Friday, November 16, 2012
Locust Grove bulletin for Nov. 18, 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
– Cheryl Mast
Offering Prayer/Offering
Sharing
& Prayer Concerns – Adam Fellers
Congregational
Prayer
Greetings
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture: Colossians
3:12-17
Sermon: “Brothers,
Sisters, Forgiveness & Thanksgiving” – Phil
Wiechart
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Ushers/Greeters – Ben, Nickie, Avian, Mayleen, Rilyn &
Keturah Younts
Nursery – Glendon & Danielle Miller; Nov. 25 – Dave
& Lynette Miller
Jail Service – Pilgrim Fellowship & Sturgis Missionary
Offerings & Attendance – 11/11/12
General Fund - $3,107.96 Attendance – 184
Designations
- $207.01
Today, Noon – Fellowship Carry-In Dinner
Wed. Nov. 21, 6:30 PM – Christmas Cantata
Practice
Sun. Nov. 25, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Wed. Nov. 28, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection
Mon. Dec. 17 – Red Cross Blood Drive at Locust Grove
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church
offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22 & 23. The bulletin will be printed on Wednesday.
Wednesday Connection will continue for the
following dates in 2012 – Nov. 28, Dec. 5, 12, and 19. All are invited to come for supper at 5:30 PM , class from 6:30-7:30 PM , or for both.
Classes are available for all ages and can be joined at any time.
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 marks the 40th 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 console by the library.
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.
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.
Plan now to
attend our Marriage Retreat, Feb.
22-24, 2013 , at Potawatomi Inn, Pokagon
Park
Remember
to bring your food donations that will go to Salvation
Army.
Amigo Centre Events:
Open Gym – Nov. 20, 7-9:00 PM . Cost is $2 per person. Quilting
Retreat (Nov. 30-Dec. 2)
MYF –
Nov. 25 – UNITE; Dec. 9, 5-7:00 – at Bill & Janell
Lederman’s
Birthday Greetings go to:
Nov. 19 – Edna Carpenter; Nov. 28 – Matt Hasbrouck; Nov. 29 – Clyde Troyer,
Sheila Moore, Dylan Wiechart; Dec. 1 – Sylvia Yoder, Ethan Schrock
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Nov. 28 – Paul & Shelly
Kindig
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 Marv & Gerri Schwartz. Their address is 27160
Banker Street Road, PO
Box 7191 , 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, Bill Kerschner, Martha
Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, Pastor Gerald Sims, Clyde Troyer, Andrea Yeager, and Sylvia
Yoder
