Daily Prayer Request – Monday, June 4, 2018

Pray for our Young at Heart leaders and members. Pray that we would be wise enough to tap into their wisdom and that they would be encouraged to share. Pray that whether strong and active or increasingly frail, their lives would be a testimony of the faithfulness of God. Pray for the measureless honour that one of them would take up the challenge of praying by name for you on a regular basis. Pray that we would find ways to express our respect and our love to them.

Bulletin – June 3, 2018

HMC EVENTS

The Tuesday Ladies G2G is breaking over the summer, but will gather every other Tuesday morning at Cravings for coffee at 9:30, beginning on June 5.

Young at Heart will be a week earlier in June. Tickets for the June 7 Variety Show & Luncheon are available in the foyer this week.

HMC Family Meeting & Potluck On June 10 we will enjoy a potluck lunch together in the gym followed by a budget meeting. We’ll vote on our proposed budget for the coming year and hear some updates from Pastor Dave and Ministry Council. Grab a booklet in the foyer today. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Ladies Social Come out on Wednesday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m. to the upper room to finish putting together the Father’s Day Treats. Thanks again to Angie Bechtel for leading the craft portion. This will be the final gathering of the season until September. Join in for some fun and fellowship!

Let’s spark some conversation and add s’more fun to our calendar by bringing back our summer bonfires! Consider signing up as a host for a Sunday evening in July or August. See the form on the reception desk to sign up.

Summer Slam brings kids together for a whole week to learn, grow, and play. Mark the mornings of August 13-17 on your calendar and plan to sign up your children/grandchildren/neighbours (ages 5-12). Grab a form outside the admin centre or fill it out online.

PRAYER REQUESTS

A number of our congregation are experiencing health issues. Please pray for them, their families, and the health care professionals that are overseeing their care.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Mike & Michaelle Harloff on the birth of their second daughter, Mikayla Pearl, on Wednesday, May 23.

Congratulations to Pastor Amos & Faith Shelley on the birth of their third child, Mercy Lif (Leaf), born on Wednesday, May 30.

Daily Prayer Request – Friday, June 1, 2018

Pray for the courage to surrender our will to God for ourselves and for our church. We live in a very independent culture. Surrender, even to God, feels foreign to us.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting. —Psalm 139: 23-24

Moving Forward 101: What is Authentic Servanthood? Part 1 – Sermon Video

John 13:1-17 New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

13 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

8 “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

10 Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” 11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.

12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

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Daily Prayer Request – Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Pray for our toddlers and infants. Pray for love and security in their lives. Pray for godly examples and for teaching that gives them a foundation in the things of God, whatever their home situation. Pray for the courage and the love to be a Godly influence in at least one young life.

Daily Prayer Request – Monday, May 28, 2018

Pray for our Children. Pray that the little ones remain humble examples of what we adults need to become in the kingdom. Pray that we would see them as God sees them. Pray that their conduct would show they remember their Creator God. Pray that they would grow to be increasingly excited about who God is.

Daily Prayer Request – Friday, May 25, 2018

Pray for our Youth and Young Adults in college and university. Pray that the things they have learned would come to mind when the many voices of the world would pull them away from their trust in God. Pray that they would remain true. Pray that if they begin to drift, God’s Spirit would draw them back.

What Does it Mean to ‘GATHER & GO’?

So what does it truly mean to ‘Gather and Go’?  Lately we have been talking a lot about that large part of our purpose as a church, and talking about something called ‘disciple making’.  Take a look at this video to catch a bit of the vision and passion I have for us being committed to ‘Gather and Go‘.

—Pastor Dave