Friday, December 28, 2012
Locust Grove bulletin for Dec. 30, 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
– Chris Oswald
Offering Prayer/Offering
Special
Offering for MCC Meat Canner
Sharing
& Prayer Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greetings
Special
Music by Primary Department – Mandy Yoder
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture: Luke 2:41-52
Sermon: “Who Are You
Searching For?” – Ross Weber
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Ushers/Greeters – Dillon, Tonya & Regan 
Nursery – Adam & Cathy Fellers; Jan. 6 – Phil & Krista Wiechart
Jail Service – Edwards Corners
Offerings & Attendance – 12/23/12
General Fund - $2,875.00 Attendance – 201
Designations
- $720.94 (which includes designations and special
offering
for MCC Meat Canner in the amount of $449.69)
Thurs. Jan. 3, 6:00 PM – Praise Team
practice
Sun. Jan. 6, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The
church office will be closed Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning this
week.
Offering envelopes for 2013 are in your
mailbox. Please
don’t start using them until Jan. 6, 2013 . You
may not have the same number as in 2012,
The Missions
Commission will be having the children collect money for the MCC meat canning project today and the next 2
Sundays. Thanks in advance for your
donations!
Remember
to bring your food donations that will go to Keystone Place .
Congratulations to Kelsey Gautsche and Eric Lunger on their recent engagement! The wedding date is set for May 4. Blessings!
The WMSC
project for January is
blankets and twin flat sheets for MCC.
Thursday, Jan. 17 is Locust Grove’s day to help
with the meat canner at the Depot in Goshen . You
are required to wear clean clothes and something on your head. Work starts at 7:00 AM and goes to 9:00 PM .
Morning, afternoon and evening help is needed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
Sympathy and prayers go to Sylvanus Yoder
and family in the death of his wife Sylvia on Friday. Sylvia was also related to Alma Schweitzer, Teresa
Owsley, and Scott Bontrager. Funeral arrangements
will be announced.
MYF – Jan.
6, 5-7:00
PM – MYF at Greg & Ramona King’s. Come dressed for the outdoors. Jan.
18-20 – Winter Youth Retreat
JYF – Jan.
20 – Winter Jam; Feb. 15-17 – Winter
Youth Retreat at Amigo
Birthday Greetings go to:
Jan. 7 – Lew Miller, Jesse
Lederman; Jan. 9 – Betty Yoder; Jan. 10 – Joyce Weber, Collin
Keeslar; Jan. 11 – Carolyn Gautsche; Jan. 12 – Phil Wiechart; Jan. 13 –
Ruby
Miller, Pam Keeslar
Anniversary Greetings go to:
There are no anniversaries Jan. 7-13.
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With expectant parents – Sam & Candace Eicher (January)
-
With engaged couples – Eric Lunger & Kelsey Gautsche (May 4), Justin
Beeker & Erin Nussbaum (May 19)
- 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, Jason
Yoder
-
With Tim Beck:
Spc Beck, Timothy; B Co 4-9 IN, 4-2 ID (IBCT); FOB Zangabad,
Afghanistan, APO; AE 09355
- With Irene Troyer.
Her Florida address
is 11677 SW Orange Ave. , Arcadia ,
FL 34269
- 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, Damdouane
Mounsithiraj, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, Pastor Gerald Sims, Andrea Yeager,
and Sylvia Yoder
