Friday, October 04, 2019
Locust Grove bulletin for Oct. 6, 2019
October 6, 2019
Sunday
School – 9:15 AM
Worship
Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re Glad You’re Here!
Praise & Worship – Praise Team
Announcements
– Marcy Bontrager
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greetings
Praise &
Worship
Hearing God:
Scripture –Acts 1:1-5
Sermon – “That’s My Story!”
Responding
Communion – Elder Team
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Ushers/Greeters – Rich & Christine Oswald and Family
Nursery – SS – Gerri Schwartz & Chris Oswald, Worship Service – Abby Fellers & Avian Younts
Offerings & Attendance – 09/29/19
General Fund - $ 4,208.71 Attendance – 159
Designations - $125.00
CALENDAR
Today, 9:00 AM – Prayer
Time
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 6:30
PM – Elder Team
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 6:30
PM – Ladies Bible Study
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church mowing – week of Oct. 6 – Matt Franz
The Kitchen
Committee asks you to please take care of your food in the kitchen. There are several items that will be disposed
of on Oct. 20 if they are not labeled or removed. This includes gallons of ice cream, tortilla
shells and salsa, condiments, frozen veggies, canned goods, etc. Please label for its use anything you plan to
store in the kitchen for later use. See
Audra Franz if you have questions.
Prayer
Partner Party to let your years’ partner know you have been praying for
them—Tuesday, October 15, 6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Bring
your revealing gift and a finger food to share. Sign-up sheet and forms are on
the console for you to take and fill out and bring to the party. New
participants are welcome.
Women’s
Fellowship is planning a shopping trip to Frankenmuth on Saturday, Oct.
26. You will be leaving the church at
7:00 AM and return by 10:00 PM. If you
would like to be a part of this fun day, please sign up on the sheet on the
console.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, continued
Food
donations during October will go to
the Keystone Place.
The
WMSC project for October is twin flat sheets for MCC.
Amigo
Centre Retreat for Women & Girls will be Oct. 11-13. The theme is “She is a Tree of Life” and the
guest speaker is Sabrina Falls. Call
Amigo to register.
A Mennonite Disaster
Service trip to Wharton, TX is planned for the week of Nov.
24. Only a few spots remain. Contact Matt Franz if interested in serving,
269-221-2438.
Recently
you contributed to the support of a pastor in Moldova. A letter from him detailing some of their
work in the church and village is posted on the bulletin board.
Birthday Greetings go
to: Oct.15
– Debi Schrock; Oct 17 – Justin Schwartz, EJ Miller; Oct. 18 – Matt Franz, Rilyn Younts; Oct. 19 – Fran Eichorn; Oct. 20 – Glendon Miller, Rachel Oswald
Anniversary Greetings go
to: Oct 14 – Bill & Khankeo
Kerschner; Oct.
17 – RJ & Emily Kimmons
MYF (High School Youth) – Oct 6: meet at Fellers’ 6-8 PM; Oct. 13: Supper at Five Star Pizza &
Corn Maze at Swift Pumpkin Farm in Bronson, Meet at Fellers’ at 4 PM; Oct 20: Fall Party at Keeslar’s Barn,
6-8 PM; Oct 27 & Nov. 3, 6-8 PM TBD;
JYF (Middle School Youth) –
Kid’s Club (Grades K-5) – October 13 & 27, 4-5:30 PM
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and
families
- With Phiona & Matt
Jorgensen in the recent death of Phiona’s mother in Uganda. Please lift them up in prayer that God can
give Phiona comfort and peace.
- With our expectant parents – Eric
& Kelsey Lunger – December 2019; Matt & Phiona Jorgensen – January 2020
- With our college students – Jenna
Beeker, Abby Fellers, Isaiah Fellers, Ethan Schrock, Kalee Schrock, Dylan
Schwartz, Kali Tyler
-
With Matt Hasbrouck in the Marine Corp
-
With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With Bill & Janell Lederman. Their
address is 1204 S. Lakeview, Sturgis, MI
49091.
- 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, Connie Pagels, Martha Schwartz,
Marv Schwartz, and Richard Tribble.
