BETHEL COLLEGE MENNONITE CHURCH
  May 11, 2025
  Fourth Sunday of Easter

Christ Candle Lighting                                                               

Centering Music–Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer  (Dale Wood) — Karen Schlabaugh                                                                                  

Welcome–Brad Kohlman

*Hymn–God of Grace and God of Glory–VT 716

Children and Youth Conversation–Nathan & Esther Koontz

Scripture Reading–Acts 9:36-43–Karen Ediger

Sermon–From the Mundane to the Miraculous–Joanna Harader

*Hymn–Healer of Our Every Ill–VT 644

Prayers of God’s People–Brad Kohlman

Welcoming New Members–Elizabeth Schmidt
New Members by Baptism (April 27, 2025): Emma Gering, Maisie Brubacher
                                                                                   Abram Wall
                 Baptism Videos
     Introduction to Church Membership–VT 959              
     New Members by Transfer: Lorin and Karen Neufeld
  Membership Covenant Questions
     Welcoming New Members–VT 961

*Hymn–For We Are Strangers No More–VT 409

Sabbatical Blessing for Pastor Nathan–Sondra Koontz and Megan Kohlman

Leader: Nathan, BCMC thanks you for postponing your sabbatical and for calmly guiding us through transitions. We celebrate your leadership, the encouragement and guidance you provide us. And now it is time for a Sabbatical.

Congregation: We acknowledge the unique challenges of pastoral leadership. We send you on this Sabbatical journey, confident that God will bless you, refresh your spirit, and provide you with new vision for our continued ministry. May this Sabbatical be a time of rest and discovery for you.

Leader: We pray that you will enjoy poetry and play, leisurely dreaming and
focused reflection, contemplation and rich conversation at the Holy Wisdom Monastery, and moments of wonder in the Colorado wilderness.

Congregation: We will miss you as we continue our ministry here. Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you, that we support you, and that we look forward with joy to your return.

Nathan: I will miss you as well and I will pray for you. I too look forward to returning and sharing again in our ministry. Thank you for creating this opportunity for renewal and rest in my ministry.  

*Hymn of Blessing–The Peace of the Earth Be with You–VT 838

*Benediction    

Postlude–Postludium (Flor Peeters)– Karen Schlabaugh

*You are invited to stand     VT—Voices Together     Audio visual—Ken Lamp