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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Locust Grove bulletin for Dec. 28, 2014 

Locust Grove
  Mennonite Church
    A Journey with Jesus
 


29525 Findley Road, Burr Oak, MI  49030, 269-489-5041

December 28, 2014

Sunday School – 9:15 AM

Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM

Welcome and Opening
            Welcome/Announcements – Adam Fellers
            Call to Worship         
            Offering Prayer/Offering
            Sharing/Prayer Concerns – Bill Beck
            Congregational Prayer
            Greeting Time
            Praise & Worship – Praise Team

Hearing God’s Word
            Scripture:  Galatians 3:26-4:7
            Sermon – “Heirs of the Kingdom”
                                   
Responding
            Praise & Worship

Sending
            Benediction




Text Box: 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.

Ushers/Greeters – The Sunday school class taught by Gerri Schwartz
Text Box: Elders: Ross Weber, chair; Greg Blucker, Bill Lederman, Rich Oswald, Dana Sommers
Website: 
Email:  office@lgrove.org
Fax:  270-423-3673
Nursery – Kalee Schrock; Jan. 4 – Matt & Audra Franz
Jail Service – Pilgrim Fellowship & Sturgis Missionary
Offerings & Attendance – 12/21/14  
Text Box: Ministers:  All who are part of this body
Lead Pastor:  Bill Beck, 503-3800 (cell),
 651-2313 (home), 
 pastorbill@lgrove.org
Secretary/Bookkeeper: Beth Miller
Church office hours: Tues-Thurs 9 AM-5 PM, Friday 9 AM-Noon. Closed Monday



      General Fund - $3,813.75                        Attendance – 179
      Designations – $506.14
           
Tues. Dec. 30, 6:30 PMPrayer Partner Christmas Party
Fri. Jan. 2, 4-8:00 PMVisitation for Sam Miller
Sat. Jan. 3, 10:00 AMFuneral for Sam Miller
Sunday, Jan. 4, 8:30 AM - Prayer Time for Adults & Children
Mon. Jan. 5 – Red Cross Blood Drive

ANNOUNCEMENTS
The children from the Primary Department have “gifts” from the church downstairs on the counter.  Their names are on the gifts.
All ladies are invited to a Prayer Partner Christmas Party on Dec. 30 at 6:30 PM at Evelyn Blucker’s.  This will be the time to let your prayer partner know who has been praying for her and also to sign up for 2015.  Bring a snack to share, as well as your “revealing” gift.  The sign up sheet and information forms are on the console by the library. – Martha Franz
The next Red Cross Blood drive is January 5.  There is a sign-up sheet in the fellowship hall with ways that you can help with things such as dropping off brochures at various businesses, helping unload and load the equipment, and helping with registration and/or the canteen.  Please sign up as soon as possible or contact Donna Schrock.  Your help is needed!
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
Craft Club will be on Jan. 8 at 7:00 PM at Donna Schrock’s home.
The church office will be closed Thursday and Friday this week.  The bulletin will be printed Wednesday.
This is the last Sunday that the Missions Commission will be collecting change for expenses for the MCC Meat Canner. 
If you have any food items in the kitchen, for any reason, PLEASE label them!  Otherwise they may be taken care of by the Kitchen Committee.
The WMSC project for December is infant care kits for MCC.
Remember to bring your food donations that will go to the Keystone Place.
Offering envelopes for 2015 are in your mailboxes today.  Please start using them next Sunday and throw away any old ones you have left.  (You may have a different number this year.)  If you didn’t receive a set and would like one or if you did get a new set and don’t want them, please see Natalie Bellaire.
Sympathy and prayers go to Mattie Miller, her children Sue and Lynn and families, and all of the extended families.  Sam will be missed by many.  May the Lord give them comfort and peace.    

MYF – Jan. 16-18 – Winter Youth Retreat at Amigo
JYF – Dec. 31, 6:30 PM – Jan. 1, 9:00 AM – New Year’s Eve Lock-In at Matt & Audra’s; Jan. 9-11 – Winter Youth Retreat at Amigo

Birthday Greetings go to:  Jan. 5 – Danielle Miller, Justin Beeker, Jan. 7 – Lew Miller, Jesse Lederman; Jan. 9 – Betty Yoder; Jan. 10 – Joyce Weber, Collin Keeslar, Noah Eicher; Jan. 11 – Carolyn Gautsche, Kendall Farrand
Anniversary Greetings go to:  There are no anniversaries Jan. 5-11.

PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- With Dorothy Troyer.  Her Florida address is 11587 SW Pine Ave., Arcadia, FL  34269.
- 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, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, and Andrea Yeager
























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