Today...

• stop in the Nurse's office and conference room to have your blood pressure checked just after the worship service.
• Girls of Grace - Huron Nature Center
• Boys Club - Lyle Gascho's, 5 pm

World Communion Sunday Next Sunday, Oct 1st we will be celebrating communion and taking up an additional offering for the sharing fund. We invite you to be in prayer this week, right with the Lord and your brothers and sisters, and come prepared to celebrate next Sunday.

You are invited to the Annual Meeting of the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Michigan Unit! Please come for a time of fellowship, hearing updates on projects that are beginning in Michigan, as well as updates from our MDS Region 2 Chair Ronald Frantz, and sharing about our volunteer experiences in various locations this past year. We look forward to seeing and hearing from you! Date: Wednesday, September 27, beginning with a noon meal, followed by the meeting. Place: Riverside Mennonite Church, 3620 Twining Rd, Au Gres, MI Note: Zoom option for the meeting beginning at 1 p.m. for those unable to attend in person.

Adult Bible Study in the Fellowship Hall will now be 6:45 pm - 7:30 pm. Come and see what the Lord is doing! Thank you for being flexible.

Your help is needed to set up and clean up for the potluck on Wednesday evenings. A sign-up sheet is at the Welcome Center.

See You At the Pole is September 27th at 7:30 am. You are invited to join students to gather around the flag pole and pray at Laker High School.

The youth are willing to serve those who cannot get out and take care of their lawn for fall clean up. If you would enjoy some additional help with yard work, contact Pastor Bill.

Fall is here so CHECK OUT a fall book displayed in the fellowship hall or just find a good book to read from the church library.

Coffee orders are due next Sunday, October 1st.

Due to the recent earthquake in North Africa, we have set up a way for you to give to the relief efforts. Our friends and contacts on the ground will use this money to distribute food, water, blankets, and shelter. Thank you to all who have reached out already asking for ways to help. You can give through this link: https://rosedaleinternational.org/relief/

Offerings: You can mail in your donation or use our online giving portal in One Church. You can also check out how easy it is to text to give. Simply text the word “GIVE” and your amount to (833)428-2181. If you'd like to schedule direct deposit donations, contact Darrel Yoder. We appreciate your generosity and flexibility.

Offering Next Week: PR ministries & Sharing Fund

Worship Leader this week: Dale Ackerman

Worship Leader next week: Dale Yoder

Fellowship Greeter this week: Theo & Annemiek Poelma

Fellowship Greeter next week:

Pastoral Care this week: Denny & Debbie Weidman

Pastoral Care next week: Tom & Karen Beachy

Nursery this week: Darci Horton & Elizabeth McIntosh

Nursery next week: Kayleen Allred & Luke Good

Prayers for the local church

· Mission Ministry - ways to serve others locally

· Health Concerns/Situations

· Burt and Linda Keefer

· Pat Hurren's friend, Jennifer Davis, cancer diagnosis & tests

· Mary Dubs with the passing of her mother

· John Champagne family & Axel Sherd family w/ deaths in their families

· Joanna Simmons nephew, Robert

· Joan Stalter in the hospital at McLaren in Bay City w/ health concerns

· Linda Deming - ongoing health issues, upcoming surgery to remove a cyst

· Brenda Maust's grandson, Brody - safety and encounter God's people as he serves in the navy

· Ken Smeader - heart valve replacement

· Linda Graf - aunt passed away; cousin's wife w/ stroke

· Elam Maurer's friend, Isaac Weber - 4 wheeler accident

Missions/Organization

· RI - Asia - Tom, Regional Director- Pray for the team of local believers. Ask for health and safety as they travel this month. Pray also for peace as they anticipate an upcoming election and the possibility of violence in their country.

US/World

· War in Ukraine/Russia & other tense situations in Africa

· Those experiencing many natural disasters around the world, floods, hurricanes, & earthquakes.

Click the link to see our activities coming up.