Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Locust Grove
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 489-5041
December 5, 2004
Worship Gathering - 9:30 AM
Guiding Theme
God’s Harmony Is At Hand
Welcome and Opening
Welcome, Call to Worship and Prayer—Gerri Schwartz
Praise Songs—Worship Team – Adam & Cathy Fellers, Katrina Hasbrouck, Chey Hibbert, Marty King, Bill Lederman, Kim Schwartz
Christian Greeting – Bill Lederman
Lighting of the Advent Candle – Prell Family
Hearing God’s Word
Children’s Time – Sharon Schrock
Scripture Reading – Isaiah 11:1-10 – Sam Eicher
Prayer – Gerri Schwartz
Message – John Troyer
Responding
Song of Response –#172 – O Come, O Come Immanuel – Kim Schwartz
Offering
Hymn - #66 – O Worship the King – Kim Schwartz
Announcements – Bill Lederman
Sharing Time and Prayer – John Troyer
Praise Songs – Worship Team
Sending
Benediction – John Troyer
Welcome to Locust Grove! We’re glad to have you join us for our time of worship together. We would love to have you join us for Sunday school following the worship time. Sunday school is an important step in making further connections with a smaller group of people. Ask for help if you have any questions or need more information about our church.Sun
Sun Sunday School – 11:00 AM
Evening Service – 6:00 PM – Face to Face with John & Jim – “Should a Christian be a Republican or a Democrat?”
Today’s Greeters & Ushers –
Nursery Staff –
Elders: Rich Oswald, chair; Greg Blucker, Adam Fellers, Marv Schwartz, Jake Schwartz
Secretary/Bookkeeper: Beth Miller
Counseling: Kurt Stevens, 651-7802
Church office hours: Tues-Thurs 9 AM-5 PM, Friday 9 AM-Noon. Closed Monday.
Jail Service – LOCUST GROVE
Offerings & Attendance - 11/28/2004
Ministers: All who are a part of this body
Lead Pastor: John Troyer, 625-1127
Administrator: Bill Lederman, 651-7364
Pastors of Nurture: Jim & Faith Carpenter, 659-1866
Director of Worship: Chris Barnes, 651-1549
General Fund $ 2,073.58
Designations $ 0
AM attendance 146
CALENDAR
Today Dec. 5, 2-4:00 PM - Explorers
Tues. Dec. 7, 7:00 PM – Youth Ministry Leadership Team
Wed. Dec. 8, 5:30 PM – Choir practice
Wed. Dec. 8, 6:15 PM – Elder Team
Sun. Dec. 12, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Sun. Dec. 12, 6:00 PM – Cell Groups
Thurs. Dec. 16, 6:45 PM – Caroling at the County Jail
Sun. Dec. 19, 7:00 PM – Community Christmas Celebration
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please note that choir practice will be Wednesday at 5:30 PM.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont. . . .
The church offices will be closed Dec. 23, 24, 30 & 31. The bulletin will be printed on Wednesday those two weeks.
On Dec. 19 at 7:00 PM Locust Grove will be hosting a community Christmas celebration. This will be an evening of music and celebration where our congregation will be “sharing the light of Christmas” with others in our community. Please mark your calendars and invite your friends and neighbors to this special Christmas event.
The next Wednesday Connection will be on Jan. 12.
The Salvation Army is asking for help with their holiday food collection. They are requesting that Locust Grove provide cans of soup. Please place the soup cans on the table by the shopping cart in the fellowship hall. They need this by mid December.
Jan. 22, 2005 marks the 32nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize abortion. Since then, 44,000,000 unborn babies have been killed by abortion in this country. Again this year a supplement will be placed in area newspapers on Jan. 22 listing the names of all who believe in the sanctity of all human life. Please show your individual concern about this by printing your name on the endorsement sheets on the library counter.
Sign up today for the February Marriage Retreat. A nonrefundable deposit of $50 is required.
Bill & Janell Lederman request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Jaclyn to Joshua Suderman on Dec. 18 at 5:00 PM at Locust Grove. If you are unable to attend, they ask for your presence in thought and prayer.
The December WMSC project is relief kits for MCC.
Offering envelopes for 2005 will be in your mailboxes on December 19. Please let Fran Eichorn know before Dec. 17 if you are using them now and don’t want new ones or if you aren’t using them now but would like to start in 2005.
Annual Reports are still not all in.
YOUTH CORE & THEIR PARENTS – Please meet with the sponsors between worship and Sunday School today at the front of the sanctuary. Thank you.
Youth Core Events:
Dec. 12 – Fun Night at Sheila Troyer’s – 5-8:00 PM
Birthday Greetings go to: Dec. 14 – Carissa Borntreger, Katie Barnes; Dec. 15 – Jim Owsley; Dec. 16 – Kevin Rumsey; Dec. 18 Matt Schwartz; Dec. 19 – Rick Bogen, Greg Blucker
Anniversary Greetings go to: There are no anniversaries Dec. 13-19.
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
Healing
- Betty Andersohn, Evelyn Blucker, Michael Eash, Art Eichorn, Cathy Fellers, Emily Franz, Gertie Hagen, Deb Julien, Bill Kerschner, Angie Litwiller, Ellen Oswald, Connie Pagels, Marv Schwartz, Anna Stauffer, Florence Wickey, Sylvanus Yoder
Local Ministry & Needs
- Our marriages and families
- St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- College Students – Sara Bogen, Marcy Bontrager, Matt Franz
- Engaged Couples – Jaclyn Lederman & Joshua Suderman (Dec. 18, 2004);
- This week pray for Corey & Pam Keeslar and their son Colin (1). Their address is 1450 N State Road 3, LaGrange, IN 46761. 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 newly-formed Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission Partnership Councils in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana and South Africa. African Mennonite Churches and Mennonite mission agencies are represented on these Councils.
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 489-5041
December 5, 2004
Worship Gathering - 9:30 AM
Guiding Theme
God’s Harmony Is At Hand
Welcome and Opening
Welcome, Call to Worship and Prayer—Gerri Schwartz
Praise Songs—Worship Team – Adam & Cathy Fellers, Katrina Hasbrouck, Chey Hibbert, Marty King, Bill Lederman, Kim Schwartz
Christian Greeting – Bill Lederman
Lighting of the Advent Candle – Prell Family
Hearing God’s Word
Children’s Time – Sharon Schrock
Scripture Reading – Isaiah 11:1-10 – Sam Eicher
Prayer – Gerri Schwartz
Message – John Troyer
Responding
Song of Response –#172 – O Come, O Come Immanuel – Kim Schwartz
Offering
Hymn - #66 – O Worship the King – Kim Schwartz
Announcements – Bill Lederman
Sharing Time and Prayer – John Troyer
Praise Songs – Worship Team
Sending
Benediction – John Troyer
Welcome to Locust Grove! We’re glad to have you join us for our time of worship together. We would love to have you join us for Sunday school following the worship time. Sunday school is an important step in making further connections with a smaller group of people. Ask for help if you have any questions or need more information about our church.Sun
Sun Sunday School – 11:00 AM
Evening Service – 6:00 PM – Face to Face with John & Jim – “Should a Christian be a Republican or a Democrat?”
Today’s Greeters & Ushers –
Nursery Staff –
Elders: Rich Oswald, chair; Greg Blucker, Adam Fellers, Marv Schwartz, Jake Schwartz
Secretary/Bookkeeper: Beth Miller
Counseling: Kurt Stevens, 651-7802
Church office hours: Tues-Thurs 9 AM-5 PM, Friday 9 AM-Noon. Closed Monday.
Jail Service – LOCUST GROVE
Offerings & Attendance - 11/28/2004
Ministers: All who are a part of this body
Lead Pastor: John Troyer, 625-1127
Administrator: Bill Lederman, 651-7364
Pastors of Nurture: Jim & Faith Carpenter, 659-1866
Director of Worship: Chris Barnes, 651-1549
General Fund $ 2,073.58
Designations $ 0
AM attendance 146
CALENDAR
Today Dec. 5, 2-4:00 PM - Explorers
Tues. Dec. 7, 7:00 PM – Youth Ministry Leadership Team
Wed. Dec. 8, 5:30 PM – Choir practice
Wed. Dec. 8, 6:15 PM – Elder Team
Sun. Dec. 12, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Sun. Dec. 12, 6:00 PM – Cell Groups
Thurs. Dec. 16, 6:45 PM – Caroling at the County Jail
Sun. Dec. 19, 7:00 PM – Community Christmas Celebration
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please note that choir practice will be Wednesday at 5:30 PM.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont. . . .
The church offices will be closed Dec. 23, 24, 30 & 31. The bulletin will be printed on Wednesday those two weeks.
On Dec. 19 at 7:00 PM Locust Grove will be hosting a community Christmas celebration. This will be an evening of music and celebration where our congregation will be “sharing the light of Christmas” with others in our community. Please mark your calendars and invite your friends and neighbors to this special Christmas event.
The next Wednesday Connection will be on Jan. 12.
The Salvation Army is asking for help with their holiday food collection. They are requesting that Locust Grove provide cans of soup. Please place the soup cans on the table by the shopping cart in the fellowship hall. They need this by mid December.
Jan. 22, 2005 marks the 32nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize abortion. Since then, 44,000,000 unborn babies have been killed by abortion in this country. Again this year a supplement will be placed in area newspapers on Jan. 22 listing the names of all who believe in the sanctity of all human life. Please show your individual concern about this by printing your name on the endorsement sheets on the library counter.
Sign up today for the February Marriage Retreat. A nonrefundable deposit of $50 is required.
Bill & Janell Lederman request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Jaclyn to Joshua Suderman on Dec. 18 at 5:00 PM at Locust Grove. If you are unable to attend, they ask for your presence in thought and prayer.
The December WMSC project is relief kits for MCC.
Offering envelopes for 2005 will be in your mailboxes on December 19. Please let Fran Eichorn know before Dec. 17 if you are using them now and don’t want new ones or if you aren’t using them now but would like to start in 2005.
Annual Reports are still not all in.
YOUTH CORE & THEIR PARENTS – Please meet with the sponsors between worship and Sunday School today at the front of the sanctuary. Thank you.
Youth Core Events:
Dec. 12 – Fun Night at Sheila Troyer’s – 5-8:00 PM
Birthday Greetings go to: Dec. 14 – Carissa Borntreger, Katie Barnes; Dec. 15 – Jim Owsley; Dec. 16 – Kevin Rumsey; Dec. 18 Matt Schwartz; Dec. 19 – Rick Bogen, Greg Blucker
Anniversary Greetings go to: There are no anniversaries Dec. 13-19.
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
Healing
- Betty Andersohn, Evelyn Blucker, Michael Eash, Art Eichorn, Cathy Fellers, Emily Franz, Gertie Hagen, Deb Julien, Bill Kerschner, Angie Litwiller, Ellen Oswald, Connie Pagels, Marv Schwartz, Anna Stauffer, Florence Wickey, Sylvanus Yoder
Local Ministry & Needs
- Our marriages and families
- St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- College Students – Sara Bogen, Marcy Bontrager, Matt Franz
- Engaged Couples – Jaclyn Lederman & Joshua Suderman (Dec. 18, 2004);
- This week pray for Corey & Pam Keeslar and their son Colin (1). Their address is 1450 N State Road 3, LaGrange, IN 46761. 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 newly-formed Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission Partnership Councils in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana and South Africa. African Mennonite Churches and Mennonite mission agencies are represented on these Councils.
