9/26/21 Announcements

 September’s Collection- Sunday School Fund

 Sunday 9/26

  • Creating Connections - There will be a meeting for adult mentors in the Creating Connections program after morning church today. Please meet in the Bible Class room after this service.

  • Results of Moving Forward Survey - will be given after a shortened second service.

 

Wednesday 9/29

  • HOPE Welcome Night at 6:00  - at Brett & Laura’s home

  • ACTIVE Welcome Night at 7:00 - at Landon and Katie’s home 

 

Sunday 10/3

  • October Prayer Gathering at 9:00 in the Intermediate Sunday School room - All are welcome

 

Wednesday 10/6 Presentations at Church

  • State of the Home

  • Church Remodeling Project

 

Sunday 11/7 - Bible Class Mission Trip Harvest Dinner at the Fellowship Hall at 5:30 - Please contact Sis. Mandy Yordy at 309-678-5484 or smyordy98@gmail.com, by 10/24 to reserve your tickets/tables.  Thank you for your support!

 

Saturday 11/20 - Testimonies - Ethan Hodel and Natalie Hodel

 

The HarvestCall Missionary Support/Prayer cards -  update packs are on the bulletin board shelf in the north hall, or pick up a complete set of cards if you don’t have one yet. Thanks for praying.

 

Other Ways to Serve

  • Necha Jording has worked at our nursing home for 21 years full time. Her daughter Andrea has been diagnosed with NMO which is where the immune system damages the spinal cord and the spinal cord and the nerves to the eyes. Please pray for her, her children, and her family. If you feel led to help Andrea, the website to do so is https://gofund.me/4b61b09c  If you would like to send encouragement in another form please send to Andrea Jording in care of Necha Jording, P.O. Box 81, Secor, IL 61771. For additional information, contact Sis. Penny Maher. 

  • Job Opening at the AC Bookstore in Goodfield  -  They are looking for an assistant store manager for 1-2 mornings per week. Please contact Sis. Rachel Schrock:  rschrock@onwardmedia.org

  • Wichita, KS Bolstering - If you (and your family) feel God calling you to use your gifts and talents to serve in the Wichita congregation or would like more information, please talk with your local elder and then contact, Sis. Amber Miller at amiller@harvestcall.org or 765.250.4295 (ext. 108).

  • Loving Shepherd Ministries will be hosting a meal and charity auction for the vulnerable children of Haiti, Ethiopia, and the United States on Friday, October 8, 2021, at the Five Points Washington. The meal and Silent Auction start at 5:30PM with the Live Auction starting at 6:30PM. This year, we will have a special emphasis on helping children impacted by the Haiti earthquake. If you would like to donate an item, please contact Brittany Schwind at brittany.schwind@gmail.com or 309-678-8205. The auction is a wonderful evening of fellowship and enjoyment while raising much needed funds to help the world’s most vulnerable children. And, this year, anyone who comes to the Auction for the first time will have their total auction bill matched dollar-for-dollar by a generous donor to help even more children. There will be free childcare provided, so couples with young children are encouraged to attend.

9/19/21 Announcements

September’s Collection- Sunday School Fund

Sunday 9/19

  • ACYF day in Congerville for the Bible Class 

  • Adult Bible Class - College age and up are invited - we would love to have you. We will be meeting weekly at 9:45 in the Adult Bible class room. If you have questions, please contact brothers: Kevin Fischer, Luke Fischer, Ray Blunier

  • Prairie Chorister/Men’s Group Signup Due - Bro. Phil Hodel would like to assess the interest in a Prairie Chorister Christmas program including a men's singing group. Prairie Chorister practices would be held following Wednesday night church, and men's group practices would be held during Sunday church lunch time. Both groups are open to all. If you would like to sing in either or both of these groups, please send an email to plhodel@gmail.com  Please send an email even if you have sung with either group before, as he is trying to re-organize the email groups.

 

Sunday 9/26 - Results of Moving Forward Survey - will be given after a shortened second service.

 

Sunday 11/7 - Bible Class Mission Trip Harvest Dinner at the Fellowship Hall at 5:30 - Save the date. More information will follow in the weeks ahead.  

 

Saturday 11/20 - Testimonies - Ethan Hodel and Natalie Hodel

 

Convert - Wyatt Gerber (Bro. Corey and Sis. Gini)

 

Birth - Isabel Rose Fehr (daughter of Justin and Kerri) was born on Sept. 10th

 

Lost and Found - A Toyota Avalon key fob with another key attached was left at Lady’s Night.  It is on the women’s bulletin board. 

 

The HarvestCall Missionary Support/Prayer cards -  update packs are on the bulletin board shelf in the north hall. Please update your missionary cards or pick up a complete set of cards if you don’t have one yet. Thanks for praying for the HarvestCall missionaries! 

 

Other Ways to Serve

  • Job Opening at the AC Bookstore in Goodfield  -  They are looking for an assistant store manager for 1-2 mornings per week. Please contact Sis. Rachel Schrock:  rschrock@onwardmedia.org

  • Wichita, KS Bolstering - If you (and your family) feel God calling you to use your gifts and talents to serve in the Wichita congregation or would like more information, please talk with your local elder and then contact, Sis. Amber Miller at amiller@harvestcall.org or 765.250.4295 (ext. 108).

  • Loving Shepherd Ministries will be hosting a meal and charity auction for the vulnerable children of Haiti, Ethiopia, and the United States on Friday, October 8, 2021, at the Five Points Washington. The meal and Silent Auction start at 5:30PM with the Live Auction starting at 6:30PM. This year, we will have a special emphasis on helping children impacted by the Haiti earthquake. If you would like to donate an item, please contact Brittany Schwind at brittany.schwind@gmail.com or 309-678-8205. The auction is a wonderful evening of fellowship and enjoyment while raising much needed funds to help the world’s most vulnerable children. And, this year, anyone who comes to the Auction for the first time will have their total auction bill matched dollar-for-dollar by a generous donor to help even more children. There will be free childcare provided, so couples with young children are encouraged to attend.

9/12/21 Announcements

September’s Collection- Sunday School Fund

 

Friday 9/17 - Ladies' Night - Love Without Limits - Join us for an evening with the ladies of Roanoke church as we hear testimonies of loving a prodigal child, loving through divorce, and loving through pornography addiction, all by the power of God's unfailing love. This will be at the fellowship hall from 6:45-8:45. Please sign up on the signup sheet on the bulletin board or RSVP to katieisaia28@gmail.com. Thankfully looking forward to spending an evening together again.

 

Sunday 9/19

  • ACYF day in Congerville for the Bible Class -  If parents did not receive an email for this, please contact Bro. Eric or Sis. Jodi Hoffman. For all the parents, please encourage your students to attend and be involved in our church activities!

  • Adult Bible Class - Adult Bible class will be starting and we are looking forward to a great year! College age and up are invited - we would love to have you. We will be meeting weekly at 9:45 in the Adult Bible class room. If you have questions, please contact brothers: Kevin Fischer, Luke Fischer, Ray Blunier

 

Sunday 9/26 - Results of Moving Forward Survey - will be given after a shortened second service.

 

Sunday 11/7 - Bible Class Mission Trip Harvest Dinner at the Fellowship Hall at 5:30 - Save the date. More information will follow in the weeks ahead.  

 

Convert - Gabby Yordy (daughter of Bro. Scott and Sis. Mandy)

 

Prairie Chorister/Men’s Group - Bro. Phil Hodel would like to assess the interest in a Prairie Chorister Christmas program including a men's singing group. Prairie Chorister practices would be held following Wednesday night church, and men's group practices would be held during Sunday church lunch time. Both groups are open to all. If you would like to sing in either or both of these groups, please send an email to plhodel@gmail.com, no later than next Sunday, September 19. Please send an email even if you have sung with either group before, as he is trying to re-organize the email groups.

 

Other Ways to Serve

  • Loving Shepherd Ministries will be hosting a meal and charity auction for the vulnerable children of Haiti, Ethiopia, and the United States on Friday, October 8, 2021, at the Five Points Washington. The meal and Silent Auction start at 5:30PM with the Live Auction starting at 6:30PM. This year, we will have a special emphasis on helping children impacted by the Haiti earthquake. If you would like to donate an item, please contact Brittany Schwind at brittany.schwind@gmail.com or 309-678-8205. The auction is a wonderful evening of fellowship and enjoyment while raising much needed funds to help the world’s most vulnerable children. And, this year, anyone who comes to the Auction for the first time will have their total auction bill matched dollar-for-dollar by a generous donor to help even more children. There will be free childcare provided, so couples with young children are encouraged to attend.

 

9/5/21 Announcements

September’s Collection- Sunday School Fund

Sunday 9/5 - Peoria Rescue Mission Services -  we will leave from the West parking lot at 7:15. Any questions, please contact Bro. Tim Martin.

 

Friday 9/17 - Ladies' Night - Love Without Limits - Join us for an evening with the ladies of Roanoke church as we hear testimonies of loving a prodigal child, loving through divorce, and loving through pornography addiction, all by the power of God's unfailing love. This will be at the fellowship hall from 6:45-8:45. Please sign up on the signup sheet on the bulletin board or RSVP to katieisaia28@gmail.com. Thankfully looking forward to spending an evening together again.

 

Sunday 9/19 - ACYF day in Congerville for the Bible Class -  If parents did not receive an email for this, please contact Bro. Eric or Sis. Jodi Hoffman. For all the parents, please encourage your students to attend and be involved in our church activities!

 

Sunday 11/7 - Bible Class Mission Trip Harvest Dinner at the Fellowship Hall at 5:30 - Save the date. More information will follow in the weeks ahead.  

 

COVID Update

With COVID increasing in our area, we encourage anyone who is not feeling well to please stay home.  Our Governor mandated that masks be worn indoors in public places. We acknowledge we are to obey our governmental authorities as explained in Romans 13 and I Peter 2 except where they are asking us to do something specifically against Scripture. So how does this mandate impact us?  Thankfully because of the religious freedom we enjoy, churches are treated differently. While Illinois strongly encourages churches to follow the IDPH guidelines, we are not mandated.  In light of this, people will differ in their interpretation of what this means to respect authority.  Romans 14 speaks about individual convictions and we are not to judge each other.  There will be some of us who have a conviction to wear masks and some of us who will not. There will be some of us who will shake hands and some of us who will not.  Romans 14:17 states:   “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink (or in this case masks, or shaking hands) but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”  Because we are followers of Jesus, He calls us to a relationship beyond just respect.  Let’s remember the greatest commandment:

Matthew 22: 37-40 …..Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

John 13:34-35  A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.