2019 December 22 Announcements
Roxy Blunier • December 23, 2019
Our giving for the month of December will go to the General Fund. This collection will help provide funds for the operation and upkeep of our church facilities which include the church, fellowship hall, contents, grounds, parking lots and cemetery along with the Global Apostolic Christian Brotherhood operations fund.
The Goodfield Gospel Collection CD that was made to give as a gift to the elders wives at our conference in August is now available at the back message center. A generous couple has asked to donate these CDs to any of our church family who wants one. Everyone is welcome to take one CD for free. If you wish to purchase more please do so through the Rejoice Distribution website or by calling Bro. Dennis Virkler. These free CD’s will be available to take thru the end of this month.
We will be having our Christmas service this Wednesday morning starting at 10am. This will cancel our regular Wednesday evening services.
Rotating potluck lists for 2020 are ready to be picked up at the message center. Thanks to all for participating.
We are very thankful to report that Sis. Connie Gerber’s surgery was successful and that she was discharged yesterday and is currently at home recovering. The cancer did not have any more growth so a full recovery is expected. Bro. Rick and Sis. Connie would like to thank all of you for the many prayers and notes during this time.
We are thankful to announce the engagement of our Sister Sabrina Glueck to Bro. Cole Zeller from Morton. As you know Sis. Sabrina is the daughter of George and Pauline Glueck and Bro. Cole is the son of Bro. Will and Sis. Danelle Zeller from Morton. We pray the Lord will bless their union together.
Sunday School Item for December: Colored Pencils, Crayons, Markers (ADDWC)
Ramp Doors next Sunday (12/29): Caleb Rocke & Wayne Wiegand
MONTHLY COLLECTION: Our collection for the month of April is for the Charity Fund. This is a church collection to provide charity funds available for distribution by the Charity Committee. Funds are provided to assist individuals who may have experienced hardships, health issues or unexpected financial obligations. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Large garbage bags & kitchen garbage bags for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: HarvestCall sewing will be held this Tuesday from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Fellowship Hall. Also this Tuesday evening at 7pm in the Sunday school assembly room we plan to have a prayer meeting centered around preparing for the Easter season. Options of small group guided prayer or individual prayer in the sanctuary will be available. This Wednesday evening ACCFS will be with us to talk about the “Discipline of Prayerful Fasting.” This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. In preparation for the summer mowing season, the cemetery committee will be removing all ground decorations. If there are any that you would like to save, please have them removed by this Friday, April 11th. We would appreciate not using ground decorations during mowing season. The Sunday School Easter Program will be this Sunday, April 13 during the afternoon. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The new dinner serving list is revised and hanging in the church kitchen. It can also be found on our church website . There are paper copies at the message center if you want a hard copy. Please reach out to Sis. Megan Rokey if you need more copies or have any questions. There will be babysitting provided during our communion following Good Friday services on April 18th. There is a sign-up sheet in the back hall for people that can help babysit (at least middle school age) as well as children that need to be cared for. Call Sis. Angie Schieber at (309) 208-9818 with questions. Help is needed to prep and serve the Sunrise Service breakfast. Please use this link to sign up and contact Karen or Scott Wiegand with questions. The Eureka AC Home is looking for volunteers and would appreciate if you would be willing to take a look at the flyer found in the link at the bottom of this email. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS: We rejoice with Bro. Mark & Sis. Kendahl Gerber as they were blessed with a baby boy, Cohen Reed on April 3rd. We also rejoice with Bro. Keith & Sis. Perri Grimm as they were blessed with a baby boy, Adler Keith on April 5th.
MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Operations fund We will also be taking a collection for the Eureka Area Food Pantry this month. If you'd like to donate financially, please indicate "Food Pantry" in the memo of your check. If you'd like to donate canned goods, please add them to the basket in the north entryway. Contact Kristen or Melissa Rokey with any questions. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Large garbage bags & kitchen garbage bags for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: We are thankful for the participation in our annual Sunday School teacher and Trustee ballot. We will ask for a confirmation vote on our slate of teachers and new trustee at our Annual Business Meeting which will be this Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:00 p.m. We asked you to nominate 4 brothers and 2 sisters for teachers, 1 brother for Trustee, and we also asked for a confirmation for Bro. Darrel Stoller for Eureka Nursing Home board to replace Bro. Ed Wiegand. You indicated overwhelming support for Bro. Darrell. For our Sunday School teachers, you chose Bros. Pete Wettstein, Sam Rokey, Bob Schieler, and Ty Sauder and Sisters Joy Roth and Melissa Rokey. For our Trustee, Bro. Kevin Wiegand was nominated. At our annual business meeting we will also be updating the church on some long-term vision and current changes that are happening. All are invited and encouraged to attend. All church cleaning will be held this Friday evening April 4th and Saturday morning April 5th. We will plan to clean the Fellowship Hall Friday evening and then the inside of the church as well as the outside grounds clean up Saturday morning. We will begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday and we hope to be done by noon. We appreciate all who are willing to help! Cleaning supplies will be provided but please bring sweepers and step ladders if possible. Instructions will be posted at the church. You can sign up for an area in which you would be willing to serve using this link . If you have any questions, please contact Sis. Stacie Bauman or Sis. Trish Gerber. We look forward to testimonies and baptisms for Haley Sauder and Meredith Rokey this weekend. Testimonies will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday evening. It is Group 1s turn to help and bring food and you can sign-up here to help. The Adult Friends Bible Studies will be held each Sunday morning in April (except Easter Sunday) at 10:00 a.m. in the Gathering Room. Bro. Kent Wiegand plans to lead these studies. Please be prayerful for Bro. Kent and all those who attend. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Sunday School Easter Program will be Sunday, April 13 during the afternoon. There will be babysitting provided during our communion following Good Friday services. There is a sign-up sheet in the back hall for people that can help babysit (at least middle school age) as well as children that need to be cared for. Call Sis. Angie Schieber at (309) 208-9818 with any questions. Help is needed to prep and serve the Sunrise Service breakfast. Please use this link to sign up and contact Karen or Scott Wiegand with questions. PRAYER REQUEST UPDATE: An update from Bro Sam Moser: Sam has been diagnosed with a protein buildup called an Amyloid, a very rare diagnosis in the lung This is not a cancer diagnosis. We are praying for an opening to get into Mayo clinic as they are a leading group in this field. Thank you so much for your continued prayers! REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: The angels are rejoicing in that Lainey Roth has surrendered her heart to the Lord in repentance. Lainey is the daughter of Bro. Derek & Sis. Joy Roth. We are thankful for her surrendered heart and the gift of salvation.
MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Operations fund We will also be taking a collection for the Eureka Area Food Pantry this month. If you'd like to donate financially, please indicate "Food Pantry" in the memo of your check. If you'd like to donate canned goods, please add them to the basket in the north entryway. Contact Kristen or Melissa Rokey with any questions. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Toilet Paper for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday Bro. Lynn Steiglitz from our Leo, IN congregation plans to be with us to do a topical Bible study. This will be held at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Goodfield Worship Choir will soon begin practice for the Easter session. Please see Bro. Erik Wiegand if you’d like to join. Our annual business meeting will be on Wednesday. April 2nd. We will be doing a confirmation vote for our new Sunday School teachers and trustee and we will be updating the church on some long-term vision and current changes that are happening. All are invited and encouraged to attend. All church cleaning will be held Friday evening April 4th and Saturday morning April 5th. We will plan to clean the Fellowship Hall Friday evening and then the inside of the church as well as the outside grounds clean up Saturday morning. We will begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday and we hope to be done by noon. We appreciate all who are willing to help! Cleaning supplies will be provided but please bring sweepers and step ladders if possible. Instructions will be posted at the church. You can sign up for an area in which you would be willing to serve using this link . If you have any questions, please contact Sis. Stacie Bauman or Sis. Trish Gerber. We look forward to testimonies and baptisms for Haley Sauder and Meredith Rokey on April 5th and 6th. Testimonies will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday evening. The Sunday School Easter Program will be Sunday, April 13 during the afternoon. There will be babysitting provided during our communion service following Good Friday services on April 18th. There is a sign-up sheet in the back hall for people that can help babysit (at least middle school age) as well as children that need to be cared for. Call Sis. Angie Schieber at (309) 208-9818 with any questions.
MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Operations fund We will also be taking a collection for the Eureka Area Food Pantry this month. If you'd like to donate financially, please indicate "Food Pantry" in the memo of your check. If you'd like to donate canned goods, please add them to the basket in the north entryway. Contact Kristen or Melissa Rokey with any questions. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Toilet Paper for the Heart House LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Goodfield Worship Choir will soon begin practice for the Easter session. Please see Bro. Erik Wiegand if you’d like to join. This is the final opportunity to make any changes to the lunch list. If you'd like to be added or removed, please contact Sis. Megan Rokey. The final list will be printed soon. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT: We rejoice with Bro. Logan and Sis. Keirstyn Dietrich as they were blessed with a baby boy, Preston John on March 5th.
MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Operations fund We will also be taking a collection for the Eureka Area Food Pantry this month. If you'd like to donate financially, please indicate "Food Pantry" in the memo of your check. If you'd like to donate canned goods, please add them to the basket in the north entryway. Contact Kristen or Melissa Rokey with any questions. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Toilet Paper for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: HarvestCall sewing will be held this Tuesday from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Fellowship Hall. This Wednesday evening ACCFS plans to be with us to talk about the “Discipline of Scriptural Intake (Study and Meditation)”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Last call for changes to the church directory. We hope to get the directory to the printer very soon so if you have updates, please get them to Bro. Barry & Sis. Joyce Kloter or Bro. Randy & Sis. Roxy Blunier. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: A major wind and hailstorm has caused the need for a new roof on the Apostolic Christian Retirement Village in Sabetha Kansas. After much prayer and consideration, God has directed us to use volunteer labor to replace the roof on the whole facility. It will require 11 semi loads of shingles and many hours of volunteer labor. Lord willing, the “Rooftop Revival” project will begin Sunday evening, May 25th. The projected duration of the project is 5-7 weeks. This project will be patterned after the Winter Rebuilding ministry. Please use the Sign-up Genius link below to inform us of your plans so the local congregations (Bern and Sabetha) can make preparation. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RRNational Meals and accommodations will be provided, but we need all volunteers individually to respond via Sign-up Genius. Contact Bro. Barry or Sis. Joyce Kloter with questions. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for Bro Sam Moser this week, especially for the doctors and nurses as they go through the testing of a nodule in his lung and a mass on his pancreas Bro Sam will be getting a bronchial lung biopsy this Friday, then an endoscopic ultrasound and biopsy of the pancreas scheduled in April.
MONTHLY COLLECTION: Our collection for the month of March is for the General Operations fund. This is a church collection to provide available funds for the operation, maintenance and upkeep of our church facilities. These facilities include the church, fellowship hall, contents, grounds, parking lots and cemeteries. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Kleenex for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This week is our annual spring Elder Conference in Bradford. The elder body appreciates your prayers as we work through the many things facing our church today. There will be an all church, walk through shower this Tuesday evening, March 4th, from 7-8 PM in the Gathering Room for 4 couples: Jessica Wettstein and Trevor Rocke Brad Glueck and Bella Galbraith Caleb Rocke and Sarah Reavely Sarah Hartman and Kaleb Merritt Please bring $5-10 and a paper product for each couple. Contact Sis. Lisa Rieke with any questions. We are having a Family Hymn Sing this Saturday, March 8 at 6:30 at the Fellowship Hall. We have invited the Washington Church to join us. There will be a snack after the singing. If you would like to help out with the snack, please sign up here . We hope that you can come join us in a night of song worship! The Family Hymn Sing Committee Nate & Emily Sauder Dan & Holly Bauman Brent & Trudy Blunier LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We want to welcome Bro. Joe and Sis. Jan Beer back to our Goodfield congregation. They have moved back to the area after being gone from Goodfield for over 20 years. We are blessed to have them worshipping with us again. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: A major wind and hailstorm has caused the need for a new roof on the Apostolic Christian Retirement Village in Sabetha Kansas. After much prayer and consideration, God has directed us to use volunteer labor to replace the roof on the whole facility. It will require 11 semi loads of shingles and many hours of volunteer labor. Lord willing, the “Rooftop Revival” project will begin Sunday evening, May 25th. The projected duration of the project is 5-7 weeks. This project will be patterned after the Winter Rebuilding ministry. Please use the Sign-up Genius link below to inform us of your plans so the local congregations (Bern and Sabetha) can make preparation. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RRNational Meals and accommodations will be provided, but we need all volunteers individually to respond via Sign-up Genius. Contact Bro. Barry or Sis. Joyce Kloter with questions. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for Cindy Rokey-Smith this week as she begins radiation treatment in Idaho for her cancer. The Phyllis Rokey family appreciates your support and prayers for her during this season. Please join us and millions of Christians as we fast and pray for spiritual awakening for our Muslim friends and neighbors during the Ramadan season, which began this past Friday and lasts until March 29. This is an amazing opportunity to be intentional in prayer during this important season leading up to Easter. What is Ramadan? Click this link to learn: https://www.crescentproject.org/blog/ramadan?rq=ramadan You can s i gn up to pray here: https://prayercast.com/love-muslims-ramadan/ If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please see Bro. Erik or Sis. Carrie Wiegand.
MONTHLY COLLECTION: Apostolic Christian HarvestCall CALENDARS: Church calendar, yearly calendar, young group calendar, national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Kleenex for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Young Group babysitting will be tonight, Monday evening, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall main assembly room. Kids must be potty trained. There will be games, coloring, and a snack provided. There is no sign up, just bring them! This Tuesday we will have our Young Group Bible studies. Girls will be at Haley Sauder‘s house. Guys will be at Drake Rocke‘s house. Both start at 7:00 PM. This Wednesday evening Bro. Matt Grimm will be leading a topical Bible study. This will be held at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: There will be an all church, walk through shower on Tuesday evening, March 4th, from 7-8 PM in the Gathering Room for 4 couples: Jessica Wettstein and Trevor Rocke Brad Glueck and Bella Galbraith Caleb Rocke and Sarah Reavely Sarah Hartman and Kaleb Merritt Please bring $5-10 and a paper product for each couple. If you can help, please sign up here. Contact Sis. Lisa Rieke with any questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: A major wind and hailstorm has caused the need for a new roof on the Apostolic Christian Retirement Village in Sabetha Kansas. After much prayer and consideration, God has directed us to use volunteer labor to replace the roof on the whole facility. It will require 11 semi loads of shingles and many hours of volunteer labor. Lord willing, the “Rooftop Revival” project will begin Sunday evening, May 25th. The projected duration of the project is 5-7 weeks. This project will be patterned after the Winter Rebuilding ministry. Please use the Sign-up Genius link below to inform us of your plans so the local congregations (Bern and Sabetha) can make preparation. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RRNational Meals and accommodations will be provided, but we need all volunteers individually to respond via Sign-up Genius. Contact Bro. Barry or Sis. Joyce Kloter with questions. BAPTISM ANNOUNCEMENT: We rejoice that Meredith Rokey is at peace with God and desires baptism. Meredith is the daughter of Bro. Robert and Sis. Melissa Rokey. We plan to hear her testimony and baptize her with Haley Sauder on April 5 and 6. Please feel free to reach out to her with any questions or encouragement between now and then and continue to pray for Meredith.
MONTHLY COLLECTION: Apostolic Christian HarvestCall CALENDARS: Church calendar, yearly calendar, young group calendar, national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Kleenex for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: The annual ballot for Sunday School Teachers and Trustee was emailed out this week. Please remember to fill out your ballot by this Saturday, February 22nd. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in February. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Young Group babysitting will be Monday, Feb 24th from 6-8:30pm at the Fellowship Hall main assembly room. Kids must be potty trained. There will be games, coloring, and a snack provided. There is no sign up, just bring them. There will be an all church, walk through shower on Tuesday evening, March 4th, from 7-8 PM in the Gathering Room for 4 couples: Jessica Wettstein and Trevor Rocke Brad Glueck and Bella Galbraith Caleb Rocke and Sarah Reavely Sarah Hartman and Kaleb Merritt Please bring $5-10 and a paper product for each couple. If you can help, please sign up here. Contact Sis. Lisa Rieke with any questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Bro. Greg Wagner spoke to us about Gateway Woods. There is a flyer on the bulletin board from Gateway Woods detailing their needs for house parents. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT: We are excited to share with our Goodfield Church the engagement of Bro. Andy Knobloch of the Silverton, OR church to Sis. Ulista Banwart of Sabetha, KS. Bro. Andy grew up here in Goodfield and we rejoice with him and Sis. Ulista.
MONTHLY COLLECTION: Apostolic Christian HarvestCall CALENDARS: Church calendar, yearly calendar, young group calendar, national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Kleenex for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: The 7th & 8th grade Sunday school classes will be packing clothes at the HarvestCall building tonight (Monday) at 6:30 p.m. HarvestCall sewing will be cancelled for Tuesday. This Wednesday evening ACCFS plans to be with us to talk about “The Discipline of Slowing Down/Stillness”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in February. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. The Gridley church would like to invite the Goodfield church to a singing at their church next Sunday, February 16th at 6:30. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Our annual ballot for Sunday School Teachers and Trustee will be coming soon. On the ballot this year will also be an opportunity to confirm a new board member for the Eureka Nursing Home Board. We are thankful for the many years that Bro. Ed Wiegand has represented our Goodfield church on the board. With the fulfillment of his term this year, we have asked Bro. Darrell Stoller to take his place. We are looking for a simple yes/no confirmation on the ballot for Bro. Darrell to begin a term on the nursing home board. It’s time to update our church directory. If you have any changes, please get them to Bro. Randy & Sis. Roxy Blunier or Bro. Barry & Sis. Joyce Kloter. Thank you! Sis. Rebekah Schwind from our Roanoke congregation would like to share about an exciting new opportunity for homeschooling families—the Illinois Homeschool Resource Center—which they are working to launch by the end of this year. Since homeschooling is already common among many of our church families, we wanted to extend a warm invitation to you and anyone in your congregation who may be interested. We are hosting an informational meeting on Thursday, February 13th, from 7:00-8:00 PM at the Morton Apostolic Christian Fellowship Hall (2177 Veterans Road, Morton, IL 61550). As homeschooling continues to grow within our community, many families are seeking guidance, encouragement, and resources to help them along the way. Our goal is to equip, encourage, and connect homeschooling families in a way that is firmly rooted in faith and family values. While we do not yet have a physical building, we are starting with local events, vendor fairs, and an online presence, with the hope of providing a space where families can access curriculum guidance, used book consignment, workshops, and other support. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or if I can be of any help. I look forward to the opportunity to share more with you. With love in Christ, Rebekah Schwind Illinois Homeschool Resource Center info@illinoishrc.com | 309-339-7713 | illinoishrc.com NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Silver Lining’s next reader-submitted article is set for May 2025. The topic is: Faith in Dark Valleys: Describe how God sustained you or an acquaintance during a challenging season — drawing strength from his Word (Psalm 23:4). Please submit your contribution (length = 600 words or less) on this topic to features@acsilverlining.org by March 15, 2025. Anyone may also email that same address for writing support or clarification.
MONTHLY COLLECTION: Our collection for the month of February is for Apostolic Christian HarvestCall. This is an outreach arm of the Apostolic Christian Church of America. It is a ministry formed from the merger of World Relief and the Mission Committee. HarvestCall’s purpose is to enable the Apostolic Christian brotherhood to proclaim Christ and serve others beyond the capacity of the local church. Please join us as we strive to alleviate suffering and despair around the world by sharing Jesus through words of truth and deeds of compassion. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Kleenex for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: There will be ACTIVE this Wednesday evening, and the Bible class will have ACYF practice. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in February. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The updated missionary prayer books are in the back hall. Please take one and dedicate time in prayer for our missionaries that are spreading the Gospel across the world. It’s time to update our church directory. If you have any changes, please get them to Bro. Randy & Sis. Roxy Blunier or Bro. Barry & Sis. Joyce Kloter. Thank you! From the Apostolic Christian Home of Eureka: · Excellent opportunity to purchase a duplex in our quiet Valley Court neighborhood. $180,000 life lease purchase of a duplex that is being renovated in March. Act now and you can chose new kitchen cabinets, countertops and appliances plus all new floor coverings! Duplex #509 is located on the north side of Valley Court with southern sun exposure. Contact Kim Joos, Administrator at 309-460-1201 for a tour and additional information . We would love to have you join our duplex family! · Our people are known for their great AC cooking and we are looking for a few of you to put your talents to use for our condo and apartment residents as a volunteer or an employee. Prepare and serve a homemade meal in our condo kitchen for 10-15 residents Monday through Friday. Choose one day a week or all five days! Contact Kim Joos, Administrator at 309-460-1201 for more information on how you can support our mission in this way. Save the Date for the Midwest Foodbank Gala dinner and auction on Saturday, April 5th. Trails End is catering a rib eye dinner. To purchase tickets or donate an auction item or money, please contact sisters Paula Hartman, Kary Wiegand or Alice Ruegsegger. Thanks for your support of the Foodbank! NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Silver Lining’s next reader-submitted article is set for May 2025. The topic is: Faith in Dark Valleys: Describe how God sustained you or an acquaintance during a challenging season — drawing strength from his Word (Psalm 23:4) . Please submit your contribution (length = 600 words or less) on this topic to features@acsilverlining.org by March 15, 2025. Anyone may also email that same address for writing support or clarification. THANK YOU NOTE: The families of Jerry Steffen would like to thank everyone for their cards, prayers, love and sharing of memories! A big thank you to our ministering brothers, choir, kitchen staff, and church congregation. You are all so loved. PRAYER REQUEST UPDATE: Update on Erika Leman. Erika will have her first round of chemo today (Monday morning). She will be receiving them at Illinois Cancer Care in Peoria. We are thankful for the ways in which God has provided for the treatments to be done here and for the wonderful oncologist she has. Please pray that the chemo would kill the metastatic cells and that she would have few side effects. Thank you for the kindness’s and love our family has received these past two months. It has been amazing! For your information: Erika does have a caring bridge site: Erika’s CaringBridge . Bill and Terry Hart.