LGMC Bulletin

 

May 15, 2022

 

Sunday School – 9:30 AM

 

Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM

 

Welcome & Opening

         Welcome/Announcements – Greg Blucker

Call to Worship

Praise & Worship – Praise Team

Hearing God’s Word

Sharing & Prayer Concerns – Matthew Yoder    

Congregational Prayer

            Sermon – “How Long, Oh Lord?” – Rev. 6-8a

Responding

         Praise & Worship

Sending

         Benediction

 

 

 

CALENDAR

Thursday, May 19 – Women’s Sewing

Thursday, May 19, 5:30 PM – Praise Team practice

Sunday, May 22, 6:00 PM – Fellowship Evening

 

 

Offering & Attendance – 05/08/22    Attendance – 119

General Fund - $2,130.00; Designations - $60.00

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Food donations during May will go to the Salvation Army.

The May WMS project is sewing kits for MCC.  For the meeting this week, Joyce Weber is in charge of the kitchen and Gerri Schwartz will have devotions.

Anyone who hasn’t already updated their page in the directory has the opportunity to do that now.  If you want a page and don’t have one yet, you can do that now also.  See Rin Bontrager if you have any questions.

If you would like to have your drawing on our bulletin cover, please put it in the mailbox outside the church office.

Blood Drive results – 43 units collected with 6 of those units from power red donors.  The next Red Cross blood drive is July 11.  Thank you to the following people for helping with the blood drive on Monday: Gerri Schwartz and Nancy Dykstra for providing rides for donors, Cecelia Franz and Bill & Janelle Lederman for helping with registration, and Matt Franz for helping with tear down. ~ Louellen Westover

If you “borrowed” the church’s weed eater from the church garage, please return it.  Thanks. ~ Trustees

An update on the work of CrossLinks with Ukranian refugees is posted on the bulletin board. 

The church email address is locustgrove@gmail.com

 

Nursery – May 15 – Brian & Rachel Oswald; May 22 – Tami & Kali Tyler

Mowing – Week of May 15 – Dennis Bontrager; Week of May 22 – Kim Schwartz

Birthday Greetings go to:  May 24 – Brent Beeker; May 28 – Jim Hasbrouck, Liz Yoder

Anniversary Greetings go to:  There are no anniversaries May 23-29.

Youth Connection – Chloe Patrick home softball games – May 19 & 20 @ 6:00 pm and May 21 @ 9:00 am; Taner Patrick home baseball games – May 20, 4:00 pm (double header); Heidi Barrington home softball games at Ryan School in Bronson – June 2, 5:30 pm; Aaron Barrington home baseball games at St. Mary’s in Bronson – May 18, 19, 25 all at 5:30 pm

ANNOUNCEMENTS  continued…

JYF (Middle School Youth) – Sunday, May 22, 3-5:00 PM – Youth Gathering at Darin & Rachel King’s

MYF (High School Youth) –

 

PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES

- With our marriages and families

- With our expectant parents – Regan Barrington – June, Eric & Kelsey Lunger - September

- With our college students – Regan Barrington, Cecelia Franz, Collin Keeslar, Tangi Kimble, 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 Brent & Eva Beeker.  Their address is 63067 Engle Road, Constantine, MI  49042.

- 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, Lew & Ruby Miller, Martha Schwartz, Richard Tribble, Irene Troyer, Erv Wickey, Merle Yeager and Betty Yoder.