Worship Leader: Linda Young

         PRELUDE Cheryl Miller

         P REPARING OUR HEARTS AND MINDS FOR GOD'S WORD
         Welcome
         Hymns of Praise Led by Dean Miller
         Announcements
         Call to Worship
         Left (West):             Lord, we confess that we have all sinned and
                                             fallen short of your expectations for us.
         Right (East):   Help us, Lord, to confess our sins, to realize
                                    that when we sin against our brothers, we sin
                                    against you.
         All:             Hear our prayer, O Lord. Help us follow in
                                    your path.
         Leader:         Please pray with me the Lord's Prayer (using
                                    ``forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who
                                    sin against us.'')

         SHARING WITH OTHERS
         Our Tithes and Offerings
         Offertory Cheryl Miller
         Our Children Sonya Miller

         HEARING GOD'S WORD      
         The Scripture 1 John 1:9; James 5:16  
         The Sermon ``Finding Freedom'' Linford Martin
         A Song of Response
         REFLECTIONS AND SHARING TIME
         Sharing of Praises and Concerns Linford Martin
         Benediction
         Sending Song            
                         
         POSTLUDE Cheryl Miller

Prayers With a Purpose (10:30-10:45 a.m.) in Linford's office
Classes for children through adults

Welcome to all of you who are visiting us today ! Coffee and tea are served in the kitchen following worship. Sunday school is offered for adults in our fellowship hall and sanctuary; for high school youth in the house adjacent to the church; and for junior youth and children in the basement. Nursery care is available during our worship service and Sunday school hour. Children's bulletins are also available on the ledge just outside the sanctuary. May you have a meaningful time of worship and fellowship.

Greeters this morning are Dave and Jan Yoder and Kent and Betty Birky.

Today Noon Everyone is invited to stay and participate in our carry-in
dinner today noon where we will be recognizing our college students,
especially those who will begin their first year of college this fall.
Tues day  -         7:00 p.m. Worship Commission meeting
Wednesday        -        7:00 p.m. Ladies' Prayer Time at the church   
Thursday         -        6:00 a.m. Men's Prayer Breakfast at the Essenhaus
                  -        7:00 p.m. Church Council
Aug. 8 Next Sunday, Aug . 8 , during our worship service , we will have a ``Celebration Sunday'' in which we officially merge our two congre ga-
tion s (Pleasant Oaks and First Mennonite) into one new congregation. The two old corporations have been dissolved and we now have the legal papers to verify our merger into one new entity. Our theme for the morn - ing will be ``And the Two Became One . '' We will celebrate communion together and we will have a symbolic event in which we will all sign our names on a piece of paper that will be put in to a container. This container that holds the names will be put into a larger container into which we will pour sand. Everyone will have the opportunity to pour a little sand into the larger container. This will be a wonderful symbol of the merger of
our churches and our lives together. Come and celebrate!
The roses at the front of the sanctuary this morning are from Tami, Robin, Krys and Ed in memory of Lori Laber.

Our organ prelude and offertory music this morning are being played in memory of Lori Laber, whose music Ed has so graciously shared with the church.

A reminder that DVDs of the `` Talk About '' that was held on July 11 d uring the Sunday school time are available from the church office.

Pictorial Directory Beginning on Aug. 15 , and continuing on Aug. 22 and 2 9 , you can sign up to have your picture taken for our new pictorial directory. The pictures will then be taken on Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 1 and 2.

Attention Campers Due to a lack of interest, we will not be camping as a group at Amigo Centre on Aug. 13-15. Feel free to make your own reservation if you would still like to camp that weekend. We are still planning to camp together as a group in October.

Summer Festival Peace Booth Forks Mennonite, Bonneyville Men-nonite, Middlebury Church of the Brethren and First Mennonite, along with Menno-Hof,will be having a Peace Booth at the Middlebury Sum - mer Festival again this year. The dates are Aug . 13 and 14. We will set up the tent on Aug . 12 at 4:00 p . m. We need volunteers to help set up and to be at the booth on Friday from noon to 9:00 p . m . , and on Saturday from 10 :00 a.m. to 6:30 or 7 :00 p.m. Please sign up for a three - hour block. There is a sign - up sheet on the bulletin board. This is an interesting opportunity to talk with people who stop by. We will have some free give-aways and literature. Menno-Hof will also share the booth. This event works best when we all work together. If you cannot help at a time slot designated for our church, call Linford Martin at 825- 5 135, ext. 2, and let him know when you can work. If he doesn't answer, please leave a message .
The Food Pantr y was blessed b e yond measure this past week and we thank you. Many of you went above and beyond the call to bring us much neededdonations and the fact that we wereable to continue to help people with food during the week isyour test a ment to G od' smercy and provi s ional power. While we are stillextremely low i n funds and in great need of items to share, we also have the confidence to know that the Lord will provide just exactly whatis needed. If you would like to continue to assist us until the fund is built back up, we could really use help with the following items : tuna, condensed soups,canned fruit, canned vegetables (yes , even green bean s ), peanut butter, jelly, rice, Ramen noodles, cereal, sugar, flour,cooking oil, mayo, laundry soap and money for vouchers, meats and cheese slices. Pleasekeep us in your prayers, thank-you!

The `` HAPPY FEET … so people can eat '' 5K Run/Walk is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 26, with all of the proceeds going to benefit the Middle - bury Food Pantry and The Boys & Girls Club of Middlebury. Please save the date,and let's show the whole community that FMChashearts to serve.

The " HAPPY FEET " committee ( above announcement ) is looking for a representative from each congregation in Middlebury to help promote church participation in th e fundraiser . This representative would be asked to communicate event information, display info rmation at the chur ch, promote group participation and attend a meeting or two . Please see Pam Bingaman if you can help.

The Boys & Girls Club of Middlebury is conducting a ``Pack-a-Back-pack Program'' for children in need inthe Middlebury Schools area. They are asking for the donation of items needed for back to school as soon as possible. These include backpacks, paper, pencils, markers, colored pencils, scissors, glue, notebooks, tissues, anything that you can think of that students in grades K through 12 could need. There will be a drop box in the foyer for your donations.

In addition to the above Boys & Girls Club program , on Aug. 14, a group from Believers Fellowship will be giving out school supplies at FMC to Food Pantry families who live outside the Middlebury Schools district (Shipshewan a, White Pigeon, Bristol, etc.) and can ' t find assis - tance anywhere else. This group is asking for help with the donation of

the actual b ackpacks themselves . T he backpacks can be dropped in the Food Pantry d rop box alread y located in the foyer.

There is a new way to connect with our local Mennonite Central Committee office . MCC Great Lakes now offers a quarterly e-news - letter, 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: great lakes. mcc.org.

A reminder , if you want to participate in the Longaberger Baskets bus trip to Ohio on Sept. 17-18, you need to make your reservation with Eva Kurtz by Aug. 10. Information about the bus trip was placed in your mailbox earlier. If you have any questions, contact Eva.

Etta Miller has been moved from the Goshen Hospital to the Court-yard Healthcare Center where she is in room 124, the same room as her sister, Laura Miller.

Nursery Workers :
This Morning :    Worshi p Se rvice: Rick and Jen Rupp
         Sun d ay School: Ron and Kris Rheinheimer
Next Sunday:     Worship S erv ice: Stan and Jean Shriner
         Sunday S chool: Dale and Shirley Riegsecker

Report for Ju ly 25 : Attendance: 200 Sunday School: 1 19
Budget: $ 8 , 778 . 25 ; Designated: $ 120 . 00 ; Total: $ 8 , 898 . 25
Total Given for the Budget to Date: $3 25 , 599 . 5 0