Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Locust Grove
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 269-489-5041
November 27, 2011
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome and Opening
Welcome/Announcements – Dana Sommers
Offering Prayer/Offering
Advent Reading – Isaiah Fellers & Austin Reed
Sharing Time/Concerns – Bill Beck
Prayer
Greetings
Praise & Worship – Praise Team
Hearing God’s Word
Scripture – 1 Cor. 1:3-9; Mark 13:21-37
Sermon – “Here He Comes”
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 – Greg & Carolyn Gautsche, Clint & Jen Gautsche
Elders: Ross Weber, chair; LeRoy Hochstetler, Cheryl Mast, Adam Fellers, Dana Sommers
Counseling: Dr. Sue Pattison, 651-3902
Website: www.lgmc.us
Email: office@lgrove.org
Fax: 270-423-3673Jail Service – Locust Grove
Nursery – Brian & Rachel Oswald; Dec. 4 – Adam & Cathy Fellers
Offerings & Attendance – 11/20/11
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 - $2,434.20 AM attendance – 177
Designations - $42.42
CALENDAR
Wed. Nov. 30, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection this week.
Sat. Dec. 3, 2-4:00 PM – Open House for Sam & Candace Eicher
Sun. Dec. 4, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Wed. Dec. 7, 6:30 PM – Elder Team meeting at Dana Sommers’
Tues. Dec. 13, 6:00 PM – Women’s Fellowship Christmas Tea
Mon. Dec. 19 – Red Cross Blood Drive at Locust Grove
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sam & Candace Eicher would like to invite you to an open house on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 2-4:00 PM in the fellowship hall to help them celebrate their wedding. They request no gifts.
“On Sunday, Dec. 4, the Primary Department will be sharing several songs and a short video on their summer/fall offering project (Heifer International). We alternate between a project for other countries and projects for our own community. This project is to help families and communities across the globe. We are on track to meet our goal of $300 by Dec. 4 and would like to give the opportunity for anyone to contribute to this project to help go above and beyond our goal. Thank you in advance.” – The Primary Department.
Annual reports for the 2010-11 church year are available on the table by the library.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
MYF invites the congregation to a light supper and game night at the church at 6:00 PM on Sunday, Dec. 11. This is a thank you from the MYF for all of the fund raisers you have contributed to. Food will be furnished, however you are invited to bring hats, scarves, mittens, gloves etc. to help the MYF with their Christmas project.
Women’s Fellowship will be having a Christmas Tea Party, Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 6:00 PM. Bring finger foods to share along with your Christmas spirit! You are invited to decorate a table for eight with your favorite china and holiday décor. Sign-up sheets are in the fellowship hall. Contact Nickie, Jessilyn, Carolyn, Jen or Nancy N. with any questions.
The December WMSC project is relief kits for MCC.
Please remember to bring your staple food supplies for our local food pantries. The food collected in December will go to the Salvation Army.
Each year the St. Joe County Right to Life gathers signatures for the pro-life insert published in the Sturgis Journal and the Three Rivers Commercial. This insert commemorates the 39th anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s decision legalizing abortion. To show your concern about this injustice, please print your name on the sheet on the table by the library. This is the last Sunday to sign the paper.
Current address for Rick Prell: SSG Richard A. Prell, 37th ICBT HHC 1/125 Inf., Camp Shelby, MS 39407.
MYF – Dec. 4, 5-8:00 PM – Bill & Janell Lederman’s; Dec. 11 – MYF is hosting a Game Night at the church.
Birthday Greetings go to: Dec. 5 – Sam Eicher; Dec. 11 – Stefanie Patrick, Abby Fellers, Allison Gautsche
Anniversary Greetings go to: Dec. 5 – Lennis & Nancy Troyer; Dec. 9 – Ben & Nickie Younts; Dec. 10 – Caz & Sheila Moore
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With expectant parents – Brian & Rachel Oswald (January) and David & Lynette Miller (May)
- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- With our college students – Justin Beeker, Candace Eicher, Kelsey Gautsche, Ashley Hasbrouck, Katrina Hasbrouck, Bill Lederman, Courtney Troyer, Nick Troyer, Jason Yoder
- With Erma Eash. Her address is 69090 Texas Ave., Trade Wind Apt. A11, Sturgis, MI 49091.
- 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, Bob Schrock, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, Clyde Troyer, Andrea Yeager, and Sylvia Yoder
Mennonite Church
A Journey with Jesus
29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI 49030, 269-489-5041
November 27, 2011
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome and Opening
Welcome/Announcements – Dana Sommers
Offering Prayer/Offering
Advent Reading – Isaiah Fellers & Austin Reed
Sharing Time/Concerns – Bill Beck
Prayer
Greetings
Praise & Worship – Praise Team
Hearing God’s Word
Scripture – 1 Cor. 1:3-9; Mark 13:21-37
Sermon – “Here He Comes”
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 – Greg & Carolyn Gautsche, Clint & Jen Gautsche
Elders: Ross Weber, chair; LeRoy Hochstetler, Cheryl Mast, Adam Fellers, Dana Sommers
Counseling: Dr. Sue Pattison, 651-3902
Website: www.lgmc.us
Email: office@lgrove.org
Fax: 270-423-3673Jail Service – Locust Grove
Nursery – Brian & Rachel Oswald; Dec. 4 – Adam & Cathy Fellers
Offerings & Attendance – 11/20/11
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 - $2,434.20 AM attendance – 177
Designations - $42.42
CALENDAR
Wed. Nov. 30, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection this week.
Sat. Dec. 3, 2-4:00 PM – Open House for Sam & Candace Eicher
Sun. Dec. 4, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Wed. Dec. 7, 6:30 PM – Elder Team meeting at Dana Sommers’
Tues. Dec. 13, 6:00 PM – Women’s Fellowship Christmas Tea
Mon. Dec. 19 – Red Cross Blood Drive at Locust Grove
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sam & Candace Eicher would like to invite you to an open house on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 2-4:00 PM in the fellowship hall to help them celebrate their wedding. They request no gifts.
“On Sunday, Dec. 4, the Primary Department will be sharing several songs and a short video on their summer/fall offering project (Heifer International). We alternate between a project for other countries and projects for our own community. This project is to help families and communities across the globe. We are on track to meet our goal of $300 by Dec. 4 and would like to give the opportunity for anyone to contribute to this project to help go above and beyond our goal. Thank you in advance.” – The Primary Department.
Annual reports for the 2010-11 church year are available on the table by the library.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
MYF invites the congregation to a light supper and game night at the church at 6:00 PM on Sunday, Dec. 11. This is a thank you from the MYF for all of the fund raisers you have contributed to. Food will be furnished, however you are invited to bring hats, scarves, mittens, gloves etc. to help the MYF with their Christmas project.
Women’s Fellowship will be having a Christmas Tea Party, Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 6:00 PM. Bring finger foods to share along with your Christmas spirit! You are invited to decorate a table for eight with your favorite china and holiday décor. Sign-up sheets are in the fellowship hall. Contact Nickie, Jessilyn, Carolyn, Jen or Nancy N. with any questions.
The December WMSC project is relief kits for MCC.
Please remember to bring your staple food supplies for our local food pantries. The food collected in December will go to the Salvation Army.
Each year the St. Joe County Right to Life gathers signatures for the pro-life insert published in the Sturgis Journal and the Three Rivers Commercial. This insert commemorates the 39th anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s decision legalizing abortion. To show your concern about this injustice, please print your name on the sheet on the table by the library. This is the last Sunday to sign the paper.
Current address for Rick Prell: SSG Richard A. Prell, 37th ICBT HHC 1/125 Inf., Camp Shelby, MS 39407.
MYF – Dec. 4, 5-8:00 PM – Bill & Janell Lederman’s; Dec. 11 – MYF is hosting a Game Night at the church.
Birthday Greetings go to: Dec. 5 – Sam Eicher; Dec. 11 – Stefanie Patrick, Abby Fellers, Allison Gautsche
Anniversary Greetings go to: Dec. 5 – Lennis & Nancy Troyer; Dec. 9 – Ben & Nickie Younts; Dec. 10 – Caz & Sheila Moore
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With expectant parents – Brian & Rachel Oswald (January) and David & Lynette Miller (May)
- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- With our college students – Justin Beeker, Candace Eicher, Kelsey Gautsche, Ashley Hasbrouck, Katrina Hasbrouck, Bill Lederman, Courtney Troyer, Nick Troyer, Jason Yoder
- With Erma Eash. Her address is 69090 Texas Ave., Trade Wind Apt. A11, Sturgis, MI 49091.
- 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, Bob Schrock, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, Clyde Troyer, Andrea Yeager, and Sylvia Yoder
