LGMC Bulletin

Wednesday Connection will begin on Oct. 21.  Soup & Sandwich will be at 5:30 PM followed by classes at 6:30 PM.  More information will follow.

You are invited to help with the MCC Comforter Bash at Pleasant View Mennonite Church, Goshen, IN on Oct. 23 & 24.  These finished comforters will be distributed around the world by MCC.  More information is on the bulletin board.

October is Pastor Appreciation Month.  We will be celebrating on October 25 with a fellowship meal and card shower for Pastor Bill & Sherry.  Bring a dish or two to share at the meal.  There will be a basket for your cards.

During the month of October, the Missions Commission is conducting a “paper drive” for the Haven of Rest Mission in Battle Creek.  Please bring paper towels, copy paper and toilet paper and place them in the box by the library.

ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.

Annual reports are due. 

Time Change – Turn clocks back one hour on November 1.

The next Red Cross Blood Drive is November 2.

Women’s Fellowship will be meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 6:30 PM at the church to play Dirty Bingo.  Please bring finger food and a Bingo gift for the winners.  Maybe you will win the best gift!  All ages are invited!

“Your cards and prayers during my surgery were felt and appreciated very much.  Thank you.  I’m a bit handicapped but so thankful not to be suffering with pain and so thankful for the care at Jim & Faith’s.” – Edna Carpenter

Remember to bring your food donations that will go to the Keystone Place. 

MYF – Oct. 18, Lunch-3:00 PM – Food & Fun at Joel & Monica Lederman’s; Oct. 24 – Shipshewana Corn Maze – Meet at the church at 3:00 PM.

JYF – Wednesday, Oct. 21, 6-7:30 PM –Leaf Raking – Bring rakes and work gloves.  Sunday, Oct. 25 – Leaving after lunch for Amazing Acres Corn Maze.  Youth are to be picked up at the church at 4:30 PM.

- With Dean Brubaker and Edna Carpenter who both recently fell and broke bones.

- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry

- With Sgt. Timothy Beck – B Company, 1-187 IN, TB Gamberi, APO AE 09354.

- With our college students – Candace Beck, Jenna Beeker, Sierra Eichorn, Ashley Hasbrouck , Christen Kahila, Cody Litwiller, and Tim Reed.

- With Frank & Marie Fisher.  Their address is 31705 Decker Road, Colon, MI  49040. 

- With our friends the Denlingers in Israel.      

You are invited to “Praises in the Pasture” for a hymn sing at Brent & Eva Beeker’s barn today at 6:00 PM.  Bring lawn chairs and finger food.  Drinks and table service will be provided.  Dress is casual.

Annual reports are due. 

WMSC ladies will be meeting Thursday.  Betty Yoder is in charge of the kitchen and Chris Oswald will have devotions.  The project is twin size blankets for MCC.

ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.

You are invited to help with the MCC Comforter Bash at Pleasant View Mennonite Church, Goshen, IN on Oct. 23 & 24.  These finished comforters will be distributed around the world by MCC.  More information is on the bulletin board.

During the month of October, the Missions Commission is conducting a “paper drive” for the Haven of Rest Mission in Battle Creek.  Please bring paper towels, copy paper and toilet paper and place them in the box by the library.

St. Joe County Right to Life Annual Dinner is scheduled for Oct. 19 at 6:15 PM at the Sturges Young Auditorium.  Lisa Gigliotti is the guest speaker.  Cost for the evening is $23 per person or $180 per table of 8 persons.  Call 269-467-8114 to reserve your place. 

Wednesday Connection will begin on Oct. 21.  Soup & Sandwich will be at 5:30 PM followed by classes at 6:30 PM.  More information will follow.

October is Pastor Appreciation Month.  We will be celebrating on October 25 with a fellowship meal and card shower for Pastor Bill & Sherry.  Bring a dish or two to share at the meal.  There will be a basket for your cards.

A Women’s Fellowship 2015-16 booklet has been placed in the mailbox of each lady.  The first event for the year will be Nov. 3 at 6:30 PM here at the church.  Come and have a great time playing Dirty Bingo.  Please bring finger food and a Bingo gift.  Maybe you will win the best gift!  All ages are invited!

The next Red Cross Blood Drive is November 2.

“Thank you to Locust Grove for contributing $2,641.00 to this year’s My Coins Count drive.  Total raised was approximately $103,000.00.  All of this money will go toward feeding hungry families through MCC.” – Bruce Glick

A notice will be in your church mailbox the Sunday before it is your family’s week to be prayed for.  This will allow you time to get pictures and a short article ready for the bulletin board.

Following Cliff Brubaker’s resignation, Amigo Centre announces its search for a new Executive Director.  The target for having a new director in place is Jan. 1, 2016.  The position is full time, with benefits.  More information is available at Amigo’s website: www.amigocentre.org. 

Remember to bring your food donations that will go to the Keystone Place. 

MYF – Oct. 17 – Celebrate Amigo – Wood cutting and stacking from 8-9:30 AM with brunch to follow.  Meet at the Amigo parking lot at 7:45 AM; Oct. 18, Lunch-3:00 PM – Food & Fun at Joel & Monica Lederman’s; Oct. 24 – Shipshewana Corn Maze – Meet at the church at 3:00 PM.

JYF – Wednesday, Oct. 14, 6-7:30 PM –”Plug in to Real Power”

- With Dean Brubaker and Edna Carpenter who both recently fell and broke bones.

- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry

- With Sgt. Timothy Beck – B Company, 1-187 IN, TB Gamberi, APO AE 09354.

- With our college students – Candace Beck, Jenna Beeker, Sierra Eichorn, Ashley Hasbrouck (at Grand Valley), Christen Kahila, Cody Litwiller, and Tim Reed.

- With Adam & Cathy Fellers and their children Abby (16), Isaiah (15) and Max (4).  Their address is 29251 Marsh Road, Centreville, MI  49032. 

- With our friends the Denlingers in Israel.