LGMC Bulletin

 

December 28, 2025

 

 

Sunday School - 9:15 AM

 

Worship Gathering – 10:30 AM

 

Lighting the Advent Wreath – Primary Department

Praise –Darin & Rachel King

Prayer – Matthew Yoder

Morning Message – Matthew Yoder

         “Love Restores & Redeems” – Ruth 4:1-22

Praise – Darin & Rachel King

Benediction – Matthew Yoder

  CALENDAR

Monday, December 29 – Blood Drive

Saturday, January 10, 7:00 AM – Men’s Breakfast

Monday, January 12, 6:00 PM – Elder Team meeting

Tuesday, January 13, 6:00 PM – Women’s Fellowship

 

 Offering & Attendance – 12/21/2025             Attendance – 140

General Fund - $7,910.00       Designations - $20,085.00

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Food donations during December will go to Keystone Place.

The Women’s Mission & Service project for December is bars of soap for Mennonite Central Committee.  No bars of Ivory soap, please. 

Volunteers are needed for the blood drive tomorrow, December 29.  A sign-up sheet is at the Welcome Center.

The Mennonite Central Committee will be canning meet January 6-16 at the Depot in Goshen.  Volunteers are needed to help.  If you are interested, call 574-202-3250.

Offering envelopes for 2026 are in the mailboxes of those who used them last year.  If you don’t want them, please give them back to Beth.  And if you would like to start using them, let her know that, too.  Please throw away your old ones after today.  You may have a different number next year.

Women’s Fellowship Game Night – January 13 @ 6:00 PM – Bring your favorite game, finger foods or snacks to share.  In case the weather is bad on this date, the Game Night will be rescheduled for February 10.

The church office will be closed on Thursday for New Years Day.  The bulletin will be printed on Tuesday afternoon. 

 

Nursery – Today – Fellers family; 1/04 – Sheshenia family

 

Birthday Greetings go to: 01/05 – Danielle Miller; 01/06 – Gabby King; 01/07 – Lew Miller; 01/09 – Betty Yoder; 01/10 – Joyce Weber, Collin Keeslar; 01/11 – Carolyn Gautsche

Anniversary Greetings go to: 01/11 – Jerry & Nancy Dykstra

 

Youth Group (Middle & High School Youth) – December 31 – New Year’s Eve Party at the church.  You will be making pizza! – January 11, 6-8:00 PM – Meet at the church

 

PRAYER & DEVOTIONAL NOTES

- With our marriages and families

- With our engaged couples – Jenna Beeker & Alex Comstock.

- With the Sheshenia family from Ukraine – Vlad, Jane and daughters Valeriia, Margo & Sofiia.

- With the St. Joseph County Jail Ministry

- With Matt & Katie Holden and their daughters Miley (17) & Makenna (15).  Their address is 28480 Hackman Road, Sturgis, MI  49091.

- With our friends in Israel.

- We seek God’s provision and care for these individuals: Ann Araujo, Fran Eichorn, Gary Large, Lew & Ruby Miller, Richard Oswald, Steve Riegsecker, Gabe Schrock, Richard Tribble, Ed Wickey, Ed Wilcox, Merle Yeager and Betty Yoder.