Thursday, August 27, 2009
Locust Grove
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 269-489-5041
August 30, 2009
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome and Opening
Welcome/Announcements – Adam Fellers
Call to Worship
Offering Prayer/Offering
Sharing Time/Concerns – Pastor Bill Beck
Prayer
Greetings
Praise & Worship – Worship Team
Hearing God’s Word
Scripture – Deuteronomy 4:1-9 – Brittany Kindig
Sermon – “Obey the Rules” – Ross Weber
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending Song
Welcome to Locust Grove! We’re glad to have you join us for our time of worship together. If you haven’t already attended, we would love to have you also join us for Sunday school next Sunday. 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.Ushers/Greeters – The Kindig Family – Paul, Shelly, Brittany & Paige
Elders: Dana Sommers, chair; Greg Blucker, LeRoy Hochstetler, Cheryl Mast, Ben Younts
Counseling: Dr. Sue Pattison, 651-3902
Website: www.lgmc.us
Email: office@lgrove.org
Fax: 270-423-3673Jail Service – Edwards Corner
Nursery Staff – Corey & Pam Keeslar; Sept. 6 – Clint & Jen Gautsche
Offerings & Attendance – 08/23/09
Ministers: All who are a part of this body
Lead Pastor: Bill Beck, 219-395-4108 (cell),
651-2313 (home), pastorbill@lgrove.org
Secretary/Bookkeeper: Beth Miller
Church office hours: Tues-Thurs 9 AM-5 PM, Friday 9 AM-Noon. Closed Monday
General Fund - $3,151.00 AM attendance – 159
Designations for Building Fund - $690.00
Other designations - $626.50
CALENDAR:
Sun. Sept. 6, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Annual Reports – It’s that time of year again. Please turn in your annual reports for the 2008-09 year to the church office.
Since Beth will be gone to Moldova the next 2 weeks, the office hours will be different than normal. Please call first to make sure the church is open.
Next week, representatives from Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) will be bringing the children’s story.
Children in grades 3-8 that are interested in singing in the Mennonite Youth Choir Festival, please let Katrina know by Sept. 1. We would love to have several from our church at this event next March.
Please check the lost and found table in the fellowship hall. Any items left after today will be taken to Goodwill.
A sample budget and ballot for the 2009-2010 church year are in your mailboxes today. The vote will be taken Sept. 13. Absentee ballots are available in the church office.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
A baptismal service is scheduled for Sept. 13 at 1:00 PM at Mary Jane Eichorn’s home.
Remember to bring your staple food supplies next Sunday for the Sturgis Food Pantry.
Prayer Partners Needed – If you would be willing to pray for Martha, Ramona and Beth while they are in Moldova Sept. 1-15, please sign the paper on the library counter.
Mark Your Calendars – Cross Links Banquet - October 24 @ Clinton Frame.
More details to follow.
Thank you! Destiny Peshina-Higdon, her family, and Pleasant View Menn. Church wish to thank Locust Grove for their generous participation in the Help for Destiny hog roast fund-raising event which raised over $5,500. Prayers and help with ongoing medical needs continue. Please make donations to Destiny’s Fund, payable to Pleasant View.
Birthday Greetings go to: Sept. 8 – Lennis Troyer; Sept. 9 – Richard E. Prell; Sept. 10 – Bill Kerschner; Sept. 13 – Linda Miller, Marty Diller
Anniversary Greetings go to: Sept.9 – LeRoy & Pauline Hochstetler
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- With Ramona, Martha and Beth as they are in Romania, the Ukraine and Moldova Sept. 1-15.
- With Sylvanus & Sylvia Yoder. Their address is 29015 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030.
- With our friends the Denlingers in Israel
- We seek God’s provision and healing for these individuals: Betty Andersohn, Evelyn Blucker, Jim Carpenter, Dave Coblentz, John & Erma Eash, Frank Fisher, Destiny Peshina-Higdon, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, Anna Stauffer, Richard Tribble, Clyde Troyer, Andrea Yeager, Marv Yoder
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 269-489-5041
August 30, 2009
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome and Opening
Welcome/Announcements – Adam Fellers
Call to Worship
Offering Prayer/Offering
Sharing Time/Concerns – Pastor Bill Beck
Prayer
Greetings
Praise & Worship – Worship Team
Hearing God’s Word
Scripture – Deuteronomy 4:1-9 – Brittany Kindig
Sermon – “Obey the Rules” – Ross Weber
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending Song
Welcome to Locust Grove! We’re glad to have you join us for our time of worship together. If you haven’t already attended, we would love to have you also join us for Sunday school next Sunday. 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.Ushers/Greeters – The Kindig Family – Paul, Shelly, Brittany & Paige
Elders: Dana Sommers, chair; Greg Blucker, LeRoy Hochstetler, Cheryl Mast, Ben Younts
Counseling: Dr. Sue Pattison, 651-3902
Website: www.lgmc.us
Email: office@lgrove.org
Fax: 270-423-3673Jail Service – Edwards Corner
Nursery Staff – Corey & Pam Keeslar; Sept. 6 – Clint & Jen Gautsche
Offerings & Attendance – 08/23/09
Ministers: All who are a part of this body
Lead Pastor: Bill Beck, 219-395-4108 (cell),
651-2313 (home), pastorbill@lgrove.org
Secretary/Bookkeeper: Beth Miller
Church office hours: Tues-Thurs 9 AM-5 PM, Friday 9 AM-Noon. Closed Monday
General Fund - $3,151.00 AM attendance – 159
Designations for Building Fund - $690.00
Other designations - $626.50
CALENDAR:
Sun. Sept. 6, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Annual Reports – It’s that time of year again. Please turn in your annual reports for the 2008-09 year to the church office.
Since Beth will be gone to Moldova the next 2 weeks, the office hours will be different than normal. Please call first to make sure the church is open.
Next week, representatives from Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) will be bringing the children’s story.
Children in grades 3-8 that are interested in singing in the Mennonite Youth Choir Festival, please let Katrina know by Sept. 1. We would love to have several from our church at this event next March.
Please check the lost and found table in the fellowship hall. Any items left after today will be taken to Goodwill.
A sample budget and ballot for the 2009-2010 church year are in your mailboxes today. The vote will be taken Sept. 13. Absentee ballots are available in the church office.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
A baptismal service is scheduled for Sept. 13 at 1:00 PM at Mary Jane Eichorn’s home.
Remember to bring your staple food supplies next Sunday for the Sturgis Food Pantry.
Prayer Partners Needed – If you would be willing to pray for Martha, Ramona and Beth while they are in Moldova Sept. 1-15, please sign the paper on the library counter.
Mark Your Calendars – Cross Links Banquet - October 24 @ Clinton Frame.
More details to follow.
Thank you! Destiny Peshina-Higdon, her family, and Pleasant View Menn. Church wish to thank Locust Grove for their generous participation in the Help for Destiny hog roast fund-raising event which raised over $5,500. Prayers and help with ongoing medical needs continue. Please make donations to Destiny’s Fund, payable to Pleasant View.
Birthday Greetings go to: Sept. 8 – Lennis Troyer; Sept. 9 – Richard E. Prell; Sept. 10 – Bill Kerschner; Sept. 13 – Linda Miller, Marty Diller
Anniversary Greetings go to: Sept.9 – LeRoy & Pauline Hochstetler
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- With Ramona, Martha and Beth as they are in Romania, the Ukraine and Moldova Sept. 1-15.
- With Sylvanus & Sylvia Yoder. Their address is 29015 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030.
- With our friends the Denlingers in Israel
- We seek God’s provision and healing for these individuals: Betty Andersohn, Evelyn Blucker, Jim Carpenter, Dave Coblentz, John & Erma Eash, Frank Fisher, Destiny Peshina-Higdon, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, Anna Stauffer, Richard Tribble, Clyde Troyer, Andrea Yeager, Marv Yoder
