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Friday, August 26, 2016

Locust Grove bulletin for August 28, 2016 

August 28, 2016

Sunday School – 9:15 AM

Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM

Welcome and Opening
            Welcome/Announcements – Audra Franz
            Call to Worship
            Offering Prayer/Offering  
            Sharing/Prayer Concerns – Bill Lederman
            Congregational Prayer
            Greeting
            Children’s Story – Candace Beck & Marcy Bontrager
            Praise & Worship – Praise Team
           
Hearing God’s Word
            Scripture – John 10:28-29
            Sermon – “How Secure the Cross?” - Glenn Russell  

Responding
            Praise & Worship

Sending
            Benediction
            Sending Song




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 Fidelis Sunday school class
Text Box: Elders: Rich Oswald, chair; Greg Blucker, LeRoy Hochstetler, Bill Lederman, Brian Oswald
Website: 
Email:  office@lgrove.org
Fax:  270-423-3673
Nursery Candace Beck; Sept. 4 – Brian & Rachel Oswald
Jail Service – Pilgrim Fellowship & Sturgis Missionary
Offerings & Attendance – 08/21/16  
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 - $1,706.00               Attendance – 121
      Designations – $422.00 which includes the offering and designations for Amigo Centre ($397.00).  There were also checks written directly to Amigo ($150).
           
Thursday, Sept. 1, 6:00 PMPraise Team practice
Monday, Sept. 12 – Red Cross Blood Drive

ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Elder lot is scheduled for September 4.  Candidates are Dennis Bontrager, LeRoy Hochstetler, Gerri Schwartz and Ross Weber.  Please be in prayer that God’s will may be done.
Ramona King and Beth Miller will be traveling to Moldova Sept. 15-Oct. 2.  They will be working with local pastors to minister to widows, orphans, needy families, and the blind.  If you would like to help purchase food and other needed items for these people, you can designate to “Moldova Project” through your offering.  They also request your prayers.
“Help is needed for the Michiana Relief Sale.  For Saturday, Sept. 24, I need 4 helpers to display quilts.  I also need 20 people to help with the pancake breakfast.  (Some can be older children.)  Now is the time to get items or pictures of items in for the silent online auction (antiques, wooden toys, etc).  I could also use some to step up and match money that the children collect for My Coins Count.  (I have 1 person who will match $200.)” – Chris Oswald
Thank you for your strong affirmation of our budget for 2016-17.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
The Women’s Fellowship will be having a Relief Sale Cookie Bake on Sept. 12 at 6-8:00 PM at the church kitchen.  Bring a mixer if you have one.  Sign up for food donations on the counter in the fellowship hall.
Pregnancy Helpline of St. Joseph County wishes to thank you for your  contribution of $1,921.21 to the baby bottle campaign.  Your generosity will help protect the lives of the unborn and offer assistance to those of the community who are hurting and in need.
The WMSC project for August is school kits for MCC.  A list of needed items is printed at the bottom of this page. 
If you or your child will be attending college this school year, please let Beth know so she can add you to the college prayer list.
If you are part of the prayer partner group, you need to occasionally check the communication board in the mailroom for additional prayer requests.
Remember to bring your food donations that will go to the Keystone Place.
Amigo Centre – Annual Women’s Retreat for Women & Girls, Oct. 7-9
MYF – Friday, Sept. 9, 6-11:00 PMKick-Off Party at the King’s from 6-9:00.  Feed My Starving Children at Michiana Event Center from 9-11:00. 
JYF – Today – End of the Year Bash

Birthday Greetings go to:  Sept. 5 – Terry Walls; Sept. 6 – Lynette Miller; Sept. 8 – Lennis Troyer; Sept. 9 – Isaac Miller; Sept. 10 – Bill Kerschner
Anniversary Greetings go to:  Sept. 5 – Jim & Teresa Owsley; Sept. 6 – Erv & Phyllis Wickey; Sept. 9 – LeRoy & Pauline Hochstetler; Sept. 10 – Brad & Jayme Geers

PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our expectant parents – Isaac & Annie Miller (November)
- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
- With the Youth Pastor Search Committee – Gerri Schwartz, Adam Fellers, Marilyn Schwartz, Brian E. Troyer, and Nickie Younts
- With Doug & Kim Schwartz and their sons Justin and Dylan.  Their address is 69310 Workman Road, Burr Oak, MI  49030.
- With our friends the Denlingers in Israel.      
- We seek God’s provision and care for these individuals:  Evelyn Blucker, Erma Eash, Bill Kerschner, Mary E. Miller, Martha Schwartz, Marv Schwartz, John Sies and Florence Wickey

Items for MCC School Kits:
-          4 spiral notebooks, 8 #2 pencils, 1 large eraser, 12 colored pencils, 1 flexible 12 inch ruler
Items for Locust Grove Teacher School Supplies:

-          Erasers, #2 Pencils, boxes of Kleenex, Clorox wipes, Colored pencils, Crayons

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