Sunday, August 31, 2025 Bulletin
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Gathering to praise….
Prelude
Welcome & Call to Worship
Prayer
Hymn: For the Beauty of the Earth VT 120
Hymn: In the Beginning VT 270
…to listen for God’s Spirit….
Scripture: Genesis 1:1-25 (selections)
Hymn: I Saw a Tree by the Riverside VT 514
Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31
Sermon: “Dominion: Problem, Pivot, Promise”
Hymn: Touch the Earth Lightly VT 145
Congregational Prayer
…..and sends us forth.
Offering & Offertory
Announcements
Hymn: Sing a New World into Being VT 809
Benediction
Postlude
Leading us in worship:
Worship Leader: Kim Lichti
Song Leader: Tim Miller Dyck
Accompanist: Delphine Schwartzentruber
Congregational Prayer: Shirley Kennel
Scripture Reader: Karen Lebold
Sermon: Pastor Ben Cassels
A/V: Cliff Kennel, Steve Kennel
An unsupervised nursery is available across from the washrooms for children ages 5 and under. Parents are expected to supervise their children while in the nursery
Special Coin Offering: In August, our coin offering is going toward MCC School Kits.
Today
Children’s Sunday School and Adult Christian Education will resume September 7.
Coffee time in the Fellowship Hall following the service.
Pastor Sara is taking her Quarterly Sunday off today.
Last day to update information in the Church Directory. A copy is by the mailboxes for updates, or you can call or email the office.
Next Sunday
9:45 am Livestream and in-person worship
Speaker: All three pastors
Following Intergenerational Sunday School, there will be a Potluck!!
Invite a Friend to Gathering Sunday Potluck! Invite friends or family, new or returning, to experience SMC! BBQ burgers will be provided. People with names ending in A-N please bring salads, OZ please bring desserts. All are welcome!
This week at Steinmann MC
Sept 1 (Mon): Pickleball CANCELLED due to Blood Donor Clinic
Sept 2 (Tues) 6:30-9 pm: Pickleball
Sept 2 (Tues): Church Office is closed in lieu of Labour Day
MYF (Grades 9-12+)
September 19-22: Nova Scotia
Sept 26 (Fri) 7 pm: Family Dinner
Jr. Youth
Sept 17 (Wed) 6:30 – 8 pm: Gym night at the church
Congregational Life
Sept 3 (Wed) 9 am: Morning & afternoon – Mennonite Women: All women are invited to the church to knot comforters and/or quilt. Bring a bag lunch. Drinks provided.
September 26-27: Women’s Retreat at Shamrock Beach Cottage in Goderich. Sign up sheet by mailboxes.
Joys & Concerns
Congratulations on Wedding Anniversaries on September 4:
Muriel & Murray Poole (61 yrs)
David & Ruth J Steinmann (71 yrs)
Community Events
Sept 8 (Mon) 7 pm: Mannheim Mennonite Church is starting a Friendship Group for single people. Please visit this website: http://bit.ly/3Jt80cg
September 12-14 – Men’s Retreat @ Silver Lake Mennonite Camp (slmc.ca): David Lobe is returning as chef/sommelier. Pastor Thomas Reimer and Mike Schmidt will lead some thought-provoking reflections. Special discount for those under 30 or underemployed.
September 13 & 14: 80th Anniversary Celebration weekend for Rockway Mennonite Collegiate (rockway.ca/events):
Saturday, September 13: Family and Food Market Fundraiser J. Steckle Heritage Farm. RSVP required for ticketed event.
Sunday, September 14: Community Open House & Hymn Sing at Rockway. RSVP preferred but drop ins are welcome!
September 21 at 3 pm: In the Steinmann Mennonite Church sanctuary. Fundraising Concert for MCC Meat Cannery. Vocal & instrumental music by John Wiebe and musicians from Bluffton, Ohio. All donations received will support the cannery.
Valley of the Birdtail books are available from Gladys Bender. There is time to read it before the author night at Knox Church in Waterloo on Friday, October 24 @ 7 pm. It is a true story about racism and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-indigenous people.
October 25 (Sat) 5-9 pm: House of Friendship Dinner. Tickets are $125 each. If interested, call Gord Roth to reserve. 519-580-4761