Sunday, November 02, 2003
LOCUST GROVE MENNONITE CHURCH
29525 Findley Road
Burr Oak, MI 49030
Phone 489-5041
November 2, 2003
Morning Service - 9:30 AM
Worship Leader – Rich Oswald
Chorister – Martha Franz
Children’s Story – Cathy Fellers
Scripture – Edna Carpenter – Romans 11:36 and Matt. 4:4
Guest Speaker – Jaclyn Lederman
Sunday School – 11:00 AM
Adult Lesson – “Enjoy Fellowship”
Background Scripture – 1 John 1:1—3:10
BUT IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS, HIS SON, PURIFIES US FROM ALL SIN. 1 John 1:7
Evening Service – 6:00 PM
Sheldon & Cindy Sharp will be sharing about their calling to mis-sion work.
Today’s Greeters & Ushers –
Nursery Staff – Kevin & Melissa Bower; Nov. 9 – Karis & Tiffany Eicher
Jail Service – Word Fellowship
Offerings & Attendance - 10/26/2003
General Fund $ 2,882.71
Designations total $ 543.25
AM attendance 180
CALENDAR
Today, 1-3:00 PM – ”Bringing Up Boys”
Wed. Nov. 5, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection – Soup & Sandwich
Wed. Nov. 5, 6:30 PM – Wednesday Connection – Bible Study
Wed. Nov. 5, 6:30 PM – Wednesday Connection – “Crickets”
Wed. Nov. 5, 7:30 PM – Worship Commission
Thurs. Nov. 6, 7:00 PM – Craft Club at Phyllis Hughes’
Sat. Nov. 8, 8:00 AM–2:30 PM – Focused Living Retreat
Sat. Nov. 8 – Thurston Woods Bazaar
Sat. Nov. 8, 6:00 PM – Home Improvement at Doug & Kim Schwartz’s
Sun. Nov. 9, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Sun. Nov. 9, Noon – JYF Fundraiser Meal with chicken and noodles
Sun. Nov. 9, 6:00 PM – Schwartz Family Singers
Wed. Nov. 12, 7:30 PM – Elders meeting
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Drama Rehearsal Schedule: Nov. 2
5:00 PM Labon the Leather-Worker Scene
5:30 PM Table Hosts
7:15 PM Mary/Mary and Joseph – Argument Scene with
Voice of God
The dates for our Christmas Drama are Dec. 5, 6 & 7. Monday, Nov. 24 at 5:30 PM is the drama set-up. Sunday, Nov. 30 at 6:00 PM is the all-cast complete walk-through with sound and lights. Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 6:00 PM is the dress rehearsal with meal. Please be in prayer for all the cast members and all those who will be attending the performances.
November 9 is the date for the JYF Fall Fundraiser. Homemade noodles will be featured in a JYF-sponsored noon fellowship meal. Bags of noodles will be available for purchase that day by donation. Out-side purchases may be made at $2.50 a bag.
All Ladies – Women of Faith Conference is coming to Fort Wayne, IN, March 26-27, 2004. For the next several Sundays there will be a sign up list on the library counter. Friends are also invited. The deadline to sign up is today. If you have any questions contact Janell Lederman.
During the month of November the Worship Commission would like to give opportunity to anyone who would care to provide flowers for the al-tar in memory of a loved one. If you are interested in doing this, please contact Mattie Miller.
“Home Improvement” – Nov. 8, 6:00 PM at Doug & Kim Schwartz’s – You may dress like a “hobo” for the fall “Hobo Harvest Party”. Bring “hobo dinners” for the grill, and hop a hayride. Children are welcome! Please note the change of date.
Found – one set of keys on a red AgriGene key ring. Contact Beth Miller if you think they might be yours.
Ministers: All who are a part of this body Pastor: John Troyer, 625-1127
Office Staff: Beth Miller Counseling: Kurt Stevens, 651-7802
Elders: Rich Oswald, chair; LeRoy Hochstetler, Adam Fellers, Marv Schwartz, Jake Schwartz
Church Office Hours: Tues. - Thurs. 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Fri. 9:00 AM-Noon
ANNOUNCEMENTS cont.
It’s a boy! Kurt & Kelly Franz are the proud parents of Kyle Jacob who was born Oct. 29 in Coldwater. He weighed 8 lb. 7 oz. and was 20 in. long. Now grandparents Bill & Martha Franz have a grandson and a granddaughter! May the Lord bless this happy family.
“We’re going to let you sign up to bring doughnuts for Sunday morning fel-lowship time. There is a paper on the library counter where you can sign up. This will be for Sundays beginning with Nov. 16. You will sign up to bring either 3 doz. doughnuts or 4 doz. cookies and you will be asked to prepare the table for serving, serve, and clean up after. We will need three people each week. Any questions, ask Fran Eichorn.”
“Treasures from Heaven” Cookbook update: We sold 75 cookbooks at the St. Joe County Fair this fall and need to sell only 37 more to have them totally paid for. We have set up a table with these 37 cook-books on it and the table will stay there until these are sold. You may put your money for the books in the basket on the table. These make excellent Christmas presents so let’s make the cook-books disappear! If the cookbooks are gone and you need more, please contact Evelyn Blucker, Natalie Bellaire or Martha Franz.
The Primary Sunday School Department reached its goal of $250 for a wheelchair for a child. Mennonite Central Committee will give this chair to a needy child in Tanzania that is unable to walk. Longer ago people with disabilities were left to die but now some workers are helping them go to school or jobs with the aid of a wheelchair or tricycle.
Craft Club is at Phyllis Hughes’ home on Nov. 6 at 7:00 PM. All ladies are welcome to come.
The WMSC project for November is Operation Christmas Child. Informa-tion is in your mailbox today.
Birthday Greetings go to: Nov. 11 – Erma Eash; Nov. 12 – Joe Eicher
Anniversary Greetings go to: Nov. 9 – Fred & Marilyn Schwartz
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
Healing
-Evelyn Blucker, Michael Eash, Cathy Fellers, Bill Kerschner, Mattie C. Miller, Ellen Oswald, Connie Pagels, Marv Schwartz, Dave & Wilma Shank, Clarence Troyer, Shelly Kindig, Betty Andersohn, Ann Araujo, Collin Keeslar, Levi Slabach, Sylvanus Yoder, Deb Julien
Local Ministry & Needs
- Our marriages and families
- St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- College Students – Stefanie Patrick, Matt Schwartz, Steve Schwartz
- This week pray for Lennis & Nancy Troyer. Their address is 62850 McKale Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030. Check the west bulle-tin board for pictures and information.
Other Ministries & Needs
- Mennonite Church Transformation Process
- Our Missionaries - The Denlingers in Israel
- God’s will to be done in the hearts of our government leaders and leaders around the world.
- Pray for Mission Network worker Dennis Byler, Burgos, Spain, as he teaches each week at United Evangelical Theological Seminary in El Escorial. Ask for protection as he makes the three-hour drive there and for responsive students.
Action Notes from Sermon
(Please use this area to take any notes and include it in your devo-tional and prayer times this week.)
29525 Findley Road
Burr Oak, MI 49030
Phone 489-5041
November 2, 2003
Morning Service - 9:30 AM
Worship Leader – Rich Oswald
Chorister – Martha Franz
Children’s Story – Cathy Fellers
Scripture – Edna Carpenter – Romans 11:36 and Matt. 4:4
Guest Speaker – Jaclyn Lederman
Sunday School – 11:00 AM
Adult Lesson – “Enjoy Fellowship”
Background Scripture – 1 John 1:1—3:10
BUT IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS, HIS SON, PURIFIES US FROM ALL SIN. 1 John 1:7
Evening Service – 6:00 PM
Sheldon & Cindy Sharp will be sharing about their calling to mis-sion work.
Today’s Greeters & Ushers –
Nursery Staff – Kevin & Melissa Bower; Nov. 9 – Karis & Tiffany Eicher
Jail Service – Word Fellowship
Offerings & Attendance - 10/26/2003
General Fund $ 2,882.71
Designations total $ 543.25
AM attendance 180
CALENDAR
Today, 1-3:00 PM – ”Bringing Up Boys”
Wed. Nov. 5, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection – Soup & Sandwich
Wed. Nov. 5, 6:30 PM – Wednesday Connection – Bible Study
Wed. Nov. 5, 6:30 PM – Wednesday Connection – “Crickets”
Wed. Nov. 5, 7:30 PM – Worship Commission
Thurs. Nov. 6, 7:00 PM – Craft Club at Phyllis Hughes’
Sat. Nov. 8, 8:00 AM–2:30 PM – Focused Living Retreat
Sat. Nov. 8 – Thurston Woods Bazaar
Sat. Nov. 8, 6:00 PM – Home Improvement at Doug & Kim Schwartz’s
Sun. Nov. 9, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Sun. Nov. 9, Noon – JYF Fundraiser Meal with chicken and noodles
Sun. Nov. 9, 6:00 PM – Schwartz Family Singers
Wed. Nov. 12, 7:30 PM – Elders meeting
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Drama Rehearsal Schedule: Nov. 2
5:00 PM Labon the Leather-Worker Scene
5:30 PM Table Hosts
7:15 PM Mary/Mary and Joseph – Argument Scene with
Voice of God
The dates for our Christmas Drama are Dec. 5, 6 & 7. Monday, Nov. 24 at 5:30 PM is the drama set-up. Sunday, Nov. 30 at 6:00 PM is the all-cast complete walk-through with sound and lights. Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 6:00 PM is the dress rehearsal with meal. Please be in prayer for all the cast members and all those who will be attending the performances.
November 9 is the date for the JYF Fall Fundraiser. Homemade noodles will be featured in a JYF-sponsored noon fellowship meal. Bags of noodles will be available for purchase that day by donation. Out-side purchases may be made at $2.50 a bag.
All Ladies – Women of Faith Conference is coming to Fort Wayne, IN, March 26-27, 2004. For the next several Sundays there will be a sign up list on the library counter. Friends are also invited. The deadline to sign up is today. If you have any questions contact Janell Lederman.
During the month of November the Worship Commission would like to give opportunity to anyone who would care to provide flowers for the al-tar in memory of a loved one. If you are interested in doing this, please contact Mattie Miller.
“Home Improvement” – Nov. 8, 6:00 PM at Doug & Kim Schwartz’s – You may dress like a “hobo” for the fall “Hobo Harvest Party”. Bring “hobo dinners” for the grill, and hop a hayride. Children are welcome! Please note the change of date.
Found – one set of keys on a red AgriGene key ring. Contact Beth Miller if you think they might be yours.
Ministers: All who are a part of this body Pastor: John Troyer, 625-1127
Office Staff: Beth Miller Counseling: Kurt Stevens, 651-7802
Elders: Rich Oswald, chair; LeRoy Hochstetler, Adam Fellers, Marv Schwartz, Jake Schwartz
Church Office Hours: Tues. - Thurs. 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Fri. 9:00 AM-Noon
ANNOUNCEMENTS cont.
It’s a boy! Kurt & Kelly Franz are the proud parents of Kyle Jacob who was born Oct. 29 in Coldwater. He weighed 8 lb. 7 oz. and was 20 in. long. Now grandparents Bill & Martha Franz have a grandson and a granddaughter! May the Lord bless this happy family.
“We’re going to let you sign up to bring doughnuts for Sunday morning fel-lowship time. There is a paper on the library counter where you can sign up. This will be for Sundays beginning with Nov. 16. You will sign up to bring either 3 doz. doughnuts or 4 doz. cookies and you will be asked to prepare the table for serving, serve, and clean up after. We will need three people each week. Any questions, ask Fran Eichorn.”
“Treasures from Heaven” Cookbook update: We sold 75 cookbooks at the St. Joe County Fair this fall and need to sell only 37 more to have them totally paid for. We have set up a table with these 37 cook-books on it and the table will stay there until these are sold. You may put your money for the books in the basket on the table. These make excellent Christmas presents so let’s make the cook-books disappear! If the cookbooks are gone and you need more, please contact Evelyn Blucker, Natalie Bellaire or Martha Franz.
The Primary Sunday School Department reached its goal of $250 for a wheelchair for a child. Mennonite Central Committee will give this chair to a needy child in Tanzania that is unable to walk. Longer ago people with disabilities were left to die but now some workers are helping them go to school or jobs with the aid of a wheelchair or tricycle.
Craft Club is at Phyllis Hughes’ home on Nov. 6 at 7:00 PM. All ladies are welcome to come.
The WMSC project for November is Operation Christmas Child. Informa-tion is in your mailbox today.
Birthday Greetings go to: Nov. 11 – Erma Eash; Nov. 12 – Joe Eicher
Anniversary Greetings go to: Nov. 9 – Fred & Marilyn Schwartz
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
Healing
-Evelyn Blucker, Michael Eash, Cathy Fellers, Bill Kerschner, Mattie C. Miller, Ellen Oswald, Connie Pagels, Marv Schwartz, Dave & Wilma Shank, Clarence Troyer, Shelly Kindig, Betty Andersohn, Ann Araujo, Collin Keeslar, Levi Slabach, Sylvanus Yoder, Deb Julien
Local Ministry & Needs
- Our marriages and families
- St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- College Students – Stefanie Patrick, Matt Schwartz, Steve Schwartz
- This week pray for Lennis & Nancy Troyer. Their address is 62850 McKale Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030. Check the west bulle-tin board for pictures and information.
Other Ministries & Needs
- Mennonite Church Transformation Process
- Our Missionaries - The Denlingers in Israel
- God’s will to be done in the hearts of our government leaders and leaders around the world.
- Pray for Mission Network worker Dennis Byler, Burgos, Spain, as he teaches each week at United Evangelical Theological Seminary in El Escorial. Ask for protection as he makes the three-hour drive there and for responsive students.
Action Notes from Sermon
(Please use this area to take any notes and include it in your devo-tional and prayer times this week.)
