Sunday, April 25, 2004
LOCUST GROVE MENNONITE CHURCH
29525 Findley Road
Burr Oak, MI 49030
Phone 489-5041
April 25, 2004
Morning Service - 9:30 AM
Worship Leader – Mattie Miller
Chorister – Chris Oswald
Scripture – Acts 9:1-6 – Danielle Curey
Message – “Make Me a Sheep”– John Troyer
Children’s Story – Marilyn Schwartz
Sunday School – 11:00 AM
Adult Lesson – “Getting Ready”
Background Scripture – 1 Thessalonians 4--5
GOD DID NOT APPOINT US TO SUFFER WRATH BUT TO RECEIVE SALVATION THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 1 Thes. 5:9
Evening Service –
Small Groups
Today’s Greeters & Ushers – Erv & Phyllis Wickey, LeRoy & Pauline Hochstetler
Nursery Staff – Jayme Bontrager and Kelsey Gautsche; May 2 – Kevin & Missy Bower
Jail Service – Locust Grove
Offerings & Attendance - 04/18/2004
General Fund $ 3,089.25
Designations total $ 95.00
AM attendance 181
CALENDAR
Wed. Apr. 28, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection – Soup & Sandwich
Wed. Apr. 28, 6:30 PM – Wednesday Connection – Bible/Book Study
Wed. Apr. 28, 6:30 PM – MYF Wednesday Connection
Wed. Apr. 28, 6:30 PM - Crickets
Sun. May 2, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thurston Woods is helping Locust Grove with the relief drive to provide warm comforters and quilts to the Iraqi people. On April 27, starting at 2:00 PM, they will have a workday to finish the 25 comforters that are ready to tie. They will have a pot luck supper from 6-7:00 PM. If you would like to help, contact Martha Franz.
The Jail Ministry Auction is coming up in June. Forms are available on the library counter if anyone has items to donate. Please fill out the forms and return them to Natalie Bellaire.
Amigo Centre has summer staff positions open and needs your help in finding suitable candidates for these positions. A list is posted on the west bulletin board. Contact Amigo at 651-2811.
Birthday Greetings go to: May 5 – Chad Miller; May 6 – Clarence Troyer, Chelsea Moore, Sierra Kerschner; May 7 – Karis Eicher; May 8 – John Blucker
Anniversary Greetings go to: May 3 – Art & Mary Jane Eichorn; May 7 – Kevin & Diana Yeager
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
Healing
-Evelyn Blucker, Michael Eash, Cathy Fellers, Bill Kerschner, Ellen Oswald, Connie Pagels, Marv Schwartz, Dave & Wilma Shank, Clarence Troyer, Betty Andersohn, Collin Keeslar, Levi Slabach, Sylvanus Yoder, Deb Julien, Emily Franz, Angie Litwiller, Art Eichorn
Local Ministry & Needs
- Our marriages and families
- St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- Engaged Couples –Glendon Miller & Danielle Curey (June 26, 2004); John Nunemaker & Stephanie Parker (July 24, 2004); Alesia Bontrager & Terry Walls (Sept. 4, 2004); Jaclyn Lederman & Joshua Suderman (Dec. 18, 2004); Mark Martin & Carrie Younts
- College Students – Jeff Coney, Danielle Curey, Rachel Eichorn
- This week pray for Larry & Rose Bontrager and their sons Gary (14) and Eric(11). Their address is 503 Ambs Road, Colon, MI 49040. Check the west bulletin board for pictures and information on their interests and activities.
Other Ministries & Needs
- Our Missionaries - The Denlingers in Israel
- Pray for Sheldon & Cindy Sharp and their fundraising for their mission work in Alaska.
- Pray for the new Mennonite congregation in Quito, Ecuador, as it develops three new home groups in the city under the leadership of César Moya and Patricia Urueña and assistant pastor Liliana Ocampo.
Action Notes from Sermon
(Please use this area to take any notes and include it in your devotional and prayer times this week.)
29525 Findley Road
Burr Oak, MI 49030
Phone 489-5041
April 25, 2004
Morning Service - 9:30 AM
Worship Leader – Mattie Miller
Chorister – Chris Oswald
Scripture – Acts 9:1-6 – Danielle Curey
Message – “Make Me a Sheep”– John Troyer
Children’s Story – Marilyn Schwartz
Sunday School – 11:00 AM
Adult Lesson – “Getting Ready”
Background Scripture – 1 Thessalonians 4--5
GOD DID NOT APPOINT US TO SUFFER WRATH BUT TO RECEIVE SALVATION THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 1 Thes. 5:9
Evening Service –
Small Groups
Today’s Greeters & Ushers – Erv & Phyllis Wickey, LeRoy & Pauline Hochstetler
Nursery Staff – Jayme Bontrager and Kelsey Gautsche; May 2 – Kevin & Missy Bower
Jail Service – Locust Grove
Offerings & Attendance - 04/18/2004
General Fund $ 3,089.25
Designations total $ 95.00
AM attendance 181
CALENDAR
Wed. Apr. 28, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection – Soup & Sandwich
Wed. Apr. 28, 6:30 PM – Wednesday Connection – Bible/Book Study
Wed. Apr. 28, 6:30 PM – MYF Wednesday Connection
Wed. Apr. 28, 6:30 PM - Crickets
Sun. May 2, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thurston Woods is helping Locust Grove with the relief drive to provide warm comforters and quilts to the Iraqi people. On April 27, starting at 2:00 PM, they will have a workday to finish the 25 comforters that are ready to tie. They will have a pot luck supper from 6-7:00 PM. If you would like to help, contact Martha Franz.
The Jail Ministry Auction is coming up in June. Forms are available on the library counter if anyone has items to donate. Please fill out the forms and return them to Natalie Bellaire.
Amigo Centre has summer staff positions open and needs your help in finding suitable candidates for these positions. A list is posted on the west bulletin board. Contact Amigo at 651-2811.
Birthday Greetings go to: May 5 – Chad Miller; May 6 – Clarence Troyer, Chelsea Moore, Sierra Kerschner; May 7 – Karis Eicher; May 8 – John Blucker
Anniversary Greetings go to: May 3 – Art & Mary Jane Eichorn; May 7 – Kevin & Diana Yeager
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
Healing
-Evelyn Blucker, Michael Eash, Cathy Fellers, Bill Kerschner, Ellen Oswald, Connie Pagels, Marv Schwartz, Dave & Wilma Shank, Clarence Troyer, Betty Andersohn, Collin Keeslar, Levi Slabach, Sylvanus Yoder, Deb Julien, Emily Franz, Angie Litwiller, Art Eichorn
Local Ministry & Needs
- Our marriages and families
- St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- Engaged Couples –Glendon Miller & Danielle Curey (June 26, 2004); John Nunemaker & Stephanie Parker (July 24, 2004); Alesia Bontrager & Terry Walls (Sept. 4, 2004); Jaclyn Lederman & Joshua Suderman (Dec. 18, 2004); Mark Martin & Carrie Younts
- College Students – Jeff Coney, Danielle Curey, Rachel Eichorn
- This week pray for Larry & Rose Bontrager and their sons Gary (14) and Eric(11). Their address is 503 Ambs Road, Colon, MI 49040. Check the west bulletin board for pictures and information on their interests and activities.
Other Ministries & Needs
- Our Missionaries - The Denlingers in Israel
- Pray for Sheldon & Cindy Sharp and their fundraising for their mission work in Alaska.
- Pray for the new Mennonite congregation in Quito, Ecuador, as it develops three new home groups in the city under the leadership of César Moya and Patricia Urueña and assistant pastor Liliana Ocampo.
Action Notes from Sermon
(Please use this area to take any notes and include it in your devotional and prayer times this week.)
