Weekly Update

 

 

Worship Recordings are available to our registered website users at valleyviewmc.ca > Watch > Past Worship Services. An email is sent to the congregation when Sunday Worship is available to view each week.

 

 

10:00am Worship at Valleyview

 

Theme: To Hope and Act with Creation Series - Hope.

Communion Service

 

Focus: We hope and act, trusting God to work in unseen, marvelous ways.

 

Worship Leader: Linda W

Speaker: Pastor Marv

Song Leader: Henry B

Scripture Reader: Allison H

Musician: Elenor T

Tech Team: Heather P, Tom P

Ushers: Paul A, Innocent M, Henry J

Counters: David H, Helen D

Coffee Host: David H

 

Order of Service

Announcements

Welcome

Call to Worship

Song: VT# 123 - Come, Ye Thankful People

Offertory prayer and offering

Prayer: VT# 1048

Scripture: Romans 8:18-27

Children s Time: A Flicker of Hope, Julia Cook

Song: VT# 180 - This is God s Wondrous World

Message: Hope for the World - Hope for Humanity, Pastor Marv

Song: VT# 467 - Taste and See

Communion

Community Sharing and Prayer

Song: VT# 806 - Called by Earth and Sky

Sending: VT# 821

 

11:00am Second Hour

Upstairs: Coffee Hour, Sharing Faith Story: Athieng A

Lower Level: Youth Meetup, and Children/Junior Youth Sunday School Class

Snack Host: Kristibeth K

Children s Sunday School (JK-Gr 4) Teacher: Jess A & Dan H
Junior Youth (Gr 5-7) Teacher: Lanette FW

Youth Meetup (Gr 8-12) Leader: Jacob M/Sarah D

 

 

Thursday, Oct 10:

Male Chorus Rehearsal - 7:30pm

 

 

October 18 20, 2024: Valleyview Unplugged, Fall Church Retreat

 

 

10:00am Worship at Valleyview

 

Valleyview s Youth lead Worship Service, Thanksgiving

 

Worship Leader: Youth

Speaker: Youth

Song Leader: Heidi W

 

11:00am Second Hour: Potluck Meal

 

Following our worship, everyone is invited to a potluck lunch downstairs.

 

What to Bring: 

     Food to Share (Peanut Free, Sesame Free) for potluck lunch 

     Your own dishes, cups, and cutlery

     Please bring a serving dish and utensil for your potluck contribution. Label your dish with your name and be sure to collect it before leaving.

 

Children s Sunday School classes will return October 27th

 

 

Worship: To Hope and Act with Creation is our fall worship series, providing an Anabaptist lens as we seek justice and peace for all creation. In a time when the groans of creation are growing in intensity, Mennonites are invited to join Christians all over the world in marking the Season of Creation - six weeks in September and October of worship, prayer, and action dedicated to the healing of our common home. (We will extend into November.)

 

Romans 8:14-25 provides a rich scriptural framework for the season, inviting us to join creation in lament and praise as we seek reconnecting as kin within the whole, moving away from a culture of destruction into a fully restored and embodied web of life.

 

October 13: Thanksgiving
Second Hour: Potluck Meal for all (no Sunday School classes)

 

October 20: Valleyview Unplugged, Annual Silver Lake Church Retreat
There is no worship at Valleyview in London this weekend.

 

October 27: Worship Guests, the Valleyview Male Chorus
Second Hour: Male Chorus performance

 

 

For ways to donate please visit www.valleyviewmc.ca/Give.

 

Total donations received in September: $27,105

Monthly donations target: $24,158

Total donations received Year-to-Date: $215,689
2024 Annual donations target: $289,897

 

Announcements

New and updated announcements are marked with purple font.

 

Borrowing Coolers & Ice Packs *request fulfilled*

Thank you! We received enough offers to fulfill the requested need. A reminder to please drop off the coolers and ice packs to the church office by Sunday, October 13^th (Thanksgiving).

Seeking Disposable Plastic Containers!
Welcome Wednesday needs your disposable plastic containers and lids ( Mennonite Tupperware! ).  We could really use your plastic ice cream, yogurt, cottage cheese, margarine, recycled takeaway/delivery and whatever else containers WITH lids. Please bring them to Valleyview and leave them with Lynne W, Doris K, or at the Church Office.

Many thanks! - Lynne W.

 

Valleyview Unplugged:

When: October 18- 20, 2024

Theme: Meeting God in the Wilderness

Where: Silver Lake Mennonite Camp

What to Expect:  Prepare yourselves to Meet God in the Wilderness at Valleyview Unplugged this year! We invite you to a weekend filled with God s presence and fellowship among community. Come for an experience in nature and an opportunity to work together to prepare elements of our Sunday worship service, either through Visuals, Music, Drama or Creative Writing. We hope to see you there!

Registration Due: Sunday, October 6 (online form linked in Weekly Update email)

Cost: Food and Accommodation Costs at the Camp provided by Valleyview Mennonite Church

 

 

MCEC:

1.      Volunteer Opportunity for all ages! The MCEC Creation Care Working Group is making plans for the coming year, and we would love your help! We have set four goals for this year:
1)     To host a book club related to creation care/environmental justice themes,
2)     To run a social media campaign highlighting what creation care looks like,
3)     To create Earth Day worship resource for churches for April 2025, and
4)     To amplify ideas and initiatives happening in congregations.
If you are passionate about 1 or all of the above, or if you would like to learn more about our working group and have ideas for how to support and engage MCEC congregations in the work of creation care, please reach out to Jay Reesor and Sara DeWeerd (co-chairs) at creationcare@mcec.ca.

 

2.      Wendy Janzen, MCEC Eco-Minister, and Herb Sawatzky, pastor of Bethany Mennonite Church, invite you to join in a monthly prayer for our planet. Let s come together to pray for our concerns around climate justice (ways that climate change has unequal impacts on marginalized and vulnerable populations, both human and more-than-human). October 10 is the first meeting and will then take place the second Thursday of the month, for 30 minutes, beginning at 11:15a.m. Sign up for the Zoom link at mcec.ca.

 

Menno Singers:

Saturday, November 2, 7:30pm (Trillium Lutheran Church, 22 William St, Waterloo): Menno Singers and The Laurier Singers with Artistic Director Brandon Leis join voices to present music for All Souls Day  Love, Loss & Eternity.  Tickets $25, Child/Student $5 at the door or from choir members.

 

Sunday, November 17, 3pm (St Matthews Lutheran Church, 54 Benton St, Kitchener): Menno Singers hosts its Annual Messiah Sing-Along with soloists and orchestra. Bring a score, sit in parts and join your voices to sing (or come and listen). Admittance by donation.

 

For the latest news and volunteer opportunities, visit links below:

 

MCC (Mennonite Central Committee): mcccanada.ca

MCEC (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada): mcec.ca

MDS (Mennonite Disaster Service): mds.mennonite.net

September edition of On the Level:  https://conta.cc/4esqtQj

MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates): www.meda.org

 

Attendance Practices at Valleyview

 

Scent-Free Zone: Severe Scent Allergy

Valleyview is a scent-free zone as many participants have strong reactions to scented products. Please refrain from using all scented products: cologne, perfume, hairspray, hand and body lotion.

No Peanuts: Allergy Alert

Some members in attendance experience serious peanut allergy. Please refrain from bringing, eating, or serving any food labelled as containing peanuts or with warning May contain peanuts .

Masking Policy at Valleyview

Please wear a facemask if you feel more comfortable and remember to stay home if you are not feeling well.