Miriam Dancing, Anna Kocherovsky
Biblical Women
Community Mennonite Church
A Summer Worship Series 2015
We launch this summer worship series with one of the call stories from our Bible School curriculum: Message Received. To join Mary, called to bear Jesus the Messiah into the world, we’ve chosen four other Biblical women: Tamar, daughter of King David; Mary, leader of a Jerusalem house church; Rhoda, a servant in Mary’s home; and an unnamed woman who met Jesus. The stories of these women range from horrifying to inspiring. Some stories are familiar, while others may be surprisingingly new. We expect that each one will take on some fresh resonance as we engage them from our current vantage point as a congregation in local mission in Harrisonburg and sending women and men into many other places around the world. As our worship is shaped by these contributions to our Biblical inheritance, let’s take seriously the stories of our lives, seeking the traces of God’s work within us and through us as we bear Christ in our world today.
Aug 2: Mary: Mother of Jesus
Potluck Meal @ Morrison Park
Scriptures: Luke 1:26-45; Luke 1:46-55
Sermon: Jenae Longenecker (Pastoral Intern)
Aug 9: Tamar
Lord’s Supper
Scriptures II Samuel 13:1-39; Mark 10:13-16
Sermon: Pastor Jennifer Davis Sensenig
Aug 16: Rhoda & Mary: Mother of John Mark
Drama
Scripture: Psalm 102:1-22; Acts 12:1-19
Bible Study: Pastor Jennifer Davis Sensenig
Aug 23: Canaanite Woman
Scripture: Isaiah 2:2-4; Matthew 15:21-28
Sermon: Pastor Dayna Olson-Getty