Thursday, July 14, 2022
Locust Grove bulletin for July 17, 2022
July 17, 2022
Sunday School – 9:30 AM
Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM
Welcome & Opening
Welcome/Announcements – Adam Fellers
Call to Worship
Praise & Worship – Praise Team
Hearing God’s Word
Vote of Affirmation – Katrina Hasbrouck
Sharing & Prayer Concerns
Congregational Prayer
Sermon – “Trust Issues” – Earl Smith
Matthew 9:35-38
Responding
Praise & Worship
Sending
Benediction
CALENDAR
Thursday, July 21 – WMS
Thursday, July 21, 5:15
PM – Praise Team practice
Offering & Attendance – 07/10/22 Attendance – 129
General Fund - $3,040.00 Designations
- $60.00
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Food donations
during July will go to the Salvation Army.
Brent Beeker and Dennis Bontrager were selected in the lot
last Sunday. They will both serve a
three-year term.
Needed – drawings
for our bulletin cover. Please put them
in the mailbox outside the church office.
The next blood drive is September 12.
Thank
you to the following people for helping with the blood drive
on Monday: Martha Franz for cooking
soup, Gerri Schwartz for providing rides for donors, Matt Franz for helping
with tear down, and Bill & Janell Lederman, Cecelia Franz, Cathy Fellers
and Bill Beck for helping with registration.
If you would like to receive the Purpose
and/or Our
Daily Bread, order slips are in the mailbox room. Just fill one out, sign your name, and place
it in Kay Large’s mailbox by July 17.
A donation of $10 is requested for Our Daily Bread. You can either give your
money to the church secretary or place it in the offering with it marked
clearly for Our
Daily Bread.
The WMS
project for July is school kits for MCC.
For the meeting this Thursday, Chris Oswald is in charge of the kitchen
and Gerri Schwartz will have devotions.
Below is an important timeline of dates for you
to be aware of:
Today, July 17 - Voting during morning
service. If approved by 75% vote, the
installation service for Matt Yoder as our lead pastor would take place on Sun, July
31.
There will not be Sunday school on July 31. Jayson & Julie Casper will
be sharing during the SS time that day.
We will be having a
baptismal service on Aug. 28 after our Camp Amigo service. If you are interested in being baptized,
please let Matthew Yoder know
Announcements
continued…
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The
MCC Relief Sale will be September 23-24 in Goshen.
Items
are needed for the Youth for Christ Benefit Auction. They can be big items like vehicles or
new or high-quality items with a minimum value of $25. Items will be sold online on Aug. 22-27. Call 269-651-1669 to donate.
The
church email address is locustgrove@gmail.com The old address of office@lgrove.org does not work anymore. If all else fails and you can’t send your
message with either address, you can use my personal address –
bababeth@gmail.com
Nursery – July 17 – Gerri Schwartz &
Lyza Oswald; July 24 – Abby Fellers & Phiona Jorgensen
Mowing – Week of July 17 – Rich
Oswald; week of July 24 – Dennis Bontrager
Birthday Greetings go
to: July 26 – Corey Keeslar, Jen Gautsche; July 27 – Brian
Nunemaker, Joel Troyer
Anniversary Greetings go to: July 26 – Dennis & Rin Bontrager; July
29 – Adam & Cathy Fellers
Youth Connection – Carter Oswald’s home baseball games at the west diamond
behind Wall School – July 19, 5:30 PM
JYF (Middle School Youth) –
MYF (High School Youth) – July 24, & Aug. 14 – Lake
Days. On July 24, it will be at Richard
& Marjana Tribble’s from 6-8:00 PM.
Supper will be provided.
PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL
NOTES
- With our marriages
and families
- With the Sheshenia family
from Ukraine – Vlad, Jane and daughters Valeriia (12), Margo (9) & Sofiia
(7).
- With our expectant
parents – Eric & Kelsey Lunger - September
- With our college
students – Tangi Kimble
- 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 Edna Carpenter. Her address is 207 N.
Franks Ave., Apt. 19, Sturgis, MI 49091
- 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.