LGMC Bulletin

 

December 19, 2021

 

Sunday School – 9:30 AM

 

Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM

 

Welcome & Opening

          Welcome/Announcements – Gerri Schwartz

Call to Worship

Advent Lighting – Brian & Rachel Oswald

Praise & Worship – Praise Team

Hearing God’s Word

Sharing & Prayer Concerns – Matthew Yoder

Congregational Prayer

            Sermon – “Advent - Joy”

        Scripture – Psalm 126, II Cor. 6:4-10

Responding

          Praise & Worship

Sending

          Benediction

 

CALENDAR

Monday, Dec. 20, 6:30-8:00 PM – Women’s Advent Bible Study

 

 Offering & Attendance – 12/12/21    Attendance – 97

General Fund - $4,415.00                  Designations - $125.00

ANNOUNCEMENTS

There will be no Sunday school on December 26 & January 2. There will be coffee at 10:00 AM & the worship will begin at 10:30 AM.

Everyone is invited to help Richard & Marjana Tribble celebrate their 50^th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday, Jan. 1 from 3-7:00 PM at Locust Grove.

Food donations during December will go to Keystone Place.

The Life & Nurture Commission is looking for a way to support our youth by attending their extracurricular activities such as sports events, dramas, etc.  If you or your child is interested in participating, please contact a member of the L&N Commission and/or provide a schedule of the activities.  Commission members are Darin King, Greg Blucker, LeRoy Hochstetler, Beth Miller and Louellen Westover.

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.

Annual Reports for 2020-21 are available on the console by the library.  Also,

   updated phone lists of current attenders are on the console by the

    library.  Help yourself.

 

Nursery – Dec. 19 – Tami & Kali Tyler; Dec. 26 – Rachel King & Isabella Yoder

 

Birthday Greetings go to:  Dec. 28 – Jenny Troyer; Dec. 29 – Adalyn Rumsey; Dec. 30 – Greg Murray, Kara Franz; Dec. 31 – Ruth Coblentz; Jan. 1 – Merle Yeager, Gerri Schwartz, Khankeo Kerschner

Anniversary Greetings go to:  Jan. 1 – Richard & Marjana Tribble

 

JYF (Middle School Youth) – 

MYF (High School Youth) –

 

 

 

 

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, 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 Doug & Kim Schwartz.  Their address is 69310 Workman Road, Burr Oak, MI  49030.

- With our friends the Denlingers in Israel.  

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