Friday, August 23, 2013
Locust Grove bulletin for August 25, 2013
Locust Grove
A
Journey with Jesus
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
Welcome
and Opening
Welcome/Announcements
– Cheryl Mast Offering Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture: 3 John
11-14
Sermon: “Hello, My Name
Is…”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Ushers/Greeters – Young Adults
Nursery – Phil & Krista Wiechart; Sept. 1 – Corey & Pam Keeslar
Jail Service – Word Fellowship
Offerings & Attendance – 08/18/13
General Fund - $ 4,160.00 Attendance –
187
Designations
- $ 504.50
Mon. Aug. 26, 2:00 PM – Rental Funeral
(Vernon Bontrager)
Sun. Sept. 1, 8:30 AM – Prayer Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thurston Woods Village is celebrating 60 years of service today. You are invited to a complimentary brunch and
tour the campus until 2:00 PM today.
If you have signed up to receive “Rejoice”, please talk to Carolyn Gautsche. She got one request for that periodical that
wasn’t signed.
Don’t forget to donate $10 for Our Daily
Bread. You can do this through the offering.
MDC Goldenrod Auction – Sept. 6-7 at the
Shipshewana Auction Barn. More info rmation
is on a flyer on the console by the library.
They need lots of baked items to sell.
Labels are provided with instructions for what to write on the label and
where to deliver the baked goods. These
labels are with the flyer.
There will be a baptism service for
Christen Kahila and Cody Litwiller on Sept. 8 at 2:00 PM at Sam & Mattie Miller’s cabin.
Singspiration at Menno-Hof, Sept. 8 at 5:00 PM – Bring lawn chairs and come to enjoy
traditional a cappella singing.
MCC Michiana Bike Ride - Sept. 13-15th @ Amigo
Centre
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
IN/MI Mennonite Women’s Fall Retreat,
Oct. 11-13 at Amigo Centre. Brochures
are on the console by the library. Early
registration ends Sept. 21.
Dean
& Vivian Brubaker have a new email address – demobru@gmail.com.
Annual Reports
for the 2012-2013 church year will be due soon.
Thanks Marilyn Schwartz for already turning yours in!
Remember
to bring your food donations that will go to Keystone Place .
Church Softball – Aug. 27 – 6:00 PM
vs New Beginnings, diamond #2
MYF –
JYF –
Birthday Greetings go to:
Sept. 5 – Terry Walls,
Michele Kerschner; Sept.
6 – Bob
Hochstedler, Lynette Miller, Josh Beck; Sept. 8 – Lennis Troyer
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Sept. 4 – Terry & Alesia Walls; Sept. 5 – Jim & Teresa Owsley; Sept. 6 – Erv & Phyllis Wickey
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
-
With expectant parents – Phil &
Krista Wiechart (September) and Brad & Jayme (Bontrager) Geers (February)
- With
the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With our college students – Stefanie
Patrick
-
With John Garn, son of Diane Green, who
is in Afghanistan
- With Menno & Delila Chupp. There address is 26883
N. Shore Drive , Sturgis , MI 49091 .
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
-
With MMN workers preparing for a year of service in Argentina ,
Paraguay or South
Africa . They are going through their 10-day orientation
in Chicago .
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: Evelyn Blucker, Dave Coblentz, Erma Eash, Bill Kerschner, Martha
Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, and Andrea Yeager