Text Box: Lynside Lines

Volume 2, Issue 4
Text Box: For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. I Corinthians 3:11 (NIV) Text Box: Lynside Mennonite church, 648 Mr. Torrey Road, P.O. Box 124 Lyndhurst, VA 22952 Telephone 540-949-7474 Text Box: LEAD ARTICLE: A PURPOSE, A VISION AND A MISSION BY PASTOR DENNIS KUHNS Text Box: “Membership Manual” of 1996. A page and one half outlines the purpose, which is to: 1) Celebrate God’s presence through worship 2) Encourage God’s family through fellowship 3) Educate God’s people in discipleship 4) Demonstrate God’s love in ministry 5) Communicate God’s Word through evangelism On a green sheet in the same manual there was a Missions Statement that reads: (Continued on page 3) Text Box: In our bulletin there is the statement: “A Church with a purpose.” When I first came to Lynside, I wondered where that phrase came from. Since we are a church, one would conclude that our purpose had something to do with Jesus and proclaiming his Gospel. But I had no explanation of the context for the statement. When Ed Bontrager was consulting with us, he asked people what they thought it meant. A number of good responses were given. One person remembered that the purpose statement was outlined in the Text Box: Lindsey Brown and Brian Fletcher would like to invite our church family to come and share in the exchange of our Wedding vows on Saturday, May 22nd at 1:30 at Lynside Mennonite Church, following will be a reception held in the old sanctuary. Please come and witness the beginning of our new life together. Text Box: SONshine Day (VBS) is being planned for June 19th from 10:00am to 7:30pm. Games, crafts, music and drama will be centered around Noah and the flood. Lunch will be provided as well as a community supper. A youth rally with Ryan Huffer will begin at 7:30. There are still jobs available such as crew and station leaders. See Velma for more information. Text Box: SPECIAL EVENTS Text Box: (Special events continued on page 4) Text Box: May 2, 2010