Volume 68 Sunday January 5, 2025 No. 1
Prelude/Accompanist: Katie Wagler Song Leader: Caleb Leis
Worship Leader: Sheryl Leis Message: Pastors Ray & Mike
Audio/Visual: Drystan Bender/Larry Kropf Coffee Hosts: Carol & Owen Cook
Prelude
Words of Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer
Songs of Praise VT #275 “O Beautiful Star of Bethlehem”
VT #274 “See Whose Glory Fills the Skies”
Offering: Mission Partners
Time with the Children
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 60:1-3; Luke 13:18-19
Message Sharing by Pastors Mike & Ray
Song of Response VT#387 “We Are One in the Spirit”
Sharing & Prayer of the Church
Sending Song VT#412 “My Soul Cries Out”
Benediction
Today
Coffeetime in the basement immediately following worship. Everyone is welcome. We would ask that everyone provides their own mug to help simplify the preparation and clean up time. We will provide mugs for those who forget theirs or who come as guests on a Sunday morning.
Please note that we are not having Sunday School classes today.
12 p.m. Private Party
This Coming Week
Tuesday January 7th
- 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Sewing Circle – Everyone is welcome to join us to knot comforters or to quilt.
Wednesday December 8th
- E Z Play Group setup
- 7:30 p.m. Gather for Women’s Bible Study which will begin at 8 p.m.in the MYF room. All are welcome. We have been studying Jennie Allen’s ‘Find Your People’
Thursday January 9th
- 9:30 – 11 a.m. E Z Play Group
- 12 p.m. 12 p.m. High Noon Seniors Lunch at Grace United Church in Tavistock. A homestyle lunch will be served followed by a musical entertainment by Bob Heywood. Cost: Freewill offering.
Next Sunday – January 12, 2024
Teen Challenge Choir at EZMC
Worship Leader: Pastor Mike Greeters: Bethany & Trevor Kropf
Audio/Visual: Dathan Bender/Brian Wagler Offering: MCEC & MC Canada
Coffee Hosts: Megan MacDonald & Russ Schumm
11 a.m. Teen Challenge will continue to share during Youth and Adult Sunday School
EZMC Announcements
December 2024 Donations Received Summary
Offering Schedule – $125,289
Refugee Fund – $1,350
Christmas Eve – $5,372
Treasurer Transition – Effective immediately please direct all questions or correspondence about donations or expenses to our new treasurer, Becky Bender. Becky’s email address is treasurer@ezmennonite.ca.
Christmas Giving Card Project – Worship Committee thanks everyone for their contributions in gift cards this Christmas. Thanks to you generous support we received approximately $1500 in Gift Cards. The card will be distributed between Tavistock Assistance Program (TAP) and Wilmot Family Resource Centre. Thanks again for your support for this project.
You are invited to participate in Sunday Afternoon Services at The Maples and peopleCare on January 19! It’s a two hour commitment at the very most. The half hour service involves reading scripture, a poem or short story, singing and or playing an instrument followed by saying hello to the residents. Ideally, we would have a pianist to accompany the singing. The first service begins at 2 p.m. Please reach out to Pastor Ray or Susan Schmitz if you would like to participate.
Beyond our Church Community
Friday January 10th & Saturday January 11th 7 p.m. Bonhoeffer: Cell 92 – | A cinematic theatre production created by Jerry Holsopple and Justin Poole. This thought-provoking single actor play focuses on the final period of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life, a German pastor and theologian involved in the Protestant resistance to Hitler and National Socialism. Two nights only, at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo. Tickets: uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/bonhoeffer-cell-92
Thursday January 16, 2025 7:30 pm. Anabaptism at 500: A service of Commemoration and Celebration, W-K United Mennonite Church, Waterloo. | A service of music, reading, and reflection on the 500th anniversary of the first adult baptisms in Zurich, Switzerland. uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/anabaptism-500-service
Friday January 17, 2025 7:30 pm Bechtel Lecture | Commemorating Anabaptism’s 500 Years: Anabaptist beginnings and the stories we tell, at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo. Dr. Karl Koop considers our dominant communal memories and the stories we tell, suggesting that in avoiding stories from the margins and stories we have marginalized, we will be left with a situation intellectually unsatisfying, and significantly limiting in our understanding of the past. uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/anabaptist-beginnings
Exciting News! The New MCC Meat Cannery is ready!
Saturday January 18, 2025 from 1:45 – 4 p.m., 65 Heritage Dr., New Hamburg
After months of hard work and anticipation, the MCC Meat Cannery in New Hamburg is complete—and it’s time to celebrate!
?Join us for the grand dedication event ?
✨ Explore the new facility.
? Discover the life-changing impact of MCC’s canned meat around the world.
? Enjoy delicious refreshments and appetizers.
No need to RSVP—just come as you are and be part of this special moment.
For details, visit mcc.org/meat-cannery-dedication.
We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
Saturday January 25, 2025, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Join us for the Great Winter WarmUp!
at the MCC Material Resources Centre, 65 Heritage Dr, New Hamburg
Get ready to cozy up at the Great Winter WarmUp! We’re inviting you, your friends and your family to the MCC Material Resource Centre for a fun-filled comforter knotting blitz. Together, we’ll create handmade comforters that bring warmth and remind those in need that they are loved and cared for. No experience? No problem! Whether you’re a pro at knotting or trying it for the first time, everyone is welcome. Enjoy some hot beverages, connect with great people and help us spread warmth and comfort this winter. We can’t wait to see you there and share some warmth together! For more info, go to mcc.org/events.