DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406
Pastor Pieter Niemeyer
We welcome all guests who have joined us.
Danforth Mennonite Church
March 9, 2025 11:00 a.m.
Order of Service
We Gather – Words of Welcome / Land Acknowledgement
Call to Worship
Hymn: #88 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Prayer
Announcements
Hymn: # 201 Hear the Turmoil of the Nations
Blessing our tithes & Offerings
Confession and words of assurance
Hymn: #698 Somebody Prayed For Me
Bringing our Joys & Concerns to God in prayer
Hymn: # 555 Lord, I Am Fondly, Earnestly Longing
Scripture Reading: Luke 10: 25-42
Sermon: Christ Collides with Our Bias
Hymn of Response: # 717 Renew Your Church
Benediction
Leading Us in Worship
Sermon Pieter N.
Worship Leader Dalton J.
Scripture Reader Darlene S.
Song Leader Don B.
Musicians Roger H.
Greeters Tessa R., Leslie S.
Zoom Host Bonnie W.
A/V Fazal S.
Hymn of the month: VT #201 Hear the Turmoil of the Nations
The adult discussion class will meet on March 9.
If you would like to receive emails regarding what’s happening in our class, please contact Bonnie.
Call to worship
One: Christ collides with our bias. Who will follow Christ?
Many: We will follow for sure, but we will tell you where to bring down your fire.
One: Jesus says, “Follow me.”
Many: We will follow when our calculations are finished.
One: Christ collides with our leanings.
Many: For your reign, O God, help us put a hand on your plow and not look back.
All: Guide us as we worship you.
Confession and words of assurance
All: Loving and merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you.
Leader: We have not loved you with all our thoughts, words, and actions.
People: We have sinned through what we have chosen to do and what we have chosen to neglect.
Leader: We have not fully accepted your love for us. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
People: We cling to our assumptions and insist that our point of view is the correct one.
All: We repent before each other and before you, our loving God. Please help us open our hearts to your love. Help us shake free from our biases and assumptions so we may better share your peace in your world, rejoicing in your name. Amen.
Leader: Now hear these words of assurance: God tells us that we are created in God’s image. God created us for relationship with God and each other. In this, we know that God will never break our relationship. God’s steadfast love endures forever.
Scripture Reading
Luke 10: 25-42 (NRSVUE)
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
At the Home of Martha and Mary
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Our next gathering is Saturday, March 8
9 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
It’s from 9-11 a.m.
We share in Food, Fellowship, etc.
This is not limited to the men at DMC,
so please bring a friend.
This is a Potluck Affair 🙂
Tables available to a good home
We are replacing the wooden tables in the lower hall with powder-coat steel and high-density polyethylene stacking tables.
We will be removing the old tables when the new tables arrive. There are 4’ square, and 6’ & 8’ rectangle tables available.
If you would like a table(s), please let Bonnie know.
Treasurer’s Report: To the end of February $17,794 has been received in offerings so far this year. We received $6,517 in February. In order to meet our 2025 budget our monthly target for Sunday offerings is $9,206. In February there was another $200 donated to our Food Bank fund. A further $810 has been added in March as a result of Government Rebate cheques being forwarded to our Food Bank fund. Other designated donations were $100 to our Benevolence Fund and $50 to Danforth Grow Hope. On March 4 we enjoyed a Shrove Tuesday fellowship dinner. There was $110 thrown into the basket to cover costs. Expenses from the dinner came to $91.39. Donations to Danforth Mennonite Church are always welcome through Sunday morning offerings, mailed cheques or email transfers at dmmc2174@gmail.com. Please contact Roger H. if you would like to join the monthly giving program which happens through bank transfers on the 15th of each month. Thank you to all for your generous support for the work of our church.
Ladies Walking group
On Tuesday, March 11 at 10:30 am (weather permitting), we will meet at Woodbine Beach to see the outdoor winter stations art exhibit.
Go in off Coxwell, go left and go into first parking lot.
The theme chosen for the 2025 edition of Winter Stations is Dawn. https://winterstations.com/
An email will go out on Monday, March 10 to confirm the place and time.
If you need to be picked up or dropped off, please check in with fellow walkers or email Bonnie.
Worship Schedule reminder
March 16
Message Carol O.
Worship leader Sue S.
Song Leader Sue S.
Musicians Roger H. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters Vic & Mary Jane G.
ZOOM host Bonnie W.
A/V Tech Don B.
Book study Radical Gratitude – Murray L.
March 23
Message Pieter N.
Worship leader Linda D.
Song Leader Dalton J.
Musicians Jessica M. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters Vic & Mary Jane G.
ZOOM host Bonnie W.
A/V Tech Fazal S.
Book study Radical Gratitude – Murray L.
WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
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MCEC Annual Church Gathering 2025
Called to Action by the Power of the Holy Spirit
Saturday, April 26, 2025
10 – 11:30 a.m. Online
Registration opens at the end of March.
COMMUNITY CORNER
Spring (classic chocolate and vanilla sandwich) Girl Guide cookies will be available from Bethany in the next few weeks.
In summary, upcoming events:
At Danforth
March
8 Men’s breakfast
11 Ladies walking group – Beach installations
15 Messy Church
18 Ladies walking group
25 Ladies walking group
Wider Church
March
April
5 Fraser Lake 70 years
26 MCEC Annual Gathering – online
Community Corner
March
8 Pax Chorale