MONTHLY COLLECTION: Apostolic Christian Counseling & Family Services Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Darrell Stoller (6/7) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: There will be a Blood Drive at the Goodfield Fellowship Hall this Tuesday, May 26th from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. You can sign up online or contact Sis. Rosemary Wiegand. Walk-ins are welcome! Bro. Curt & Sis. Larisa Wettstein are planning to share their testimony at 7:00 p.m. this Wednesday evening at the Fellowship Hall. Everyone is invited to attend. The Annual men and boys campout is coming up this Friday & Saturday. Details for this event can be found in the link at the bottom of the announcements email. Please sign up here or at the message center if you plan to attend. Contact Brothers Austin McClure or Tyler Getz with any questions. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in May. 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 Sunday, May 31 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. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Instruments of Worship Weekend September 26-27, 2026 | Akron, Canaan, Rittman, Smithville, Ohio This event is for musicians that share a connection to the Apostolic Christian denomination for the purpose of worship, practice, fellowship and making musical connections. If you play an orchestra or band instrument, have experience playing in a group and desire to make music together, please sign up to participate. Click-here to learn more about this event and register to attend. Tentative Regional Practice Dates (details to follow): Saturday, June 27, 2026- Central Illinois Saturday, July 11, 2026- Northeast Ohio Contact: John Calame III jcalame3@gmail.com | 330-317-8150 LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: LifePoints has volunteer opportunities you can sign up for! Check out this link for their dates and sign-ups, and please forward this email to those you know who may be interested!! PRAYER REQUEST UPDATE: Update from Bro. Sam Moser: Thank you to all that continue to pray for me and my amyloid, "Jimmy". It has had minimal growth in the past 6 months which is not unusual and there are no concerns! Next checkup is in 1 year. We are rejoicing! DATES TO REMEMBER: July 18 & 19: Testimonies and baptisms for Isabella and Brodie Wettstein CHURCH DIRECTORY UPDATE:  HINRICHSEN , Max & Grace (Zimmerman) 204 N. Pine St. Lexington, IL 61753

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 SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Josh Knapp (5/31) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in May. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. Saturday, May 23: G3 Sauder Lake event LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Please pray for our graduating seniors. The Annual men and boys campout is coming up on May 29th and 30th. Details for this event can be found in the link at the bottom of the announcements email. Please sign up here or at the message center if you plan to attend. Contact Brothers Austin McClure or Tyler Getz with any questions. Our all-church potluck will be Sunday, May 31 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 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: LifePoints has volunteer opportunities you can sign up for! Check out this link for their dates and sign-ups, and please forward this email to those you know who may be interested!! BAPTISM ANNOUNCEMENT: We are thankful to announce that Isabella and Brodie Wettstein are at peace with God and desire baptism. We are looking forward to hearing their testimony and baptizing them on July 18 and 19. Please feel free to reach out to them with questions or encouragement.

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 SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Ross Hohulin & Jon Hohulin (5/24) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: HarvestCall sewing will be held this Tuesday from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Fellowship Hall. Bro. Dick and Sis. Carla Hohulin plan to give their testimony this Wednesday evening at 7 PM at the Fellowship Hall. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in May. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Annual men and boys campout is coming up on May 29th and 30th. Details for this event can be found in the link at the bottom of the announcements email. Please sign up here or at the message center if you plan to attend. Contact Brothers Austin McClure or Tyler Getz with any questions. The HarvestCall Child Sponsorship Office in Morton is looking for 2 volunteers to take over certain office responsibilities for our child sponsorship program in Haiti. This would require approximately 4 hours of in office work per week, and basic computer skills. Volunteers would be responsible for managing updates on student information and notifying sponsors of all changes. This is an excellent way to be involved in the work that HarvestCall Child Sponsorship is doing with students in Haiti. Those interested should reach out to Cathy Koch (Office Manager) at (309) 267-3905 or email the Office at childsponsorship@harvestcall.org . NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Greetings to the Upper Midwest and Illinois churches! The Rochester Christian Guest House continues to support those coming to Rochester for medical care and their families. At the end of our recent annual meeting, it seemed timely to update the churches on some changes and current needs. The three separate guestrooms w/ private baths and a shared common/kitchen area are all on the lower level. This past year, a lift was installed to provide easier access from the main floor, which has blessed many. High usage continues to come from our churches and associated friends/neighbors. Those staying include those receiving care as well as their friends and family. Please continue encouraging brethren and friends to visit the Guesthouse Webpage for more information and reservations in their time of need. Unsolicited donations from those staying or from their churches cover operating expenses. This coming year, we seek to raise around $30,000 to replace the deck and some sections of the sidewalk. Contributions can be made out to the Rochester Guesthouse and mailed directly to our treasurer, Bro. John Berglund (4110 Brunswick Ave N, Crystal, MN 55422). Guests are presently served by short-term caretakers while we pray for a long-term caretaker. To that end, we are seeking to expand our list of potential short-term caretakers who stay for a few days to a few months at a time to interact with the guests and turn over the rooms. The short-term list is contacted when guests are scheduled to be at the guesthouse. We pray that, in time, God will also provide us with a long-term caretaker who can stay for one or more years, serving guests and caring for the home. When we are blessed with a longterm caretaker, we will still need short-term caretakers to cover vacations and other needs as they arise. If there is interest in exploring either role, please reach out to our board chair, David Messner ( dbmessner@gmail.com ). We thank you for your prayers - for the board to be good stewards of entrusted funds, for God to provide caretakers to serve with the compassion of Christ, and for our guests to be encouraged and drawn closer to God during their stay. In Christ, Rochester Christian Guesthouse Board of Directors Brothers David Messner (Chair), Neil Schmidgall, John Berglund, Marti Knoblock, Chuck Wirtz LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: LifePoints has volunteer opportunities you can sign up for! Check out this link for their dates and sign-ups, and please forward this email to those you know who may be interested!! DATES TO REMEMBER: May 23: G3 Sauder Lake event REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: The angels are rejoicing that Brookelyn Sauder has humbly surrendered her heart to the Lord in repentance. Brookelyn is the daughter of Bro. Nate and Sis. Emily. Please pray for Brookelyn as she begins her walk with Jesus. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS: We rejoice with Brock & Nina Wiegand as they were blessed with a baby girl, Wren Lucy, born on April 27th. We also rejoice with Bro. Russell & Sis. Andrea Wiegand as they were blessed with a baby girl, Evelyn Chelsea, born on May 3rd. CHURCH DIRECTORY UPDATES: RIEKE , Seth & Melody (Mehn) 14509 Twin Grove Rd. Bloomington, IL 61705 WETTSTEIN , Jake & Mary (Blunier) 624 Timber Ridge Ct. Eureka, IL 61530

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 SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Jedd Rocke (5/17) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in May. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: National Nursing Home Week this year is May 11-15th. The theme is Americana in celebration of our nation’s 250th birthday. During this week, the Eureka AC Home always has special activities and treats for the residents and staff. They are requesting Apple Pies from their sponsoring churches to serve. They are asking each church to provide 7 apple pies that do not have to be refrigerated. This will be a wonderful treat for our residents and staff! They plan to serve the pies on Thursday May 14th. If pies could be dropped off at the Eureka AC Home West Entrance some time the day before, on Wednesday May 13th, that would be great! Please sign up here if you are willing to bring a pie . Contact Sis. Roxy Blunier with any questions. Thank you! The Annual men and boys campout is coming up on May 29th and 30th. Details for this event can be found in the link at the bottom of the announcements email. Please sign up here or at the message center if you plan to attend. Contact Brothers Austin McClure or Tyler Getz with any questions. Gas cards . Gas prices are going up and people dealing with getting to work and feeding a family are going to feel the pinch of these rising costs. The gift of a gas card can free up funds in their monthly budget. Just contact Sis. Dawn Maloney preferably by text at 309-472-6067. She does not need to know the story or “Why” you think they could use a financial boost. Your judgement or “take” on their situation is all we need. Send name and mailing address please. LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: LifePoints has volunteer opportunities you can sign up for! Check out this link for their dates and sign-ups, and please forward this email to those you know who may be interested!! DATES TO REMEMBER: May 23: G3 Sauder Lake event

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Charity Fund We will also be collecting for the Eureka Area Food Pantry this month. If you'd like to donate financially, please indicate "Food Pantry" in the memo line of your check. If you'd like to donate canned goods, please add them to the basket in the north entryway. 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 SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Young Group (5/10) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in May. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. The April Adult Bible Study at the Fellowship Hall will be extended 1 more week. Bro. Kurt plans to have the final Bible study this coming Sunday, May 3rd. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Please check the lost and found area in the women’s coat room, before the end of this week . (This includes the clothes that are hanging) At the end of the week, everything remaining will either be thrown out or taken to Goodwill. National Nursing Home Week this year is May 11-15th. The theme is Americana in celebration of our nation’s 250th birthday. During this week, the Eureka AC Home always has special activities and treats for the residents and staff. They are requesting Apple Pies from their sponsoring Churches to serve. Nothing says America like apple pie! 😊 They are asking each Church to provide 7 apple pies that do not have to be refrigerated. This will be a wonderful treat for our residents and staff! They plan to serve the pies on Thursday May 14th. If pies could be dropped off at the Eureka AC Home West Entrance some time the day before, on Wednesday May 13th, that would be great! Please sign up here if you are willing to bring a pie . Contact Sis. Roxy Blunier with any questions. Thank you! 2026 church directories are available at the message center. Feel free to take as many as you want. Also, the kitchen committee 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. As students go through high school, it is hard to know what they want to do after graduation. Our church family has so many God given talents, resources, and so much to offer. We put together a "virtual job fair" so our church family can share about their jobs and then we will give the information to the high school students so they can get ideas and know who to reach out to with questions about jobs. The form has contact information so this another chance to build relationships as the high schoolers reach out to people with questions about jobs. The more people that fill out the form, the more jobs the students can learn about so we would appreciate anyone who would fill out the information. It may look long, but you do not need to fill out all the questions. If you feel questions don't apply, or you answered them elsewhere, these are just a guideline. You don't have to answer them all. If you are retired, you can pick a job you had during your career to fill the form out about. If you have any questions, please reach out to Bro. Nate or Sis. Emily Sauder. We appreciate your time and thank you for completing the form by 04/25/2026. Click-here to complete the "Virtual Job Fair" form . Thank you! Gas cards. Gas prices are going up and people dealing with getting to work and feeding a family are going to feel the pinch of these rising costs. The gift of a gas card can free up funds in their monthly budget. Just contact Sis. Dawn Maloney preferably by text at 309-472-6067. She does not need to know the story or “Why” you think they could use a financial boost. Your judgement or “take” on their situation is all we need. Send name and mailing address please. LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: LifePoints has volunteer opportunities you can sign up for! Check out this link for their dates and sign-ups, and please forward this email to those you know who may be interested!! DATES TO REMEMBER: May 23: G3 Sauder Lake event  May 29th and 30th: Annual men and boys campout

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Charity Fund We will also be collecting for the Eureka Area Food Pantry this month. If you'd like to donate financially, please indicate "Food Pantry" in the memo line of your check. If you'd like to donate canned goods, please add them to the basket in the north entryway. 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 SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Dan Wiegand (5/3) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday evening Bro. Brent Kaehr from our Bluffton Country congregation plans to be with us to talk about “Our Father”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. Sunday, April 26th is the LifePoints Gospel Sing from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Five Points in Washington. Babysitting services will be provided for families bringing young children. A livestream video will also be accessible from this webpage the day of the Gospel Sing. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Apostolic Christian Home of Eureka has job openings for a 32 hour per week Payroll and Benefits Specialist and a 40 hour per week Scheduling Specialist. These are day shift weekday positions and present an excellent opportunity to work in a Christian office environment. For more information, please go to the Career page on the Home’s website https://www.each.org/current-openings . As students go through high school, it is hard to know what they want to do after graduation. Our church family has so many God given talents, resources, and so much to offer. We put together a "virtual job fair" so our church family can share about their jobs and then we will give the information to the high school students so they can get ideas and know who to reach out to with questions about jobs. The form has contact information so this another chance to build relationships as the high schoolers reach out to people with questions about jobs. The more people that fill out the form, the more jobs the students can learn about so we would appreciate anyone who would fill out the information. It may look long, but you do not need to fill out all the questions. If you feel questions don't apply, or you answered them elsewhere, these are just a guideline. You don't have to answer them all. If you are retired, you can pick a job you had during your career to fill the form out about. If you have any questions, please reach out to Bro. Nate or Sis. Emily Sauder. We appreciate your time and thank you for completing the form by 04/25/2026. Click-here to complete the "Virtual Job Fair" form . Thank you! A special thank you to all who came to help clean our fellowship hall and church. Your time was greatly appreciated! There is a table with lost and found items in the women's coat room. Anything left will be taken to Goodwill the end of April. Gas cards. Gas prices are going up and people dealing with getting to work and feeding a family are going to feel the pinch of these rising costs. The gift of a gas card can free up funds in their monthly budget. Just contact Sis. Dawn Maloney preferably by text at 309-472-6067. She does not need to know the story or “Why” you think they could use a financial boost. Your judgement or “take” on their situation is all we need. Send name and mailing address please. LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: The Heart House in Eureka is looking for volunteers. More information can be found in the flyer (link at the bottom of this email). LifePoints has volunteer opportunities you can sign up for! Check out this link for their dates and sign-ups, and please forward this email to those you know who may be interested!!  SAVE THE DATE: May 29th and 30th: Annual men and boys campout.

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 SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Kris Swords (4/26) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: HarvestCall sewing will be held this Tuesday from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Fellowship Hall. This Thursday evening there will be a singing and activity night at the Eureka AC Home starting at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. We plan to have testimonies and baptisms this weekend for Peyton Wiegand, Cal Knapp and Tanner Getz. Testimonies will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday evening. Next Sunday, April 19th is the next Family Hymn Sing starting at 6:00 pm at the Fellowship Hall. Please sign-up here if you are willing to bring pie(s). Contact Sis. Holly Bauman with any questions. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: As students go through high school, it is hard to know what they want to do after graduation. Our church family has so many God given talents, resources, and so much to offer. We put together a "virtual job fair" so our church family can share about their jobs and then we will give the information to the high school students so they can get ideas and know who to reach out to with questions about jobs. The form has contact information so this another chance to build relationships as the high schoolers reach out to people with questions about jobs. The more people that fill out the form, the more jobs the students can learn about so we would appreciate anyone who would fill out the information. It may look long, but you do not need to fill out all the questions. If you feel questions don't apply, or you answered them elsewhere, these are just a guideline. You don't have to answer them all. If you are retired, you can pick a job you had during your career to fill the form out about. If you have any questions, please reach out to Bro. Nate or Sis. Emily Sauder. We appreciate your time and thank you for completing the form by 04/25/2026. Click-here to complete the "Virtual Job Fair" form . Thank you! A special thank you to all who came to help clean our fellowship hall and church. Your time was greatly appreciated! There is a table with lost and found items in the women's coat room. Anything left will be taken to Goodwill the end of April. Here are a few announcements from the last Growing Godly Guys event, along with future dates for the calendar. If you are part of a daily bible reading accountability group and want to keep it going or need to breathe life into it and keep the same group, please do. If you would like to be paired with a new group and/or want to get started for the first time with an accountability group please sign up at this link. Here are the dates for future G3 events- May 23rd Sauder lake event July 12th 9:00 am Coffee chat August 6th Softball night (Thursday) November 1st 9:00 am Coffee chat Feb 7th 2027 9:00 am Coffee chat If you want to host something else for a G3 event that would be wonderful. Let Brothers Wade Wettstein, Arlen Edelman, Jared Schieber, or Keith Grimm know, and we can help facilitate and communicate. Thank you and God bless! Gas cards. Gas prices are going up and people dealing with getting to work and feeding a family are going to feel the pinch of these rising costs. The gift of a gas card can free up funds in their monthly budget. Just contact Sis. Dawn Maloney preferably by text at 309-472-6067. She does not need to know the story or “Why” you think they could use a financial boost. Your judgement or “take” on their situation is all we need. Send name and mailing address please. LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: LifePoints has volunteer opportunities you can sign up for! Check out this link for their dates and sign-ups, and please forward this email to those you know who may be interested!! SAVE THE DATE: May 29th and 30th: Annual men and boys campout. More info to come. REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: Alea Schieler has felt the call of God in her life and turned to Christ in faith and repentance. Alea is the daughter of Bro. Royce & Sis. Sarah Schieler. Please pray for and encourage Alea in her walk with Jesus. We’re also very thankful to announce that Griffin Wilson has turned his life to Christ in repentance. Griffin and his wife Taylor have been worshipping with us for several months now. Please pray for and encourage Griffin and Taylor and continue to make them feel welcome.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Our collection for the month of April is for the Charity fund. This is a church collection to provide charity 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. 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 SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Tim Blunier (4/19) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday evening we plan to have our annual business meeting at 7:00 p.m. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: On Thursday, April 16th there will be a singing and activity night at the Eureka AC Home starting at 6:30 p.m. A special thank you to all who came to help clean our fellowship hall and church. Your time was greatly appreciated! There is a table with lost and found items in the women's coat room. Anything left will be taken to Goodwill the end of April. Here are a few announcements from the last Growing Godly Guys event, along with future dates for the calendar. If you are part of a daily bible reading accountability group and want to keep it going or need to breathe life into it and keep the same group, please do. If you would like to be paired with a new group and/or want to get started for the first time with an accountability group please sign up at this link . Here are the dates for future G3 events- May 23rd Sauder lake event July 12th 9:00 am Coffee chat August 6th Softball night (Thursday) November 1st 9:00 am Coffee chat Feb 7th 2027 9:00 am Coffee chat If you want to host something else for a G3 event that would be wonderful. Let Brothers Wade Wettstein, Arlen Edelman, Jared Schieber, or Keith Grimm know, and we can help facilitate and communicate. Thank you and God bless! Gas cards. Gas prices are going up and people dealing with getting to work and feeding a family are going to feel the pinch of these rising costs. The gift of a gas card can free up funds in their monthly budget. Just contact Sis. Dawn Maloney preferably by text at 309-472-6067. She does not need to know the story or “Why” you think they could use a financial boost. Your judgement or “take” on their situation is all we need. Send name and mailing address please. BAPTISM ANNOUNCEMENT: We want to announce that Tanner Getz is at peace with God and desires baptism. We plan to hear his testimony and baptize Tanner on April 18 & 19 with Peyton Wiegand and Cal Knapp. Feel free to reach out to Tanner with any encouragement. LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: LifePoints has volunteer opportunities you can sign up for! Check out this link for their dates and sign-ups, and please forward this email to those you know who may be interested!! SAVE THE DATE: April 18th and 19th: Testimonies and baptisms for Cal Knapp, Peyton Wiegand and Tanner Getz May 29th and 30th: Annual men and boys campout. More info to come. REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT:  We are also thrilled to announce that Marcus Wiegand has come in humble repentance. Marcus is the son of Bro. Nathan and Sis. Laura. Please pray for Marcus as he begins his walk in faith.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: General Operations 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 SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Jake Wettstein (4/12) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Friday evening we look forward to our Good Friday church service at 7:00 p.m. followed by Communion. There will be babysitting available during Communion in the Gathering Room. There is a sign up at the Message Center to sign up children that will attend, as well as those who are willing to help baby sit. Please sign up by April 1st, so that we can make sure there is enough help. Reach out to Sis. Abby Bauman with any questions. Thanks! Our Good Friday service will cancel our Wednesday evening service this week. Please join us for Easter morning sunrise service, 7:30 am with breakfast following the service. Looking forward to worshipping together as a church family. Sign-up here if you are willing to help with the Sunrise Service breakfast on Easter Sunday. Contact Scott Wiegand with any questions. We will then have a morning church service at 10:00 a.m. There will be no Sunday school on Easter so Sunday School teachers can enjoy the holiday with their families. There will also be no lunch and no afternoon service on Easter Sunday. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: With the warmer weather we are having, mowing will soon begin at the cemetery. Please remove any ground decorations you wish to keep by Saturday, April 4 . Anything left will be thrown away. Thank you, the cemetery caretakers. The Adult Friends Bible Studies will be held each Sunday morning in April (except Easter) at 10:00 a.m. in the Gathering Room. Bro. Kurt Plattner plans to lead these studies. Please be prayerful for Bro. Kurt and all those who attend. Here are a few announcements from the last Growing Godly Guys event, along with future dates for the calendar. If you are part of a daily bible reading accountability group and want to keep it going or need to breathe life into it and keep the same group, please do. If you would like to be paired with a new group and/or want to get started for the first time with an accountability group please sign up at this link . Here are the dates for future G3 events- May 23rd Sauder lake event July 12th 9:00 am Coffee chat August 6th Softball night (Thursday) November 1st 9:00 am Coffee chat Feb 7th 2027 9:00 am Coffee chat If you want to host something else for a G3 event that would be wonderful. Let Brothers Wade Wettstein, Arlen Edelman, Jared Schieber, or Keith Grimm know, and we can help facilitate and communicate. Thank you and God bless! A special thank you to all who came to help clean our fellowship hall and church. Your time was greatly appreciated! There is a table with lost and found items in the women's coat room. Anything left will be taken to Goodwill the end of April. Gas cards. Gas prices are going up and people dealing with getting to work and feeding a family are going to feel the pinch of these rising costs. The gift of a gas card can free up funds in their monthly budget. Just contact Sis. Dawn Maloney preferably by text at 309-472-6067. She does not need to know the story or “Why” you think they could use a financial boost. Your judgement or “take” on their situation is all we need. Send name and mailing address please. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The HarvestCall Traveling VBS program is short on volunteers this year. If you are interested in participating, the sign up is on the HarvestCall website and you can see Sisters Becky or Rachel Roberts if you have questions. LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: LifePoints has volunteer opportunities you can sign up for! Check out this link for their dates and sign-ups, and please forward this email to those you know who may be interested!! SAVE THE DATE: May 29th and 30th: Annual men and boys campout. More info to come. April 18th and 19th: Testimonies and baptisms for Cal Knapp and Peyton Wiegand REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: The angels are rejoicing that two young ladies have humbly surrendered to the Lord in faith and repentance, Katie Blunier and Eva Knapp. Katie is the daughter of Bro. Randy and Sis. Roxy Blunier. Eva is the daughter of Bro. Josh and Sis. Carolyn Knapp. Please pray for Katie and Eva as they begin their walk with Jesus.