Friday, August 19, 2016
Locust Grove bulletin for August 21, 2016
Coffee & Donuts – 10:00 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Audra Franz
Affirmation of Church Budget – Clint Gautsche
Call to
Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Brian Oswald
Congregational
Prayer
Special
Offering for Amigo Centre
Greeting
Children’s
Story – Candace
Beck
& Marcy
Bontrager
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture – Hebrews 12:18-29
Sermon – “Come
to the Mountain” – Ross Weber
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – The Fidelis Sunday school class
Nursery – Tangi Gautsche; Aug. 28 – Candace Beck
Jail Service – Wasepi Bluegrass
Offerings & Attendance – 08/14/16
General Fund - $3,874.00
Attendance – 183
Designations
– $553.01
Wednesday, Aug. 31, 6:30 PM – Elder Team meeting
Monday, Sept. 12 – Red Cross Blood
Drive
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The WMSC
project for August is school kits for MCC.
A list of needed items is printed on the bulletin
insert.
Amigo Centre is
looking for a volunteer who would like to help with “Box Tops for Education”
sorting. If you would be willing to
spend a few hours a month in the comfort of your home, sorting and applying
some labels to help with this fundraiser, please call Michelle at 269-651-2811.
All four
candidates for the Elder lot were affirmed.
All candidates
for church offices were affirmed.
The Women’s
Fellowship will be having a Relief Sale Cookie Bake on Sept. 12 at 6-8:00 PM at the church kitchen. Bring a mixer if you have one. Sign up for food donations on the counter in
the fellowship hall.
Ramona King and
Beth Miller will be traveling to Moldova
Sept. 15-Oct. 2. They will be working
with local pastors there to minister to widows, orphans, needy families, and
the blind. If you would like to help purchase
food and other needed items for these people, you can designate to “Moldova
Project” through your offering.
If you or your
child will be attending college this school year, please let Beth know so she
can add you to the college
prayer list.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
A big THANK YOU for your
contributions for school kits for MCC. Bible
School offerings were used to
purchase 76
kits! Continue bring in school supplies for
both MCC and for our own school teachers for their classes.
The next
Red Cross Blood Drive
is September 12.
Remember to
bring your food donations that will go to the Keystone Place .
Amigo Centre – Annual Women’s Retreat for Women & Girls, Oct. 7-9
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. 31 – Martha Schwartz
Anniversary Greetings go to: Sept. 4 – Terry &
Alesia Walls
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our expectant parents – Isaac & Annie Miller (November)
- 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 Mark & Debi Schrock and their children Gabe (20), Kalee (17) and Ethan (14). Their address is 26370 M-86, 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 Wickey
Items for MCC School Kits:
-
4
spiral notebooks
-
8
#2 pencils
-
1
large eraser
-
12
colored pencils
-
1
flexible 12 inch ruler
Items for Locust Grove Teacher School Supplies:
-
Erasers
-
#2
Pencils
-
boxes
of Kleenex
-
Clorox
wipes
-
Colored
pencils
-
Crayons