LGMC Bulletin

 

April 28, 2024

 

Sunday School – 9:15 AM

 

Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM

 

Call to Worship – Locust Grove Youth

Praise –Praise Team

Prayer – Matthew Yoder

Sermon – “The Weight of One” – Matthew 25:14-30

   – Matthew Yoder

Praise –Praise Team

         Benediction – Matthew Yoder

CALENDAR

Today, April 28, 9:15 AM – Jason Casper to share during the Sunday School hour

Thursday, May 2, 5:15 PM – Praise Team practice

Monday, May 6 – Red Cross Blood drive

 

 

Offering & Attendance – 04/21/2024             Attendance – 136

General Fund - $7,525.00     Designations - $125.00

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Food donations during April will go to Keystone Place.

The Women’s Mission & Service project for April is sewing kits for Mennonite Central Committee to distribute to ladies in other countries, helping them provide an income for their families.  We have a wholesale place where the contents of a kit can be purchased for approximately $25 and the order has been placed to make up to 50 kits.  If you would like to contribute to this project, do so by designating in your church offering.  Your help is much appreciated!

Church office hours next week will be Tuesday and Wednesday.  The bulletin will be printed on Wednesday.

The next Red Cross Blood Drive is May 6.  Volunteers are needed to help with registration, give rides to donors if needed, and help with tear down.  There is a signup sheet at the welcome center.

Did you know that the first blood drive at Locust Grove was January 2014?  Locust Grove has hosted the Red Cross blood drive for 10 years!

Women’s Fellowship – May 18, 10:00am–2:00pm – Meet at Mennohof in Shipshewana, IN at 10:00am for a tour followed by lunch and shopping.

The Locust Grove Youth would like to say thank you to the congregation for their generous support during our Beard Butchering fundraiser. We hope you have had as much fun watching the videos as the youth

   had creating them. The grand total for our fundraiser was $3,520.02 which will go towards the $13,500 needed to send 16 youth and 4 adults to North Carolina this summer to serve in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Marilyn Schwartz has a new phone number and email - 269-503-1235 and Maroschwartz52@gmail.com.

 

 

Nursery – April 28 – Eva & Jenna Beeker; May 5 – Abby Fellers & Phiona Jorgensen

 

Birthday Greetings go to:  May 8 – John Blucker                                      

Anniversary Greetings go to: There are no anniversaries May 6-12.

 

Youth Group (Middle & High School Youth) – April 28 & May 5,

6-8:00 PM – Meet at the church

ANNOUNCEMENTS continued . . .

Youth Connections – HOME Sports Events – Carter Oswald – (Sturgis JV baseball) May 3, 7, 9, 21 (double headers) 4:00 & 6:00 pm; EJ & Gavan Miller (Sturgis Varsity track & field) April 30 @ 4:15 pm; Madelyn & Lyza Oswald – (Sturgis Middle School tennis @ Augspurger Courts) May 1 @4:00 pm, May 4 @9:00 am.

 

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 LeRoy & Pauline Hochstetler.  Their address is 1630 Nixon Lane, Three Rivers Oak, MI  49093.

- With our friends in Israel.

- We seek God’s provision and care for these individuals:  John Blucker, Dave & Bertha Bontrager, Bill Kerschner, Gary Large, Lew & Ruby Miller, Cyndi Murray, Richard Tribble, Brian (Teresa) Troyer, Merle Yeager and Betty Yoder.