East Zorra Mennonite Church
Volume 67 Sunday June 9, 2024 No. 23
Sunday June 9, 2024 – Morning Worship – 10 a.m.
Join Sunday Morning Worship
Prelude/Accompanist/Song Leader: Glorify Greeters: Naomi & Dustin Mogk
Worship Leader: Kim Leis Offering: MCEC & MC Canada
Audio/Visual: Drystan Bender/Brian Wagler Message: Pastor Ray
Coffee Hosts: Gloria & Merv Ropp
Prelude
“Battle Belongs”
“Good Grace”
“Graves into Gardens”
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship & Prayer
Songs of Gathering & Praise
“Death Was Arrested”
HWB #151 “Marvelous Grace of our Loving Lord”
Offering – Mennonite Church East Canada & Mennonite & Church Canada
Offertory “Mighty To Save”
Time with the Children Tyler Yantzi
Scripture Reading: Acts 19:23-41
Message Pastor Ray
Song of Response: “Remind Me Who I Am”
CENT Appreciation
Prayer of the Church Pastor Mike
Sending Song “10,000 Reasons”
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.
11 a.m. All children meet in the blue room. Nursery & Preschool children bring your parents with you. We are planning to head outside for activities in the green space.
12 p.m. JCET invites you to a BBQ hotdog lunch in the green space! All ages are welcome, bring your lawn chair or a blanket to sit on.
2 pm EZMC leads a worship service at peopleCare and at 3:15 pm at the Maples
This Coming Week
Tuesday June 11th
- 7 p.m. Worship Committee Meeting
Wednesday June 12th
- Play Group Set up
- 8 p.m. Vacation Bible School Training Night
Thursday June 13th
- 9:30 – 11 a.m. E Z Play Group
Friday June 14th
- Intergenerational Walk-a-Mile with Campfire to follow at Heidi and Brian Wagler’s. This is a Health Ministry Event. Please see announcement.
- Junior Youth Year End event at the farm of Jay and Lisa Zehr. Please come around 5:30 for hotdogs over the fire and snacks. Please bring finger food to share, lawn chair, fishing pole (if you want) and appropriate clothing for the farm. Pick up 8ish. Address: 656972 15th Line Tavistock.
Next Sunday – June 16, 2024
Prelude: Katie Wagler Accompanist: Katie Wagler
Worship Leader: Jared Yantzi Song Leader: Connie Yantzi
Greeters: Flo & Lorne Metzger Offering: Leadership
Audio/Visual: Dathan Bender/Larry Kropf Message: Pastor Mike
Coffee Hosts: Janet & Marv Yantzi
EZMC Announcements
May 2024 Donations Received Summary
Offering Schedule Designations – $35,234
Staff Congregation Relations Committee (SCRC) would like to let everyone know that our treasurer, Dawn Zehr, will be retiring at the end of this year. We’d like to thank her for 23 years of faithful service to our church. We have started conversations about how best to fill this huge responsibility. Please stay tuned over the next few months as we work through this process.
Blessings Dawn as you work towards wrapping up your role and all the best for your future endeavours.
The Health Ministry Team is Planning an Intergenerational Walk-A-Mile Event hosted Friday June 14 at Brian and Heidi Wagler’s.
We are encouraging the MYF to attend this Retro Youth Activity, often done as an Exchange Weekend, get-to-know-each other event.
Maybe it has been years and years since Former MYF’ers/ Sponsors have participated ? Maybe you have no idea what a Walk- A Mile Event is ?
Then you must attend !
What is better than walking? But Walking and Talking !
Bring a lawn chair and stay for a Campfire/ Popcorn after.
Gather at 7 pm- instructions and walk will begin by 7:15 pm.
The Walk will be across the country property avoiding all traffic.
Suitable for families, young and old alike.
Refugee Resettlement Updates: Daud Tokhi and family passed their interviews May 29th! The date of their arrival is yet to be confirmed, but should be this summer! Our commitment to pay rent for their first years’ rent should begin this year. Secondly, Maryam Mosrafa Al Younes and her family of five, who we co-sponsored with TMC (Tavistock Mennonite Church),arrived safely April 4, 2024. (Following the arrival of the Nouwara & Al Younes and family in 2019, EZ agreed to co-sponsor Nouwara Younes’ sister Maryam and her five children.) Due to the increased prices in housing, the initial costs of the co-sponsorships have risen since we approved these mission ministries. Our initial commitment of $25,000 to co-sponsor Maryam Mosrafa Al Younes and her family of five, should be adjusted to $35,000.
Our commitment to cover rent for one year for Daud Tokhi and familywill increase our costs from $25,000 to at least $35,000. Please prayerfully and generously support our refugee resettlement commitments.
Dear members,
We thank you- and want to give you one last invitation to complete the Serve..eh? . We have gained very valuable and helpful information that will serve our committee and other committees in many helpful ways. If you have not responded but wish you had, the Serve .. eh? is still open -but about to close so we encourage you to still respond as soon as possible! If you would rather respond by paper copy please pick one up in the front foyer or speak to your Gifts Discernment Committee – Wayne Yantzi, Kim Leis, Kristen Cressman, or Ray Martin.
Thank you everyone!
Upcoming Adult Fellowship Events
Wednesday June 26th – Strawberry Social at 7 p.m.
Karen Bearinger will share and Special music by the Ropp’s.
Dessert and coffee/tea following the program.
Save the following dates:
Saturday September 7th
2 p.m. Play “Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz”, the story of the Farmerettes, at Blyth Theatre.
Tickets are $43.00. For tickets speak to Owen and Carol Cook as soon as possible. Deadline to order is July 28th.
We will carpool to Blyth and plan to stop at Swiss Chalet in Stratford for Supper after the play. More info to follow.
Thursday November 28th
Catered Christmas Dinner by Quehls.
Entertainment – “Menno Valley Sound”
Student Aid Applications:
Students, are you considering a Christian school for your education for the next school year? (e.g. Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, Canadian Mennonite University, Conrad Grebel University College, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary). East Zorra is committed to supporting individuals who consider Christian nurture and leadership development to be part of their education. Student aid applications are due June 30th for the 2024/2025 school year (Sept 2024 – Aug 2025). If you are interested in applying or would like to know more, you will find the Student Aid policy and application under the church mailboxes or contact Lisa at office@ezmennonite.ca who can email the application to you. You can direct the completed applications and any questions to Finance and Facility Chair Brendan Leis at b_leis@hotmail.com.
VBS Important Dates
June 1st- Registration Deadline for VBS
June 12th @ 8pm- Volunteer Training and Information Night, at EZMC
June 17th @ 7pm- VBS Material and Decoration Prep evening- Join us to prepare materials and decorations.
July 8-12th- VBS Week- Hometown Nazareth: Where Jesus Was a Kid
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer during VBS, don’t hesitate to reach out to Naomi or Ashley
A reminder that the 2024 Camp Subsidy Form are due by June 15. Please complete and return to Dawn Zehr either by email (gdzehr@gmail.com) or into her church mailbox. Forms are available in the literature rack beside the main bulletin board or by contacting Lisa Suderman at office@ezmennonite.ca
If you have any questions please contact one of the Christian Education Lay Ministers – Bethany Kropf or Jared Yantzi.
Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp is once again offering two weeks of camp for Low Income single moms and their children (between ages 5 to 12) this summer.
For any single parent families in our congregation that are interested in this opportunity, please contact your pastors or any member of the Care Team. If you are aware of single parents in our community who could benefit from this, please also contact us.
If anyone wishes to offer financial assistance or support of any kind, please contact Maryanne Lebold at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp.
Beyond our Church Community
Music at Detweiler Meetinghouse, 3445 Roseville Rd., Sunday June 9th at 3 p.m. (Doors open at 2:45) Join Green Gables Ukuleles and Friends in a “Singalong of Joyful Popular Music.” Information at Detweilermeetinghouse.ca/events. Admission by donation.
Tuesday June 11th 5 – 7 p.m. Hidden Acres 57th Annual Chicken BBQ & 16th Annual Pie Auction Fundraiser. Come and enjoy our delicious chicken dinner that thousands of people have come to know and love. Along with the chicken, your meal includes potato salad, coleslaw, veggies, pickles, a fresh roll, chips and an apple or fresh baked donut.
$20 Small meal (1 piece of chicken) / $24 Regular meal (2 pieces of chicken).
Pie Auction will happen during the meal. Please visit hiddenacres.ca for more details and to order your tickets. Tickets need to be purchased in advance.
Support student calls for the University of Waterloo to divest from weapons of war
Thursday, June 13th 7-8 pm – Meet at Conrad Grebel Parking lot
All are welcome as we sing in support of students calling for the divestment of their tuition dollars from weapons of war, which mirrors Mennonite Church Canada’s call to divest from “companies profiting from the occupation of the Palestinian territories.” We will meet at the Conrad Grebel Parking lot, walk to the outside of the student encampment, and sing uplifting hymns. You can join for part or all of the event, as you feel comfortable. We look forward to lifting our voices and prayers for peace!
Interfaith Counselling Centre – 40th Anniversary Celebration – Come join us in celebrating 40 years of instilling hope in our community. In celebration we are hosting a phenomenal unforgettable event — formal attire, delicious food and live musical entertainment, featuring local talent Daniel Lichti, Angelica Appelman, and Mike and Diana Erb. Wednesday June 19th 6 p.m. (dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.) at Puddicombe Banquet Hall (145 Peel Street, New Hamburg, ON)
Ticket price: $140 / person ($80 receiptable)
Lots of gray hair in your faith community? That’s great! Find out why at the annual Spirituality & Aging Seminar on Friday, June 21st (in-person and virtually) at Conrad Grebel University College. Rev. Dr. Mark Roberts presents “From Problems to Possibilities: Faith Communities enabling those in the third third of life to flourish.” This seminar challenges the narratives about elders in communities, churches, and society at large; exploring the role churches can play in empowering older adults. Visit grebel.ca/spirituality for registration information. Professionals, practitioners, and all interested are welcome.
Sunday July 7th 3:30 pm – Oasis Chorale present a concert of a cappella choral music, ‘Radiant Dawn’ at St Jacobs Mennonite Church (1310 King St N, St Jacobs). Oasis Chorale is a 40 voice Anabaptist touring choir – www.oasischorale.org. Free will offering.