LGMC Bulletin

 

December 5, 2021

 

Sunday School – 9:30 AM

 

Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM

 

Welcome & Opening

          Welcome/Announcements – Audra Franz

Call to Worship

Advent Lighting – Darin & Rachel King

Praise & Worship – Praise Team

Hearing God’s Word

Testimonies - Matthew Yoder

Sharing & Prayer Concerns

Congregational Prayer

            Sermon – “Advent - Hope”

        Scripture – Isaiah 9:1-7

Responding

          Praise & Worship

Sending

          Benediction

 

 

CALENDAR

Sunday, Dec. 5, 6:00 PM – Congregational Meeting/Fellowship Time

Monday, Dec. 6, 6:30-8:00 PM – Women’s Advent Bible Study

Tuesday, Dec. 7, 6:00 PM – Woman’s Fellowship Christmas Tea

Wednesday, Dec. 8, 6:30 PM – Elder Team meeting

 

Offering & Attendance – 11/28/21    Attendance – 102

General Fund - $2,055.00                  Designations - $150.00

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

A Congregational Meeting is planned for tonight, Dec. 5 at 6:00 PM.  The Pastoral Search Team will be going over the congregational assessment that we took over the summer as well as the pastoral job description.  Please bring finger food for a time of fellowship after the meeting.

Food donations during December will go to Keystone Place.

Women’s Fellowship Christmas Tea - Dec. 7 at 6:00 PM – Bring a finger food to share.  Timberly Tree Farm will lead us in creating a Christmas decoration.  We are also looking for volunteers to help decorate a table setting for the tea.  If you are interested in helping with this, please contact Marty Diller, Kay Large or Rachel Oswald.

The December WMS project is colored bath towels for MCC.

2022 offering envelopes are available.  If you have used them before and don’t want to use them next year, please let the church office know.  Or if you didn’t use them and want to start, let us know that, too.

 

Nursery – Dec. 5 – Abby Fellers & Phiona Jorgensen; Dec. 12 – Brian & Rachel Oswald

 

Birthday Greetings go to:  Dec. 15 – Jim Owsley; Dec. 17 – Rachel King; Dec. 18 – Ronan Lunger; Dec. 19 – Rick Bogen, Greg Blucker

Anniversary Greetings go to:  There are no anniversaries Dec. 13-19.

 

JYF (Middle School Youth) – Dec. 5, Noon – “Minute to Win It” challenges after the morning service.  Bring friends.  Lunch will be provided.  Parents - pick up your child around 2:30 PM. 

MYF (High School Youth) – Sunday, Dec. 12, 6-8:00 PM – MYF Christmas Party at the church.  Supper will be provided.  More details to come.

 

 

 

PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES

- With our marriages and families

- With our expectant parents – Darian & Christen Kirby – March

- With our college students – Regan Barrington, Audra Franz, Cecelia Franz, Collin Keeslar, Allison Littlefield. Drew Litwiller, Isaiah Fellers, Myah Troyer

- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry

- With the Pastoral Search Committee – Charlie Casper, Brent Beeker, Audra Franz, Clint Gautsche, Katrina Hasbrouck, Louanne Younts

- With Sharon Schrock.  Her Florida address is 11302 SW Orange Ave., Arcadia, FL  34269.

- With our friends the Denlingers in Israel.  

- We seek God’s provision and care for these individuals:  John Blucker, Dave & Bertha Bontrager, Erma Eash, Carol Eichorn, Bill Kerschner, Martha Schwartz, Richard Tribble, Irene Troyer, Merle Yeager and Betty Yoder.