DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406

 We welcome all guests who have joined us.

 Danforth Mennonite Church
August 11, 2024  10:30 a.m.
Order of Service

Welcome/Introduction

Invitation to spend time in the garden

Time in the Garden

Call to Worship 

Opening Hymn:  VT #180 This is God’s Wondrous World

Announcements

Offering/Offering prayer

Hymn:  VT # 145 Touch the Earth Lightly

Reflection:  Where do you find God?

Prayer Time

Hymn:  #163 Amazing Grace

Scripture reading:  Psalm 19

Meditation:  Seeing Nature as Creation

Closing hymn:   Pass it On

Benediction

Leading Us in Worship
Message                           Tim R.
Reflection                        Lisa W.
Worship Leader           Sue S., Lisa W.
Song Leader                   Sue S.
Musicians                        Roger H. (piano)
Greeters                           Tessa R., Leslie S.
Zoom Host                      Bonnie W.
A/V Technician             Mike D.

Loving Father and Creator of all, we come to you today deeply grateful for your creation.
As we look around us, we are amazed at the greatness and majesty of all that you have made.
Nature around us speaks of your greatness—the vast expanse of the sky, the mountains, trees, lakes, and streams speak of your great design.
You have given us such beauty in the colors of the rainbow, the beauty of flowers and fields.
Words cannot adequately express the magnificence of all you have created.
We join in praise with the writer of the psalms when he says, “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the Earth.”
May we show our love and reverence to you, our Lord, by caring for all that you have created.
We humbly give you praise and thanks.   Amen

Pass It On

It only takes a spark
To get a fire going
And soon all those around
Can warm up in its glowing
That’s how it is with God’s love
Once you’ve experienced it
You spread His love to ev’ryone
You want to pass it on

What a wondrous time is spring
When all the trees are budding
The birds begin to sing
The flowers start their blooming
That’s how it is with God’s love
Once you’ve experienced it
You want to sing it’s fresh like spring
You want to pass it on

I wish for you my friend
This happiness that I’ve found
You can depend on Him
It matters not where you’re bound
I’ll shout it from the mountain top
I want my world to know
The Lord of love has come to me
I want to pass it on
Words and music by Kurt Kaiser

DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Bar-b-que Potluck
September 8
Following the church service
 
Please use the sign up
sheet to place your order

Worship Schedule reminder

August 18
Service at Willowgrove

August 25
Message:                  Carol O.
Worship leader    Mike D.
Song Leader           Dalton J.
Musicians                Dalton J.
Greeters                  Anne R.,  Carol J.
ZOOM host           Bonnie W.
A/V Tech                 Don B.

There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the upper lobby for those offering and those needing rides to and from Willowgrove on August 18.

In Summary, upcoming events:

At Danforth
August
10  Men’s breakfast
17/18 Willowgrove joint service weekend

September
8  Bar-b-que lunch

Wider Church
August
22-24 Theatre of the Beat Festival
25 Song Festival

September
21  GTA Mennonite Festival
25  MCC Ontario AGM

Community corner
September
11  Yorkshire Rose Quilters meeting
30  National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406
 
We welcome all guests who have joined us.

Danforth Mennonite Church
August 4, 2024  10:30 a.m.
Order of Service

Land Acknowledgement

Welcome

Call to Worship:    VT # 851

Hymn: VT # 100   Praise Him, praise Him

Announcements

Offering Hymn: VT # 745

Congregational Prayer:   VT # 996

Scripture reading:  Act 3: 1-11

Song on YouTube:  Lift up your heads, oh you gates

Sermon:  The King, the Ankle Bone and the Leaping Hills

Hymn of Response: VT # 847   You Shall go out with Joy

Benediction

Leading Us in Worship
Message                            John E.
Worship Leader            Linda D.
Song Leader                    Dalton J.
Musicians                         Bonnie W. (piano)
Greeters                           Tessa R., Leslie S.
Zoom Host                      Mike D.
A/V Technician             Fazal S.

Benediction

Leader: Praise be to the Lord the God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting

Let all the people say,

“Amen! Praise the Lord.”

All: “Amen! Praise the Lord.”

Scripture Reading
Acts 3:1-11 (NIV)

Peter Heals a Lame Beggar
3 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. ² Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. ³ When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. ⁴ Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” ⁵ So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.

⁶ Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” ⁷ Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. ⁸ He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. ⁹ When all the people saw him walking and praising God, ¹⁰ they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter Speaks to the Onlookers
¹¹ While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.

DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Details to come

Worship Schedule reminder

August 11
Message:                Tim R.
Worship leader  Sue S./Lisa W.
Song Leader         Sue S.
Musicians               Roger H. (piano)
Greeters                 Leslie S., Tessa R.
ZOOM host           Bonnie W.
A/V Tech                 Mike D.

August 18
Service at Willowgrove

August 25
Message:                Carol O.
Worship leader   Mike D.
Song Leader          Dalton J.
Musicians               Dalton J.
Greeters                  Anne R., Carol J.
ZOOM host           Bonnie W.
A/V Tech                  Don B.

WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Now is the Time: Canada Sign the
Nuclear Ban Treaty

Hiroshima & Nagasaki Day Remembrance – Free, Family-friendly, open to the public
Where: The Peace Garden, Toronto City Hall
When: Tuesday, August 6, 2024

4:00 – 6:30 pm: Community and Craft Tables
6:30 – 8:30 pm: Commemoration Ceremony for the 79th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Guest Speakers – Setsuko Thurlow, CM, Nuclear War Survivor, Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient on behalf of ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons)
– Rooj Ali, Youth Nuclear Peace Summit 2022, Coordinator with Reverse the Trend: Save our People
Music – Grammy-nominated flautist Ron Korb
– Commemorative musical piece for Hiroshima, Dr. Seiichi Ariga
– Songs by Toronto’s Raging Grannies
8:30 pm: Commemorative Lantern Ceremony
Special Presentations – Benetick Kabua Maddison, Director, Marchallese Educational Initiative
– Dr. Takashi Hiraoka, Mayor of Hiroshima 1991 – 1999, Journalist, Peacebuilder

Canada and the Atom Bomb Exhibition
Where: Toronto City Hall
When: August 2-3 and 6-8, 2024

The Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario along with the Institute of Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies at Conrad Grebel University College are sponsoring a Saengerfest (Song Festival) on August 25, 2004.

August 25, 2024: 3:00pm

All are invited to a Saengerfest (Song Festival) at St. Matthews Lutheran Church, 54 Benton Street, Kitchener to commemorate the centenary of the 1920s Mennonite immigration to Ontario from settlements in present-day Russia and Ukraine. Song leader is Mark Diller Harder. For more details, see

https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/saengerfest
Thank you.
Harold Thiessen, Secretary
Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario

GTA Mennonite Festival for World Relief seeks new volunteers to help raise money for Mennonite Central Committee’s work in Ontario and around the world. We’ll hold the annual Festival at Willowgrove on September 21. The sale is expanding! We need new volunteers in the following areas:
Admission and parking (3-4 people)
Crafts Booth
Bake Sale tables (4 people each)
Arrange a game of pick up baseball (2 people);
Oversee Bocci Ball/Croquet (4 people)
Set up quilt frames on Thursday or Friday night (3-4 people)
Face painting (3-4 people)
We also invite people to help with baking bees for cookies and squares
(time and location to be determined).
Please contact gtamennonitefestival@gmail.com if you can help with any of these activities.

COMMUNITY CORNER

Whether you are new to quilting or an experienced quilter, the Yorkshire Rose Quilters’ Guild of Toronto has something for you.
Come to 2174 Danforth Ave to meet a community of quilters dedicated to inspiring, educating, and sharing our love of quilting.

For only $40, you can access these amazing benefits of membership:

• Presentations/trunk shows by local and international speakers
• Quilting workshops
• An extensive library of quilting books

We can’t wait to see you!

Doors open at 7:00PM on the second Wednesday of the month at 2174 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
(just east of Woodbine Ave)

For more information: yorkshirerosequiltersguildofto@gmail.com

In Summary, upcoming events:

At Danforth
August
10  Men’s breakfast
17/18 Willowgrove joint service weekend

September
8  Bar-b-que lunch

Wider Church
August
22-24 Theatre of the Beat Festival
25 Song Festival

 September
21  GTA Mennonite Festival
25  MCC Ontario AGM

Community corner
August
2-3 and 6-8  Canada and the Atom Bomb Exhibition
6  Hiroshima & Nagasaki Day Remembrance

September
11  Yorkshire Rose Quilters meeting
30  National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406

We welcome all guests who have joined us.

Danforth Mennonite Church
July 28, 2024  10:30 a.m.
Order of Service

Words of Welcome 

Call to Worship  VT  #853

Hymn: VT #1    Summoned by the God Who made us

Announcements 

Giving thanks for our gifts

Hymn:  # 685      O Lord, Hear My Prayer

Prayers of the people … including the prayer on #893

Hymn:  #283    Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore

Scripture Reading:    John 6: 1-21

Sermon:  Jesus and our Struggle Between Scarcity and Enough

Hymn of Response:  # 812   Sent Forth by God’s Blessing

Benediction 

Leading Us in Worship
Message                            Pieter N.
Worship Leader            Dalton J.
Song Leader                    Dalton J.
Musicians                         Roger H. (piano)
Greeters                           Carol J., Fazal S.
Zoom Host                      Bonnie W.
A/V Technician              Mike D.

Call to Worship

Leader:  If you are delighted to be here, and if your are tired or troubled,

People: you are welcome

Leader:  If your faith is strong, and if your faith is battered or frail,

People:  you are welcome

Leader:   If you are eager to praise God, and if you need to be quiet,

People:  you are welcome

All:  God welcomes us all to worship today and promises to meet us here.

Scripture Reading
John 6: 1-21

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), ² and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. ³ Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. ⁴ The Jewish Passover Festival was near.

⁵ When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” ⁶ He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

⁷ Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

⁸ Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, ⁹ “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

¹⁰ Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). ¹¹ Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

¹² When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” ¹³ So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

¹⁴ After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” ¹⁵ Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.

Jesus Walks on the Water
¹⁶ When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, ¹⁷ where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. ¹⁸ A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. ¹⁹ When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. ²⁰ But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” ²¹ Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Worship Schedule reminder

August 4
Message:               John E.
Worship leader  Linda D.
Song Leader         Dalton J.
Musicians              Bonnie W. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                Leslie S., Tessa R.
ZOOM host         Mike D.
A/V Tech                Fazal S.

August 11
Message:                 Tim R.
Worship leader   Sue S./Lisa W.
Song Leader          Sue S.
Musicians               Roger H. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                 Leslie S., Tessa R.
ZOOM host          Bonnie W.
A/V Tech                Mike D.

WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the upper lobby for those offering and those needing rides to and from Willowgrove on August 18.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 In summary, upcoming events

At Danforth

July

 August
10  Men’s breakfast
17/18 Willowgrove joint service weekend

Wider Church

September
21  GTA Mennonite Festival
25  MCC Ontario AGM
30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Community corner

August
22-24 Theatre of the Beat Festival

DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
416-422-2406

We welcome all guests who have joined us.

Danforth Mennonite Church
July 21, 2024  10:30 a.m.
Order of Service

Welcome

Land Acknowledgement

Call to Worship

Hymn: VT# 31 Come we that love the Lord

Announcements

Offering 

Hymn: VT #705 For the healing of the nations

Congregational Prayer

Scripture: Ephesians 2: 11 – 22

Hymn: VT #797 We are people of God’s peace

Message: Peace in Christ 

Closing Hymn: Sing and Rejoice #53

 Let there be peace on earth

Benediction

Leading Us in Worship
Message                             Carol O.
Worship Leader             Mike D.
Song Leader                     Dalton J.
Musicians                          Roger H. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                             Carol J., Anne R.
Zoom Host                        Bonnie W.
A/V Technician               Don B.

Call to Worship

Leader: Scriptures attest that God led the Israelites through times of  war,

People:  and through times of peace.

Leader: Scriptures attest that Jesus taught the ways of peace,

 People: although some people opposed Him..

 All: May we learn to promote peace in our world. Amen.

Scripture Reading
Ephesians 2:11-22 (NRSVUE)

One in Christ
¹¹ So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a circumcision made in the flesh by human hands— ¹² remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us, ¹⁵ abolishing the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, ¹⁶ and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. ¹⁷ So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, ¹⁸ for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, ²⁰ built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone; ²¹ in him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord, ²² in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.

DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Treasurer’s Report: We received $6,507 in offerings in June. We are $5,939 below our 2024 offering budget but due mostly to the absence of a paid Pastor we now have a $22,475 operating surplus to the end of June.

In June there was $200 donated to the Benevolence Fund and there is now $551 in the fund. Our goal, as stated in the policy, is to have a minimum of $2,000 in the fund for future situations of need.

We have sent $600 to Danforth Grow Hope for our 1 acre of World Foodgrains Bank support. So far this year we have received $300 in support for this budget line. Please designate donations as “Danforth Grow Hope” if you would like to see our acreage pledge increased in 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

July 28
Message:               Pieter N.
Worship leader  Dalton J.
Song Leader         Dalton J.
Musicians              Roger H (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters                Fazal S.
ZOOM host          Bonnie W.
A/V Tech                Mike D.

August 4
Message:              John E.
Worship leader Linda D.
Song Leader        Dalton J.
Musicians             Bonnie W. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters               Leslie S., Tessa R.
ZOOM host        Mike D.
A/V Tech               Fazal S.

WIDER CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Save the Date

Trending Hope: supporting parents & caregivers to talk about climate change Workshop with Leah R. – August 17, 2024

Joint Service and Potluck at Willowgrove on August 18, 2024 from 10:30am – 4pm. Swimming, wagon rides, games, and more. 
For more details please visit willowgrove.ca.
I have attached a PNG image for the joint service & picnic for sharing as well. (See attached), as well a google form to fill out for those who plan to attend.
Registration – August 17 & August 18, 2024

I have also attached here images (quotes) from Leah R.’s upcoming interactive workshop being offered at Willowgrove on August 17, 2024 along with a picture of Leah R. Here are the details again.

Leah R.-K. will be offering a workshop titled:
Tending Hope: supporting parents & caregivers to talk about climate change

This is an interactive workshop to help people who love and care about the young people in their lives to have courageous and hopeful conversations about climate change.

Drawing on her book Tending Tomorrow: Courageous Change for People and Planet, Leah will provide practical examples and resources. Participants will also be encouraged to reflect on their own faith and wisdom traditions to think about what has sustained them to live in hope during times of adversity, and how they can share this with the young people in their lives.

https://www.willowgrove.ca/events/climate-change-workshop

GTA Mennonite Festival for World Relief

Saturday, Sept. 21, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Willowgrove Farm, 11737 McCowan Rd, Stouffville
Save the date for a fun-filled day at the GTA Mennonite Festival for World Relief. It starts with the food, so come hungry and ready to enjoy traditional (and not so traditional) Mennonite favourites! Tickets are now on sale at gtamennonitefestival.ca.

GTA Mennonite Festival

Save-the-date! MCC Ontario annual general meeting

Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, 7 p.m.
Grounded in the church, our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is an opportunity for us to be accountable, transparent and responsive to you. We invite you to join in celebrating the impact you’ve made of sharing God’s love and compassion in the lives of so many in Ontario and around the world. Delegates from constituent congregations are invited and authorized to vote. The meeting will take place over Zoom. For more information, go to mcc.org/Ontario-AGM.

MCC Ontario AGM

In summary, upcoming events

At Danforth

August
10  Men’s breakfast
17/18 Willowgrove joint service weekend

Wider Church

September
21  GTA Mennonite Festival
25  MCC Ontario AGM
30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Community corner

August
22-24 Theatre of the Beat Festival