Good Friday Service | April 2
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Worship in Place | Repent. Repair. | Palm Sunday | March 28
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Order of Worship | Repent. Repair. | Palm Sunday
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 79 | Sanna, sannanina | Laurelville Music and Worship Leaders Retreat
Children’s Time
VT 313 | Hosanna, Loud Hosanna | Julie and Phil Hart, Fred and Marlene Suter, vocal ensemble
Reparations: An ongoing conversation
Offering/Dedication Prayer https://www.columbusmennonite.org/donateget-involved/donate
Offertory | God calls us to be followers | Music composed by Phil Hart. Piano arrangement by Tom Blosser. Performed by Tom Blosser, piano; Phil Hart, vocals and pennywhistle.
Repent.
Repair.
VT 651 | Lord, Have Mercy | Conrad Grebel University Choir
Scripture | Mark 10:46 – 11:11
Sermon | I can’t see — Manuscript below
Silent Reflection
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Passing the Peace
Extinguishing the Peace Candle
Benediction
Christian Education | 11:00 am
Thanks to everyone who helped lead today’s service
Sermon: Joel Miller
Worship Leader: Robin Walton
Music coordination: Phil Hart
Peace Candle: Ila Miller
Children’s Time: Elisa Leahy
Reparations Reflection: Wilbur Miller
Scripture Reading: Verdene Thompson, Patti Browning
Zoom Host: Sarah Werner
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Sermon Manuscript | I can’t see
Our arrival at the final Sunday of Lent coincides with Jesus’ arrival at the outskirts of Jerusalem. The symbolic 40 days of Lent, mirroring Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness, now converge with the real time drama of Holy Week.
Our journey, this year, has asked us to consider how repentance and repair are related. We as a congregation are considering what it might look like to enact repair for the legacy of White supremacy.
It…
Worship in Place | Repent. Repair. | Lent 5 | March 21
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Order of Worship | Repent. Repair. | Lent 5
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 636 | Spirit, Open My Heart | Martin family, vocals; Tom Blosser, piano; Quinn Blosser, violin
Children’s Time
Reparations: An ongoing conversation
Offering/Dedication Prayer https://www.columbusmennonite.org/donateget-involved/donate
VT 377 | New Earth, Heavens New | Sung/played by Madeleine Friesen, Anna Nekola, Joanna Loepp Thiessen, Janet Brenneman, Anna Schwarz, Michelle Fast
Scripture | Jeremiah 31:27-34
Repent.
Repair.
VT 651 | Lord Have Mercy | Conrad Grebel University Choir
Scripture | John 12:20-33
Sermon | Rooted Hopes and Grounded Glory
Silent Reflection
VT 828 | There’s a Wild Hope in the Wind | Brody Thomas, vocals/instrumental
Mission Moment
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Passing the Peace
Extinguishing the Peace Candle
Benediction
Christian Education | 11:00 am
Thanks to everyone who helped lead today’s service
Sermon: Mark Rupp
Worship Leader: Robin Walton
Music coordination: Katie Graber
Children’s Time: Cindy Fath and Ruth Massey
Mission Moment: Rachel Gratz
Reparations Reflection: Joel Copeland
Peace Candle: Cartmel-Plessinger Family
Scripture Reading: Berit Jany
Zoom Host: Mike Ryan-Simkins
Sermon Text:
I recently subscribed to Poetry Magazine. The world is awash in words, an endless stream of think-pieces, hot takes, in-depth reporting, breaking news bulletins, status updates, sacred texts, and even the occasional super important sermon. At some point I realized how overwhelmed I felt by trying to keep up with everything, to take it all in. Perhaps it’s a bit ironic, then, that my antidote was to subscribe to another magazine, but my hope was to regularly put something in front of me that would…
Worship in Place | Repent. Repair. | Lent 4 | March 14
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Order of Worship | Repent. Repair. | Lent 4
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 731 | Open My Heart | Tom Blosser, vocalist; Sarah Martin, cello
Children’s Time
Reparations: An ongoing conversation
Offering/Dedication Prayer https://www.columbusmennonite.org/donateget-involved/donate
Offertory | Figured Chorale by Robert Schumann from Juglendalbum (Album for the Young) | Tom Blosser, piano
Repent.
Silence
Repair.
VT 651 | Lord Have Mercy | Conrad Grebel University Choir
Scripture | Genesis 16:1-12
Sermon | When You’re In a Wilderness
Silent Reflection
VT 797 | We Are People of God’s Peace | audio from Laurelville Mennonite Music and Worship Leaders Retreat
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Passing the Peace
Extinguishing the Peace Candle
Benediction
Christian Education | 11:00 am
Thanks to everyone who helped lead today’s service
Sermon: Rev. Susan Smith
Worship Leader: Robin Walton
Music coordination: Tom Blosser
Children’s Time: Bethany Davey
Reparations Reflection: Yvonne Zimmerman
Peace Candle: TBA
Scripture Reading: Jeri Arent
Zoom Host: Elisa Leahy
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Worship in Place | Repent. Repair. | Lent 3 | March 7
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Order of Worship | Repent. Repair. | Lent 3 | March 7
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 745 | God Whose Giving | Martin Family
Children’s Time
Reparations: An ongoing conversation
Offering/Dedication Prayer https://www.columbusmennonite.org/donateget-involved/donate
Special Music | The peace of the earth be with you | Alexander Martin, violin
Scripture | Exodus 20:1-17
Repent.
Repair.
VT 651 | Lord Have Mercy | Conrad Grebel University Choir
Scripture | John 2:13-22
Sermon | The Universal Destination of Goods [Manuscript Below]
Silent Reflection
VT 753 | Heart and Mind, Possessions, God | Debra and Galen Martin, singing; Sarah Martin, cello
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Passing the Peace
Extinguishing the Peace Candle
Benediction
Cookie Sunday | 11:00 am
Thanks to everyone who helped lead today’s service
Sermon: Joel Miller
Worship Leader: Robin Walton
Music coordination: Debra/Galen Martin
Children’s Time: Bethany Davey
Reparations Reflection: JoAnn Knapke
Peace Candle: Laurie Zimmerman and Steve Rolfe
Scripture Reading: Eliza Wertenberger
Zoom Host: Gretchen Geyer
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Sermon Manuscript
“A reality prior to private property.”
Those words were part of a speech given by Pope Francis in 2015 at the Second World Meeting of Popular Movements in Bolivia.
Let’s think about that phrase a bit. “A reality prior to private property.”
What comes to mind?
First of all, can we even imagine it? Here I am talking to you from my house, through my laptop via my wifi, wearing my clothes, seeing clearly through my contact lenses that I purchased with my money with a discount through my vision insurance. My life, our life, is so defined by…