LGMC Bulletin

 

July 17, 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

Vote of Affirmation – Katrina Hasbrouck

Sharing & Prayer Concerns

Congregational Prayer

Sermon – “Trust Issues” – Earl Smith

     Matthew 9:35-38

Responding

         Praise & Worship

Sending

         Benediction

 

 

 

CALENDAR

Thursday, July 21 – WMS

Thursday, July 21, 5:15 PM – Praise Team practice

 

 

 

Offering & Attendance – 07/10/22    Attendance – 129

General Fund - $3,040.00   Designations - $60.00

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Food donations during July will go to the Salvation Army.

Brent Beeker and Dennis Bontrager were selected in the lot last Sunday.  They will both serve a three-year term.

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

The next blood drive is September 12. 

Thank you to the following people for helping with the blood drive on Monday:  Martha Franz for cooking soup, Gerri Schwartz for providing rides for donors, Matt Franz for helping with tear down, and Bill & Janell Lederman, Cecelia Franz, Cathy Fellers and Bill Beck for helping with registration.

If you would like to receive the Purpose and/or Our Daily Bread, order slips are in the mailbox room.  Just fill one out, sign your name, and place it in Kay Large’s mailbox by July 17.  A donation of $10 is requested for Our Daily Bread.  You can either give your money to the church secretary or place it in the offering with it marked clearly for Our Daily Bread. 

The WMS project for July is school kits for MCC.  For the meeting this Thursday, Chris Oswald is in charge of the kitchen and Gerri Schwartz will have devotions.

Below is an important timeline of dates for you to be aware of:

Today, July 17 - Voting during morning service.  If approved by 75% vote, the installation service for Matt Yoder as our lead pastor would take place on Sun, July 31. 

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

Congratulations to Regan Barrington & Cody Rubley on the birth of their daughter, Xena Rose, on July 6.  She weighed 7 lb. 6 oz. and was 20 in. long.  Special congratulations go to first-time grandparents Matt & Tonya Barrington and first-time great grandma Martha Franz.  May God bless and protect little Xena and her family!

We will be having a baptismal service on Aug. 28 after our Camp Amigo service.  If you are interested in being baptized, please let Matthew Yoder know

 

Announcements continued…

.

The MCC Relief Sale will be September 23-24 in Goshen.

Items are needed for the Youth for Christ Benefit Auction.  They can be big items like vehicles or new or high-quality items with a minimum value of $25.  Items will be sold online on Aug. 22-27.  Call 269-651-1669 to donate.

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

 

Nursery – July 17 – Gerri Schwartz & Lyza Oswald; July 24 – Abby Fellers & Phiona Jorgensen

 

Mowing – Week of July 17 – Rich Oswald; week of July 24 – Dennis Bontrager

 

Birthday Greetings go to:  July 26 – Corey Keeslar, Jen Gautsche; July 27 – Brian Nunemaker, Joel Troyer

Anniversary Greetings go to:  July 26 – Dennis & Rin Bontrager; July 29 – Adam & Cathy Fellers

 

Youth Connection – Carter Oswald’s home baseball games at the west diamond behind Wall School – July 19, 5:30 PM

JYF (Middle School Youth) –

MYF (High School Youth) – July 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) & Sofiia (7).

- With our expectant parents – 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 Edna Carpenter.  Her address is 207 N. Franks Ave., Apt. 19, Sturgis, MI  49091

- 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.