MONTHLY COLLECTION: Local Area Relief Projects Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video THIS WEEKS EVENTS: This Wednesday evening ACCFS will be with us to talk about the “Discipline of Joy and Celebration as a community”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00. There will also be floats, a snack and extra fellowship after church on Wednesday night and everyone is welcome. Please pray for our church camps over the next few weeks. A lot of testimonies will be shared and young unconverted hearts will be touched. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in June. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. We plan to have a meeting this Sunday afternoon, June 15th where church members will vote on approving Articles of Incorporation, updated Constitution and Bylaws for our church. Any members that are unable to be present at that meeting will have an opportunity to vote electronically or via paper ballot the week following the 15th. We need participation in this vote from all members possible. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Men's campout will be on June 20th and 21st. All men and boys are invited. Please sign-up here (or at the message center) if you will be able to attend. Details of times and what to bring can be found at the message center. Proclaim and Serve is coming up on July 11th and 12th. Please sign-up here if you are willing to help. Also, please sign up on the Proclaim and Serve website even if you are helping and not attending any of the sessions. We need exact numbers for food. See Bro. Kevin or Sis. Lindsay Wiegand with questions. Vacation Bible School will be July 14-18. 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Class rosters are posted at the message center at church. If your child is going to be gone that week and unable to attend, please cross off their name. 3yr olds through 8th grade are welcome in Vacation Bible School each night Monday through Friday. Services will be held in the sanctuary for the Bible Class and the rest of the church on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. We are in need of the following volunteers. Teachers: Bible lesson/Object lesson if you sign up for this you will teach one night only staying in the same room, teaching the same lesson to several classes as they rotate in 15-20 min increments. Craft helper/Class leader: if you sign up for this position this is for all week. You follow the class to all the stations and help students with the craft. Please sign-up here if you would be willing to help. We are really looking forward to VBS this year and appreciate each and every one of you. Thanks in advance for being willing to serve. Bro. Dan and Sis. Kayla Wiegand NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The HarvestCall Child Sponsorship board is seeking a new volunteer to manage child sponsorship office operations in Morton. Sis. Cathy Koch has volunteered for many years and wishes to transition out of this role. For more information about this 20 hr/week ministry volunteer position, please visit harvestcall.bamboohr.com/careers . The annual Gateway Woods Benefit Auction will be held on Saturday, Aug 2 with the Online Auction beginning on Wednesday, July 30th. Items to be auctioned are needed! Anyone that has items to donate should contact Bro. Greg or Sis. Jill Wagner. Deadline to donate items is July 15. Deadline to donate VACATIONS is June 25. THANK YOU: Our Bro. Andy Bauman is retiring from song leading. We want to thank him for serving our church as a song leader for 34 years. We are grateful to him and Sis. Rita for their efforts and pray God will bless them. PRAYER REQUEST UPDATE: An update on Bro. Sam Moser’s health issues: The Amyloid in my lung has not grown in the 3 months of testing completed. The plan going forward is to have annual CT scans to watch for growth of the Amyloid, if no growth or no issues I will be able to live with it indefinitely. Should it start to grow, or I begin to have effects from the Amyloid, they will radiate the Amyloid, which they say that they have a high success rate with. The mass in my pancreas turns out to be scar tissue, which has partially healed, the plan going forward is to do an MRI in August to verify continued healing, or lack thereof. My prayer is they can find why the pancreatic attacks continue. BAPTISM ANNOUNCEMENT: We rejoice that Fiona and Donovan Rocke are at peace with God and desire baptism. They are the daughter and son of Bro. Adam & Sis. Maribeth Rocke. We plan to hear their testimonies and baptize them June 21st and 22nd. Please feel free to reach out to them with any questions or encouragement between now and then and continue to pray for Fiona & Donovan. 

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Our collection for the month of June is for Local Area Relief Projects. This provides funds and manpower in support of needy families or individuals. Example projects include home repairs and improvements and support of local charity organizations (Heart House, Food Pantry, ADDWC, My Sister’s House). Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video THIS WEEKS EVENTS: It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in June. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Men's campout will be on June 20th and 21st. All men and boys are invited. Please sign-up here (or at the message center) if you will be able to attend. Details of times and what to bring can be found at the message center. Proclaim and Serve is coming up on July 11th and 12th. Please sign-up here if you are willing to help. Also, please sign up on the Proclaim and Serve website even if you are helping and not attending any of the sessions. We need exact numbers for food. See Bro. Kevin or Sis. Lindsay Wiegand with questions. Vacation Bible School will be July 14-18. 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Please fill out this form to order a t-shirt for your student (3 year old - senior) who will be joining in this year. Please note the order deadline of this Friday, June 6th . Contact Sis. Melissa Rokey at melissarokey@gmail.com with any questions. Class rosters are posted at the message center at church. If your child is going to be gone that week and unable to attend, please cross off their name. 3yr olds through 8th grade are welcome in Vacation Bible School each night Monday through Friday. Services will be held in the sanctuary for the Bible Class and the rest of the church on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. Visitors are welcome to attend. If you know of someone who plans attend VBS this year that does not regularly attend Goodfield Sunday school please sign them up here and list their grade and t-shirt size. We are in need of the following volunteers. Teachers: Bible lesson/Object lesson if you sign up for this you will teach one night only staying in the same room, teaching the same lesson to several classes as they rotate in 15-20 min increments. Craft helper/Class leader: if you sign up for this position this is for all week. You follow the class to all the stations and help students with the craft. Please sign-up here if you would be willing to help. We are really looking forward to VBS this year and appreciate each and every one of you. Thanks in advance for being willing to serve. Bro. Dan and Sis. Kayla Wiegand NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Silver Lining’s next reader-submitted article is set for September 2025. The topic is: Life-Changing Message: Share how a specific Bible passage has guided, comforted, or transformed your life (Romans 12:2) . Please submit your contribution (length = 600 words or less) on this topic to features@acsilverlining.org by July 18, 2025. Anyone may also email that same address for writing support or clarification. Our church General Conference is August 9th in Tremont. There are several changes from the previous conferences that really enhance the experience. It’s on a Saturday this year. The format is now a series of talks, smaller breakout talks, and discussion groups. The overall theme is an inspirational look at Jesus building His church using Matthew 16:18 “...upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” It would be great to see a large group from Goodfield attend this year since it’s right down the road.  The Morris and Morris North churches are thankful to host the 2025 Apostolic Christian Men’s Sing on Saturday and Sunday, August 23-24, 2025, at the Morris church, Lord willing. Registration is now open at this link and and men of any age are welcomed to join in praising God in song with us. Further details will be published on https://www.acmensing.org/ , and please contact Brother Jeff Steiner at jwsteiner+acms@gmail.com with any questions. PRAYER REQUEST: Please pray for the Hinrichsen family. Sis. Kathy Feucht from Princeville passed away unexpectedly. She was a sister to Molly Davis, Charlie Hinrichsen, Joanne Roth and aunt to so many of the Hinrichsen family that worship with us. We will pray for you.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Apostolic Christian Counseling & Family Services Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video THIS WEEKS EVENTS: There will be a blood drive at the Fellowship Hall today, Tuesday, May 27th from 1-6pm. Please sign up online or call Sis. Rosemary Wiegand to make an appointment. Thank you! This Wednesday evening, Bro. Tony Manz from our Junction, Ohio congregation will be speaking about one of our core doctrines around Sin and Grace. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 and all are encouraged to attend. We are looking forward to testimonies this Saturday evening, May 31st at 6:30 p.m. and baptisms on Sunday for Josiah and Kristen Rokey, Reilly Wiegand, and Kenton Glueck. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in June. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. Our all-church potluck will be next Sunday, June 1st at the Fellowship Hall at 4:30. Fried chicken, drinks, and tableware will be provided. Please bring a dish or two to share. Contact Bro. Nate or Sis. Emily Sauder with any questions. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Proclaim and Serve is coming up on July 11th and 12th. There will be a sign up coming this week for help with set up, tear down, box lunch prep, accommodations, etc. Also, please sign up on the Proclaim and Serve website even if you are helping and not attending any of the sessions. We need exact numbers for food. See Bro. Kevin or Sis. Lindsay Wiegand with questions. Vacation Bible school will be July 14-18. Sign up will be posted late this week. Please sign up if you are willing to help. Class rosters are posted at the message center at church. If your child is going to be gone that week and unable to attend, please cross off their name. 3yr olds through 8th grade are welcome in Vacation Bible School each night Monday through Friday. Any questions. Contact Bro. Dan or Sis. Kayla Wiegand. Our all-church potluck will be Sunday, June 1st at the Fellowship Hall at 4:30. Fried chicken, drinks, and tableware will be provided. Please bring a dish or two to share. Contact Bro. Nate or Sis. Emily Sauder with any questions. Save the date for the Father/Son campout on June 20th and 21st. All men and boys are invited. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Silver Lining’s next reader-submitted article is set for September 2025. The topic is: Life-Changing Message: Share how a specific Bible passage has guided, comforted, or transformed your life (Romans 12:2) . Please submit your contribution (length = 600 words or less) on this topic to features@acsilverlining.org by July 18, 2025. Anyone may also email that same address for writing support or clarification. Our church General Conference is August 9th in Tremont. There are several changes from the previous conferences that really enhance the experience. It’s on a Saturday this year. The format is now a series of talks, smaller breakout talks, and discussion groups. The overall theme is an inspirational look at Jesus building His church using Matthew 16:18 “...upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” It would be great to see a large group from Goodfield attend this year since it’s right down the road. The Morris and Morris North churches are thankful to host the 2025 Apostolic Christian Men’s Sing on Saturday and Sunday, August 23-24, 2025, at the Morris church, Lord willing. Registration is now open at this link and and men of any age are welcomed to join in praising God in song with us. Further details will be published on https://www.acmensing.org/ , and please contact Brother Jeff Steiner at jwsteiner+acms@gmail.com with any questions. THANK YOU NOTE: The Knapp family would like to express their appreciation for all the love and support they received both before and after the passing of Bro. Rick. We have been truly blessed and humbled by the kindness and generosity our church family has shown through it all. It is so comforting to know that so many care so much. God bless! PRAYER REQUEST: Sis. Lynn Wiegand’s mother, Kay Knecht passed away. Please keep Sis. Lynn and her family in your prayers as they navigate through this difficult time. REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: The angels are rejoicing in that Dawson Rocke has surrendered his heart to the Lord in repentance. Dawson is the son of Bro. Adam & Sis. Maribeth Rocke. We are thankful for his surrendered heart and the gift of salvation. 

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Apostolic Christian Counseling & Family Services Donate electronically 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 WEEKS EVENTS: Harvest Call sewing will be this Tuesday, May 20th from 9-11 am at the Fellowship Hall. This coming Sunday, May 25th will be the last day of Sunday school before our summer break. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yesterday was graduation day for many of our seniors. We wish them God's blessings and guidance as they journey on through life. Click-here to view a slideshow of the seniors. Our seniors this year are: Ella Blunier Owen Ellis Ayla Knapp Carrie Fowler Kody Post Kim Schmidgall Mason Stoller Elana Wettstein Kaylie Wettstein Macy Wettstein Alex Wiegand Lance Wiegand Peyton Wiegand May 31/June 1: Testimonies and baptisms for Kristen Rokey, Josiah Rokey, Kenton Glueck & Reilly Wiegand Our all-church potluck will be Sunday, June 1st at the Fellowship Hall at 4:30. Fried chicken, drinks, and tableware will be provided. Please bring a dish or two to share. Contact Bro. Nate or Sis. Emily Sauder with any questions. Save the date for the Father/Son campout on June 20th and 21st. All men and boys are invited. We would like everyone to know that we now have an additional tool for sharing prayer requests! It is an online prayer wall. In the past, the way prayer requests have worked are as follows: If somebody has prayer requests for the church, they would either contact one of the ministers or Sister Roxy, and it would get typed into a tool that would send out an email or a text, depending on the urgency of the request. The prayer request would go out to whoever is subscribed to that in our church. This has worked, and will continue to be an option, but the downside to that system is that when a request comes, it reminds you to pray for that individual, or that circumstance, and then it's kind of “gone”. Maybe you remember later to pray, or maybe you don't. The prayer wall that we've come up with is now active on our church website . If you go to the ministries section of our church website, you'll see a listing, “prayer wall”. When you click on the prayer wall and look at it, it will show you different requests that people have put out for either prayer or praise. These are visible, and you can read through them, you can pray for them, and there is even a spot where you can click “Amen”, and that will give a little boost of encouragement to whoever posted the request. They can go back and see that five people today prayed for their situation, or 10 people, or whatever the number is. It is nice because it gives feedback to them. It also will allow you as a church family to be a little bit more interactive or quickly get a prayer request out there. You can submit a request yourself, by clicking on the “add a prayer “ button. There is also an option to get notified of any new prayer requests. When you are on the prayer wall, you will see a little button that says, “watch” with a little eye on it. If you click that, it'll ask you to put in your email address. Once you put in your email address, it will then send you notifications when a new prayer request has come in. This is great if you are not in the habit of going there daily or weekly, you'll get a notification that somebody else from our church family submitted a prayer request. Please take the time to check this out. We think it will be a great asset to our congregation! Contact Bro. Brian or Sis. Lisa Rieke or Bro. Mike Zimmerman with any questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT:  Lord willing, the “Rooftop Revival” project will begin Sunday evening, May 25th. At this time, they are short on volunteers. They are hoping for some students that are on break or adults with flexible jobs to sign up soon. The projected duration of the project is 5-7 weeks. This project will be patterned after the Winter Rebuilding ministry. Please use this link to inform us of your plans so the local congregations (Bern and Sabetha) can make preparation. Meals and accommodations will be provided, but we need all volunteers individually to respond via Sign-up Genius . Contact Bro. Barry or Sis. Joyce Kloter with questions. Also, please be prayerful for Bro. Barry & Sis. Joyce as they plan to travel to Kansas this week and stay for the duration of the project as the volunteer coordinators.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Apostolic Christian Counseling & Family Services Donate electronically 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 WEEKS EVENTS: Our dear Brother Rick Knapp passed away last week. His visitation will be today (Monday) from 2-4 and 6-8 at the Goodfield Fellowship Hall and from 10-10:45 on Tuesday morning at the church. The funeral will be at 11:00 Tuesday morning due to the Walder graveside service the same day. Please continue to pray for Sis. Kathy and the entire family. This Wednesday evening ACCFS will be with us to talk about “The Discipline of Fellowship/Vulnerable Community”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 and everyone is welcome. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Harvest Call sewing for this month will be on Tuesday, May 20th from 9-11am at the Fellowship Hall due to the funeral this Tuesday. May 31/June 1: Testimonies and baptisms for Kristen Rokey, Josiah Rokey, Kenton Glueck & Reilly Wiegand Our all-church potluck will be Sunday, June 1st at the Fellowship Hall at 4:30. Fried chicken, drinks, and tableware will be provided. Please bring a dish or two to share. Contact Bro. Nate or Sis. Emily Sauder with any questions. Save the date for the Father/Son campout on June 20th and 21st. All men and boys are invited. We would like everyone to know that we now have an additional tool for sharing prayer requests! It is an online prayer wall. In the past, the way prayer requests have worked are as follows: If somebody has prayer requests for the church, they would either contact one of the ministers or Sister Roxy, and it would get typed into a tool that would send out an email or a text, depending on the urgency of the request. The prayer request would go out to whoever is subscribed to that in our church. This has worked, and will continue to be an option, but the downside to that system is that when a request comes, it reminds you to pray for that individual, or that circumstance, and then it's kind of “gone”. Maybe you remember later to pray, or maybe you don't. The prayer wall that we've come up with is now active on our church website . If you go to the ministries section of our church website, you'll see a listing, “prayer wall”. When you click on the prayer wall and look at it, it will show you different requests that people have put out for either prayer or praise. These are visible, and you can read through them, you can pray for them, and there is even a spot where you can click “Amen”, and that will give a little boost of encouragement to whoever posted the request. They can go back and see that five people today prayed for their situation, or 10 people, or whatever the number is. It is nice because it gives feedback to them. It also will allow you as a church family to be a little bit more interactive or quickly get a prayer request out there. You can submit a request yourself, by clicking on the “add a prayer “ button. There is also an option to get notified of any new prayer requests. When you are on the prayer wall, you will see a little button that says, “watch” with a little eye on it. If you click that, it'll ask you to put in your email address. Once you put in your email address, it will then send you notifications when a new prayer request has come in. This is great if you are not in the habit of going there daily or weekly, you'll get a notification that somebody else from our church family submitted a prayer request. Please take the time to check this out. We think it will be a great asset to our congregation! Contact Bro. Brian or Sis. Lisa Rieke or Bro. Mike Zimmerman with any questions. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Believing that God has brought them together by faith, we would like to announce the engagement of Sis. MaryBeth Wiegand to Bro. Isaiah Streitmatter from Bloomington. Sis. MaryBeth is the daughter of Bro. Nathan & Sis. Laura. Bro. Isaiah is the son of Bro. Mark & Sis. Sarah. We are very thankful for them and trust that God will bless their future together. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT: We rejoice with Bro. Matt & Sis. Hannah Grimm as they were blessed with a baby girl, Franci Cait on May 12th. 

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. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Paper towels for the Heart House LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Save the date for the Father/Son campout on June 20th and 21st. All men and boys are invited. (Last week’s email had the incorrect date…this date is the right one.) The Eureka AC Home is presenting “Leaving a Legacy: The Greatest Gift” Seminar Series. The first will be May 15: Mike Mangold “A Story of a Legacy”. May 29th will be Greg Leman “Leaving a Legacy of Relationships”. There will be a light meal served from 5:15 to 5:45 PM Seminar from 6-7 pm The seminar will be held at The Walnut Creek Family Center: 703 W. Cruger, Eureka, IL 61530 The seminar series will continue Fall 2025 BAPTISM ANNOUNCEMENT: Kristen Rokey has been faithfully serving the Lord and our church for many years. She desires baptism and membership in our Goodfield church. We are thankful for her testimony of faith and would like her to share her testimony with the church on May 31st and baptize her June 1st. Please feel free to reach out to Kristen with any questions or encouragement.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Charity Fund Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Large garbage bags & kitchen garbage bags for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday evening, April 30 we plan to finish our small group discussions on the revised Statement of Faith. We will be meeting in the sanctuary at 7pm. All are welcome to attend, there will be ACTIVE teachers at the Gathering Room for any kids under high school age. There will be a Growing Godly Guys Smoke Out at Bro. Jared Schieber’s shed this Friday, May 2nd. All men and boys of any age are welcome. They are asking for 10 people to bring their smokers. Bro. Mark Rocke’s family plans to bring the main course meat. There will also be opportunity to sign-up to bring appetizers. Please RSVP here . Supper will be at 5:00, but you can show up any time after lunch to start grilling. Please see Bro. Arlen Edelman with any questions. Join us next Sunday May 4th, 2025 for the LifePoints Gospel Sing - an evening of worship across congregations and in support of Apostolic Christian LifePoints. Please help us fill the auditorium at Five Points in Washington, IL! Doors will open at 5:30 PM for open seating, and the program will begin at 6:00 PM. LifePoints Gospel Sing will be from 6:00pm - 8:00pm. We would love to see you there. This year's Gospel Sing will feature the musical talents of Claire, Joe, & Rose Dill. Babysitting services will be provided for families bringing young children, and the livestream can be accessed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDDT8juED5k We would love to share in this evening with each of you! There is a flyer in the link at the bottom of this email as well. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Our church has a wonderful opportunity to support foster care families in our local community through Side by Side Ministries. This ministry connects our church and community members with opportunities to provide consistent, loving support to foster families by offering physical, relational, and spiritual resources. Learn how you can get involved by emailing sisters, Hope Stoller and Kathy Kupferschmid at sidebyside1712@gmail.com NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: A major wind and hailstorm has caused the need for a new roof on the Apostolic Christian Retirement Village in Sabetha Kansas. After much prayer and consideration, God has directed us to use volunteer labor to replace the roof on the whole facility. It will require 11 semi loads of shingles and many hours of volunteer labor. Lord willing, the “Rooftop Revival” project will begin Sunday evening, May 25th. The projected duration of the project is 5-7 weeks. This project will be patterned after the Winter Rebuilding ministry. Please use the Sign-up Genius link below to inform us of your plans so the local congregations (Bern and Sabetha) can make preparation. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RRNational Meals and accommodations will be provided, but we need all volunteers individually to respond via Sign-up Genius. Contact Bro. Barry or Sis. Joyce Kloter with questions. SAVE THE DATE: Father/Son Campout: June 13 & 14 BAPTISM ANNOUNCEMENT: We are excited to announce that Josiah Rokey (Sam and Kristen), Kenton Glueck (George and Pauline), and Reilly Wiegand (Kent and Lanae) are at peace with God and desire baptism. We plan to hear their testimonies and baptize them May 31st and June 1st. Please feel free to reach out to them with any questions or encouragement between now and then and continue to pray for them. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT: We rejoice with Bro. Nate & Sis. Tabitha Zobrist as they were blessed with a baby boy, Azariah Henry born on April 11th. 

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Charity Fund Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Large garbage bags & kitchen garbage bags for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: As many of you know, our national Statement of Faith has been updated. This multiple year effort by the Elder Body was completed last year and our desire in Goodfield is to teach about and from this new document. This Wednesday night and possibly next Wednesday night we plan to learn about the Statement of Faith by breaking into smaller discussion groups and looking at the Statements more in depth. We will meet in the church sanctuary both nights at regular time-7pm. Children are welcome to come and we will have the option of some of the ACTIVE teachers watching children at the Fellowship Hall. Please sign-up here if you plan to bring your kids to the Fellowship Hall. We look forward to spending time together looking into this important document and God’s Word. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: There are numerous lost and found items in the women’s coat room. Please check it. Whatever is left at the end of April will be taken to Goodwill. Thank you! 2025 church directories are available at the message center. Feel free to take as many as you want. Also, the kitchen committe food groups have been updated and can be found in the back of the church directories as well as hanging at the message center. If you were already in a group, your group number has not changed. If there are any questions, please contact Sis. Roxy Blunier. There will be a Growing Godly Guys Smoke Out at Bro. Jared Schieber’s shed on Friday, May 2nd. All men and boys 5th grade and over are invited. They are asking for 10 people to bring their smokers. Bro. Mark Rocke’s family plans to bring the main course meat. There will also be opportunity to sign-up to bring appetizers. Please RSVP here . Supper will be at 5:00, but you can show up any time after lunch to start grilling. Please see Bro. Arlen Edelman with any questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: A major wind and hailstorm has caused the need for a new roof on the Apostolic Christian Retirement Village in Sabetha Kansas. After much prayer and consideration, God has directed us to use volunteer labor to replace the roof on the whole facility. It will require 11 semi loads of shingles and many hours of volunteer labor. Lord willing, the “Rooftop Revival” project will begin Sunday evening, May 25th. The projected duration of the project is 5-7 weeks. This project will be patterned after the Winter Rebuilding ministry. Please use the Sign-up Genius link below to inform us of your plans so the local congregations (Bern and Sabetha) can make preparation. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RRNational Meals and accommodations will be provided, but we need all volunteers individually to respond via Sign-up Genius. Contact Bro. Barry or Sis. Joyce Kloter with questions. PRAYER REQUEST UPDATE: A note from Bro. Sam Moser: thank you to our church for their prayers on my behalf! We are blessed to have appointments with the GI and the hematology teams this coming week at Mayo. The biopsy for the pancreas is planned the first week of May, another praise! Please continue to pray for wisdom and clarity for all of the Dr's and especially the hematology team in determining all things surrounding the Amyloid, it is a big concern as Amyloid's untreated, can shut organs down and may pop up indiscriminately. REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: The angels are rejoicing in that Isabella and Brodie Wettstein have surrendered their hearts to the Lord in repentance. They are the daughter & son of Bro. Curt & Sis. Larisa Wettstein. We are thankful for their surrendered hearts and the gift of salvation. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT:  We rejoice with Bro. Will & Sis. Jamie Rokey as they were blessed with a baby boy, Griffin James born on April 15th.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Charity Fund Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Large garbage bags & kitchen garbage bags for the Heart House THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: We will not have Wednesday evening services this week. We will have our Good Friday service this Friday at 7:00 followed by Communion. We are looking forward to Bro. Lucas and Sis. Crystal Frank from Detroit, MI being with us. There will be babysitting provided during communion. There is a sign-up sheet at the message center for people that can help babysit (at least middle school age) as well as children that need to be cared for. Call Sis. Angie Schieber at (309) 208-9818 with any questions. Next Sunday we will have a sunrise service at 7:30 a.m. in the church followed by a breakfast for everyone. Then we will have a morning church service at 10:00 a.m. We will have Sunday School. We will not have lunch or an afternoon service on Easter Sunday. Help is needed to prep and serve the Sunrise Service breakfast. Please use this link to sign up and contact Sis. Karen or Scott Wiegand with questions. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: There are numerous lost and found items in the women’s coat room. Please check it. Whatever is left at the end of April will be taken to Goodwill. Thank you! The new dinner serving list is revised and hanging in the church kitchen. It can also be found on our church website . There are paper copies at the message center if you want a hard copy. Please reach out to Sis. Megan Rokey if you need more copies or have any questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: A major wind and hailstorm has caused the need for a new roof on the Apostolic Christian Retirement Village in Sabetha Kansas. After much prayer and consideration, God has directed us to use volunteer labor to replace the roof on the whole facility. It will require 11 semi loads of shingles and many hours of volunteer labor. Lord willing, the “Rooftop Revival” project will begin Sunday evening, May 25th. The projected duration of the project is 5-7 weeks. This project will be patterned after the Winter Rebuilding ministry. Please use the Sign-up Genius link below to inform us of your plans so the local congregations (Bern and Sabetha) can make preparation. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RRNational Meals and accommodations will be provided, but we need all volunteers individually to respond via Sign-up Genius. Contact Bro. Barry or Sis. Joyce Kloter with questions. THANK YOU NOTE:  From Sis. Kenda Taufer: Dear Church, Thank you for your prayers, meals, texts, cards, and visits during my health issues and chemo treatments. They mean so much and have helped us so much. We love and appreciate you! A recent scan showed the cancer is in remission but that I have Sarcoidosis in my lungs. No treatment is being done at this time. I will have another scan in June. Love, Kenda, Ted, and family.