Verse of the Week:
Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you alone are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
Psalm 25: 5
Worship leader:Kathy Franz
Song Leader: Harley Dyck
Pianist: Riley Dyck
Welcome & announcements
Call to Worship
Prayer
Worship in Song
Offertory
Prayer Time
Worship in Song
Scripture Reading – Genesis 17: 1-8, 15 – 21, 18: 9-15, Nettie Dyck
Message – Walking while Waiting – Pastor Rudy
Closing Song
Benediction
Prayer & Praise
~ Following our worship service we are invited to a youth lunch noon meal. The funds raised will be used to support SOAR Heartland and other youth projects. All are welcome to stay for lunch.
~ We trust that the Mission Exposure experience for Morgan Fehr and her team was a growing and learning encounter. As they reflect on what was planned and done we pray that significant learnings about themselves and God will be life giving.
~ Let us continue to remember in prayer those whom we mention weekly:
– Let us keep Alfred (Fred) Ens and his family in our prayers. He has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and has been undergoing many tests and appointments. He recently has had some liver issues as well. Pray that God would bring clarity and comfort to their family’s journey and healing to his body.
– Nettie Ginter as she continues her radiation treatments.
– Tenley Falk as she undergoes her maintenance schedule of appointments and treatments
– Tim Wiebe as he continues to monitor the results of his treatments
– Austin Penner who continues his stay at the Agassiz Youth Center in Portage la Prairie.
~ Those in various care homes that we remember in our prayers include: Trudy Harms, Helen Janzen, Jake Rempel, Mary Klassen, and Peter E. Hildebrandt
~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 Tyler Loewen in Cambodia with MCC.
Prayer for the Week:
In this Lenten season, O God, we come before you, asking for courage to open our eyes. We want to see ourselves as you see us – the empty and barren places, the half-hearted struggles, the faint stirrings of new life. We come, trusting your grace, waiting for your illuminating word, longing for your healing light. Do not let us be blind to your presence. Shine upon us, O God, and make our paths clear, for we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Youth
~ BMC Youth is for youth in grades 7-12, and happens Wednesdays from 7:00pm-9:15pm
~ For updates follow us on Social Media:
instagram: @bmcyouthmin
facebook: facebook.com/groups/BMCYouth (Group)
facebook.com/bmcyouthmin (Page)
twitter: @bmcyouthmin
or contact Gerry Giesbrecht @ 204-362-7262
Youth Calendar:
~ BMC Youth is for youth in grades 7-12, and happens Wednesdays from 7:00pm-9:15pm
~ For updates follow us on Social Media:
instagram: @bmcyouthmin
facebook: facebook.com/groups/BMCYouth (Group)
facebook.com/bmcyouthmin (Page)
twitter: @bmcyouthmin
or contact Gerry Giesbrecht @ 204-362-7262
February 28 – Progressive Supper (Meet at 5:50pm at BMC or outside GFD at 6:15pm)
March 7 – Bible study
Church
~ Audio services and bulletins are now available at our Church website. The address is http://blumenortchurch.com.
~ Clubs happens on Wednesdays from 7pm-8:30pm for grades 3-6. Call Ang Driedger 204-327-6674, if you need more information.
~ Saturday, March 3 – Deacons Breakfast meeting at 9:30 am in Plum Coulee
~ We are invited to help the family of Margaret Klassen, celebrate a belated 95th birthday this afternoon, February 25th, from 2 – 4 pm in the Cedar Estates Common Room.
~ 1st Annual BMC “I Love to Read” Month. Do you enjoy reading? Do you enjoy winning? Head down to the Library to find out how to win by reading this month!
Community
~ MCI invites all to attend their musical, “Footloose” on March 8, 9, & 10 at 7:30pm with a Matinee performance on March 10 at 2 pm, at Buhler Hall in Gretna. Tickets are available online at www.mciblues.net or by calling 204-327-5891. There is an open house up to one hour before all show times. Free musical tickets for prospective students.
~ March 9 & 10 Promise Keepers Men’s Conference with special guest Darryl Strawberry. Check posters for details. All men are encouraged to attend. https://www.promisekeepers.ca/event/national-mens-conference-winnipeg/
March 11, 7:00 pm -Southern Manitoba Choral Society and W.C.Miller Chamber Choir will present a spring concert in the Altona Bergthaler Church. All are welcome. Freewill offering.
SOAR Volunteers Needed
SOAR Heartland is around the corner, happening March 22-31 at Westwood Community Church. Volunteers are needed to help with breakfast prep (6-8:30am), breakfast clean-up (8-9:30am), lunch prep (8-11am), lunch cooler clean-up (4:30-6:30pm) and dinner prep (3-6pm), dinner clean-up (5-7:30pm), as well as facility cleaning (daytime).
We are also looking for 8,000 cookies, which are sent each day with our teams to their ministry sites. If you can help with any one of these volunteer slots, please contact Kara Friesen at karaf@mbmission.org or 204-415-0670. Come and be a part of our vibrant community!
Church Calendar
Church Calendar
March 4 – Speaker – Gerry Giesbrecht
March 11 – Speaker – Walter Dyck, annual spring Church meeting to follow after a noon fellowship meal
March 18 – Speaker – Esther Zacharias
March 25 – Palm Sunday
March 30 – Good Friday & Communion
Lenten Memory Passage – John 20: 1 – 8
1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen laying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.
March Anniversaries:
March 19 – Jeff & Cheryl Krahn
March 24 – Maury & Pam Peters
March 25 – Cliff & Sue Peters
March 27 – Nathan & Sarah Falk
March 28 – Felix & Heidi Houle
March 31 – Grant & Glenda Fehr
March Birthdays:
2 – Scott Fehr
5 – Markus Fehr
8 – Corinne Peters
13 – Caroline Ens, Loren Entz
14 – Ryan Dyck
15 – Elizabeth Peters, Erica Rempel
16 – Helen Janzen
17 – Ken Fehr, Ray Klassen
18 – Menno Dyck
20 – Armin Ens
24 – Becky Froese
26 – Kim Ginter
29 – Ed Hildebrandt
31 – Peter D Zacharias