Thursday, December 18, 2014
Locust Grove bulletin for Dec. 21, 2014
Locust Grove
A
Journey with Jesus
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Adam Fellers
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Advent Reading – Austin Reed & Isaiah Fellers
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greeting
Time
Children’s
Story – Darin & Rachel King
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture: Luke
1:26-38
Sermon – “The
Epitome of Hope”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Ushers/Greeters – The Sunday school class taught by Gerri
Schwartz
Nursery – Jenna Beeker; Dec. 28 – Kalee
Schrock
Jail Service – New Jerusalem
Offerings & Attendance – 12/14/14
General Fund - $4,013.00 Attendance
– 163
Designations
– $838.53
Sunday, Dec. 28, 8:30 AM -
Prayer Time for Adults & Children
Tues. Dec. 30, 6:30 PM –
Prayer Partner Christmas Party
Mon. Jan. 5 – Red Cross Blood Drive
ANNOUNCEMENTS
All
ladies are invited to a Prayer Partner
Christmas Party on Dec. 30 at 6:30 PM
at Evelyn Blucker’s. This will be the
time to let your prayer partner know who has been praying for her and also to
sign up for 2015. Bring a snack to
share, as well as your “revealing” gift.
The sign up sheet and information forms are on the console by the
library. – Martha Franz
The
next Red Cross Blood drive is January
5. There is a sign-up sheet in the
fellowship hall with ways that you can help with things such as dropping off
brochures at various businesses, helping unload and load the equipment, and
helping with registration and/or the canteen.
Please sign up as soon as possible or contact Donna Schrock. We need your help!
Craft Club will be on Jan. 8 at 7:00
PM at Donna Schrock’s home.
The
church office will be closed Thursday and Friday this week. The bulletin will be printed Wednesday.
A
Christmas letter to the congregation from Lorraine Sims is on the console by
the library.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
The
Missions Commission will be collecting change during December for expenses for
the MCC Meat Canner.
The
WMSC project for December is infant care kits for MCC.
“Thanks
for all who remembered me with Christmas greetings. I wish you all a blessed Christmas season and
a happy new year.” – Mary Carpenter
Remember
to bring your food donations that will go to the Keystone Place .
It’s almost
time for new 2015 offering envelopes. If you have used them before and don’t want
to use them next year, please let Natalie Bellaire know. Or if you didn’t use them and want to start,
let her know that, too.
MYF – Jan. 16-18 – Winter Youth Retreat
JYF –
Birthday Greetings go to:
Dec. 30 – Vivian Brubaker,
Kara Franz; Dec. 31 – Ruth Coblentz; Jan. 1 – Merle Yeager,
Gerri Schwartz, Khankeo Kerschner; Jan. 2 – Mattie Miller
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Jan. 1 – Bill &
Florence Wickey, Richard & Marjana Tribble
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With
the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With Irene Troyer. Her address is 383B Thurston Woods
Drive East, 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, Sam Miller, Martha Schwartz, Marv
Schwartz, and Andrea Yeager