Thursday, August 04, 2016
Locust Grove bulletin for August 7, 2016
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Audra Franz
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Brian Oswald
Congregational
Prayer
Greeting
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture – Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
Sermon – “By
Faith or By Sight” – Ross Weber
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – The Fidelis Sunday school class 
Nursery – Glendon
&
Jail Service –Locust Grove
Offerings & Attendance – 07/31/16
General Fund - $4,214.00
Attendance – 170
Designations
– $50.00
Wednesday,
Aug. 10, 6:30 PM – Elder Team meeting
Sunday, Aug.
21 – Morning
Worship Service at Amigo Pavilion
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Today in your
mailboxes you will find the proposed
church budget for the 2016-17 year. The vote of affirmation will be on Aug.
21. Please talk to Clint Gautsche if you have any questions.
Last week you
received two ballots for affirmation on August
14.
One was to affirm the four persons selected by the congregation to participate
in the lot for Elder. The other was to
affirm persons nominated to fill vacant or expiring church offices. Please read these over carefully and be in
prayer about this process.
The annual outdoor worship service at the Amigo pavilion will be the morning of August 21. Bring a dish or two to share at the
fellowship lunch.
The WMSC
project for August is school kits for MCC.
“Bill & Janell Lederman and family would like to express their
gratitude for all the cards, words of kindness, gifts, and most of all the
prayers that were offered on our behalf during the loss of Janell’s
mother. We deeply felt your prayers,
especially while traveling. You have
touched our hearts in many ways.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
Remember to
bring your food donations that will go to the Keystone Place.
You are invited to a Benefit Concert for Landry Troyer, Teresa Cripe’s grandson) on Friday, Aug. 12 at 7:00 PM at Great Lakes Chocolate & Coffee Company in Sturgis. Funds raised will be used to pay for
therapies needed to treat Landry’s Neuro-immune Dysfunction Syndrome.
You are invited to an Open House to help Craig
& Karen (Miller) Keefer celebrate their
marriage. The date is Aug. 13 from 2-7:00 PM and the place is their home at 11985 Oneida Rd.
Amigo Centre – Annual Women’s Retreat for Women
& Girls, Oct. 7-9
Church League Softball: Aug. 9 & 16 – Double Elimination Tournament
MYF – Sunday, Aug. 21, 4:00 PM – Meet at Erv
& Phyllis Wickey’s home
JYF – Sunday, Aug. 28 – End of the Year Bash
Birthday Greetings go to:
Aug. 19 – Timothy Reed; Aug.
21 – Erv Wickey
Anniversary Greetings go to: Aug. 17 - Glenn & Beth Miller;
Aug. 20 – Brad & Angie Litwiller ; Aug. 21 –
Earl
& DeVonna Allison
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our expectant parents – Isaac & Annie Miller (November)
- With
Ruth Coblentz and Debi
Schrock and families in the death of their husband and father, Dave on
August 1. Funeral services were here Friday. May God give the family comfort and peace.
- With
the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With the Youth Pastor Search Committee
– Gerri Schwartz , Adam Fellers ,
Marilyn Schwartz, Brian E. Troyer, and Nickie Younts
-
With Donna Schrock . Her address is 812
Canterbury St. , Sturgis , MI
49091
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: Evelyn Blucker, Erma
Eash, Bill Kerschner, Mary E. Miller, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, John Sies
and Florence
