Friday, July 21, 2017
Locust Grove bulletin for July 23, 2017
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re
Glad You’re Here!
Announcements
– Christine Oswald
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational Prayer
Greeting
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing God:
Scripture – Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
Sermon - “Wheat & Weeds” – Ross Weber
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – The Sunday school class taught by Greg
Blucker
Nursery – Kalee Schrock; July 30 – Glendon & Danielle Miller
Jail Service – Wasepi Bluegrass
Offerings & Attendance – 07/16/17
General Fund - $2,786.00 Attendance – 164
Designations
– $216.26
CALENDAR
Tuesday, July 25, 10:00 AM – Women’s Bible
Study
July 27 & 28 – Rental Rehearsal &
Wedding
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Food donations
during July will go to Salvation Army.
The next
Red Cross Blood
Drive will be August 28.
It’s time again
to order take-home
papers for the 2017-18 church year.
A list of available papers/booklets is on the shelf under the church mailboxes. Please check any papers you would like to
receive, sign your
name, and put the form in Greg & Carolyn Gautsche’s mailbox by August 6. If you want to get Our Daily Bread, please designate $10 per booklet in the offering. All other papers are paid for from the church
budget.
Sample ballots
for church offices for 2017-18 are in your mailboxes today. The vote of affirmation has been changed from
August 6 to August
13. Please be in prayer about
this ballot.
Ross Weber was
chosen in the lot for Elder last Sunday.
All women are
invited to attend the WMSC Fall Retreat at Amigo Centre on Oct. 6-8. The theme is “Remain in Me” and Marlene
Bogard is the guest speaker. Prices and
registration information are posted on the bulletin board.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
MYF –
JYF – July 28 – Michigan
Birthday Greetings go to:
Aug. 1 – Isaiah Fellers; Aug. 2 – Dorothy Troyer, Eva
Beeker, Dillon Barrington; Aug. 5 – Jeanne Osborn
Anniversary Greetings go to:
July 31 – Galen & Carol
Eichorn
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With Greg & Carolyn
Gautsche and family in the passing of Delmar last Tuesday. Funeral services were here at Locust Grove
yesterday. Please remember the Gautsche
family as it was only six weeks ago that they said good-bye to their mother,
Donna. May God give them comfort.
- With Rick & Doris Bogen and family in the
recent death of Doris ’s sister, Sharon Closson. May God give them peace and comfort.
- With our marriages and families
- With our expectant parents – Tangi Gautsche & Ralph Kimble - September;
Eric & Kelsey Lunger – October; Darin & Rachel King - January
-
With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With the Conference Affiliation Committee – Ross
Weber, Audra Franz, Darin King, Lew Miller, Ben Younts and Bill Beck
-
With Paul & Fran Eichorn and their daughter Sierra. Their
address is 24501 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, Galen Eichorn, Bill Kerschner, Mary E. Miller, Martha Schwartz, Marv
Schwartz, John Sies and Bill & Florence Wickey
