Wood River Mennonite Church
14988 West Husker Hwy
Wood River, NE 68883
http://www.woodrivermennonite.org/
Matt Troyer-Miller, Pastor
Cell Phone: 308-380-3852
Church Office Phone: 308-583-2087
Elders: Laurel Roth, Rod Jantzi, Judy Hostetler
January 4, 2015
Sunday School ……..………..……..Adult & Youth Classes, 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service……………………..………………………10:25 a.m.
Worship Leader…..…………….….…………….…Deanna Neubauer
Chorister…………………………………............................Rod Jantzi
Offertory…...….....…………….......................................Rhonda Roth
Greeter……….……………………................Arch and Judy Hostetler
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Opening Hymns
Announcements
Call to Worship
Moment of Silence
Song of Response “Sanctuary”
Confession
Lighting of Advent Candles
Children’s Time
Scripture: Matthew 2.1-12
Message: Flying Toward the Light
Hymn
Offering
Praise and Prayer Concerns
Benediction and “Peace Before Us”
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Church Calendar
January 4, Potluck and Annual Business meeting
January 7, 7:00 pm, Elders Meeting
Wednesday, 10:00, Women’s Sewing Group
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Praise & Prayer Requests
Martin & Elsy in Columbia
Sophie’s brother Gus, who is undergoing chemo
Jordan and the Robinson family. Jordan suffered a seizure this
week while visiting family in Omaha
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Announcements
If you have an item for discussion at the Business Meeting, please
talk with Steve, Brad, or Rod.
The Saturday evening service has been cancelled this week – for
old time’s sake.
In the month of February, WRMC will be hosting a weekly
“Tuesdays with Dave.” On Tuesday evenings, we will watch
videos of Conference Pastor David Boshart as he helps to teach
Mennonites how to answer questions like “How do you invite new
people to church? How do you get them to keep coming? What do
you do when they keep coming?” This is sponsored by the
Outreach and Service Committee of Central Plains Mennonite
Church, and will be offered for all of the churches in our
conference. More details will be released in the future.
Please stick around for the potluck after church!
“When they had heard the king, they
set out; and there, ahead of them, went
the star that they had seen at its rising,
until it stopped over the place where
the child was.”
Matthew 2.9
Call to worship
Call to worship
(adapted from Ephesians 3)
Leader: Come, let us worship the God who is here among us and
desires our worship [pause]. Incarnate God, work in our
hearts, that our worship would be filled with the awe that
comes from remembering your saving mystery.
All:
In a little child, God is revealed to us.
Leader: The mystery, kept hidden in ages past, has been made known.
People: We, who were once outsiders, now share in the
inheritance.
Leader: All of us, part of the same body, sharing the same promise,
People: Through the gospel of Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Leader: Throwing light on the inner workings of this mystery was
God’s plan from all eternity.
People: God’s gift of grace is a gift to be received by all.
All:
In thankfulness we treasure the riches of Christ.
[Observe a moment of silence. Song of response, “Sanctuary.”]
(adapted from Ephesians 3)
Leader: Come, let us worship the God who is here among us and
desires our worship [pause]. Incarnate God, work in our
hearts, that our worship would be filled with the awe that
comes from remembering your saving mystery.
All:
In a little child, God is revealed to us.
Leader: The mystery, kept hidden in ages past, has been made known.
People: We, who were once outsiders, now share in the
inheritance.
Leader: All of us, part of the same body, sharing the same promise,
People: Through the gospel of Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Leader: Throwing light on the inner workings of this mystery was
God’s plan from all eternity.
People: God’s gift of grace is a gift to be received by all.
All:
In thankfulness we treasure the riches of Christ.
[Observe a moment of silence. Song of response, “Sanctuary.”]
Confession of Faith
Confession of Faith
Leader: The glory of the Lord has risen; the Light of God has come.
People: You are gathering your people, all peoples, those far away
and those close at hand.
Leader: The mystery, long hidden, has been revealed to all. Our hearts
are filled with joy!
People: This mystery, until now, was revealed to the apostles and
prophets.
Leader: But now, in Jesus, all people are heirs to this mysterious
promise.
People: So grace is our rich inheritance, more precious than gold,
frankincense or myrrh.
All: We praise you, O God, for revealing your saving mystery. We
will proclaim your promise with gratitude.
Leader: The glory of the Lord has risen; the Light of God has come.
People: You are gathering your people, all peoples, those far away
and those close at hand.
Leader: The mystery, long hidden, has been revealed to all. Our hearts
are filled with joy!
People: This mystery, until now, was revealed to the apostles and
prophets.
Leader: But now, in Jesus, all people are heirs to this mysterious
promise.
People: So grace is our rich inheritance, more precious than gold,
frankincense or myrrh.
All:
We praise you, O God, for revealing your saving mystery. We
will proclaim your promise with gratitude.