2021 December 19 Announcements
Our collection for the month of December is for the General Fund.
We will not have church services this Wednesday evening. We plan to have a Christmas service at 10:00 a.m. this Saturday, on Christmas Day.
Thanks to each of you for your participation and prayers in regard to the possible minister search. We received over 96% yes support to move forward. We have asked Bros Mark Streitmatter, James Fehr and Tim Funk to assist us in this process. They plan to be here on Sunday, January 9th to share about what the Bible has to say about this important work. This is a time for diligent prayer for God‘s will to be done. Thanks again for caring and participating in such a beautiful way in this initial ballot.
It’s time to sign up for our small group Bible studies. For this study we will be using the book called "Respectable Sins". This 9-week study addresses clusters of specific “acceptable” sins that we tend to tolerate in ourselves or have blind spots to such as jealousy, anger, judgmentalism, selfishness, and pride. As the study moves through the scriptures, this study also offers a message of hope in the profound mercy of the gospel and the transforming grace of God as the means to overcome our “respectable sins.” Click here to sign up to participate in the study. You can specify your preferences as far as when and how you’d like to participate. Even if you plan to do the study on your own, please fill out the form so we can order a book for you. Please fill out your information by January 2nd so we know how many study books to order. If you have any questions please see Bro. Nate or Sis. Brittany Zeltwanger.
It’s time for our gas card giving to those who could use a New Year boost. Please contact Sis. Dawn Maloney by text (309) 472-6067 or email (maloney.dawn@gmail.com). Dawn will need the name and address of the recipient. We do not need to know the circumstances of those we send the cards to, anyone who could use a bit of encouragement qualifies. The cards will be mailed early January. We also have cards available throughout the year if someone you know is in need.
Bro. Art Wiegand is scheduled to have shoulder surgery this Wednesday. Please be prayerful for him and Sis. Pam as he goes through surgery and anticipates a long recovery.
We rejoice with Bro. Fritz and Sis. Amy Hinrichsen as they were blessed with a baby boy, Bowen Michael on December 8th.
Sunday School HarvestCall Collection Item for December: Office/Computer Paper (for Heart House).