Friday, September 29, 2017
Locust Grove bulletin for Oct. 1, 2017
Sunday School – 9:30 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re
Glad You’re Here!
Announcements
– Isaac Miller
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational Prayer
Greeting
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing God:
Communion – Elder Team
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – Rich & Chris Oswald and Lloyd &
Sharon Schrock
Nursery – Cecelia Franz & Myah Troyer; Oct. 8 – Isaac & Annie Miller
Jail Service – Calvary Chapel
Offerings & Attendance – 09/24/17
General Fund - $3,415.00 Attendance – 172
Designations
– $215.00
CALENDAR
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 5:30-7:30
PM – Wednesday
Connection
Thursday,
Oct. 5, 6:00 PM – Praise Team
practice
Saturday,
Oct. 7, 2:00 PM – Baby Shower for
Kelsey Lunger
Monday,
Oct. 9, 7:00 PM – Stewardship Commission
meeting
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Food donations
during October will go to Keystone Place .
Annual reports are due once again.
Reminder – Bring your boxes for Samaritan’s
Purse Christmas Project. The primary children should bring the items for their
boxes also. These will ship the 1st
week of November.
Wednesday Connection will begin Oct. 4. Supper will be served from 5:30-6:15 PM .
Classes start at 6:30 PM and
include one on teaching with Ross Weber, a ladies study of Genesis with Audra
Franz, and Kids Club for K-5 with Pastor Bill Beck. Nursery care will be provided.
All ladies
are invited to a baby shower honoring
Kelsey Lunger and her baby girl here at Locust Grove on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 2:00 PM .
Kelsey is registered at Amazon.com.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
Men’s Retreat is Oct. 6-7 at Camp
Elvin Factoryville ,
MI Darin King for more details.
MCC Comforter Bash will be Oct. 20 (9-5)
& 21 (9-3) at Pleasant View
Mennonite Church Goshen . They need people to knot and also to sew and
piece comforter tops.
The Elders are
proposing an amendment to our constitution to shorten the length of Elder term
from 5 to 3 years. The vote on this will be on Oct. 22. If you have any questions, please talk to one
of the Elders.
The next
Red Cross Blood Drive
will be October 23.
We received a
thank you from MCC My
Coins Count. It is posted on the
bulletin board in the back.
MYF – Today – Meet at the
church at 3:30 or at the Meijers
parking lot in Sturgis at 4:00 . You will be going to Amazing Acres in
Edwardsburg. Plan to get back to Meijers
at 8:00 and the church
around 8:30 . Oct. 8, 5-9:00 PM – Movie Night with
JYF at Beeker’s Barn; Oct. 15, 6-8:00 PM – Game Night at the
church; Oct. 22, 6-8:00 PM – Greg & Brenda Blucker’s home; Oct. 29,
6-8:00 PM – Pumpkin Carving Contest & Costume Party at King’s
JYF – Oct. 8, 5-9:00 PM @ Beeker’s Barn; Oct. 22 – Amazing Acres Corn Maze in Edwardsburg; Nov. 12 – TBD; Dec. 10, 5-? – Cookie Baking &
Christmas Party
Birthday Greetings go to: Oct. 15 – Debi Schrock
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Oct. 10 – Dave & Bertha
Bontrager; Oct. 14 – Bill & Khankeo Kerschner
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our expectant parents –Nick & Katy Troyer (Brian &
Teresa) – October; Eric & Kelsey Lunger – November; Darin & Rachel King
– January; Isaac & Annie Miller – February
- With our college students – DeVonna Allison , Jenna Beeker, Sierra
Eichorn, Cody Litwiller, Isaac Miller , Dylan Schwartz
-
With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With the Conference Affiliation Committee –Audra
Franz, Darin King, Lew Miller, Ross Weber, Ben Younts and Bill Beck
-
With Ashley Hasbrouck. Her address is 202
E. Electric Court , 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, Mike Krick, Martha Schwartz, Marv
Schwartz, John Sies and Bill & Florence Wickey
