Sunday, May 15, 2005
Locust Grove
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 489-5041 – office@lgrove.org
May 15, 2005
Worship Gathering - 9:30 AM
Guiding Theme
Out of the believer’s heart will flow rivers of living water.
Welcome and Opening
Welcome, Call to Worship and Prayer—Ben Younts
Praise Songs—Worship Team
Hearing God’s Word
Scripture Reading – Acts 2:1-21 - Krista Beeker
Prayer – Ben Younts
Message – John Troyer
Children’s Time – Sharon Schrock
Responding
Song of Response – Rachael Hochstedler
Offering
Hymn – Rachael Hochstedler
Christian Greetings – Rachael Hochstedler
Announcements - Bill Lederman
Mission Moments – Louanne Younts
Sharing Time and Prayer – John Troyer
Sending
Praise Songs – Worship Team
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.
Sunday School – 11:00 AM
Evening Service – 6:00 PM – Health Care Decisions/Advanced Directives – Dr. Barbara Yoder
Today’s Greeters & Ushers – Rick & Doris Bogen; Greg & Brenda Blucker
Nursery Staff – Tonya Franz; May 22 – Emily & Matt Franz
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 – Bethel Baptist
Offerings & Attendance - 05/08/2005 ~ Thank you for your generosity.
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 $ 3,398.60
Designations $ 82.00
AM attendance No Count
PM attendance
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
CALENDAR
Today, 5-7:00 PM – JYF at Kevin & Diana Yeager’s
Wed. May 18, 5:30 PM – Worship Team practice
Thurs. May 19 - WMSC
Sun. May 22, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Sun. May 22, 5-8:00 PM – Youth Core Fun Night at Sheila Troyer’s
Sun. May 22, 6:00 PM – Cell Groups
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Worship Team practice is at 5:30 PM on Wednesday.
The next WMSC meeting will be May 19. Hostess will be Irene Troyer. The project for May is colored or white twin flat sheets.
If you are taking summer college classes and would like to be included in our prayer list, please let Beth Miller know.
ANNOUNCEMENTS continued . . .
JYFers – You are invited to a cookout supper and games at Kevin & Diana Yeager’s home today from 5-7:00 PM.
You will find registration forms for the Jerusalem Marketplace in your mailbox today. If you do not use them, please pass them on to a friend, neighbor, or relative. There are fliers and extra registration forms on the library counter. Please return the forms by June 1 to Bill/Janell Lederman’s mailbox.
The Jerusalem Marketplace training meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 25 at 6:30 PM here at the church. Please mark your calendars to attend if you are involved in any area during that week. If you have questions, please see your team leader, Ramona King, or Sheila Troyer.
“Thank you to everyone for your prayers and gifts these last eight months. We truly appreciate all of you. May God bless each one of you. Thanks again!” – The Joe Eicher Family
You are invited to the graduation and open house for Colon High School senior Chris Owsley. Graduation is Friday, May 20 at the high school. The open house is June 18. Check the invitation on the west bulletin board for more information.
Rexton Mennonite Church in the UP is seeking help in re-siding their church building. Dates for the work are June 24-25, July 8-9 and July 15-16. More information is posted on the west bulletin board.
The Mission Commission will be collecting items for St. Joe County Child Abuse/Neglect at a display in the fellowship hall for the months of May and June. Grooming kits are needed as well as items for children evacuated from drug houses. A list of items is in your mailbox.
UPDATE ON NEW AGE FESTIVAL - See fellowship hall bulletin board for new Denlinger letter. This year’s festival had an estimated attendance of 50,000. There were 118 evangelists at the festival divided into two camps. Results were fabulous - 11 decisions to accept Christ, 304 persons requested more information, thousands of books and hundreds of New Testaments were distributed, and thousands of conversations concerning the faith took place. This was probably the most effective outreach ever in Israel since the days of the early church. "The festival itself was an abomination", said a student from the mission group. "But Jesus was there searching for his lost sheep."
Youth Core Events:
May 22, 5-8:00 PM – Fun Night at Sheila Troyer’s
Birthday Greetings go to: May 24 – Brent Beeker; May 28 – Glen Borntreger, Jim Hasbrouck, Dan Roberts; May 29 – Rachael Hochstedler
Anniversary Greetings go to: There are no anniversaries May 23-29.
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
Healing
- Betty Andersohn, Evelyn Blucker, Michael Eash, Cathy Fellers, Emily Franz, Deb Julien, Bill Kerschner, Angie Litwiller, Ellen Oswald, Connie Pagels, Mark Schrock, Marv Schwartz, Anna Stauffer, Florence Wickey, Sylvanus Yoder
Local Ministry & Needs
- Our marriages and families
- St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- Amigo Centre and their staff transitions
- Engaged couples – Clint Gautsche & Jennifer Kregger - Aug. 27, 2005; Angela Bogen & Ben West – Apr. 8, 2006
- College Students – Monica Lederman, Chad Miller, Gerri Schwartz
- Matt Schwartz left on May 3 for a three week cross-cultural trip to Costa Rica through EMU. Please remember him in prayer during this time.
- This week pray for Jim & Teresa Owsley and family: Chris – 17 and Patty - 15. Their address is 32406 Decker Road, Colon MI 49040. Check the west bulletin board (now located in the trophy case) for pictures and information on their family 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.
- On this Pentecost Sunday, pray that God’s Holy Spirit will empower and guide all of the ministries of Mennonite Mission Network: workers, staff and programs, as well as those to whom they minister.
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 489-5041 – office@lgrove.org
May 15, 2005
Worship Gathering - 9:30 AM
Guiding Theme
Out of the believer’s heart will flow rivers of living water.
Welcome and Opening
Welcome, Call to Worship and Prayer—Ben Younts
Praise Songs—Worship Team
Hearing God’s Word
Scripture Reading – Acts 2:1-21 - Krista Beeker
Prayer – Ben Younts
Message – John Troyer
Children’s Time – Sharon Schrock
Responding
Song of Response – Rachael Hochstedler
Offering
Hymn – Rachael Hochstedler
Christian Greetings – Rachael Hochstedler
Announcements - Bill Lederman
Mission Moments – Louanne Younts
Sharing Time and Prayer – John Troyer
Sending
Praise Songs – Worship Team
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.
Sunday School – 11:00 AM
Evening Service – 6:00 PM – Health Care Decisions/Advanced Directives – Dr. Barbara Yoder
Today’s Greeters & Ushers – Rick & Doris Bogen; Greg & Brenda Blucker
Nursery Staff – Tonya Franz; May 22 – Emily & Matt Franz
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 – Bethel Baptist
Offerings & Attendance - 05/08/2005 ~ Thank you for your generosity.
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 $ 3,398.60
Designations $ 82.00
AM attendance No Count
PM attendance
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
CALENDAR
Today, 5-7:00 PM – JYF at Kevin & Diana Yeager’s
Wed. May 18, 5:30 PM – Worship Team practice
Thurs. May 19 - WMSC
Sun. May 22, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Sun. May 22, 5-8:00 PM – Youth Core Fun Night at Sheila Troyer’s
Sun. May 22, 6:00 PM – Cell Groups
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Worship Team practice is at 5:30 PM on Wednesday.
The next WMSC meeting will be May 19. Hostess will be Irene Troyer. The project for May is colored or white twin flat sheets.
If you are taking summer college classes and would like to be included in our prayer list, please let Beth Miller know.
ANNOUNCEMENTS continued . . .
JYFers – You are invited to a cookout supper and games at Kevin & Diana Yeager’s home today from 5-7:00 PM.
You will find registration forms for the Jerusalem Marketplace in your mailbox today. If you do not use them, please pass them on to a friend, neighbor, or relative. There are fliers and extra registration forms on the library counter. Please return the forms by June 1 to Bill/Janell Lederman’s mailbox.
The Jerusalem Marketplace training meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 25 at 6:30 PM here at the church. Please mark your calendars to attend if you are involved in any area during that week. If you have questions, please see your team leader, Ramona King, or Sheila Troyer.
“Thank you to everyone for your prayers and gifts these last eight months. We truly appreciate all of you. May God bless each one of you. Thanks again!” – The Joe Eicher Family
You are invited to the graduation and open house for Colon High School senior Chris Owsley. Graduation is Friday, May 20 at the high school. The open house is June 18. Check the invitation on the west bulletin board for more information.
Rexton Mennonite Church in the UP is seeking help in re-siding their church building. Dates for the work are June 24-25, July 8-9 and July 15-16. More information is posted on the west bulletin board.
The Mission Commission will be collecting items for St. Joe County Child Abuse/Neglect at a display in the fellowship hall for the months of May and June. Grooming kits are needed as well as items for children evacuated from drug houses. A list of items is in your mailbox.
UPDATE ON NEW AGE FESTIVAL - See fellowship hall bulletin board for new Denlinger letter. This year’s festival had an estimated attendance of 50,000. There were 118 evangelists at the festival divided into two camps. Results were fabulous - 11 decisions to accept Christ, 304 persons requested more information, thousands of books and hundreds of New Testaments were distributed, and thousands of conversations concerning the faith took place. This was probably the most effective outreach ever in Israel since the days of the early church. "The festival itself was an abomination", said a student from the mission group. "But Jesus was there searching for his lost sheep."
Youth Core Events:
May 22, 5-8:00 PM – Fun Night at Sheila Troyer’s
Birthday Greetings go to: May 24 – Brent Beeker; May 28 – Glen Borntreger, Jim Hasbrouck, Dan Roberts; May 29 – Rachael Hochstedler
Anniversary Greetings go to: There are no anniversaries May 23-29.
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
Healing
- Betty Andersohn, Evelyn Blucker, Michael Eash, Cathy Fellers, Emily Franz, Deb Julien, Bill Kerschner, Angie Litwiller, Ellen Oswald, Connie Pagels, Mark Schrock, Marv Schwartz, Anna Stauffer, Florence Wickey, Sylvanus Yoder
Local Ministry & Needs
- Our marriages and families
- St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- Amigo Centre and their staff transitions
- Engaged couples – Clint Gautsche & Jennifer Kregger - Aug. 27, 2005; Angela Bogen & Ben West – Apr. 8, 2006
- College Students – Monica Lederman, Chad Miller, Gerri Schwartz
- Matt Schwartz left on May 3 for a three week cross-cultural trip to Costa Rica through EMU. Please remember him in prayer during this time.
- This week pray for Jim & Teresa Owsley and family: Chris – 17 and Patty - 15. Their address is 32406 Decker Road, Colon MI 49040. Check the west bulletin board (now located in the trophy case) for pictures and information on their family 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.
- On this Pentecost Sunday, pray that God’s Holy Spirit will empower and guide all of the ministries of Mennonite Mission Network: workers, staff and programs, as well as those to whom they minister.
