Friday, September 07, 2012
Locust Grove bulletin for Sept. 9, 2012
Locust Grove
A
Journey with Jesus
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Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Bill Miller
Offering Prayer/Offering
Sharing
& Prayer Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greetings
Children’s
Story – Cathy
Fellers
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Moment in Mission
Prayer for Moldova Group – Doug
Hasbrouck, Ramona King , Beth
Miller, Timothy
Reed
& Fred Schwartz
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture – Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Sermon – “Beside the River”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Ushers/Greeters – Sam & 
Nursery – Dave & Lynette Miller; Sept. 16 – Brittany
Kindig
Jail Service – Pilgrim Fellowship and Sturgis Missionary
Offerings & Attendance – 09/02/12
General Fund - $2,336.00 Attendance – 92
Designations
- $2,892.50
Wed. Sept. 12, 6:30 PM – Elder Team meeting at the church
Sun. Sept. 16, 8:30
AM – Prayer Time
Thurs. Sept. 20, 5:30-8:30 PM –
Baking Cookies for Relief Sale
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Annual Reports for the 2011-12 church year
are due.
Menno-Hof Singspiration – Today, 4:45 PM
– A cappella singing, ice cream, pretzels and more singing – Bring lawn chairs
for seating. Rain location: Farmstead Inn pavilion.
Once
again it is time for the Relief Sale and Locust Grove’s involvement as servers
at the pancake breakfast. It is a great
opportunity to do something as a family.
Even kids as young as 8-10 can help.
If serving pancakes isn’t your thing, perhaps you could volunteer to
watch someone’s children while their parents serve. Sign up at the Relief Sale table.
The MCC Relief Sale is recruiting volunteers who
can assist with their new event- a silent auction. Areas of work needing help are: marketing, donor communications, event
logistics, donation management, website support, technical support, etc. They are also seeking donations of unique
items or services for the silent auction.
Items should be new and worth at least $25. If you are interested in helping, call
574-971-8952.
Church
office hours will vary Sept. 13-Oct. 5.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
If you
will commit to pray for Fred, Doug, Tim, Ramona and Beth as they work in Moldova ,
please sign the “prayer partner” list on the console by the library. You can also take an itinerary to help keep
track of them.
The
WMSC project for September is food for the food pantry at Keystone. The September WMSC meeting will be quilting
at the Fair on Sept. 17-19.
Cookie Bake for Relief Sale – Women’s Fellowship is scheduling a cookie bake on Sept. 20
from 5:30-8:30 PM for cookies for the Relief
Sale. Ingredient slips are on the
console by the library. Bring mixers if
you can, please.
Pictorial Directory Updates: Do you need your picture or
information updated in the church directory?
Are you a new attender and not yet in the directory? You are invited to pick up and complete a
directory update form located on the console by the library. Please return the forms to Krista Wiechart’s
church mailbox. ** Stay tuned for future
announcements regarding pictures taken at the church by Cheryl Mast in
October. Or you may email a recent photo
to Krista Wiechart at pkwiechart@yahoo.com.
“You
warmed our hearts with your welcome and kind conversation. We were blessed by worshiping with you. We wish you all the best. May you experience the depth of God’s grace.”
– Ruben Chupp
Don’t
forget to bring staple food supplies for the Salvation Army.
MYF –
Birthday Greetings go to: Sept. 20 – Bill Beck , Cecelia Franz; Sept. 21 – Darin King , Zackery Prell; Sept. 23 – Irene Troyer,
Brett Prell
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Sept. 17 – Menno & Delila Chupp ; Sept. 19 – Merle &
Andrea Yeager, Paul & Fran Eichorn, Rick & Karen Prell ; Sept. 20 – Brent & Eva
Beeker
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With expectant parents – Sam & Candace Eicher (January)
- With
the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- With Douglas Hasbrouck, Ramona
King , Beth Miller, Tim Reed and Fred Schwartz as they serve
God in Moldova – Sept. 13-27
-
With our college students – Justin
Beeker, Sierra Eichorn, Audra Franz, Kelsey
Gautsche, Ashley Hasbrouck, Katrina Hasbrouck ,
Brittany Kindig, Stefanie Patrick , Courtney
Troyer, Nick Troyer, Jason Yoder
- With
Jim & Teresa Owsley. Their address is 32406
Decker Road , Colon , MI 49040
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
- We seek God’s
provision and healing for these individuals:
Evelyn Blucker, Dave
Coblentz, Erma Eash, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, Pastor Gerald Sims, Clyde Troyer
The following is a story from our Moldova trip in 2011:
Meet
Natasha. Skin so white it looks like
fine porcelain. Beautiful eyes seem
almost too large for her face. And a
small twisted body. We go up the stairs,
through the two metal, clanging doors and into the apartment where she lives
with her family. Then through another
doorway into Natasha’s room. She is
lying in the bed. No one else is in the
room. And she is just staring. The loving Christian nurse who is our guide
sees her several times per week. She has
explained to us that Natasha has been like this since she got immunizations at
nine months of age. She is now in her
late teens, and her limbs become more contractured as time goes on. The nurse tells us that sometimes Natasha
smiles at her and her family members, but most times there is no response. As I stand beside her, I gently stroke and
kiss her face and gnarled hands. This
must be a good day. I feel so very
blessed to see big smiles and quiet giggles! ~ Ramona King
