Lower Deer Creek Church Mission Statement

God calls us to be followers of Jesus Christ and, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to grow as a community of grace, joy and peace, so that God’s salvation message, healing and hope flow through us to the world.

 

Vol 52 April 9, 2006 NO 15

8:30 AM Prayer Time in Room 303

9:00 AM Worship Service - CELEBRATION SUNDAY

Worship Leader: Randy and Paula Yoder

Chorister: Lynette Gingerich

Preservice Music

Special Music – Primary Children

Welcome

Announcements

Offering

Singing

Sharing Time

Congregational Prayer

40 Days of Purpose "LDC" Style Video

40 Days Sharing, Praise and Memories

Singing

Children’s Church

Drama – Anna Brown

Message: "Celebrate" by Pastor Don

Singing

Prayer

Dismiss for Festivities

 

NOON CELEBRATION MEAL IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL

 

Nursery Schedule during Worship Service:

TODAY: Ron & Lorene NEXT SUNDAY: Al & Kathy Slabach

 

REMEMBER TO SIGN THE REGISTRATION BOOK

 

The Discernment forms will need to be returned to the box at Grand Central today. There are extra forms at Grand Central.

AT LDC THIS WEEK:

- Ladies Tuesday morning prayer time at 7:30 at the church.

- Men’s Wednesday morning prayer time at 6:00 at the church.

- The message next Sunday will be "Grace" by Dick Swartzendruber.

 

Our Maundy Thursday Communion Service will be held in the church basement on April 13 at 6:30 pm. We will be having a light meal with communion and footwashing. Plan to attend with family and friends, because we will be sitting at tables and receiving communion as groups. Childcare will be provided for infants to age 3 years.

 

EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES will begin with a continental breakfast and fellowship at 8:45 am followed by worship at 9:30 am. We will NOT have Sunday School on Easter Sunday.

 

ALL ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS please inform the office which teaching option that your class will use from April 30 to May 28. Options are 1) to go back over parts of the 40 Days of Purpose, 2) the "Healing Healthcare" study, 3) the Bible Study on the Book of James. Materials to for option #2 and #3 will be available in the church office by next Sunday.

 

PARENTS please impress upon your children that it is dangerous to play on the roads on either side of the church! Play is a wonderful thing, but doing so on the road could leave an "impression" that we would rather avoid.

 

FUSION YOUTH Ministries along with O2 Ministries are sponsoring a showing of the film, "The Passion of the Christ." The showing will begin at 6:00 pm this evening at Kalona Mennonite.  This is a free showing, open to the public and childcare will be provided.

 

Class 101, for those seeking baptism, transfer of membership or preparation for advancing into the other classes, will be held on Saturday, April 22, from 2 pm to 7 pm. This class covers our basic understanding of God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and how the church functions today. Please sign up for this class with Pastor Don or the church office. There is also a sign up sheet at Grand Central.

Class 201 – "Getting Serious about God", the second of four classes designed to deepen our understanding Christianity, will be held on Saturday, April 22 from 2:00pm to 7:00 pm. This class focuses on discovering our spiritual maturity. Class 101 is required before taking this class. Please sign up for this class with Pastor Don or the church office. There is also a sign up sheet at Grand Central.

 

MYFers meet this week with their mentors at the mentor\mentoree meeting here at church.  If you have not turned in your $50 and health release form for our summer service project in Columbus, Ohio, please do it ASAP.  Thanks!  Wednesday, April 19, will be a planning meeting for officers.  The location will be announced later. Mark your calendars, please.

 

MENTORS/MENTOREES:  Mark your calendars.  We will be having a structured mentor/mentoree meeting on Wednesday, April 12, at 7:00 p.m.  We will meet in the church foyer for our group meeting and then break up into our mentor/mentoree groups to have individual time together.  Check your mailboxes for more details.

 

Please save this date: May 7th a Family Potluck/wedding shower is being planned for Jerad Ropp & Amy Steele immediately following the church service. More details will follow at a later date.

 

A discussion regarding an associate pastor will be part of our Town Hall Meeting on May 7 at 6:30 pm in the basement.

 

Have you heard about the new church website? Go to www.ldcmc.org and check it out! There is much more that we can do with this site and we would be open to your suggestions. Please contact Jeremy Ours, Jordan Brokaw or Don Patterson.

 

 

 

We are furnishing baked goods for the bake sale at the Crowded Closet April 15th. Please bring your items to Robert Fisher’s or call to make arrangements at 683-2758.

 

COOKBOOK REMINDER: Keep bringing in your recipes to the "Recipe box" in the foyer or email them to Melody Miller, Linda Marner or Tara Yoder (email addresses in Church directory). Extra recipe forms are located beside the "Recipe box".

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Register for April 2, 2006

Sunday School Attendance 201 Sunday School Offering $ 174.87

Church Attendance 239

Received Budget Amount

Offering last Sunday Home Needs $5432.21 $5524.00

Offering today IMS $5832.00

Offering next Sunday Home Needs $5524.00

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IMS student workdays are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, April 12 and 13. The projects this spring are to fund student aid and the remodeling of the cafeteria. If you would like to hire a student, please all the school office (319-656-2073) or contact a student. All money contributed will be matched 125%.

 

Sara Miller, a senior at IMS and the daughter of James and Melody Miller, will present a piano recital on Saturday, April 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the IMS chapel. Sara will be performing works of composers Turina, Debussy, and Schubert, as well as gospel and sacred selections. The public is invited to the recital and the reception that follows.

 

Shirley Rath, BSN will be giving the program titled "Taking Care of the Caregiver" at the Caregivers Support Group to be held at Pleasantview Home on Wednesday, April 12, in the Chapel/Activity Blue Room at 2:30 p.m.

 

NEEDED for MCC sale: Eight hogs and three beef. If you can donate any of the above contact Roy Beachy at 656-2814 (work) or 656-2870 (home).

The Mennonite Historical Society of Iowa will have its Spring Meeting Tuesday May 9, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Kalona Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall. The Public is invited to attend.

 

Prayer Needs

You are encouraged to hang this sheet listing prayer needs in an area where you will see it often in the following week.

- Pray for those with health needs:

Ila Bender, Lowell Gingerich, Nathan Detweiler,

 

- Pray for Pastor Don Patterson

 

- Pray for our Elder Board: Ray Bender, Jim Hershberger and Mike Springer.

 

- Pray for Judy Gingerich, our Women’s Ministry Leader/Deaconess

 

- Pray for Clair Miller and Jeremy Ours, our Youth Deacons.

 

- Pray for Gina Marner who is in Sweden serving as team leader on a RAD service assignment. Her mailing address is: Gina Marner/RAD team, c/o Jokkmokks Frikyrka

Klippgatan 8, 962 32 Jokkmokk, Sweden

 

- Pray for Monica Nissley who is currently serving with DEO. Her address is Monica Nissley, 4486 West Orangewood Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301

 

- Pray for John and Mary Cranston and family who are serving in the Philippines.

 

- Mennonite Mission Network - A Mennonite Mission Network husband and wife team serve as physicians in rural central India. Pray that their presence and ministry will demonstrate that the people there, considered among the poorest and most isolated in India, are not forgotten but loved by God.