Friday, March 31, 2017
Locust Grove bulletin for April 2, 2017
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re
Glad You’re Here!
Announcements
– Cathy Fellers
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns - Bill Beck
Congregational Prayer
Greeting
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God’s Word
Scripture: Romans 12:1-2
Sermon - “T.B.D.”
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – The Krick and Miller Families
Nursery – Avian & Mayleen Younts; Apr. 9 – Darin & Rachel King
Jail Service – Wasepi Bluegrass
Offerings & Attendance – 03/26/17
General Fund - $4,195.00
Attendance –184
Designations
– $ 107.25
CALENDAR
Sunday, Apr. 2, 4-5:30 PM – Kid’s Club
Wednesday, Apr. 12, 6:00 PM – Coffee &
Canvas
Wednesday, Apr. 12, 6:30 PM – Elder Team
meeting
Thursday, Apr. 13, 6:30 PM – Maundy Thursday
Service
Sunday, Apr. 16, 9:30 AM – Easter Breakfast
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The WMSC project for April is the Sturgis Pregnancy
Helpline.
Women’s
Fellowship is hosting a Coffee & Canvas led by Louanne Younts on Wednesday, Apr. 12 at
6:00 PM . The cost is $10 per person. Bring an apron or paint shirt. The sign up sheet is in the fellowship hall.
We will be
having a Maundy
Thursday service on April 13 at 6:30 PM . On Sunday, April 16 we will celebrate Easter
with an Easter
Breakfast at 9:30 AM . Please bring your favorite breakfast dish to
pass. Drink and table service will be
provided. Come and enjoy the food and fellowship. There will be no Sunday school classes that
day.
The JYF will be
hosting a Haystack Supper
& Auction Fundraiser on Saturday, Apr. 22 at 5:00 PM in the church fellowship hall. If you have items you’d like to contribute to
the auction or if you have any questions, please see Kim or Justin Schwartz,
Marcy Bontrager, or any of the JYFers.
Food donations
during April
will go to the Keystone
Place .
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
There are leftover containers
on the console by the library. Please
take any dishes home that are yours. And
if you need large plastic coffee cans, you can pick them up in the
kitchen. The Kitchen Committee
You can support
the Sturgis Pregnancy Helpline when you
shop at Kroger. By enrolling your Kroger card at krogercommunityrewards.com a percentage of your eligible purchases will
be sent to the Helpline. Click on
community rewards and select Sturgis Pregnancy Helpline (#49987) as your charitable
organization. Shopping online at Amazon can also
earn money for the SPH. If you sign in
to Amazon through smileamazon.com you can choose SPH as your charitable organization
and a percentage of what you spend will be placed in the Helpline’s account. If you have any questions, ask Rachel King.
Each year the Mennonite
Colleges offer students a grant that matches home congregation contributions
dollar for dollar up to $1,000 per year ($500/semester). The Life & Nurture Commission has decided
to extend the contribution from Locust Grove to any student that is or plans to
attend any Christian college. Some of those colleges may match contributions
from home congregations and some may not.
If you are a high school senior or current college student and are
planning to attend a Christian college for the school year 2017-18 please
notify Gerri Schwartz by April 16, 2017 .
MYF – Saturday, Apr. 15, 9-11:00 AM – Spring cleanup
at the church
JYF – April 22 – Fundraiser Meal & Auction.
More details to come.
Birthday Greetings go to:
Apr. 11 – Gabe Schrock; Apr. 12 – Richard Tribble; Apr. 16 –
Joe
Yoder
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Apr. 16 – Lloyd & Sharon Schrock, Greg & Carolyn Gautsche
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With Bill & Florence
Wickey
and Erv & Phyllis Wickey in the recent death of their brother
Chris Wickey. May God comfort them in
their loss.
- 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
-
With the Conference Affiliation Committee – Bill
Beck, Audra Franz, Darin King, Lew Miller, Ross Weber, and Ben Younts
-
With John & Evelyn Blucker. Their address is 63907 W. Shore Road ,
Sturgis , MI 49091
- 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
