2023 June 11 Announcements
MONTHLY COLLECTION: Local Area Relief Projects
CALENDARS: Church calendar, yearly calendar, young group calendar, national church calendar
SERMONS: Audio/Video
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
This Wednesday evening Bro. Craig Stickling plans to be with us and his topic will be “Steadfast Love”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bros Jeff Wiegand and Nathan Wiegand each received nearly unanimous support to serve as Elder and Ordained deacon, respectively. They will be interviewed at the upcoming Summer conference in Morton, IL the week of August 6th, 2023. We are planning a tentative ordination date of Sunday evening at 6pm on August 20th, 2023. We want to take this opportunity to thank each of you for your diligent prayer and participation during this time. Please continue to pray that this can be a holy spirit filled and peaceful transition.
There were a few items left at the potluck last Sunday, and they were put in the women’s coat room.
The Eureka AC Home is looking for volunteers to transport residents to and from medical appointments. If you are 21-74 years old and are looking for an opportunity to serve God by serving others, this could be you! They provide the vehicle and training. They also help you obtain the needed “J” designation on your driver’s license. For more information, please contact Sandy VanDeVeer, Volunteer Coordinator at 309-460-1154 or svandeveer@each.org.
Vacation Bible School is coming up July 10-14. The theme this year is “Babylon: Daniel's Courage in Captivity”. We are in need of many volunteers to make this week possible. The format this year will be the same as last year. We are looking for teachers who will sign up to teach only one night. Also, there will be class leaders, who will supervise the students all week and help with crafts, but not teach. Please click this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4BAFAB2FABFA7-vacation to access the sign up if you are willing to help in some way. There is a sheet at the message center with all the names of the kids on the current roster. If you know that your children will not be attending, please cross their name off of this same sheet. Along with that, if you know for sure of any visitors that will be joining us that week, please to add them to the back sheet and include a grade and t-shirt size. Please do that today if possible, see Sis. Kayla Wiegand or Sis. Sarah Schieler with any questions.
Save the date: All church invite-a friend is planned for Sunday, July 16.
NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Proclaim & Serve 2023 missions conference is Saturday, July 8 in Roanoke. Everyone is invited to this inspiring and thought-provoking event. You do NOT need to be a missionary or be actively involved in an outreach to attend. ALL are encouraged to come and be inspired, be challenged, and be better equipped to share the gospel. Learn more and register before the July 5 deadline at proclaimandserve.org.
The Annual Gateway Woods Auction will be held August 5. Donated items should be given to Erik and Carrie Wiegand no later than July 19. If would like to give money for items to be purchased on your behalf, please see Erik and Carrie about that also. Thank you as always for your generous support of this important ministry.
The General Brotherhood Conference for the Apostolic Christian Church of America will be held in Morton, Illinois this year on Friday, August 11th. Singing will begin at 8:00 a.m. in the Morton Apostolic Christian Church sanctuary. Elder presentations will be scheduled from 9:00 to 11:30, followed by a lunch break from 11:30 to 1:00 and more Elder presentations from 1:00 to 3:30. If you want to come the evening before, there will be a general church singing and fellowship on Thursday, August 10th, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the Morton Apostolic Christian Church Fellowship Hall, preceded by a buffet dinner in the church dining room from 4:30 to 6:00. If you need overnight accommodations, please indicate that when you register to attend the conference. For Elders, Ministers and their wives, there will be a special meeting in the Morton church sanctuary on Thursday evening. Following the buffet dinner at the church, song service will begin at 6:00 p.m., followed by the Elders/Ministers Meeting from 6:30 to 8:30. Here is the LINK to register for the conference – the due date is Friday, June 30th. This LINK will take you to a survey where you can share your attendance plans, including participation in meals and any special needs for transportation, accommodations, etc. Please note that the June 30th due date is important to the Morton congregation for planning purposes. As we seek to glorify God and draw closer to Him, we hope that many of you will come and join us for worship and fellowship. If you can attend in person, please register by June 30th. If you cannot attend in person, a live stream of the Friday General Brotherhood Conference will be available. Additional conference details are available at https://www.mortonacchurch.org/acca-brotherhood-conference-2023.
PEACE ANNOUNCEMENT:
We are very thankful to announce that Valerie Roth and Devon Tracy are at peace with God and man and are ready for baptism. Valerie is the daughter of Bro. Derek & Sis. Joy Roth. Please pray for them and encourage them during this most important time in their lives. If you have any words of encouragement or concerns, please contact them. We plan to have testimonies and baptisms for Devon on July 22nd and 23rd and then for Hadley and Valerie on September 16th and 17th.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Believing that God has brought them together by faith, we would like to announce the engagement of Brother Aidan Post to Sister Sammie Barcikowski-Fisher. Aidan is the son of Bro. Greg and Sis. Missy Post. Sammie is the daughter of Ron and Beth Fisher. We are very thankful for them, and trust God will bless their future together.