“Always
be
prepared to give
an answer to
everyone who
asks you to give
the reason for
the hope that
you have. But
do this with
gentleness and
respect, keeping
a clear
conscience…”
1 Peter 3:15b-16a
January 18, 2015
Peace Mennonite Church
11571 Daniels Road
Richmond, B.C. V6X 1M7
Phone: 604.278.0111
Lead Pastor: Tim Kuepfer [email protected]
Pastor of Youth & Young Adults: Jon Gifford [email protected]
Pastor of Family Ministries: Brittani Gifford [email protected]
Pastor of Senior’s Ministry: Linda Enns [email protected]
Office Administrator: Heidi McAlary [email protected]
Website: www.peacemennonite.ca
Our Mennonite Church Vision Statement:
God calls us to be followers of Jesus Christ and, by the power of the
Holy Spirit to grow as communities of grace, joy and peace
so that God’s healing and hope flow through us to the world.
Peace Mennonite Church
January 18, 2015 – 9:30 AM
Celebration
Prelude ................................................................ John Kroeker
Welcome & Call to Worship ............................. Sandra Kuepfer
Announcements
Worship in Song
Prayer of Confession and Words of Assurance
Teaching
*Children’s Worship ......................................... Diedre Sportack
Scripture: Matt. 28:18-20, Mark 12:30-31, Luke 6:37,
John 14:16 ............................................... Mary Zhao
Message: “Claiming Christ, Loving All: Christian Commitment
in a Pluralistic World” ......... Pastor Lydia Cruttwell, from FUMC
Response
Song of Response
Offering
Sharing and Prayers of the People
Sending Song
Benediction
STUDY HOUR
Everyone is welcome into the gym following the service. Coffee
and tea are served.
Adult Study — no adult study today.
Youth — will be meeting in room 1b.
*KIDS TAG – Together After God) — Children are excused after the
Children’s worship to go into the gym.
Pray for our Sunday morning KIDS’ TAG (Together after God).
Pastor Brittani is excited about this year and is looking for more
volunteers. If you able to help, please call Brittani at 778.808.3291
THIS WEEK ~ January 18 - 25
WELCOME TO PEACE MENNONITE CHURCH
We hope that you will experience the goodness of God and the
hospitality of God’s people this morning. Please don’t hesitate to ask an
usher or greeter if you have any questions. Guests, Welcome Cards are
in the pews. Please fill one out and deposit it in the offering bag.
Church Information. There are numerous resources available by the
bulletin board which explains who we are, what we believe, and the
various activities of the church. Please feel free to take them or any of
the periodicals on the shelf.
Offerings are collected each Sunday. They are used to maintain the
staff, the church facility and programs as well as our mission and relief
commitments. As a guest, please do not feel obligated to give.
PRAYER & PEOPLE NEWS
Urgent prayer request for our brothers and sisters in the Philippines as
they continue to struggle with the devastating impact of Typhoons
Haiyan and Hagupit and now faced with the impact of another tropical
storm that struck Dec. 29, 2014. Peacebuilders Community Inc. (PBCI),
including MC Canada Witness workers Dann and Joji Pantoja, are
responding to the needs of several areas hit by floods. They are offering
relief while extending the gospel of Christ and building community. Pray
that adequate resources will be raised for this work.
To donate go to: https://donate.mennonitechurch.ca/project/Hagupit
Fri Feb 20 and Sat Feb 21 the MCBC LEAD Conference and Annual
Meeting will be held at Peace Church. We are looking for people who
would be willing to host some of the people requiring billeting; 1 or 2
Camp Squeah staff, an AMBS Rep and a Canadian Mennonite Rep.
This would be for one night only, if you are willing to help, please contact
Heidi in the church office.
Your Peace Church Council has accepted the request of MCC BC to
extend an invitation to Edwin Baroi of Bangladesh to serve as a
pastoral intern here at Peace from August 2015 to July 2016
through IVEP (International Volunteer Exchange Program). Edwin will
work with Peace staff to provide outreach programs for our community’s
children and youth. He will be involved in the Kids TAG program, as well
as Tuesday’s Foodbank, Kids Zone, and Community Meal. He will also
be helping as a youth and young adult sponsor. Many of you will
remember former IVEP pastoral interns Sophea Rith from Cambodia and
Hyun-Sil Moon from Korea. This is a missional opportunity for Peace
Church to join with MCC in training young leaders from other parts of the
world.
Tuesday – 20
10 AM — Ladies LIFE Group, meet in the fireside room.
Peace Food Bank and Community Meal Schedule
1:30 – 2:30 PM — Prayer in Pastor Tim’s study.
2:30 - 3:30 PM – Food Bank Set-Up
3:30 - 5:00 PM – Food Bank
3:30 - 5:00 PM – Kids Zone
5:30 - 6:30 PM – Community Meal
6:30 - 7:30 PM – Clean-up
7 – 9 PM — Youth Night.
Wednesday – 21
9:30 - 11:30 AM — Mom’s Group. A time for moms with preschoolers
to come together. Beginning this week, we will be meeting in the fireside
room. Call Pastor Brittani at 778.808.3291 if you have questions.
Thursday – 22
9 AM - 3 PM — MCC Blanket-making in the fireside room.
7:30 PM — Peace Choir Rehearsals. Join us for another great
year of music under the direction of Kathy Lumsdon. The only
requirement to join…is enthusiasm!
Jr. Youth. We’re going TUBING! For more
information and to register please call Pastor
Brittani. For all kids in grades 6 – 7. Invite your friends too!
Sunday – 25
8:50 AM — A Time for Prayer in Pastor Tim’s study. All are invited to
join in prayer before the worship service.
Pastor James Wittenberg will continue our series Year of the Bible with
the message: “The Cost of Covenant”, (Luke 14:25-30). Worship
Leader: Sue Nickel.
COMING EVENTS
Tue Feb 10 – 7:30 PM — Council Meeting in the fireside room.
Sat Feb 14 – 9 AM — Peace Church General Annual Meeting.
All Youth Welcome
invite your friends too!
Tue Jan 20 — Youth Night.
Tue Jan 27 — Small Group Night.
You can connect with Jon Gifford, Pastor of Youth and Young
Adults, at: [email protected]
Tue Jan 20 – 5:30 - 6:30 PM — Community Meal. If you’d like to get
involved in this ministry, please speak to David McAlary. There are
many ways to help!
Sat Jan 19 – 9 AM – 3 PM — Life in the Neighbourhood with Karen
Wilk. How can we live ‘in and for’ our neighbourhoods in everyday life?
What does it mean to be present in our neighbourhood? This is a timely
and encouraging event meant to equip all members of the church to be
God’s people. Please join us at Level Ground Church, 31216 King
Road, Abbotsford. The event is free but you must register. Please go
to: www.forgecanada.ca and use promo code “MCBC2014″
Sat Jan 24 — Jr. Youth. We’re going TUBING!
For more information and to register please call
Pastor Brittani. For all kids in grades 6 – 7. Invite your friends too!
Thu Jan 29 - 1 – 3 pm — Thomas Merton: A Man for All Seasons
Regent College, Room 100, 5800 University Boulevard on the campus of
UBC. Thomas Merton is viewed, by many, as one of the most significant
contemplative theologians and prophetic Christian public thinkers of the
20th century. January 2015 signals the 100th anniversary of Merton’s
birth. Join us for an afternoon symposium that touches on significant
aspects of Merton’s life and writings. Speakers include: Jens
Zimmermann (Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Thomas Merton: Christian
Humanists); Lynn Szabo (Merton’s Theopoetics: The Symbiotic
Relationship between Theology and Poetry); and Ron Dart (C.S. Lewis
and Thomas Merton: Mutual Admiration and Soul Friends). Admission
free. All are welcome! Info: 604-988-8835 or [email protected].
Sat Jan 31 – 9 AM - 4:30 PM — Storytelling and the Spiritual Lives of
Children by BC Ecumenical Advocates for Reconciliation at the
Vancouver School of Theology Chapel of the Epiphany, 6030 Chancellor
Blvd, UBC. Register on-line at www.vst.edu $75.00 incl. lunch.
Sat Feb 7 – 1 - 4:30 PM — The 3rd Sto:lo History & Culture Learning
Day will feature Sto:lo Sonny McHalsie of the Sto:lo Siems Anthropology
Department sharing information on Sto:lo History and Culture at St.
Mary's Residential School, 34110 Lougheed Highway, Mission.
Suggested donation, $15 at the door.
Fri - Sat Feb 20 - 21 — MCBC LEAD Conference and Annual Meeting
will be held here at Peace Mennonite Church. The LEAD key note
speaker, Dan Unrau, will be speaking on “Addressing Power & Authority
in the Church”. Please register with Heidi McAlary in the church office if
you will be attending the Conference and/or Annual Meeting as a guest
or as a delegate.
Wed Feb 25 — Registration for Regent College Summer
Courses begins! View their 50+ courses and start planning
your summer. Go to: www.regent-college.edu.
Graduate Students in Healthcare Professions: Mennonite Healthcare
Fellowship (MHF) offers scholarship funding for Anabaptist students to
learn and serve in cross-cultural mission/service settings in developing
countries. Deadline for 2015-16 academic year is May 15, 2015. For
details
and
application
form,
see http://mennohealth.org/SET,
email [email protected], or call 1-888-406-3643.
On-Line Donations are available for digital banking for people
who don't use cheque books, and for those who would like to make
donations, other than at a Sunday service. Look for the "Donate" tab in
the lower right corner of the church home page on our website at:
www.peacemennonite.ca. On-line donations are tax deductible for the
full donated amount but please be aware that for every $100 online
donation, Peace Church receives only $97.50 (because of the 2.5%
processing fee).
Mennonite Church Canada is seeking an Educational Childcare
Worker for two children ages six and three until summer 2016. Parents
Norm and Lillian Nicolson are engaged in a Bible translation and
vocational training ministry in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The successful
candidate will have a spirit of adventure and a desire to relocate to
Africa. For more information, visit
http://home.mennonitechurch.ca/node/481
or
email
Tany
at
[email protected]."
EVERYONE needs to go that extra mile in helping to keep the
church maintained and secure! Doors are being left unlocked
and lights are being left on all night. Please make sure when you
leave all lights are turned off and ALL doors are closed and locked.
If you use things at the church: hymnals, glasses, mugs, chairs,
papers, put all things back clean and where they belong. Please don’t
leave it for SOMEONE else to clean up. The condition you leave the
church sets an example for others. You do make a difference!