Friday, June 29, 2018
Locust Grove bulletin for July 1, 2018
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re
Glad You’re Here!
Announcements
– MYF
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greetings
Children’s
Story – Rachel King
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God:
Scripture:
Service Project
Sharing
Responding
Praise
& Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – The SS Class taught by Gerri Schwartz
Nursery – Brian & Rachel Oswald ; July 8 – Avian & Mayleen Younts
Offerings &
Attendance – 06/24/18
General Fund - $ 2,927.00 Attendance – 156
Designations - $ 136.00
CALENDAR
Today, 9:00 AM – Prayer Time
Monday, July 2 – Red Cross Blood
drive
Thursday,
July 5, 9:30-Noon – Kid’s Club
Thursday,
July 5, 6:00 PM – Praise Team practice
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next Red Cross Blood Drive is July 2 starting at 11:00 AM .
Summer Bible School is July 15-19. Registration forms
are in the fellowship hall and can be returned to Cathy Fellers , Janell
Lederman or Rachel Oswald . There are also publication
flyers that we urge you to take to places of employment or give them to friends,
remembering our church’s mission statement of “Helping people to connect with Jesus”.
The Elder Lot selection will be July 22 during the
morning service. Please be in prayer
about this process.
There will be a
Congregational Meeting
and carry-in noon meal on July 22. The primary discussion item will be
conference affiliation.
Michiana Mennonite Relief
Sale is having their fund-raising banquet this year on Aug. 16 at the
Essenhaus Conference Center from 6-8:15 PM.
They would like table host sponsorship for 8 people at $200 per table or
you can purchase individual tickets to attend for $30 each. Please see Marilyn Schwartz by July 15 if you
are interested. Please pray for the sale
and the ministry of MCC.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
Please change Edna
Carpenter’s number on the phone sheet to 269-221-6196.
The Life & Nurture
Committee has put together a procedure manual that has been approved by the Elders.
The binder will be kept in the church library.
Feel free to check it out.
Food donations
during July will go to the Salvation Army.
Kid’s Club – July 5 &
19, 9:30 AM to Noon (Note that these
are Thursdays.)
MYF –
JYF – July 15 –Lake Day at Tribble’s; July 27-28 – Overnight in
Shipshewana & MennoHof; Aug. 12 – Summer Wrap-Up at Doug & Kim’s
Birthday Greetings go to: July 11 – Cathy Fellers , Nicholas Fish;
July 15 – Matt Jorgensen
Anniversary Greetings go to: July 10 – John & Peggy
Sies; July 12 – David & Lynette Miller ; July 14 – Brian & Nancy Nunemaker
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With engaged couples – Matt Jorgensen & Phiona Namuddu – July 7, 2018 ; Darian Kirby & Christen Kahila – Aug. 25, 2018
- With our college students – Marty Diller , Isaac Miller
-
With Matt Hasbrouck in the Marine Corp
- Abby Fellers on Africa Mercy Ship; if you
wish to send letters:
Abby
Fellers—Reception, Mercy Ships AFM, PO Box 2020 ,
Lindale , TX 75771-2020 ,
USA . If you wish to
send a package, talk to Cathy.
-
With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With the Conference Affiliation Committee – Audra
Franz , Darin King , Ross
Weber , Ben Younts and Bill Beck
-
With Martha Schwartz. Her address is 23641
Findley Rd. , Sturgis , MI 49091 .
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: Evelyn & John
Blucker, Dave Bontrager, Erma Eash, Galen Eichorn, Frank Fisher, Bill
Kerschner, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz and John Sies