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Order of Worship | Easter 2

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 (adapted from Job 12:7-9)

Peace Candle 

VT 22 | What is this place | Virginia Mennonite Assembly

Children’s Time

Offering/Dedication Prayer

VT 162 | The Love of God | Laurelville Mennonite Music and Worship Leaders Retreat

Scripture | Psalm 104:1-2, 10-23, Mark 1:9-13   

Sermon | The Holy Pigeon

Silent Reflection

VT 539 | God Speaks to Us in Bird and Song | VT recording

Sharing of Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer 

Extinguishing the Peace Candle 

Benediction 

Announcements 

Christian Education | 11:00 am

Thanks to everyone who helped lead today’s service

Sermon: Sarah Werner

Worship Leader: Mark Rupp

Music coordination: Phil Yoder

Children’s Time: Diane Mueller

Peace Candle: Hoke family

Scripture Reading: Shakita Kabicek, Judy Hartzler

Zoom Host: Mike Ryan-Simkins

Sermon Text:

Good morning on this the second Sunday of the Easter season. Some of you might be joining us from your back porch or near an open window as we soak in the beginning of spring. I want you to take a moment to breathe deeply and listen. Wherever you are, outside or inside, you probably heard the sound of bird song. Birds are literally all around us, part of the daily fabric of our lives whether we notice them or not. Even the most urban of neighborhoods has its share of pigeons and house sparrows.  Birds permeate our lives to the point that we often don’t even notice them; their song is the constant…

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Order of Worship | Easter Sunday | April 4

Prelude 

STJ 115 | Yonder come day | Paul Knapke, vocalist

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 

VT348 | Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain | JoAnn and Paul Knapke, vocalists

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

Offertory | VT43 | God, Be the Love | Phil Hart, guitar; Children of Columbus Mennonite Church, singing

Scripture | John 20:1-18

Sermon | Resurrection: Getting personal  – Manuscript Below

Silent Reflection

VT354 | Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosanna! | Paul Knapke, vocals; Tom Blosser, piano

Sharing of Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer 

Communion

VT126   | Holy God, We Praise Thy Name | Paul Knapke, vocalist

Extinguishing the Peace Candle 

Benediction

Thanks to everyone who helped lead today’s service

Sermon: Joel Miller

Worship Leader: Mark Rupp

Music coordination: Paul Knapke

Peace Candle: Laura and Addy Steiner

Scripture Reading: Moreland Family

Communion Liturgy Readers: Jori and Kayla Fuller

Zoom Host: Sarah Werner

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Sermon Manuscript

John’s is the most personal of the Easter morning resurrection accounts.  He focuses on the singular character of Mary Magdalene and her encounter with the risen Christ.  Mary is present in the other gospel accounts.  She just has company, other women by her side at the tomb.  In John, she is alone.   

John writes: “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.”

There is a sizeable interlude in this…

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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…

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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…