MONTHLY COLLECTION: Our collection for the month of May is for Apostolic Christian Counseling & Family Services. The ACCFS staff is comprised of professional counselors, lay counselors, church outreach staff, and office personnel who provide information, training, support, consultation, and/or counseling to address issues such as depression, marital problems, anxiety, adjustment difficulties, and child behavior problems. The fee schedule is supported by our donations. CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Paper Towels for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday evening Bro. Jedd Rocke plans to speak to us. His topic will be “I Don’t Wanna…”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We rejoice that Macy and Talon Wettstein have been washed by the blood of Jesus and are at peace. We are planning on testimonies and baptisms for them on June 29th and 30th. They are the daughter and son of Bro. Wade & Sis. Hallie Wettstein. Please pray for Macy and Talon and reach out to them with any words of concern or encouragement. REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT:  The angels are rejoicing in that Logan Zacha and Kenton Glueck have surrendered their hearts to the Lord in repentance. Logan is the son of Jeremy & Sis. Joni Zacha and Kenton is the son of George & Pauline Glueck. We are thankful for their surrendered hearts and the gift of salvation.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Charity Fund CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Large Garbage Bags and Kitchen Garbage Bags for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: There will be an all church, walk through shower for 4 couples this Saturday, May 4th from 9:00 to 10:00 AM in the Gathering Room. Please bring $5-10 and a paper product for each couple. The shower is for: -Joan Zimmerman & Wade Wiegand -Seth Rieke & Melody Mehn -Claire Wiegand & Braden Wiegand -Toby Plattner & Julia Kuenzi Contact Sis. Lisa Rieke with any questions. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: As a reminder, the charity committee has gas cards available to send to people in need. Please text (309-472-6067) or email ( maloney.dawn@gmail.com ) their name and address to Sis. Dawn Maloney if you would like one sent to someone. It does not require information on the situation. Perhaps it’s someone who just needs to know they are being thought of. We also ask that you pray for the recipients that God will impact their lives. PRAYER REQUEST UPDATE: Update on Bro. Alan Roth from Sis. Joanne: Alan is home & recovering well from his open heart surgery. We appreciate the many texts, cards & prayers we have received. Alan & I are very blessed to be a part of the Goodfield church family. 

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Charity Fund CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Large Garbage Bags and Kitchen Garbage Bags for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Young Group Bible Studies will be this Tuesday at 7 p.m. Guys will meet at Bro. Drake Rocke’s and girls will meet at Sis. Cammi Hartman’s house (103 W. Douglas St., Carlock). This Wednesday evening Bro. David Sceggel from Peoria plans to be with us to talk about “Beholding the Joy of Jesus of Nazareth”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome! The church directory will be going to the printer this week, so you have one last chance to get changes in if you have any. Contact Bro. Randy & Sis. Roxy Blunier or Bro. Barry & Sis. Joyce Kloter with any updates. LifePoints Gospel Sing on Sunday, April 28, 2024 at Five Points auditorium in Washington, IL. Doors will open at 5:45 PM for open seating, and the program will begin at 6:00 PM. Tickets are not required this year! Contact Bro. Royce Schieler with any questions. Free babysitting services for potty-trained children. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: A reminder to check out the lost and found in the women’s coat room. There are still a lot of nice coats, and other items. Whatever is left at the first of May will be taken to Goodwill. There will be an all church, walk through shower for 4 couples: -Joan Zimmerman & Wade Wiegand -Seth Rieke & Melody Mehn -Claire Wiegand & Braden Wiegand -Toby Plattner & Julia Kuenzi The shower will be on Saturday, May 4th from 9:00 to 10:00 AM in the Gathering Room. Please bring $5-10 and a paper product. If you can help, please sign up using this link . Contact Sis. Lisa Rieke with any questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The annual Black Hills church gathering will be held on July 27-28 in western South Dakota. The weekend consists of a picnic on Saturday evening and church services on Sunday. If you are interested in attending, please visit the link below for more information. https://sites.google.com/view/blackhills2024 REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: The angels are rejoicing in that Josiah Rokey, Miles Stoller and Harvey Schieber have surrendered their hearts to the Lord in repentance. Josiah is the son of Bro. Sam & Kristen Rokey. Miles is the son of Bro. Darrell & Sis. Jennifer Stoller. Harvey is the son of Bro. Jared & Sis. Angie Schieber. We are thankful for their surrendered hearts and the gift of salvation. 

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Charity Fund CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Large Garbage Bags and Kitchen Garbage Bags for the Heart House LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: As mentioned at the deer fry, we would like to mix up the groups within the Twelve Bible reading app. Anyone men or boys (5th grade and up) who would like to continue using this accountability & connection tool (or start using it for the first time), please sign up using this link . The Around the Table Podcast has recently released two inspiring segments related to Bible Distribution. We encourage everyone to listen, and see how to become involved. Free Bibles for distribution are available in the women's coat room. Anyone may also order Bibles directly through the HarvestCall website, through our own Goodfield Church website, or by contacting Bro. Robert or Sis. Melissa Rokey. In addition, if you have interest in joining the Bible Distribution Team, please reach out to Robert or Melissa. There will be an all church, walk through shower for 4 couples: -Joan Zimmerman & Wade Wiegand -Seth Rieke & Melody Men -Claire Wiegand & Braden Wiegand -Toby Plattner & Julia Kuenzi The shower will be on Saturday, May 4th from 9:00 to 10:00 AM in the Gathering Room. Please bring $5-10 and a paper product. If you can help, please sign up using this link . Contact Sis. Lisa Rieke with any questions. Save the date for the Men and Boys camp out. May 31st at Bro. Larry and Sis. Lori Wiegand’s house. A flyer with more information is in the link at the bottom of this email. There is a sign-up sheet at the message center. All men and boys are invited. Please contact Bro. Dave Roth with questions. Vacation Bible School preparation is underway! VBS will be held July 8th-12th and our theme this year is “Take the Plunge, Dive into Jesus!” where students will dive deep into stories about Jesus being our ultimate lifesaver. Volunteer sign up will follow at a later date and we ask that you be prayerful about the opportunities to serve and to minister to the children of our church and community! It's time to order the T-shirts for our Vacation Bible School students. There are 2 signup sheets at the message center. One is a list of all the Sunday School students. Please put down your children's shirt sizes if they will be able to attend, and cross off their names if they won't. The second signup sheet is for visitors. Please sign up by Sunday, April 14th. Contact Bro. Troy or Sis. Carrie Blunier with any questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Save the date: LifePoints Gospel Sing Sunday, April 28, 2024 Free babysitting services for potty-trained children. Join us on Sunday April 28th, 2024, as we make a joyful noise together at the Five Points auditorium in Washington, IL for the annual LifePoints Gospel Sing. We are excited to announce that The Anderson Family will be performing their Bluegrass Gospel music this year! Doors will open at 5:45 PM for open seating, and the program will begin at 6:00 PM. Tickets are not required this year! The Anderson Family features the voices and instruments of Bro. Zach and Sis. Karla Anderson (Congerville, IL) along with their five children – Caiden (17), Laiken (16), Ellie (14), Colton (11) and Alayna (8). You may remember that The Anderson Family graciously recorded an entire concert in their living room on behalf of LifePoints for our 2020 Virtual Gospel Sing when all in-person events were canceled. We are extremely pleased to have them perform live and in-person this year! In addition to The Anderson Family’s performance, a worship team organized by Bro. Caleb and Sis. Courtney Sauder (Champaign, IL) will be leading us all in collective hymn singing. We are excited to hear the auditorium filled with our voices praising the Lord together! We are also looking forward to hearing from a special LifePoints family member about the impact Apostolic Christian LifePoints has had on their family’s life. There will be a free will offering collected, and those funds help us to provide Christian homes for adults with developmental disabilities. Local Young Group members will be providing free babysitting services for potty-trained children. As in years past, we will be livestreaming the Gospel Sing for those who are unable to attend in person. We would love to share in this evening with each of you! Contact Bro. Royce Schieler with any questions. PRAYER REQUEST: Please be prayerful for Bro. Alan Roth. He is at Barnes Jewish hospital in St. Louis for heart valve surgery. The Roth family would appreciate your prayers at this time. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Believing that God has brought them together by faith, we would like to announce the engagement of Bro. Jacob Wiegand to Sis. Liberty Schulz of Eureka. Bro. Jacob is the son of Bro. Mike & Sis. Jenise. Sis. Liberty is originally from Burlington, IA and is the daughter of Sis. Jeanette Schulz of Burlington. We are very thankful for them and trust that God will bless their future together. 

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Our collection for the month of April is for the Charity Fund. This is to provide funds available for distribution by the Charity Committee and administrator. Funds are provided to assist individuals who may have experienced hardships, health issues or unexpected financial obligations. CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Large Garbage Bags and Kitchen Garbage Bags for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Harvest Call sewing will be held this Tuesday from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Fellowship Hall. This Wednesday evening we plan to have Bro. Matt Kaufman and Sis. Kathy Knochel from ACCFS with us to talk about “Healthy Identity as a Believer”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 and everyone is welcome. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Thanks to everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to help with our church housecleaning. Your hard work was greatly appreciated! There is a “lost and found” table and coat rack in the ladies’ coat room. Please check it out. Anything left at the end of the month will be taken to Goodwill. Vacation Bible School preparation is underway! VBS will be held July 8th-12th and our theme this year is “Take the Plunge, Dive into Jesus!” where students will dive deep into stories about Jesus being our ultimate lifesaver. Volunteer sign up will follow at a later date and we ask that you be prayerful about the opportunities to serve and to minister to the children of our church and community! It's time to order the T-shirts for our Vacation Bible School students. There are 2 signup sheets at the message center. One is a list of all the Sunday School students. Please put down your children's shirt sizes if they will be able to attend, and cross off their names if they won't. The second signup sheet is for visitors. Please sign up by Sunday, April 14th. Contact Bro. Troy or Sis. Carrie Blunier with any questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Save the date: LifePoints Gospel Sing Sunday, April 28, 2024 Free babysitting services for potty-trained children. Join us on Sunday April 28th, 2024, as we make a joyful noise together at the Five Points auditorium in Washington, IL for the annual LifePoints Gospel Sing. We are excited to announce that The Anderson Family will be performing their Bluegrass Gospel music this year! Doors will open at 5:45 PM for open seating, and the program will begin at 6:00 PM. Tickets are not required this year! The Anderson Family features the voices and instruments of Bro. Zach and Sis. Karla Anderson (Congerville, IL) along with their five children – Caiden (17), Laiken (16), Ellie (14), Colton (11) and Alayna (8). You may remember that The Anderson Family graciously recorded an entire concert in their living room on behalf of LifePoints for our 2020 Virtual Gospel Sing when all in-person events were canceled. We are extremely pleased to have them perform live and in-person this year! In addition to The Anderson Family’s performance, a worship team organized by Bro. Caleb and Sis. Courtney Sauder (Champaign, IL) will be leading us all in collective hymn singing. We are excited to hear the auditorium filled with our voices praising the Lord together! We are also looking forward to hearing from a special LifePoints family member about the impact Apostolic Christian LifePoints has had on their family’s life. There will be a free will offering collected, and those funds help us to provide Christian homes for adults with developmental disabilities. Local Young Group members will be providing free babysitting services for potty-trained children. As in years past, we will be livestreaming the Gospel Sing for those who are unable to attend in person. We would love to share in this evening with each of you! Contact Bro. Royce Schieler with any questions. REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT:  Cadence Helton is a young lady who has been worshiping with us the past month and has felt the call of God in her life to turn to Jesus Christ in faith and repentance. Please pray for and encourage Cadence, we are thankful God is calling souls to Him!

MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Fund CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Large Garbage Bags and Kitchen Garbage Bags for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Our annual business meeting will be this Wednesday, April 3rd at 7:00 P.M. We plan on starting the meeting with our church stewards discussing the different areas and opportunities that are happening in our Goodfield church. We will be asking for a confirmation vote on the Sunday School teacher, assistant superintendent and new trustee positions at the meeting as well. Everyone is welcome to attend. We are looking forward to a deer fry for all our Goodfield men and boys this Friday, April 5th at 6:00 at Bro. Jared Schieber’s shed. All church cleaning will be this Saturday, April 6th. We plan to clean the inside of the church as well as do the outside grounds clean up. This will begin at 7:30 a.m. and we hope to be done by noon. We appreciate all who are willing to help! Cleaning supplies will be provided but please bring sweepers and step ladders if possible. Instructions will be posted at the church. You can sign up for an area in which you would be willing to serve using the link in the announcements email. Please click-here to review the available slots and sign up to help. If you can't make it on Saturday, but would like to help clean, please contact Sis. Stacie Bauman or Sis. Trish Gerber. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Adult Friends Bible Studies will be held each Sunday morning in April at 10:00 a.m. in the Gathering Room. Bro. Kent Wiegand plans to lead these studies. Please be prayerful for Bro. Kent and all those who attend. Sincere thanks to everyone who attended, shared their gifts at our Sunrise service and helped with breakfast. Special thanks to the Brad and Karen Wiegand family for their tremendous efforts in organizing and putting together our breakfast. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We are excited to invite the Jr. High and Sr. High students of your church to our AC church camps being held in June! In the link at the bottom of this email is information/dates for each camp. We are incredibly thankful to God for faithfully blessing these camps each year, and we request your prayers for the camps this year, for those that will serve and those that will attend! If you have questions or would like to know more details, don’t hesitate to contact us. Thank you so much for your efforts! In Christ, Kara Moser (on behalf of the summer camps) 765-491-7641 Registration for all the camps is now open and the process has changed since the last email was sent out! All the camps are now under the umbrella of Harvest Call and the registration has moved to the Harvest Call Service Reef website. The process is very different than before so it is important to pay close attention to these instructions. All campers, counselors, and staff can sign up for any of the 4 camps at the website linked here. https://harvestcall.servicereef.com/events If you already signed up as a counselor/staff on the Google Doc link sent out previously you will have to re-sign up at the new link above!! The old link is no longer active!  Make sure you select the correct camp and the correct camper vs counselor sign up! The new registration process is a little bit confusing but we are in the process of working out the kinks. Parents will need to make an account for themselves and then may proceed to sign up each child for the appropriate camp. *Pay close attention to where your name goes and where your child’s name goes.*

MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Fund CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Toilet Paper for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Next Sunday is our last Sunday to have services at the Eureka AC Home for the month. The service begins at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. Young Group Bible studies will be this Tuesday evening at 7:00. Girls will meet at Sis. Rachel Robert‘s house and guys will meet at Bro. Drake Rocke’s house. This Friday at 7:00 p.m. will be our Good Friday church service followed by Communion. This will cancel our Wednesday evening church service this week. Babysitting will be available during communion for children 2 years old and older. There are two sign-up sheets at the message center. One for babysitters and one for children that need babysat. Babysitters must be at least 13 years old. Please contact Sis. Marissa Edelman with any questions. Sunrise Service is next Sunday. Please click-here to sign up to help with breakfast. Please. Contact Sis. Karen Wiegand or Scott Wiegand with any questions. Easter Sunday (3/31) Schedule: · 7:30 a.m. Sunrise Service (will be held in the church sanctuary this year) · Breakfast · 9:45 a.m. Regular morning church service (with Sunday School) · No lunch or afternoon service LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We are looking forward to a deer fry for all our Goodfield men and boys on Friday, April 5th at 6:00 at Bro. Jared Schieber’s shed. Address is: 244 Macallen Lake Rd, Carlock, IL 61725 All church cleaning will be Saturday, April 6th. We plan to clean the inside of the church as well as do the outside grounds clean up. This will begin at 7:30 a.m. and we hope to be done by noon. More details will follow. The Fellowship Hall will be cleaned on Friday evening, April 26th. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Time to register for ALive 24 As we are drawing near to the registration deadline (May 10), we in Athens, Alabama would like to remind you to register for ALive 2024 (May 24th – May 27th). This weekend brings encouragement for our small church and provides opportunity for those attending to rest, revive and relate through studying the Word, cross-generational fellowship, and singing. Bro. Jeff Waibel (Leo, IN), Bro. Mark Klaus (Athens, AL) and Bro. Jeremy Leman (Forrest, IL) plan to delve into the word and speak on “Stages of Faith”. These speaker sessions will be centered on belief, commitment, and action in our faith walk as believers in Jesus Christ. To register, visit www.ALiveAlabama.com and follow the registration link. For those of you interested in attending, but uncertain to fully commit your Memorial Day Weekend this early, we ask you to please register. If you decide at a later time to cancel, you can contact the ALive board directly at info@alivealabama.com to cancel your reservation. This will provide us the information we need to begin planning meals and lodging accommodations. For more information, access the @ALiveAlabama Facebook/Instagram page or contact us directly via e-mail at info@alivealabama.com . We, in Athens, Alabama and on the ALive committee, ask you all to pray for a Spirit filled and uplifting weekend that glorifies God, and look forward to seeing y’all at Alive 2024. _____________________________________________________________________ “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6. PRAYER REQUEST:  Please pray for Bro. Roy Wyss. He has been struggling with a blood clot and infection and can use our prayers for healing.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Fund CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Toilet Paper for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday night, there will be ACTIVE for 8th grade and younger and the Bible Class will have Easter program practice. All will begin at 7:00. The Pre-K through 4th grade ACTIVE classes are planning to sing for the congregation after our Wednesday night church service. This will be the last ACTIVE for the season. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in March. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. The Sunday school Easter program will be next Sunday, March 24th during our afternoon service. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Communion will be held on March 29th after our Good Friday church service. Babysitting will again be available during communion for children 2 years old and older. There are two sign-up sheets at the message center. One for babysitters and one for children that need babysat. Babysitters must be at least 13 years old. Please contact Sis. Marissa Edelman with any questions. Sunrise Service is right around the corner. Please click-here to sign up to help with breakfast. Please. Contact Sis. Karen Wiegand or Scott Wiegand with any questions.  Easter Sunday (3/31) Schedule: · 7:30 a.m. Sunrise Service · Breakfast · 9:45 a.m. Regular morning church service (with Sunday School) · No lunch or afternoon service

MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Fund CALENDARS: Church calendar, yearly calendar, young group calendar, national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Toilet Paper for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Harvest Call sewing will be held this Tuesday from 9:00 to 11:00 at the Fellowship Hall. This Wednesday evening we plan to have Bro. Arlan & Sis. Katie Miller from ACCFS here to talk about “Holistic Health as a Believer”. This will be held at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. We are looking forward to testimonies and baptisms next weekend for Levi and Karly Zimmerman. Testimonies will start at 6:30. It is Group 2's turn to help and bring food for the baptism snack. Please sign up here if you can help. Our next Family Hymn Sing will be on Sunday, March 17th at 6:30. It is going to be a Pie Night! If you are planning to come, please sign up at the Message Center or using this link. If you would like to bring a pie, please sign up here. Contact Sis. Emily Sauder with questions. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: It is time to update our church directory. If you have any changes, please get them to Bro. Randy & Sis. Roxy Blunier or Bro. Barry & Sis. Joyce Kloter. Communion will be held on March 29th after our Good Friday church service. Babysitting will again be available during communion for children 2 years old and older. There are two sign-up sheets at the message center. One for babysitters and one for children that need babysat. Babysitters must be at least 13 years old. Please contact Sis. Marissa Edelman with any questions. Sunrise Service is right around the corner. Please click-here to sign up to help with breakfast. Please. Contact Karen or Scott Wiegand with any questions. Please remember that we have gas cards available for people in need. Please contact Sis. Dawn Maloney by text (309-472-6067) or email (maloney.dawn@gmail.com) if you would like one sent to someone. It does not require information on the situation. Perhaps it’s someone who just needs to know they are being thought of. Please send name and address. We also ask that you pray for the recipients that God will impact their lives. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in March. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. PRAYER REQUEST:  Many of you are aware John Rokey passed away Friday. Many may not be aware that John came to the Lord in faith and repentance recently and expressed a desire to be baptized. Brothers Jeff Grimm and Ed Fritz were able to baptize John this past week with some of his immediate family present. The visitation for Bro. John is this Wednesday from 4-7pm at Knapp-Johnson in Morton. His funeral will also be at Knapp-Johnson Thursday at 10am. We rejoice in Bro. John’s victory, but please continue to pray for his wife Linda and all of the Rokey family during this time.. John is the brother of Sis. Vermeda Freidinger and our late Bro. Kenny Rokey.