Friday, May 06, 2011
Locust Grove
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 269-489-5041
May 8, 2011
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome and Opening
Welcome/Announcements – Rich Oswald
Offering Prayer/Offering
Sharing Time/Concerns – Bill Beck
Prayer
Parent/Child Dedication –
Tyler Martinez, Max Fellers & Roselyn Roberts
Praise & Worship – Praise Team
Hearing God’s Word
Scripture – Luke 2:39-52
Sermon – “Unburied Treasure”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
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 – Jim & Katrina Hasbrouck, Ashley, Douglas, Matt & Aiden and Fred & Marilyn Schwartz
Elders: Ben Younts, chair; LeRoy Hochstetler, Cheryl Mast, Adam Fellers, Ross Weber
Counseling: Dr. Sue Pattison, 651-3902
Website: www.lgmc.us
Email: office@lgrove.org
Fax: 270-423-3673Jail Service – Word Fellowship
Nursery – Brian & Rachel Oswald; May 15 – Cathy & Abby Fellers
Offerings & Attendance –5/01/11
Ministers: All who are a part of this body
Lead Pastor: Bill Beck, 503-3800 (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 - $ 3,727.00 AM attendance – 186
Designations for Building Fund - $920.00
Other Designations - $206.79
CALENDAR
Tues. May 10, 6:30 PM – Elder Team meeting at Cheryl Mast’s
Sun. May 15, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Tues. May 17, 6:30 PM – Mother-Daughter Spring Fling
Sun. May 22, Noon – Company’s Coming Celebration Dinner
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Mother/Daughter Spring Fling will be on May 17 at 6:30 PM. There will be a sign-up sheet on the fellowship hall table today and next Sunday for those planning to attend along with a food sign-up. All women – mothers, daughters, and friends – are invited to attend this fellowship which also includes a most unusual fashion show. Come and have a good laugh!
Company’s Coming! With God, With Faith, We Can. A dedication/celebration fellowship dinner will be on Sunday, May 22. Please sign your name to furnish food for the dinner. The sign-up sheets are located on the table by the library. Thank you. – The Kitchen Committee
The annual Jail Ministry Auction will be June 23. Items are needed. Call Jake Schwartz at 269-251-8106 or email at jm_hardwood42@yahoo.com.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
In your mailbox today is a congregational/pastoral review from the Elders. Everyone who is 16 years old and older and a regular attender is encouraged to fill one out, put it in a sealed envelope marked “Attn: Elders”, and put it in the secretary’s mailbox just outside the church office by May 29. If you have any questions, please talk to one of the Elders.
For those who signed up to be a part of the prayer chain – The new list is in your mailbox today. Please use this list now for prayer requests.
“Thank you from the WMSC for your help in putting together the 157 health kits. The congregation’s help is always much appreciated by our small WMSC group. This month’s project is bar soap for MCC. The bars must be wrapped. Thank you!” ~ WMSC
The next WMSC meeting is May 19. Mary Jane Eichorn is in charge of the kitchen and Irene Troyer will have devotions.
Anyone taking summer college classes? If you would like to be on our college prayer list during this summer, please let Beth know.
JYF – May 21 – Laser Tag
MYF – May 15, 5-8:00 PM at Tribble’s; Week of July 4 – National Convention in PA
Birthday Greetings go to: May 19 – Marjana Tribble; May 22 – Bertha Bontrager
Anniversary Greetings go to: There are no anniversaries May 16-22.
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our expectant parents – Brandon & Emily Fish (May), Tiffany Eicher (July)
- With engaged couple – Jayme Bontrager & Brad Geers (Sept. 10, 2011)
- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- With the hearts of church members, workers, and children who will attend Vacation Bible School – June 26-30, 6-8:30 PM
- With our college students – Bill Lederman
- With JD & Barb Yoder. Their address is 18880 South River Road, Three Rivers, MI 49093.
- With our friends the Denlingers in Israel
- We seek God’s provision and healing for these individuals: Betty Andersohn, Evelyn Blucker, Jill Burgett, Jim Carpenter, Dave Coblentz, Erma Eash, Paul Eichorn, Destiny Peshina-Higdon, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, Anna Stauffer, Richard Tribble, Clyde Troyer, Andrea Yeager
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 269-489-5041
May 8, 2011
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome and Opening
Welcome/Announcements – Rich Oswald
Offering Prayer/Offering
Sharing Time/Concerns – Bill Beck
Prayer
Parent/Child Dedication –
Tyler Martinez, Max Fellers & Roselyn Roberts
Praise & Worship – Praise Team
Hearing God’s Word
Scripture – Luke 2:39-52
Sermon – “Unburied Treasure”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
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 – Jim & Katrina Hasbrouck, Ashley, Douglas, Matt & Aiden and Fred & Marilyn Schwartz
Elders: Ben Younts, chair; LeRoy Hochstetler, Cheryl Mast, Adam Fellers, Ross Weber
Counseling: Dr. Sue Pattison, 651-3902
Website: www.lgmc.us
Email: office@lgrove.org
Fax: 270-423-3673Jail Service – Word Fellowship
Nursery – Brian & Rachel Oswald; May 15 – Cathy & Abby Fellers
Offerings & Attendance –5/01/11
Ministers: All who are a part of this body
Lead Pastor: Bill Beck, 503-3800 (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 - $ 3,727.00 AM attendance – 186
Designations for Building Fund - $920.00
Other Designations - $206.79
CALENDAR
Tues. May 10, 6:30 PM – Elder Team meeting at Cheryl Mast’s
Sun. May 15, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Tues. May 17, 6:30 PM – Mother-Daughter Spring Fling
Sun. May 22, Noon – Company’s Coming Celebration Dinner
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Mother/Daughter Spring Fling will be on May 17 at 6:30 PM. There will be a sign-up sheet on the fellowship hall table today and next Sunday for those planning to attend along with a food sign-up. All women – mothers, daughters, and friends – are invited to attend this fellowship which also includes a most unusual fashion show. Come and have a good laugh!
Company’s Coming! With God, With Faith, We Can. A dedication/celebration fellowship dinner will be on Sunday, May 22. Please sign your name to furnish food for the dinner. The sign-up sheets are located on the table by the library. Thank you. – The Kitchen Committee
The annual Jail Ministry Auction will be June 23. Items are needed. Call Jake Schwartz at 269-251-8106 or email at jm_hardwood42@yahoo.com.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
In your mailbox today is a congregational/pastoral review from the Elders. Everyone who is 16 years old and older and a regular attender is encouraged to fill one out, put it in a sealed envelope marked “Attn: Elders”, and put it in the secretary’s mailbox just outside the church office by May 29. If you have any questions, please talk to one of the Elders.
For those who signed up to be a part of the prayer chain – The new list is in your mailbox today. Please use this list now for prayer requests.
“Thank you from the WMSC for your help in putting together the 157 health kits. The congregation’s help is always much appreciated by our small WMSC group. This month’s project is bar soap for MCC. The bars must be wrapped. Thank you!” ~ WMSC
The next WMSC meeting is May 19. Mary Jane Eichorn is in charge of the kitchen and Irene Troyer will have devotions.
Anyone taking summer college classes? If you would like to be on our college prayer list during this summer, please let Beth know.
JYF – May 21 – Laser Tag
MYF – May 15, 5-8:00 PM at Tribble’s; Week of July 4 – National Convention in PA
Birthday Greetings go to: May 19 – Marjana Tribble; May 22 – Bertha Bontrager
Anniversary Greetings go to: There are no anniversaries May 16-22.
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our expectant parents – Brandon & Emily Fish (May), Tiffany Eicher (July)
- With engaged couple – Jayme Bontrager & Brad Geers (Sept. 10, 2011)
- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- With the hearts of church members, workers, and children who will attend Vacation Bible School – June 26-30, 6-8:30 PM
- With our college students – Bill Lederman
- With JD & Barb Yoder. Their address is 18880 South River Road, Three Rivers, MI 49093.
- With our friends the Denlingers in Israel
- We seek God’s provision and healing for these individuals: Betty Andersohn, Evelyn Blucker, Jill Burgett, Jim Carpenter, Dave Coblentz, Erma Eash, Paul Eichorn, Destiny Peshina-Higdon, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, Anna Stauffer, Richard Tribble, Clyde Troyer, Andrea Yeager
