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Welcome to
Boulder Mennonite Church
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Palm/Passion Sunday: Tell the Story Again
Welcome to the worship service today.
We hope it is meaningful for you and welcome you to come again.
As a Christian community, called by Christ to be inclusive, caring, and peace-minded,
we affirm that people of any race, ethnic identity, gender, sexual orientation, ability, age,
economic status, or life situation are welcome to be in full participation in our congregation.
3910 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305
(303) 443-3889 • www.bouldermennonite.org • info@bouldermennonite.org
Boulder Mennonite Church
is a vibrant, Christ-centered community welcoming all
people to know God and to be ambassadors of God’s
love, healing, and peace.
T o d a y : Ap r i l 1 4 , 2 0 1 9
9:30 am Worship: Palm Sunday
Snacks & Fellowship (sanctuary)
11:00 am Christian Education for All Ages
Adult Ed: ‘Speaking Through Our Lives’ – Paul & Mary McKay (PART II)
12:00 pm Finding God Small Group
Prelude Allegro from Sonata I in A major G.F. Händel
*S i n g i n g All glory, laud and honor, vv. 1, 3 Hymnal 237
*C a l l t o W o r s h i p
Youth: Why do we meet today to tell the story? What does it all mean?
Leader: We gather together to remember the story of Jesus, the Lamb.
People: We remember Jesus riding into Jerusalem,
the palms, the people, the Last Supper,
the garden, the arrest and trial,
the angry crowds, the suffering and crucifixion, the death.
We remember it all.
We tell the story in thanksgiving and deep gratitude.
Youth: How is this week different than other weeks?
Leader: This is the week that Jesus showed us how deep is God’s way of love
and forgiveness for us.
All: This is the week that Jesus revealed most fully
God’s character of love, forgiveness, and nonviolence—
the way that leads to life.
Today we proclaim his holy life and death.
O give thanks to our God, for God is good;
God’s steadfast love endures forever!
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Welcome
The Psalm Psalm 31.9-16
Be gracious to me, O God, for I am in distress;
my eyes are dim from weeping, my soul is deep with grief.
For my life is worn away with sorrow, and my years with sighing;
my body has weakened and my bones waste away with misery.
All my fears rise up to mock me, my neighbors turn away,
my friends dread to see me and flee from my sickness of soul.
My mind, too, has left me like one who is dead;
I have become like a broken vessel.
Yes, I hear the voices around me whispering of my plight—
fears rise up on every side!
Isolation, rejection, fear surround me and conspire to overwhelm me.
Still I trust in you, O God; I repeat, "You are my Life."
My life is in your hands;
deliver me from the fears which separate me!
Let your face shine on me; save me in your steadfast love!
—adapted from Psalms for Praying, Nan C. Merrill
Singing Oh Lord (God) have mercy STJ 47
M i s s i o n M o m e n t : Earth’s Table: The end of hunger begins here
Offering Invitation/Blessing
Please place written prayer requests in the offering baskets.
Offertory Put Your Hand in the Hand G. MacLellan
A Moment for All Ages
Toddlers and children through 1st grade may be dismissed for childcare after this time.
Older children may use the back of the sanctuary for quiet activities, with parental permission.
We love the sounds infants contribute to our worship service!
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T E L L IN G T HE S TO R Y:
Remembering Holy Week through Scripture, Song and Symbol
Reflection
John 12.12-15
Singing Hosanna, loud hosanna Hymnal 238
Luke 22.14-23
Remembering Jesus’ Last Supper
John 18.1-19.27; Mark 15.33-38, 42-46
Singing Go to dark Gethsemane Hymnal 240
Singing When I survey the wondrous cross, vv. 1, 3, 4 Hymnal 259
Sharing Joys and Concerns
Prayers of the People
Passing the Peace
Introductions
Announcements
*Benediction
*S e n d i n g S o n g I have decided to follow Jesus
1. I have decided to follow Jesus (3x)… No turning back, No turning back
2. Tho’ none go with me, still I will follow… No turning back…
*As you are able, please stand in body, mind, or spirit.
Resources used in worship:
Scripture adapted from The Inclusive Bible, Priests for Equality, and The Five Gospels, Funk/Hoover/The Jesus Seminar
Icons: Hermanolean Clip Art, images frequently used in Spanish religious communities, http://cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon/
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Thanks to all who contributed to our service today!
Speaker: Pastor Randy Spaulding
Worship Leader: Toni McClain
Readers: Gretchen Williams, Laura Minter, Joel Sawatzky, Sandi
Sanborn, Lily Mast
Musicians: Susan Graber, Kent Olson, Pastor Randy
Mission Moment: Carole Suderman
Moment for All Ages: Carole Suderman
Sound System: Elleanna Voran, Steve Voran
Greeters: Carole Suderman, Carolyn Clement
Snacks: Elvira Glenn
Deacons: Elvira Glenn, Carole Suderman, Steve Voran
April 7, 2019 Attendance: 86 Offering: $3,694
THIS WEEK
Mon Introverts Small Group, 6:30 pm, Jan’s casa
Thurs Centering Prayer Small Group, 11:00 am
Thurs Maundy Thursday Communion and Foot Washing, 7:00 pm, BMC
MAUNDY THURSDAY COMMUNION AND FOOT WASHING - APRIL 18, 7 PM:
The evening will begin with a simple meal of bread, fruit and cheese (provided). Singing,
communion, foot washing and scripture readings will follow. Please sign up at the back of
the sanctuary today if you plan to attend this special service of Holy Week.
NEXT SUNDAY – April 21, 2019
April 21 Easter Sunday! Breakfast @ 9:30 am, Worship @ 10:30 am
Easter Egg Hunt
COMING UP
May 12 Drama: “Mary Magdalene” performed by Mary Sprunger-Froese @ BMC
June 2 Conversations on the future of Christian Education @ 11:00 am, BMC
August 2-4 Mountain States Mennonite Conference Annual Assembly @ BMC
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~ PRAYERS ~
~ Lisa B., one of our SOAR guests last week, requests prayers for her 28 year old son who is
addicted to drugs, homeless and unemployed. Please pray for Lisa’s strength as she tries to
practice tough love.
~ Diamond B., another SOAR visitor, offered this prayer request: ‘I pray that I figure out my
life!’
~ Paul and Mary McKay asked for prayers for Eduardo Morales, may he recover completely
from the removal of one of his kidneys due to cancer.
~ Petra Lisa Voss offered thanks for the homecoming of her mother on Wednesday. She is
doing well. And continue to keep Gretchen who is suffering from shingles in your
prayers.
~ Prayer request from Ohio Mennonite Conference: Bob Sauder, Ohio Conference
Moderator, died suddenly on the morning of April 9. Please keep Bob's wife (Pam),
children and grandchildren, his extended family, Salem Mennonite Church and Ohio
Conference in your prayers. His obituary can be found online:
https://www.oberlinturnbull.com/notices/Robert-Sauder.
~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~
**Please call in or email (info@bouldermennonite.org) announcements by Thursday, 9:00 am**
DEACONS: Elvira Glenn: e_eglenn@netzero.net or 303-666-6331
Steve Voran: 303-499-6843
Carole Suderman: 303-494-8527
PASTOR RANDY’S OFFICE HOURS:
Tues: 10am – 4pm; Wed: 10am - 2pm; Thur: 10am – 3pm; Fri: 10am – 3pm (subject to
visitation or meetings): Appointments/call-aheads strongly encouraged. Randy takes
Mondays as a Sabbath rest from work—including emails. He responds only in
emergencies on Monday.
CHURCH ADMIN BEN’S OFFICE HOURS:
Tues: 11 am - 12 pm, 1 - 3 pm; Wed: 10 am - 12 pm;
Thur: 10 am - 12 pm, 1 - 3 pm; Fri: 10 am - 12 pm, 1 - 2 pm
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April Birthdays: April Anniversaries:
2 Beau Bryant 25 Kristi and Beau Bryant
9 Becky McKay Epp
24 Barry Janzen
25 Nina Mast
28 Becky Neumann
30 Bruce Fast
~ IN OUR COMMUNITY ~
EASTER EGG HUNT NEXT SUNDAY! Please bring your colorful, goodie filled Easter
eggs for the Easter egg hunt next Sunday. You can deposit them in the tub by the lobby
welcome table when you arrive for Easter breakfast.
EASTER BREAKFAST POTLUCK: BMC's annual Easter breakfast potluck is next week,
9:30 am on Easter Sunday, before the worship service at 10:30 am, April. Please bring a
breakfast dish to eat and share. Also, please sign-up to help set up tables or clean up
afterwards or to decorate, etc, on the sign-up sheets at the back of the church.
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SPRING CLEANING BMC WORKDAY, 9:30AM SATURDAY APRIL 26:
Everyone is invited to join us for this upcoming BMC Workday to clean and fix up our
property and premises. We would like to involve as many volunteers as possible, and
request that individuals or small groups sign up on the clipboard at the rear of the
sanctuary to take responsibility for completing a particular task. It isn't necessary that
work take place only on Saturday, and people should feel free to come and work on their
tasks whenever they have time—evenings, weekends, weekdays, etc. Here is a list of the
tasks we would like to complete in the next few weeks. Please sign up for what you are
willing to do:
clean spots from chairs and upholstery repaint metal handrails in foyer
clean all overhead and fluorescent lights clean and repaint radiators in foyer
wash and polish sanctuary woodwork repaint foyer side entrance door
tighten high chairs for youth at rear replace metal strips on basement stairs
wash cabinets and walls in kitchenette scrub and apply finish to foyer slate tiles
wash all sanctuary windows, in and out rake and clean up yard areas
make reversible sign for shower room remove basement metal blind holders
new curtains on 3 basement windows finish shower room tiles and paint
Please see one of the BMC trustees (Kurt Firnhaber, Bruce Fast, or Dan Jantzen) if
you have any further questions.
8MINISTRY OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE (MFRC) REPORT:
Offerings and rental income are keeping pace with our expenses and outward ministries
donations, thanks to your contributions. The latest income/expense report has been posted
to the church website (under Community, Members). ~ Bruce Fast, BMC Treasurer.
BUDGET TIME AGAIN! It is already time to start thinking about your
group or committee's budget for the upcoming year (July 2019—June
2020). Please let us know by May 11, what resources your committee
will need for the year. ~ MFRC (Ministry of Financial Resources
committee: Eldon, Bruce, Becky S., Gary).
ECOLOGY TIP OF THE
WEEK: Are you beginning to
see dandelions popping up in
your yard? Those yellow
flowers are more than just
‘flags’ alerting us to their
locations so can dig them out.
Dandelions are often the first
and most prolific source of
food for bees and other
essential pollinators. So it’s
best to resist the temptation to
spray, pull, or dig them out.
And while providing
nourishment for pollinators,
you can get some yourself by
eating the leaves, which are
high in vitamins and iron!
~ IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY ~
CELEBRATING AND HONORING INSPIRING WOMEN: EPIC is hosting a campaign
to Honor Inspiring Women both in our lives and those in EPIC’s programs. You can send
the names of women in your life who have been an inspiration—a mother, daughter, aunt,
sister, teacher, pastor—with any size donation to EPIC. If you send an address we will let
them know we have honored them. If possible we would like a picture, digital or a print, so
9we can include them in a photo collage on EPIC web page. We will also create a banner to
be displayed at the EPIC Annual Meeting on July 20, 2019. For more details, grab one of
the EPIC cards from the lobby welcome table. Thank you for participating!
Here’s to strong women,
May we know them,
May we raise them,
May we be them.
MOUNTAIN STATES MENNONITE CONFERENCE (MSMC): The April issue of ZING!
is available online. You may also pick up a paper copy on the welcome table. For more
information about our conference and latest issue of ZING!, go to
www.mountainstatesmc.org. Also, MSMC is excited to announce the
conference has purchased a subscription to Survey Monkey. We
would like to make this available to all of you. So, If your congregation
has a need to create a survey, please contact Jen Dudenhefer (at
administrator@mountainstatesmc.org) to get it set up and emailed out.
THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPLATIVE LIVING, DENVER, welcomes John Philip
Newell on May 9 for a talk entitled, 'Boundless: A Celtic Vision of the Sacred in All
Things.' Newell is an internationally acclaimed teacher of Celtic Spirituality, which
celebrates the essential sacredness of all things. It
remembers John the Beloved as leaning against Jesus at
the Last Supper. It was said of him in the Celtic world that
he therefore heard the heartbeat of God. He became a
symbol of the practice of listening deep within ourselves,
deep within one another, and deep within the Earth and
every creature and life form. We will explore this practice
together and the implications of listening for the Sacred at
the heart of each moment. Internationally acclaimed Celtic
teacher from Edinburgh, Newell is the celebrated author of
Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality
and founder of the School of Celtic Consciousness. He is
one of the prominent Christian teachers of Spirituality in the Western world and has
authored over 15 books. Registration is required, online at
http://www.contemplativeoutreach-co.org/. Cost: $40. May 9, 2019, 6:30-9:00pm.
10MENNONITE DISASTER SERVICE (MDS): Dear Friends—We are now scheduling for
our spring & summer projects! Please consider becoming an MDS volunteer at one of the
following project locations. Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities are in:
1. Grand Forks, British Columbia –
2018 Flood
2. Lake Isabella, California – 2016
Erskine Fire
3. Pine Ridge, South Dakota – 2015
Windstorms
4. Puerto Rico – 2017 Hurricane Maria
For more information or to serve please call: Deanna Frey at 800-241-8111 or email
dfrey@mds.mennonite.net.
SENT 2019: BEAUTIFUL FEET: Last chance to register for
SENT conference 2019 is TODAY. SENT is an annual
gathering of missional leaders (aka 'church planter folk') hosted
by Mennonite Mission Network and this year will be held at
Beloved Community Mennonite Church, Denver, April 26-28.
Registration deadline is April 15. Check it out at
www.mennonitemission.net/events/sent-2019-conference.
MENNONITE CHURCH USA: Find special Holy Week worship activities to hold with your
families in the Lent At Home resources: www.mennoniteusa.org/lent2019. Also, meet some
of the #MennoCon19 worship band and hear music they are preparing for worship at
www.mennoniteusa.org/worshipteam. And follow MC USA Convention on Facebook for
the latest scoop on convention: www.facebook.com/MCUSA.Convention.
RESTORATIVE CHURCH GATHERING: On Monday, June 17, you are welcome to join
this post-National Association of Community and Restorative Justice Conference event that
will explore the intersectionality of restorative justice, restorative theology, and restorative
practices in church communities. There will be a presentation on restorative dialogue
realms for faith communities, sharing of challenges and opportunities, learning about
theologians who engage restorative justice concepts, and learning about new resources for
advancing the Restorative Church network and promoting peacemaking practices within
churches. When: Mon, June 17 from 9am to 1pm; Where: Central Presbyterian Church
(1660 N Sherman St); Registration & Info: contact Ted Lewis (tedlewis76@gmail.com or
715-205-5945); Cost: donation ($5-15) to cover food and building usage (pay cash/check at
event).
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