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FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH
Middlebury, Indiana
( 574 ) 825-5135
www.firstmennonite.net
``On a Journey with Jesus''
September 5, 20 10
Pastor : Linford Martin    Elders: Dean R. Miller                             
Associate Pastor:        Merle Mullet                             
         Pamela Yoder, Pastoral Care                                                               
        
WORSHIP SERVICE , 9 : 00 a.m.

Worship Leader: Cheryl Miller

         Singing With the Worship Team
         Welcome
         Announcements
         Call to Worship
         Worship Team
         Offering/Offertory
         Children's Time Brent Eash
          Scripture Reading John 15:26, 16:12-15
          Message ``If Only Jesus Were Here'' Brent Eash
          Hymn of Response Led by Cindy Lederman
          Sharing of Praises and Concerns Pamela Yoder
          Pastoral Prayer
         Benediction
          Parting Song
SUNDAY SCHOOL , 10:20 a.m.

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 Gordon and Iva Jean Kauffman , Scott Dilley and Ward Bingaman .

THIS WEEK AT FIRST MENNONITE
Tuesday  -        7:00 p.m. Worship Commission meeting
 Wednesday        - 7:00 p.m. MYF NOOMA Night, ``Breathe,'' Bible
                           discussion, led by Linford Martin
 T hursday         -        6:00 a.m. Men's Prayer Breakfast at the Essenhaus
                   -        All day FMW meeting. Edith Herschberger will be in
                            charge of the devotional time.
Saturday         -        6:00 a.m. Elder's meeting
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sept. 18-19 An all-male campout (all ages) is being planned for Sept.
18-19 at Dave and Shari Graber's home. A rriv al time is any time after
1:00 p.m. on Saturday. There will be several campers and tents avail -
 able if you need one. Canoes will also be available for canoeing on
the river. A meal will be provided on Saturday evening , but please
bring an item for the breakfast scramble on Sunday morning. Please
contact Terry Miller if you are planning to participate, especially for
 the meal count on Saturday evening, or if you have any questions.
Sept. 22 , 7:00 p.m. Fall business meeting . (Please note that this date is
one week later than what was decided on at the August church council
meeting.)
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
We want to welcome Brent Eash to our service this morning as our guest speaker. Brent was formerly a pastor at Shore Mennonite Church and is currently the moderator of the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference.
 There will not be any Sunday school classes this morning for the children and junior youth (2-year-olds through grade 8).

Bible Memory Sign-up Today is the last day to sign up for Bible Mem-ory for the coming year, for ages 4 through grade 8. Please sign up on the sheet in the foyer if you would like to participate. Bible Memory will begin again next Sunday, Sept. 12.

 The JYF Bible study scheduled for this coming Wednesday , Sept 8, has been canceled, due to an upcoming surprise ... wait till you see what's about to take place! The JYF Bible study schedule will resume in Octo - ber, please see your calendar of events. Sorry for any confusion this may cause. Thanks, the JYF Sponsors
Attention Fun-Loving JYFers Dont forget to sign up forour fall trip to the Creation Museum. It promises to be an awesome time and we need to make our hotel reservations very soon! Parents, if you would like to make installment payments to help cover the cost of the trip, please see the JYF calendar of events or contact one of the JYF sponsors.
This year the Peace Event Planning Committee (made up of represent-atives from Bonneyville Mennonite Church, First Mennonite Church, Forks Mennonite Church and Middlebury Church of the Brethren) is sponsoring a peace essay contest for all of the students at Northridge High School or students in the Middlebury school district who are being home schooled. This is to promote an interest and understanding of peace among high school youth. The winner will receive $500 which we would like to encourage him or her to use toward college or a service oppor-tunity. To r aise money for this, we will be having a Nelson's Golden Glow chicken BBQ sale at the Middlebury park on Saturday, Sept. 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Linford will have tickets this morning. We hope that you will be supportive of this effort.

DVDs of the last `` Talk About '' that was held on Aug. 22, concerning youth ministry in our congregation, are now available in the church office.

The Food Pantry is in need of empty laundry detergent bottles . A local group has begun donating five-gallon buckets of Tide laundry soap and we are having trouble coming up with enough containers so that we can distribute the detergent in smaller amounts . The bottles can be placed by the Food Pantry box in the foyer.
OF SPECIAL INTEREST (continued)
Come to Menno-Hof for the second annual Front Porch Singspiration at 5 :00 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12 , for a cappella singing on the themes of
b aptism, discipleship and prayer. Pre-service singing will begin on the front porch of the Menno-Hof farmhouse at 4:45 p.m. Small groups from each of the four supporting church traditions (Amish, Amish Me nnonite, Conservative Mennonite and Mennonite Church USA) will sing during the worship service. An ice cream social, access to museum exhibits and more singing will follow the outside service. A freewill offering will be received to support Menno-Hof's mission.
Michiana MEDA Kick-off Event , Sept. 16, 6:30 p.m. Join us at Church Community Services (907 Oakland Ave nue , Elkhart) to hear
f rom executive director Dean Preheim Bartel about how the organization supports the people in Elkhart County through emergency assistance and intensive job and life skills training. Special emphasis will be on the organization's ``Soup of Success'' program whosemission ``is to empower women, through education and resources, to build self-esteem, develop independence and improve quality of li fe.'' RSVP by Sept. 13, by phon- ing 87-RSVP-MEDA, e-mailing , or by filling out the online. (If you don't receive a confirmation e-mail or phone call, please let us know.) Meal and program costs are $15 for members, $20 for non-members and $5 for students. Please note any special dietary needs with your reservation. The meal is payable at the event.

Save the d ate , Sunday , Sept . 26 for the `` Happy Feet ... S o P eople C an
E at '' 5K Run/Walk to benefit both the Middlebury Food Pantry and the Boys & Girls Club. We are asking for our Christian community's partic - ipation in one way or another, whether it be through running, walking,
sponsorship, donation, baking cookies, attendance at the festival after the run/walk at the Boys & Girls Club and/or praying for us. Won't you please prayerfully consider helping us in some way?
 Registration forms for the run/walk are available on the welcome desk in the foyer. The e arly registration deadline toguar a ntee that you get your `` HAPPY FEET '' T -shirt is Friday, Sept.17. And remember, prizes will be awar d ed to those who gather the most donations from their `` walk sponsors . '' Please come out and support our mission . God is here, and at work in our lives!


`` The MDC Goldenrod Benefit Auction was a success and it is because of the generosity of many of you. The income from the auction was almost $50,000. That is a 10% increase over last year. Thank you so much for all the items that you donated and for coming and supporting the
auction. It was great to see so many of you there. So, from all of us here at MDC Goldenrod, THANK YOU .''

We received a `` thank you card '' from Team Effort Youth Group
Mission Camps for the work that our youth group did on their service trip this summer. ``They represented your church well and you can be proud of their accomplishments. It was exciting to see your youth put their faith into action …'' Read more in the note posted on the bulletin board in the hallway.

`` We want to thank those who remembered us with your prayers and cards sent to us during this difficult time of the loss of my mother.''
Judy, Mike and Lisa Oesch
Report for Aug. 2 9 : At tendance: 212 Sunday School: 1 46
Budget: $ 8 , 346 . 45 ; Designated: $ 633 . 00 ; Total: $ 8 , 9 7 9 . 45
Total Given for the Budget for the Year : $3 63 , 901 . 53

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