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Order of Worship | Repent. Repair. | Lent 1

Prelude

Welcome 

Land Acknowledgement 

We acknowledge we are gathering on land where Miami, Osage, Shawnee, and other Indigenous peoples have lived and labored, fought, and loved. We continue to work and pray for justice and conciliation.      

Call to Worship

Peace Candle 

VT 564 | What Wondrous Love Is This | Paul Knapke, vocals

Children’s Time 

Reparations: An ongoing conversation

Offering/Dedication Prayer  https://www.columbusmennonite.org/donateget-involved/donate

VT 696 | My God, My God | Paul Knapke, vocals and beatbox

Scripture | Gen. 9:8-17

Repent (Leader)

Words of Repair (Congregation)

Scripture | Mark 1:9-15

Sermon | Water and Wilderness    Sermon manuscript below

Silent Reflection

VT 442 | From the Waters I Will Rise | Paul Knapke, vocals; JoAnn Knapke, piano

Mission Moment | Church Plant

Pastoral Prayer 

Extinguishing the Peace Candle 

Benediction 

Announcements 

Christian Education | 11:00 am

Thanks to everyone who helped lead today’s service

Sermon: Joel Miller         

Worship Leader: Robin Walton

Music and photos choices: Paul Knapke

Children’s Time: Elisa Leahy

Reparations Reflection: Adam Glass

Mission Moment: Carolyn May, Joel Call

Peace Candle: Debra and Galen Martin

Scripture Reading: Judy Hartzler

Zoom Host: Brent Miller

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Sermon manuscript

Water and wilderness 

In the year 1767 Melchior and Margaret Blankenberg, went to say goodbye to their friends, another young couple living in Rotterdam, Holland.  The friends were setting sail for America and Melchior and Margaret received permission to board the ship.  While on board, they learned the ship wasn’t leaving until the following day, so they stayed overnight.  When they woke up the next morning, they were already out to sea.  Melchior and Margaret would never see Holland again.  When their ship Minerva arrived in Philadelphia, they were sold into indentured servitude to pay for their fare.  After five years they…

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Order of Service:

Prelude     Lord from the depths

Welcome and Orienting Words

Land Acknowledgement 

    We acknowledge we are gathering on land where Miami, Osage, Shawnee, and other Indigenous peoples have lived and labored, fought, and loved.     We continue to work and pray for justice and conciliation.     

Calling Out

HWB 136   From the depths of sin

Scripture:   Isaiah 58:1-4

Prayer of Confession

Assurance of Grace

Preparation and Presentation of the Ashes

VT 632  Dans nos obscurite (Within our darkest night)

Scripture:  Isaiah 58:5-8

Intercessory prayer

HWB 348  O Lord, hear my prayer

Scripture: Isaiah 58:9-12

Sending Prayer

Thanks to everyone who helped lead this service:

Worship Leader: Mark Rupp

Music coordination: Martin family 

Scripture Reading: Sarah Werner, Katelyn Amstutz, Larry Less

Zoom Host: Gretchen Geyer

Copyright Coordination: Rachel Gratz

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Prelude

Welcome 

Land Acknowledgement 

    We acknowledge we are gathering on land where Miami, Osage, Shawnee, and other Indigenous peoples have lived and labored, fought, and loved.     We continue to work and pray for justice and conciliation.     

Call to Worship

Lighting of the Peace Candle

VT 43 | God, Be the Love to Search and Keep Me | Maya Plessinger, Natalie, Grant Metcalf, Ames Metcalf, Ila Miller, Reuben Wyse, and Leo Wyse, vocals: Phil Hart, guitar

Adult’s Time

Offering/Dedication Prayer  https://www.columbusmennonite.org/donateget-involved/donate

VT 808 | Between Darkness and Light | Mira Bixler, cello; Stella Bixler, flute

Scripture | Mark 9:2-9 

Sermon | Imagination is a Hill We Climb | For sermon video only: https://vimeo.com/512227518

Silent Reflection

Hymn | Lord of the Dance | Jenny Campagna, voice; Steve Rolfe, bass; Phil Hart, guitar and voice

Sharing of Creativity

Pastoral Prayer 

Extinguishing the Peace Candle 

Benediction 

Announcements 

Christian Education | 11:00 am

Thanks to everyone who helped lead today’s service

Sermon: Children/Youth

Worship Leader: Phil Yoder

Music coordination: Phil Hart

Adult’s Time: Nina Graber-Nofziger

Peace Candle: Troyer Family

Scripture Reading: Melissa, Tristan, and Katrina Cortes

Zoom Host, video production of sermon: Elisa Leahy

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Order of Worship | Jonah series

Prelude

Welcome 

Land Acknowledgement 

Call to Worship

Peace Candle 

VT 838 | La paz de la tierra (The Peace of the Earth Be With You) | Eastern Mennonite University Chamber Singers, directed by Benjamin Bergey

Children’s Time 

Mission Moment | Anabaptist Disabilities Network (ADN)

Offering/Dedication Prayer  https://www.columbusmennonite.org/donateget-involved/donate

VT 703 | Rain Down | Ken Nafziger and the Journey Musicians

Scripture | Jonah 4

Sermon | Ending with a quest(ion)     manuscript below

Silent Reflection

VT 440 | Ask the Complicated Questions | Katie Graber, piano & vocal

Sharing of Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer 

Extinguishing the Peace Candle 

Benediction 

Announcements 

Cookie Sunday | 11:00 am

Thanks to everyone who helped lead today’s service

Sermon: Joel Miller

Worship Leader: Carolyn May

Music coordination: Katie Graber

Children’s Time: Martha Ruggles

Mission Moment: Tracey Lehman

Peace Candle:  Chris and Tim McCarthy

Scripture Reading: Chris and Tim McCarthy

Zoom Host: Sarah Werner

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Sermon Manuscript

Ending with a quest(ion) | Joel Miller

This morning we’re going to go for a little hike.  No worries, you can do this from the comfort of your home, but you still might want to limber up the muscles of your imagination as we prepare.  We can’t take a whole lot with us on this hike, just what we can carry.  The usual water and some food will be fine.  No need to wear snow boots or even dress in layers.  It’s summer, and it’s hot.  And since we’re imagining, let’s give ourselves the freedom to even leave our masks behind.

This hike is at the outskirts of a large city.  We’re walking away from the outer suburbs.  And as we begin, we’ll notice that the terrain has an incline.  We’re going up.  Get used to it.  Getting to higher ground is actually the whole…

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Order of Worship | Jonah series

Prelude

Welcome

Land Acknowledgement

Call to Worship

Peace Candle

STS 39 | Will you come and follow me | Quinn Blosser, violin; Tom Blosser, piano and vocal

Children’s Time

Offering/Dedication Prayer  https://www.columbusmennonite.org/donateget-involved/donate

Simple Gifts | Tom Blosser, piano

Scripture | Jonah 3

Sermon | Sincerely Yours (text below)

Silent Reflection

VT 636 | Spirit, Open My Heart | Martin family, vocals; Tom Blosser, piano; Quinn Blosser, violin

Communion*

                HWB 471 | Eat this bread | Phil and Julie Hart, Fred and Marlene Suter, vocals

Extinguishing the Peace Candle

Benediction

Announcements

Christian Education | 11:00 am

*We practice an open Communion table and all who hunger for God are welcome to participate.

Thanks to everyone who helped lead today’s service

Sermon: Mark Rupp

Worship Leader: Kelsey Ryan-Simkins

Music coordination: Tom Blosser

Children’s Time: Joel Call, Phil Yoder

Peace Candle: Alyssa Graber, Austin McCabe Juhnke, and Marlow Juhnke

Scripture Reading: Ruth Leonard and Lily Miller

Zoom Host: Brent Miller

Sermon Text

Doing a series on the book of Jonah means that my brain has been especially attuned these last few weeks to paying attention to ways that the natural world can have surprising lessons to teach us.  Sometimes these lessons simply require us to learn to pay attention a little more closely to the world around us and invite the wisdom of Creation to slowly reveal itself to us, and other times these lessons show up and demand attention by knocking us on our rears or even swallowing us whole.  Often it’s a little of both.

Even though the whale–or large fish as is probably more accurate–barely shows up in the story of Jonah, the chapter where Jonah spends three days and nights in its belly acts as a sort…