DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406
Pastor Pieter Niemeyer

We welcome all guests who have joined us.

Danforth Mennonite Church
February 23, 2025   11:00 a.m.
Order of Service

Welcome

Land Acknowledgment

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn: VT #9 Come away from rush and hurry

Announcements

Offering

Hymn: VT #705 For the Healing of the Nations

Congregational Prayer

Scriptures: Psalm 37: 1 – 11, 39 – 40;  Luke 6: 27 – 38.

Hymn: VT #664 Be Still, My Soul.

Sermon: Trust in the LORD and do good

Hymn: VT #830 Go, My Children

Benediction

Leading Us in Worship
Sermon                               Pieter N.
Worship Leader            Mike D.
Scripture reader           Linda D.
Song Leader                    Sue S.
Musicians                         Jessica M., Ray W.
Greeters                           Cindy R., Bethany W.
Zoom Host                      Bonnie W.
A/V                                      Don B.

Hymn of the month:  VT #9  Come away from rush and hurry

Adult Discussion Class

This Sunday we launch our book study, entitled, Radical Gratitude by Mary Jo Leddy.  Discussion Leader: Murray L.

Please read chapters one and two. Murray will open the discussion with these two questions:

1. What is something you have taken for granted?
2. What is something you are grateful for?

Call to Worship

Leader: When we see injustice:

People: May God help us speak for justice.

Leader: When we receive harm:

People: May God help us to forgive.

Leader: When we see people in need:

People: May God help us to offer help.

Leader: When we are in need:

People: May we trust God to send us help.

Leader: We pray that God will not send us trials.

People: We also thank God for sustaining us through our trials.

All: We pray that God will help us to show mercy,
even as God gives us mercy.

Scripture Reading

Psalm 37:1-11 (NRSVUE)

Exhortation to Patience and Trust
Of David.

¹ Do not fret because of the wicked;
do not be envious of wrongdoers,
² for they will soon fade like the grass
and wither like the green herb.

³ Trust in the Lord and do good;
live in the land and enjoy security.
⁴ Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

⁵ Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him, and he will act.
⁶ He will make your vindication shine like the light
and the justice of your cause like the noonday.

⁷ Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him;
do not fret over those who prosper in their way,
over those who carry out evil devices.

⁸ Refrain from anger and forsake wrath.
Do not fret—it leads only to evil.
⁹ For the wicked shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

¹⁰ Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look diligently for their place, they will not be there.
¹¹ But the meek shall inherit the land
and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

Psalm 37:39-40
³⁹ The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
he is their refuge in the time of trouble.
⁴⁰ The Lord helps them and rescues them;
he rescues them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in him.

Luke 6:27-38 (NRSVUE)

Love for Enemies
²⁷ “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you; ²⁸ bless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you. ²⁹ If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. ³⁰ Give to everyone who asks of you, and if anyone takes away what is yours, do not ask for it back again. ³¹ Do to others as you would have them do to you.

³² “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. ³³ If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴ If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive payment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. ³⁵ Instead, love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. ³⁶ Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Judging Others
³⁷ “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; ³⁸ give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap, for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”

DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Want to get hold of Pastor Pieter…

For church business, please email him at
Pastor.danforthmennonitechurch@gmail.com
For personal matters, please email him at
Pieter.n7@gmail.com
Or call/text to 905-640-0832

We are in need of books for the
Little Library.

Ladies Walking group

Let’s wait one more week.  There will be plenty of snow to be cleared.

Note:  we will be at the beach on March 4 to see the winter installations.

Worship Schedule reminder

March 2
Message                   Pieter N.
Worship leader    Margaret A.
Song Leader           Dalton J.
Musicians               Jessica M. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                  Tessa R., Leslie S.
ZOOM host           Bonnie W.
A/V Tech                 Mike D.

Hymn Sing

March 9
Message                   Pieter N.
Worship leader    Dalton J.
Song Leader           Don B.
Musicians                Roger H. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                  Tessa R., Leslie S.
ZOOM host           Bonnie W.
A/V Tech                 Fazal S.

Book study             Acts – John

WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMMUNITY CORNER

We’re currently looking for assistance with a few finance-related tasks and would love to have a volunteer on board. Specifically, we’re seeking volunteers for:

• Bookkeeping: Around 5 hours per week, ideally in person (in the TOTB office at DMC).
• Payroll: Processing payroll once a month (this could be done remotely or in person).
• Company Treasurer (Board of Directors): This involves attending quarterly meetings, additional email communication, and occasional Zoom meetings with staff.

If someone had all these skills and time to do all these tasks we’d be open to one person. Or to divide up some of the tasks to make it a lighter load we’re open to a few volunteers.

There is a mildly-immediate need for help, as I’ll be going on paternity leave starting whenever our 2nd kiddo comes (April 5th due date), so while we’re interested in long term support, we would also consider short term support as well.

If you know of someone, please send them my way! Or if you’re comfortable sharing this in the announcements that would be nice too.

Let me know! 🙂
Thanks, 
Cedric Martin (he/him)
Father, Husband, Artistic Director
647 622 2328

In summary, upcoming events:

At Danforth

February
22  Pieter & Mauricio’s wedding
25  Ladies walking group – cancelled

March
4  Ladies walking group – Beach installations
8  Men’s breakfast
11 Ladies walking group
15  Messy Church
18  Ladies walking group
25  Ladies walking group

Wider Church

March
24  Evening with Phyllis W.

Community Corner

March
8 Pax Chorale

DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406
Pastor Pieter Niemeyer

We welcome all guests who have joined us.
 

Note:  the following service was held on zoom.  The church building was closed due to major snow storms.

Danforth Mennonite Church
February 16, 2025   11:00 a.m.
Order of Service

Welcome

Call to Worship

Prayer

Hymn: #9 Come Away From Rush and Hurry (Don)

Announcements

Offering

Congregational Prayer

Scripture:  Luke 6: 17-26

Sermon:  blessings and woes

 Closing Hymn: (Don)

Benediction

Leading Us in Worship
Sermon                               Carol O.
Worship Leader            Bonnie W.
Scripture Reading       Mark C.
Soloist                                Don B.
Zoom Host                      Mike D.

Hymn of the month:  VT #9  Come away from rush and hurry

Adult Discussion Class
We will postpone until next Sunday.

Call to Worship

Acknowledging the Storm and
Seeking God’s Presence

Leader: As the wind howls and the snow falls, let us remember that even in the midst of storms, God’s presence is with us.

People: Lord, we are here, seeking your comfort and strength.

Leader: Let us turn our hearts to you, for you are our refuge and our hope.

People: God, we are here, seeking your comfort and strength.

Leader: Let us worship him, for he is the one who calms the storm and brings us peace.

People: God, we are here, seeking your comfort and strength.

Scripture Reading

Luke 6:17-26 (NRSVUE)

Jesus Teaches and Heals
¹⁷ He came down with them and stood on a level place with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. ¹⁸ They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. ¹⁹ And everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them.

Blessings and Woes

²⁰ Then he looked up at his disciples and said:
“Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God.
²¹ “Blessed are you who are hungry now,
for you will be filled.
“Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.

²² “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. ²³ Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven, for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

²⁴ “But woe to you who are rich,
for you have received your consolation.
²⁵ “Woe to you who are full now,
for you will be hungry.
“Woe to you who are laughing now,
for you will mourn and weep.

²⁶ “Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

Benediction

Leader:  In our concerns and in our choices,

All:   God is with us.

Leader:  In our disappointments and in our joys,

All:  God is with us.

Leader:  In our protesting and in our serving,

All:   God is with us.

Leader: Now and always,

All:   God is with us.

DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Want to get hold of Pastor Pieter…

For church business, please email him at
Pastor.danforthmennonitechurch@gmail.com
For personal matters, please email him at
Pieter.n7@gmail.com
Or call/text to 905-640-0832

We are in need of books for the
Little Library.

Ladies Walking group

Let’s wait one more week.  There will be plenty of snow to be cleared.
Note:  we will be at the beach on February 25^th to see the winter installations.
 

Treasurer’s Report: We are off to a good start with $11,277 being received in offerings in January 2025. In order to meet our 2025 budget our monthly target for Sunday offerings is $9,206.
 
In January there was $400 donated to our Food Bank fund. Forwarding your $200 Ontario Tax Rebate cheque to our Food Bank fund or another worthy cause is encouraged.
 
The planned gift of $121,313.89 from the Estate of Salome H. has been placed in our General Designated Fund. Church Council will be assembling a team to help determine the best way to pay tribute to Salome and her family. The team will also consider some possible uses for these bequest funds and report back to the congregation. This plan was discussed and approved at the AGM on February 2, 2025.
 
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.

Worship Schedule reminder

February 23
Message                    Pieter N.
Worship leader     Mike D.
Song Leader            Sue S.
Musicians                Jessica M. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                  Cindy R., Bethany W.
ZOOM host            Bonnie W.
A/V Tech                  Don B.

Book study             Murray L.

March 2
Message                    Pieter N.
Worship leader    Margaret A.
Song Leader           Dalton J.
Musicians               Jessica M. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                 Tessa R., Leslie S.
ZOOM host           Bonnie W.
A/V Tech                  Mike D.

Hymn Sing

In summary, upcoming events:

At Danforth

February
18  Ladies walking group – cancelled
22  Pieter & Mauricio’s wedding
25  Ladies walking group – Beach Winter stations

Wider Church

February
 
March
24  Evening with Phyllis Webstad

<The last word…

Prayers for the beauty of snow

Thank you for mornings when we wake up to the beauty of freshly fallen snow.
God of creation, thank you for the beauty of winter – for snow, icy windowpanes, evergreen trees, warm coats, sledding, and hot cocoa.

Prayers for safety in storms

Preserve those who travel (through snow and on ice); surround them with your loving care; protect them from every danger; and bring them in safety to their journey’s end.
Keep my feet from slipping, my wrist from breaking and my patience from coming to an end.

DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406
Pastor Pieter Niemeyer

We welcome all guests who have joined us.

Danforth Mennonite Church
February 9, 2025   11:00 a.m.
Order of Service

Call to worship hymn: # 29 Come, Now is the time to Worship

Land Acknowledgment
Welcome

Call to Worship

Prayer

Hymn: #9 Come Away From Rush and Hurry

Announcements

Offering Prayer

Hymn: #573 Strong Peaceful Man of Galilee

Congregational Prayer

Hymn: #283 Lord You Have Come to the Lakeshore

Scripture:  Luke 5: 1-11

Sermon:  The Divine breaking into ordinary with abundance

Closing Hymn: #540 Will You Come and Follow Me

Benediction

Leading Us in Worship
Sermon                               Pieter N.
Worship Leader            Erma M.
Song Leader                    Don B.
Musician                           Roger H. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                           Dalton & Carol J.
Zoom Host                      Bonnie W.
A/V Technician             Murray L.

Hymn of the month:  VT #9  Come away from rush and hurry

Adult Discussion Class

 Join us this Sunday as we witness Stephen‘s stoning and the resistance to the early church. Follow along in the Book of Acts chapters 6-7.

Scripture Reading

Luke 5:1-11 (NRSVUE)

Jesus Calls the First Disciples
 Once while Jesus standing beside the Lake of Gennesaret and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, ² he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. ³ He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. ⁴ When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” ⁵ Simon answered, “Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.” ⁶ When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to burst. ⁷ So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink. ⁸ But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’s knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!” ⁹ For he and all who were with him were astounded at the catch of fish that they had taken, ¹⁰ and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.” ¹¹ When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

SHARING IN THE PATH TO
RECONCILIATION

A message from the
Outreach and Service Committee

By knowing the facts, and not being afraid to speak up, you can help turn the tide on the continued existence of myths and stereotypes. 

Another excerpt from this book…

A frequent extension of the “residential schools are ancient history” myth is the question “Why can’t they just get over it?”

Senator Murray Sinclair,

former head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, made these comments regarding a fellow senator who posed that question:

My answer has always been: why can’t you always remember this? Because this is about memorializing those people who have been victims of a great wrong.

Why don’t you tell the United States to “get over” 9/11? Why don’t you tell this country to ”get over” all the veterans who died in the Second World War, instead of honouring them once a year? … We should never forget, even once we have learned from it, because it is a part of who we are. It’s not just a part of who we are as survivors and children of survivors and relatives of survivors; it’s part of who we are as a nation. And this nation must never forget what it once did to its most vulnerable people.

Calvin Murray Sinclair CC OM MSC

Ojibway name Mizanay (Mizhana) Gheezhik;
January 24, 1951 – November 4, 2024

DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Men’s Breakfast

Saturday, February 8    9:00 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 🙂

We are in need of books for the
Little Library.

Treasurer’s Report: We are off to a good start with $11,277 being received in offerings in January 2025. In order to meet our 2025 budget, our monthly target for Sunday offerings is $9,206.
 
In January there was a $400 donated to our Food Bank fund. Forwarding your $200 Ontario Tax Rebate cheque to our Food Bank fund or another worthy cause is encouraged.
 
The planned gift from the Estate of Salome H. has been placed in our General Designated Fund. Church Council will be assembling a team to help determine the best way to pay tribute to Salome and her family. The team will also consider some possible uses for these bequest funds and report back to the congregation. This plan was discussed and approved at the AGM on February 2, 2025.
 
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, February 11 at 10:30 am (weather permitting), we will meet at the Taylor Creek Park parking lot off Dawes Road

An email will go out on Monday February 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.

Note:  we will be at the beach on February 25^th to see the winter installations.

Worship Schedule reminder

February 16
Sermon                        Carol O.
Worship leader      Bonnie W.
Song Leader             Don B.
Musicians                  Bonnie W. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                   Cindy R., Bethany W.
ZOOM host            Mike D.
A/V Tech                   Roger H.

Book study             Murray L.

February 23
Message                 Pieter N.
Worship leader  Mike D.
Song Leader         Sue S.
Musicians               Jessica M. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                 Cindy R., Bethany W.
ZOOM host          Bonnie W.
A/V Tech                 Don B.

Book study            Murray L.

In Summary, upcoming events:

At Danforth

February
8  Men’s breakfast
8  Messy Church
11  Ladies walking group – Taylor Creek Park
18  Ladies walking group
22  Pieter & Mauricio’s wedding
25  Ladies walking group – Beach Winter stations

Wider Church

February

 March
24  Evening with Phyllis W.

DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406
Pastor Pieter Niemeyer

We welcome all guests who have joined us.

Danforth Mennonite Church
February 2, 2025   11:00 a.m.
Order of Service

Welcome

Land Acknowledgement

Opening Prayer

Call to worship

Opening Hymn: VT#9 Come Away From Rush and Hurry

Announcements and offering

Offertory Prayer

Hymn: VT#813 Heart With Loving Heart United

Congregational Prayer 

Hymn:   VT#719 Jesus, Help Us Live in Peace

Scripture reading:  I Corinthians 13:1-13,

Luke 4:21-30

Sermon:  The Standard of the Spirit   Part 2

Closing Hymn:  VT 831  Blest Be the Tie that Binds

Benediction

Leading Us in Worship
Sermon                               Pieter N.
Worship Leader            Cindy R.
Scripture reader           Bethany W.
Song Leader                    Dalton J.
Musicians                         Roger H. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                           Dalton & Carol J.
Zoom Host                      Bonnie W.
A/V Technician             Don B.

Hymn of the month:  VT # 9  Come away from rush and hurry

It’s Hymn Sing Sunday
All are welcome to join us in the sanctuary
at 10:00 a.m.

The adult discussion class returns on February 9.  If you would like to receive emails regarding what’s happening in our class, please contact Bonnie.

Call to worship

One: We confess we are sometimes impatient, and often unkind.  We are quick to envy and find subtle ways to boast.  There are times we are rude and lift ourselves up as we put others down.

All: Loving God teach us to love

One: God of Love, we confess that we are quickly angered.  We are quick to record how often we’ve been wronged.  There are times we celebrate the misfortune of others

All: Loving God teach us to love

One: God of Love, we confess that we put ourselves first.   We are reluctant to give, we are slow to sacrifice.  There are times we hesitate to protect.

All: Loving God teach us to love

One: When we are tempted to judge, may love remind us to trust and forgive. When we are tempted to despair, may love remind us to hope.  When we are tempted to give up, may love remind us  to persevere.

All:  Loving God teach us to love.

Scripture Reading

I Corinthians 13:1-13 (NRSVUE)

The Gift of Love
13 If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. ² And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ If I give away all my possessions and if I hand over my body so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.

⁴ Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant ⁵ or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs; ⁶ it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. ⁷ It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

⁸ Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. ⁹ For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part, ¹⁰ but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. ¹¹ When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. ¹² For now we see only a reflection, as in a mirror, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. ¹³ And now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, and the greatest of these is love.

 Luke 4:21-30 (NRSVUE)

²¹ Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” ²² All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?” ²³ He said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.’ ” ²⁴ And he said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown. ²⁵ But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months and there was a severe famine over all the land, ²⁶ yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. ²⁷ There were also many with a skin disease in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” ²⁸ When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. ²⁹ They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff. ³⁰ But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.

The Right Rev Mariann Edgar Budde delivering her sermon at the national prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, 21 January 2025

Last week, the bishop of Washington delivered a sermon in front of President Trump urging him to show mercy towards LGBTQ+ and migrant communities. The president condemned it as ‘nasty’.
 At church, it was mentioned that people were sending postcards of affirmation and support for Bishop Budde.  Here is the contact information:

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Washington National Cathedral
2101Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016

Praying with the Anabaptists: Five Hundred Years Later
Written by Carol Penner

Reforming Spirit,
you blew through the lives of common folk in Switzerland in 1525.

A realization gradually dawned that what they had been taught from childhood about being a Christian was not the only way to think.

Reading the Bible opened a new way.  They envisioned a church not automatically filled with citizens from birth, not led by leaders who bought their positions, not having a hierarchy at all.

And so they knelt and were rebaptized as adults, claiming their own faith in their own time, ready to suffer the consequences.

Your Spirit continues to move today, reform-ing your church in new and myriad ways.

You challenge us to draw close, to read and reread your sacred texts, and to discern where the church is not serving the one who washed feet, not honouring the Creator of all creatures, not tuned to your beating heart of love.

Wake us up to claim our faith in our time,
becoming yielded to your goodness.

Turn us away from sins that vary and multiply in our very souls, and in our beloved communities.

Together we read and listen, together we want to find the footsteps of Jesus and walk in them.

Give us courage to resist what you want resisted; tyranny, callousness, unkindness,
and violence on every level.

Through your power, mold our congregations into true communities of devotion and simplicity, that bring good news of great joy to all people.

The world needs your touch, and we have hands.  The world needs your voice, can we speak your truth?

By your grace, we live and move and find new ways of being.   Amen.

Copyright Carol Penner  www.leadinginworship.com.

Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before you with our prayers for DMC’s new pastor, Pieter Niemeyer.  We ask that you bless and guide him in his role as a shepherd of the congregation.  Grant him wisdom, discernment, and under-standing as he leads and ministers to the people entrusted to his care.
 
Father, we ask that you surround him with a supportive and loving church community.  May the congregation rally around him, offering encouragement, prayers, and support as he navigates the challenges and responsibilities of his position.
 
Lord, we pray that you bless Pastor Pieter with good health, both physically and spiritually.  Strengthen him in times of weariness and refresh his spirit when he feels drained.  May he find rest and rejuvenation in your presence.
 
May our pastor be a vessel through which your love and trust are revealed to the congregation and to the world.
 
In Jesus’ name, we pray.  Amen.

DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

White cane week
February 2 – 8, 2025

It is designed to make the public aware of proper eye care and blindness prevention while focusing on the capabilities of blind people.

Men’s Breakfast

February 8,  9:00 a.m.

We meet on the 2nd Saturday
 of every month at 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 🙂

Worship Schedule reminder

February 9
Message                Pieter N.
Worship leader Erma M.
Song Leader        Don B.
Musicians             Roger H. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                Dalton & Carol J.
ZOOM host         Bonnie W.
A/V Tech                Murray L.

Book study             Murray L.

February 16
Message                 Carol O.
Worship leader  Bonnie W.
Song Leader         Don B.
Musicians              Bonnie W. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                Cindy R., Bethany W.
ZOOM host         Mike D.
A/V Tech               Roger H.

Book study          Murray L.

Ladies Walking group

On Tuesday, February 4 at 10:30 am (weather permitting), we will meet at Pine Hills Cemetery in the parking lot by the front entrance (Birchmount & St. Clair).
 
An email will go out on Monday February 3 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.

WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

In This together presents a webinar series…Faithfully at Variance: Engaging with the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. Webinar #2

takes place on Sunday February 2, 6pm CT. We will be discussing Queer Relationships to the Confession. Theologian and MCEC Pastor Eliot C. B. will reflect on historical and current impacts of the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective on Queer Mennonites, followed by responses by Anita F. and Nessa S. For more details and to register, visit inthistogethernetwork.ca/news-and-events.

Hope Starts at Home:
An evening with Phyllis W.

March 24, 2025 at 6 pm, Bingemans Conference Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Dr, Kitchener
Join us on March 24 along with author and speaker, Phyllis W., the founder and ambassador of the Orange Shirt Society. Phyllis will share her childhood of healing and reconciliation in Canada as we seek to restore justice, foster belonging and address poverty in Ontario. Funds raised at the event will supply MCC Ontario’s new meat cannery. To learn more and order your tickets, go to
mcc.org/evening – with – phyllis – webstad.

In Summary, upcoming events:

At Danforth

February
1  Pastor Pieter joins us as our Pastor
2  DMC AGM
4  Ladies walking group – Pine Hills Cemetery
8  Men’s breakfast
8  Messy Church
11  Ladies walking group
18  Ladies walking group
22  Pieter & Mauricio’s wedding
25  Ladies walking group – Beach Winter stations

Wider Church

February
2  In This Together webinar

March
24  Evening with Phyllis W