MYF Worship Service
November 17, 2024
Prelude
Call to Worship & Opening Prayer
Hymn: All Who Are Thirsty VT 49
Hymn: 10,000 Reasons/Bless the Lord VT 111
Understanding Acts
Acts 2:41-47
Sharing: Community is …
Children’s Time
Hymn: My Lighthouse VT 597
Sharing: Community is …
Acts 2:41-47
Meditation: God’s Beloved: Living Together with a Purpose
Hymn: Rain Down VT 703
Congregational Prayer
Sharing: Community is …
Offering: Giving and Receiving
Announcements
Hymn: Jesus, Help Us Live in Peace VT 719
Benediction
Piano: May God’s love surround you,
Organ: Jesus’ peace fill you,
Piano: the Spirit’s joy uplift you,
Organ: and community strengthen you.
Leader: Lord, bring us together to share your light. Amen.
Postlude
Youth involved in planning and leading the service:
Aleah L, Alek P, Carter F, Christian and Madelyn S, Cole & Zach S, Emily and Hannah M, Evangeline S, Jordan M, Nate & Isaac R, Rebekah E, Sam V, Sam W, Tori V, Trevor H, Will K
Supporting Adults:
Joanne Schwartzentruber, Andrea Kennel, Darryl Drudge, Elaine Finnie, Ben Winter, Joel Godfrey, Adam Roth, Pastor Sara Erb
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 – House of Friendship Food Hampers.
Today
Christian Education (Sunday School) for all ages:
11:00 – 12 pm Children’s Sunday School (Age 2 – Gr. 4), basement
11:15 – 12 pm Jr. Youth (Gr. 5-8) & MYF (Gr. 9-12+), basement
Coffee Time following worship in the Fellowship Hall.
Challenges, Choices, and Change: Stories and Sharing about Growing Older – Fellowship Hall. Presenter: Jane Kuepfer, Schlegel Specialist in Spirituality & Aging at Conrad Grebel University College.
Next Sunday – Eternity Sunday
9:45 am Livestream and in-person worship
Scripture: Matthew 26: 36-39
Speaker: Pastor Louise Wideman
This week at Steinmann MC
Nov 17 (Sun) 6:30 pm: Church Choir rehearsal.
Nov 18 (Mon) 6:30 – 9 pm: Pickleball
Nov 19 (Tues) 10 am: Care Team
Nov 19 (Tues) 6:30 – 9 pm: Pickleball
Nov 20 (Wed) 1:30 pm: Advent Planning Team
Nov 21 (Thurs) 7 pm: LGBTQ+ Listening & Discernment Ad Hoc
Nov 22 (Fri) 7-9 pm: Poinsettia pick up
MYF (Grades 9-12+)
Nov 22 (Fri) 7-10 pm: Poinsettia pick up, and games at the church.
Nov 29 (Fri) 7:45 – 10:15 pm: Escape Room. Meet at SMC at 7:15.
Jr. Youth (Grades 5-8)
Dec 13 (Fri) 7-11pm: Lock-in (Lite). A late night event at the church filled with food, games, conversations, and adventure! Feel free to wear your jammies.
KidsLIFE (Grades 1-5)
Nov 27 (Wed) 6-7:30 pm: Woodworking with John Gruhl & friends
Small Groups
Nov 20 (Tues) 7:30pm: Book Study on Field Notes for the Wilderness by Sarah Bessey. Meeting every Tuesday in homes. For more information contact Ashley Drudge (ad.drudge@gmail.com) or Janessa Otto (janessaotto@gmail.com).
Nov 20 (Wed) 10 am: Adult Bible Study in the Fireplace room, led by Wes Leis. Special Scripture Study for this year will be 2 Timothy 3:16 – 4:1-5. Everyone is welcome.
Nov 28 (Thurs) 10 am: Women’s Bible Study in the Fireplace room. Contact Darlene Gingerich for more information.
Nov 29 (Fri) 5:30 pm: TGIF meets in the gym and is a meal for young families that you don’t have to make or plan! If interested, RSVP to darryl.drudge@gmail.com by the Wednesday prior. Cost will be split, but it’s usually around $20 per family.
Congregational Life
The Care Team is putting together treat bags (decorated by children at KidsLIFE) for post secondary students during exam time. Today is the last day to contribute.
Choose your own Advent(ure) Calendar from a selection of 60 options which invite us to journey through Advent with intention. Choose as many or as few as you’d like, including a mixture of prayers, scriptures, service opportunities, and Christmas activities. Supplies will be in the church hallway Nov 17-Dec 1.
Eternity Sunday, November 24th. Each year we take time to remember loved ones and friends who have died during the past year. There is a list by the church mailboxes for names of persons to be remembered. Please sign up by Wednesday, November 20. Extended family members of loved ones are welcome.
Nov 21 (Thurs): 9 am – 12 noon Steinmann members are needed to help cut rags at the MCC Material Resources Centre. Thank you for your help.
Nov 22 (Fri): Pastor Sara will be attending a workshop on “Secondary Traumatic Stress: Stress, Compassion Fatigue, and Resilience”.
Nov 23 (Sat) 5 pm: Church Christmas Dinner. Sign up sheets are by the mailboxes. Payment is by donation (no receipts). After the cost of the food is covered, the balance will be given to Wilmot Family Resource Centre. A ham dinner is provided. Everyone is asked to bring a dessert. November 17 is the last day for sign up.
Nov 29 (Fri) 9 pm: Steinmann Bruins, Church League Hockey Game at Wilmot Rec Centre.
Dec 1 (Sun) 7:30 pm: Area Churches Christmas Choir Concert at SMC. Freewill offering is in support of MCC’s Meat Canning Project. Doors open at 7 pm.
Baden Summer Bible Camp is already starting to think about next year, August 11-15, 2025. To help us discern if this is a ministry that can be continued in its current form, we are seeking a co-coordinator this November. Please speak with Pastor Ben, Courtney Hobbs, or anyone from Gift Discernment.
Joys & Concerns
Happy 83rd birthday to Sam Roth on November 23.
Pray for Bob and Nancy Lebold and family as they grieve the death of Bob’s sister, Bonnie Steinman. Bonnie died of cancer on Nov 13. The funeral will be held in North Bay on November 16.
Continue to pray for Janet Day whose pain from shingles is ongoing.
Remember Reta Bender who was admitted to Grand River Hospital on Tuesday for testing and observation.
Carolyn Steckle was recently diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis which translates into a heavily calcified aortic valve creating a greatly restricted valve opening. She is awaiting an open heart surgery date for valve replacement. Let us uphold Carolyn and Jim and family in our prayers at this time.
Community Events
Nov 17 (Sun) 3 pm: (St. Matthews Lutheran Church, 54 Benton St, Kitchener): Menno Singers hosts its Annual Messiah Sing-Along. Admittance by donation.
Nov 17 (Sun) 2 pm – Free Concert for Kids Community Event at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church. Musicians of the KW Symphony present Music for Horn and Harp. For more info contact Pauline at church@sjmc.on.ca
East Zorra Mennonite Church (977044 16th Line, Tavistock) is hosting a Live Nativity Walk Thru on Saturday, December 7th from 5 – 8 pm. (rain/storm date Sunday, December 8th). Please see website for more information about the event. https://ezmennonite.ca/