LGMC Bulletin

 

May 1, 2022

 

Sunday School – 9:30 AM

 

Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM

 

Welcome & Opening

          Welcome/Announcements – Greg Blucker

Call to Worship

Praise & Worship – Praise Team

Hearing God’s Word

Testimonies - Matthew Yoder

Sharing & Prayer Concerns    

Congregational Prayer

            Sermon – “Letters to the Lampstands” – Revelation 2-3

Responding

          Praise & Worship

Sending

          Benediction

 

 

CALENDAR

Wednesday, May 4, 6:00 PM – Women’s Fellowship

Thursday, May 5, 5:15 PM – Praise Team practice

Monday, May 9 – Red Cross Blood Drive

  

Offering & Attendance – 04/24/22    Attendance – 108

General Fund - $3,877.00; Designations - $425.00

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Food donations during May will go to the Salvation Army.

The May WMS project is sewing kits for MCC.

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. Contact Marty, Kay or Rachel if you have any questions. 

Anyone who hasn’t already updated their page in the directory has the opportunity to do that now.  If you want a page and don’t have one yet, you can do that now also.  See Rin Bontrager if you have any questions.

The church office will be open on Thursday this week. 

If you would like to have your drawing on our bulletin cover, please put it in the mailbox outside the church office.

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.

The church email address is locustgrove@gmail.com

 

Nursery – May 1 – Rachel & Lyza Oswald; May 8 – Abby Fellers & Phiona Jorgensen

 

Birthday Greetings go to:  May 13 – Bill Lederman, May 15 – Brad Litwiller

Anniversary Greetings go to:  May 15 – Jim & Katrina Hasbrouck

 

Youth Connection – Carter Oswald home tennis meets – May 2, 4:00 pm, May 7, 9:00 am; Chloe Patrick home softball games – May 6, 6:00 pm, May 9, 6:00 pm; Taner Patrick home baseball games – May 6, 4:00 pm (double header), May 20, 4:00 pm (double header); Heidi Barrington home softball games at Ryan School in Bronson – May 9, 5:30 pm, May 16, 5:30 pm

 

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 Bill & Louanne Younts.  Their address is 19162 Banker St. Road, Constantine, MI  49042.

- 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.