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2019 March 24 Announcements

Roxy Blunier • March 25, 2019

Our giving for the month of March will go to the General Fund.  This collection will help provide funds for the operation and upkeep of our church facilities which include the church, fellowship hall, contents, grounds, parking lots and cemetery.

We would like to invite ALL girls and women of Goodfield church (ages 0-100) to a special morning of love, fellowship, and bonding. The ladies’ brunch will be held April 13 at 9:00 am at the fellowship hall. Please sign up at the message center if you can attend! This ladies’ brunch is like the luncheon we enjoyed 2 years ago but this year we are planning on only girls and ladies who attend Goodfield church in hopes of cultivating the beautiful relationships within our own church. It is sure to be a blessed morning, we hope you can attend! If you have any questions, please see Sisters Emily Sauder or Jennifer Stoller.

Save the date: The Father son campout (all men from Goodfield) will be held Friday and Saturday May 31st and June 1st. Please contact Brothers Adam Rocke or Sam Rokey if you have any questions.

We plan to have testimonies and baptisms this next weekend for Mikaila Rocke and Cammi Hartman. Testimonies will begin at 7pm on Saturday. Bro. Harvey Kaeb plans to be with us.  It is Group 2’s turn to help and bring food.  There are sign-up sheets in the back.  See Sis. Ruth Moser with any questions.

The Doug & Lynn Wiegand family would like to thank everyone for the prayers, cards, & texts. Lynn’s cancer has been diagnosed as stage 3. On April 2nd, she will begin chemo treatment. She also will be undergoing radiation. Surgery will be planned later in the year. Overall, the doctors are optimistic & feel this is very treatable.

Ramp Door Next Sunday (3/31): Ron Wiegand & Jared Schieber

Opportunity to Join Church Replant in Washington D.C.

After a lengthy period of prayer regarding the future of the Washington D.C. church, the local brethren desire to present their situation and needs to the brotherhood.

Currently the Washington D.C. congregation consists of 5 members and several other attendees that live in various areas around the city. The congregation currently worships in a "church house" in Silver Spring, a D.C. suburb.  The church house is cared for by the congregation and brethren who come to stay for up to a month.  In addition, the national Church provides a minister on a weekly basis to preach the Word of God.  

Several members of the congregation are approaching retirement age and considering/ planning moves from the D.C. area, which raises significant questions about the future of the D.C. Church. Outreach efforts at the current location have not yielded much visible fruit in added church attendance.

Over the last 18 months, the church congregation has prayerfully been considering different options, including a "replant" of the church in a new location. This effort would require 4-6 new couples/families and any single brothers/sisters who feel God’s direction to move to Washington D.C., including some who would be willing to serve in leadership capacities.  This could result in identifying a new location, potentially in a more urban area, where the Gospel message is sorely needed. The local brethren are willing to help support this effort, as they search out God’s direction in their lives.

The Washington D.C. region is in great need of the gospel, and the congregation's desire would be for a church to be developed there if this is the Lord's will, and He moves hearts to join in a replant effort. At this time, they are requesting your prayerful consideration to support this effort.  If a group of brethren are not identified to help in the replant effort, the D.C. Church will transition to a satellite location and ministerial services will be coordinated through the Philadelphia brethren.

The Washington D.C. brethren are committed to prayerfully discern God’s direction over the next six months, with the intent to make a decision by the end of the summer (Labor Day).

If you feel led to join in this effort, talk with Bro. Jeff Grimm. If after visiting with your local elder, you would like to explore further, please reach out to Elder Bro. Ben Wiegand (bwiegan@its.jnj.com, 908-405-6324), or the CEC (cec@harvestcall.org).  As interest is shown, we will start a Learn & Discern bi-weekly prayer call.

Humbly,

Elder Bro. Ben Wiegand and the Washington D.C. brethren and friends

By Roxy Blunier April 27, 2020
April is our Charity Fund collection so we will continue that through the end of the month. Please reach out to the charity committee if you know of someone in need. Sis. Jill Wagner wishes to let everyone know she is making face masks for friends and family. These are available at no charge (adult size only so far…). Please contact Sis. Jill if you want any. There will be separate young group girls and guys Bible studies this Tuesday evening starting at 7:00 pm. Check your email for an invitation to connect with zoom. Hope to see you all. Cole Zeller and Sabrina Glueck's Wedding - May 3, 2020 To our dear church family. Because of the current shelter in place mandate, the plans for Bro. Cole Zeller and Sis. Sabrina Glueck's wedding plans have changed. They will still be getting married May 3 at 11:00 am but with a very small amount of people. If you would like to watch the wedding live, you can go to the Goodfield AC Church website ( goodfieldacchurch.org ) and click the "Watch Live" tab. You can also listen in on the website or AC Central. Our hope is, Lord willing, to have a reception at a later date. If you would have gifts that you have already purchased for them to start their new home, you can contact Bro. Cole (309-678-8096) or Sis. Sabrina (309-267-5676) via text or call to make arrangements to drop them off. We have so appreciated the loving thoughts, texts, emails, cards and prayers we have received this past few weeks. Although we sometimes don't understand what is going on currently in the world, God does know, and it is Him who we completely trust! You should have received an email about the CARES act this week with biblical principles to consider. Bro. James Fehr from Tremont had a very nice talk about it on April 15th that you can listen to on AC Central. There will also be an Around the Table podcast on this subject as well. Our Zoom fellowship meetings will begin this week. Your group leader will be reaching out to you to set a time. Thanks to all who signed up. We are looking forward to seeing your faces and having some quality time together. Sis. Gretchen Zimmerman’s dad recently passed away. Please be prayerful for the Vietti and Zimmerman family during this time of loss. We are very thankful Jim recognized Jesus as his savior. We are very thankful that Reggie Plattner is at peace with God and desires baptism. Please pray for Reggie and encourage him during this most important time in his life. If you have any words of encouragement or concerns, please contact him. We are so thankful for surrendered hearts. Note from Elder Committee: This letter is to share our change in plans (due to COVID-19) for the August General Conference which was scheduled to be hosted by our Rittman, OH congregation. As an Elder Body, we appreciate the opportunity to communicate with the church during our General Conference. And while we are sharing with you that we are canceling the in-person Thursday evening Elder/Minister Meeting and Friday General Conference this year at Rittman , the Agenda Committee is working on alternative approaches for us to communicate with the Church in August. We would ask each of you to be prayerful as they seek to discern the Holy Spirit’s direction so that we can still “gather together” in a way that is “decent and in good order.” At this point, we have not made a decision regarding an in-person Elder Meeting this August. Lord willing, we plan on determining the appropriate path forward for the Elder Meeting by mid-June. We trust this decision, which was made prayerfully and carefully, reflects the Holy Spirit’s direction, as well as an understanding of the current and near future “reassembling of large gatherings” realities across the United States. We appreciate the efforts of the Rittman brethren that have been underway over the last year to be prepared for the upcoming Conference, and trust that the way will open for us to assemble with them at a General Conference in 2021. Our prayer is that " your love may abound more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that you may approve things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God " (Phil. 1:9-11). The Elder Committee
By Roxy Blunier April 19, 2020
April is our Charity fund collection so we will continue that through the end of the month. Please reach out to the charity committee if you know of someone in need.Cole Zeller and Sabrina Glueck's Wedding - May 3, 2020To our dear church family. Because of the current shelter in place mandate, the plans for Bro.
By Roxy Blunier April 12, 2020
April is our Charity fund collection so we will continue that through the end of the month. Please reach out to the charity committee if you know of someone in need.The new dinner list is complete. A current copy is on our church website and also hanging by the coffee maker at church.
By Roxy Blunier April 5, 2020
Thank you for your generous donations to the special Charity fund collection. $34,000 has been donated so far.April is our normal Charity fund collection so we will continue that through the end of the month. Please reach out to the charity committee if you know of someone in need.The new dinner list is complete.
By Roxy Blunier April 5, 2020
Our giving for the month of March will go to the General Fund.  This collection will help provide funds for the operation and upkeep of our church facilities which include the church, fellowship hall, contents, grounds, parking lots and cemetery.There is also a special Charity fund collection at this time for the needs that are arising. These funds will be used to help those in our community and church family who have a need.
By Roxy Blunier March 23, 2020
Our giving for the month of March will go to the General Fund. This collection will help provide funds for the operation and upkeep of our church facilities which include the church, fellowship hall, contents, grounds, parking lots and cemetery.There is also a special Charity fund collection at this time for the needs that are arising. These funds will be used to help those in our community and church family who have a need.
By Roxy Blunier March 10, 2020
Our giving for the month of March will go to the General Fund.  This collection will help provide funds for the operation and upkeep of our church facilities which include the church, fellowship hall, contents, grounds, parking lots and cemetery.The new Church/minister directories are at the information center. There are plenty of them for you to take as many as you want for your use.We will be having Sunday morning services at the home this month starting at 8:45am.
By Roxy Blunier March 2, 2020
Our collection for the month of February is for the Apostolic Christian Church HarvestCall Mission Collection. Contributions support our church’s work in spreading the gospel message of salvation. Thanks for your prayerful and financial support of this work.The current dinner list is ending mid-April.
By Roxy Blunier March 2, 2020
Our giving for the month of March will go to the General Fund.  This collection will help provide funds for the operation and upkeep of our church facilities which include the church, fellowship hall, contents, grounds, parking lots and cemetery.We will be having Sunday morning services at the home this month starting at 8:45am. Everyone is welcome to attend to support our many residents at the home in Eureka.There will be ACTIVE  this week.The current dinner list is ending mid-April.
By Roxy Blunier February 17, 2020
Our collection for the month of February is for the Apostolic Christian Church HarvestCall Mission Collection. Contributions support our church’s work in spreading the gospel message of salvation. Thanks for your prayerful and financial support of this work.There will be ACTIVE this week.HarvestCall Projects has been rescheduled to Tuesday, February 25th.The annual benefit auction and bake sale for the Apostolic Christian Home of Eureka is on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Eureka Middle Sc...
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