Friday, December 07, 2018
Locust Grove bulletin for Dec. 9, 2018
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re
Glad You’re Here!
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Announcements
– Adam Fellers
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Advent Reading
Special Music – Rachel Oswald & Children
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greetings
Children’s
Story – Sandy Dudley
Praise
& Worship
Hearing
God:
Scripture
– Luke 3:1-6
Sermon – “Prepare
the Way”
Responding
Praise
& Worship
Sending
Benediction
Ushers/Greeters – The SS Class taught by TJ & Marty Diller
Nursery – Myah & Brooke Troyer; Dec. 16 – Avian, Mayleen & Rilyn Younts
Offerings &
Attendance –
General Fund - $ 5,017.00 Attendance – 158
Designations - $ 347.06
Designations to MCC Meat Canner so far total $217.06.
CALENDAR
Today, 9:00 AM – Prayer Time
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 5:30 PM – Wednesday Connection
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 6:15-7:30
PM – Kid’s Club
Wednesday,
Dec. 12, 7:30 PM – Elder Team
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Food donations
during December will go to the Keystone Place .
The Missions Commission will be collecting change
during the month of December for MCC meat canning. You are encouraged to collect your change to
donate to this offering.
Christmas Caroling at the County Jail, Dec. 13
– Arrive at 6:00 PM . Caroling will start at 6:30 PM .
Emma Church’s Men’s Chorus will present their annual Christmas program,
“Goin’ to Bethlehem ” on December 16 at 6:30 PM at the Emma Church. Finger food will be served following the program.
2019 offering envelopes are available. If you have used them before and don’t want
to use them next year, please let Natalie Bellaire know by putting a note in
her church mailbox. Or if you didn’t use
them and want to start, let her know that, too.
The next
Red Cross Blood
Drive at Locust Grove is January 14, 2019 .
ANNOUNCEMENTS, continued
The December WMSC project is items for relief kits for MCC. Check the Christmas tree in the lobby to see
what items are yet needed.
Birthday Greetings go to: Dec. 17 – Rachel King; Dec. 19 –
Rick
Bogen, Greg Blucker; Dec. 21 – Hannah Schwartz; Dec. 22 –
Eric
Lunger
Anniversary Greetings go to:
There are no anniversaries Dec. 17-23.
MYF – Today, Dec. 9, 6-8:00 PM – “White Out” at the
church. Dec. 16 – Christmas Party with the JYF at the
church.
JYF – Dec. 16 – Christmas Party
with the MYF
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our expectant parents – Darin & Rachel King – June 2019
- With engaged couples – Charlie Casper & Donna Schrock – Dec. 22, 2018 ; Deric Mostrom & Ashley Hasbrouck
– March 23, 2019 ; Matt Hasbrouck
& Marissa Samuels – May 25, 2019
- With Jen & Clint Gautsche and family in the
death of Jen’s father, James Kregger, on December 5. May God give them peace and comfort.
- With our college students – Jenna Beeker, Marty Diller , Isaiah Fellers,
Phiona Jorgensen, Cody Litwiller, Isaac Miller , Dylan Schwartz,
Kali Tyler
-
With Matt Hasbrouck in the Marine Corp
-
With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With Dillon & Tonya Barrington and their children Regan (15), Heidi (6) and Aaron (4). Their address is 1019
Holmes Road , Bronson , MI
49028
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: John Blucker, Dave
Bontrager, Erma Eash, Galen Eichorn, Frank Fisher, Bill Kerschner, Martha Schwartz,
Marv Schwartz, and Richard Tribble.
