Thursday, April 21, 2022
Locust Grove bulletin for April 24, 2022
April 24, 2022
Sunday School – 9:30 AM
Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM
Welcome & Opening
Welcome/Announcements – Marcy Bontrager
Call to Worship
Praise & Worship – Praise Team
Hearing God’s Word
Sharing & Prayer Concerns - Matthew
Yoder
Congregational Prayer
* Children ages 4-10 dismissed to the fellowship hall for children’s church – Rachel King
Sermon
– “A Revelation of Jesus” – Revelation 1
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
CALENDAR
Today, Apr. 24, 6:00 PM
– Fellowship Evening
Wednesday, May 4, 6:00
PM – Women’s Fellowship
Monday, May 9 – Red Cross
Blood Drive
General Fund - $2,020.00;
Designations - $260.00
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thank You to the
Fidellis SS class and the trustees for all the work done around the church
recently. It looks great!
Food donations
during April will go to Keystone Place.
The April WMS project is bar soap (not Ivory) for
MCC.
We will be having another Fellowship-Life
Story evening tonight. Jerry & Nancy
Dykstra will be sharing. Bring finger
food.
Women's
Fellowship - On May 4, Olive Fresh is coming to Locust Grove! Come at 6:00 to join in the Olive Oil 101
class to explore the flavors of cooking with oils. Cost is $30 for the session
and meal. Deadline to sign up is today, April 24. Contact Marty, Kay or Rachel
if you have any questions or if the cost is a concern.
The church office will be open on Tuesday and Wednesday this
week and on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday the following week. The bulletin will be printed on Wednesday this
week.
The next Red Cross blood drive is Monday, May 9. Volunteers are needed and a sign-up sheet is
on the console by the library.
Sympathy and prayers go to Rick & Doris Bogen and
family in the passing of Rick’s sister Cathy Bogen last week.
We are having some issues with our church email. Until it is resolved, please use locustgrove@gmail.com for sending us
emails.
Nursery – Apr. 24 – Fellers family; May 1 – Gerri Schwartz
& Lyza Oswald
Birthday Greetings go
to: May 6 – Sierra Miller; May 8 – John
Blucker
Anniversary Greetings go to: May 4 – Eric & Kelsey Lunger
Youth Connection – Carter Oswald home tennis meets – April 30,
9:00 am – home; May 2, 4:00 am – May 7,
9:00 am
JYF (Middle School Youth) –.
MYF (High School Youth) –
May 4, 6:00 PM – Helping
with Women’s Fellowship activity.
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL
NOTES
- With our marriages
and families
- With our expectant
parents – Regan Barrington – June
- With our college
students – Regan Barrington, Cecelia Franz, Collin
Keeslar, Allison Littlefield. Drew Litwiller, Myah Troyer
- With the St. Joseph
County Jail Ministry
- With the Pastoral
Search Committee – Charlie Casper, Brent Beeker, Audra
Franz, Clint Gautsche, Katrina Hasbrouck, Louanne Younts
- With Betty Yoder. Her address is 26215
Spring Creek Road, Mendon, MI 49072.
- With our friends the
Denlingers in Israel.
- We seek God’s
provision and care for these individuals:
John Blucker, Dave & Bertha Bontrager, Erma Eash, Carol Eichorn, Bill
Kerschner, Lew & Ruby Miller, Martha Schwartz, Richard Tribble, Irene
Troyer, Erv Wickey, Merle Yeager and Betty Yoder.