DANFORTH MENNONITE CHURCH
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Danforth Mennonite Church
January 5, 2025 11:00 a.m.
Order of Service
Welcome
Land Acknowledgement
Call to Worship
Hymn: VT #9 Come Away from Rush and Hurry
Announcements
Offering Prayer
Hymn: VT #37 Be Still and Know that I am God
Congregational Prayer
Hymn: VT #570 When we Walk with the Lord
Scripture Text: Luke 2:41-52 and Psalm 2:7-8
Message: When I was Twelve
Hymn of Response: #4 VT#839 Go Ye Now in Peace
Benediction
Leading Us in Worship
Message Robin W.
Worship Leader Margaret A.
Song Leader Don B.
Musician Kathy W. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters Vic & Mary Jane G.
Zoom Host Bonnie W.
A/V Technician Mike D.
Hymn of the month: VT #839 Go Ye in Peace
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 January 12. If you would like to receive emails regarding what’s happening in our class, please contact Bonnie.
Call to worship
based on Luke 2:41–52
Leader: Jesus, grant that we may learn from You as long as we live,
People: that we would mature in wisdom and years.
Leader: Just as you listened and questioned, grant us humility
People: that we would sit among the teachers.
Leader: We look to you, Emmanuel,
All: Jesus, teach us how to learn.
Scripture Reading
Psalm 2
God’s Promise to His Anointed
Why do the nations conspire,
and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against God and his anointed, saying,
‘Let us burst their bonds asunder,
and cast their cords from us.’
He who sits in the heavens laughs;
God has them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
‘I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.’
7 I will tell of the decree of the Holy One:
He said to me, ‘You are my son;
today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.’
10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve God with fear,
with trembling
12 kiss his feet, or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way;
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Happy are all who take refuge in him.
Luke 2:41-52
Jesus increased in favor with all. Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival.
When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents were unaware of this. Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went a day’s journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.
After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously looking for you.” He said to them, “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in God’s house?” But they did not understand what he said to them.
Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them, and his mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years and in divine and human favor.
SHARING IN THE PATH TO
RECONCILIATION
A message from the
Outreach and Service Committee
Throughout 2025, the O&S Committee will provide submissions to the church bulletin under the above heading. This is one of the ways in which we plan to fulfill our 215+ Pledge Call to Action. It is an ongoing effort towards reconciliation.
We will highlight numerous ANNUAL INDIGENOUS DAYS OF SIGNIFICANCE as well as other points of interest.
NATIONAL RIBBON SKIRT DAY, January 4th.
Here is an excerpt from a statement by the Prime Minister on NATIONAL RIBBON SKIRT DAY 2024…
“Observed for the first time last year, National Ribbon Skirt Day commemorates the experience of Isabella Kulak, a member of Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan who was shamed for wearing a handmade ribbon skirt to a formal day at her elementary school.
Ribbon skirts have been worn by First Nations and Métis women, girls, and gender-diverse people for generations. With their vibrant colours, bold patterns, and intricate designs, they are a symbol of pride and offer a deep connection to Mother Earth.
Isabella’s story– and the stories of so many others – reminds us of the ongoing challenges Indigenous Peoples face, including racism and inequity, and of the work we need to continue doing, together, on the shared path of reconciliation. Today, we see women, girls, and gender-diverse people wearing ribbon skirts both formally and informally – like when they cross the stage to receive their degrees or when they are passing on traditional knowledge to the next generations at home or in classrooms. Thanks to their resilience, that history has not been and will never be lost.”
Photo reference: Isabelle Kulak, second from right, poses in front of her school with Eunice Ketchemonia-Cote, a ribbon skirt maker, right, her daughter Heather Ketchemonia, second from left, and mother, Stella Ketchemonia, CBC News, 2023.
DANFORTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Danforth Mennonite Church
Annual General meeting
February 2, 2025
Dates to note:
- submissions no later than January 15
- AGM booklet will be emailed out January 22
- printed copies upon request – will be available January 26 (Sunday before the meeting)
Ladies Walking group
will start up again on
January 28th.
Worship Schedule reminder
January 12
Message John E.
Worship leader Dalton J.
Song Leader Kathy W.
Musicians Roger H. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters Vic & Mary Jane G.
ZOOM host Bonnie W.
A/V Tech Murray L.
Discussion Class Book Study – Murray L.
January 19
Message Stephen R. – from MCC
Worship leader Sue S.
Song Leader Sue S.
Musicians Jessica M. (piano), Ray W. (tuba)
Greeters Wilda S., Tessa R.
ZOOM host Bonnie W.
A/V Tech Fazal S.
Discussion Class Acts – John E.
Church Council is pleased to announce that Pieter N. will begin the role of pastor of DMC on Sat. Feb. 1, 2025…
just in time for our Annual General Meeting on Sunday Feb. 2.
Just a note about the schedule for speaking on Sundays:
Before Pieter’s start date was finalized, Worship Committee had already scheduled Pieter to return as a guest speaker on Sun. Jan. 26.
As pastor, Pieter will speak several times a month; for example, on Feb. 2, 9, and 23. As we resume having a pastor, we will also resume our long-held practice of having a guest speaker at least once a month, on average. This gives the pastor more time, in that week, to focus on other aspects of ministry.
In Summary, upcoming events:
At Danforth
January
11 Men’s Breakfast
15 AGM Deadline for submissions for the booklet
22 AGM booklet will be emailed
26 AGM booklet printed copies available on request
28 Ladies Walking Group
February
1 Pastor Pieter joins us as our Pastor
2 DMC AGM