Easter Sunday – April 20, 2025 Bulletin
“The Lord’s Prayer: Praying with Jesus”
April 20, 2025 – Easter Sunday
“Now and forever, Amen.”
Gathering to praise….
Prelude
Carrying the Christ light
Trumpet proclamation
Hymn: Christ the Lord is Risen Today VT 346
Call to Worship and Prayer
Hymn: Low in the Grave He Lay VT 333
….to proclaim the power of the risen Christ ….
Children’s Time
Gift of music
Scripture: John 20: 1-18
Sermon: “The journey continues…”
… that transforms us ….
Hymn of the month: Our God in Heaven VT 673
Prayers for the World
Congregational Prayer
Offering & Offertory
…and sends us forth as bearers of God’s hope.
Hymn: Lift Your Glad Voices VT 340
Baptism of Isaac Roth
Introduction
Testimony
Baptize – outside
Choral Benediction: Praise God (Doxology) VT 71
Leading us in worship:
Worship Leader/Congregational Prayer: Rick & Ardys Brenneman
Trumpet: Steve Wagler
Children’s Time: Paulette West
Gift of Music: Orchestra
Prelude/Offertory/Postlude: Grant Movold
Scripture Readers: Rick & Ardys Brenneman, Pastor Sara Erb, Pastor Ben Cassels
Sermon: Pastor Louise Wideman
Song Leader: Norma Iutzi
Prayers for the world: Choral group
Candle/Testimony: Isaac Roth
Introduction: Mark Scheerer
A/V: Tim Miller-Dyck, Steve Carter
An unsupervised nursery is available across from the washrooms for children ages five and under. Parents are expected to supervise their children while in the nursery.
Special Coin Offering this morning until the end of May is in support of the Single Moms Camp at Hidden Acres.
Today
8:30 am: Easter Breakfast – Bring food to share. Plates, cups, and beverages provided.
No SS for all ages; No coffee time. (Resumes next Sunday)
Next Sunday
9:45 am Livestream and in-person worship
Speaker: Pastor Sara Erb
Scripture: Resuming Acts Series with Acts 12-15
Acts Series Reading Guide
Apr 27: Ch. 12-15
May 4: Ch. 16-18
May 11: Ch. 19-23
May 18: Ch. 16: 11-15
May 25: Ch. 24-28
This week at Steinmann MC
Apr 21 & 22 (Mon & Tues) 6:30 – 9 pm: Pickleball
Apr 24 (Thurs) 7 – 8:30 pm: PCRC meeting with Witness & Resourcing Core Teams for Pastor Ben’s Review.
MYF (Grades 9-12+)
Apr 25 (Fri) 6 pm: Parent/Youth Meeting about Summer trip
Apr 25 (Fri) 7-10 pm: MYF Dinner Out, Swiss Chalet (Boardwalk)
May 2 (Fri) 7-10 pm: Faith & Life conversations at the church
Jr. Youth (Grades 5-8)
Apr 23 (Wed) 6-7:30 pm (rain date 30th): Farm Day at Roth Farm
KidsLIFE (Grades 1-5)
Apr 23 (Wed) 6-7:30 pm (rain date 30th): Farm Day at Roth Farm
Small Groups
Apr 24 (Thurs) 10 am: Women’s Book Study. All women are invited. Contact Darlene Gingerich for more info.
Apr 25(Fri) 5:30 pm: TGIF A gathering of young families for a meal that you don’t have to make or plan! If interested, RSVP to darryl.drudge@gmail.com by the Wednesday prior.
Apr 30 (Wed) 10 am: Adult Bible Study led by Wes Leis. “The Uncompromising Truth of God’s Word”. Session two: “Christian Marriage”. Talk to Wes for more information.
Congregational Life
The MCEC Annual Church Gathering is an online business meeting on Saturday, April 26 from 10-11:30 am. If you are interested in being a delegate for Steinmann MC, contact Gladys Bender.
The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Relief Sale is on May 31 at the New Hamburg Fairgrounds. Between 8 to 16 volunteers are needed for 1-2hr shifts for preparing and selling cream buns (alongside volunteers from Conrad Grebel) from 7 am to 2 pm. Please contact Pam or Steve Carter if interested.
Joys & Concerns
Tasha Steckle has learned that she has cancer in her lung and plans to have surgery Friday, April 25. Let us pray for Tasha and Matthew, Neisha, Niyah, and Russell as well as Jim and Carolyn in this challenging time.
We extend our sympathy to Nancy and Walter Mabee and daughter Michelle as they grieve the unexpected death of Michelle’s husband, Omar. Funeral arrangements pending.
Let us remember Elmer and Ethel Zehr and family. Elmer is hospitalized at Grand River Hospital; Ethel awaits a surgical procedure April 23.
Community Events
Please use the signup sheet by the mailboxes for orders for Grace Lao Egg Rolls. Orders due April 29 for pick up May 10.
2025 New Hamburg Mennonite Relief Sale Fundraiser Dinner on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 6 pm. Held at Calvary United Church in St. Jacobs. See bulletin board and postcards for details.
Your feedback on Canadian Mennonite magazine is requested and welcome as the publication’s Board of Directors prepares for upcoming board meetings. Please send any comments you have on the magazine to Tim Miller Dyck (tim@millerdyck.org), who is one of the directors.
Appreciative Inquiry/Review for Pastor Ben
Thank you for taking the time to participate in this appreciative inquiry/review for Pastor Ben. Your thoughtful feedback is appreciated. Please use the questions below as a guideline.
Members of the Witness and Resourcing Core Teams are gathering with Pastor Ben on April 24 for this conversation. For the rest of the congregation there will be opportunity to participate in the review in person during the Sunday School hour on April 27, or if you prefer, you could write your comments on paper and place them in the drop box in the lobby by the church mailboxes. If you have questions or concerns related to any of this, you may contact a member of the PCRC (Pastor-Congregation Relations Committee)
~ Kim Lichti, Doris Martin, or Cliff Kennel.
Questions:
What have you appreciated most about Pastor Ben’s ministry with the congregation?
When are the congregation and Pastor Ben at their best? What have you valued about the congregation, Pastor Ben and yourself in those situations?
What are the strengths in the congregation that will support Pastor Ben to try new possibilities?
Where have you seen growth and passion as a result of having a pastor focus specifically on the core ministry areas of Witness and Resourcing?
Anything else you would like to add:
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven,
holy is your name.
Your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us when we do wrong,
as we forgive those who do wrong against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours.
Now and forever.
Amen.