Worship Leader: Jana Lepp
Guest Speaker: Suyeon Kang
Song Leader: Geoff Wichert
Pianist: Audrey Wichert
Ushers: Doreen Martens, Jeff Taylor
Tech Team (In-Person / Online): Brad Lepp
Coffee: Melana Janzen/ Rachel Schmidt
Activity Period: Laura Giesbrecht
Gathering music:
· Hymn: #VT790 – How Can we be Silent (v1, 3, 5)
· Hymn: #794 – If the War Goes On
Welcome & Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Announcements
Lighting of the Peace Candle: #VT711: Ya Rab as-salami / God of Peace and Justice
Scripture: Micah 4:1-5
Giving with Gratitude
Children’s Time
Hymn: #779 – You’re not alone
Sermon: “Beat Their Swords into Plowshares: Peacebuilding in Northeast Asia” (Suyeon Kang)
Congregational Prayer
Hymn: Vine & Fig Tree
Benediction
Scripture:
Micah 4:1-5
4 But in the days to come,
the mountain of the Lord’s house
will be the highest of the mountains;
it will be lifted above the hills;
peoples will stream to it.
2 Many nations will go and say:
“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of Jacob’s God,
so that he may teach us his ways
and we may walk in God’s paths!”
Instruction will come from Zion
and the Lord’s word from Jerusalem.
3 God will judge between the nations
and settle disputes of mighty nations,
which are far away.
They will beat their swords into iron plows
and their spears into pruning tools.
Nation will not take up sword against nation;
they will no longer learn how to make war.
4 All will sit underneath their own grapevines,
under their own fig trees.
There will be no one to terrify them;
for the mouth of the Lord of heavenly forces has spoken.
5 Each of the peoples walks in the name of their own god;
but as for us, we will walk in the name of the Lord our God
forever and always.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
9 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their hard work. 10 If either should fall, one can pick up the other. But how miserable are those who fall and don’t have a companion to help them up! 11 Also, if two lie down together, they can stay warm. But how can anyone stay warm alone? 12 Also, one can be overpowered, but two together can put up resistance. A three-ply cord doesn’t easily snap.
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