Thursday, February 26, 2026
Locust Grove bulletin for March 1, 2026
March 1, 2026
Sunday School - 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM
Call to Worship – Liz Yoder
Praise –Praise
Team
Prayer – Matthew Yoder
Morning Message – Matthew Yoder
“The Word
of Forgiveness” – Luke 23:32-43
Praise – Praise
Team
Benediction – Matthew Yoder
CALENDAR
Monday, March 2 – Red Cross
Blood Drive
Wednesday, March 4,
6:00 PM – Kid’s Club
Tuesday, March 10, 6:00
PM – Women’s Fellowship Birthday Bash
Saturday, March 14, 7:00
AM – Men’s Breakfast
Saturday, March 21,
5:30 PM – Youth “Soup Supper”
Offering &
Attendance
– 02/22/2026 Attendance –149
General Fund - $3,240.43 Designations - $2,132.93
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Food donations
during March will go to the Salvation Army.
The next Red Cross Blood Drive will be March 2. Volunteers are needed to help
with registration, drives for donors, and tear down. A sign-up sheet is on the Welcome Center.
Daylight Saving Time begins next
Sunday, March 8. Be sure to turn your
clocks forward one hour Saturday evening.
Women’s Fellowship is having a “Birthday
Bash” at the church on March 10 at 6:00 PM. Come celebrate your birthday! Birthday cake and drinks will be
provided. Sign up at the Welcome Center
or online.
The Soup Supper sponsored by our Youth has been rescheduled to March 21 at
5:30 PM. If you
are no longer able to bring soup, please let one of the Youth leaders
know. Come for food, fellowship and
fun. This is a fundraiser to help
purchase windows for the Loved First school.
Loved First is doing a fundraiser, “Buy a Seat
at Our Table” during March & April. If you would be willing to host or be a
guest, please see Ramona King. The cost
of the meal is by donation.
Nursery – Today – Brian & Rachel Oswald; 03/08 – Rachel
King & Alli Gautsche
Birthday Greetings go to: 03/10 – Marie
Hopkins;03/11
– Aaron Schwartz; 03/12 – LeRoy Hochstetler, Sherry
Carr; 03/13
– Christopher Compton
Anniversary Greetings go to: There
are no anniversaries 03/09-15.
Youth Group (Middle & High School Youth) – March 1, 6-8:00 PM – At
the church; March
8,6-8:00 PM – At the church; March 21, 5:30 PM – Soup
Supper Fundraiser
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL
NOTES
- With our marriages
and families
- With our engaged
couples – Jenna Beeker & Alex Comstock, Dylan Schwartz &
Alaina Maas, Cody Litwiller & Kirsten Crouse
- With the Sheshenia
family from Ukraine – Vlad, Jane and daughters Valeriia, Margo & Sofiia.
- With the St. Joseph
County Jail Ministry
- With Daniel Large. His address is 516 Center
Street, Sturgis, MI 49091.
- With our friends in
Israel.
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: Ann Araujo, Fran Eichorn, Gary Large,
Lew & Ruby Miller, Cyndi Murray, Richard Oswald, Steve Riegsecker, Gabe
Schrock, Richard Tribble, Ed Wickey, Ed Wilcox, Merle Yeager and Betty Yoder.