Friday, December 16, 2016
Locust Grove bulletin for Dec. 18, 2016
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Rachel King
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Advent Reading
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Rich Oswald
Greeting
Children’s
Story – Candace Beck
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Sharing: “What Christmas
Means to Me…” – Jake Schwartz, Audra
Franz, Adam Fellers
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
– Jake Schwartz
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – The Younts Family
Nursery – Corey & Pam Keeslar; Dec. 25 – Cecelia Franz & Myah Troyer
Jail Service – Pilgrim Fellowship & Sturgis Missionary
Offerings & Attendance – 12/11/16
General Fund - $1,153.00
Attendance –122
Designations
– $ 181.75
CALENDAR
Today, Dec. 18, 2:30 PM – Choir practice
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christmas gifts
for the primary department children are down on the counter in the Sunday
school gathering area. Please make sure
your child/children pick them up.
It’s almost
time for new 2017 offering envelopes. If you have used them before and don’t want
to use them next year, please let Natalie Bellaire know by putting a note in
her church mailbox. Or if you didn’t use
them and want to start, let her know that, too.
There will be no Sunday school on Sunday, December 25.
The WMSC project for December is items for
the Salvation Army.
The next
Red Cross Blood Drive
at Locust Grove is January 9, 2017 .
Food donations
during December will go to Keystone Place .
Annual Reports
for 2015-16 are on the console by the library.
Don’t miss out on this exciting reading material!
Bill Lederman is
missing a gray leather zip-up jacket which disappeared from the church on Nov.
20. If you have a leather jacket, could
you please check and make sure you have the right one? Thanks!
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
Birthday Greetings go to:
Dec. 26 – Mandy Yoder; Dec. 27 –
Connie
Pagels; Dec. 29 – Adalynn Rumsey; Dec. 30 – Vivian Brubaker, Kara
Franz; Dec. 31 – Ruth Coblentz; Jan. 1 – Merle Yeager, Gerri
Schwartz, Khankeo Kerschner
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Jan. 1 – Bill & Florence Wickey, Richard & Marjana Tribble
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our college students – DeVonna Allison , Jenna Beeker, Marty Diller , Sierra Eichorn,
Cody Litwiller, Dylan Schwartz
-
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 Erv & Phyllis Wickey. Their address is 30331
Findley Road , Burr Oak, MI 49030.
- 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 Bill & Florence Wickey
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Locust Grove bulletin for Dec. 11, 2016
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Rachel King
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Advent Reading
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Greeting
Children’s
Story – Sandy Dudley
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture – Matthew 11:1-11
Sermon – “Expectations”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – The Younts FamilyNursery – Matt & Audra Franz; Dec. 18 – Corey
& Pam Keeslar
Jail Service – Wasepi Bluegrass
Offerings & Attendance – 12/04/16
General Fund - $5,314.00
Attendance – No Count
Designations
– $ 1,518.10
CALENDAR
Today, Dec. 11, 2:30 PM – Choir practice
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 6:30 PM – Elder Team
meeting
Thursday, Dec. 15 - WMSC
Thursday, Dec. 15, 6:45 PM – Christmas Caroling at the Jail
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thank you to
the 4 ladies who have volunteered to provide cookies for the Christmas Caroling at the Jail event on Dec. 15.
If you didn’t bring them to church today, you can take them to the jail
for caroling on Dec. 15 by 6:30 PM .
It’s almost
time for new 2017 offering envelopes. If you have used them before and don’t want
to use them next year, please let Natalie Bellaire know by putting a note in
her church mailbox. Or if you didn’t use
them and want to start, let her know that, too.
MYF & JYF - Dec. 17, 4-8:00 PM at the church – Christmas cookie
baking and white elephant gift exchange.
There will be no Sunday school on Sunday, December 25.
The WMSC project for December is items for
the Salvation Army. At the WMSC meeting
this Thursday, Chris Oswald is in charge of the kitchen and Gerri Schwartz will
have devotions.
The next
Red Cross Blood Drive
at Locust Grove is January 9, 2017 .
Food donations
during December will go to Keystone Place .
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
Bill Lederman is
missing a gray leather zip-up jacket which disappeared from the church on Nov.
20. If you have a leather jacket, could
you please check and make sure you have the right one? Thanks!
Annual Reports
for 2015-16 are on the console by the library.
Help yourself!
Birthday Greetings go to:
Dec. 19 – Rick Bogen, Greg
Blucker; Dec. 22 – Eric Lunger
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Dec. 22 – Jake & Martha
Schwartz
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our college students – DeVonna Allison , Jenna Beeker, Marty Diller , Sierra Eichorn,
Cody Litwiller, Dylan Schwartz
-
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 Bill & Florence Wickey. Their address is 28314
Findley Road , Burr Oak, MI 49030.
- 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 Bill & Florence Wickey
