Friday, March 10, 2017
Locust Grove bulletin for March 12, 2017
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re
Glad You’re Here!
Announcements
– Ben Younts
Elder
Nomination – Bill Miller
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns - Bill Beck
Congregational Prayer
Greeting
Children’s
Story – Candace Beck
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture: Psalm 121
Sermon - “A Song for the Journey” – Ross Weber
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – The Gautsche Family
Nursery – Corey & Pam Keeslar; Mar. 19 – Cecelia Franz & Myah Troyer
Jail Service – Word Fellowship
Offerings & Attendance – 03/05/17
General Fund - $3,021.00
Attendance –142
Designations
– $ 854.22 which includes the special offering and designations for the Gideons
- $754.45. In addition, checks written directly
to the Gideons totaled $160.00.
CALENDAR
Today, Mar. 12, 4-5:30 PM – Kid’s Club
Thursday, Mar. 16 - WMSC
Thursday, Mar. 16, 6:00 PM – Praise Team practice
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kid’s Club will be meeting today and March 19
from 4-5:30 PM .
The WMSC project for March is bar soap for MCC. For the monthly meeting this Thursday, Betty
Yoder is in charge of the kitchen and Nickie Younts will have devotions.
Service Project at MCC Resource Center in Goshen
on Mar. 24. Meet at Amigo at 5:00 PM to carpool. The project will be from 6-7:30 PM with ice cream afterwards.
You are invited
to a 50th Wedding Anniversary Open
House in honor of Frank & Marie Fisher on Saturday, Mar. 25 from 5-8:00 PM here at Locust Grove. The couple requests no gifts please but they
would appreciate any pictures from their wedding that you would like to share.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
Ladies – please
remember to pick up your instructions, zippers and fleece for making the Bible
bags for Moldova . The supplies are on the WMSC counter.
Food donations
during March
will go to the Salvation Army.
Amigo Centre – Crafting, Sewing
& Scrapbooking Retreats – Mar. 17-19 and April 7-9; Mother-Daughter Retreats – Mar. 18-19 and
Dec. 2-3.
MYF/JYF –
Birthday Greetings go to:
Mar. 22 – Dean Brubaker, Ross
Weber, Roy Hudson; Mar. 23 – Bill Younts; Mar. 24 –
Brian
W. Troyer
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Mar. 22 – Matt & Audra Franz; Mar. 24 – Hezir & Ann Araujo; Mar. 25 – Frank & Marie Fisher
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our college students – Jenna Beeker, Marty Diller , Sierra Eichorn,
Cody Litwiller, Dylan Schwartz
-
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
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With the Conference Affiliation Committee – Bill
Beck, Audra Franz, Darin King, Lew Miller, Ross Weber, and Ben Younts
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With Brent & Eva Beeker and their
daughter Jenna (20). Their address is 63067
Engle Road , Constantine , MI 49042 .
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: Evelyn Blucker, Erma
Eash, Galen Eichorn, Bill Kerschner, Mary E. Miller, Martha Schwartz, Marv
Schwartz, John Sies and Bill & Florence Wickey