Eternity Sunday
November 24, 2024
We gather to praise our gracious God …
Prelude
Call to Worship
Hymn: Holy God, We Praise Thy Name VT 126
….who companions us in life …
Children’s Time
Hymn: The Lord’s My Shepherd VT 660
Scripture: Matthew 26:36-39
Sermon: Good Grief
…who companions us in life and death …
Hymn: Before the Waters Nourished Earth VT 652
A time of remembering
Hymn: Nothing Is Lost on the Breath of God VT 653
Congregational Prayer
Offering & Offertory
Announcements
…..and sends us forth as bearers of God’s love.
Hymn: God Be with You Till We Meet Again VT 840
Benediction
Postlude
Leading us in worship:
Prelude/Offertory/Postlude: Susan Seyler
Worship Leader: Joy Wagler
Song Leader: Norma Iutzi
Children’s Story: Pastor Sara Erb
Congregational Prayer: Pastor Ben Cassels
Sermon: Pastor Louise Wideman
Time of Remembering: Care Team: Darlene Gingerich, Mary Lou
Gingerich, Joanne Schwartzentruber, Lynn Yantzi
A/V: Cliff Kennel, Mike Gingerich
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,
with pick up in the Fellowship Hall
11:15 – 12 pm Jr. Youth (Gr. 5-8) & MYF (Gr. 9-12+), basement
Adult Ed., Fireplace Room
Coffee Time following worship in the Fellowship Hall.
Next Sunday
9:45 am Livestream and in-person worship
Scripture: Daniel 6:1-23 (selections)
Speaker: Pastor Ben Cassels
This week at Steinmann MC
Nov 24 (Sun) 6:30 pm: Church Choir rehearsal.
Nov 25 & 26 (Mon & Tues) 6:30 – 9 pm: Pickleball
MYF (Grades 9-12+)
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 26 (Tues) 7:30 pm: 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 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 an easy meal for young families! RSVP to darryl.drudge@gmail.com by the Wednesday prior. Cost is approximately $20 per family.
Dec 11 (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.
Congregational Life
Needed for KidsLIFE November 27th: #2 Robertson screwdrivers (can be placed in the box on the pew in the hall) and volunteers to assist 6-7:30 pm.
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. Supplies will be in the church hallway Nov 17-Dec 1.
The Treat Bags for Post Secondary Students are available for pick up from the shelf above the coat rack in the main entrance. Thank you to the congregation for your bountiful generosity.- Care Team
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.
Advent/Christmas/Epiphany notes:
*weekly pre-service carol singing beginning at 9:30 am
*hats and mittens for Wilmot Family Resource Center will be hung on the tree in the hall
*non-perishable gifts of food for the Wilmot Family Resource Center – under tree outside Fellowship Hall
*Advent/Christmas/Epiphany 2024 brochure in church mailboxes
Joys & Concerns
Happy Birthday to Laverne Gingerich (85) on November 25 and Marianne Schlegel (85) on November 29.
Remember Norma & John Iutzi, Sara, Ryan, Adam, Isaac, and Nate as they grieve the death of Norma’s brother, Gerald Shantz.
Remember Dorothy Boyle as she settles in to her new home: Winston Park Village, 695 Block Line Rd., Rm 160 (Eby Wing), Kitchener.
Ken Hofstetter had emergency surgery early November 17 to remove a tumour. He is receiving care at Grand River Hospital. Pray for Ken and AnnaMae in this time of change.
Continue to pray for Janet Day whose pain from shingles is ongoing.
Carolyn Steckle was recently diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. She is awaiting an open heart surgery date for valve replacement. Let us uphold Carolyn, Jim, and family in our prayers.
Community Events
From Canadian Mennonite: With the Canada Post strike, your December print issue will be delayed. Contact office@canadianmennonite.org to receive next issue by email.
Dec 3 (Tues) 7:30 pm: Students of Rockway Mennonite Collegiate invite you to their annual Christmas Concert to be held at Rockway. For more information, please visit our concert webpage.
Remembering Those Who Died
November 2023 – November 2024
Name Date of Death Age
Janet Maddigan November 5, 2023 85
Louise Gingerich November 22, 2023 86
Lyle Erb December 4, 2023 65
Vernetta Steinman December 29, 2023 92
Orie Albrecht February 5, 2024 81
Ron Gaus March 1, 2024 83
Barbara Zehr March 4, 2024 94
Willie Cober March 5, 2024 96
Mary Jane Yantzi March 10, 2024 85
Lloyd Mumaw March 18, 2024 77
Joel Wallace March 20, 2024 28
Samuel Wiebe April 3, 2024 38
Ruth Jantzi April 24, 2024 76
Emmalien Lichti April 24, 2024 100
Don Herman May 5, 2024 76
Ralph Brubacher May 10, 2024 72
Alma Miller June 20, 2024 88
Merle Shantz June 20, 2024 89
Olive Campbell July 11, 2024 86
Darlene Penner Poole August 1, 2024 54
Carl Schwartzentruber August 8, 2024 81
Dan Moreno August 12, 2024 73
Viola Dorsch August 16, 2024 97
John McCreadie August 21, 2024 67
Naveed Shaikh Steinman August 27, 2024 60
Adolf Gubler September 14, 2024 83
Ross Steckley October 8, 2024 67
Bob Gingerich October 19, 2024 82
Marlene West October 29, 2024 66
Robert Lichti October 31, 2024 69
Gwen Good November 14, 2024 64
Donna McIntosh November 15, 2024 70
Gerald Shantz November 21, 2024 80