CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SERVICE 

 Danforth Mennonite Church

April 17, 2011

 

10:40 am  Pre-service singing

 11:00 am  Welcome             

 Call to Worship  (see insert)

 Hymn:             Hosanna, loud hosanna  No. 238

 Children’s Story:        Kim Bowman

 Hymn:             God’s family   No. 31 (in Sing and Rejoice)       

Scripture:       Matthew 21:1-11     John Epp

 Hymns:           To God be the glory   No. 102

                        Many gifts, one spirit No. 71 (in Sing and Rejoice)

Choir:              Holy, holy, holy

Psalm 100:    Responsive reading    No. 821

Sermon:         A New Kingdom: Faith or Fantasy?   Tim Reimer

Quartet:          His name is wonderful

Announcements

Official greetings

Congregational Prayer       Tim Reimer

Offering:        Offertory by Becky Bowman

Offertory prayer         No. 749

Hymn:             Great is thy faithfulness    No. 327

Benediction   (see insert)

Worship Leader:       Aubrey Wilkinso

Pianists:                     Jessica Martin and Roger Horst

Organist:                    Ron Brownsberger

Song Leaders:          Marg Beer and Bob Martin

Greeters:                   Dalton and Carol Jantzi

Ushers:                      Jennifer, Gary, Redd and Tanner Hayward; 

Quartet:                     Vic Guerin, Roger Horst, Bob Martin, Jim Wert.

Pianist:                       Kathy Wert

Choir:                        Members of the Congregation under the direction of Kathy Wert

 

Special thanks to the Centennial Committee, Marg Beer, Dalton Jantzi and Victor Guerin for their many hours of planning, preparation and delegating.

Thanks to Bill Bryson for the bulletin cover design.

. . . and may this entire weekend of celebration be our thanks to God and to one another for every contribution of time and effort in so many ways.

 

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

April 22, Good Friday Communion Service at 10:30am

Sunday, April 24 Easter Morning Potluck Breakfast at 9:30 am. Bring fruit, cheese, pastries and other finger foods.

The Mennonite Heritage Club presents… The Old Oak Tree and the Mennonite Crisis of Representation. An Illustrated Talk by Magdalene Redekop. Magdalene Redekop, professor emerita in the English Department, University of Toronto, will talk about the images and stories about the ancient oak tree, revered by Cossacks, that became a landmark for Russian Mennonites from the day their scouts arrived there in the late eighteenth century. Using the oak tree as a case study, Magdalene will attempt to present the kernel (or acorn?) of her forthcoming book, “The Crisis of Representation: Essays on Mennonites and Art”. Wednesday, April 27, 7:30 pm Meeting Room St. Clair-O’Connor Community. 

Open Congregational Leaders’ Forum – What is the Spirit Saying to the Churches? Engage our Mennonite Church leaders, David Martin (MCEC Executive Minister), Willard Metzger (Mennonite Church Canada General Secretary), and Ervin Stutzman (Mennonite Church USA Executive Secretary) as they share their vision with us, respond to your questions and concerns for the Church. Everyone is invited to participate in the public session on Friday evening of the MCEC Annual Church Gathering – April 29,  2011 7 – 9 p.m. at Steinmann Mennonite Church, 1316 Snyder’s Rd. W., Baden, ON. Refreshments will follow.

Saturday, May 14, 6 pm.   Lazarus Rising Dinner “Stories from the Street“.  All welcome!  Toronto United Mennonite Church, 1774 Queen Street E. RSVP appreciated (but not essential): 416-423-9229.  Leave message.

 Cycle the Century We will be doing a 100 kilometer cycle on Saturday, June 18, 2011 to celebrate  100 years of Danforth Mennonite Church. Please contact Richard Manz or Anne Reesor for more information about time and route.Â

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August 8 – 12 Vacation Bible Camp!  The theme will be Taste and See!  God is Good!  We again look forward to working with Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church.

Mennonite Church Canada Annual Assembly. There will be many friends, a special Sarah Harmer concert,  awesome worship music, and inspiration overflowing at the Mennonite Church Canada Assembly 2011: It’s Epic: Remembering God’s Future, in Waterloo, Ont. this summer July 4 – 8. Everything you want to know about this event, including online registration, can be found at www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/1500, or by calling 1-866-888-6785.