May 28, 2017

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Verse of the Week:

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.  Psalm 103: 8

Worship leader: Rudy Franz
Song Leader & Pianist: Kirsten Friesen

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

Prayer

Worship in Song

Offertory –

Prayer Time

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading – John 18: 15-18, 25-27, 21: 1-19

Message – “Peter’s weak Love: Jesus’ Delight” – Katrina Schulz

Closing song

Benediction

Prayer & Praise

~ We are grateful that Tenley Falk has responded positively to the medications she has been receiving.  However others in the household have picked up whatever it was that she had.  We continue to pray for health and wholeness for all in the family.  Updates can be found at htttp://www.tenleysjourney.wordpress.com

~ We are also grateful for the rain which fell last weekend.  We have been given great weather for the planting season.  What a marvellous transformation to see how the color green replaces the brown.  Thanks be to God for the rhythms of the seasons.

~ Pray for the thousands of Mennonites in the Democratic Republic of Congo who have gone into hiding to escape the violence that has claimed hundreds of lives.  Pray that God would provide life’s necessities for those who have fled their homes, for stable national leadership and for an end to the fighting.

 

~ From the World Council of Churches: Continue to pray for those impacted by the shortage of food.  More people face famine today than any time in modern history.  Famine has been declared in areas of South Sudan, with Somalia, Nigeria, and Yemen on the brink of famine.  More than 20 million people are at risk of starvation in these four countries alone. Globally, millions more suffer from drought and food shortages.  The UN is calling this the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945. Churches have a prophetic role in calling its members, wider society and governments to make a difference during this unprecedented period of suffering.  To learn more, please visit: www.praytoendfamine.org

~ School of the Kingdom invites you to ‘Met by Love: a Final Tribute to SOTK’! Join us on Thursday, June 1st at 7pm at Gospel Mission Church in Winkler as we worship our Father and share testimonies of the amazing things He has done in and through the school! As the school will not be continuing, this will be our last SOTK event. Please visit our Facebook page for more information. We hope you can join us!

~ Murray & Carol Honsberger are deeply saddened by the death of a close friend and colleague, Carl Campbell, who passed away suddenly on May 19, 2017. His wife, Jody, passed away in 2013.  Together they gave more than 30  years of their lives so that the Yale people would have God’s word in their own heart language.  We are asked to pray that others will take up the challenge to carry on.  Please pray for Carl’s family.  He is survived by 3 adult children, Karis, Emily and Robert and three grandchildren, Jezelee (6), JD (6) and Jaxton (18 mos).

~ Those in various care homes that we remember in our prayers include: Trudy Harms, Helen Janzen, and Jake Rempel.

~We continue to offer our prayer support for Laure and her family, as well as for the Paroisse Missionaire Congregation in Kinshasa, DR Congo; Ryan Thiessen in San Carlos, Mexico; Murray and Carol Honsberger in Papua New Guinea, Eagles Wings Children’s Village in Uganda, Jon & Natalie Neudorf in Chiang Mai, Thailand working with YWAM,  and Andrea Fehr with YWAM in Hawai’i

Prayer for the Week:

  O God, You are the One to whom we reach out, mystery beyond human thinking, love beyond our comprehending.  Because of Your love, You have reached out to us, joining us to Christ, taken us into the very heart of Your divine life.  You, Yourself have come to dwell around and within us, bidding us to follow You.  Guide our minds, our feet, our heart on this journey with You.  Amen.

Announcements:

~ Monday, May 29, Education Committee meeting at 7 pm

~ Audio services and bulletins are now available at our CHURCH website.  We are working at streamlining this, and keeping it current.  Please be patient with us as we continue to update our web presence.  Go to http;//blumenortchurch.com to see what’s new online.

~ During VBS kids will discover that the God who created everything there is—the knowable and the unknowable, the visible and the invisible—wants a relationship with them! Be sure to mark your calendars for July 3-7, 6:30-8:45 pm. Ages 3-grade 8 welcome. Check the insert for ways to help. Contact Sara Wall or place completed inserts into her mailbox. 

~ The Sunday school is doing a one-month giving project in support of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.  All monetary offerings to the Sunday school, for the month of May, will be designated to the Foodgrains Bank, and will be matched by some generous sponsors, to aid in feeding those who are hungry.  Each donation, in any amount, is gratefully appreciated.  Please consider joining us in supporting this very worthwhile project.  A basket will be set up on the table in the foyer at our noon meal today (Sunday) for donations to this worthwhile cause.

~ June 4 is Pentecost Sunday.  This year we do not have any baptismal candidates. However, we would like to give time for affirmation of our lay ministers, Walter Dyck, Jake Friesen and Esther Zacharias, who have accepted an additional term of five years.  We have valued their work among us these past 3 years and would like to show our support for this next term of service.

We would also like to give time for anyone to share how the Spirit has been active in their lives or in the lives of others.  What is it that would be important for the rest of the congregation to hear.  Perhaps a word of encouragement, a challenge, scripture, a prayer, whatever form of sharing would be acceptable.  We would like to end our service with sharing communion together as the body of Christ.

Youth

 ~ Go to http://bmcyouth.blogspot.ca for updates on youth events.  Check out the pages on Facebook named “BMC youth for senior highs” and “BMC Jr Youth for the junior highs”

Senior Youth:

May 24 – Bible Study – John 17: 20-26

June 2 (Friday): Who stole the Borscht (episode 2) with Junior Youth

June 7 – Grad blessing – supper for Grads at 6 pm regular youth begins at 7 pm

Junior Youth:

May 29 – Windup, Grade 6’s are invited to join us. Location to be announced.

 

Community

~ The Salem Foundation Annual meeting will be held on Monday, June 19 at 7 pm in the chapel followed immediately by the Annual Membership meeting of Salem Home Inc. scheduled for Monday, June 19, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the Salem Home Chapel

~ Community event: Forced to flee: A migration Simulation by MCC Manitoba.  In small groups, participants work together in a decision making simulation to preserve health, money and food resources on a flight from violence to safety.  Decisions are difficult.  Outcomes are unpredictable.  Participants gain a sense of the incredible uncertainty experienced every day by displaced persons.  May 30, 2017 from 7- 8: 30 pm at the Gretna Prairie Center 597 Hespler Ave, Gretna.  For more information call 1-204-261-6381

 

Community Blood Donor Clinic will be held at Altona – Rhineland Pioneer Center

            Thursday, June 8th, 2017, 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm

~ Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna) invites applicants for the following term positions available for the 2017-2018 school year: ½ time Art teacher, ¼ time Dance instruction. Ability to contribute to co-curricular programmes, including our musical theatre production, is an asset. Please send resume and cover letter to Cheryl Braun at principal@mciblues.net  or Box 250 Gretna, R0G 0V0, due date May 15.   For more information call MCI @ 204-327-5891.

~ MCI is also seeking applicants for Male Dean. This full-time position is part of the Residence Staff Team. Primary responsibilities involve supervising the res. life of the school and fostering spiritual, personal, and social growth of students.  The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to relate to teenagers, willingness to learn and enjoy team work.  Experience in Camp, Youth or Discipleship Ministries is an asset. For more information, contact Director of Student Life,haroldschlegel@mciblues.net or call MCI @ 204-327-5891

~ Mennonite Collegiate Institute in Gretna invites you to join us for our annual Saengerfest celebration on June 11.  The Worship service begins at 10:30am, followed by lunch (by donation), and a 2:00pm Concert featuring all of MCI’s choral groups in Buhler Hall.  Hope to see you there!

3rd Annual Golf Tournament is now accepting registrations.  The event takes place on Saturday, June 3rd at the Oakview Golf Club in Gretna, for more information or to register contact MCI at info@mciblues.net.

~ MCI invites applications for Director of Student Life beginning August 2017. Responsibilities include oversight of (1) school residence programs (2) non-curricular Christian Life programs (3) student recruitment. Please direct inquires and/or resumes to principal@mciblues.net by June 5th.


~ MCI invites applications for Director of Student Life beginning August 2017. Responsibilities include oversight of (1) school residence programs (2) non-curricular Christian Life programs (3) student recruitment. Please direct inquires and/or resumes to principal@mciblues.net by June 5th

 

~ The Eden Foundation is inviting people to register for their Iron Man Golf Tournament on Monday, June 19, 2017 at the Winkler Centennial Golf Course.  Registration is free.  Call 204-325-53555.  Participants are encouraged to secure sponsorship for their efforts.

Church Calendar

June 4 – Pentecost Sunday & Communion

June 11 – MCI Saengerfest – worship service at 10:30am, concert at 2 pm.  No Sunday school or worship service in Rosetown

June 18 – Father’s Day – Speaker – Kaitlyn Rempel

June 25 – Child Dedication Sunday

May 21, 2017

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Verse of the Week:

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.  One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.  Psalm 145: 3-4

Worship leader: Esther Zacharias
Song Leader & Pianist:  Erica Rempel

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

Prayer

Worship in Song

Offertory –

Prayer Time

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading – Jonah 1, 3, 4: 1-5, Caroline Ens

Message – “The Word of the Lord and Jonah” – Pastor Rudy

Closing song

Benediction

Prayer & Praise

~ We are looking forward to the return of Jared & Kaitlyn Rempel from their trip to Thailand, on Tuesday, May 23.  We trust that your time with family will have been meaningful.  God’s blessings on your return home.

~ Thank you to Jaime, Tenley and Ang for your part in our Songs of Praise Worship Service  last Sunday.  Thank you for sharing another piece of your ongoing journey and speaking to us about the importance of prayer and song.     Updates can be found at htttp://www.tenleysjourney.wordpress.com

~ Pray for the thousands of Mennonites in the Democratic Republic of Congo who have gone into hiding to escape the violence that has claimed hundreds of lives.  Pray that God would provide life’s necessities for those who have fled their homes, for stable national leadership and for an end to the fighting.

~ From the World Council of Churches: Join churches worldwide on 21 May 2017 to pray for an end to famine.
More people face famine today than any time in modern history.  Famine has been declared in areas of South Sudan, with Somalia, Nigeria, and Yemen on the brink of famine.  More than 20 million people are at risk of starvation in these four countries alone. Globally, millions more suffer from drought and food shortages.  The UN is calling this the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945. Churches have a prophetic role in calling its members, wider society and governments to make a difference during this unprecedented period of suffering.  On 21 May 2017, we are joining together across countries, languages and traditions to respond to the global hunger crisis in our churches, in our prayers and through our actions.  Join us.
To learn more, please visit: www.praytoendfamine.org

~ Those in various care homes that we remember in our prayers include: Trudy Harms, Helen Janzen, and Jake Rempel.

~We continue to offer our prayer support for Laure and her family, as well as for the Paroisse Missionaire Congregation in Kinshasa, DR Congo; Ryan Thiessen in San Carlos, Mexico; Murray and Carol Honsberger in Papua New Guinea, Eagles Wings Children’s Village in Uganda, Jon & Natalie Neudorf in Chiang Mai, Thailand working with YWAM,  and Andrea Fehr with YWAM in Hawai’i

Prayer for the Week:

 God of truth, save us from a religion of mere words; from repeating pious phrases which have lost their meaning; from uttering empty prayers which have no soul; from calling Jesus ‘Lord, Lord’, when we fail to own His sovereignty.  We pray that the Gospel may come into our lives not in word only, but also in the power of the Spirit and that our love may not be a matter of words or talk, but that it is genuine and show itself in action.  Help us, our Father, to mean this prayer as we ask it in the name of Jesus our Lord.  Amen.

Youth

~ Go to http://blumenortchurch.com for updates regarding youth events. For the most recent updates, check out the groups on Facebook named “BMC Youth”, and “BMC Jr Youth” or contact Youth Pastor Gerry Giesbrecht @ 204-362-7262

Senior Youth:

May 24 – Bible Study – John 17: 20-26

June 2 (Friday): Who stole the Borscht (episode 2) with Junior Youth

Junior Youth:

May 22 – No Youth – Victoria Day

May 29 – Windup, Grade 6’s are invited to join us. Location to be announced.

A Young Adult event is scheduled for Saturday, May 27 at the Elevaro Escape Room.  Cost is $25.00 per person.   Contact Gerry or Cassie for more information. 

Church

~ Audio services and bulletins are now available at our CHURCH website.  We are working at streamlining this, and keeping it current.  Please be patient with us as we continue to update our web presence.  Go to http;//blumenortchurch.com to see what’s new online.

~ During VBS kids will discover that the God who created everything there is—the knowable and the unknowable, the visible and the invisible—wants a relationship with them! Be sure to mark your calendars for July 3-7, 6:30-8:45 pm. Ages 3-grade 8 welcome. Check the insert for ways to help. Contact Sara Wall or place completed inserts into her mailbox. 

~ The Sunday school is doing a one-month giving project in support of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.  All monetary offerings to the Sunday school, for the month of May, will be designated to the Foodgrains Bank, and will be matched by some generous sponsors, to aid in feeding those who are hungry.  Each donation, in any amount, is gratefully appreciated.  Please consider joining us in supporting this very worthwhile project.

~ Sunday, May 28 is the date for our church picnic.  We would ask that you bring lawn chairs for the worship service as well as a salad or dessert that can be shared for our noon meal.  Meat, buns and refreshments will be provided.   Please note there will be no Sunday school next week.

~ June 4 is Pentecost Sunday.  This year we do not have any baptismal candidates. However, we would like to give time for affirmation of our lay ministers, Walter Dyck, Jake Friesen and Esther Zacharias, who have accepted an additional term of five years.  We have valued their work among us these past 3 years and would like to show our support for this next term of service.

We would also like to give time for anyone to share how the Spirit has been active in their lives or in the lives of others.  What is it that would be important for the rest of the congregation to hear.  Perhaps a word of encouragement, a challenge, scripture, a prayer, whatever form of sharing would be acceptable.  We would like to end our service with sharing communion together as the body of Christ.

Community

~ The Salem Foundation Annual meeting will be held on Monday, June 19 at 7 pm in the chapel followed immediately by the Annual Membership meeting of Salem Home Inc. scheduled for Monday, June 19, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the Salem Home Chapel.

~ Winkler Bible camp will be hosting a + retreat on June 2-4 at the camp.  Guest speaker is Glen Siemens. To register call the camp 2 204-325-9519

~ A Family Day will be held at Winkler Bible camp on June 4.  This is an Open House event and all activities are free, from 2 – 5 pm with a free BBQ at 5:30 pm.

~ We continue to offer our prayer support for Laure and her family as well as for the Paroisse Missionaire Congregation in Kinshasa, DR Congo; Ryan Thiessen in San Carlos, Mexico; Murray and Carol Honsberger in Papua New Guinea, and Eagles Wings Children’s Village in Uganda, Jon & Natalie Neudorf in Chiang Mai, Thailand working with YWAM, Andrea Fehr, working with YWAM in Hawai’i, leading an outreach team to Uganda.

~ MCC MB is inviting delegates for their upcoming Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 8, 2017 from 7 – 9 pm at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Winkler.  There will be reports from local and international programs, plus MCC’s Migration and resettlement Co-ordinator: Arisnel Mesidor will present a keynote address relating to experiences of trauma & resilience in migration.  We are allowed five delegates.  However anyone is invited to attend.  To register contact Nikki Hamm by email: nikkihamm@mccmb.ca or phone 204-261-6381

~ The Eden Foundation is inviting people to register for their Iron Man Golf Tournament on Monday, June 19, 2017 at the Winkler Centennial Golf Course.  Registration is free.  Call 204-325-53555.  Participants are encouraged to secure sponsorship for their efforts.

~ Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna) invites applicants for the following term positions available for the 2017-2018 school year: ½ time Art teacher, ¼ time Dance instruction. Ability to contribute to co-curricular programmes, including our musical theatre production, is an asset. Please send resume and cover letter to Cheryl Braun at principal@mciblues.net  or Box 250 Gretna, R0G 0V0, due date May 15.   For more information call MCI @ 204-327-5891.

~ MCI is also seeking applicants for Male Dean. This full-time position is part of the Residence Staff Team. Primary responsibilities involve supervising the res. life of the school and fostering spiritual, personal, and social growth of students.  The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to relate to teenagers, willingness to learn and enjoy team work.  Experience in Camp, Youth or Discipleship Ministries is an asset. For more information, contact Director of Student Life,haroldschlegel@mciblues.net or call MCI @ 204-327-5891

~ Mennonite Collegiate Institute in Gretna invites you to join us for our annual Saengerfest celebration on June 11.  The Worship service begins at 10:30am, followed by lunch (by donation), and a 2:00pm Concert featuring all of MCI’s choral groups in Buhler Hall.   Hope to see you there!

Mennonite Collegiate Institute’s 3rd Annual Golf Tournament is now accepting registrations.  The event takes place on Saturday, June 3rd at the Oakview Golf Club in Gretna, for more information or to register contact MCI at info@mciblues.net.

Church Calendar

May 28 – Church Picnic – no Sunday school

Speaker – Katrina Schulz

June 4 – Pentecost Sunday & Communion

June 11 – MCI Saengerfest – worship service at 10:30am, concert at 2 pm.  No Sunday school or worship service in Rosetown

June 18 – Father’s Day – Speaker – Kaitlyn Rempel

June 25 – Child Dedication Sunday

May 14, 2017

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Verse of the Week:

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.  One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.  Psalm 145: 3-4

Worship leader: Corinne Peters

Sunday school singing

Welcome and Announcements

Prayer

Offertory – Luke Klassen, Ingrid Dyck

Congregational singing

Dyck Family

Rudy & Kathy Franz

Kirsten Friesen

Friesen Family

Congregational Singing

Ang Fehr, Jaime & Tenley Falk

Closing remarks and sending prayer

Closing song

Prayer & Praise

~ Congratulations to Rachelle & Fred Loewen on the birth of a son, Jackson Blake Loewen, born May 9th at 8:55am. 6lbs 11oz., 19 1/4 inches. Tanner is a great big brother and so in love!  May God bless you as you raise your children to love one another and teach them the ways of Jesus.

~ Our thoughts and prayers continue for Jared & Kaitlyn Rempel as they spend this coming week in Thailand with Jon & Natalie.  They are expecting to arrive back home on Tuesday, May 22.

~ Austin Penner was denied bail on Thursday, but the judge is pushing for his case to be dealt with quickly. Linda and Ravin both miss him – please pray for them as well as Austin.

~ Let us continue our prayerful support for Tenley Falk and her family.  The maintenance phase of treatments will continue for some months yet.  We continue to trust that God will provide what is needed on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.  Updates can be found at htttp://www.tenleysjourney.wordpress.com

~ Gerry Giesbrecht is speaking this weekend at a Junior High retreat for the Altona EMMC group

~ Those in various care homes that we remember in our prayers include: Trudy Harms, Helen Janzen, and Jake Rempel.

~We continue to offer our prayer support for Laure and her family, as well as for the Paroisse Missionaire Congregation in Kinshasa, DR Congo; Ryan Thiessen in San Carlos, Mexico; Murray and Carol Honsberger in Papua New Guinea, Eagles Wings Children’s Village in Uganda, Jon & Natalie Neudorf in Chiang Mai, Thailand working with YWAM,  and Andrea Fehr with YWAM in Hawai’i

Prayer for the Week:

   Sing to the Lord, a new song: sing to the Lord all the earth.  Sing to the Lord, bless His name, tell of His salvation from day to day.  Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples.  For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, He is to be feared above all gods.  For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. Honor and majesty are before Him, strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.   Amen.

Announcements:

~ Audio services and bulletins are now available at our CHURCH website.  We are working at streamlining this, and keeping it current.  Please be patient with us as we continue to update our web presence.  Go to http;//blumenortchurch.com to see what’s new online.

~ There are a number of items in the lost and found box.  Please check to see what items belong to you and take them home.

~ The Sunday school is doing a one-month giving project in support of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.  All monetary offerings to the Sunday school, for the month of May, will be designated to the Foodgrains Bank, and will be matched by some generous sponsors, to aid in feeding those who are hungry.  Each donation, in any amount, is gratefully appreciated.  Please consider joining us in supporting this very worthwhile project.

~ Sunday, May 28 is the date for our church picnic.  We would ask that you bring lawn chairs for the worship service as well as a salad or dessert that can be shared for our noon meal.  Meat, buns and drinks will be supplied.

~ MCC MB is inviting delegates for their upcoming Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 8, 2017 from 7 – 9 pm at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Winkler.  There will be reports from local and international programs, plus MCC’s Migration and resettlement Co-ordinator: Arisnel Mesidor will present a keynote address relating to experiences of trauma & resilience in migration.  We are allowed five delegates.  However anyone is invited to attend.  To register contact Nikki Hamm by email: nikkihamm@mccmb.ca or phone 204-261-6381

Youth

~ Go to http://blumenortchurch.com for updates regarding youth events. For the most recent updates, check out the groups on Facebook named “BMC Youth”, and “BMC Jr Youth” or contact Youth Pastor Gerry Giesbrecht @ 204-362-7262

Senior Youth:

May 17 – Bible Study – John 17: 13 – 19

May 24 – Bible Study – John 17: 20-26

Junior Youth:

May 15 – Bible Study

May 22 – No Youth – Victoria Day

 

Church Calendar

May 21 – Speaker –Pastor Rudy – text from the prophet of Jonah

May 28 – Church Picnic – Speaker – Katrina Schulz

 

Youth Announcements

~ Go to http://bmcyouth.blogspot.ca for updates on youth events.  Check out the pages on Facebook named “BMC youth for senior highs” and “BMC Jr Youth for the junior highs”

Senior Youth:

May 17 – Bible Study – John 17: 13 – 19

May 24 – Bible Study – John 17: 20-26

Junior Youth:

May 15 – Bible Study

May 22 – No Youth – Victoria Day

 

Community Announcements

~ The Eden Foundation is inviting people to register for their Iron Man Golf Tournament on Monday, June 19, 2017 at the Winkler Centennial Golf Course.  Registration is free.  Call 204-325-53555.  Participants are encouraged to secure sponsorship for their efforts.

~ The Salem Foundation Annual meeting will be held on Monday, June 19 at 7 pm in the chapel followed immediately by the Annual Membership meeting of Salem Home Inc. scheduled for Monday, June 19, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the Salem Home Chapel.

~ Altona MCC Plant and Bake Sale, Saturday, May 20th 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Coffee and cinnamon rolls will be served all day.  Donations of baked goods and plants are greatly appreciated.

~ Winkler Bible camp will be hosting a + retreat on June 2-4 at the camp.  Guest speaker is Glen Siemens. To register call the camp 2 204-325-9519

~ A Family Day will be held at Winkler Bible camp on June 4.  This is an Open House event and all activities are free, from 2 – 5 pm with a free BBQ at 5:30 pm.

~ Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna) invites applicants for the following term positions available for the 2017-2018 school year: ½ time Art teacher, ¼ time Dance instruction. Ability to contribute to co-curricular programmes, including our musical theatre production, is an asset. Please send resume and cover letter to Cheryl Braun at principal@mciblues.net  or Box 250 Gretna, R0G 0V0, due date May 15.   For more information call MCI @ 204-327-5891.

~ MCI is also seeking applicants for Male Dean. This full-time position is part of the Residence Staff Team. Primary responsibilities involve supervising the res. life of the school and fostering spiritual, personal, and social growth of students.  The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to relate to teenagers, willingness to learn and enjoy team work.  Experience in Camp, Youth or Discipleship Ministries is an asset. For more information, contact Director of Student Life,haroldschlegel@mciblues.net or call MCI @ 204-327-5891

Mennonite Collegiate Institute in Gretna invites you to join us for our annual Saengerfest celebration on June 11.    The Worship service begins at 10:30am, followed by lunch (by donation), and a 2:00pm Concert featuring all of MCI’s choral groups in Buhler Hall.   Hope to see you there!

Mennonite Collegiate Institute’s 3rd Annual Golf Tournament is now accepting registrations.  The event takes place on June 3rd at the Oakville Golf Club in Gretna, for more information or to register contact MCI at info@mciblues.net.

Mennonite Collegiate Institute’s Chamber Choir will be in concert this Sunday, May 14 @ 2 pm at the St. Paul’s High School Multiplex (2200 Grant Ave. Winnipeg).  They will be joining other schools from Canadian Association of Mennonite Schools for a wonderful afternoon of music making.  Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.

 

Church Calendar

May 21 – Speaker –Pastor Rudy – text from the prophet of Jonah

May 28 – Church Picnic – Speaker – Katrina Schulz

May 7, 2017

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Verse of the Week:

O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker.  For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.  Psalm 95: 6-7

When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.  Matthew 9: 36

Worship Leader: Rudy Franz

Song Leader & Pianist: Katrina Schulz & Paige Bergman

 Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

Prayer

Worship in Song

Offertory –

Prayer Time

Children’s Story – Ang Driedger

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading – John 10: 1-18, Ang Driedger

Message – Many Voices – Pastor Rudy

Closing Song –

Benediction

Prayer & Praise

~ We are grateful for the promise of spring, for the warmth in the air, for the evidences of green that begin to emerge, for the opportunity to plant our crops, for the many good gifts that are ours through the love and mercy of our God.

~ Jared & Kaitlyn Rempel are leaving this Tuesday, May 9 and traveling to Thailand to visit Jon & Natalie.  We ask that you would pass on greetings from our congregation.  We are excited with you for this opportunity of meaningful family connections, mutual encouragement and God’s blessings on your travels.

~ We are also grateful that Samara Thiessen, great granddaughter of Elma Kehler, who was able to come home on Friday, April 28.  She is still fighting with the new immunity system and they request no visitors.  Please pray for continued improvement with the new immune system.

~ We continue to be grateful that Tenley Falk has been able to attend full days of school on a more regular basis and even able to fight off a cold without lowering her blood counts.  We continue to pray for you and your family, especially during this busy time of spring seeding.

~ Those in various care homes that we remember in our prayers include: Trudy Harms, Helen Janzen, and Jake Rempel.

~We continue to offer our prayer support for Laure and her family, as well as for the Paroisse Missionaire Congregation in Kinshasa, DR Congo; Ryan Thiessen in San Carlos, Mexico; Murray and Carol Honsberger in Papua New Guinea, Eagles Wings Children’s Village in Uganda, Jon & Natalie Neudorf in Chiang Mai, Thailand working with YWAM,  and Andrea Fehr with YWAM in Hawai’i

Prayer for the Week:

  Lord, your voice has endlessly summoned us to listen, listen up, pay attention, heed, obey, and turn.  So often in our busyness, in our self-absorption we tend not to hear Your voice.  So we pray for ears to be open and attentive.  Call us by name so that we know, call us to You so that we live, call us into the world so that we care, call us to risk so that we trust beyond ourselves.  When You speak and we listen then comes life abundant, beyond all that we ask or think.   Amen.

Announcements:

 

Youth

~ Go to http://blumenortchurch.com for updates regarding youth events. For the most recent updates, check out the groups on Facebook named “BMC Youth”, and “BMC Jr Youth” or contact Youth Pastor Gerry Giesbrecht @ 204-362-7262

~ Go to http://bmcyouth.blogspot.ca for updates on youth events.  Check out the pages on Facebook named “BMC youth for senior highs” and “BMC Jr Youth for the junior highs”

Senior Youth:

May 10 – Games Night

May 17 – Bible Study – John 17: 13 – 19

Junior Youth:

May 8 – Games Night

May 15 – Bible Study

Church

~ Audio services and bulletins are now available at our CHURCH website.  We are working at streamlining this, and keeping it current.  Please be patient with us as we continue to update our web presence.  Go to http;//blumenortchurch.com to see what’s new online.

~ From the Finance Committee:

Income to April 30, 2017 $ 102,099.35

Expenses to April 30, 2017 $ 132,793.28

Shortfall: $ 30,694.28

Thank you for your gifts.

~ There are a number of items in the lost and found box.  Please check to see what items belong to you and take them home.

~ Sunday, May 28 is the date for our church picnic.  We would ask that you bring lawn chairs for the worship service as well as a salad or dessert that can be shared for our noon meal.  Meat, buns and drinks will be supplied.

~ MCC MB is inviting delegates for their upcoming Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 8, 2017 from 7 – 9 pm at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Winkler.  There will be reports from local and international programs, plus MCC’s Migration and resettlement Co-ordinator: Arisnel Mesidor will present a keynote address relating to experiences of trauma & resilience in migration.  We are allowed five delegates.  However anyone is invited to attend.  To register contact Nikki Hamm by email: nikkihamm@mccmb.ca or phone 204-261-6381

Community

“Altona Health Care Auxiliary annual Spring Tea and Bake Sale will be held Friday, May 12, 1:30 – 3:00,

Eastview Place with Crocus Auction. Donated baked items are welcomed. Proceeds towards: Care Home/Hospital projects.  All are welcome.

 

~ The Salem Foundation Annual meeting will be held on Monday, June 19 at 7 pm in the chapel followed immediately by the Annual Membership meeting of Salem Home Inc. scheduled for Monday, June 19, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the Salem Home Chapel.

~ A play, written by and starring Ted Swartz, called Laughter in sacred Space, will be presented on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at Douglas Mennonite Church, 1517 Rothesay St in Winnipeg.  Free Admission.  Offering will be taken for Eden Mental Health programs.

~ You are invited to an evening of music and stories of hope with traveling family gospel band, Double Portion.  Entrance is free with a goodwill donation to help children in Latin America get a quality education.  Friday, May 12, 2017 at 7 pm at the Winkler Mennonite Brethren Church.  For more information, visit genrising.org


~ Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna) invites applicants for the following term positions available for the 2017-2018 school year: ½ time Art teacher, ¼ time Dance instruction. Ability to contribute to co-curricular programmes, including our musical theatre production, is an asset. Please send resume and cover letter to Cheryl Braun at principal@mciblues.net  or Box 250 Gretna, R0G 0V0, due date May 15.   For more information call MCI @ 204-327-5891.

~ MCI is also seeking applicants for Male Dean. This full-time position is part of the Residence Staff Team. Primary responsibilities involve supervising the res. life of the school and fostering spiritual, personal, and social growth of students.  The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to relate to teenagers, willingness to learn and enjoy team work.  Experience in Camp, Youth or Discipleship Ministries is an asset. For more information, contact Director of Student Life,haroldschlegel@mciblues.net or call MCI @ 204-327-5891

Church Calendar

May 14 – Mother’s day, Songs of Praise

May 21 – Speaker –Pastor Rudy

May 28 – Church Picnic – Speaker – Katrina Schulz

April 30, 2017

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Verse of the Week:

But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day that you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.  But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15

Worship leader: Kathy Franz
Song Leader: Walter Dyck
Organist: Viola Fehr

Welcome & announcements

Call to worship

Prayer

Worship in Song

Offertory –

Prayer Time

Children’s story – Caleb Rempel

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading – 1 Kings 18: 1-40, Kaitlyn Rempel

Message – The Lord He is God – Harley Dyck

Closing Song

Benediction

Prayer & Praise

~ Jared & Kaitlyn Rempel are planning to leave on Tuesday, May 9, to travel to Thailand to visit Jon & Natalie Neudorf.  They are eagerly awaiting this trip and are looking forward to spending time with family.  We pray for safe travels, meaningful connections and mutual encouragement to one another.

~ We continue to uphold Tenley Falk and her family in our prayers as ongoing treatments take place.  Updates can be found at: http://www.tenleysjourney.wordpress.com

~ Friday, May 5 is the date for our monthly 24 hour prayer vigil for Eagles Wings Children’s Village in Uganda.  They appreciate our prayers and continue their prayer support for us as well.

~ Those in various care homes that we remember in our prayers include: Trudy Harms, Helen Janzen, and Jake Rempel.

~We continue to offer our prayer support for Laure and her family, as well as for the Paroisse Missionaire Congregation in Kinshasa, DR Congo; Ryan Thiessen in San Carlos, Mexico; Murray and Carol Honsberger in Papua New Guinea, Eagles Wings Children’s Village in Uganda, Jon & Natalie Neudorf in Chiang Mai, Thailand working with YWAM,  Andrea Fehr with YWAM in Hawai’i, Kendra Fehr studying with YWAM in San Diego, CA

Prayer for the Week:

O Lord, open our eyes to Your presence, open our minds to Your grace, open our lips to Your praises, open our hearts to Your love, open our lives to Your healing and be found among us.  Amen.

Announcements:

~ Audio services and bulletins are now available at our Church website. We are working at streamlining this, and keeping it current. Please be patient with us as we continue to update our web presence. Go to http://blumenortchurch.com to see what’s new online.

~ Rudy is involved in leading worship this morning at Eastview and The Gardens on Tenth in Altona.

~ There are a number of items in the lost & found. Please check and take home items that belong to you.

~ The updated pictorial directories are available for $10 per copy.  See Hedy Falk if you’d like to pick one up or stop in at the library and Judy Dyck or Sue Peters will be able to sell you one.

~ We are looking for more people to help out with our audio visuals.  There are openings in each department.  If you are able and interested, check with the nominations committee: Joyce Hildebrandt, Charlotte Klassen, or Armin Ens.  We would welcome you to come on board and fill these vacancies.

Youth

~ Go to http://blumenortchurch.com for updates regarding youth events. For the most recent updates, check out the groups on Facebook named “BMC Youth”, and “BMC Jr Youth” or contact Youth Pastor Gerry Giesbrecht @ 204-362-7262

Junior Youth (Mondays 7pm-9pm):

May 1 – Guy/Girl split night

May 8 – Games Night

Senior Youth (Wednesdays 7pm-9:30pm):

May 3 – Bible Study – John 17: 1 – 12

May 10 – Games Night

 

Community

~ Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna) invites applicants for the following term positions available for the 2017-2018 school year: ½ time Art teacher, ¼ time Dance instruction. Ability to contribute to co-curricular programmes, including our musical theatre production, is an asset. Please send resume and cover letter to Cheryl Braun at principal@mciblues.net  or Box 250 Gretna, R0G 0V0, due date May 15.   For more information call MCI @ 204-327-5891. 

~ MCI is also seeking applicants for Male Dean. This full-time position is part of the Residence Staff Team. Primary responsibilities involve supervising the res. life of the school and fostering spiritual, personal, and social growth of students.  The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to relate to teenagers, willingness to learn and enjoy team work.  Experience in Camp, Youth or Discipleship Ministries is an asset. For more information, contact Director of Student Life, haroldschlegel@mciblues.net or call MCI @ 204-327-5891.

~ Mennonite Church Manitoba is accepting applications for the position of Resident Manager at Camp Moose Lake.  This is a 4 month term position (1.0 fte) from May 1 – Aug 31.  The Manager is directly responsible for the management of Camp Moose Lake, overseeing all aspects of its operation including facilities and the guest group rental program.  Please send inquiries to Dorothy Fontaine 204-896-1616 ext. 256 or dfontaine@mennochurch.mb.ca.  A detailed job description can be found at www.campswithmeaning.org.news

~ A play written by and starring Ted Swartz called Laughter in Sacred Space, will be presented on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at Douglas Mennonite Church, 1517 Rothesay St in Winnipeg.   Free admission.  Offering will be taken for Eden Mental Health programs.

~ Faith & Life choirs Spring Concerts entitled, Heaven & Earth Testify on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 3 pm in the Morden Mennonite Church.  A freewill offering will be taken. 

~ You are invited to an evening of music and stories of hope with traveling family Gospel band Double Portion.  Entrance is free with a freewill donation to help children in Latin America get a quality education.   Friday, May 12, 2017 at 7 pm at the Winkler Mennonite Brethren Church.  For more information, visit genrising.org

Church Calendar

May 7 – Rudy Franz – John 10: 1 – 10

May 14 – songs of Praise

May 21 – Rudy Franz

May 28 – Church Picnic – Speaker – Katrina Schultz