2025 September 14 Announcements
MONTHLY COLLECTION: Hospital Lumiere (HarvestCall)
CALENDARS: Church calendar, yearly calendar, young group calendar, national church calendar
SERMONS: Audio/Video
SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Shampoo (regular sized bottles) for the Heart House
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
Our church Invite a Friend is scheduled for next Sunday, September 21. Everyone is welcome, even if you don't invite any guests! There will be a 4:30 supper at the Fellowship Hall followed by a singing. We encourage all who can, to invite and come, as this is a great opportunity to connect with our church. Please RSVP on the sheet at the message center. A sign up to bring food is also at the message center. Please contact Bro. Dan & Sis. Susan Meister; Bro. Toby & Sis. Julia Plattner or Sis. Sara Glueck with any questions.
LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Technology Talk last Saturday evening was recorded and is available for anyone to listen to on AC Central under Goodfield church. Here is a link to the presentation Bro. Jon Moser shared.
The ACTIVE program is looking for an additional 2-3 individuals to help with the 3-year-old through 4th grade classes. ACTIVE runs twice a month starting October 1st-March 18th. Please contact Bro. Curt or Sis. Larisa Wettstein with any questions and if you are interested in helping.
All church shower for the following couples: Maribeth (Wiegand) and Isaiah Streitmatter, Sydney (Swords) and Ho Jun Kim, Anna Wiegand and Drendon Stickling and Brenda Rosa and Jason Folkerts.
Sunday, September 28th immediately following church at the Fellowship Hall. Please bring $5 to $10 and a paper product for each couple. Everyone including spouses and kids are welcome to attend. A simple snack will be served. Questions…see Sis. Shannon Roth or Sis. Laura Wiegand.
We are planning testimonies and baptisms for October 4th and 5th so please mark your calendars. We will be starting the testimonies later that evening due to the Eureka Home Family Fest benefit that evening.
The Annual Eureka Home
Family Fest
will take place Saturday,
October 4th at the Goodfield Fellowship Hall from
4-8pm. Please check the Home website (
EACH Family Fest Auction Wishlist ) for more information on the food booths, children’s activities and auctions. Traditional auction item donations will
NOT
be needed this year since the online auction will be focused on services, meals, and activities. Please see list below for suggestions and feel free to add your own great ideas!
Your Detailed Information for donations may be sent to the Home or auction committee email at
eachauction@gmail.com by
September 27th. Items for the Bake Sale will also be needed. We are also asking for volunteers to help with the event.
Sign-up here if you can bring baked goods or help out that evening.
This is an opportunity to share and enjoy the gifts God has given to each of us. Please see Sisters Jill Wagner, Jenise Wiegand, Melissa Rokey, or Sara Glueck if you need any questions answered.
Ideas for auction:
Ladies brunch/lunch
Babysitting
Landscape cleanup/flower planting
Interior painting
Steak dinner
Travel getaway
Housecleaning
Handyman
Pool & pizza party
Fishing or boating trip
Dish/dessert for potluck
Fresh produce with delivery
Tubing on the Mackinaw with lunch
Horseback riding
Sewing/mending
Baking for church lunch
Meal with delivery
Kids activity day with lunch
Shopping trip
Share your skills with art/painting/baking lessons
Side by Side Ministries is hosting a Q&A with The Baby Fold on Tues. October 7th from 7-8 PM at the Water Tower in Gridley. We want to raise awareness about foster care needs right here in our community. Learn more on how you can step into supporting the needs of the foster care community! We would love to see you there! More information can be found in the link at the bottom of this email. If you have any questions, please reach out to Hope Stoller or Kathy Kupferschmid at sidebyside1712@gmail.com
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to come to a singing and activity night at the Eureka AC home upstairs activity room on Thursday, October 16 at 6:30 PM.
It has been several years since our church family has been actively involved with the Eureka AC home residents, and we would like to rekindle that and continue to support our church family who reside there. The stewardship committee talked with the residents, and they said they desired a mixture of singing, and conversing or playing games with our church family. We’ve decided to have a 15-to-20-minute time of singing around the piano together. And then the rest of the time would be for conversing or playing games together. We will have tables with games set up.
We plan to have these evenings 4 times per year on a Thursday evening. We look forward to spending time with our loved ones at the Eureka AC Home. Please contact Bro. Derek or Sis. Joy Roth with any questions.
Open House for “The Commons” at Gateway Woods is Saturday, October 25, with dedication at 10AM EDT.
NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The third annual Grafted Gathering — an adoption and foster families support day — will be held this Saturday, September 20 at the Forrest Apostolic Christian Church. Come be encouraged, learn, and share with others walking the same journey. Registration is now open! Find more details and register here.
Rochester Guesthouse Caretaker Need
This announcement pertains to the Guesthouse that was established in 2012 for use by those who are receiving medical care in Rochester, Minnesota. The operation of the guesthouse depends on a resident caretaker of the home who doubles as the host to guests staying about 1/3 of the evenings. Over the years, many have helped fill this role on a temporary or longer-term basis. We sincerely thank Brother Jim and Sister Marcy Knobloch for filling this need the past year amid renovating the home to add a lift to the lower level. As of November 1st, 2025, there is an opportunity for others to serve in the Guesthouse caretaker capacity. The Board of Directors of the Guesthouse is requesting anyone with a heart for and an interest in this work to make it known. The Board desires for someone to take up residence in the Guesthouse and operate it as the caretaker and host, ideally for an extended period. Anyone who feels led to pursue this opportunity should make it known to their local Elder or lead minister. If there are specific questions regarding this position, they may be directed to any of the Board members listed below. We ask for your prayers as the Guesthouse goes through this time of transition.
The Rochester Christian Guesthouse Board of Directors
Bro. David Messner Winthrop (Chair) Bro. Marti Knobloch Lester (Secretary)
Bro. Kent Mogler, Minneapolis (Treasurer) Bro. Neil Schmidgall, Morris (Board member)
Bro. Kent Banwart, West Bend (Vice-Chair)
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT:
We rejoice with Bro. Jon & Sis. Abby Hohulin as they were blessed with a baby girl, Aubrey Mae born on September 10th.