Thursday, March 03, 2016
Locust Grove bulletin for March 6, 2016
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Gerri 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 –Mark 10:35-45
Sermon – “Jesus for President”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – Bill Miller’s Sunday School Class
Nursery – Matt & Heather Farrand; Mar. 13 – Adam & Cathy Fellers
Jail Service – Locust Grove
Offerings & Attendance – 02/21/16
General Fund - $3,117.33
Attendance – 146/AM, 115/PM
Designations
– $787.15 which includes the special offering and designations for the Gideons in
the amount of $681.70.
Tonight, 6:00 PM – Fully Alive
Wednesday, Mar. 9, 6:30 PM – Joint Meeting with Elders and Youth
Pastor Search Committee
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Remember
to bring your food donations that will go to the Salvation
Army.
Our
new church janitor is JoAnn Krick. JoAnn
isn’t new at this as she was the janitor for our church and school many years
ago. Welcome back, JoAnn!
Locust
Grove will be hosting Fully Alive tonight
at 6:00 PM. This is a music and drama
group from Youth for Christ. They will
be doing a program of music and skits and there will be a time for fellowship
and snacks after. Please come and bring
finger foods to share.
Louanne
Younts will be leading a “Coffee & Canvas”
night here at the church for Women’s Fellowship on Tuesday, Mar. 15 at 6:00 PM and again on April 12 at 6:00 PM . A $10 donation is due that evening for your
supplies and you will need to bring an apron.
If there are questions, feel free to contact any of the committee
members or Louanne Younts.
Spring
forward to Daylight Savings Time on March 13.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
“Thank
you to everyone who helped and/or gave blood at Tuesday’s Blood
Drive . There were 39 people who came to donate and
36 units of blood given. That will benefit
about 100 people! The next drive will be
Monday, May 2. We appreciate all the
volunteers. More drivers are needed next
time since there are a lot of Amish who donate blood.” – Connie Pagels
The
WMSC project for March is twin-size blankets for MCC.
MYF –
JYF – March
13 – Bowling in Sturgis
Birthday Greetings go to:
Mar. 14 – Scott Bontrager, Roselyn Roberts; Mar. 19 – Nancy Nunemaker; Mar. 20 –
Matt
Farrand
Anniversary Greetings go to:
There are no anniversaries March 14-20.
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our
expectant parents – Glendon & Danielle Miller (July)
- With
the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With the Youth Pastor Search Committee
– Joel Lederman (chair), Adam
Fellers , Marilyn Schwartz, Brian E. Troyer, and
Nickie Younts
-
With our college students – Candace
Beck , Jenna Beeker, Sierra Eichorn, Tangi
Gautsche, Christen Kahila, Cody Litwiller and Justin Schwartz
-
With Bob Lederman. His address is 26831
N. Shore Drive , 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, Mary E. Miller, Martha Schwartz, Marv
Schwartz, and Florence
