Friday, December 11, 2015
Locust Grove bulletin for Dec. 13, 2015
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Gerri Schwartz
Youth Pastor
Ballot – Bill Beck
Call to
Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Advent Reading
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill
Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greeting
Time
Children’s
Story – Les Gustafson-Zook, MCC
Praise & Worship - Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture – Philippians 4:4-9
Sermon – “The Source of Joy”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – 
Nursery –
Jail Service – Word Fellowship
Offerings & Attendance – 12/06/15
General Fund - $4,184.48
Attendance – 169
Designations
– $523.04 which includes $258.62 for MCC Meat Canner
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 5:30 PM – No Wednesday
Connection
Thursday, Dec. 17 – WMSC
Thursday, Dec. 17, 5:45 PM – Christmas Caroling
at the County Jail
Thursday, Dec. 17, 6:00 PM – Praise Team
practice
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 6:00 PM – Prayer Partner
Party
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We
will be collecting your loose change during the month of December. Money collected will be given to MCC for the Meat Canning project.
The WMSC will
meet this Thursday. Gerri Schwartz will have devotions and Rachel Hochstedler
is in charge of the kitchen. The project
for December is infant care items.
December
9 was the last Wednesday
Connection night for 2015. They will
start up again after the new year.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
It’s almost
time for new 2016 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.
Remember
to bring your food donations that will go to the Keystone Place .
MYF –
JYF – Dec.
16 – Esther: Being; Dec. 23 – No Meeting; Dec.
31-Jan. 1 – New Year’s Eve Lock-in
Birthday Greetings go to:
Dec. 22 – Eric Lunger; Dec. 23 – Ellsworth Losee; Dec. 26 – Mandy Yoder ; Dec. 27 –
Connie
Pagels
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Dec. 22 – Jake & Martha Schwartz
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With expectant parents Darin & Rachel King (February); Matt & Heather Farrand
- With
the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With our college students – Candace
Beck , Jenna Beeker, Sierra Eichorn, Ashley
Hasbrouck, Christen Kahila, Cody Litwiller, and Courtney Troyer
-
With Diane Green. Her address is 1246
Klink Road , Tekonsha , MI 49092
- 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, Florence Wickey and Andrea Yeager
