Friday, July 26, 2019
Locust Grove bulletin for July 28, 2019
July 28, 2019
Sunday
School – 9:15 AM
Worship
Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re Glad You’re Here!
Praise & Worship – Praise Team
Announcements
– Darin King
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Brian Oswald
Congregational
Prayer
Greetings
Children’s
Story – Les Gustafson-Zook
Praise &
Worship
Hearing God:
Scripture – John 13:31-35, Matt. 22:34-40
Sermon – “The Greatest Commandment” – Les
Gustafson-Zook
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction – Ross Weber
Ushers/Greeters – The SS Class taught by Gerri Schwartz
Nursery – Myah and Brooke Troyer; Aug. 4 – The Younts Girls
Offerings & Attendance – 07/21/19
General Fund - $ 3,587.00 Attendance – No count
Designations - $1,381.00
was given for the work in Moldova with Pastor Alexander. Thank you so much for your generosity!
CALENDAR
Today, 9:00 AM – Prayer
Time
Sunday, Aug. 25 – Worship
Service at Amigo Centre
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pastor Bill is on sabbatical until October
1.
Food donations
during July will go to the Salvation Army.
Church mowing – week of July 28 – Mark Schrock.
The Women’s
Sewing project for August is school kits for MCC.
It’s time to
order take-home papers (Our Daily Bread, Purpose, Rejoice) for
the 2019-20 church year. Order forms are available on the shelf under the
mailboxes. Please fill one out, sign
your name, and put it in Greg & Carolyn Gautsche’s mailbox by August 4. If you want to get Our Daily Bread, please
designate $10 per booklet in the offering.
All other papers are paid for from the church budget.
The Michiana
Mennonite Relief Sale will be Sept. 27 & 28 at the Goshen Fairgrounds. Please be planning what you can contribute or
participate in. For information and
forms online, go to www.mennonitesale.org
or check with Marilyn Schwartz.
Attention bakers: margarine is no
longer allowed to be used in any of the food items for the bake sale. More information is posted on the church
bulletin board.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, continued
Sample
ballots for church offices will be in your church mailboxes next Sunday with
the vote of affirmation on August 18.
Birthday Greetings go
to: Aug. 5 – Jeanne
Osborn; Aug. 7 – Dennis
Bontrager; Aug. 10 – Sharon
Schrock
Anniversary Greetings go
to: Aug. 7 – Rich & Chris Oswald; Aug. 8 – Greg
& Cyndi Murray
MYF (High School Youth) – Today, 6-8:00 PM – Outdoor
Activities at Rich & Chris Oswald’s home; Aug. 4 – No MYF; Aug. 16-18 – MYF camping trip to Eby Pines. Meet at the church Friday at 6:00 PM. You will return to the church Sunday by 12:00
PM. Please let one of the sponsors know
asap if you plan to attend.
JYF (Middle School Youth) –
Kid’s Club (Grades K-5) – Will resume in October
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and
families
- With our expectant parents – Eric
& Kelsey Lunger – December 2019; Matt & Phiona Jorgensen – January 2020
- With our college students – Jenna
Beeker, Kalee Schrock
-
With Matt Hasbrouck in the Marine Corp
-
With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With LeRoy & Pauline Hochstetler.
Their address is 1630 Nixon Lane, Three Rivers, MI 49093.
- 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, Steve Eichorn, Frank Fisher, Bill Kerschner, Martha Schwartz, Marv
Schwartz, and Richard Tribble.
