Friday, September 01, 2017
Locust Grove bulletin for September 3, 2017
Sunday School – 9:30 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re
Glad You’re Here!
Announcements
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational Prayer
Children’s
Story – Darin & Rachel
King
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing God:
Scripture – Romans 12:9-13; Matthew 16:21-28
Sermon - “From This Time On”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – The Sunday school class taught by TJ
& 
Nursery – Cecelia Franz & Myah Troyer; Sept. 10 – Tangi Gautsche
Jail Service – Wasepi Bluegrass
Offerings & Attendance – 08/27/17
General Fund - $3,450.75 Attendance – 172
Designations
– $1,021.87
Money
given to My Coins
Count as of 8/20/2017 - $1,377.00
CALENDAR
Thursday, Sept. 7, 6:00 PM – Praise
Team practice
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Food donations
during September will go to Salvation Army.
The proposed church budget for
2017-18 is in your church mailbox.
There will be a vote of affirmation on September 10. If you have questions, please talk to Brian
W. Troyer, Stewardship Chairman.
Kid’s Club will be
September 10 & 24.
The Praise
Team will be singing at the St. Joseph County Fair on Sunday, September 17 at 3:30 PM .
The 50th Michiana
Mennonite Relief Sale will be Sept.
22-23. Please plan to attend and also to
donate items such as quilts, high-quality crafts, antiques, and baked
goods. Talk to Chris Oswald for more
details.
Men’s Retreat is
Oct. 6-7 at Camp Elvin Factoryville , MI Darin King
for more details.
The next
Red Cross Blood Drive will be October 23.
Congratulations
to Brent & Eva Beeker on the birth of
their first grandchild. Hannah Ruth was
born on Aug. 25 to Krista & Orla Schrock.
She weighed 6 lb. 9 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. May God bless this little girl and all her
family!
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
Annual
reports are due once again.
Last Monday was
another successful Red Cross blood drive with 44 units of blood donated. There were three power red donors.
Annie & Isaac
Miller are looking for childcare for Penny (10 months) on
Wednesdays and eventually on Fridays as well.
If you know of someone that has a daycare, wants to nanny part time, or
another option please let them know! If
you have any questions, talk to them or call 269-467-0056. Thank you.
Congratulations
to Tangi Gautsche and Ralph Kimble on the safe arrival of their twins. William Jebadiah and Laura were born on Aug.
30. Jeb weighed 6 lb. and was 19.5
inches long. Laura Lynn weighed 6 lb.
also and was 19.25 inches long. Blessings
to these little ones, their parents, grandparents (Greg & Carolyn
Gautsche), great-grandparents (Dave & Bertha Bontrager), siblings Alden,
Addy and Eli, and all the rest of the family.
MYF – Sept. 10, 6-8:00 PM – Kick Off at Darin & Rachel’s home; Sept. 17, 6-8:00 PM – at the
County Fair; Sept. 24, 6-8:00 PM – to be
determined
JYF –
Birthday Greetings go to: Sept. 13 - Judy Hudson, Linda
Miller, Marty Diller ; Sept. 15 – Sherry Beck
Anniversary Greetings go to:
There are no anniversaries Sept. 11-17.
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With Ramona
King as she serves in Moldova
- With our expectant parents – Eric & Kelsey Lunger – October; Nick
& Katy Troyer (Brian & Teresa) – October; Darin & Rachel King – January; Isaac
& Annie Miller – February
- With our college students – DeVonna Allison at Glen Oaks, Jenna
Beeker at Michigan State, Cody Litwiller at Spring Arbor
-
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 Matt & Audra Franz and
their daughter Cecelia (13). Their address is 63176 N. M 66, 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, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, John Sies
and Bill
& Florence Wickey
