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Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship
August 29, 2010

GATHERING

Gathering Hymns

Welcome
(Visitors are invited to fill out a welcome card and place it in the offering basket.)

Passing of the Peace

Call to Worship
Leader: God said, ``Let there be light.''
People: And there was light.
Leader: Jesus said, ``I am the light of the world.''
People: And the light shone in the darkness.
Leader: Jesus said, `` You are the light of the world.''
All: And the light shall not be quenched.

Opening Prayer

PRAISING

Hymn

Scripture Psalm 112

Offering

HEARING

Scripture Matthew 5:1-20

Children's Story

Hymn

Sermon Living with the text Interview of John K. by Pastor Joel M.

RESPONDING

Response Hymn Blessed are they STS 41

Sharing Joys, Concerns and Reflections and Introduction of Visitors

Prayers of the Community

SENDING

Benediction

Hymn

We warmly welcome all who are visiting with us today!

We hope you will join us for fellowship time after the service and give us an opportunity to get to know you. Please fill out a visitor card from the pew rack and place it in the offering basket.

We offer the following activities for children:

A supervised nursery, located next to the main entrance, for newborns through age 3
Children's Circle, which meets in the basement during the second half of the worship service, for children ages 3 through 7

A N N O U N C E M E N T S

Please send your announcements to the office by Friday AM to be included in the bulletin. Speak with Pastor Joel before the Sunday service if you wish to voice your announcement at the end of worship.

TODAY

Sunday, August 29 Safe Sanctuaries training , after church (see NOTES for details)
Sunday, August 29 HCATF fitness activity Meet at Morgan's Canoe rental, 5701 St Rd 350, Ft Ancient at 2:30pm for canoeing on Sunday. Let Jean S. know if you are coming.

New City Presbyterian continues their weekly 5pm worship services in our building on Sunday evenings. To aid in the process of leaving the church in a clean and orderly condition for them , please set in order the books in your pew and remove bulletins and any stray items from the worship area. Thank you.

THIS WEEK

Wednesday, September 1 City Gospel Mission

NEXT WEEK

Sunday, September 5 Sunday School starts at 9am

COMING UP

Sunday, September 12 Brown Bag Lunch and Bible study
Tuesday, September 14 Community Meal (5-7pm)
Tuesday, September 14 SLT (7pm)
Sunday, September 19 Annual Congregational Meeting, after service. P lease plan to attend.

Pastor Joel's Whereabouts
Beyond congregational duties, below are some of Pastor Joel's present activities:

Upcoming
Tuesdays this fall - Auditing class at Hebrew Union College, "Faith and Suffering
Sunday, Sept. 5 - Saying farewell and thank you to New City Presbyterian
Thursday, Sept. 9 - Ohio Conference Pastor Peer meeting - West Liberty, Ohio.
Mondays are a Sabbath

NOTES

Next Sunday, September 5th, will be the final Sunday that New City Presbyterian will be worshiping in our building in the evening. They have appreciated the space, but wish to begin worshiping in the morning and will be moving to John P. Parker elementary school in Madisonville.

During the Sundays of September our education hour and our worship will be dedicated to the theme of sexuality. Sunday school will begin at 9:00am and be focused on same-sex orientation, led by the Dialogue and Discernment team. Worship will address all of us as sexual beings under the theme Body and Soul: Healthy Sexuality and the people of God . See the bulletin insert for details and weekly topics.
Please continue to pray for CMF and for the Dialogue and Discernment team so that we can continue to listen to each other's voices, and be guided by the Spirit.

TODAY, August 29 All CMF volunteers who work with children are urged to attend a Safe Sanctuaries training after church. This training is mandated by CMF's newly adopted Safe Sanctuaries Policy and will include discussion of child abuse prevention in our church setting.
Sunday School teachers and helpers, youth sponsors, nursery volunteers including teens, and parents are invited. Following the training, volunteers will be asked to sign a "Memo of Understanding" to signify their commitment to following SS guidelines. Christian Ed hopes that teachers can also use this time for coordinating plans for the school year.

The Annual Meeting will take place after worship on September 19. This is a relatively short meeting with two significant agenda items: Approval of the Budget and the Committee Slate for the coming year.
Please plan to remain after the worship service on September 19 to carry out this annual business of the congregation.
--Church Council

Book Club will meet on Sunday, Sept. 26 after church at Ault Park. Please bring a side dish to share. The book to be discussed is "Peace Like a River" by Leif Enger.

Women!!!! Come gather together at Camp Friedenswald for Women's Retreat September 17-19. Join us for a relaxing weekend or take advantage of the many activities that will be available such as crafts, kayaking, spa treatments, canoeing, floral arrangement 101, hiking, choir, pontoon rides and much more.Marilyn Rossiter and Ruth Detweiler will be bringing the message for the worship services focusing on "Bring one, Give one" (BOGO).Cost for this retreat with lodging is $120.Arrival is at 7:00 p.m. on Friday with departure at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. For more information or to register online go to www.friedenswald.org , or call 269-476-9744. Information may also be found in the CMF foyer.

Camp Luz Father Son Retreat on September 10-11.This retreat is geared for sons who are 9-15 years old, though all ages of fathers and sons are invited (grandfathers too!)We will be staying in cabins, but doing outdoor activities most of the time, weather permitting.
Also on September 11 , E3 Youth Worker Training will be holding "Shaped by the Story", which is intended for those who work with youth. Guest speaker for the day is Michael Novelli. This event is at Camp Luz, however for more information please contact Joe Troyer at jtroyer2gmail.com

September 23 at 5:30pm, there will be a free showing of the film "Fresh" at John Parker School on the corner of Madison and Redbank Roads . The School is working hard to raise awareness of nutritional eating habits as almost all of its students are on free lunches and living in poverty or near poverty level families. Madisonville does not have a grocery store for families with limited transportation to buy food. The school has provided a community garden and is looking for support in empowering its families toward healthy eating. For information on the movie go to http://www.freshthemovie.com/about/ .

Worship Arts Training at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center, Mt. Pleasant, Pa., Sept 24-26. Explore various elements of worship and learn how to tie all of them together, so that worship reflects both God's oneness and diversity more faithfully. Groups of four or more save $35 per person. Visit www.Laurelville.org/worship_arts_training.html or call 800-839-1021 to sign up today. Brian Paff, director of communications, Laurelville Mennonite Church Center

If you have yet to have your new photo taken for the directory, please contact Violet and arrangements will be made. Thank you.

Work and Hope: Finding Christ in the Church ( www.emu.edu/blog/work-and-hope ) is a blog and e-zine dedicated to the experiences and perspectives of young Anabaptists in their twenties and thirties. The blog was created by two Eastern Mennonite University alumni, Jeremy Yoder and Laura Lehman Amstutz, to provide a forum for young adults who are committed to staying in the institutional church but want to discuss what that means. Their blog and quarterly online magazine will attempt to bring together various young adult perspectives about the church.
Yoder came up with the motto ``Work and Hope'' from the inscription to The Martyrs Mirror , which speaks about the perseverance and faithfulness inherent in the Anabaptist tradition. He writes that ``Finding Christ in the Church'' signals the ambivalence many young persons feel about denomination and church structures. ``Ultimately, we believe that our work here is a sign of hope for the church.''
The first issue of the magazine was launched July 20 and focused on the theme, ``Why am I [still] Mennonite.'' They intend to put out an ``issue'' every quarter that will feature a range of perspectives by young Anabaptists on a particular topic. The next issue will come out in October asking the question ``What is Church?'' If you are interested in writing for future issues of Work and Hope, you may contact the editors at workandhope at emu.edu

Stay connected to MCC Great Lakes through quarterly e-newsletter. MCC Great Lakes now offers a quarterly e-newsletter, with news and information delivered right to your e-mail inbox. In our mission to care for creation, we hope this will be an efficient way to keep you informed about MCC in our area. Sign up on our website at www.greatlakes.mcc.org

Lend a HandMake a School Kit, August 1-September 1
As a service project, the volunteers of Ten Thousand Villages of Cincinnati
are launching their 4 ^th annual kit drive through Mennonite Central
Committee (MCC). This year we are collecting school kitsMCC's most requested item. Every year more than 100,000 school-aged children whose lives have been interrupted by war, disaster and poverty receive a draw-string bag filled with new school supplies. These kits are sent all over the world and to poorly funded schools in Canada and the United States.

School kits help students and teachers provide much needed educational supplies while offering a sense of hope and encouragement. Each kit is packed in a hand-sewn fabric bag provided by MCC.

Please join us in making this our best year ever! Your kit(s) may be brought to church and placed in a bin by the coat rack or dropped off during store hours.

Ten Thousand Villages Hours: M-F 10am-6pm
2011 Madison Road Sat 10am-5pm
Cincinnati, OH 45208
513.871.5840

CREATE A KIT: Contents (New items)
4 spiral-bound notebooks (about 8.5'' x 10.5'' with 70-80 sheets)
4 unsharpened pencils
1 ruler (flat, flexible plastic; indicating both 30cm and 12in)
12 full-length colored pencils (in packaging)
1 large pencil eraser

Prayers for Faith and Learning:
This week brings a flurry of activity to the Goshen College campus as students move in and prepare for the start of classes. Please pray for the transitions
underway for students and parents. Remember especially new international students and first-generation college students as they begin a journey in a new culture.

Prayers for the Mennonite Mission Network:
Mennonite Church USA and the Mennonite churches in Congo have a 100-year history. Pray this relationship will continue to encourage and transform congregations on both continents.

Journey Groups

Art and Spirituality
September 19, 5:30pm @ home of Patti G.

Spiritual Journey
Adjourned for the summer.

Men's Group (Open)
TBA

Open Group
Adjourned for the summer.

April 25, 2010

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

New heavens and a new Earth;
Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship April 25, 2010
EASTER 3: FROM THE LIMITATIONS OF OUR SELF- CENTERED CONCERNS, THE SPIRIT INVITES US INTO ENLARGED COMPASSION. OUR TASK IS TO EMBODY GOD ' S CARE FOR THE WORLD.

GATHERING

Gathering Hymns Star of the morning STS 91
                         Heri ni jina (Blessed be the name) STS 75

Welcome
(Visitors are invited to fill out a welcome card and place it in the offering basket.)

Call to Worship
Leader: Learning from Jesus a new compassion,
           we look beyond our narrow margins.
People: In the green pastures of God's plenty
                there is plenty for those in need.
Leader: Near the still waters of God's peace,
            we reach out to wipe away the tears of mourners.
People: Sustained by God's grace,
               we share what we have received.

Procession of the Birds

Lighting of the Peace Candle

Call to Praise
Leader: Spring is risen!
People: Spring is risen indeed!
Leader: Hope is risen!
People: Hope is risen indeed!
Leader: Christ is risen!
All: Alleluia! Christ is risen indeed!

PRAISING

Hymn Praise God from whom HWB 118

Offering Prayer

Offering Sing Me To Heaven , Daniel E. Gawthrop Adult Choir
I wanna be ready, arr. James Miller

HEARING

Scripture Acts 9:36-43

Children's Story

Hymn He comes to us as one unknown HWB 498

Sermon Three Meditations
John 10:22-39, Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9-17

RESPONDING

Anointing of Oil

Response Hymn Lord, listen to your children HWB 353
to be sung during anointing

Testimony One Hundred Words

Sharing Joys, Concerns and Reflections and Introduction of Visitors

Prayers of the Community

SENDING

Passing the Peace

Benediction

Hymn Sithi bonga (We sing praise) STS 94

We warmly welcome all who are visiting with us today!

We hope you will join us for fellowship time after the service and give us an opportunity to get to know you. Please fill out a visitor card from the pew rack and place it in the offering basket.
We offer the following activities for children:

A N N O U NC E M E N T S

TODAY

Sunday, April 25 Adult Choir practice (8:30-9:30am)

THIS WEEK

Tuesday, April 27 Community Meal (5pm)
Thursday, April 29 Council (6:15pm, date change)
Friday, April 30 Cincinnati Faith and Justice Training (7-9pm)
May 1 Facilities Work Day ; please make an ef fort to attend for part or all of the day! (8: 30am-4:00pm)

NEXT WEEK

Sunday, May 2 Baby Dedication
Sunday, May 2 Christian Education Bible Presentations and Teacher Recognition
Sunday, May 2 CE planning meeting for all interested in sub/teaching, after church
Sunday, May 2 Book Club (after church)
Wednesday, May 5 City Gospel Mission
Saturday, May 8 People Working Cooperatively: Repair Affair

COMING UP

Sunday, May 9 Second Sunday Potluck
Tuesday, May 11 HCATF (7pm)

Pastor Joel's Whereabouts
Beyond congregational duties, below are some of Pastor Joel's present activities:
Recent:
Tuesday, April 20 - Oakley Food Pantry
Saturday, April 24 - Oakley Food Pantry volunteer event, UCC in Oakley
Saturday, April 24 - Peace Church Brunch, St. John's UU

Upcoming:
Friday, April 30 - Cincinnati Faith and Justice training, First Christian Assembly of God
Mon-Wed, May 3-5 - Vacation, Red River Gorge.
Saturday, May 8 - People Working Cooperatively
Mondays are a Sabbath.

NOTES

Notes For Worship During The Easter Season
Theme and Scriptures: Our Easter season worship theme is "New heavens and a new earth," celebrating the resurrection happens among us. For your own reflection throughout the week, you may wish to meditate on the lectionary readings for next Sunday's worship: Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35.
Birds: Sunday we will be adding a different bird to the table. Throughout history and across cultures, birds have often been sacred symbols because they travel freely between heaven and earth, and in our own Christian tradition a bird is one of the symbols of the Holy Spirit. Each bird comes from Ten Thousand Villages and represents one of the ways that resurrection hope is active around the world through the work of various artisan groups.
Peace Candle: Each Sunday a Peace Candle will be lit to commemorate the resurrected Christ's first words to the gathered disciples: "Peace be with you."
Testimony - One Hundred Words: Each Sunday, following the sermon, a person will share a personal testimony100 words or less on a theme related to the day .

Book Club will meet on Sunday, May 2 after church at Rod & Mary S.'s home. Lunch will be served. The book to be discussed is "The Soloist" by Steve Lopez.

Repair Affair Day with People Working Cooperatively is on Saturday, May 8th. Bring your tools and meet at CMF at 8:30am. There is a limited amount of unskilled jobs on that day. Let Bob W. or Jean S. know if you can come. Register on line at WWW.PWCHOMEREPAIRS.ORG .

There will be a baby shower for Justin, Erin and Logan W. on May 23rd after the Pentecost meal. -Vita Pontis

Please remember to sign the matte which will border a picture for the NN family. It is on the side table in the back by the mail folders. Anyone interested in being involved in the Prayer Shawl Ministry please sign the sheet by the mail folders. If you can't knit or crochet, don't worry! It's easy & I can teach you, so don't let that stop you. If you would like to contribute toward this ministry you can p lace your contribution in the offering basket. Please mark your contribution ``Prayer Shawl''.
--Thanks, Patti G.

The PJOS Committee will meet on Sunday, May 30 at 9:15 a.m. in the Peace House.

During the month of March Oakley congregations collected over 300 boxes of cereal for the Oakley Food Pantry . Thank you! For April we are focusing on collecting toilet paper to stock the pantry in this category for the coming months. We welcome toilet paper along with regular non-perishable food items.

The Oakley Food Pantry is expanding its service to the community. Among other things, we are hoping to reclaim perishable food items that regularly get thrown out from local grocery stores that are still useable. The Pantry is hoping to better inform people of its work and recruit more volunteers for its efforts to meet need during this difficult time for people. If you have any interest in knowing more or possibly, plan attend an hour long session Saturday, April 24th, from 9-10am.

The Mennonite Central Committee Appalachia program seeks summer staff to assist with the Sharing With Appalachian People (SWAP) program . Meals Coordinators and Job Site Coordinators are needed to facilitate the weekly SWAP service groups, as they work on housing repair for low-income persons. Summer staff should be at least 19 years of age, and they receive food, lodging and a stipend for their service. For more information go to swap.mcc.org/swap/internships or call Colettia at (606) 633-5065.

Greetings from Mennonite Disaster Service,
Summer is quickly approaching and we wanted to inform you about an exciting opportunity for youth that has become available. Youth will have the opportunity to walk alongside disaster survivors in Gary, IN as they assist in the clean-up and rebuilding process from heavy flooding in 2008. addition, there is still space available July 11-August 28 for our summer program in southern Saskatchewan where youth will assist in building a structure to house boys who struggle with addictions.
Learn more about our youth programs in Gary, IN and Swift Current, SK by visiting our website at http://mds.mennonite.net/programs/youth_programs or by calling 1-800-241-8111.

Fair Trade Day is May 8 with events planned from May 1-15, 2010. The theme this year is Fair Trade My Home.
There are four (4) defining characteristics of Fair Trade: 1) a living wage is paid to the workers 2) artisans work in cooperatives where they are treated with dignity, honor and respect 3) long term relationships are built with the artisans 4) environmentally sustainable practices are used.
         In addition to coffee and tea, other Fair Trade products available are chocolate, bananas, wine, olive oil, nuts, sugar, spices, rice, decorative home accessories, jewelry, clothing, toys, flowers, body care items, and sports balls.
         Ten Thousand Villages, a non-profit program of Mennonite
Central Committee, has helped establish fair trade principles and purchases for over 60 years. Excellent materials about Fair Trade Day are available from Fair Trade Resource Network at www.ftrn.org . There are posters, flyers available, even free Fair Trade products for an
organization's event.
         Locally, our Ten Thousand Villages store in O'Byronville will celebrate Fair Trade Day on May 8. Music, food and even a shopping spree are all part of the action. The Ten Thousand Villages education committee includes four members from CMF: Karen D., Hal H., Joel M. and Christine S.. We are available for speaking engagements to talk about Fair Trade. Thank you for your Fair Trade purchases.

Prayers for Faith and Learning:
Thank God for the safe return of the EMU cross-cultural seminar groups and for the rich learning experiences they had in Guatemala and the Middle East.

Prayers for the Mennonite Mission Network:
Don and Jan Rheinheimer have been working with a newly planted Mennonite church in Riobamba, Ecuador for more than a year. Pray that strong local leadership and experienced pastoral leaders may be found to accompany the church before the Rheinheimers' departure in September.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month,

a time set aside to recognize our collective
responsibility to prevent and confront child abuse.

In my work as the Treatment Director at the Family Nurturing Center, April is a very important month. April is the month of the Blue Ribbon Campaign, not only for my agency, but all child abuse agencies in the tri state and nationally.
The Blue Ribbon Campaign began when a Virginia grandmother, Bonnie Finney, tied a blue ribbon to the antenna of her van ``to make people wonder.'' The story she told to inquisitive community members was tragic. It was about the abuse of her grandchildren at the hands of their parents, which ultimately led to the brutal death of her grandson.
This April the Blue Ribbon Campaign will not only encourage the region to understand the problems of child abuse, but will also guide efforts in what we can do to help. Activities planned for April include awareness, prevention, education, and fund-raising. are a number of activities/events throughout the region that you can participate in. Please see below for some of the activities that you can participate in/support:

April 25th , Blue Sunday. Congregations throughout the region will be raising awareness and offering prayers and support surrounding child abuse.

Journey Groups

Art & Spirituality
April 25, 5:30pm @ home of Connie B.
Spiritual Journey
May 18, 6pm @ Peace House
Men's Group (Open)
May 15, 8am @ TBA (date tentative)
Open Group (Open)
May 6, 6:30pm @ home of Mary S.

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