Thursday, March 09, 2023
Locust Grove bulletin for March 12, 2023
March 12, 2023
Sunday School – 9:30 AM
Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM
Call to Worship – Teresa Owsley
Praise – Praise
Team
Prayer – Matthew
Yoder
Praise – Praise
Team
Sermon – “A
Life of Prayer”
Daniel 9:1-19 – Matthew
Yoder
Praise – Praise
Team
Benediction
– Matthew Yoder
CALENDAR
Today, Mar. 12, 6:00 PM
– Congregational Meeting
Monday, Mar. 13, 6:00
PM – Elder Team meeting
Tuesday, Mar. 14, 6:00
PM – Women’s Fellowship
Thursday, Mar. 16, 5:15
PM – Praise Team practice
Thursday, Mar. 16,
6-7:30 PM – Kid’s Club
Offering & Attendance – 03/05/23 Attendance – 108
General Fund - $8,955.00 Designations - $620.00
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Food donations
during March will go to the Salvation Army.
The WMS monthly meeting is this
Thursday, Mar. 16. Martha Franz will be
in charge of the kitchen and Louellen Westover will have devotions. The project for March is blankets for MCC.
A congregational meeting is planned for tonight @
6:00 PM. Bring snacks so that we have
things to “chew on” besides the agenda items.
The next Women’s Fellowship will be Mar. 14 @ 6:00
PM at the church. It will be Taste
& Testimony Night. Khankeo
Kerschner, Jane Sheshenia and Phiona Jorgensen will share an authentic dish
along with their story.
EJ Miller, 17-year-old
son of Glendon & Danielle, has the opportunity to go to Germany this summer
for 3 weeks with a student exchange program through Sturgis Schools. To help with expenses for this trip, EJ is
looking for manual labor and yard work jobs and paid on a donation basis. If you could use his help, contact EJ via
text or call after 2:45 PM @ 269-816-9663.
Total number of products collected at the Blood Drive = 33.
On Easter Sunday, Apr. 9, we will have a potluck
breakfast. Please bring a breakfast dish
or 2 to share. Have your food here by
9:15 AM and we will plan to eat at 9:30 AM.
There will be no Sunday school. – Worship Commission
Nursery – Mar. 12 – Gerri Schwartz &
Lyza Oswald; Mar. 19 – Rachel King & Madelyn Oswald
Birthday Greetings go
to: Mar. 20 – Vlad Sheshenia; Mar. 22 – Ross
Weber; Mar. 23 – Bill Younts; Mar. 24 – Brian
(Teresa) Troyer
Anniversary Greetings go to: Mar. 22 – Matt & Audra Franz; Mar.
24 – Hezir & Ann Araujo
YOUTH EVENTS
Kid’s Club (1st – 5th
Grades) – Mar.
2 @ 6-7:30pm
JYF (Middle School Youth) and MYF (High School Youth) – Mar.
19 – 5:30-7:00pm; Mar.
24-25 – Ignition Youth Conference @ Grace CF
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL
NOTES
- With our marriages
and families
- With the Sheshenia family
from Ukraine – Vlad, Jane and daughters Valeriia, Margo & Sofiia.
- With our expectant
parents – Matt & Phiona Jorgensen (September)
- With our college
students – Cecelia Franz, Collin Keeslar, Tangi
Kimble, Drew Litwiller, Myah Troyer, Kali Tyler
- With the St. Joseph
County Jail Ministry
- With Glendon & Danielle
Miller and their sons EJ (17), Gavan (15),
Reece (13) and Sam (6). Their
address is 66269 Robinson 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, Lew
& Ruby Miller, Martha Schwartz, Richard Tribble, Merle Yeager and Betty
Yoder.