Thursday, January 02, 2020
Locust Grove bulletin for January 5, 2020
January 5, 2020
Sunday
School – 9:15 AM
Worship
Gathering - 10:30 AM
We’re Glad You’re Here!
Praise & Worship – Praise Team
Announcements
– Greg Blucker
Call to Worship
Offering
Prayer/Offering
Sharing/Prayer
Concerns – Bill Beck
Congregational
Prayer
Greetings
Praise &
Worship
Hearing God:
Scripture – Acts 4:1-12
Sermon – “Know This” – Ross Weber
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
Ushers/Greeters – The SS Class taught by Bill & Linda Miller
Nursery – SS – Matt & Audra Franz; Worship Service
– Isaac & Annie Miller
Offerings & Attendance – 12/29/19
General Fund - $ 5,570.00 Attendance – 151
Designations - $988.00
which includes the special offering and designations for the MCC Meat Canner
($763.00)
CALENDAR
Today, 9:00 AM – Prayer
Time
Today, Jan. 5, 4-5:30 PM – Kid’s
Club
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 6:30 PM – Elder
Team meeting
Monday, Jan. 13 – Blood
Drive
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We will be
celebrating communion on Sunday, January 12.
Red Cross
Blood Drive – January 13
2020
offering envelopes are in your mailboxes today. Please throw any unused 2019 envelopes away. If you have questions, talk to Debi Schrock or
Beth Miller.
The next Women’s
Fellowship event will be Jan. 14 at Five Lakes Coffee at 6:30 PM. Meet for a warm drink and fellowship.
The January WMS project is
cash for Amanda House in Three Rivers.
2020
is the 100th year for MCC to be in service. To kick off the year’s celebration, MCC is
asking for 6,500 comforters to be made in January nationwide. On Jan. 16, the WMS will be having a comforter
knotting time here at the church from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Come and go as fits your schedule. Everyone is invited to help. Lunch and supper will be provided.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, continued
Food
donations during January
will go to the Salvation
Army.
Church members – Any
church member/attender who is interested in going on the MYF Nicaragua trip
will need to let Doug Hasbrouck, Marcy Bontrager or Cathy Fellers know by today. There is a $100 nonrefundable deposit per
person due on or before today. A trip information packet is on the counter
by the library. Feel free to make a copy
for yourself. The trip is planned for July 17-25, 2020. Talk to Doug, Marcy or Cathy if you have
questions.
Birthday Greetings go
to: Jan. 13
– Ruby Miller, Pam Keeslar; Jan. 15 – Jeremy Tyler, Myah
Troyer; Jan.
17 – Rin Bontrager
Anniversary Greetings go
to: There are no anniversaries Jan. 13-19.
MYF (High School Youth) –
JYF (Middle School Youth) – Sunday, Jan. 12, Noon – You
will be meeting at the church following the morning service. Jan. 26 - TBA
Kid’s Club (Grades K-5) – Sunday, Jan. 5 & 19 – 4-5:30 PM
PRAYER
& DEVOTIONAL NOTES
- With our marriages and
families
- With our engaged couple – Phil
Furney & Alesia Walls – June 2020
- With our expectant parents – Matt & Phiona
Jorgensen – January, Deric & Ashley Mostrom –
April; Darian
& Christen Kirby - April
- With our college students – Jenna
Beeker, Abby Fellers, Isaiah Fellers, Ethan Schrock, Kalee Schrock, Dylan
Schwartz, Kali Tyler
-
With Matt Hasbrouck in the Marine Corp
-
With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry
-
With Brian & Nancy Nunemaker. Their
address is 208 West Pearl St., Coldwater, MI 49036.
- With
our friends the Denlingers in Israel .
- We
seek God’s provision and care for these individuals: John Blucker, Dave Bontrager, Erma Eash, Galen
Eichorn, Steve Eichorn, Frank Fisher, Bill Kerschner, Connie Pagels, Martha Schwartz,
Marv Schwartz, and Richard Tribble.
