DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406
Pastor Pieter Niemeyer
We welcome all guests who have joined us.
Danforth Mennonite Church
Good Friday service April 18, 2025 10:30 a.m.
The rule of Jesus
Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews?
Matthew 2: 1-15
Lamentation Matthew 2:16-18
Magnificat Luke 1:46-56
Hymn: VT 208 With Mary Sing Magnificat
The temptation to rule by other means Matthew 4:1-12
Hymn: VT 307 Jesus Tempted in the desert
The rule of Kingdom life Matthew 5-7
Hymn: S&R Sermon on the Mount
A case of missing the point Mark 10:35-45
Hymn: VT 568 Christ has no body here but ours
Jesus and the collaborator Luke 19:1-10
Lament for peace not pursued Luke 19:41-44
Hymn: VT 794 If the war goes on
Eyes to see and ears to hear
Hymn: VT 712 Beauty for brokenness
A story of two rulers Mark 15
The Crucifixion of Jesus
The Death of Jesus
Communion:
Congregants come forward to receive communion.
As hymn VT 325 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded is played.
Prayer
Hymn: VT 138 Christ, we do all adore thee
Benediction
Leading Us in Worship
Readers:
Pieter: Narrator
Dalton: Reader 1
Margaret: Reader 2
Erma: Reader 3
Song Leader Kathy W.
Musician Roger H., Ray W.
Greeters Tessa R.
Zoom Host Bonnie W.
A/V Fazal S.
Danforth Mennonite Church
Easter Sunday April 20, 2025 11:00 a.m.
Order of Service
Welcome
Land Acknowledgment
Call to Worship
Opening Hymn: VT #361 Christ who left His home in glory
Announcements
Offering
Easter Choir
Confession & Words of assurance
Congregational Prayer
Scriptures: Luke 24: 1 – 12
Hymn: VT #355 Thine is the Glory
Sermon: Christ Collides with Death
Hymn of Response: VT #340 Lift your glad voices
Benediction
Leading Us in Worship
Sermon Pieter N.
Worship Leader Mike D.
Song Leader Dalton J.
Musician Roger H., Ray W.
Greeters Dalton & Carol J.
Zoom Host Bonnie W.
A/V Don B.
Hymn of the month: VT 708 As the Waters Rise Around Us
The Adult Discussion Class will resume next week.
Call to Worship
Leader: The stone is rolled away!
People: Why look for the living among the dead?
Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen!
People: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Leader: No nonsense here! Christ collides with
death, affecting the universe.
People: Christ collides with death, affecting each of us.
Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen!
All: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
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 linger in the shadows of fear and death, afraid to fully embrace the love you showed us through the resurrection.
All: We repent before each other and before you, our loving God. Please help us open our hearts to your love. Help us fully live in the love you showed us in Jesus’ death and resurrection 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 24:1–12
The Resurrection of Jesus
24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body. 4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. 5 The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here but has risen. 6 Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be handed over to the hands of sinners and be crucified and on the third day rise again.” 8 Then they remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.
DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
DMC Spr
ing Cleaning on
May 17, 9:00 a.m. – noon.
Snacks and coffee will be provided.
We’ll have a clean church ready for Pastor Pieter’s installation and Doors Open Toronto.
Easter Potluck Breakfast
Sunday, April 20, 2024
9:30 am in the Fellowship Hall
Please bring finger foods for all to share. Coffee, tea, and juice will be served.
10:45 am We are invited to the sanctuary for some pre-service Easter hymn singing.
Everyone is welcome.
Treasurer’s Report: To the end of March $25,021 has been received in offerings. We received $7,227 in March. In order to meet our 2025 budget our monthly target for Sunday offerings is $9,206. In March there was another $910 donated to our Food Bank fund. Some of this was the result of Government Rebate cheques being forwarded to our Food Bank fund. The Food Bank fund now has $1,510 in it and this money will be sent to our Food Bank partners in April. Other designated donations received in March were another $150 directed to the Danforth Grow Hope Fund. The price per acre will soon be determined and we will then send our 2-acre commitment to Canadian Foodgrains Bank. There was a $3,096 disbursement from the General Designated Fund as approved by the Trustees and Church Council. This money was for the purchase of new tables and table carts for the lower meeting room. 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.
Happy 500th birthday
to the Anabaptist community.
The congregation is invited to join with Messy Church on
Saturday, May 10th
at 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
for an evening of worship, activities and dinner.
More information to follow.
NOTE: There won’t be a service on Sunday, May 11th.
Ladies Walking group
On Tuesday, April 22 at 10:30 am (weather permitting), we will meet at Bluffers Park (1 Brimley Road South). Take Brimley Road to the bottom of the hill and follow to the right and park in the lot near the washrooms.
An email will go out on Monday April 21st 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.
We are happy to announce that on May 18th 2025, Danforth will hold a service of installation and blessing for Pastor Pieter Niemeyer as part of our regular worship. Marilyn R.-F. from Mennonite Church Eastern Canada will be present to share greetings and encouragement. There will be a fellowship potluck lunch after the service at the church. Go light on the desserts – there will be cake! Please plan to attend in person or through zoom. Please add your name to the signup sheet if you plan to attend the lunch so we can set up tables to accommodate everyone.
Now available from our Church Library
Winner of Canada Reads 2025
From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community, Ma-Nee Chacaby’s extraordinary story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social and economic legacies of colonialism.
As a child, Chacaby learned spiritual and cultural traditions from her Cree grandmother and trapping, hunting, and bush survival skills from her Ojibwa stepfather. She also suffered physical and sexual violence, and in her teen years became an alcoholic herself. At twenty, Chacaby took her children and, fleeing an abusive marriage, moved to Thunder Bay. Despite the abuse, racism, and indifference she often found there, Chacaby marshalled the strength and supports to help herself and others.
Over the following decades, she achieved sobriety, trained and worked as an alcoholism counsellor, raised her children and fostered many others, learned to live with visual impairment, and came out as a lesbian. In 2013, Chacaby led the first gay pride parade in Thunder Bay.
Worship Schedule reminder
April 27
Sermon Carol O.
Worship leader Pieter N.
Song Leader Don B.
Musicians Kathy W. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters Dalton & Carol J.
ZOOM host Mike D.
A/V Tech Murray L.
Book Study Murray L.
May 4
Sermon Pieter N.
Worship leader Dalton J.
Song Leader Ed F.
Musicians Kathy W. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters Cindy R., Bethany W.
ZOOM host Bonnie W.
A/V Tech Fazal S.
Hymn Sing Kathy W.
WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
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MCEC – Annual Church Gathering 2025
Called to Action by the Power of the Holy Spirit
Galatians 5:22-23
Saturday, April 26, 2025
10 – 11:30 a.m. Online
We invite you to the ACG, centered on the theme: “Called to Action by the Power of the Holy Spirit,” with reflection on Galatians 5:22–23 – the Fruits of the Spirit. We will explore how the Spirit’s presence—through love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control—guides and sustains our ministry, calling us to action.
We’ll conduct the business necessary to support this ongoing mission to energize congregations, encourage leaders and embody God’s reconciling ministry for all of creation. Your presence and voice are important as we walk together.
COMMUNITY CORNER
Garage & Rummage Sale at St. Clair O’Connor Community
Support local seniors at the St. Clair O’Connor Community (SCOC) indoor garage sale! All proceeds will help expand SCOC’s senior day programs, making social activities, friendship, and community support more accessible to seniors across East York.
Location: 2703 St. Clair Ave. East
Date: Saturday, April 26th
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Come shop for a good cause and support the amazing work SCOC has done for our seniors for decades.
In summary, upcoming events:
At Danforth
April
18 Good Friday service
20 Easter Potluck breakfast and service
22 Ladies walking group – Bluffers Park
29 Ladies walking group – Rosetta McLain Gardens
May
10 Saturday evening dinner and service
17 Church Spring Cleaning
18 Pastor Pieter’s installation
Wider Church
April
24 Hymns Hope & Justice for Palestine
26 MCEC Annual Gathering – online
Community Corner
April
26 SCOC garage sale
27 Toronto Beach Chorale concert
May
9 Mark Battenberg