Thursday, October 22, 2015
Locust Grove bulletin for Oct. 25, 2015
A
Journey with Jesus
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Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Ben Younts
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greeting
Time
Children’s
Story – Abby Fellers
Praise
& Worship - Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture – Hebrews 5:11-14 – Ben Younts
Sermon – “Religion with Its Fuzz Worn Off” – Ike
Porter
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – Martha Franz and family
Nursery – Brian & Rachel Oswald; Nov. 1 – Avian & Mayleen Younts
Jail Service – Pilgrim Fellowship & Sturgis Missionary
Offerings & Attendance – 10/18/15
General Fund - $3,290.00
Attendance – 176
Designations
– $211.01
Today – Pastor
Appreciation Sunday
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection
Thursday, Oct. 29, 6:00 PM – Praise Team
practice
Sunday, Nov. 1, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time for Adults
ANNOUNCEMENTS
October
is Pastor Appreciation Month. We are celebrating today with a fellowship
meal and card shower for Pastor Bill & Sherry.
Oaklawn
has agreed to come to Locust Grove on Nov. 1 & 8 from 9:30-10:30 AM each morning.
They will be discussing such subjects as depression, suicide and
grief. The presenter on Nov. 1 will be
Shirley Dick and Kevin Farmwald will be the presenter on Nov. 8. This is open to all who want to attend. The plan is to not have Sunday school those
mornings unless a class chooses not to attend.
There will be activities provided for the primary department children.
Women’s Fellowship will be meeting on
Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 6:30 PM at the
church to play Dirty Bingo. Please bring
finger food and a Bingo gift for the winners.
Maybe you will win the best gift!
All ages are invited!
Time Change – Turn clocks back one hour on
November 1.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
The next
Red Cross Blood Drive
is November 2.
Thanks Locust Grove! The Mission Commission would like to
say thanks for your support of our various projects this past year. It has been humbling to monthly see the cart
of groceries fill up! The present
mountain of paper products is also quite amazing. Thanks for all your generosity!
Offices Booklets for
2015-16 are on the console by the library. Please help yourself.
Annual reports are due.
Remember
to bring your food donations that will go to the Keystone Place .
MYF –
JYF – Today
– Leaving after lunch for Amazing Acres Corn Maze. Youth are to be picked up at the church at 4:30 PM . Oct. 28 – Stand or Fall
Birthday Greetings go to:
Nov. 2 – Rich Davidson, Aaron
Barrington; Nov. 3 – Delmar Gautsche; Nov. 6 – Caleb Lederman; Nov. 8 – Natalie Bellaire
Anniversary Greetings go to:
There are no anniversaries Nov. 2-8.
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With expectant parents Darin & Rachel King (February); Matt & Heather Farrand (February); Ken & Brandy Schwartz (April)
-
With Dean Brubaker and Edna Carpenter who both recently fell and
broke bones.
- With
the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With Sgt. Timothy Beck – We welcome Tim
home and are thankful for God’s protection!
-
With our college students – Candace
Beck, Jenna Beeker, Sierra Eichorn, Ashley Hasbrouck , Christen Kahila, Cody
Litwiller, and Tim Reed.
-
With Kurt Franz and his children Kyle (almost 12)
and Kara (9). Their address is 62500
Middle Colon Road , Burr Oak, MI 49030.
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: Evelyn Blucker, Menno
Chupp, Dave Coblentz, Erma Eash, Bill Kerschner, Martha Schwartz, Marv
Schwartz, Florence
