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April 25, 2010
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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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Hymns
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WB # 90
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For the fruit of all
creation
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WB # 417
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All who love and
serve your city
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Sharing and Prayer
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Children's Story
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Marvin Gerritse &
Marty Roth
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Tithes and Offerings
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Hymn
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WB # 391
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God, whose farm is
all creation
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(younger children are dismissed to the
nursery)
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Hearing the Word
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Scripture
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Ezekiel 28:11-12,
15-19
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Sermon
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"The Unrighteousness
Of Your Trade"
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Responding to
the Word
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Prayer of Confession
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Leader
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O Lord, we humble ourselves before you.
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People
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We confess our sins to you, our God.
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Leader
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We seek to be righteous as individuals
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People
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but are unconcerned as a nation.
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Leader
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You love and sustain all people.
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People
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We limit our concern and compassion to people we know.
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Leader
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God of the weak
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People
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grant us your forgiveness.
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Leader
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Our comfort and ease depend upon people we will never
meet.
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People
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We close our hearts to their stories.
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Leader
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From their hands we import abundance.
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People
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To their communities we export deprivation and
suffering.
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Leader
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Our many goods bring us joy and pleasure.
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People
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Those who produce them are afflicted with hardship and
sorrow.
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Leader
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God of the wounded,
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People
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grant us your forgiveness.
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Leader
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We hear the lamentation for the King of Tyre.
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People
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We will not profane our worship with unrighteous trade.
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Leader
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Give us, and our nation, your wisdom.
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People
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Restore us to your blameless path.
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Leader
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Lead us away from iniquity in our commerce.
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People
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Let us remove all violence from our trade.
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Leader
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God of the weak and the wounded
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People
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grant us your forgiveness and lead us in your paths of
righteousness.
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Leader
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Lord, hear our prayer.
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People
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Amen.
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Words of Assurance
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Hymn
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WB # 299
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New earth, heavens
new
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Unison Reading WB # 814
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Psalm 23
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Hymn
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WB # 425
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Come, come ye saints
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Benediction
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Assisted listening devices and large print hymnals are
available at the audiovisual desk
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Worship Leaders:
Kevin & Kathy Haake
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Music Leader:
David Breckbill
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Greeters: Craig
& Brenda McLey
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Drivers Next Sunday:
David & Kendra Wiebe
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Nursery Today:
Derek & Terah Stewart
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Nursery Next Sunday:
Wade & Lisa Thiessen
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Snacks Next Sunday:
David & Sharon Orr
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Calendar
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Tues. April 27, 9:00 pm
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Third Way Fellowship - UNL
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Wed. April 28, 7:15 pm
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Small Group 3 - Breckbill's
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Thurs. April 29, 7:00 pm
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Economic Justice Committee
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Wed. May 12, 6:30 pm
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Junior Youth Picnic - Holmes Park
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Fri./Sat. May 21/22
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Roofing
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Sun. May 23, 12:00 pm
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Potluck & Farewell for Kyms
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Birthdays
& Anniversaries
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Today, April 25 - Michaela Martens
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Friday, April 30 - Britton Fast
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Friday, April 30 - Doug Fast
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Friday, April 30 - David Swisher
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Record for
April 18
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Attendance 108
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Last Sunday $2,253
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April Budget $9,100
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April Offerings
$6,486
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YTD Budget $36,400
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YTD Offerings
$33,002
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April Birthday $54
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YTD Birthday $382
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Announcements
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BUILDING USE - From Tuesday, April 27, through Saturday,
May 1, Juvenile Offender and Victim Mediation training will be using our
building for training sessions from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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FRESH VEGETABLES TO SHARE? - Anyone interested in
helping to plant and maintain a very small vegetable garden on FMC property
this summer, please contact Rhonda or David Brubacher, 617-4754.
The vegetables grown would be shared with members of the congregation who are
unable to plant a garden due to their living circumstances.
HEY JUNIOR YOUTH! - You won't want to miss the picnic at
Holmes Lake Park. It's on Wednesday,
May 12 at 6:30 p.m. Don't forget to
bring your parents and come for games, food, and fun!
COMMON GOOD FARM (Ruth & Evrett) ORGANIC VEGGIE &
HERB PLANT SALE - Tons of great certified organic plants; many open
pollinated varieties to choose from.
Tomatoes (pastes, slicers, reds, yellow, long & short season),
broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, chard, lettuce, raspberry plants, herbs
(culinary & a few medicinals), peppers, cucumbers, zucchini...and
more. Organic eggs also available at
the sale. Sale hours are:
April 30 from 9 am - 6 pm: May 1 from 9 am - 3 pm
May 8 from 9 am - 3 pm: May 9 from 9 am - 3 pm
Call if you have questions! We're 1 1/2 miles north of
Raymond Rd on NW 40th. Only 15 miles NW of Lincoln. We're at Old Cheney Road Farmers Market Sundays from 10 am - 2
pm April 25 through the end of June. www.commongoodfarm.com
POTLUCK AND FAREWELL - Put Sunday, May 23 on your
calendars. We will have a potluck lunch and a farewell for Marlin and Betta
Kym. There will be no potluck on the
usual third Sunday in May.
DIRECTORY CHANGE - Please change Rick and Wanda Stauffer's
email addresses in your church directory.
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ROOFING HELP NEEDED - Plans are being made to roof Tom
Hoffman's house on Friday, May 21 late afternoon and evening and Saturday,
May 22. We will tear off and paper on
Friday and shingle on Saturday.
Please let Wade Thiessen know ASAP if you can help. Thanks.
CONFERENCE DELEGATES - Because of our growing membership,
First Mennonite Church is now eligible to have an additional delegate for the
Central Plains Mennonite Conference which will be held in Mountain Lake,
Minnesota, June 24-27. We may also
send a youth delegate, age 15-20. If
you would be interested in serving in either of these positions, please let
Brenda McLey or David Orr know.
MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT PLANS - When it comes to buying health
insurance, timing is everything.
Buying a Medicare supplement plan is an essential part of your
financial strategy. Our Mennonite
Mutual Aid (MMA) advocate, Susan Burkey, can connect you with an MMA
counselor who can help you determine which plan is right for you.
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PROFESSIONAL MENTORING PROGRAM - Can you imagine going to
another country where your education and work experience mean nothing? Many refugees face this problem when they
come to the United States. By serving
as a Professional Mentor you can enrich your perspective on another culture
while making a different in someone's life.
The program aims to help New American professionals in
setting and progressing along a realistic career path through cultural and
career mentoring. The goal is to get
100% of our participants engaged in the profession of their choice as quickly
as possible. The mentor would have to
commit 4-5 hours a month. We
currently need a mentor in the journalism field and two mentors in the
IT/computer programming field. We
need dedicated mentors who can guide these individuals in the right direction
through networking, job shadowing, career and education advice, etc.
If you are interested, please contact me. Thank you!
Alison Holt
ae.holt80<AT>gmail<D0T>com
(402) 471-4515
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ECONOMIC JUSTICE
& INJUSTICE
TODAY we join other Mennonite congregations across the
U.S. in highlighting MCC's campaign "Abundant Life: Economic Justice for
All" by looking at global trade. Because of unfair trade rules for
the most vulnerable in the U.S. and our trading partner countries, it is
important that "while holding a mug of fairly traded coffee in one hand,
we use our other hand to write" to our elected officials asking for
their support of the TRADE (Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and
Employment) Act H.R. 3012 in the House, and S. 2821 in the Senate.
This TRADE Act will form a framework for reviewing U.S.
trade policy, such as existing agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA and set
standards that help provide stable jobs, environmental protections, public
health, and poverty reduction. If you didn't get a chance to write or
sign a letter to be delivered to our Nebraska representatives during Sunday
School, a table is set up in the fellowship hall for after the service.
The WALL of ECONOMIC JUSTICE and INJUSTICE is up in
the fellowship hall. Please bring in items to put on the
"wall" or set on the table.
You can staple or pin items on or put them in the box on
the table and someone will post them. The wall will be developing and
changing over time to reflect the interests and "finds" of the
congregation, so don't be shy: bring in pictures, poems, jokes, articles,
websites, etc.
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