Friday, November 09, 2012
Locust Grove bulletin for Nov. 11, 2012
Locust Grove
A
Journey with Jesus
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Cheryl Mast
Offering Prayer/Offering
Sharing
& Prayer Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greetings
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture: 1 Kings 17:8-16
Sermon: “This Is a
Test”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Ushers/Greeters – Ben, Nickie, Avian, Mayleen, Rilyn &
Keturah Younts
Nursery – Clint & Jen Gautsche; Nov. 18 – Glendon & Danielle Miller
Jail Service – Calvary Chapel
Offerings & Attendance – 11/04/12
General Fund - $3,022.00 Attendance – 205
Designations
- $206.00
Tonight, 6:00 PM – Guess Who’s Coming
to Supper
Wed. Nov. 14, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection
Wed. Nov.
14, 7:30 PM – Elder Team Meeting
Wed. Nov.
14, 7:30 PM – Cantata Practice
Thurs. Nov.
15 - WMSC
Thurs. Nov.
15, 6:00 PM – Praise Team Practice
Sun. Nov. 18, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Women’s Fellowship Events – Saturday, Nov. 17 at 7:00
PM – “Half Stitched” – a
musical at Blue Gate Theater in Shipshewana.
Plan to eat dinner on your own and meet at the theater at 6:30 PM for the show.
Ross
Weber’s Sunday school class will be hosting a fellowship dinner immediately
after church next Sunday, Nov. 18.
Please bring hot dishes, salads or desserts to share. Drinks and Tableware will be furnished.
Remember
to bring your food donations that will go to Salvation
Army.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
A community Thanksgiving
meal will be held at Grace Church in Sturgis on Nov. 22. Food items are still needed for this
event. Could we at Locust Grove commit
to donating 5 veggie trays and 25 fruit pies?
If you can help with this, please talk to Bill Wickey.
The
WMSC will meet Thursday, Nov. 15. Mary
Jane Eichorn is in charge of the kitchen and Bertha Bontrager will have
devotions. The project for November is
food items for the Salvation Army Food Bank.
We are
collecting items for the Battle Creek Rescue
Mission – laundry soap, copy paper, paper towels and toilet paper. Place your donated items in the box in the
fellowship hall.
Offering Envelopes - It’s almost time for new
2013 offering envelopes. If you have used them before and don’t want
to use them next year, please let Fran Eichorn know before Nov. 25. Or if you didn’t use them and want to start,
let her know that, too.
Amigo Centre Events:
Open
Gym – Nov. 13, 7-9:00 PM . Cost is $2 per person. Quilting Retreat (Nov. 30-Dec. 2)
MYF –
Nov. 11 – Joe & Mandy Yoder hosting
at Mary Miller’s home; Nov. 25 - UNITE
Birthday Greetings go to:
Nov. 19 – Edna Bontrager; Nov. 22 – Ramona King; Nov. 25 –
Doug
Schwartz
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Nov. 20 – Rick & Doris Bogen
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With expectant parents – Matt & Heather Farrand, Sam & Candace Eicher
(January)
-
With engaged couple – Justin Beeker
& Erin Nussbaum
- With
the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With our college students – Justin
Beeker, Sierra Eichorn, Audra Franz, Kelsey Gautsche, Ashley
Hasbrouck, Katrina Hasbrouck , Pam Keeslar, Brittany
Kindig, Stefanie Patrick , Courtney Troyer, Nick Troyer,
Jason Yoder
- With
Tim Beck: Spc Beck, Timothy; B Co 4-9 IN, 4-2 ID (IBCT);
FOB Zangabad, Afghanistan, APO; AE 09355
- With Jake & Martha Schwartz. Their address is 23641
Findley Road , Sturgis , MI 49091 .
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: Evelyn Blucker, Dave Coblentz, Erma Eash, Martha Schwartz, Marv
Schwartz, Pastor Gerald Sims, Clyde Troyer, Andrea Yeager, and Sylvia Yoder