Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Locust Grove bulletin for Jan. 3, 2016
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Kim Schwartz
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greeting
Time
Praise
& Worship - Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture – Isaiah 60:1-6
Sermon – “The 12 Days of Christmas”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – Ross Weber’s Sunday School Class
Nursery – Corey & Pam Keeslar; Jan. 10 – Glendon & Danielle Miller
Jail Service –
Offerings & Attendance – 12/27/15
General Fund - $5,782.00
Attendance – 162
Designations
– $281.53 which includes $177.52 for MCC Meat Canner. Total for MCC Meat Canner = $963.83. Thank you!
Monday, Jan. 4 – Red Cross Blood Drive at Locust Grove
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 5:30 PM – No Wednesday Connection
Thursday, Jan. 7, 6:00 PM – Praise Team practice
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please start
using your new offerings envelopes for 2016 and throw away any unused envelopes
from 2015. (Your envelope number may
have changed.) If you have any questions,
talk to our church treasurer, Natalie Bellaire.
Craft Club will
be at Donna Schrock’s home on Jan. 7 at 7:00 PM . All ladies are welcome to join them for an
evening of visiting as you do whatever handwork you are working on.
There will be
communion without footwashing on January 10.
“Thank you for
the many Christmas cards and Locust Grove Supportive Care. As Andrea and I share them, they inspire many
memories.” Sincerely, Andrea & Merle
Yeager
The WMSC
project for January is hygiene kits for MCC.
Remember
to bring your food donations that will go to the Salvation
Army.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
MYF –
JYF – Jan. 6
– No Meeting; Jan. 8-10 – Winter
Youth Retreat; Jan.
13 – Mary & Martha
Birthday Greetings go to:
Jan. 11 – Carolyn Gautsche,
Kendall Farrand; Jan. 13 – Ruby Miller, Pam Keeslar; Jan. 14 –
Donna
Gautsche; Jan. 15 – Myah Troyer; Jan. 17 – Rin Bontrager
Anniversary Greetings go to:
There are no anniversaries Jan. 11-17.
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With expectant parents Darin & Rachel King (February); Matt & Heather Farrand (February)
- With
the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With our college students – Candace
Beck, Jenna Beeker, Sierra Eichorn, Tangi Gautsche, Christen Kahila, and Cody
Litwiller
-
With LeRoy & Pauline Hochstetler. Their address is 1630
Nixon Lane , Three Rivers , MI 49093
- 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, Mary E. Miller, Martha Schwartz, Marv
Schwartz, Florence
