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March 29, 2009
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Gathering
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Prelude
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Welcome and Announcements
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Opening Words
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Hebrews 5:5-10
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Hymns
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WB # 116
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Crown Him with many
crowns
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WB # 614
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In the bulb there is
a flower
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Sharing and Prayer
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Tithes and Offerings
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Hearing the Word
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Children's Story
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Brenda McLey
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Scripture
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Jeremiah
31:31-34
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Hymn
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WB # 251
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How shallow former
shadows
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(younger children are dismissed to the
nursery)
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Scripture
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John 12:20-33
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Sermon
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Time's Up
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Responding to
the Word
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Hymn
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WB # 396
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The work is Thine, O
Christ
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Benediction
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Assisted listening devices
are available at the audiovisual desk.
Please stand and use a
microphone during announcements and sharing
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Worship
Leader: Dallas Schlegel
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Music Leader:
David Breckbill
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Greeters: Steve
& Angela Nitzsche
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Drivers Next Month:
Jerry & Sue Burkey
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Children's Story Next Week: Betta Kym
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Nursery Today: Ruth
Chantry & Evrett Lunquist
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Nursery Next Sunday:
Brenda & Megan McLey
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Calendar
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Mon. March 30 9:00 pm
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Campus Bible Study - UNL Union
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Wed. April 1, 7:00 pm
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Baptism Exploration Group
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Wed. April 1, 7:15 pm
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And/Or?! Group
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Fri.-Sat. April 3 & 4
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MCC Sale - Aurora Fairgrounds
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Fri.-Sat. April 3 & 4
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Peacemaking Workshop - Lincoln
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Sat. April 25, 10:00 am
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Women's Spring Tea
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Birthdays
and Anniversaries
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Today, March 29 - Claire Wiebe
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Tuesday, March 31 - Tammy Gallagher
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Saturday, April 4 - Arla Roth
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Record
for March 22
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Attendance: 79
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Offering $1,676
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March Budget
$10,705
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March Offerings
$8,734
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YTD Budget $25,692
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YTD Offerings
$26,920
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CENTRAL PLAINS REGISTRATIONS - Central Plains Conference
Annual Meeting will be held in Freeman, South Dakota, June 18-21. Registration information is available
below the mailboxes or see David Orr
RETREAT SNAPSHOTS - Check the church website for Craig and
Brenda McLey's snapshots of the March 7 FMC retreat at Beatrice.
SABBATICAL PLANNING - The church has granted David Orr a
sabbatical. He will be on leave during
from May 1 through July.
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Building
Offering and Mortgage Report
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YTD Building Offerings
$6,631
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Monthly Mortgage Payment
$1,101
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YTD Mortgage Interest Paid $2,446
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YTD Principal Paid
$5,923
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YTD Normal Principal
$822
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YTD Additional Principal
$5,101*
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12/31/08 Mortgage Balance
$141,979
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3/31/09 Mortgage Balance
$136,056
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Building Payment Fund
$18,340
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* The additional principal paid in the first quarter has
shortened the life of the 20 year loan by 17 months, or almost a year and a
half.
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The next quarterly Building Repayment Offering will be May
31.
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Announcements
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HOMEMADE FOOD NEEDED - First Mennonite Church is
responsible for providing the following homemade items for the Soup Supper at
the MCC Sale on Friday, April 3 in Aurora:
15 pies, 12 loaves of bread, and 8
jellies
There is a signup sheet posted on the bulletin board for
you to indicate what item(s) you would be willing to donate. Any extra
amounts of food that are not used for the Soup Supper will be sold either at
Priced Foods or submitted to the auction on Saturday. Thanks for your
help!
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FOSTER CARE CLOSET - Last day is
today! Thank you for bringing
donations for the Foster Care Closet at First Mennonite Church during March! If you brought some items today, please
leave them on east side of Classroom #1.
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HOSTS NEEDED - Looking for hosts for the Peacemaking
Workshop, which will be held at our church on the morning of Saturday, April
4. Let David Orr know if you could
help.
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WOMEN'S SPRING TEA
- Get your aprons ironed! (just kidding). All women and girls are invited to
a brunch on Saturday, April 25, at 10:00 a.m. at the church. If you
have a favorite apron, bring it. Sign up to attend by April 12 on the
bulletin board near the kitchen. There is also a sign-up sheet for those
willing to bring food. Feel free to invite a family member or friend
and come join us for a morning of fun!
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BAPTISM CLASS
WEDNESDAY - The Baptism Exploration Group will meet this Wednesday, April 1
at 7:00 p.m. at church.
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CONCERT
OPPORTUNITY - Internationally renowned baritone Kyle Ketelsen will be in
residence at Doane College (in Crete) March 31-April 3, and will be
performing in a concert also featuring Doane choirs and students on Thursday,
April 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Heckman Auditorium. The accompanist for
Ketelsen's solo set is David Breckbill, who in addition will accompany
two opera scenes featuring Doane students. This concert is free and
open to the public.
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MISSING & NEEDED - One book remains unreturned from
the Box of Books: TURN MY MOURNING
INTO DANCING by Henri Nouwen. If you
borrowed this book and still have it, please return it as soon as possible to
David Orr's office or Ruth Chantry's mailbox. We are also looking for volume 3 of INTERPRETER'S DICTIONARY OF
THE BIBLE. Thanks much!
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MCC GOLF
TOURNAMENT - The tournament is June 13th, at Hidden Acres Golf
Course in Beatrice. It's a 2 Person
Scramble with an 8:30 a.m. Shotgun start.
Call the Golf Course at 402-228-2146 to sign your team up or reserve a
cart. Contact Glen Riedel if you need
more information.
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The Peacemaking Workshop XXII is hosting Anna Baltzer, Jewish
American, Columbia University graduate, Fulbright scholar, author, and
granddaughter of Holocaust refugees.
Anna is touring the US with her book, Witness in Palestine: A
Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories. She will be in Lincoln
for three unique presentations:
Friday, April 3
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1:00 pm - "Conflict
& Peacemaking in Israel / Palestine:
A Historic Overview" - Nebraska Wesleyan
University (5000 St. Paul Ave.), Miller Chapel, Old Main Building
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7:00 pm -- "Life in
Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness
Stories & Photos"-
First United
Methodist Church (50th Street & St. Paul Ave.)
Saturday, April 4
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8:30 am - "The
Next Step: Taking Action for Peace with Justice in Israel/Palestine!" -
First Mennonite
Church (7300 Holdrege)
The Peacemaking
Workshop is an annual ecumenical
gathering to share perspectives and foster discussion and action on
peacemaking, justice, and conflict transformation. For more info: www.fmclincoln.org/peacemaking_workshop/2009 or call 466-1906.
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