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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 6—Advent II, Rachelle speaking 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 - November 29
• 10:20 am - Prelude
• 10:30 am - Worship Service
Next Sunday - December 6
Speaker: Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach
Worship Leader: Rachel Miller
Song Leader: Joe Wengerd
Prelude:
Children’s Time: Leah Miller
Millersburg Mennonite Church
First Sunday of Advent
GATHERING
Prelude Genesis Figueroa & Rhoda Mast
Call to Worship Leah Miller
Lighting of the Advent Candle
PRAISING HWB 175 O Savior, rend the heavens Meyer Family
CHILDREN’S TIME Amy Murray
HEARING GOD’S WORD
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 64:1-4
Sermon: People Get Ready Keith Lyndaker Schlabach
RESPONDING to GOD’S WORD
Song of Response: HWB 184 Hark! The glad sound!
Offering, Your Coins Count Offering
Congregational Sharing
Announcements
SENDING
Closing Song: STJ 31 He came down
Benediction
Postlude Lydia Smucker & Rhoda Mast
Songbook Key HWB=Hymnal Worship Book (Blue) PWB=Praise & Worship Book (Yellow) STJ=Sing The Journey (Green) STS=Sing The Story (Purple)
Volume LXII November 29, 2020 No. 48
November 29, 2020
Birthdays This Week
Logan Miller—12/4 Mariah Miller—12/4 Bruce Stambaugh—12/4
Our Church
• Mal, Maya and William were in a car accident on Wednesday. Praise God that they were not seriously injured, but please pray for them as they deal with the after-effects of the accident.
• Praise God for the safe arrival of Gary and Sandy’s great-grandson. • 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
• Please continue to pray for our Central American neighbors as they
recover from the impacts of Hurricanes Eta and Iota.
• From Mennonite Mission Network: David and Sophie Lapp Jost of Mennonite Mission Network live in Germany but were on the Greek island of Lesbos to witness more than 12,000 people displaced by a fire that burned a migrant camp. Pray that God’s people throughout the world will open their hearts to welcome as neighbors those who without
homes.
MCC asks for support for Central American hurricane recovery: Not one hurricane, but two hurricanes within two weeks have caused extensive flooding in Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Hurricanes Eta and Iota have destroyed crops and forced people from their homes. MCC is working with churches and community organizations to provide emergency food, hygiene supplies and cleanup support. Join us as we help these communities recover.
You can donate online at mcc.org/eta-iota-relief, by phone at (888)563-4676, or by mail at MCC, 21 S. 12th St., PO Box 500, Akron PA 17501
Ohio Comforter Bash Rescheduled The Ohio MCC Comforter Bash originally scheduled for April 2021 has been postponed for one year. In the meantime, we encourage you to continue making comforters for MCC in your homes or churches. These handmade comforters bring hope and comfort to the people who receive them. They provide not only warmth, but also a tangible message that their needs are not forgotten. We also invite you to continue making comforter tops and backs (60” x 80”), and we will collect them at the Material Resources Center in Kidron for the Ohio MCC Comforter Bash in April 2022.
Contact Sarah Geiser at [email protected] or (330) 201-4515
Join MCC for a series of “MCC and me” webinars to hear more about service opportunities. All sessions may be subject to change. December 9 at 7 p.m.: Serving and Learning Together (SALT) January 13 at 3 p.m.: Summer Service leadership program February 25 at 10 am: Sharing With Appalachian People (SWAP) summer staff February 25 at 8 p.m.: International service worker March 6 at 12 p.m.: International service worker March TBD: Mobile Meat Canner Register at mcc.org/mcc-me-webinar-series-service-opportunities
Everence® to hold online Medicare® webinar The webinar will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3. Topics will include when and where to sign up for Medicare, what Medicare does (and doesn’t) cover, and an explanation of parts A, B, C and D. Register soon by contacting Kelly Troyer at 800-986-9988, 330-857-9988 or [email protected].
November 29, 2020
Notes from today’s worship service
Thank You from the Family of Esther Yoder Millersburg Mennonite Church and Visitation Teams past and present, The family of Esther Yoder wishes to express our thanks for the spiritual home and launching pad you were for all of us! We are also so grateful for the persons visiting Mom, bringing news, connection, and encouragement to her when she could no longer attend services.
Be assured that when you minister to one person, you are also ministering to a whole extended family.
Many blessings! - Ellen Steffy, Carol Godshall, David Yoder, Steve Yoder
Thank You from Marcus Miller I would like to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, texts, phone calls, visits, emails. Also Keith and Rachelle. My dad's passing has been a struggle, and I am letting some things go. Just the presence of the church, and my faith has helped.
Call to worship Adapted from Isaiah 64:1, 6, 9; Psalm 80:3 Leader: O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the
mountains would quake at your presence. People: Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved. Leader: We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous
deeds are like a filthy cloth. People: Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved. Leader: Do not remember our iniquity forever. (Light one Advent candle) All: Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved.
Offering for November 19-25, 2020
$ 3,550.00
50.00
$ 3,600.00
General Fund:
Extended Missions:
Designated:
Youth:
Total Offering:
General Offering YTD Goal $ 165,880.00 YTD Giving 159,589.00 Over/(Under) $ (6,291.00)
Giving Per Sunday Avg. Budget Goal $ 3,770.00 Actual Avg. Giving 3,627.02 Over/(Under) $ (142.98)
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.
Thank You from Paul Thomas Thank you for the flowers & cards, thoughts & prayers after the death of my sister, Nada Geiser.
Treasurer’s Report 2020
Final Call: Encouraging Local Teachers and Staff MMC is writing thank you notes to staffs at East Holmes, West Holmes, Central, and Training Center. Contact Leah about writing notes, and she will send you the names based on the number of notes you are able and willing to write. Drop off the cards at the church and we will deliver them to the schools.
Thank you to those who have written notes. We appreciate it. Let’s finish them by December 4. [email protected]
Upcoming Events
December 2—Wednesday evening prayer, 7:00 pm, on Zoom meetings
December 3—Thursday morning prayer, 11:00 am, Jeff Hochstetler from Berlin
Mennonite will lead prayer at Walnut Hills
December 3—Everence Medicare webinar, 5:30pm (see Announcements pages)
December 24—Christmas Eve Service online, 7:00 pm
New! - Join Us for Wednesday Evening Prayers Join us for Evening Prayers on Wednesdays at 7 pm, beginning December 2. Keith and Rachelle will be leading us, based on Take Our Moments and Our Days: An Anabaptist Prayer Book. A Zoom link will be sent out each week via email. It will be recorded in case you’re not able to join in but want to watch later.
Thursday Morning Prayers This Thursday, December 3 at 11 am, Jeff Hochstetler from Berlin Mennonite will lead prayer at Walnut Hills.
Share-A-Christmas Update from Service and Fellowship Commission 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. To donate to this project, please designate it for Share-a-Christmas.
Exciting Opportunities for Music Lovers
• Online dedication planned for Voices Together on Dec. 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. ET. Worship, pray, learn and give thanks as we launch our new hymnal.
Register soon for this free Zoom event: https://bit.ly/VoicesTogetherLaunch
• Laurelville Retreat Center in Southwestern Pennsylvania, will again host its annual Music & Worship Leaders Retreat from January 8-10, 2021. The event will be held virtually, with an option for in-person attendance. Register at https://laurelville.org/our-programs/mwlr/ or call 724-423-2056, Mondays, Thursdays or Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Deadline to register is Dec. 29, 2020. Let Rhoda know if you are interested, maybe a
number of us can do it “together”
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
