2022 August 7 Announcements
MONTHLY COLLECTION:
Our collection for the month of August is for Gateway Woods Children's Home. Gateway Woods offers Christ-centered social services and residential facilities in northeast Indiana, including residential childcare, on-grounds schooling, foster care, adoption and home-based services. The mission is to honor and obey God by providing hope and healing to troubled children and families who then may bless others.
The Gateway Woods Sale was held last Saturday and raised $972,314 - all praise and thanks to God our Father!
CHURCH CALENDAR:
Click-here to see the church calendar, yearly calendar or young group calendar.
SERMONS: Audio/Video
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
There will be an all church walk through shower for Bro. Tate Taufer and Sis. Whitney Streitmatter this Tuesday evening, August 9th, from 7-8 pm at the Gathering Room. Please bring $5-10 and a recipe. Contact Sis. Lisa Rieke with any questions.
Bro. Darren Plattner from our Champaign congregation plans to be with us this Wednesday evening for a topical Bible study starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall. His topic will be “Why I Believe”. While there are certainly many “reasons to believe“, he will just talk about a few that have been the most compelling for him, being an analytical person for which faith does not necessarily come easy. Everyone is invited and welcome to attend.
Everyone is invited to a Benefit Breakfast to help Sis. Christy Wiegand with Medical Expenses.
Where: Allentown Union Hall
When: Saturday, August 13th
Time: 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Dine in or Carry Out Options
The Allentown Union Hall folks have a meeting on Tuesday and would like to have a very good idea of how many people are coming from Goodfield church.
**If you plan to attend, please text Jill Wagner at 309-267-2109 with your name and the number of people that plan to attend before Tuesday.**
This will help them plan the food / help for Aug. 13 breakfast to support Christy. Thank you!
LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
There is a small selection of extra youth and adult sized t-shirts left from VBS. They are in a box in the ladies' coat room. If you are interested in a t-shirt, please feel free to take one.
Heart House/Heartline is having their annual pie in the park at the Metamora Park on Friday, August 26th. Pies are needed! Please sign up at the message center if you can make a pie or two! Please note: no cream pies, or those that need refrigeration. These need to be delivered on the 26th to the Heart house by noon. Thank you in advance! Also, if anyone can help cut pies, please let Brandi Gerber know at 309-467-6101.
Save the date! Heart House Spaghetti Supper will be Thursday, September 1st
Drive Through from 3:30 – 6:30 PM at Crosspoint Community Church. If you are willing to help, please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4FADAB22A7F58-2021
One of the items that came to light in our Vision effort was a desire to provide additional support for young people in our church after they graduate from high school. Because of this we plan to start an Adult Sunday School class this school year. The class is for all young single people (both members and friends) from high school graduates up to age 25. It will be held on all Sunday mornings while regular Sunday school is in session. The class will focus on verse-by-verse teaching through various books of the Bible and will include small group discussions. Brothers Erik Wiegand, and Darrell Stoller have agreed to teach this class. If you have any questions, please see either of those brothers, or Brothers Jeff Grimm or Jeff Wiegand.
The Sunday School remodel project received very strong support (almost 90%). Thanks to each of you for your participation.
NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Elder Conference - The Elders met on Wednesday and Thursday, and the General Brotherhood Conference followed on Friday in Bluffton, IN.
Here is a brief summary of the minister meeting and General Conference. Thursday evening minister meeting focused on the health of the ministry team and pulpit. We recognize the need to be united in Christ against the adversary of our souls and are thankful for the instruction given throughout the Word and especially in Ephesians 4 to edify, forgive, and trust one another, ultimately using the gifts God gives to each one to His glory. There were two panel discussions, one centered on our relationships and the other on the
Elder’s Teaching Resource (ETR) which has been developed in the past 3 years to assist our ministry in “rightly dividing the word of truth”.
The General Conference theme was “Evangelism and Discipleship – laboring together with God.”
· Seedtime and Harvest (Elder Bro. Lynn Fiechter) – The scripture likens the seed to being the Word of God, but sometimes we may be the seed, or perhaps the caretaker of the seed that is sown. We must expect God to be present in whatever part we have in sharing the gospel with those around us.
· Sowing the Seed (Elder Bro. Marvin Dotterer) – Importance of preparing the soil so that the seed will germinate and begin to grow, and our part in sowing the seed of God’s Word that all may hear.
· Sprouting – coming to life (Elder Bro. Rod Bajema) – In our fields and gardens certain conditions aid in germination and early growth. Similarly, as we share the gospel message certain experiences may trigger germination of the seeds that have been planted. We were encouraged to ask questions to give people an opportunity to share their story.
· Growth – living under the discipline of the Lord (Elder Bro. Trent Meiss) – Who do we want to be as a spiritual “grown up”? God sees who we can become as we strive to be more like Jesus.
· Pruning (Elder Bro. Wayne Hartzler) – Trees and shrubs are pruned for form, but fruit trees are pruned to bear more fruit. The Lord prunes us because of His love for us and desire that we bear fruit. Being pruned takes humility. Sin must be cut off at the heart level.
· Bearing Fruit (Elder Bro. Tom Klotzle) – Bearing fruit requires that we abide in the vine (John 15), which results from adoration of our Lord and Saviour, on-going communication with God in prayer, and meditation upon His word.
· Enduring time, drought, storms (Elder Bro. Jeff Streitmatter) – As Elder of the Sarasota FL church, Bro. Jeff relayed spiritual analogies of preparing for and sheltering from hurricanes, noting that it isn’t really over when we say that the storm is over.
· Harvest (Elder Bro. Kent Heimer) – Harvest is a time of separation of the grain from the chaff. Jesus states in Luke 10 that “the harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few ...”. Will we be among “the few”?
· The Brotherhood Conference recordings will be posted on AC Central in the near future. All are encouraged to take time to listen and consider our part in the “Seedtime and Harvest”.
The following links may be used to access the conference video:
REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT:
The angels are rejoicing in that Dierks Knepp has surrendered his heart to the Lord in repentance. Dierks is the son of Bro. Alex & Sis. Cassie Kneep. We are thankful for his surrendered heart and the gift of salvation.