2024 December 22 Announcements

Roxy Blunier • December 23, 2024

MONTHLY COLLECTION:  General Fund


CALENDARS: Church calendar, yearly calendar, young group calendar, national church calendar


SERMONS: Audio/Video


SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Office/computer paper for the Heart House


THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:


We plan to have our Christmas Day service this Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. This will cancel our Wednesday evening service this week.


LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:


Rotating potluck lists are ready for pick up. They are located in the box at the message center.


Our study for the 2025 Winter Group Study is the Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew. While the Sermon on the Mount with the Beatitudes is among the best known of Jesus’s teachings, do we really understand it and do we Christians follow what He said he wanted his followers to do and be? Become reacquainted with Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount and also become closer spiritually with others in our Goodfield church.
 
This small group study is open to all and has been such a blessing to build Spiritually deep relationships within our church body! 

Click-here to sign-up for the Winter Bible study. You can also sign-up at the information center. Also, remember checking “leader” is more of a group coordinator/host. Please consider and mark being a leader or host a group. We will form groups after January 5th.
 
Any questions please see Bro. Nate and Sis. Brittany Zeltwanger. Bro. Jon and Sis. Abby Hohulin are also joining this committee.


We are excited to announce that our Goodfield congregation is going to host the 2025 Proclaim and Serve conference on July 11th and 12th. The conference is about learning together how we as individuals and as a church can become more effective at reaching a lost world with the light of the glorious gospel. There has been some confusion in the past about the focus of the conference. This is not an overseas mission conference. There will be as many presentations and discussion groups that focus on how we can support the Great Commission in our churches and communities as there will be about overseas mission opportunities. We last hosted in 2022 and many of you were instrumental in helping. Bro. Kevin and Sis. Lindsay Wiegand have agreed to be our coordinators for this conference, and they will begin immediately reaching out to individuals and couples to help lead teams. Our goal is to have approximately 10 team leads identified by January 15th. These team leads will be coordinating accommodations, food, the exhibitor hall, promotions, technology, signage, manpower, prayer support, photography, etc. Last year’s conference brought in over 600 attendees. The more people we can get involved, the easier it will be to provide a successful and blessed conference. We will likely need at least 30 homes for overnight accommodations. I know that events like these require a lot of work. I also know that when our church family comes together and lends our talents for God’s glory, we are blessed immensely. If you would like to be put on the list as a volunteer, please reach out to Kevin and Lindsay. If they reach out to you, please be willing to help if you can. I am confident that if the majority of our Goodfield church is involved in a volunteer capacity or as attendees, our church will be impacted for the better. Please mark your calendars and be prepared to help however you can.


The holidays & cold winter weather are an especially difficult time for the grieving. GriefShare is a faith-based program designed so that the meetings are a safe space to share our grief struggles with others through videos & participant interaction. It is open to everyone in the community who may be experiencing grief of a spouse, child, parents or family member. The next session begins Jan. 13, 2025, and will be held for 13 consecutive weeks from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at the Fellowship Hall.  Bro. Alan & Sis. Joanne Roth will be hosting the program and would be happy to answer any questions about the program. Please share if you or someone you know someone who can benefit from this program.
Contact information: goodfieldgriefshare@gmail.com
Alan & Joanne Roth
309.448.2631


NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:


Save the Date to Register and Attend ALive 2025 

Planning has begun for the ALive 2025 weekend over Memorial Day (May 23rd - May 26th). This year’s theme will be Inward. Outward. Upward in our Postmodern Age, with Bros Mike Grimm, Matthew Moore, and Jon Stoller bringing forth the word throughout the weekend. The weekend will also include worship through song, fellowship, and several camp activities. We are grateful for the opportunity to continue hosting at “The Vision” Christian retreat in Huntsville, AL (www.visionministry.org). As a small congregation, we have cherished the relationships and encouragement past ALive weekends have created for our local church family. 

For more event details visit www.ALiveAlabama.com. For any updates on the event, follow us on Facebook or Instagram @ALiveAlabama. Another avenue for information is to be added to our email list via the form on our website. Registration begins February first, at which time links for event registration will be available via all forums. 

As the committee continues planning, we covet prayers for ALive25 to glorify God, and fulfill the vision of creating an environment of rest and revival where cross-generational relationships continue to be strengthened and cultivated. We are eagerly awaiting the weekend and look forward to seeing y’all there! 

“And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” 1 Corinthians 6:11 

In Christ, 

The ALive25 planning committee on behalf of the Athens Congregation


BAPTISM ANNOUNCEMENT:



We rejoice that Haley Sauder is at peace with God and desires baptism. We plan to hear her testimony and baptize her April 5 and 6. Haley is the daughter of Bro. Nate & Sis. Emily Sauder. Please feel free to reach out to her with any questions or encouragement between now and then and continue to pray for Haley. 


By Roxy Blunier January 20, 2026
MONTHLY COLLECTION: HarvestCall Disaster Relief Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Hand soap/cleaning supplies (toilet bowl cleaner, bathroom/kitchen cleaner, disinfectant spray, etc.) for the Heart House SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Mark Rocke (2/1) THIS WEEKS EVENTS: There will be a blood drive at the Goodfield Fellowship Hall today, Monday, January 19th from 1:00-6:00pm. If you are willing to donate blood, please sign up online or call Sis. Lynda Hinrichsen. This Wednesday evening, Bro. Jeff plans to hold a topical study on membership. We hope to give some clarity around our Goodfield church and the national church’s understanding of church membership. This will be in the church assembly and all are invited. On Saturday, our dear brother Glen Joos passed away. His visitation will be this Thursday from 4 to 7 at the Fellowship Hall and from 9 to 9:45 on Friday here at the church. The funeral will be at 10:00 on Friday. Please pray for Sis. Bev and the Joos family during this difficult time. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in January. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: As most of you know, we share oversight of the church cemetery with our Congerville church. This past week, a cemetery meeting was held with treasurers, trustees and sextants from both churches. The cemetery lots needed a price increase and it was unanimously voted to increase from $200 to $400 per lot. This will go into effect March 1st, 2026. Also Bro. Ted Taufer’s 10 years are up. Bro. Joe Wiegand moves up to the Sextant’s position, and Bro. Robert Rokey is his new Assistant. There will be a Middle School Youth Activity Night at the Eureka Middle School on February 1st for our 5th-8th grade students. This is a great way to get the Sunday school students of our church together in the wintertime for supper, have fun playing games, and continue to build relationships with each other. Student drop-off is at 4:30 p.m. and pick-up is at 7:30 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Bro. Bob or Sis. Ashley Schieler. It has been brought to our attention that several of the vendors we use for serving lunch, such as Beecham’s, Casey’s, Schnuck’s and ALDI are now requiring a 2 week notice for orders. Because of this we have compiled a new GREEN binder that has vendor information and past lunch history for you to pick up 2 weeks before you serve so you can place your orders in a timely fashion. You will then take the green binder back and exchange for the purple binder the Sunday before you serve. The purple binder has key and the rest of the information you will need to serve. Sis. Roxy will note in the weekly announcement email who serves in two weeks so you are alerted and can get started with the planning. Please remember if you switch serving dates with someone else to let Sis. Christy Wiegand know so she can update the church calendar online which Roxy will use for the reminders. If you have any questions, please see Sis. Emily Sauder or Sis. Judy Knapp. Rotating potluck lists are ready to be picked up at the message center. Thank you to everyone willing to be a part! LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: LifePoints has volunteer opportunities you can sign up for this winter! Check out this link for their winter dates and sign-ups, and please forward this email to those you know who may be interested!! Through a grant, Heartline and Heart House in Eureka is replacing all of the floors in the shelter and front office. This will be done in 4-5 different phases. During each phase they need volunteers to help take apart furniture and move furniture so the new floors can be laid and then move the furniture back. This will take a lot of volunteers and they are so appreciative to everyone that can help. Please sign up here for any dates you may be available. The Goodfield Community Club will be hosting their 76th Annual Spaghetti Supper on February 7th this year from 4:30 to 6:30. They are looking for anyone willing to volunteer the night of the supper and/or provide desserts prior to. Please consider helping with the event and sign-up here . Contact Abby Dietrich or Melissa Rieke with any questions. Thank you! NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Greetings from Altadena, CA. There is the opportunity for a small work group of 6-8 people to help on a building project with Habitat for Humanity the first week of March 3/2-3/6. All skill levels are welcome. Please contact Bro. Mike and Sis. Susie Zobrist for details. Mike's cell: 309-660-7004 email - zobfam@gmail.com SAVE THE DATE: ACCFS is hosting their annual Marriage Conference, Feb. 20-21 in Goodfield. Titled "Hand-in-Hand", the conference will focus on growing marriages on God, each other, and in community. Consider joining and asking another couple to join you for this special weekend! More details can be found here . BAPTISM ANNOUNCEMENT: We are very thankful to announce that Kaylie and Elana Wettstein have confessed their faith in Jesus and are at peace with God. We would like to hear their testimonies and baptize them on February 7th and 8th. Please feel free to reach out to either of them with questions or concerns and continue to pray for them in their walk with the Lord. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT:  We rejoice with Rob and Melissa Rieke as they were blessed with a baby girl, Juniper Jean, on January 17th.
By Roxy Blunier January 12, 2026
MONTHLY COLLECTION: HarvestCall Disaster Relief Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Hand soap/cleaning supplies (toilet bowl cleaner, bathroom/kitchen cleaner, disinfectant spray, etc.) for the Heart House SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Rick Bauman (1/25) THIS WEEKS EVENTS: Beginning tonight, Monday, January 12, Bro. Alan & Sis. Joanne Roth will be facilitating the Griefshare program at the Fellowship Hall Gathering Room. This is a faith based 13-week program that helps people learn how to navigate the grief journey. This program is open to everyone from the church & surrounding communities. Please share with anyone you know who may benefit from the Griefshare program & contact Alan or Joanne for more information. HarvestCall sewing will be held from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. this Tuesday at the Fellowship Hall. This Wednesday evening we will be having a talk on discipleship groups at 7:00 in the Fellowship Hall. It will include a short discussion about what a discipleship group is and then a panel discussion with several brothers and sisters describing groups that they are involved with. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. This Thursday evening there is a singing and activity night at the Eureka AC Home at 6:30. Everyone is welcome to come spend some time with our residents there. Our study for 2026 Winter Group Study is “Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers”. While we know what Christ has done for us on the cross, do we really understand His heart for His people who are striving heavenward yet are weary and faltering on the journey? This study reflects on the words of Jesus when He said, "Come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." This small group study is open to all and has been such a blessing to build spiritually deep relationships within our church body. Please sign-up for the Winter Bible study here . You can also sign-up at the information center. Also, remember that checking leader indicates being willing to lead/host a group, please consider and mark being a leader or host a group. Please sign up by this Sunday, January 18th . Any questions, please see Bro. Jon and Sis. Abby Hohulin. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in January. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: There will be a blood drive at the Goodfield Fellowship Hall on Monday, January 19th from 1:00-6:00pm. If you are willing to donate blood, please sign up online or call Sis. Lynda Hinrichsen. 2026 church yearly calendars are available at the message center. All events have been added to our online calendar on our church website as well. There will be a Middle School Youth Activity Night at the Eureka Middle School on February 1st for our 5th-8th grade students. This is a great way to get the Sunday school students of our church together in the wintertime for supper, have fun playing games, and continue to build relationships with each other. Student drop-off is at 4:30 p.m. and pick-up is at 7:30 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Bro. Bob or Sis. Ashley Schieler. It has been brought to our attention that several of the vendors we use for serving lunch, such as Beecham’s, Casey’s, Schnuck’s and ALDI are now requiring a 2 week notice for orders. Because of this we have compiled a new GREEN binder that has vendor information and past lunch history for you to pick up 2 weeks before you serve so you can place your orders in a timely fashion. You will then take the green binder back and exchange for the purple binder the Sunday before you serve. The purple binder has key and the rest of the information you will need to serve. Sis. Roxy will note in the weekly announcement email who serves in two weeks so you are alerted and can get started with the planning. Please remember if you switch serving dates with someone else to let Sis. Christy Wiegand know so she can update the church calendar online which Roxy will use for the reminders. If you have any questions, please see Sis. Emily Sauder or Sis. Judy Knapp. Rotating potluck lists are ready to be picked up at the message center. Thank you to everyone willing to be a part! Perspectives Class is being offered this Spring! Class starts on January 20th and runs for 15 weeks. It will be held at the Hub at Bloomington AC Church, located at 4408 E Raab Rd, Normal. Here is the link to register for the class and to find out more information about it. https://perspectives.org/find-a-class/ If you have any questions, please contact Bro. Erik & Sis. Carrie Wiegand. LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: LifePoints has volunteer opportunities you can sign up for this winter! Check out this link for their winter dates and sign-ups, and please forward this email to those you know who may be interested!! Through a grant, Heartline and Heart House in Eureka is replacing all of the floors in the shelter and front office. This will be done in 4-5 different phases. During each phase they need volunteers to help take apart furniture and move furniture so the new floors can be laid and then move the furniture back. This will take a lot of volunteers and they are so appreciative to everyone that can help. Please sign up here for any dates you may be available. The Goodfield Community Club will be hosting their 76th Annual Spaghetti Supper on February 7th this year from 4:30 to 6:30. They are looking for anyone willing to volunteer the night of the supper and/or provide desserts prior to. Please consider helping with the event and sign-up here . Contact Abby Dietrich or Melissa Rieke with any questions. Thank you! NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Greetings from Altadena, CA. There is the opportunity for a small work group of 6-8 people to help on a building project with Habitat for Humanity the first week of March 3/2-3/6. All skill levels are welcome. Please contact Bro. Mike and Sis. Susie Zobrist for details. Mike's cell: 309-660-7004 email - zobfam@gmail.com SAVE THE DATE: ACCFS is hosting their annual Marriage Conference, Feb. 20-21 in Goodfield. Titled "Hand-in-Hand", the conference will focus on growing marriages on God, each other, and in community. Consider joining and asking another couple to join you for this special weekend! More details can be found here . ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT:  We are very excited to announce the engagement of our Bro. Job Knapp to Sis. Angie Hartman. Job is the son of Bro. Josh and Sis. Carolyn and Angie is the daughter of Bro. Jim and Sis. Ree. We wish them God’s blessings on their engagement and life together.
By Roxy Blunier January 5, 2026
MONTHLY COLLECTION: The collection for the month of January is for HarvestCall Disaster Relief. This collection is to provide readily available funds in anticipation of a disaster occurring later in the calendar year. Examples include tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, or other national or local disasters. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Hand soap/cleaning supplies (toilet bowl cleaner, bathroom/kitchen cleaner, disinfectant spray, etc.) for the Heart House SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Andy Bauman (1/18) THIS WEEKS EVENTS: Reminder to all young group and parents, there is a supper this Saturday at the Gathering Room at 5:30. Please RSVP if you have not already. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in January. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. Next Sunday, January 11th, there will be an all-church shower for Bro. Cale Schumacher and Sis. Samantha Bertschi immediately following afternoon service for all of the church (men and kids too) over at the Fellowship Hall. Please bring a paper product and $5 or $10 dollars for the couple. If you are willing to help with the shower, you may sign up here . Contact Sis. Shannon Roth with any questions. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rotating potluck lists are ready to be picked up at the message center. Thank you to everyone willing to be a part! It has been brought to our attention that several of the vendors we use for serving lunch, such as Beecham’s, Casey’s, Schnuck’s and ALDI are now requiring a 2 week notice for orders. Because of this we have compiled a new GREEN binder that has vendor information and past lunch history for you to pick up 2 weeks before you serve so you can place your orders in a timely fashion. You will then take the green binder back and exchange for the purple binder the Sunday before you serve. The purple binder has key and the rest of the information you will need to serve. Sis. Roxy will note in the weekly announcement email who serves in two weeks so you are alerted and can get started with the planning. Please remember if you switch serving dates with someone else to let Sis. Christy Wiegand know so she can update the church calendar online which Roxy will use for the reminders. If you have any questions, please see Sis. Emily Sauder or Sis. Judy Knapp. Beginning Monday, January 12, Bro. Alan & Sis. Joanne Roth will be facilitating the Griefshare program at the Fellowship Hall Gathering Room. This is a faith based 13-week program that helps people learn how to navigate the grief journey. This program is open to everyone from the church & surrounding communities. Please share with anyone you know who may benefit from the Griefshare program & contact Alan or Joanne for more information. Our study for 2026 Winter Group Study is “Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers”. While we know what Christ has done for us on the cross, do we really understand His heart for His people who are striving heavenward yet are weary and faltering on the journey? This study reflects on the words of Jesus when He said, "Come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." This small group study is open to all and has been such a blessing to build spiritually deep relationships within our church body. Please sign-up for the Winter Bible study here . You can also sign-up at the information center. Also, remember that checking leader indicates being willing to lead/host a group, please consider and mark being a leader or host a group. Please sign up by January 18th. Any questions, please see Bro. Jon and Sis. Abby Hohulin. There will be a blood drive at the Goodfield Fellowship Hall on Monday, January 19th from 1:00-6:00pm. If you are willing to donate blood please sign up online or call Sis. Lynda Hinrichsen. Perspectives Class is being offered this Spring! Class starts on January 20th and runs for 15 weeks. It will be held at the Hub at Bloomington AC Church, located at 4408 E Raab Rd, Normal. Here is the link to register for the class and to find out more information about it. https://perspectives.org/find-a-class/ If you have any questions, please contact Bro. Erik & Sis. Carrie Wiegand. SAVE THE DATE:  ACCFS is hosting their annual Marriage Conference, Feb. 20-21 in Goodfield. Titled "Hand-in-Hand", the conference will focus on growing marriages on God, each other, and in community. Consider joining and asking another couple to join you for this special weekend! More details can be found here .
By Roxy Blunier December 29, 2025
MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Fund Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Office/computer paper for the Heart House THIS WEEKS EVENTS: We will have our New Year’s Eve service at 7:00 this Wednesday evening and everyone is welcome. Singing will start at 6:45 p.m. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Our study for 2026 Winter Group Study is “Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers”. While we know what Christ has done for us on the cross, do we really understand His heart for His people who are striving heavenward yet are weary and faltering on the journey? This study reflects on the words of Jesus when He said, "Come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." This small group study is open to all and has been such a blessing to build spiritually deep relationships within our church body. Please sign-up for the Winter Bible study here . You can also sign-up at the information center. Also, remember that checking leader indicates being willing to lead/host a group, please consider and mark being a leader or host a group. Please sign up by January 18th. Any questions, please see Bro. Jon and Sis. Abby Hohulin. Perspectives Class is being offered this Spring! Class starts on January 20th and runs for 15 weeks. It will be held at the Hub at Bloomington AC Church, located at 4408 E Raab Rd, Normal. Here is the link to register for the class and to find out more information about it. https://perspectives.org/find-a-class/ If you have any questions, please contact Bro. Erik & Sis. Carrie Wiegand. SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, January 10, 2026 - Young Group - Parent Supper & Encouragement Night. Sunday, January 11th - There will be an all-church shower for Bro. Cale Schumacher and Sis. Samantha Bertschi immediately following afternoon service for all of church (men and kids too). ACCFS is hosting their annual Marriage Conference, Feb. 20-21 in Goodfield. Titled "Hand-in-Hand", the conference will focus on growing marriages on God, each other, and in community. Consider joining and asking another couple to join you for this special weekend! More details can be found here . 
By Roxy Blunier December 23, 2025
MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Fund Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Office/computer paper for the Heart House THIS WEEKS EVENTS: There will be no Wedensday evening service this week due to our Christmas Day service which will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Perspectives Class is being offered this Spring! Class starts on January 20th and runs for 15 weeks. It will be held at the Hub at Bloomington AC Church, located at 4408 E Raab Rd, Normal. Here is the link to register for the class and to find out more information about it. https://perspectives.org/find-a-class/ If you have any questions, please contact Bro. Erik & Sis. Carrie Wiegand. (There is a link at the bottom of the announcements email with further information.) NOTE FROM BRO. TYLER AND SIS. ABBIE GETZ: Dear Church Family, On Thursday, our home burned to the ground. It has been a devastating and surreal experience, and yet in the middle of it, we have been overwhelmed by the love of this church. The calls, texts, prayers, and generous gifts have met us in a moment when we didn’t even know what to ask for. We are truly humbled by the kindness you’ve shown. We want you to know how deeply grateful we are. Your support has reminded us that even when everything familiar is lost, God’s faithfulness remains steady—and He often shows it through His people. You have been that for us. As we move forward and begin navigating the next steps, we would be grateful for your continued prayers. There is a long road ahead, and we are leaning on the Lord for wisdom, strength, and peace. Knowing we are surrounded by a church family that loves us means more than we can express. SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, January 10, 2026 - Young Group - Parent Supper & Encouragement Night. Sunday, January 11th - There will be an all-church shower for Bro. Cale Schumacher and Sis. Samantha Bertschi immediately following afternoon service for all of church (men and kids too). ACCFS is hosting their annual Marriage Conference, Feb. 20-21 in Goodfield. Titled "Hand-in-Hand", the conference will focus on growing marriages on God, each other, and in community. Consider joining and asking another couple to join you for this special weekend! More details can be found here .
By Roxy Blunier December 15, 2025
MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Fund Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Office/computer paper for the Heart House LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We just need just a couple more people willing to host rotating potluck for 2026. Even if you host just 6 or 8 people total. Please contact Bro. Mike or Sis. Gretchen Zimmerman or Bro. Tim or Sis. Susie Blunier if you would be willing. Thank you!! Last week an email was sent out with a link to a brief survey about your discipleship experience. We would love everyone in the church ages 14 and older to give us feedback about your involvement in some sort of discipleship. The information that we gather will be used to plan teaching and activities around discipleship starting after first of the year. Click-here to complete the survey . Please check the Christmas card files in the women’s coat room and take any cards that are in your file. We are running out of room in the files. The Apostolic Christian Home of Eureka is working to develop plans for a new Assisted Living/Assisted Living Memory Care facility, with the purpose of ensuring that with God’s blessing, our Mission may continue to be fulfilled for future generations. This effort is currently in the cost estimation phase of project planning. During the planning process this past summer, an opportunity to purchase a neighboring property was presented. After prayerful consideration, the Board of Directors approved a purchase contract and closing was completed November 25th. With the ongoing planning efforts, we would like to share additional information about this purchase in the attached document (see link at bottom of announcements email). Please contact your local board members Rod Hinrichsen or Darrell Stoller with any questions you may have about this project. We trust God will continue to bless and guide future planning decisions, and we are very thankful for the support and prayers from our sponsoring church congregations! Perspectives Class is being offered this Spring! Class starts on January 20th and runs for 15 weeks. It will be held at the Hub at Bloomington AC Church, located at 4408 E Raab Rd, Normal. Here is the link to register for the class and to find out more information about it. https://perspectives.org/find-a-class/ If you have any questions, please contact Bro. Erik & Sis. Carrie Wiegand. (There is a link at the bottom of the announcements email with further information.) PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for Sis. Karen Wiegand’s daughter-in-law Angie (Rob’s wife). Angie is having repair knee surgery this coming Friday the 19th and she would really appreciate prayers. Thank you! SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, January 10, 2026 - Young Group - Parent Supper & Encouragement Night. Sunday, January 11th - There will be an all-church shower for Bro. Cale Schumacher and Sis. Samantha Bertschi immediately following afternoon service for all of church (men and kids too). ACCFS is hosting their annual Marriage Conference, Feb. 20-21 in Goodfield. Titled "Hand-in-Hand", the conference will focus on growing marriages on God, each other, and in community. Consider joining and asking another couple to join you for this special weekend! More details can be found here . THANK YOU NOTE: Dirk and Deb Steffen would like to thank the Goodfield church family for their love, prayers, text messages, cards, and flowers sent after the passing of Deb's father, Jerry Knapp. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT: We rejoice with Bro. Aidan and Sis. Samantha Post as they were blessed with a baby boy, Weylan Gregory on December 7th. 
By Roxy Blunier December 8, 2025
MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Fund Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Office/computer paper for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday night we plan to have a testimony night. Bro. Troy & Sis. Carrie Blunier will be sharing with us. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. Some time this week, be watching for an email with a link to a brief survey about your discipleship experience. We would love everyone in the church ages 14 and older to give us feedback about your involvement in some sort of discipleship. The information that we gather will be used to plan teaching and activities around discipleship starting after first of the year. Next Sunday during the afternoon service we look forward to having our Sunday school Christmas program. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We need 9 more people willing to host rotating potluck for 2026. Even if you host just 6 or 8 people total. Please contact Bro. Mike or Sis. Gretchen Zimmerman or Bro. Tim or Sis. Susie Blunier if you would be willing. Thank you!! To help our church family stay connected this holiday season, boxes have been placed in the women’s coat room with file folders for Christmas cards. Please check your folder occasionally and take any cards home with you. Please see Sisters Abbie Schumacher or Laura Wiegand if you have any questions or ways to improve this new system. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for Sis. Deb Steffen and her family. Her father, Bro. Jerry Knapp passed away. His visitation will be Thursday, December 11th from 4 to 7 at our Fellowship Hall and the funeral will be Friday the 12th at the Congerville church at 10:00. Also pray for Sis. Diane Schrock as her mother, Norma Rollman, passed away Saturday morning. Please pray for Bro Bill Kopnick as he is in the hospital for some testing amid some health issues. His prayer is for healing but ultimately that Gods will be done. SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, January 10, 2026 - Young Group - Parent Supper & Encouragement Night. REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: We are very thankful to announce that Elana Wettstein has trusted Christ in faith and repentance a number of months ago. She desires to make this public and cultivate a deeper relationship with our church family and the Lord. Elana is the daughter of Bro. Phil and Sis. Kristin Wettstein. 
By Roxy Blunier December 2, 2025
MONTHLY COLLECTION: The collection for the month of December is for the General 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: Office/computer paper for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: We are looking forward to hearing the testimonies of Chuck and Diane Schrock this Wednesday evening. We would like to start signing at 6:45 and start the testimonies at 7:00 sharp. We will follow the testimonies with Chuck’s baptism. Due to the testimonies and baptism, there will not be ACTIVE on Wednesday. All church Christmas caroling will be this Friday, December 5th at 6:00. Sign-up sheets to bring food are at the message center. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We need 9 more people willing to host rotating potluck for 2026. Even if you host just 6 or 8 people total. Please contact Bro. Mike or Sis. Gretchen Zimmerman or Bro. Tim or Sis. Susie Blunier if you would be willing. Thank you!! Our Sis. Amber Ehnle has moved back to the area and is worshiping with us at Goodfield again. To help our church family stay connected this holiday season, boxes have been placed in the women’s coat room with file folders for Christmas cards. Please check your folder occasionally and take any cards home with you. Please see Sisters Abbie Schumacher or Laura Wiegand if you have any questions or ways to improve this new system. 
By Roxy Blunier November 25, 2025
MONTHLY COLLECTION: Eureka Apostolic Christian Home Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Christmas gift bags, tissue paper, boxes for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: There will be no Wednesday evening service this week due to our Thanksgiving service at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: It’s time to start planning for the Goodfield Worship Choir’s Christmas Session. Please let Bro. Erik or Sis. Carrie Wiegand know as soon as possible if you would like to participate. All church Christmas caroling will be on Friday, December 5th at 6:00. Sign-up sheets to bring food for the meal following caroling are at the message center. To help our church family stay connected this holiday season, boxes have been placed in the women’s coat room with file folders for Christmas cards. Please check your folder occasionally and take any cards home with you. Please see Sisters Abbie Schumacher or Laura Wiegand if you have any questions or ways to improve this new system. DATES TO REMEMBER: Wednesday, December 3rd: Testimonies for Chuck & Diane Schrock & baptism for Chuck
By Roxy Blunier November 18, 2025
MONTHLY COLLECTION: Eureka Apostolic Christian Home We are also taking a financial collection for the Eureka Area Food Pantry for one more week. If you'd like to donate, please indicate "Food Pantry" in the memo of your check. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Christmas gift bags, tissue paper, boxes for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: There will be ACTIVE this Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. The Empower Life Women's Event will be on Thursday, November 20 at 6:00 pm. All women and girls (5th grade and up) are invited to help tie blankets for the Empower Life Center. Warm drinks and sweet treats will be provided. Please contact Ellie Gramm or Carrie Blunier for more information. Please click on the link at the bottom of the announcements email for the invitation with full details. We look forward to having testimonies and baptisms for Braden Schieler, Tyson Schieler and Harvey Schieber this weekend. Testimonies will begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday evening. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Please save the date for all church Christmas caroling on Friday, December 5th at 6:00. Sign-up sheets to bring food for the meal following Christmas caroling are at the message center. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: HarvestCall’s next large-scale Rebuilding Ministry project will be in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. Acadia Parish in southern Louisiana experienced excessive rainfall in 2025, causing significant damage to houses, some still waiting for help after Hurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020. They are in need of our help to repair and rebuild their homes and lives. HarvestCall will be helping underserved people who suffered loss and are unable to recover on their own. While construction is the obvious activity of this ministry, the primary goal is to share the love of Christ and proclaim the Gospel. · Forty volunteers are needed each week starting January 11, 2026 and continuing through March 27, 2026. If you find that the weeks are full, put your name on the waitlist so we know that you would like to help. · Skilled tradesmen AND unskilled workers are needed, as are those with a passion to share the Gospel with those we serve. · Online registration is required for all volunteers and opens at noon Central time on Wednesday, November 19th at www.harvestcall.org DATES TO REMEMBER: December 3rd: Testimonies for Chuck & Diane Schrock & baptism for Chuck