LGMC Bulletin

 

July 3, 2022

 

Sunday School – 9:30 AM

 

Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM

 

Welcome & Opening

         Welcome/Announcements – Adam Fellers

Call to Worship

Praise & Worship – Praise Team

Hearing God’s Word

Testimonies - Matthew Yoder  

Sharing & Prayer Concerns

Congregational Prayer

Sermon – “You’ve Got Questions -Revelation Edition” –          Rev. 1-22

Responding

         Praise & Worship

Sending

         Benediction

 

 

 

CALENDAR

Thursday, July 7, 5:15 PM – Praise Team practice

Sunday, July 10, 10:30 AM – Elder Lot

Monday, July 11 – Blood Drive

 

Offering & Attendance – 06/26/22    Attendance – AM-120; PM-59

General Fund - $4,050.00; Designations - $1,770.00

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Food donations during July will go to the Salvation Army.

Needed – drawings for our bulletin cover.  Please put them in the mailbox outside the church office.

The next blood drive is July 11.  Volunteers are needed to help with registration, to drive donors to and from the blood drive, and to help tear down.  A sign-up sheet is in the fellowship hall.  Volunteers and donors are no longer required to wear masks.

The WMS project for July is school kits for MCC.

On Sunday morning, the Pastoral Search Team made the exciting announcement that we are recommending, and the elders have approved, interim pastor Matthew Yoder as our final candidate for our lead pastor position. Below is an important timeline of dates for you to be aware of:

Sun, July 10 - Candidate Weekend - 9:30am - Q&A w/ Matt - donuts and coffee provided; 10:30am - Matt brings morning message (No Sunday School)

Sun, July 17 - Voting during morning service

Absentee ballots will be available from Beth Miller on July 10 and need to be returned to the church office by 5pm Thurs, July 14.  If approved by 75% vote, the installation service for Matt Yoder as our lead pastor would take place on Sun, July 31.  Thank you for all of your prayers and support during this time. We are praising God for his faithfulness throughout this process.  The Pastoral Search Team

There will not be Sunday school on July 31.  Jason & Julie Casper will be sharing during the SS time that day.

The church email address is locustgrove@gmail.com  The old address of office@lgrove.org does not work anymore. If all else fails and you can’t send your message with either address, you can use my personal address –

    bababeth@gmail.com

 

 

Announcements continued…

 

Nursery – July 3 – Chris & Madelyn Oswald; July 10 – Fellers Family

 

Mowing – Week of July 3 – Matt Franz; week of July 10 – Greg Blucker

 

Birthday Greetings go to:  July 11 – Cathy Fellers, Josh Troyer; July 15 – Matt Jorgensen; July 17 – Alesia Furney, Eliza Eichorn, Eli Love

Anniversary Greetings go to:  July 14 – Brian & Nancy Nunemaker

 

Youth Connection – Carter Oswald’s home baseball games at the west diamond behind Wall School – July 14, 5:30 PM

JYF (Middle School Youth) – July 16, 4-8:00 PM – Fish Fry and swimming at Jerry & Nancy Dykstra’s.

MYF (High School Youth) – July 10, 24, & Aug. 14 – Lake Days.  On July 24 it will be at Richard & Marjana Tribble’s from 6-8:00 PM.  Supper will be provided.

 

 

PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES

- With our marriages and families

- With the Sheshenia family from Ukraine – Vlad, Jane and daughters Valeriia (12), Margo (9) & Sophia (7).

- With Jerry & Nancy Dykstra & family in the recent passing of Jerry’s mother, Elverna Dykstra.  May God give them all peace and comfort.

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

- With our college students – Tangi Kimble

- 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 Dennis & Rin Bontrager.  Their address is 20778 Roys Road, Centreville, MI  49032. 

- 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.