas activities.
• From Ohio Conference: Ohio Conference invites you to remember its Gifts Discernment Ministry Team in your prayers. Composed of 11 members, the team is currently working on finding volunteers to fill vacancies for the next Conference year. Please pray for wisdom and
discernment as they continue their work.
WEBINAR: MCC and me: Serving and Learning Together (SALT) Are you ready to step out and into service? To gain new skills and experiences while working for relief, development and peace in the name of Christ? Join MCC on December 9 at 7 p.m. EST for a 30-minute informational session about our 1-year international young adult program, SALT. The session will include a short presentation, time for Q&A and a panel discussion with recent participants. Register for the webinar here: mcc.org/mcc-and-me
Check out the new “On the Move – En Movimiento” podcast from MCC that uses storytelling to challenge current narratives of migration. In the first episode, Ron Byler, recently retired executive director for MCC U.S., reflects on his January 2020 pilgrimage along the southern U.S. border. Ron drove and walked along the border wall and visited with communities on both sides of the border. He shares about the communities, the people and what this pilgrimage has meant for him. For more information and to listen to the podcast, visit mcc.org/move-en-movimiento.
Love INC Asking for Drywall Window Repair for a Family in Berlin ASAP: If you have experience with Drywall, we are asking for a volunteer to repair around a leaky window in Berlin. This needs to be done as soon as possible as the winter weather begins to hit. To help with this need, call Love INC at 330.473.6017. Love INC Fresh Start Offering Advent Zoom Class: Join our three week Advent Class. Learn from three local pastors about the Love, Peace, and Joy that we can find during the Christmas season because of Christ's Birth. This class will take place on Zoom on Mondays starting December 7th at 7:00 pm. to sign up, call Love INC at 330.473.6017 or sign up online at https://www.loveincofghc.org/fresh-start.html Volunteers Needed to Help Clean and Prepare Donated Furniture: Love INC furniture ministry is looking for volunteers to clean and prepare furniture at the furniture warehouse in Walnut Creek. If interested, please call Love INC at 330.473.6017.
Weekly Update
December 6, 2020
Notes from today’s worship service Online dedication planned
for Voices Together MennoMedia is holding an online dedication event for the new Voices Together hymnal on December 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. ET. This event will include a time to worship with new songs
and resources, hear stories, and offer blessings for Voices Together and all who receive it. This event is free, but registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Register at https://bit.ly/VoicesTogetherLaunch
Thank You from Paul Thomas Thank you for the flowers & cards, thoughts & prayers after the death of my sister, Nada Geiser.
Help with New MCC Thrift Shop MCC Connections Thrift Shop is expanding into the Massillon community. During December and January, we will be in need of short-term volunteers to help prepare the facility by doing minor construction, painting, setting up fixtures and, general cleaning. If you are available to assist in this short term volunteer venture, please call 330-857-7802 and speak with Cindy or Michael.
Offering for November 25-December 2, 2020
$ 4,821.24
200.00
$ 5,021.24
General Fund:
Extended Missions:
Designated:
Youth:
Total Offering:
General Offering YTD Goal $ 169,650.00 YTD Giving 164,410.24 Over/(Under) $ (5,239.76)
Giving Per Sunday Avg. Budget Goal $ 3,770.00 Actual Avg. Giving 3,653.56 Over/(Under) $ (116.44)
Reminders while we are meeting remotely:
Please don’t isolate yourself! We encourage you to contact a Ministry Team member with needs or concerns or just to check in! Rachelle, Keith, Arlene,
Bobby, or DJ; contact info on back page of bulletin.
We are so thankful for people continuing to support the church. Donations may be mailed to Millersburg Mennonite, P O Box 16, Millersburg, OH 44654, or
drop them off in the folder marked “OFFICE” by the door to the office.
For Our Streaming Worship Services -
We invite people to create a short video – please upload to a cloud file sharing service (e.g. iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.) and email a shareable link to the file to [email protected], no later than
Saturday noon. Contact Conrad Yoder, 740-502-1745 for information.
Treasurer’s Report 2020 Thank You from Larry & Jean Sheets We would like to thank the church family for the beautiful floral arrangement that we received this week. It has helped to brighten the long days of safety induced home confinement. Larry and Jean
Upcoming Events
December 9—Wednesday evening prayer, 7:00 pm, on Zoom meetings
December 10—Thursday morning prayer, 11:00 am, location to be announced
December 13—Voices Together online dedication, see announcements
December 20—Caravan Caroling, beginning 5:00 pm
December 24—Christmas Eve Service online, 7:00 pm
A-Caravan-Caroling We Will Go Looking for a safe way to enjoy singing Christmas carols with others again? We hope you consider this. On Sunday, December 20, join us in the church parking lot at 5 o’clock to travel in your own separate vehicle to bring some Christmas cheer to some of our church folks. Carolers will sing beside their vehicles for safe distancing. The specific caravans (we hope there are several), schedule and locations will be determined after we know how many participants there are. To sign up to join a caravan, contact Rhoda Mast @ 330.231.3151 or email [email protected] by December 14.
Last Call for Share-A-Christmas Donations Share-a-Christmas efforts are in full swing and we have arranged with Rodhe’s to have 400 boxes pancake mix delivered to the Share-a-Christmas site at the fairgrounds for $550. Thank you to all who have generously donated! To donate to this project, please designate it for Share-a-Christmas.
News from MMC Christmas Eve: Mark your calendars for an online service of Scripture and carols on Christmas Eve at 7:00 pm.
Bible Study in January: Rachelle will be leading a 4-session Bible study in January, looking at “How We Read the Bible.” The series will be four one-hour sessions and will be online using Zoom. We would love to have you join us! Please indicate which time would work best for you by completing this Doodle poll by December 8: https://doodle.com/poll/bd7h3syvcacrn9gd?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
Thank you everyone who wrote cards for local school staff! They
will be delivered this coming week. Please keep them and other
essential workers in your prayers.
Update from Bob Brubacher I’ve received cards and messages of support, and after being gone for over 7 years, it is heart-warming, to say the least. Thank you for your cards, prayers, and messages of support following my surgery. I am making good progress, and soreness is minimal. I am walking outdoors, increasing distance as strength improves. Bob Brubacher
