People:
God’s nourishing power in every grain and
loaf.
Leader: I
believe that Christ is to be leaven in us,
All:
so that we may offer the bread of
life
to the hungers of every human
heart.
Opening
Prayer
Music for Meditation Katie Aucremann
CONFESSION
Prayer of Confession
Words of Assurance
Put Peace into Each Other's HandsGreen #87
Hearing God’s Word
Scripture
Reading Derek Yoder
Leader:Listen
for the Word of the Lord.
People:Our ears
are open.
John 6: 25-40 (p. 867)
Leader:This is
the Word of the Lord.
People:Thanks
be to God!
Children’s Time
Laurie Yoder
Heart with Loving Heart UnitedBlue #420
Meditation: IngredientsLaurie Yoder
You've Got a Place at the Welcome TableGreen
#4
Meditation: Waiting
They
That Wait Upon the LordBlue #584
Meditation:
Fulfillment
RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD
Become
To Us the Living BreadBlue #475
Offering
(Please pass the Friendship Register in your row)
Offertory:Katie Aucremann
Congregational
Sharing and Prayer
Leader:Lord,
in your mercy/goodness,
People:hear our
prayer.
SENDING
Praise God From Whom All
Blessings FlowBlue #118
Words
of Blessing
Please join us downstairs in the Fellowship Hall
immediately
after the service for coffee and refreshments.
Prayers
of the People
·For
Carol Bohnert as she goes through testing and rehabilitation following a minor stroke;
for her family as they care for her
·For
Joe McHugh and Crystal Langys who were married on Friday
·For Chad
Friesen, Todd’s brother, struggling with ill health; for Todd, Dennette and
Jasmine as they spend this week with him
·For Lauren
Eby (Kermit’s daughter) and her fiancé Matt Clemens as they prepare to be
married next spring
·For our Capital
Campaign Committee
·For Katerina
Friesen as she learns and serves with Wheaton’s
Human Needs and Global Resources program in the Philippines
Today
at Our Church
Worship
9:30–10:45 AM
Nursery (for 1-2 year
olds): Darla Bradley & Caroline Steelberg
Coffee
& Fellowship
10:45–11:00 AM
Children’s
and Youth Education
10:45–11:45 AM
Nursery: Karen
Householter & Sharon Parker
Primary 1 (through
Kindergarten, meets in basement library):
Darla Bradley
Primary 2 (1st-5th
Grade, meets in conference room):
Leah Kabira
Adult
Education
11:00–11:45 AM
Peacekeeping Class
Sanctuary
The Faith Journey
Fireplace Room
Patchwork Place
Fellowship Hall
Softball Game
1:00 PM
This
Week’s Activities
Tues
Men’s & Women’s Lunches
at Maxfields
12:00 PM
Thur
Worship Commission
7:00 PM
Fri-Sat
International Gift Sale
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Coming
Events
Aug 17
John Preaching
Nursery:
Ken G. Kabira
& Hilary Rhodes
Leah Kabira
& Melissa Miller
Capital Campaign Meeting
Aug 19
Todd Returns from
Sabbatical
West Suburban Faith-based
Peace Coalition Monthly Meeting
Aug 24
SummerFest
Sept 12-13
Church Retreat at CampMenno
Haven
Announcements
·Batter
up! Join other LMC youth and adults for a fun afternoon of softball this afternoon at 1:00 PM. All skill levels are welcome.
Games will begin around 1 PM at MadisonMeadowsPark
(east of the church, on the corner of Madison and Ahrens Ave).
·Our International Gift Sale is this Friday
and Saturday (Aug 15-16), from 10 AM – 4 PM in the Fellowship Hall. All
proceeds from the sale go to Global Family Program, Mennonite Central
Committee’s program to help children get education around the world. Please tell
your friends and neighbors and stop by to shop yourselves. Alta still needs
some helpers on Saturday; please contact her if you’re available.
·Our
church flourishes as each of us contributes our gifts in significant ways.
We’re grateful to Charles Unruh and Pete Graber for installing a new
drainage pipe by the parking lot entrance on Monday (in the rain). Charles also
returned on Thursday to help install a sump pump in the elevator pit.
·Bad bulletin poetry is back. (Psst: run for the
hills.) Summer is almost over
No, I do not jest
But at least we’ll have a party
It’s known as SummerFest We’ll eat and talk, swim and sing
At the Richer home out west
Play games ‘til dark, eat some more
Homemade ice cream is the best.
What’s one of the best things about SummerFest on
August 24 at 4:00 PM? No poetry readings. A flyer with more
information is in your mailboxes; hope to see you there!
·Congratulations
to Jill McHugh, who had a busy week.
On Wednesday, her son Mike and his wife Heidi welcomed a newborn daughter. Joe,
her other son, and Crystal Langys were
married on Friday. Congratulations Jill!
Last
Sunday
·Attendance last Sunday:
118
·Offering:
$11,447
·Weekly Giving Needed to Meet our 2008 Mission
Goals
