Sunday, October 30, 2005
Locust Grove
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 489-5041 – office@lgrove.org
October 30, 2005
Fellowship in Classrooms – 9:15 AM
Sunday school – 9:15-10:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Guiding Theme
Lot and Abram Divide the Land . . . Luke 6:31
Welcome and Opening
Welcome/Announcements/Prayer – Bill Lederman
Praise Songs—Praise Team
Words of Worship – Greg Blucker
Hearing God’s Word
Scripture Reading –Genesis 13:1-18 – Greg Blucker
Prayer – Greg Blucker
Children’s Story – Ramona King
Message – John Troyer
Offering – John Troyer
Responding
Care Updates – John Troyer
Introduction to Ministry Time – John Troyer
Praise Songs – Praise 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.
Today’s Greeters & Ushers – Menno & Delila Chupp; Marvin & Betty Yoder
Nursery Staff – Jayme Bontrager and Kelsey Gautsche; Nov. 6 – Teresa and Patty Owsley
Elders: Rich Oswald, chair; Greg Blucker, Adam Fellers, Marv Schwartz, Dana Sommers
Secretary/Bookkeeper: Beth Miller
Counseling: Dr. Sue Pattison, 651-3902
Church office hours: Tues-Thurs 9 AM-5 PM, Friday 9 AM-Noon. Closed Monday
Jail Service – Edwards Corners
Offerings & Attendance – 10/23/2005 ~ 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, 467-0504
General Fund - $2,403.00
AM attendance - 191
Sunday School – 151; Visitors - 3
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
Wed. Nov. 2, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection
Fri. Nov. 4, 6:00 PM – Scrapbook/Craft Night
Sun. Nov. 6, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Sun. Nov. 6, 4-6:00 PM – Praise Team Practice
Sun. Nov. 6, 6:00 PM – Guess Who’s Coming to Supper
Sat. Nov. 19 – LACS Bazaar and Auction
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Today is the last Sunday to turn in your forms for Guess Who’s Coming to Supper which will take place Nov. 6. Sheila will call you by Tuesday with your information. If you turned in a form and do not hear from her, please call her at 659-4808. Thank you.
Praise Team practice will be Sunday, Nov. 6 from 4-6:00 PM.
Dean Brubaker will be speaking here the morning of Nov. 6. His theme will be “God Is at Work – We Can Trust Him”. Scripture passages will be Jer. 29:10-13 and Romans 8:35-39.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
This Friday night is Scrapbook/Craft Night at Locust Grove starting at 6:00 PM. Bring a snack to share and your own drink and enjoy the fellowship.
Explorers will be going to A-Mazing Acres (a corn maze in Edwardsburg) on Sunday, Nov. 6. Plan to meet in the parking lot of Save-A-Lot in Sturgis at 1:30 PM. You will be returning to that parking lot at 4:30 PM. Bring $2.00 and dress appropriately for fall weather.
The Women’s Fellowship bus trip will be Saturday, May 20. There is a sign up sheet on the library counter. Please sign up to go by Dec. 5. Give a $15 deposit to Fran Eichorn when you sign up. The total cost will be $80-$88. After Nov. 1 you may have your friends sign up.
The WMSC project for November is dark colored twin-size blankets for MCC. Diane Green will be hostess for the meeting on Nov. 17 and Mary Jane Eichorn will have devotions.
You are invited to the Youth for Christ Grill Out on Nov. 11 starting at 6:00 PM at the Campus Life Youth Center in Sturgis. Cost is $10 per person. Call 651-1669 for reservations. More information is on the west bulletin board.
Remember to bring your staple food supplies next Sunday for the Locust Grove Food Pantry.
Financial Management: Want to help your teens resist our materialistic culture? Check out the new resource kit, Share-Save-Spend, by Nathan Dungan – author of Prodigan Sons and Material Girls: How Not to Be Your Child’s ATM. The kit includes an interactive DVD for small group study, plus take-home resources for parents to use with their teens. To find out more, talk to Marilyn Schwartz.
Birthday Greetings go to: Nov. 8 – Natalie Bellaire; Nov. 10 – Maylee Younts; Nov. 11 – Erma Eash; Nov. 12 – Joe Eicher
Anniversary Greetings go to: Nov. 9 – Jim & Faith Carpenter; Nov. 12 – Fred & Marilyn Schwartz
YOUTH CORE –
Wed. Nov. 2, 9 & 16, 5:30-7:30 PM - Wed. Connection with Adam
Sun. Nov. 13, 5-8 PM - Fun Night at Sheila’s
Sun. Nov. 20, 5-8:00 PM – Your Dreams Come True at Amigo Gym
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
“Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored”
“May your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven”
-In our marriages and families
-In the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- With our college students – Matt Schwartz, Jason Yoder, Mandy Yoder
- With our engaged couples – Brian Oswald & Rachel Nafziger – Nov. 12, 2005; Angela Bogen & Ben West – Apr. 8, 2006
- With Ross & Joyce Weber. Their address is 26393 Banker Street Road, Sturgis, MI 49091. Check the west bulletin board for pictures and information on their interests and activities.
- With Matt and Cecelia Franz and family in the death of Emily. Please continue to lift them up in prayer.
- With the victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma
- With our Missionaries - The Denlingers in Israel
- With Sheldon & Cindy Sharp and their fundraising for their mission work in Alaska.
- With Mennonite Mission Network workers Andy & Susan Wade in Hong Kong. Pray for discernment for Susan as she develops the new position of Community Service Coordinator at International Christian School, seeking to reach out with the love and light of Christ.
“Give us today our daily bread”
- We seek your provision and healing for these individuals: Betty Andersohn, Evelyn Blucker, John Eash, Michael Eash, Joe Eicher, Cathy Fellers, Deb Julien, Bill Kerschner, Angie Litwiller, Ellen Oswald, Connie Pagels, Marv Schwartz, Anna Stauffer, Florence Wickey, and Sylvanus Yoder
“Forgive us our sins as we also freely forgive others”
“Keep us from sinning, and protect us from the evil one.”
“Yours is the kingdom, power and glory, forever. Amen”
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 489-5041 – office@lgrove.org
October 30, 2005
Fellowship in Classrooms – 9:15 AM
Sunday school – 9:15-10:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Guiding Theme
Lot and Abram Divide the Land . . . Luke 6:31
Welcome and Opening
Welcome/Announcements/Prayer – Bill Lederman
Praise Songs—Praise Team
Words of Worship – Greg Blucker
Hearing God’s Word
Scripture Reading –Genesis 13:1-18 – Greg Blucker
Prayer – Greg Blucker
Children’s Story – Ramona King
Message – John Troyer
Offering – John Troyer
Responding
Care Updates – John Troyer
Introduction to Ministry Time – John Troyer
Praise Songs – Praise 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.
Today’s Greeters & Ushers – Menno & Delila Chupp; Marvin & Betty Yoder
Nursery Staff – Jayme Bontrager and Kelsey Gautsche; Nov. 6 – Teresa and Patty Owsley
Elders: Rich Oswald, chair; Greg Blucker, Adam Fellers, Marv Schwartz, Dana Sommers
Secretary/Bookkeeper: Beth Miller
Counseling: Dr. Sue Pattison, 651-3902
Church office hours: Tues-Thurs 9 AM-5 PM, Friday 9 AM-Noon. Closed Monday
Jail Service – Edwards Corners
Offerings & Attendance – 10/23/2005 ~ 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, 467-0504
General Fund - $2,403.00
AM attendance - 191
Sunday School – 151; Visitors - 3
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
Wed. Nov. 2, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection
Fri. Nov. 4, 6:00 PM – Scrapbook/Craft Night
Sun. Nov. 6, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Sun. Nov. 6, 4-6:00 PM – Praise Team Practice
Sun. Nov. 6, 6:00 PM – Guess Who’s Coming to Supper
Sat. Nov. 19 – LACS Bazaar and Auction
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Today is the last Sunday to turn in your forms for Guess Who’s Coming to Supper which will take place Nov. 6. Sheila will call you by Tuesday with your information. If you turned in a form and do not hear from her, please call her at 659-4808. Thank you.
Praise Team practice will be Sunday, Nov. 6 from 4-6:00 PM.
Dean Brubaker will be speaking here the morning of Nov. 6. His theme will be “God Is at Work – We Can Trust Him”. Scripture passages will be Jer. 29:10-13 and Romans 8:35-39.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
This Friday night is Scrapbook/Craft Night at Locust Grove starting at 6:00 PM. Bring a snack to share and your own drink and enjoy the fellowship.
Explorers will be going to A-Mazing Acres (a corn maze in Edwardsburg) on Sunday, Nov. 6. Plan to meet in the parking lot of Save-A-Lot in Sturgis at 1:30 PM. You will be returning to that parking lot at 4:30 PM. Bring $2.00 and dress appropriately for fall weather.
The Women’s Fellowship bus trip will be Saturday, May 20. There is a sign up sheet on the library counter. Please sign up to go by Dec. 5. Give a $15 deposit to Fran Eichorn when you sign up. The total cost will be $80-$88. After Nov. 1 you may have your friends sign up.
The WMSC project for November is dark colored twin-size blankets for MCC. Diane Green will be hostess for the meeting on Nov. 17 and Mary Jane Eichorn will have devotions.
You are invited to the Youth for Christ Grill Out on Nov. 11 starting at 6:00 PM at the Campus Life Youth Center in Sturgis. Cost is $10 per person. Call 651-1669 for reservations. More information is on the west bulletin board.
Remember to bring your staple food supplies next Sunday for the Locust Grove Food Pantry.
Financial Management: Want to help your teens resist our materialistic culture? Check out the new resource kit, Share-Save-Spend, by Nathan Dungan – author of Prodigan Sons and Material Girls: How Not to Be Your Child’s ATM. The kit includes an interactive DVD for small group study, plus take-home resources for parents to use with their teens. To find out more, talk to Marilyn Schwartz.
Birthday Greetings go to: Nov. 8 – Natalie Bellaire; Nov. 10 – Maylee Younts; Nov. 11 – Erma Eash; Nov. 12 – Joe Eicher
Anniversary Greetings go to: Nov. 9 – Jim & Faith Carpenter; Nov. 12 – Fred & Marilyn Schwartz
YOUTH CORE –
Wed. Nov. 2, 9 & 16, 5:30-7:30 PM - Wed. Connection with Adam
Sun. Nov. 13, 5-8 PM - Fun Night at Sheila’s
Sun. Nov. 20, 5-8:00 PM – Your Dreams Come True at Amigo Gym
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
“Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored”
“May your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven”
-In our marriages and families
-In the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- With our college students – Matt Schwartz, Jason Yoder, Mandy Yoder
- With our engaged couples – Brian Oswald & Rachel Nafziger – Nov. 12, 2005; Angela Bogen & Ben West – Apr. 8, 2006
- With Ross & Joyce Weber. Their address is 26393 Banker Street Road, Sturgis, MI 49091. Check the west bulletin board for pictures and information on their interests and activities.
- With Matt and Cecelia Franz and family in the death of Emily. Please continue to lift them up in prayer.
- With the victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma
- With our Missionaries - The Denlingers in Israel
- With Sheldon & Cindy Sharp and their fundraising for their mission work in Alaska.
- With Mennonite Mission Network workers Andy & Susan Wade in Hong Kong. Pray for discernment for Susan as she develops the new position of Community Service Coordinator at International Christian School, seeking to reach out with the love and light of Christ.
“Give us today our daily bread”
- We seek your provision and healing for these individuals: Betty Andersohn, Evelyn Blucker, John Eash, Michael Eash, Joe Eicher, Cathy Fellers, Deb Julien, Bill Kerschner, Angie Litwiller, Ellen Oswald, Connie Pagels, Marv Schwartz, Anna Stauffer, Florence Wickey, and Sylvanus Yoder
“Forgive us our sins as we also freely forgive others”
“Keep us from sinning, and protect us from the evil one.”
“Yours is the kingdom, power and glory, forever. Amen”
