January 1, 2017

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New Year’s Day Worship Service

January 1, 2017

Verse of the Week:

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.  Psalm 90: 12

Worship leader:  Rudy Franz

Song-leader & Pianist: Harley Dyck

 

Welcome & announcements

Call to worship

Prayer

Worship in Song

Offertory

Prayer Time

Worship in Song

Time of Sharing – we invite your participation in sharing items of Scripture, song,  instrumental, story, whatever it is that would be important to share with the rest of the congregation.

Closing Song

Benediction

 

 

 

 

 

Prayer & Praise

~ welcome to the first Sunday of the New Year which happens to fall on New Year’s Day. We are grateful that the God we worship and serve is a God of all generations, whose faithfulness extends to the end of time.  We trust that God’s continued presence will

Illuminate the journey of faith we are invited to participate in this year.  We also invite your sharing in our worship service due to the fact that our final Sunday of last year, coincided with Christmas Day.  Thank you for your participation.

 

~ Thank you to all those who helped out with the preparation and serving of breakfast for us on this New Year’s Day.  We appreciate the opportunity to begin our year with food, fellowship and worship.

 

~ We trust that as students and staffs is making their way back to the classroom; they may experience a continued love of learning and also a continued awareness of God’s presence with them.

 

~ Thursday, January 5 we have the opportunity to participate in our monthly prayer vigil for Eagles wings Children’s village in Uganda.  Our prayer support is always valued and appreciated.

 

~Continue to pray for Tenley & her family. Updates can be found at: http://www.tenleysjourney.wordpress.com

 

~ Those in various care homes that we remember in our prayers include: Susan Janzen, Trudy Harms, Helen Fehr, 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

 

Prayer for the week:

God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, whose years never fail and whose mercies are new each returning day: let the radiance of your Spirit renew our lives, warming our hearts and fiving light to our minds, that we may pass the coming year in joyful obedience and firm faith; through Him who is the beginning and the end, your son, Christ our Lord.  Amen.

 

youth

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

Junior Youth (Mondays 7pm-9pm):

The Junior & Senior Youth will resume on January 11, 2017 @ 7:30 pm for an Underground Church evening.

Senior Youth (Wednesdays 7pm-9:30pm):
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.

~ Thursday, January 5 – Education Committee meeting at 7 pm

~ Monday, January 9 – Church Council meeting at 7:30 pm

~ Friday, January 20 – Youth evening at MCI with the musical group “The Color”.  Doors open at 7 pm.  Concert at 7:30 pm.  For tickets call 204-327—5891.   Cost is $5. Per person

~ From the finance committee, thank you to all who have given so generously during this year.

~ Contributions to the mitten tree are welcomed and very much appreciated.  Mittens, scarves, toques, gloves, socks and slippers are welcomed to fill a need in our local schools.  Each week, the tree will be emptied and its contents distributed to a different school in our community.  Thank you for your generosity and kindness.

~ There will be no Sunday school on January 1.

 Church Calendar

January 8 – Speaker – Esther Zacharias

January 15 – speaker – Rudy Franz

January 15 & 16 – Annual Prayer Services @ 7:30 pm

 Community

~ Members of MCM congregations are invited to a special meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2017 (7:00-9:15 PM) at the Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship, 150 Bayridge Ave, Winnipeg.  Updates on various MCM matters will be provided followed by conversation about how the decisions of the Being a Faithful Church could be implemented by and within MCM.  This will not be a decision-making business meeting and attendees do not need to be delegated by their congregation to participate.  More specific information for attendees to prepare for the BFC conversation will follow soon.

 

Mennonite Central Committee:

~ Please join us in prayer for the people of Aleppo, Syria as the number of missiles and bombs has continued to increase. A long-term MCC partner urges our prayers for peace and that this Christmas will bring joy and hope to the people of Syria. To hear more from Aleppo, please visit http://mccmb.ca/stories/pray-christmas-will-bring-joy.

Urgent Prayer Requests from Mennonite Church Canada:

As our thoughts turn to the birth place of Jesus, the Prince of Peace, we are again reminded to pray for people in conflict all around the world. Please also remember MC Canada Witness workers Jennifer Otto and Gregory Rabus, and Karl and Marla Langelotz as they minister to refugees in light of the tragic truck crash into a Christmas market in Berlin. The Otto Rabuses and Langelotzes are Witness workers serving in Mannheim.

 

Bock Ki Kim and Sook Kyoung Park, MC Canada Witness Workers in South Korea, invite your prayers for during a time of great political unrest. President Park Guen-hye was impeached on Dec. 9, 2016 for abuse of power, corruption and scandal. Protestors are calling for Park Guen-hye’s removal from office. Bock Ki and Sook Kyoung have noticed some protestors carrying torches instead of candle lights. Traditionally, torches symbolize peasant revolution. Please pray that amidst the current political crises, Mennonite Church in South Korea may encourage helpful dialogue and non-violent action according to the way of Jesus Christ.

 

December 25, 2016 – Christmas

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Verse of the Week:

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.  Isaiah 9: 6

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

Welcome

Call to worship

Christmas Litany

The Lord’s Prayer

Worship in Song

Lighting of the Advent Candles and Christ Candle

Offertory

Prayer Time

Children’s Story – Rudy Franz

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading – Luke 2: 1 – 20, Riley Dyck

Message – God’s Economy – Rudy Franz, Jonah Ginter, Katrina Schulz, Elizabeth Peters

Closing Song

Benediction

Der Friedensfuerst

Prayer & Praise

Christmas Litany

L: Emmanuel, we affirm that you are God-with-us this Christmas morning and all the days of the year.

P: Emmanuel, we confess that we need both the tender words of the Comforter and the shouted challenge of the herald.

L: Emmanuel, we believe that you are the Shepherd of our lives;

P: We come this morning to be nurtured for strength;

L: We come this morning to be gathered from the scatteredness and fragmentation of our hurried days;

P: We come this morning to be held and carried through the places of pain, sorrow and fear;

All: we come this morning to be gently led into new paths of service as we become, by your strength, your shepherds for one another.

L: And so hear us, Emmanuel, as we pray together your prayer

Prayer & Praise

~ Thank you to Music committee for planning and directing a wonderful evening for all of us during our candlelight service on Christmas Eve.  The “What if” the story had not happened was replaced by the reality of what did take place.  Thanks be to God for such an expression of love, a babe in a manger, a gift to a world in need of purpose and direction.

~ Welcome to our Christmas Day Worship Service.  this morning we are invited to rejoice with the angels for the birth of the One foretold so long ago.  We come like the shepherds ready to worship and bow down, then to go and tell the news about the One born to be our Savior, Redeemer and King.

~ Rudy & Kathy would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the cards, pictures which you have sent our way.  This is a wonderful reminder of all the people who have responded to the call to be the church here in Rosetown.  We appreciate your many gestures of kindness and generosity.

~ We trust that this Christmas season will in its own way, be a blessing for Tenley Falk and her family.  May this Prince of Peace find room in your hearts and minds, even in unexpected ways. Updates can be found at: http://www.tenleysjourney.wordpress.com

~ Those in various care homes that we remember in our prayers include: Susan Janzen, Trudy Harms, Helen Fehr, 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

Christmas Blessing:

May the humility of the Shepherds, the perseverance of the Wise Men, the joy of the angels, and the peace of the Christ-Child be God’s gifts to us and to people everywhere this Christmas season.  And may the blessing of the Christ-Child be upon us always.   Amen.

Announcements:

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Youth

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

Junior Youth (Mondays 7pm-9pm):

The Junior & Senior Youth will resume on January 11, 2017 @ 7:30 pm for an Underground Church evening.

Senior Youth (Wednesdays 7pm-9:30pm):

Church

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:

Expenses to December 22, 2016:        $ 373,405.45

Income to December 22, 2016:           $ 330,662.50

$’s remaining to be paid out in 2016:  $   41,500.00

$’s needed to meet all expenses:        $   77,000.00

Thank you to all who have given so generously during this year.

~ Contributions to the mitten tree are welcomed and very much appreciated.  Mittens, scarves, toques, gloves, socks and slippers are welcomed to fill a need in our local schools.  Each week, the tree will be emptied and its contents distributed to a different school in our community.  Thank you for your generosity and kindness.

~ You may have noticed a new piece of art hanging in the south foyer. Thanks to Kaitlyn Rempel for taking our gifts of praise & thanksgiving to God during our Songs of Praise Sunday in October and creating a beautiful collage.

~ There will be no Sunday school on December 25 or January 1.

~ Sharing Sunday – Each year we have a sharing Sunday on the last Sunday of the year.  However this year the last Sunday of the year is on Christmas Day.  Thus Church Council has suggested that our sharing Sunday take place on January 1, 2017.  As we have in the past, we would invite the congregation to gather downstairs for breakfast at 9 am followed by our worship service to be held downstairs as well.  We invite your participation by bringing items to share such as a story, poem, scripture verses, song, instrumental piece, whatever it is that would be important to share with the rest of the congregation.

Community

Community

~ Members of MCM congregations are invited to a special meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2017 (7:00-9:15 PM) at the Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship, 150 Bayridge Ave, Winnipeg.  Updates on various MCM matters will be provided followed by conversation about how the decisions of the Being a Faithful Church could be implemented by and within MCM.  This will not be a decision-making business meeting and attendees do not need to be delegated by their congregation to participate.  More specific information for attendees to prepare for the BFC conversation will follow soon.

Mennonite Central Committee:

~ Please join us in prayer for the people of Aleppo, Syria as the number of missiles and bombs has continued to increase. A long-term MCC partner urges our prayers for peace and that this Christmas will bring joy and hope to the people of Syria. To hear more from Aleppo, please visit http://mccmb.ca/stories/pray-christmas-will-bring-joy.

Urgent Prayer Requests from Mennonite Church Canada:

As our thoughts turn to the birth place of Jesus, the Prince of Peace, we are again reminded to pray for people in conflict all around the world. Please also remember MC Canada Witness workers Jennifer Otto and Gregory Rabus, and Karl and Marla Langelotz as they minister to refugees in light of the tragic truck crash into a Christmas market in Berlin. The Otto Rabuses and Langelotzes are Witness workers serving in Mannheim.

 

Bock Ki Kim and Sook Kyoung Park, MC Canada Witness Workers in South Korea, invite your prayers for during a time of great political unrest. President Park Guen-hye was impeached on Dec. 9, 2016 for abuse of power, corruption and scandal. Protestors are calling for Park Guen-hye’s removal from office. Bock Ki and Sook Kyoung have noticed some protestors carrying torches instead of candle lights. Traditionally, torches symbolize peasant revolution. Please pray that amidst the current political crises, Mennonite Church in South Korea may encourage helpful dialogue and non-violent action according to the way of Jesus Christ.

Church Calendar

January 1 – New Year’s Day & Sharing Sunday. Breakfast @ 9:00am. Service @ 10:00am.

December 18, 2016

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Verse of the Week:

An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory

Of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid.  I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you;

He is Christ the Lord.         

Luke 2:9-11

Worship leader:  Marilyn Dyck

Children’s Choir and Song-leader:  Ingrid Friesen

Accompanist:  Joshua Dyck

Welcome and announcements

Call to worship

Prayer

Offertory

Lighting of the Fourth Advent Candle – Wesley Klippenstein & Hailey Peters

BMC Sunday School presents, “Christmas in Heaven’s Airport”, written and directed by Luke          Klassen

Closing Hymn – #128 – “Angels from the Realms of Glory”

Benediction – Pastor Rudy

Prayer & Praise

~ Thank you to the Sunday school for leading us in our worship this morning through your presentation of “Christmas in Heaven’s Airport”.  Thank you for the reminder of the great story of Jesus born into our midst, Emmanuel with us.  The Sunday school teachers have all been involved in music, rehearsals and providing leadership.  We are grateful for your participation.

~ The SS students and teachers are very grateful to Luke Klassen for writing and directing this year’s Christmas play.  Luke, you have given much time and effort, first in writing the play, and then in directing us.  You have written well, and you have made the preparation time very fun for everyone.  THANK YOU very much, Luke!

~ The SS also wishes to thank Sara Wall for preparing the backdrops for our play.  Thank you for the considerable time and effort you have given to this, Sara!

~ The month of December is a reminder of the one year anniversary of Jaime & Cody Falk’s family journey with leukemia.  At times it is a long, lonely, seemingly endless story, of appointments, tests & medications with side effects.  You as a family have demonstrated great resilience, patience, and a deepening trust in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus the Christ.  We continue to offer you our prayer support for this Christmas season.  We are grateful that Cody’s knee surgery went according to plan and that he has been able to be at home to continue his recovery.  Updates can be found at: http://www.tenleysjourney.wordpress.com

~ Those in various care homes that we remember in our prayers include: Susan Janzen, Trudy Harms, Helen Fehr, 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:

Son of God, in the bleak midwinter when the light is dim and we wonder where You are, give us eyes to see the stars shine in the darkest night sky.  In the tiny fingers of a newborn baby, we find infinite hope.  In the shadows of our ordinary lives, may we see You open your arms to receive us again.  Remind us that You come to us in the form of a child.  May we experience the light of Your presence in the unexpected places of our lives as we open our hearts to receive Your love.  Amen.

Announcements:

[ Paste announcements here that don’t fit under “Youth”, “Church”, or “Community” headings. ]

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 youth events. For the most recent updates, check out the groups on Facebook named “BMC Youth”, and “BMC Jr Youth” or contact Gerry Giesbrecht @ 204-362-7262

Junior Youth (Mondays 7pm-9pm):
December 19 – Christmas Party, Supper @ 6pm.

The Junior & Senior Youth will resume on January 11, 2017 @ 7:30 pm for an Underground Church evening.

Senior Youth (Wednesdays 7pm-9:30pm):
December 21 – 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:

Expenses to December 16, 2016:        $ 372,158.90

Income to December 16, 2016:           $ 318,229.00

$’s remaining to be paid out in 2016:  $   41,500.00

$’s needed to meet all expenses:        $   93,000.00

Thank you to all who have given so generously during this year.

~Christmas Eve Candlelight Service practices: Monday, Dec. 19 7:30 pm and Thursday, Dec. 22 7:30 pm. Please attend if you are involved.

~ Contributions to the mitten tree are welcomed and very much appreciated.  Mittens, scarves, toques, gloves, socks and slippers are welcomed to fill a need in our local schools.  Each week, the tree will be emptied and its contents distributed to a different school in our community.  Thank you for your generosity and kindness.

~ You may have noticed a new piece of art hanging in the south foyer. Thanks to Kaitlyn Rempel for taking our gifts of praise & thanksgiving to God during our Songs of Praise Sunday in October and creating a beautiful collage.

~ There will be no Sunday school on December 25 or January 1.

~ SAVE THE DATE!  February 3 – 5, 2017!  When planning your winter getaways, mark your calendar for the most fun, fellowship filled, learning, and economical holiday by joining the BMC retreat at Camp Assiniboia.  Speaker:  John Rempel.

~ Sharing Sunday – Each year we have a sharing Sunday on the last Sunday of the year.  However this year the last Sunday of the year is on Christmas Day.  Thus Church Council has suggested that our sharing Sunday take place on January 1, 2017.  As we have in the past, we would invite the congregation to gather downstairs for breakfast at 9 am followed by our worship service to be held downstairs as well.  We invite your participation by bringing items to share such as a story, poem, scripture verses, song, instrumental piece, whatever it is that would be important to share with the rest of the congregation.

Community

~ Faith and Life Male Choir and Women’s Chorus Christmas Concert: Sunday, December 18, 2016, 3:00pm at Emmanuel Mennonite Church (Winkler). A freewill offering will be taken.

~ Members of MCM congregations are invited to a special meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2017 (7:00-9:15 PM) at the Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship, 150 Bayridge Ave, Winnipeg.  Updates on various MCM matters will be provided followed by conversation about how the decisions of the Being a Faithful Church could be implemented by and within MCM.  This will not be a decision-making business meeting and attendees do not need to be delegated by their congregation to participate.  More specific information for attendees to prepare for the BFC conversation will follow soon.

 

Mennonite Central Committee:

~ Christmas Giving: This Christmas bring joy to the people you love and transform lives around the world through an MCC Christmas Giving Project! Each gift comes with a card to give to your loved ones explaining the gift you’ve chosen, such as the gift of health or livelihoods. Visit http://mccmb.ca/christmas to choose a gift today.

~ Please join us in prayer for the people of Aleppo, Syria as the number of missiles and bombs has continued to increase. A long-term MCC partner urges our prayers for peace and that this Christmas will bring joy and hope to the people of Syria. To hear more from Aleppo, please visit http://mccmb.ca/stories/pray-christmas-will-bring-joy.

Church Calendar

December 24– Christmas Eve Candlelight service @ 7:30pm
December 25 – Christmas Day worship service @ 10:30am
January 1 – New Year’s Day & Sharing Sunday. Breakfast @ 9:00am. Service @ 10:00am.

December 11, 2016 – Third Advent

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Verse of the Week:

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 HCSB

Worship leader: Eric Peters
Song Leader & Pianist: Ang Fehr

Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
Prayer
Worship in Song
Lighting of the Third Advent Candle – (Someone from the Ginter household)
Offertory
Prayer Time
Special Number – Lisa Dyck
Scripture reading – Psalm 146
Message: ”Lasting Joy” – Gerry Giesbrecht
Closing Song
Benediction

Prayer & Praise

~ Congratulations and God’s blessings to Aaron Fehr and Tiffany Sabourin on the birth of their son Gunner Rodney on Tuesday, November 29, 2016. This is the first grandson for Rod & Ang Fehr. We want to wish the family well as they welcome Gunner into their midst and accept the responsibility of parenting.

~ Congratulations also to Carey and Jenn Dyck on the birth of their son Braxton Cole on Tuesday December 6, 2016. Braxton is another grandson for Menno & Ingrid Dyck. We wish you God’s blessing as you begin the journey of parenting.

~ Tenley Falk had some good news last week in that her blood count was at a sufficient level for her to come out of isolation. However, that also means that she needs to resume her chemo and steroid treatments. In the meantime Cody was slated for knee surgery this past Monday. We want to wish the family much patience as they take one day at a time in the midst of a variety of appointments and weather complications. Updates can be found at: http://www.tenleysjourney.wordpress.com

~ Those in various care homes that we remember in our prayers include: Susan Janzen, Trudy Harms, Helen Fehr, 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:

We are waiting, O God. We know you work wonders; you announce mysteries, you choose the surprising, you startle the unexpecting, you keep hope, joy and peace alive, you fulfill your promises. May we not only know, may we also practice believing while we are waiting. 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

Junior Youth (Mondays 7pm-9pm):
December 12 – Christmas Carolling
December 19 – Christmas Party, Supper @ 6pm.

Senior Youth (Wednesdays 7pm-9:30pm):
December 14 – Christmas Party, Supper @ 6pm.
December 21 – 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.

~ Thank you to those who took time to clear the snow from the Church yard this week. Your service is appreciated.

~ Contributions to the mitten tree are welcomed and very much appreciated.  Mittens, scarves, toques, gloves, socks and slippers are welcomed to fill a need in our local schools.  Each week, the tree will be emptied and its contents distributed to a different school in our community.  Thank you for your generosity and kindness.

~ There will be no Sunday school on December 25 or January 1.

~ Sharing Sunday – Each year we have a sharing Sunday on the last Sunday of the year.  However this year the last Sunday of the year is on Christmas Day.  Thus Church Council has suggested that our sharing Sunday take place on January 1, 2017.  As we have in the past, we would invite the congregation to gather downstairs for breakfast at 9 am followed by our worship service to be held downstairs as well.  We invite your participation by bringing items to share such as a story, poem, scripture verses, song, instrumental piece, whatever it is that would be important to share with the rest of the congregation.

~ SAVE THE DATE!  February 3 – 5, 2017!  When planning your winter getaways, mark your calendar for the most fun, fellowship filled, learning, and economical holiday by joining the BMC retreat at Camp Assiniboia.  Speaker:  John Rempel.

Community

~ Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna) invites you to attend our Christmas Concerts being held December 15 & 16 @ 7:30 in Buhler Hall.

~ Starting November 28 Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna) Social and Sports Committee are hosting a Toy Drive.  Please consider dropping off a new unused toy, or bring one to the MCI Christmas Concerts December 15 & 16.  All gifts will be donated to the Children’s Hospital.  If you would like more information about what kinds of toys are most required, you can view the Children’s hospital wish list here: http://goodbear.mb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Child-Life-Wish-List-2016.pdf

~  Faith and Life Male Choir and Women’s Chorus Christmas Concerts: Saturday, December 17, 2016, 7:00pm at Bethel Mennonite Church (Winnipeg); Sunday, December 18, 2016, 3:00pm at Emmanuel Mennonite Church (Winkler). A freewill offering will be taken.

~ Members of MCM congregations are invited to a special meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2017 (7:00-9:15 PM) at the Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship, 150 Bayridge Ave, Winnipeg.  Updates on various MCM matters will be provided followed by conversation about how the decisions of the Being a Faithful Church could be implemented by and within MCM.  This will not be a decision-making business meeting and attendees do not need to be delegated by their congregation to participate.  More specific information for attendees to prepare for the BFC conversation will follow soon.

~ Southern Manitoba Choral Society presents: A Christmas Choral Celebration featuring the choir along with Guest Conductor: Karis Wiebe, Pianist: Loren Hiebert, Percussionist: Derek Klassen, and Flautist: Tamara Franz.  There are 2 concerts: Saturday, December 10 @ 7:30 pm in the Winkler Emmanuel Mennonite Church and on Sunday, December 11 @ 2:30 pm in the Altona Bergthaler Mennonite Church.  No advance tickets needed.  A freewill offering will be taken.

The Rhineland Empty Stocking Fund

– December 17, at 9:00 a.m., volunteers will once again be needed to deliver Christmas hampers to their recipients.  These deliveries will be co-ordinated out of the former Sawatzky Furniture building across from the Altona Mall;

– Many people have reached out with a helping hand over the years with the RESF, and we sincerely “Thank You”.

Mennonite Central Committee:

~ Christmas Giving: This Christmas bring joy to the people you love and transform lives around the world through an MCC Christmas Giving Project! Each gift comes with a card to give to your loved ones explaining the gift you’ve chosen, such as the gift of health or livelihoods. Visit http://mccmb.ca/christmas to choose a gift today.

~ Please join us in prayer for the people of Aleppo, Syria as the number of missiles and bombs has continued to increase. A long-term MCC partner urges our prayers for peace and that this Christmas will bring joy and hope to the people of Syria. To hear more from Aleppo, please visit http://mccmb.ca/stories/pray-christmas-will-bring-joy.

Church Calendar

December 18 – Sunday School Christmas Program
December 24– Christmas Eve Candlelight service @ 7:30pm
December 25 – Christmas Day worship service @ 10:30am
January 1 – New Year’s Day & Sharing Sunday. Breakfast @ 9:00am. Service @ 10:00am.

December 4, 2016 – Second Advent

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Verse of the Week:

I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.  Wait for the Lord, be strong, and let your heart take courage, wait for the Lord.  Psalm 27: 13-14

Worship leader: Rudy Franz
Song Leader: Char Klassen
Pianist: Ingrid Dyck

Welcome & Announcements

Prayer

Worship in Song

Lighting of the Second Advent Candle – Dorothy Hildebrandt

Offertory – Taylor Peters

Prayer Time

Deacon Nominations

Children’s Story – Viola Fehr

Worship in Song

Scripture Reading – 1 Thessalonians 5: 1 – 11
Message –“Waiting: A never popular concept” – Jake Friesen

Closing Song

Benediction

Prayer & Praise

~          We are grateful that Mark Miller has been able to return home from the hospital.  However, his continued recovery will take time, so we trust he will be given the strength and perseverance which will be needed, one day at a time.

~Tomorrow, December 5 is the date when the Dr.’s will test Tenley Falk’s blood to see if her levels have improved sufficiently to be able to come out of isolation.  Trying to keep up with schoolwork at home becomes an added responsibility.  We also trust that you as a family will continue to receive the necessary strength and perseverance required for each day.  Updates can be found at: http://www.tenleysjourney.wordpress.com

~ Monday, December 5 marks the date for our 24 hour prayer vigil for Eagles Wings Children’s Village in Uganda.  Let us continue to uphold one another in our prayers.

~ Those in various care homes that we remember in our prayers include: Susan Janzen, Trudy Harms, Helen Fehr, 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:

Christ our Advent Hope, bare brown trees, etched dark across a winter sky, leaves fallen, rustling, ground hard and cold, remind us to prepare for Your coming; remind us to prepare for the time when the soles of Your feet will touch the ground, when You will become one of us to be one with us.  Amen

Announcements:

~ Clubs is on Wednesdays start time is 7 pm!! 

~ “Thank you to all of you who were faithfully praying for us in these last several weeks!! The prayers carried us through many days! So much appreciated!  Mark and Lori and family”

~ Contributions to the mitten tree are welcomed and very much appreciated.  Mittens, scarves, toques, gloves, socks and slippers are welcomed to fill a need in our local schools.  Each week, the tree will be emptied and its contents distributed to a different school in our community.  Thank you for your generosity and kindness.

There will be no Sunday school on December 25 or January 1.

~ Each year we have a sharing Sunday on the last Sunday of the year.  However this year the last Sunday of the year is on Christmas Day.  Thus Church Council has suggested that our sharing Sunday take place on January 1, 2017.  As we have in the past, we would invite the congregation to gather downstairs for breakfast at 9 am followed by our worship service to be held downstairs as well.  We invite your participation by bringing items to share such as a story, poem, scripture verses, song, instrumental piece, whatever it is that would be important to share with the rest of the congregation.

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):

December 5 – games night

December 12 – Christmas Caroling

December 19 – Christmas Party

Senior Youth (Wednesdays 7pm-9:30pm):

December 7 – Christmas Caroling

December 14 – Bible study

December 21 – Christmas Party

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.

~ SAVE THE DATE!  February 3 – 5, 2017!  When planning your winter getaways, mark your calendar for the most fun, fellowship filled, learning, and economical holiday by joining the BMC retreat at Camp Assiniboia.  Speaker:  John Rempel.

 

Community

~ Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna) invites you to attend our Christmas Concerts being held December 15 & 16 @ 7:30 in Buhler Hall.

Starting November 28 Mennonite Collegiate Institute (Gretna) Social and Sports Committee are hosting a Toy Drive.  Please consider dropping off a new unused toy, or bring one to the MCI Christmas Concerts December 15 & 16.  All gifts will be donated to the Children’s Hospital.  If you would like more information about what kinds of toys are most required, you can view the Children’s hospital wish list here: http://goodbear.mb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Child-Life-Wish-List-2016.pdf

~  Faith and Life Male Choir and Women’s Chorus Christmas Concerts: Saturday, December 17, 2016, 7:00pm at Bethel Mennonite Church (Winnipeg); Sunday, December 18, 2016, 3:00pm at Emmanuel Mennonite Church (Winkler). A freewill offering will be taken.

  •                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Members of MCM congregations are invited to a special meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2017 (7:00-9:15 PM) at the Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship, 150 Bayridge Ave, Winnipeg.  Updates on various MCM matters will be provided followed by conversation about how the decisions of the Being a Faithful Church could be implemented by and within MCM.  This will not be a decision-making business meeting and attendees do not need to be delegated by their congregation to participate.  More specific information for attendees to prepare for the BFC conversation will follow soon.

 

~ Southern Manitoba Choral Society presents: A Christmas Choral Celebration featuring the choir along with Guest Conductor: Karis Wiebe, Pianist: Loren Hiebert, Percussionist: Derek Klassen, and Flautist: Tamara Franz.  There are 2 concerts: Saturday, December 10 @ 7:30 pm in the Winkler Emmanuel Mennonite Church and on Sunday, December 11 @ 2:30 pm in the Altona Bergthaler Mennonite Church.  No advance tickets needed.  A freewill offering will be taken.

The Rhineland Empty Stocking Fund

 

– The RESF is now accepting referrals for Christmas Hampers.  These referrals can be called in to 204-324-7167.  When calling in referrals please have the following information:  name of referral, number of children in the family with age and gender of child, address and phone number.  Deadline for referrals is December 9.  Just a friendly reminder that the referrals must live in the R.M. of Rhineland;

– December 10, at 9:00 a.m., volunteers will be needed to help wrap Christmas gifts for these hampers.  This wrapping will take place at the former Sawatzky Furniture building across from the Altona Mall;

– December 17, at 9:00 a.m., volunteers will once again be needed to deliver these Christmas hampers to the recipients.  Again these deliveries will be co-ordinated out of the former Sawatzky Furniture building across from the Altona Mall;

– Many people have reached out with a helping had over the years with the RESF, and we sincerely “Thank You”.  If you would like to be a part of this mission, donations can be hand delivered to Rexall Drugs in the Altona Mall, at the Access Credit Union – Gretna, Altona or Plum Coulee locations or simply by mailing the donation to Rhineland Empty Stocking Fund, Box 2255, Altona, MB R0G 0B0.

 

Church Calendar

December 11 – Speaker – Gerry Giesbrecht

December 18 – Sunday school Christmas Program

December 24 – Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7:30 pm

December 25 – Christmas day worship service at 10:30 am