Friday, December 08, 2017
Locust Grove bulletin for December 10, 2017
Sunday School – 9:30 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re
Glad You’re Here!
Announcements
– Eva Beeker
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Advent Reading
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational Prayer
Children’s
Story – Cathy Fellers
Praise
& Worship
Hearing God:
Scripture – Psalm 85
Sermon - “When Does Forever Begin?”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – Gary & Kay Large, Jesse & Laura
Schwartz and family
Nursery – Isaac & Annie Miller; Dec. 17 – Avian
& Mayleen Younts
Jail Service – Locust Grove
Offerings & Attendance – 12/03/17
General Fund - $2,771.00 Attendance – 166
Designations
– $50.00
CALENDAR
Wednesday, Dec. 13, 5:30-7:30
PM – Wednesday
Connection
Wednesday, Dec. 13, 7:30 PM – Elder Team meeting
Thursday, Dec. 14 – WMSC (This is one week earlier than
usual.)
Thursday, Dec. 14 – Christmas at the Jail
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Food donations
during December will go to Keystone Place .
Wait no
longer! The annual reports are completed
and available on the console by the library.
WMSC meeting is Thursday starting at 9:00 AM . Faith
Carpenter is in charge of the kitchen and Gerri Schwartz will have
devotions. The project is non-perishable
items for the grocery cart at the back of the church.
Christmas at the County Jail
The
SS class taught by Bill Miller is hosting a hat,
glove and coat drive throughout the month of December.
Please bring in your new hats and gloves and hang them on the tree in the
fellowship hall. Put your new or gently
used coats in the red tub. These items can be taken by any teacher who has
students that could use them or if you have a friend that needs something,
please feel free to take it for them.
The next
Red Cross Blood Drive
is Jan. 8, 2018 .
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
2018 offering envelopes are available. Please let Natalie Bellaire know if you want
to use them for 2018.
Emma Mennonite Church’s Men’s Chorus will
present their annual Christmas program on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 6:30 PM .
Finger food will be served following the program.
The Lucky Few by
Heather Avis is a nonfiction book in our church library. It is the story of a
couple that chose to adopt 3 children, two of whom have Down syndrome and
serious heart problems. They quickly discovered that God’s best for their lives
would be found in the most unlikely places. It is a story about family, adoption,
special needs and most of all it is a story about faith.
MYF – Today, 5:00-9:00 PM - Christmas party with JYF at the
church. Be sure to bring a Christmas
cookie cutter, a rolling pin, and a white elephant gift. Wear your ugly Christmas sweater, too! Dec. 17, 5-7:30 PM – Man Hunt Banquet
JYF – Today, 5-9:00 PM – Cookie Bake & Christmas Party
at the church with the MYF. Be sure to
bring a Christmas cookie cutter, a rolling pin, and a white elephant gift. Wear your ugly Christmas sweater, too! Jan. 14, Noon – Amigo Gym & Tube Run; Jan. 28, Noon – Pokagon; Feb. 16, 17 – Ignition 2018 @
Grace Christian Fellowship. Sleepover at
Lederman’s; March 4 – TBD; March 18 – Climb Kalamazoo
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 expectant parents – Darin & Rachel King – January;
Isaac & Annie Miller – February; Brad & Jayme Geers - April
- With our college students – DeVonna Allison Marty Diller Isaac Miller
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With Matt Hasbrouck at: Matthew G Hasbrouck, Task Force Jordan
H5 T22, APO AE 09315.
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With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
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With the Conference Affiliation Committee – Audra
Franz, Darin King, Lew Miller, Ross Weber, Ben Younts and Bill Beck
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With Darin & Rachel King , their son Caden
(1), and baby King due in
January.
Their address is 23211 Frays Frontier Drive, Sturgis, MI 49091.
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: Evelyn Blucker, Edna
Carpenter, Erma Eash, Galen Eichorn, Frank Fisher, Bill Kerschner, Mike Krick, Martha
Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, and John Sies
