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2019 October 13 Announcements

Roxy Blunier • October 14, 2019

Our collection for the month of October is for HarvestCall. HarvestCall has been commissioned by the Elder Body to enable the church to proclaim Christ and serve others in ways that are beyond the capacity of local congregations. The needs are great and your generosity allows us to fund the various missions in Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Europe, the U.S., and other places. Thank you for your faithful prayers, service and financial support.

There is going to be an Awareness Tour to Jamaica January 17-21. We will be visiting the places HarvestCall is involved with on the island. If you are interested in more information please contact Bro. Alan or Sis. Joanne Roth.

Please be prayerful for our missionaries in Haiti as there have been widespread demonstrations and roadblocks due to the political unrest. Around 20 of our 37 missionaries have returned home temporarily. The ministries are not being abandoned but will operate with a reduced missionary staff.

Clothing donations are needed at our distribution center in Goodfield. If anyone has clothing that you are willing to donate please deposit them in the distribution center drop box.

We have put together a display of the Bible studies that we sell at AC Publications back at the information center.  Please feel free to take them for personal Bible study.  You can acquire more copies of them online or at the publications store.  You can put a donation in the church collection box if you wish to.  They are about $10 a piece.

Rotating Potluck is a great way to get involved and get to know our church family even better. It’s time to sign up for 2020. You can sign up to host or just sign up to come, either way is great! There is a signup at the message center. Any questions please see Sisters Joni Zacha or Jennifer Stoller.

The Home Benefit Dinner will be at 6 p.m., Saturday evening, Oct. 26, at the Fellowship Hall.  Tickets are available at the Home and we encourage everyone of all age to attend the dinner.  (The singing group will be Praising Hymn, a young adult group from Eureka.)

The Apostolic Christian HarvestCall benefit auction for Hospital Lumiere is planned for Friday, November 8 at Five Points in Washington. The food court and silent auction start at 4:30. The live auction begins at 7:00. For more information, or to donate an item or service, see the announcement on the church bulletin board or visit the HarvestCall website.   There is a "wish List" on Amazon if you would like to purchase directly for the auction.  At 'check out', choose Rich Bertschi's address to ship directly to him at Sam Leman Chevrolet dealership in Eureka;   https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/251URYXGTG4IN?ref_=wl_share You can also contact Rich Bertschi (309) 440-8012 or lemangm@mtco.com. If you have any questions you can contact Bro. Greg and Sis. Jill Wagner.

Bro. Kurt Plattner will be conducting the convert classes this month.  He is planning to teach on lessons 9 & 10.  The next class will be in two weeks, on Sunday, October, 27.

There will be ACTIVE this Wednesday evening.

Bro. Jedd will be focusing on the 3rd and 4th beatitudes from the conference speakers this Wednesday.  Please take the time to listen to Bros Randy Kellenberger and Tom Stock speak on Blessed are the meek and Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness.

For your info here is our schedule -

October 16th:  Bro. Jedd cover Bro. Randy Kellenberger and Bro. Tom Stock

October 23rd:  Bro. Kurt cover Bro. Ken Wuethrich and Bro. John Laukhuf

October 30th:  RGMMI presentation

November 6th:  Bro. Nate cover Bro. Randy Gudeman and Bro. Craig Martin

November 13th:  Bro. Jedd topical Bible study

November 20th:  Bro. Kent cover Bro. Mark Streitmatter

The 6th grade Sunday School Fall Cookout will be at Bro. Arlen and Sis. Marissa Edelman's house (217 Reaba Ave, Congerville, IL 61729) Oct. 26th at 4:30 PM - 8ish PM. We ask that parents drop off your 6th grader and we will bring them home.

Wednesday, October 30th Bro. Brad & Sis. Debbie Braker of the Rural Gospel Medical Missions of India will be at the Fellowship Hall presenting the missions of the Apostolic Christian Church in India. This will be in place of our regular Wednesday evening services.

Women Helping Women - evening event for Goodfield Church women will be on Tuesday, November 19 , 2019 at the Fellowship Hall from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm.  Please join us as we get together for a dinner, followed by cutting and tying fleece blankets for the Empower Life Center (formally the Women's Pregnancy Center) at the Fellowship Hall. We will also be collecting items for the layette kits the center gives to newborns whose mom has come to the center (See details below).  All ages who can participate and are welcome (moms can decide if their young daughter is old enough to come.) If you plan to come, please sign up in the back hall by Nov. 10th.  Please see Sis. Brittany Zeltwanger or Ellie Gramm if you have any questions.

Below we have listed the items for the layette kits. Most of the women served by the Empower Life Center do not receive a baby shower before having a new baby. They really look forward to receiving the layette kits while they’re still in the hospital, and the center can always use kits or even single items donated! All items need to be new. If you would like, you can make a kit by yourself or make one with another person or group of people or just bring in a few items. EVERYTHING will be used by babies who are fearfully and wonderfully made by our Savior!

2 bottles with nipples

1 blanket sleeper

3 pairs of socks

1-2 outfits

2 sleepers

2 bibs

4 onesies

2 receiving blankets

towel/washcloth

3 misc. (toy, baby spoon, sippy cups, etc)

reg. size pkg. diapers (NB or size 1)

2 toiletries (shampoo, wash, diaper cream, etc—no powder)

**If you bring a completed kit, please decide if it will be for a boy or girl.

**All clothing items should be NB or 0-3 month sizes

**Other items needed: Infant or Newborn Enfamil— DIRE NEED, reg. size pkg. diapers (NB,1,4,5)

Ramp Doors next Sunday (10/20): Keith Leman & Jeff Grimm

Sunday School Item for October: Toilet Paper (Heart House)

2020 April 26 Announcements

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

2020 April 19 Announcements

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.

2020 April 12 Announcements

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.

2020 April 5 Announcements

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.

2020 March 29 Announcements

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.

2020 March 22 Announcements

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.

2020 March 8 Announcements

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.

2020 February 23 Announcements

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.

2020 March 1 Announcements

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.

2020 February 16 Announcements

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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