Friday, January 04, 2013
Locust Grove bulletin for Jan. 6, 2013
Locust Grove
A
Journey with Jesus
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Greg Blucker
Offering Prayer/Offering
Special
Offering for MCC Meat Canner
Sharing
& Prayer Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greetings
Special
Music by Primary Department – Mandy Yoder
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture: Matthew
2:1-12
Sermon: “Wise Men
& Women”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Ushers/Greeters – Brent & Eva Beeker and family
Nursery – Phil & Krista Wiechart; Jan. 13 – Corey & Pam Keeslar
Jail Service – Pilgrim Fellowship & Sturgis Missionary
Offerings & Attendance – 12/30/12
General Fund - $6,442.10 Attendance – 152
Designations
- $6,438.57 (This includes designations and special
offering for MCC Meat Canner in the
amount of $778.57. Total to date for MCC Meat Canner is
$1,228.26.)
Wed. Jan. 9, 7:30 PM – Elder Team
Sun. Jan. 13, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
Thurs. Jan. 17 - WMSC
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We will be
having communion next Sunday, Jan. 13.
There will not be footwashing.
The Missions
Commission will be having the children collect money for the MCC meat canning project today and next Sunday.
Remember
to bring your food donations that will go to Salvation
Army.
The WMSC project for January is blankets and twin
flat sheets for MCC.
Thursday,
Jan. 17 is Locust Grove’s day to help with the meat canner at the Depot in Goshen . You are required to wear clean clothes and
something on your head. Work starts at 7:00 AM and goes to 9:00 PM . Morning,
afternoon and evening help is needed.
Calvary
Chapel is inviting all widows to a Widows Banquet on Jan. 18 at 5:00 PM .
There will be a meal and speaker.
Please call Randy Mullett at 574-575-3150 for reservations.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
MYF – Today,
5-7:00
PM – MYF at Greg
& Ramona King’s. Come dressed for
the outdoors. Jan. 18-20 – Winter Youth Retreat
JYF – Jan.
20 – Winter Jam; Feb. 15-17 – Winter
Youth Retreat at Amigo
Birthday Greetings go to:
Jan. 14 – Donna Gautsche; Jan. 15 – Myah Troyer; Jan.
17 – Rin
Bontrager; Jan. 19 – Mary Jane
Eichorn, Joel Lederman; Jan.
20 – Cody
Litwiller, Jenna Beeker
Anniversary Greetings go to:
There are no anniversaries Jan. 14-20.
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With expectant parents – Sam & Candace Eicher (January)
-
With engaged couples – Eric Lunger
& Kelsey Gautsche (May 4), Justin Beeker & Erin Nussbaum (May 19)
- With
the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With our college students – Justin
Beeker, Sierra Eichorn, Audra Franz, Kelsey Gautsche, Ashley Hasbrouck, Katrina
Hasbrouck, Pam Keeslar, Brittany Kindig, Stefanie Patrick, Courtney Troyer, Jason
Yoder
-
With Tim Beck:
Spc Beck, Timothy; B Co 4-9 IN, 4-2 ID (IBCT); FOB Zangabad,
Afghanistan, APO; AE 09355
- With Dorothy Troyer.
Her address is 1015 N. Nottawa , Sturgis ,
MI 49091 .
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: Evelyn Blucker, Dave Coblentz, Erma Eash, Bill Kerschner, Damdouane
Mounsithiraj, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, Pastor Gerald Sims, and Andrea
Yeager.