Thursday, December 21, 2023
Locust Grove bulletin for December 24, 2023
December 24, 2023
Merry Christmas!
Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM
Call to Worship – Jason
Troyer
Lighting of the Advent Candle – Jen &
Ben Gautsche
Praise –Praise
Team
Prayer – Matthew
Yoder
Sermon – “Seeking True Love”
Matthew 1, 2 Samuel 11 – Matthew Yoder
Praise
–Praise Team
Benediction – Matthew Yoder
CALENDAR
Saturday, January 6 – Meat Canner in Goshen
Monday, January 8 – Blood Drive
Monday, January 8, 6:00 PM – Elder Team meeting
Offering & Attendance – 12/17/23 Attendance – 111
General Fund - $9,706.00
Designations - $1,252.50
Welcome to Locust Grove!
We’re glad to have you join us for our time of worship together. If you haven’t already attended, we would
love to have you also join us for Sunday school next Sunday. Sunday school is an important step in making
further connections with a smaller group of people. Ask for help if you have any questions or
need more information about our church.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Food donations
during December will go to the Keystone Place.
The Women’s Mission & Service project for December
is the Kindness Closet in Centreville.
We will plan to not have Sunday school today,
December 24 but will have it on December 31.
2024
offering envelopes are available. If
you have used them before and don’t want to use them next year, please let the
church office or Kay Large know. Or
if you didn’t use them and want to start, let us know that, too. They will be in your mailboxes next Sunday,
Dec. 31.
Mennonite Central Committee Meat Canning will be at the Depot in Goshen. Our church’s slot to work is January 6
from 1:45-8:00 PM. Wear clean clothes
and hair coverings. If you would like to
volunteer, contact Louanne Younts. They
would also appreciate donations for the $175,000 budget to purchase materials
and chicken or turkey. Checks can be
made out to the church with “meat canner” in the memo.
The next Blood Drive will be January 8.
Nursery – December 24 – Tami Tyler & Nancy Dykstra; December
31 – Stefanie & Chloe Patrick
Birthday Greetings go to: January 1 – Gerri Schwartz,
Khankeo Kerschner; January
5 – Danielle Miller; January 6 – Gabby King; January 7 – Lew Miller
Anniversary
Greetings go to: January 1 – Richard
& Marjana Tribble
Youth Group (Middle & High School Youth) – December 31 – New Year’s
Eve Party, 7:00pm – 12:15am. Come and go
as you please if you can’t make it for the whole time.
Youth Connection – Home Sports Events –
Carter Oswald – (boys freshman basketball) January 11 @ 5:00 PM. Reece & Sam Miller –
(boys swimming) December 28 @ 6:00 PM (Sturgis Pool). EJ & Gavan Miller – (boys
swimming) January 16 @6:00 PM (Sturgis Pool)
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL
NOTES
- With our marriages
and families
- With the Sheshenia
family from Ukraine – Vlad, Jane and daughters Valeriia, Margo & Sofiia.
- With our college
students – Cecelia Franz, Collin Keeslar,
Drew Litwiller, Evan
Litwiller, Kali Tyler, Myah Troyer
- With the St. Joseph
County Jail Ministry
- With Marcy Bontrager. Her address is 69220 Vicky Drive,
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, Bill Kerschner, Gary Large,
Lew & Ruby Miller, Richard Tribble, Merle Yeager and Betty Yoder.
