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.

Lent Worship Series

Dwelling in Dissonance

Our Sunday morning worship services during Lent will follow the Narrative Lectionary as we focus on the theme “Dwelling in Dissonance.” We will draw from the worship resource created by members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, published in the The Leader by MennoMedia. This year we will follow the accounts of Holy Week as recorded in the Gospel of John. The authors write,

“We invite your congregation to ask each week, ‘What is the dissonance in this passage?’ Dissonance occurs in music when two or more notes strike the listener as discordant. Our ear instinctively knows the note that will bring resolution and wants the dissonance to resolve to something more harmonious. Similarly, we might be tempted to rush through the discord within these Lenten texts, anticipating the already-and-not-yet resolution of Easter. Can we stay in the hard places with Jesus and linger throughout Lent at the edge of our understanding, so we might more fully remain open and present to the hard places and the mysteries we face today?”

In the chart below you will find the scripture texts for each week, weekly themes,  and the name of our preacher and worship leaders. We invite everyone to come to our Lenten journey ready to patiently dwell in the dissonance found in the events and experiences of Holy Week as shared in the Gospel of John.

Date	Theme	Scripture	Preacher	Worship Leaders
2/22	Love and grief, glory and belief	John 11:1-44	Cindy Voth	Loanne Harms and Lydia Voth
3/1	Obvious and hidden	John 13:1-17	Deron Bergstresser	Lyle Miller and Ethan Claassen
3/8	Standing up and standing back	John 18:12-27	Cindy Voth	Brent Beck and Liam Wyse-Fisher
3/15	Submission and power	John 18:28-40	Deron Bergstresser	Rosanna Kauffmann and Eliza Method
3/22	Complicity and innocence	John 19:1-16a	Cindy Voth	Shelby Eby and Layna Stoltzfus
3/29	Palm Sunday	John 19:16b-22	Deron Bergstresser	Lynda Hollinger-Janzen and Cori Chupp
4/5	Easter: Death and resurrection	John 20:1-18	Katie Misz	Krista Daniels and Lacy Stoltzfus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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