Worship

At the heart of Waterford Mennonite is worship. We gather every Sunday morning to worship with joy-filled sharing of gifts, wisdom and life experiences that represent the full diversity of the congregation, all to the glory of God. An intentional effort is made to blend worship and music styles, mixing hymns and choruses, instrumental and vocal, lively and contemplative. We value the God-given gifts of all ages and work diligently at their discernment, practice and growth. Drawing upon scriptural themes, we include visual arts, drama, and other art forms to further our praise of God in our worship services.

If you would like to be involved in worshiping with us at Waterford Mennonite Church come to one of our two services and become an active part of our community praising God.

Season of Lent Worship Series

Christ Collides

Lent is the season of the church that is set aside for prayerful reflection as we prepare to faithfully follow Jesus through the events of Holy Week. We will begin our Lenten journey on Ash Wednesday, March 5th. Everyone is invited to a 7 pm worship service where we remember who we are as humans and who God is. Within the service Pastors will offer to place ashes on foreheads or hands as signs not only of our mortality but also of forgiveness and new life.

Our Sunday morning worship services during Lent will follow the Narrative Lectionary as we focus on the theme “Christ Collides.” We will draw from the worship resource created by members of the Illinois Mennonite Conference, published in the The Leader by MennoMedia. Three of the six texts during Lent are parables. The authors comment that “It has been said that the origin of the word parable is two things that collide, and if you, upon hearing a parable, do not feel the impact of the collision, you are probably missing something… Our writing team realized that not only Jesus’ stories (parables) surprise us—he also interacts with people in much the same way. So we formed this series around the theme of “Christ Collides.” Each week’s texts offer a glimpse into how the content of his teachings collides with us and our world.”

Every Sunday, within our worship services, we will also have a time of confession and receiving words of assurance. Each week as we light the peace lamp we will join with our local siblings of Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference and Central District Conference in praying the same prayer as we stand together in solidarity with immigrants in our community.

During Holy Week we will gather on Thursday, April 17th for a Maundy Thursday service which will include a time of footwashing. For our Easter Celebration, on April 20th, we will have a sunrise service at 7 am, brunch in our fellowship hall at 9 am hosted by Seekers, and worship to celebrate the resurrection at 10 am in the sanctuary where we will also share in Communion.
In the chart below you will find the scripture texts for each week, in addition to the theme and the name of our preacher. We invite everyone to come to our Lenten journey with open hearts, minds, eyes, and ears to meet Jesus and to be transformed as we follow Jesus to the cross and to the empty tomb.

“Christ Collides…” 
3/9  With Our Bias; Luke 10:25-42; Pastor Cindy; JYF Leading the Service
3/16 With Our Condemnation; Luke 13:1-9, 31-35; Pastor Deron
3/23 With Our Priorities; Luke 15:1-32; Guest Preacher, Lyle Miller
3/30 With Our Selfishness; Luke 16:19-33; Pastor Deron
4/6  With Our Blinders; Luke 18:31-19:10; Pastor Cindy
4/13 With Our Expectations; Luke 19:29-44; Pastor Katie
4/20 With Death; Communion; Luke 24:1-12; Pastor Cindy

 

 

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