2019 October 13 Announcements

Roxy Blunier • October 14, 2019

Our collection for the month of October is for HarvestCall. HarvestCall has been commissioned by the Elder Body to enable the church to proclaim Christ and serve others in ways that are beyond the capacity of local congregations. The needs are great and your generosity allows us to fund the various missions in Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Europe, the U.S., and other places. Thank you for your faithful prayers, service and financial support.

There is going to be an Awareness Tour to Jamaica January 17-21. We will be visiting the places HarvestCall is involved with on the island. If you are interested in more information please contact Bro. Alan or Sis. Joanne Roth.

Please be prayerful for our missionaries in Haiti as there have been widespread demonstrations and roadblocks due to the political unrest. Around 20 of our 37 missionaries have returned home temporarily. The ministries are not being abandoned but will operate with a reduced missionary staff.

Clothing donations are needed at our distribution center in Goodfield. If anyone has clothing that you are willing to donate please deposit them in the distribution center drop box.

We have put together a display of the Bible studies that we sell at AC Publications back at the information center.  Please feel free to take them for personal Bible study.  You can acquire more copies of them online or at the publications store.  You can put a donation in the church collection box if you wish to.  They are about $10 a piece.

Rotating Potluck is a great way to get involved and get to know our church family even better. It’s time to sign up for 2020. You can sign up to host or just sign up to come, either way is great! There is a signup at the message center. Any questions please see Sisters Joni Zacha or Jennifer Stoller.

The Home Benefit Dinner will be at 6 p.m., Saturday evening, Oct. 26, at the Fellowship Hall.  Tickets are available at the Home and we encourage everyone of all age to attend the dinner.  (The singing group will be Praising Hymn, a young adult group from Eureka.)

The Apostolic Christian HarvestCall benefit auction for Hospital Lumiere is planned for Friday, November 8 at Five Points in Washington. The food court and silent auction start at 4:30. The live auction begins at 7:00. For more information, or to donate an item or service, see the announcement on the church bulletin board or visit the HarvestCall website.   There is a "wish List" on Amazon if you would like to purchase directly for the auction.  At 'check out', choose Rich Bertschi's address to ship directly to him at Sam Leman Chevrolet dealership in Eureka;   https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/251URYXGTG4IN?ref_=wl_share You can also contact Rich Bertschi (309) 440-8012 or lemangm@mtco.com. If you have any questions you can contact Bro. Greg and Sis. Jill Wagner.

Bro. Kurt Plattner will be conducting the convert classes this month.  He is planning to teach on lessons 9 & 10.  The next class will be in two weeks, on Sunday, October, 27.

There will be ACTIVE this Wednesday evening.

Bro. Jedd will be focusing on the 3rd and 4th beatitudes from the conference speakers this Wednesday.  Please take the time to listen to Bros Randy Kellenberger and Tom Stock speak on Blessed are the meek and Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness.

For your info here is our schedule -

October 16th:  Bro. Jedd cover Bro. Randy Kellenberger and Bro. Tom Stock

October 23rd:  Bro. Kurt cover Bro. Ken Wuethrich and Bro. John Laukhuf

October 30th:  RGMMI presentation

November 6th:  Bro. Nate cover Bro. Randy Gudeman and Bro. Craig Martin

November 13th:  Bro. Jedd topical Bible study

November 20th:  Bro. Kent cover Bro. Mark Streitmatter

The 6th grade Sunday School Fall Cookout will be at Bro. Arlen and Sis. Marissa Edelman's house (217 Reaba Ave, Congerville, IL 61729) Oct. 26th at 4:30 PM - 8ish PM. We ask that parents drop off your 6th grader and we will bring them home.

Wednesday, October 30th Bro. Brad & Sis. Debbie Braker of the Rural Gospel Medical Missions of India will be at the Fellowship Hall presenting the missions of the Apostolic Christian Church in India. This will be in place of our regular Wednesday evening services.

Women Helping Women - evening event for Goodfield Church women will be on Tuesday, November 19 , 2019 at the Fellowship Hall from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm.  Please join us as we get together for a dinner, followed by cutting and tying fleece blankets for the Empower Life Center (formally the Women's Pregnancy Center) at the Fellowship Hall. We will also be collecting items for the layette kits the center gives to newborns whose mom has come to the center (See details below).  All ages who can participate and are welcome (moms can decide if their young daughter is old enough to come.) If you plan to come, please sign up in the back hall by Nov. 10th.  Please see Sis. Brittany Zeltwanger or Ellie Gramm if you have any questions.

Below we have listed the items for the layette kits. Most of the women served by the Empower Life Center do not receive a baby shower before having a new baby. They really look forward to receiving the layette kits while they’re still in the hospital, and the center can always use kits or even single items donated! All items need to be new. If you would like, you can make a kit by yourself or make one with another person or group of people or just bring in a few items. EVERYTHING will be used by babies who are fearfully and wonderfully made by our Savior!

2 bottles with nipples

1 blanket sleeper

3 pairs of socks

1-2 outfits

2 sleepers

2 bibs

4 onesies

2 receiving blankets

towel/washcloth

3 misc. (toy, baby spoon, sippy cups, etc)

reg. size pkg. diapers (NB or size 1)

2 toiletries (shampoo, wash, diaper cream, etc—no powder)

**If you bring a completed kit, please decide if it will be for a boy or girl.

**All clothing items should be NB or 0-3 month sizes

**Other items needed: Infant or Newborn Enfamil— DIRE NEED, reg. size pkg. diapers (NB,1,4,5)

Ramp Doors next Sunday (10/20): Keith Leman & Jeff Grimm

Sunday School Item for October: Toilet Paper (Heart House)

By Roxy Blunier April 14, 2025
MONTHLY COLLECTION: Charity Fund 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 will not have Wednesday evening services this week. We will have our Good Friday service this Friday at 7:00 followed by Communion. We are looking forward to Bro. Lucas and Sis. Crystal Frank from Detroit, MI being with us. There will be babysitting provided during communion. There is a sign-up sheet at the message center 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. Next Sunday we will have a sunrise service at 7:30 a.m. in the church followed by a breakfast for everyone. Then we will have a morning church service at 10:00 a.m. We will have Sunday School. We will not have lunch or an afternoon service on Easter Sunday. Help is needed to prep and serve the Sunrise Service breakfast. Please use this link to sign up and contact Sis. Karen or Scott Wiegand with questions. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: There are numerous lost and found items in the women’s coat room. Please check it. Whatever is left at the end of April will be taken to Goodwill. Thank you! 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. 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. THANK YOU NOTE:  From Sis. Kenda Taufer: Dear Church, Thank you for your prayers, meals, texts, cards, and visits during my health issues and chemo treatments. They mean so much and have helped us so much. We love and appreciate you! A recent scan showed the cancer is in remission but that I have Sarcoidosis in my lungs. No treatment is being done at this time. I will have another scan in June. Love, Kenda, Ted, and family.
By Roxy Blunier April 7, 2025
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.
By Roxy Blunier March 31, 2025
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. 
By Roxy Blunier March 24, 2025
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.
By Roxy Blunier March 17, 2025
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. 
By Roxy Blunier March 10, 2025
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. 
By Roxy Blunier March 3, 2025
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.
By Roxy Blunier February 24, 2025
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.
By Roxy Blunier February 17, 2025
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. 
By Roxy Blunier February 10, 2025
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.
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