Feb 2012
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feb 5
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feb 12
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feb 19
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Ash Wed feb 22 7 pm
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feb 26 Lent 1
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speaker (Katie)
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Tom Blosser, Al Bauman
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Charles S., Jerry N., Joyce W., Robin W.
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Kerry Reed
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worship leader (Katie)
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Sarah Zwickle and Ruth Leonard
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Robin Walton & Jerry Nussbaum
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Jim Leonard
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Eliza Wertenberger
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song leader (Phil)
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Jeff Bixler
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Erin Leatherman
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Jodi Quint
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Phil Hart
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Paul Knapke
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musician (Phil)
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Amy Bixler
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Tracy Lehman
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Tom Blosser
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Katie Maust
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worship table (Metz)
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Lavonne van der Zwaag
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Robin Walton
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Beata Gray
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Ginny Nussbaum and Page Turners
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sound (Jenny)
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Logan Halterman
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Dan Halterman
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Sid Samsi
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Jim Myers
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Logan Halterman
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offering (Jenny)
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Gwen Reiser and Family, Jayne Reynolds
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Gwen Reiser and Family, Jayne Reynolds
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Gwen Reiser and Family, Jayne Reynolds
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NA
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Judy Hartzler, Gwen Reiser and Family, Jayne Reynolds
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greeters (ST)
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Laurie Zimmerman & Steve Rolfe
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Laurie Zimmerman & Steve Rolfe
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Laurie Zimmerman & Steve Rolfe
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Laurie Zimmerman & Steve Rolfe
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Laurie Zimmerman & Steve Rolfe
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ushers (ST)
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Mary Yoder
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Mary Yoder
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Mary Yoder
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Mary Yoder
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Mary Yoder
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children's time (Jodi)
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Ruth Leonard
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add'l events
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pastoral prayer: Jen Bierlein
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scripture & version requested
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sermon title
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theme
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Mission Commission
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Communion
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Mar 2012
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sun
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mar 4 Lent 2
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mar 11 Lent 3
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mar 18 Lent 4
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mar 25 Lent 5
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preacher
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Kerry Reed
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Kerry Reed
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Kerry Reed
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Kerry Reed
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worship leader
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Eliza Wertenberger
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song leader
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Tom Blosser
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Tom Blosser
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Paul Knapke
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Paul Knapke
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musician
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Phil Hart
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Amy Bixler
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Phil Hart
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Ron and Savannah Freeman
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readers
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worship table
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Ginny Nussbaum and Page Turners
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Ginny Nussbaum and Page Turners
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Ginny Nussbaum and Page Turners
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Ginny Nussbaum and Page Turners
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sound
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offering
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greeters
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Dave & Judy Denlinger
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Dave & Judy Denlinger
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Dave & Judy Denlinger
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Dave & Judy Denlinger
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ushers
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Doug Carmack
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Doug Carmack
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Doug Carmack
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Doug Carmack
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children's time
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add'l events
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scripture & version requested
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Apr 2012
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apr 1 Palm Sunday
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Maundy Thursday apr 5
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Sunrise Service apr 24
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apr 8 Easter
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apr 15
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apr 22
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apr 29
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preacher
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Kerry Reed
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6 pm footwashing, 6:30 pm potluck & communion, 7:30 pm Tenebrae
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7 am at Como Park (at the end of West Lakeview Ave)
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Kery Reed
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(Mad River Theater Company)
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worship leader
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Julie Hart and Krista Miller
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Jayne Reynolds
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song leader
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Tom Blosser
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Katie Graber
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Jim Leonard
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Phil Hart
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Galen Martin
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Jeff Bixler
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Katie Graber
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musician
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Rick Leonard
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Tom Blosser
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Jodi Quint
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Amy Bixler
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Phil Hart
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worship table
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Ginny Nussbaum and Page Turners
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sound
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offering
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greeters
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Judy Hartzler & Jan Swartzentruber
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Judy Hartzler & Jan Swartzentruber
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Judy Hartzler & Jan Swartzentruber
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Judy Hartzler & Jan Swartzentruber
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Judy Hartzler & Jan Swartzentruber
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ushers
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Dorothy Hostetler
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Dorothy Hostetler
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Dorothy Hostetler
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Dorothy Hostetler
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Dorothy Hostetler
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children's time
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add'l events
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scripture
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theme
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Immigration
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May 2012
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may 6
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may 13
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may 20
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may 27
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preacher
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worship leader
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song leader
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Paul Knapke
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Erin Leatherman
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Tom Blosser
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Jeff Bixler
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musician
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Tracy Lehman
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Katie Maust
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Martin family
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Amy Bixler
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worship table
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sound
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offering
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greeters
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Jenny Campagna & Becky Waybill
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Jenny Campagna & Becky Waybill
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Jenny Campagna & Becky Waybill
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Jenny Campagna & Becky Waybill
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ushers
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Alexander Martin
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Alexander Martin
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Alexander Martin
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Alexander Martin
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children's time
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add'l events
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Mother's Day
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scripture
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June 2012
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June 3 Outdoor Service
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June 10
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June 17
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June 24
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preacher
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worship leader
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song leader
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musician
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worship table
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sound
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offering
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greeters
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Beata, Tennison & Montgomery Gray
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Beata, Tennison & Montgomery Gray
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Beata, Tennison & Montgomery Gray
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Beata, Tennison & Montgomery Gray
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ushers
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children's time
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add'l events
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scripture
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July 2011
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july 3
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july 10
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july 17
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july 24
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july 31
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preacher
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Steve Goering, Peace Sunday
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Danielle & Brandon Donnelson-Sims
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Susan Ortman Goering
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Steve Goering
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Goering vacation - MYF lead service
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worship leader
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Laurie Zimmerman
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Laurie Zimmerman
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Steve Goering
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Jayne Reynolds
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song leader
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Tom Blosser
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Galen Martin
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Phil Hart
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Paul Knapke
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Jeff Bixler
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musician
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Eliza Wertenberger
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The Martin Family, Jenny Campagna
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Erin Leatherman
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Tom Blosser
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Amy Bixler
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offering
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Marty Strayer, Reiser family
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Marty Strayer, Reiser family
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Marty Strayer, Reiser family
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Marty Strayer, Reiser family
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Marty Strayer, Reiser family
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sound
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Jim Meyers
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Tim Yoder Tiedt
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Paul Knapke
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Dan Halterman
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Logan Halterman
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worship table
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Robin Walton
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Jhan Yoder-Wyse, in memory of Joe Yoder
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Ruth Massey
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greeters
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Patti & Jim Browning
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Patti & Jim Browning
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Patti & Jim Browning
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Patti & Jim Browning
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Jan Swartzentruber & Judy Hartzler
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usher
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Jenny Campagna
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Jenny Campagna
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Jenny Campagna
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Thomas Ahrens
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Jenny Campagna
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children's time
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Lavonne van der Zwaag
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add'l events
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sharing: Sobeida, sending: Dave, Mary
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communion
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scripture
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Ephesians 2:11-22
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Exodus 16:1-7a, John 6:48-51
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Matthew 5:33-37; James 5:12
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Traversing, Wearing Down Those Dividing Walls
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Let All Who Are Hungry Come
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To Tell the Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth
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On the Sunday nearest July 4, we traditionally talk about issues of living constructively in both God’s kingdom and our national kingdom. We specifically note that our highest loyalties are to God, even as that sometimes means dissenting with others in our community near us. Walls sometimes raise, as at the start of the Iraq war. Walls can protect, keep others out, or divide. Sometimes walls separate in such a way that we choose to avoid doing the hard work of being communities of grace, love, and peace to those near. Jesus, however, consistently traversed walls. He was a boundary walker between gender, cultures, and even different faiths. He went further and broke down walls between zealots and tax collectors, jews and gentiles, women and men. As our text pronounces today, Christ is our peace. We will talk about how we can also traverse, even break down, difficult the sometimes difficult walls that surround us.
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This will be a celebration of freedom! The people of Israel were delivered from their slavery, and as they wandered in the wilderness, they came to rely on God's providence. God provided daily bread for them, the gracious gift of manna. When Jesus referred to this story, he identified himself as "the living bread that came down from heaven. So God wishes for us to be nourished by that living bread, and for us to be free from all that binds us.We will celebrate communion by passing the elements down the rows rather than asking people to come forward.
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One of the historical faith tenets of the Mennonite faith is to refrain from swearing oaths. Matthew's text says our yes should mean yes and be truthful and trustable. We are both to seek the truth and tell the truth. Our culture tends to say this is common sense and not a big deal, yet it is oh so important. Our culture here in Columbus and nationally shows examples of people who did not tell the simple truth and are now facing accountability (Mr. Tressel). Essentially this becomes an issue of identity, character, and integrity. We will talk about why Christian character matters.
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Aug 2011
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aug 7
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aug 14
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aug 21
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aug 28
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preacher
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Goering vacation
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Susan Ortman Goering
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Susan Ortman Goering
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Susan Ortman Goering - First Fruits - Stewardship
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worship leader
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Jodi Quint/Janeen Kauffman-Kuhl
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Thomas Leonard
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Steve Goering
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Julie Hart
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song leader
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Jodi Quint
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Paul Knapke
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Katie Graber
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Galen Martin
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musician
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Amy Bixler, Phil Hart and CMC children
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Jodie Quint
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Alexander Martin, Tom Blosser, Joe Swartzentruber & Amy Bixler
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offering
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Al & Kathy Bauman, Nancy & Maris Franke
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Laurie Zimmerman, Steve Rolfe, Al and Kathy Bauman
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Laurie Zimmerman, Steve Rolfe, Al and Kathy Bauman
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Laurie Zimmerman, Steve Rolfe, Patti & Jim Browning
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sound
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Logan Halterman
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Tim Yoder Tiedt
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Logan Halterman
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Tim Yoder Tiedt
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worship table
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Marlene Suter
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Roberta Gerlach
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Ruth Massey
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Judy Denlinger
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greeters
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Jan Swartzentruber & Patti Browning
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Jan Swartzentruber & Judy Hartzler
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Jan Swartzentruber & Judy Hartzler
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Jan Swartzentruber & Judy Hartzler
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usher
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Jim Myers
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Jim Myers
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Jim Myers
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Jim Myers
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children's time
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Jodi Quint
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Beata Gray
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add'l events
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Bible School sharing, including 3 songs ~ten minutes
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communion, Mission Moment for AT/stewardship
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scripture
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Matt 14:22-32
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Luke 14:15-24, Revelation 19:6-9
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Isaiah 1:12-17, Mt 6:16-26
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When We Don't Know What to Believe
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Come to the Banquet
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Sacrifice or Relationship?
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Jesus invites his disciples (then and now) to not be afraid, to know that he is near and all will be well. Peter struggles. He believes, and yet he expresses doubts as well. He models our own experience, the both-and of doubts and faith. Our task in the church is to accept doubts and questions as normative. Can we perhaps learn to value having questions more than having answers.?
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The parable of the great banquet is a parable of grace. Jesus extends a welcome, not just to those initially invited, but also to those who had been excluded, banned by the religious community. This story is an invitation to insiders and outsiders alike. The Revelation text invites us to see the possibility that we will take part in the feast of the Lamb someday, and there we will certainly see outsiders and insiders at the table. We will have a sumptuous table, beautifully set with fine dishes and an abundance of food. People will be asked to come forward to the table to be served.
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Isaiah asks the people to be careful about their sacrifices. His words limit the place and importance of sacrifices, and encourage God's people to understand that it is right relationship with God that is most important. The purpose of offerings to God is not so much to appease God as it is to draw closer to God, to be in relationship. God longs for that relationship with us. Matthew echoes this thought when he encourages followers to avoid giving for show, to serve only God, to know that our giving is a reflection of our love for God, our wish to grow closer to God.
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Sept 2011
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sept 4
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sept 11
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sept 18
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sept 25
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preacher
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Steve Goering
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Susan Ortman Goering
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Susan Ortman Goering
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Steve Goering
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worship leader
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Thomas Ahrens
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Katie Graber
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Steve Goering
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Robin Walton
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song leader
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Phil Hart
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Jeff Bixler
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Erin Leatherman
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Katie Graber
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musician
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Tracey Lehman
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Amy Bixler
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Tom Blosser, Rick Leonard, others?
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Tracey Lehman. Caleb Lehman
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offering
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Kathy and Al Bauman, Marty Strayer, Jayne Reynolds
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Kathy and Al Bauman, Marty Strayer, Jayne Reynolds
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Kathy and Al Bauman, Marty Strayer, Jayne Reynolds
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Kathy and Al Bauman, Marty Strayer, Jayne Reynolds
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sound
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Jim Myers
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Dan Halterman
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Tim Yoder-Tiedt
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Logan Halterman
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worship table
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Katie and Jackson
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Beata Gray
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Communion Table
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Ruth Massey
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greeters
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Maris & Nancy Franke
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Maris & Nancy Franke
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Maris & Nancy Franke
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Maris & Nancy Franke
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usher
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Metz Kramer
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Metz Kramer
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Metz Kramer
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Metz Kramer
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children's time
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Christina King
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add'l events
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Mission moment - AT/stewardship
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Christian ed Sunday, teacher dedications, 2nd grader Bible
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communion
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scripture(s) (version requested)
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Gen 1:1-2:4 (Gen 1:1-8, Gen 1:-2:4) Eph 4:11-16
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Psalm 33
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Luke 24: 28-35, II Corinthians 5:16-21
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Isaiah 55:1-3a, 12-13; Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22; Psalms 118:24
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A Day for Blessing Chain Saws
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Let Us Not Live in Fear
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Knowing Christ, the Great Reconciler
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Enjoying Letterman Top Ten Fun!
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Though Labor Day is not a formal day in the church year, we are choosing to talk about work and the role of work in our lives. Work, including understandings of Christian vocation, are important components to our overall well being. Many of us spend as much time working as we do with friends and family. We begin unpacking notions of work in the very beginning, the first chapters of Genesis, where we see a creating, entrepreneurial God. We are created in God's image. We are invited not to separate the six days of work from the seventh day where we rest/worship. Rather, we should understand our whole lives as worship and that we are all ministers in our chosen work each day. On this day, we bless that work as Christian vocation, with the chainsaws as a symbol.
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God has made this world, loves this world, and stands with us in this world. Earthly powers may lead us into harm, but God is our help and shield. This text reminds us not to succumb to fear and greed, but to live in trust and hope with God.
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Paul reminds us that Christ is the great reconciler. in Christ all are new creations; in Christ, God reconciled the world to Godself, forgiving us and making us all ambassadors of reconciliation. Our gospel story is such a story of reconciliation. The disciples walked and talked with Jesus, but only after they sat and ate with him did they know who he was. Only then did they recognize him; only then were they reconciled. As we share in communion, we are reminded that Christ seeks to make us all new; that happens as we mysteriously meet Christ in the taking of the bread and juice.
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One of our favorite hymnal songs is “You shall go out with Joy and be led forth with Peace, and the mountains and the hills will burst forth with song before you and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.” In our faith life, we do talk about serious topics and how we can live transformed faithful lives. We too often forget that God wants us to genuinely enjoy life, have fun in our relationships, and not to be about work, work, and work! Today, we will simply have great fun together and honor that life is one to celebrate. It is good to laugh. We will do another “Top Ten” to start off the sermon, enjoy Click and Clack, and just not be serious today! Knowing that this is exactly what God wants integrated into our lives!
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Oct 2011
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oct 2
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oct 9
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oct 16
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oct 23
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oct 30
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preacher
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Hymn sing - Retreat/Camp Luz
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Susan Ortman Goering
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Steve Goering
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Susan Ortman Goering
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Steve Goering
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worship leader
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Katie Graber
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Steve Goering
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Jim Leonard
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Jim Leonard
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Lavonne van der Zwaag
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song leader
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Paul Knapke
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Galen Martin
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Katie Graber
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Tom Blosser
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Jeff Bixler
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musician
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Tom Blosser
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Erin Leatherman
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Phil Hart
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Joe and Angela Mueller, Amy Bixler
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worship table
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Retreat
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Marlene Suter
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Roberta Gerlach
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Lavonne van der Zwaag
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Ruth Massey
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sound
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Retreat - Ted to send equipment with Jim Leonard
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Sid Samsi
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Dan Halterman
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Dan Gratz and Logan Halterman
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Tim Yoder-Tiedt
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children's time
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Beata Gray
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Lavonne van der Zwaag
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offering
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retreat
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Julie Hostetler, Beata Gray, Ruth Massey, Verdene Thompson
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Julie Hostetler, Beata Gray
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Julie Hostetler, Beata Gray
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Julie Hostetler, Beata Gray, Ruth Massey
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greeters
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Al & Kathy Bauman
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Al & Kathy Bauman
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Metz Kramer & Pete Yoder
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Metz Kramer & Pete Yoder
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ushers
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Brent Miller
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Brent Miller
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Brent Miller
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Brent Miller
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Brent Miller
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add'l events
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communion - World Communion Sunday
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scripture(s) & version
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Romans 12:3-8, Jn 12:24-26, John 6:35
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Isaiah 2:1-4
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Job 42, Luke 13:1-5
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Acts 10:34-48; Isaiah 43:16-21
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Dying or Living
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Beating Swords into Plowshares: It Won't Happen Without a Blacksmith
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God and Suffering
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Bearing Witness: God is Doing A New Thing
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I will mix, knead, and prepare a loaf of bread as part of the sermon, emphasizing how each ingredient gives itself to the loaf. Each ingredient will symbolize membership in the body of Christ and what it means for all of us to be part of a global community that follows Christ. In a loaf of bread, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. So it is for the body of Christ. We will share the elements of communion by coming forward and sharing the elements in groups around small tables. We will sing hymns while sharing the bread and juice.
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Isaiah 2:1-4 is one of the beautiful, prophetic texts of the Old Testament that provides touchable images of the peace that God wishes for humankind. In this instance, the image is that of beating swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. We have faith that will happen, and yet we have lived through two horrendous unnecessary wars in this past decade –that of Iraq and Afghanistan. Costs, loss of life, and suffering have been enormous. We mourn for those lost. In view of our faith tenets against war, how can we express our voice in both faithful ways and effective ways? Is there an effective way? There may be, but it will take hard work and sacrifice. We will all need to be blacksmiths of sorts, each to our own way. Today, we will delve into these questions together.
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Human beings suffer, and we struggle to understand how we are to understand God in the midst of that suffering. Using texts from the book of Luke and Job, we will discard the theology that claims God causes suffering. We will lay out a theology that explores how God interacts with a complex created world, continually bringing good out of chaos and evil. Further, when suffering happens in the midst of this, God stands with us.
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This is the 3rd of our Hot Topic Series and will focus on our affirmation of welcome to persons who are gay and lesbian and also that we stand in solidarity with them. We will do that using Scripture –Acts 10, which is the story of God’s vision given to Peter and Peter’s ministry to Cornelius/the Gentiles. Peter’s acceptance of this charge and recognizing Gentiles as worthy people was bearing witness to God’s doing new things and creating a new kingdom. This is distinctly new, not just a modification of the old somehow. Barriers are swept away. We thus bear witness to all people being God’s loved children and that all are welcomed into our congregational life.
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Nov 2011
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nov 6
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nov 13
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nov 20
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nov 27 Advent 1
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preacher
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Megan Coggins
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Steve Goering
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Susan Ortman Goering
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Pulpit Exchang, Joel Miller, Cincinnatti
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worship leader
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Jennifer Cartmel
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Julie Hart
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Steve Goering
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Austin Kocher
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song leader
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Katie Graber
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Paul Knapke
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Jeff Bixler
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Jodi Quint
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musician
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Tracy Lehman
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Alexander Martin w/ string quartet
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Martin Family pianists
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Tom Blosser
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worship table
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Marlene Suter
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Roberta Gerlach
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Roberta Gerlach
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Kellyn Muller-McQueen, Savannah Freeman
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sound
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Sid Samsi
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Dan Halterman
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Tim Yoder-Tiedt
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Logan Halterman
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offering
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Nancy/Maris Franke, Judy Hartzer, Susan Andre
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Nancy/Maris Franke, Judy Hartzer, Susan Andre
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Nancy/Maris Franke, Judy Hartzer, Al Bauman
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Nancy/Maris Franke, Al Bauman
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greeters
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Marlene & Fred Suter
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Marlene & Fred Suter
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Marlene & Fred Suter
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Kathy & Al Bauman
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ushers
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Conrad Gratz
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Jim Leonard
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Jim Leonard
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Jim Leonard
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children's time
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Beata Gray
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additional events
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Bountiful Table, piano dedication, baptism-Alexander Martin, children's choir
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dedication, Isaac Boone Miller
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scripture
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I Corinthians 12:18-26
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1 Cor 12:1-11; 25-31; Galatians 5:22-25 (The Message for both)
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Luke 17:11-19, I Timothy 2:1-7
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Isaiah 64:1-9, Mark 13:1-8, 24-37
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Spiritual Well-Being: Living the Gifts of the Spirit
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Having Gratitude in Relationship
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Paying Attention:Seeing the Forest for the Trees
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Megan will discuss her experience in the church with mental illness, and discuss why accessibility on multiple levels (physical, emotional, social, etc.) is so important. She will explore common issues in assimilating individuals with disabilities into congregations.
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In this 1Corinthian 12 text, Paul talks about various ways that God’s gifts of the spirit work themselves out in our lives and in faith communities. All these gifts are God-given. For us to live healthy lives, Paul encourages us to find our gifts and share those – in our vocational lives, to our communities, and also internally in our faith community. No one gift should be considered more important than another. They are all God-given. An important role of a faith community is to assist each person to claim our spirit-given gifts and to share those. If we do that our lives will bear fruit – much as fruit in an orchard. Our lives will be filled with peace and well-being.
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All ten lepers knew they were broken and in need; however, the nine could return to their old lives once they underwent the appropriate purity rituals. The Samaritan, the outcast, knew he received a whole new life, and for this he was thankful. He shows us that gratitude needs a touchstone, the realization that it didn't need to happen. He had that touchstone. He knew it was a pure gift. In the face of that realization, gratitude can be the only response. As we prepare for our own Thanksgiving celebrations, it is appropriate that we share the elements of communion together, reminded that God's love for us is an undeserved, unprecidented gift.
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Advent begins with an invitation to step back and view the coming of the Christ within the broad sweep of human experience. In the midst of the fragility of our economic and political systems, we are given the call to 'pay attention,' 'keep awake' to the Christ who is coming among us. This is the Son of Man, the Human One who teaches us how to live humanly in an inhuman environment.
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Dec 2011
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dec 4 Advent 2
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dec 11 Advent 3
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dec 18 Advent 4
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Christmas Eve
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dec 25 Christmas
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preacher
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Susan Ortman Goering
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Music Sunday
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Susan Ortman Goering
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A service of carols and scripture
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Steve Goering
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worship leader
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Austin Kocher
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Austin Kocher
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Austin Kocher
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Susan Ortman Goering
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Austin Kocher
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song leader
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Phil Hart
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Phil Hart
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Jodi Quint
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Paul Knapke
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Phil Hart
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musician
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Amy Bixler
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Rick Leonard
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Phil Hart
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Tom Blosser
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candlelighters
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worship table
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Kellyn Muller-McQueen Savannah Freeman
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Kellyn, Savannah
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Kellyn, Savannah
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Kellyn, Savannah
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Kellyn, Savannah
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sound
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Sid Samsi
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Daniel Gratz
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offering
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greeter
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Verdene & Gary Thompson
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Verdene & Gary Thompson
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Verdene & Gary Thompson
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Verdene & Gary Thompson
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Verdene & Gary Thompson
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usher
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Fred Suter
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Fred Suter
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Fred Suter
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Fred Suter
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Fred Suter
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children's time
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Beata Gray
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Beata Gray
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Beata Gray
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Beata Gray
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Beata Gray
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add'l events
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communion
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scripture
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Isaiah 40:1-11, Mark 1:1-8
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Luke 1:26-38, 2 Sam 1-11
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Isaiah 61: 1-4, 8-11, John 1:6-8, 19-28
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Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 1:25-35, Luke 2:1-20,
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Luke 2:22-40, Galatians 4:4-8, Psalm 148
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The Spiritual Geography of Advent
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Belonging to the Family
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If John invites us to repent, then Isaiah invites us to believe that our repentance matters. Isaiah delivers a message of comfort to God's people. He reminds us that as we repent and turn away from our past, we are turning toward our present and our future. It is a call to live in hope, to change our perspective; God came; God comes again. God's presence in our lives continually changes the contours of our lives, smoothing our edges, our harsh and hurting places. Isaiah's words defy logic, just as hope in the midst of darkness defies logic, just as a savior baby defies logic. God came; God comes again.
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Isaiah lays a foundation for hope. Hope is founded on the Lord’s love of justice which overthrows oppressive structures, regimes, and conditions in life, to bring wholeness, joy and praise. Our hope is also based on the Lord’s prior action of justice in blessing and granting growth and development. Our hope ultimately falls back onto the one in whom we have hope.
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By God's grace, a child is born. We celebrate our savior, who came as a baby. That child, says Paul, came to give us all a family, a family into which we are chosen, adopted. The Psalmist says all the world rejoices, and today we rejoice with our family and all of creation.
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Jan 2012
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jan 1
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jan 8
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jan 15
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jan 22
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jan 29
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preacher
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Epiphany - sharing by Jen Bierlein & Joe Muller-McQueen
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Susan Ortman Goering
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Steve Goering
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Steve and Susan
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Farewell service for Steve and Susan
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worship leader
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Austin Kocher
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Eliza Wertenberger
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Julie Hart
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Julie Hostetler
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Marlene Suter and Laurie Zimmerman
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song leader
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Galen Martin
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Jeff Bixler
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Erin Leatherman
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Tom Blosser
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Paul Knapke
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musician
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Rick Leonard
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Amy Bixler
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Ron and Savannah Freeman
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Katie Graber
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Eliza Wertenberger
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worship table
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Kellyn, Savannah
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Roberta Gerlach
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Marlene Suter
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Ruth Massey
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Laurie Zimmerman
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sound
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Jim Myers
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Sid Samsi
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Paul Knapke
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Tim Yoder-Tiedt
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Dan Halterman
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offering
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Nancy and Maris Franke, Beata and son
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Judy Hartzler, Nancy and Maris Franke, Beata and son
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Judy Hartzler, Al and Kathy Bauman, Beata and son
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Al and Kathy Bauman, Beata and son
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Al and Kathy Bauman, Beata and son
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greeters
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Metz Kramer & Peter Yoder
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Metz Kramer & Peter Yoder
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Metz Kramer & Peter Yoder
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Metz Kramer & Peter Yoder
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Metz Kramer & Peter Yoder
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ushers
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Tennison Gray
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Tennison Gray
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Tennison Gray
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Tennison Gray
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Tennison Gray
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children's time
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Susan Ortman Goering
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add'l events
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dedication - Piercen Bohnert
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We will welcome 7 new persons to join CMC
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dedication - Graham Streid, membership - Jackson and Katie Maust
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scripture
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Isaiah 60:1-6, Matt 2:1-12
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Mark 1:14-20
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1John 4:7-12; Exodus 3:7-12; Amos 5:21-24
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I Phil 1:3-11
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Finding the Way
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Martin King and Vincent Harding: Inconvenient Heroes
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The Last Word
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Faith Sharing by Joe and Jen on how God has been revealed to them this last year.
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Most people in the Bible meet Jesus while he is on the way to somewhere else. Jesus is the "way" to God, available to us wherever we are on our journeys. While we struggle to find God through our intellect, our institutions, God has slipped in among us in the form of Jesus Christ. Nothing is as we plan; we will continue to experience hills and valleys. God will be with us on the mountaintops and in the deep valleys .
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This is Martin Luther King Weekend, so we will seek to honor MLK and draw strength from Scripture on this important day. We shall talk further about the Mennonite journey of nonresistance to that of engaging culture (with God’s leading) to effect social transformation. We will do this by unpacking the activities of Vincent Harding who was the Mennonite Central Committee activist working with MLK in Atlanta and through the South in the 1958-1965 time frames. Vincent wrote the speech (and others) which MLK presented at the Riverside Church in NYC on April 4, 1967, entitled “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to break Silence.” As I did last year, I will quote MLK directly from that speech as some length. I want to convey the power of that presentation. This was MLK’s raising Lazarus’ speech as we find in John’s Gospel. From here on, King was a marked man, a target for assassination.
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The introduction to the Philippians reveals Paul's fondness for that congregation; his thanksgiving for them is palpable and real. He exhorts them to unity under God, their maker. He encourages them to embrace God's grace and defend the gospel together. He assures them that God's work in that has begun, and God will work with them until the work is completed. These words of love and trust closely parallel our own feelings for CMC.
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