Friday, April 13, 2018
Locust Grove bulletin for April 15, 2018
Sunday School – 9:15 AM
Worship Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re
Glad You’re Here!
Announcements
– Greg Blucker
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill
Beck
Congregational Prayer
Greetings
Children’s
Story – Cathy Fellers
Praise
& Worship – Praise Team
Hearing
God:
Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14
Sermon – “Our
Identity & Unity in Christ”
–
Thavisith Mounsithiraj
Responding
Praise
& Worship
Sending
Benediction
Sending
Song
Ushers/Greeters – Fidelis Sunday School Class
Nursery – Cecelia Franz & Myah Troyer; Apr. 22 – Isaac & Annie Miller
Offerings & Attendance – 04/08/18
General Fund - $4,235.00 Attendance – 156
Designations
– $252.35
CALENDAR
Today, 9:00 AM – Prayer Time
Today, Noon – Carry-In
Fellowship Meal
Today, 4-5:30 PM – Kid’s
Club at the church
Wednesday, Apr. 18, 6:30 PM – Elder Team meeting
Thursday, Apr. 19 - WMSC
Thursday, Apr. 19, 6:00 PM – Praise Team practice
Saturday,
Apr. 21 – Women’s Fellowship trip to Fredrick Meijer Gardens
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The WMSC monthly meeting
is this Thursday. Gerri Schwartz is in charge of
the kitchen and Cathy Fellers will have
devotions. The project for April is bar soap for
MCC.
You are invited
to an Open House featuring the renovated areas Villa, Willowbrook, Chapel
& Admin Areas at Thurston Woods Village on Friday, April 20 from 4-7:00 PM .
The trustees
are in the process of hiring a new church janitor. If you are
interested in more details, talk to Glenn Miller, Fred Schwartz or Mark
Schrock by April 29.
The next
Red Cross Blood Drive
at Locust Grove is April 30.
Food donations
during April
will go to the Keystone
Place .
ANNOUNCEMENTS, cont.
The MYF will be hosting a Mystery
Dinner on May 19 for the congregation as a fundraiser for
a summer service trip. More details to
come!
The MYF has changed the date for the free babysitting night to sometime in
June. A specific date will be coming
soon!
Registration for the 21st Annual Amigo Camper Scholarship Golf Scramble is now open. The scramble will be
June 2 at 8:00 AM at Klinger Lake Country Club. For
more information, call 269-651-2811.
Sympathy and prayers go to Dean Brubaker and family in the passing of Dean’s wife Vivian. May God give them comfort and peace.
Prayers also for comfort for Greg & Cyndi Murray in the recent
death of Greg’s grandmother from Ohio .
Kid’s Club – Today, 4-5:30 PM – At the
church; Apr. 29, 4-5:30 PM
MYF – Today – MYF parent
meeting immediately after the morning worship service. Apr. 22, 6-8:00 PM – At the
church. Apr. 29 – Game Night. Location TBD.
May 19 – Mystery Dinner fundraiser
JYF – Apr. 22 – TBD; May 5 – Church &
Cemetery clean-up; July
27-29 – Know Jesus at Goshen College
Birthday Greetings go to: Apr. 23 – Chris Oswald, Cyndi
Murray, Kinley Miller; Apr.
24 – TJ Diller, Patty Owsley; Apr. 25 – Mark Schrock ; Apr. 29 – Martha Franz
Anniversary Greetings go to:
Apr. 23 – Mike & JoAnn Krick
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and families
- With our expectant parents – Brad & Jayme Geers - April
- With engaged couples – Matt Jorgensen & Phiona Namuddu – July 7, 2018 ; Darian Kirby & Christen Kahila – Aug. 25, 2018
- With our college students – DeVonna Allison , Jenna Beeker, Marty Diller , Sierra Eichorn,
Cody Litwiller, Isaac Miller , Dylan Schwartz
-
With Matt Hasbrouck in the Marine Corp
-
With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With the Conference Affiliation Committee – Audra
Franz , Darin King , Ross
Weber , Ben Younts and Bill Beck
-
With Jeanne Osborn. Her address is 66325
Austrian Lane , Sturgis , MI
49091 .
- With our friends
the Denlingers in Israel .
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals: Evelyn & John
Blucker, Erma Eash, Galen Eichorn, Frank Fisher, Bill Kerschner, Martha Schwartz,
and Marv Schwartz.