MONTHLY COLLECTION: Hospital Lumiere Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Dish soap (regular size bottles) for the Heart House SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Jeff Wiegand (10/11) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday evening Doug Isch and John Ricketts plan to be with us to share a Loving Shepherd Ministries update. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. Join us for the Annual Eureka Home Family Fest! Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026 Time: 4-7:30 pm (Children’s activities end at 7 PM, the silent auction ends at 7:15 PM) Location: Goodfield Fellowship Hall · We would love your help that evening! Please sign-up here if you can help. · There will not be an online auction this year, however, you will find some of the most loved online auction items from the past year on this year’s silent auction. We are all set on silent auction donations, unless we have reached out to you personally. Please check the Eureka Home website for more information. You can now submit a one-time pre bid on select items listed on their website. An email to send the bid is available online and bids will be open until October 1st. · We are looking for some homemade items for the bake sale too! Please sign up at church message center if you can help in this way. · If you have any questions, you can ask Sisters Jill Wagner, Melissa Rokey, Sara Glueck, or Jenise Wiegand Next Sunday afternoon, October 4th, Bro. Jeff Wiegand intends to share with the entire church family about our church mission and an update on how our church building fits into that mission. We will discuss the findings from our survey and the plan moving forward over the next months. We encourage all to attend if possible. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: All 5th-12th grade girls are invited for an evening of food and games on Monday, October 12th , 5pm at Ed & Bonnie Sauder’s home in Roanoke. This will be our first GRIT (Girls Rooted in Truth) event . Please contact Sister Marissa Edelman if you would like to help out with GRIT events. On October 17th and 18th , our Young Group will be hosting an invite . We would like the entire Goodfield church to feel like they are a part of this weekend. As the date gets closer, we will be announcing opportunities for the church family to help in different ways. This is a great opportunity to show a group of visiting young people our hospitality and love and reinforce the beauty of being a part of a brotherhood. The Bradford, IL church hosts an annual singing with a guest church and would like to invite the Goodfield congregation this year. The singing will be Sunday, October 25th at 6:00 p.m. Contact Sis. Roxy Blunier with any questions. Update to serving lunch list: We have learned that many newly married couples thought they were automatically put on the serving list when they marry- that is not the case. We ask that you opt in. Please contact Sis. Megan Rokey to add you to the list. If serving lunch would be a financial burden to your family, Goodfield Church has a fund that can assist. Please let us know if that would be helpful to you. If you don't have family to help or you have small children, please reach out to Megan because she knows of many that would be willing to help and support you. Please be prayerful and consider joining the lunch serving list. Once you are added you get put at the end of the list and won't serve for 1.5 or 2 years AFTER going on the list. You can reach out to Sis. Megan Rokey anytime between now and the spring to make changes to the lunch serving list for Spring of 2027. 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:  Bro. Loren Schock’s mother, Clara Schock from Bloomfield, Iowa passed away yesterday morning. Arrangements will be announced later when they are finalized. Please be prayerful for Loren, Darcy and the entire Schock family during this difficult time.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Hospital Lumiere Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Shampoo for the Heart House SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Wade Wettstein (10/4) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday evening Bro. Kaleb Beyer plans to be with us to talk about “From Loving to Cherishing (Marriage strengthening theme)”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. We look forward to testimonies and baptisms this weekend for Lainey Roth, Trent Rokey & Brenna Plattner. Testimonies will begin at 6:30 Saturday evening. It is Group 3’s turn to help and bring food. Please sign up here if you can help. Contact Sis. Joy Roth with questions. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in September. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. Next Sunday morning there will not be adult Bible study and instead it will be the first Sunday of October. Contact Bro. Matt Grimm with any questions. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: All 5th-12th grade girls are invited for an evening of food and games on Monday, October 12th , 5pm at Ed & Bonnie Sauder’s home in Roanoke. This will be our first GRIT (Girls Rooted In Truth) event . Please contact Sister Marissa Edelman if you would like to help out with GRIT events. The Bradford, IL church hosts an annual singing with a guest church and would like to invite the Goodfield congregation this year. The singing will be Sunday, October 25th at 6:00 p.m. Contact Sis. Roxy Blunier with any questions. Join us for the Annual Eureka Home Family Fest ! Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026 Time: 4-7:30 pm (Children’s activities end at 7 PM, the silent auction ends at 7:15 PM) Location: Goodfield Fellowship Hall · We would love your help that evening! Please sign-up here if you can help. · There will not be an online auction this year, however, you will find some of the most loved online auction items from the past year on this year’s silent auction. We are all set on silent auction donations, unless we have reached out to you personally. Please check the Eureka Home website for more information. You can now submit a one-time pre bid on select items listed on their website. An email to send the bid is available online and bids will be open until October 1st. · We are looking for some homemade items for the bake sale too! Please sign up at church message center if you can help in this way. · If you have any questions, you can ask Sisters Jill Wagner, Melissa Rokey, Sara Glueck, or Jenise Wiegand On October 17th and 18th , our Young Group will be hosting an invite . We would like the entire Goodfield church to feel like they are a part of this weekend. As the date gets closer, we will be announcing opportunities for the church family to help in different ways. This is a great opportunity to show a group of visiting young people our hospitality and love and reinforce the beauty of being a part of a brotherhood. On Sunday afternoon, October 4th , Bro. Jeff Wiegand intends to share with the entire church family about our church mission and an update on how our church building fits into that mission. We will discuss the findings from our survey and the plan moving forward over the next months. We encourage all to attend if possible. Update to serving lunch list: We have learned that many newly married couples thought they were automatically put on the serving list when they marry- that is not the case. We ask that you opt in. Please contact Sis. Megan Rokey to add you to the list. If serving lunch would be a financial burden to your family, Goodfield Church has a fund that can assist. Please let us know if that would be helpful to you. If you don't have family to help or you have small children please reach out to Megan because she knows of many that would be willing to help and support you. Please be prayerful and consider joining the lunch serving list. Once you are added you get put at the end of the list and won't serve for 1.5 or 2 years AFTER going on the list. You can reach out to Sis. Megan Rokey anytime between now and the spring to make changes to the lunch serving list for Spring of 2027. 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!

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Hospital Lumiere Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Shampoo for the Heart House SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Bob Schieler (9/27) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in September. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Bradford, IL church hosts an annual singing with a guest church and would like to invite the Goodfield congregation this year. The singing will be Sunday, October 25th at 6:00 p.m. Contact Sis. Roxy Blunier with any questions. Join us for the Annual Eureka Home Family Fest! Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026 Time: 4-7:30 pm (Children’s activities end at 7 PM, the silent auction ends at 7:15 PM) Location: Goodfield Fellowship Hall We would love your help that evening! Please sign-up here if you can help. There will not be an online auction this year, however, you will find some of the most loved online auction items from the past year on this year’s silent auction. We are all set on silent auction donations, unless we have reached out to you personally. Please check the Eureka Home website for more information on the food booths, children’s activities, and silent auction. You can now submit a one-time proxy bid on items listed on their website. An email to send the bid is available online and bids will be open until October 1st. We are looking for some homemade items for the bake sale too! Please sign up at church message center if you can help in this way. If you have any questions, please reach out to Sisters Jill Wagner, Melissa Rokey, Sara Glueck, or Jenise Wiegand 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: September 26 and 27: Testimonies and baptisms for Lainey Roth, Trent Rokey & Brenna Plattner

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Our collection for the month of September is for Hospital Lumiere. This is a church collection established to provide support of missionary, work team or supporting activities relative to Hospital Lumiere in Haiti. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Shampoo for the Heart House SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Adam Rocke (9/20) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: HarvestCall Sewing will be held this morning (Tuesday) from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Fellowship Hall. Contact Sis. Maribeth Rocke with any questions. This Wednesday evening Bro. Kirk Plattner from our West Lafayette, IN congregation plans to be with us. His topic is “How do I stand for Biblical Truth in Today’s Society”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in September. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. Everyone is invited to an outdoor singing at Bro. Art & Sis. Pam Wiegand’s this Sunday, September 13th at 6:15 p.m. Please bring your own lawn chairs, bug spray and jackets if it is cool. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: A new session of GriefShare begins September 14 at 6:30 pm at the Goodfield AC Fellowship Hall. GriefShare is a 13-week faith based program that helps those grieving the loss of a loved one understand & navigate the grief journey. There are pamphlets at the information center or contact Bro. Alan & Sis. Joanne Roth with any questions. Please share with friends or community members that may benefit from the program. Our annual Eureka Home Family Fest will take place Saturday, October 3rd at the Goodfield Fellowship Hall from 4:00pm - 7:30pm. Children's activities end at 7:00pm and silent auction ends at 7:15pm. The Eureka Home website has more information about the food booths, children's activities, and the Silent Auction. There will not be an online auction this year; however, you will find some of the "most loved" online auction items from the past on this year’s silent auction. We are all set on silent auction donations unless we have reached out to you personally. Items for the Bake Sale will still be needed. See Sisters Jill Wagner, Missy Rokey, Sara Glueck or Jenise Wiegand for questions, and please plan to come out and support us in this event filled with fellowship, food and fun for all ages! 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 & PRAYER REQUEST UPDATES: Sister Laura Wiegand's father, Denny Mott, passed away Saturday. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Morton Apostolic Christian Church Fellowship Hall, 2201 Veterans Road, Morton and from 9 to 9:45 a.m. on Friday morning before the funeral. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at the Morton Apostolic Christian Church. Please pray for Sis. Laura, Bro. Nathan, and their family as they work through the grief in this difficult time. Thank you for the prayers for Bro Harold Hohulin. Lord willing, he will be released from the hospital today and will continue treatment at home. Gail Ames would like everyone to know that she is recovering at Washington Senior Living in Washington. She would like to have visitors and welcomes anyone who would like to stop by! BAPTISM ANNOUNCEMENT:  We are thankful that Brenna Plattner is at peace with God and desires baptism. We plan to hear Brenna’s testimony and baptize her on September 26 and 27. Please continue to pray for Brenna and reach out to her with any questions or words of encouragement.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Gateway Woods Children’s Home Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Shampoo for the Heart House SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Kurt Plattner (9/13) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday evening Eric Hodel plans to be with us to give an update on the ministry of Midwest Food Bank. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 p.m. and everyone is invited. It is Goodfield’s turn to have Sunday morning services at the Eureka AC Home each Sunday in September. These services begin at 8:45 a.m. Please come help sing and support our ministers if you are able. The Adult Friends Bible Studies will be held Sunday mornings in September at 10:00 a.m. in the Gathering Room. Bro. Matt Grimm plans to lead these studies. Please be prayerful for Bro. Matt and all those who attend. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Thank you to everyone who helped with the roofing project for our neighbor down the street. There were 20 to 25 workers Friday night and Saturday morning. Thank you for the help through meals, service, and giving. A new session of GriefShare begins September 14 at 6:30 pm at the Goodfield AC Fellowship Hall. GriefShare is a 13-week faith based program that helps those grieving the loss of a loved one understand & navigate the grief journey. There are pamphlets at the information center or contact Bro. Alan & Sis. Joanne Roth with any questions. Please share with friends or community members that may benefit from the program. 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 that Trent Rokey is at peace with God and desires baptism. Trent is the son of Bro. Robert and Sis. Melissa Rokey. We are looking forward to hearing his testimony and baptizing him on September 26 and 27. Feel free to reach out to Trent with any questions and encouragement.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Gateway Woods Children’s Home Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Shampoo for the Heart House SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Royce Schieler (9/6) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday evening Bro. Darren Plattner plans to be with us to share about “Pursuit of Growth (we are called to be diligent in pursuing growth)”. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 and everyone is welcome. Our church family will be roofing one of our neighbors homes this Saturday. Any skill level will be appreciated and helpful. They will start at 7:00 AM and work until it’s finished. Lunch will be provided. A sign-up link will be sent out soon. Contact Bro. Doug Glueck with any questions. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: A new session of GriefShare begins September 14 at 6:30 pm at the Goodfield AC Fellowship Hall. GriefShare is a 13 week faith based program that helps those grieving the loss of a loved one understand & navigate the grief journey. There are pamphlets at the information center or contact Bro. Alan & Sis. Joanne Roth with any questions. Please share with friends or community members that may benefit from the program. The Apostolic Christian Bookstore in Goodfield, IL, has a new opening for a part-time Store Associate . This opening is for Wednesday and Thursdays from approximately 8:30am-11:30 am. To learn more and apply, visit https://acministries.bamboohr.com/careers/39 . You can read the job overview in the link at the bottom of the announcements email for more details as well. Woodford County Heartline would like to thank you for your recent donation of 105 Packed High School Backpacks for their 2026 Operation Backpack campaign. Your donation is greatly appreciated! Each year, the number of people in Woodford County needing help with school supplies increases, and we appreciate your generosity to assist us in this program. Last year we were able to provide school supplies to over 200 children. Our organization continues to be able to provide resources that help kids transition into a new school year because of community donors like you. Woodford County Heartline and Heart House provides the resources needed to support people in Woodford County and the city limits of Washington, IL with needs they cannot provide for themselves, or with shelter. We are grateful for you and hope you will continue to be a part of our commitment to provide emergency shelter (for women and children only), financial aid and education, community and resource referral, and basic essentials to residents of Woodford County and Washington, IL who find themselves homeless, a victim of domestic violence, or in any other short term crisis situation. We are in need of baked goods for the Heart House! Please see the lists at the message center which have the dates and times. Contact Sis. Judy Mussleman with any questions . Thank you so much in advance! There’s now a “free” section, and a “lost and found” section on the table in the women’s coat room. Items in the free section will be taken to Goodwill if not claimed. Contact Sis. Trish Gerber with any questions. Save the Date. Our annual Eureka Home Family Fest will take place Saturday, October 3rd at the Goodfield Fellowship Hall from 4pm - 730pm. COMING SOON~ the Eureka Home website and the bulletin boards will soon have more information about the food booths, children's activities and the Silent Auction. There will NOT be an online auction this year. Traditional Auction item donation will NOT be needed. You can talk to your EACH Auxiliary representatives for other donations, such as meals, activities, and services. Items for the Bake Sale will also be needed. This is an opportunity to share and enjoy the gifts God has given to each of us. Please see sisters Jill Wagner, Melissa Rokey, Sara Glueck or Jenise Wiegand for questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The fourth annual Grafted Gathering — an adoption and foster families support day — will be held Saturday, September 12 at the Junction, Ohio 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 . 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 that Lainey Roth, daughter of Bro. Derek and Sis. Joy, is at peace with God and desires baptism. We are looking forward to hearing her testimony and baptizing Lainey on September 26 and 27.

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Gateway Woods Children’s Home Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SUNDAY SCHOOL COLLECTION ITEM: Shampoo for the Heart House SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Greg Post (8/30) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: We’re looking for 4–6 volunteers to help pull wire in the Fellowship Hall this evening (8/17). Start time is 4:30 PM, but if you can’t get there until 5:00 that works too. If you have a 6’ or 8’ step ladder, please bring it — helpful, but not required. This is the first of a few work nights; additional dates will be shared as we finish up the rest of the church. Thanks in advance for your help! Please contact Bro. Mike Zimmerman if you can help. The next Family Hymn Sing will take place this Saturday, August 22nd at 6:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall. Singing will be followed by Uncle Bob's Ice Cream. Contact Sis. Holly Bauman with any questions. Next Sunday, August 23rd, our Goodfield Minister Team plans to start an 8-week series on the book of Galatians. Lord willing, we plan to study this amazing book on the Gospel together over our Sunday afternoon services. Handouts will be provided in the back hall for the duration of this study on Sunday afternoons. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lord and weather permitting we plan to reroof a home in Goodfield on August 28-29. We will be looking for volunteers, so please keep an eye out for more details and a signup soon. We are in need of baked goods for the Heart House! Please see the lists at the message center which have the dates and times. Contact Sis. Judy Mussleman with any questions . Thank you so much in advance! There’s now a “free” section, and a “lost and found” section on the table in the women’s coat room. Items in the free section will be taken to Goodwill if not claimed. Contact Sis. Trish Gerber with any questions. Save the Date. Our annual Eureka Home Family Fest will take place Saturday, October 3rd at the Goodfield Fellowship Hall from 4pm - 730pm. COMING SOON~ the Eureka Home website and the bulletin boards will soon have more information about the food booths, children's activities and the Silent Auction. There will NOT be an online auction this year. Traditional Auction item donation will NOT be needed. You can talk to your EACH Auxiliary representatives for other donations, such as meals, activities, and services. Items for the Bake Sale will also be needed. This is an opportunity to share and enjoy the gifts God has given to each of us. Please see sisters Jill Wagner, Melissa Rokey, Sara Glueck or Jenise Wiegand for questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The fourth annual Grafted Gathering — an adoption and foster families support day — will be held Saturday, September 12 at the Junction, Ohio 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 . 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!!

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Gateway Woods Children’s Home Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Nate Sauder (8/23) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Wednesday evening Jon and Jolene Rocke will be with us to share their journey with Pathway Ministries (formerly known as Peoria Rescue Mission). It is a faith-based non-profit organization that serves homeless, impoverished, and struggling individuals in central Illinois. They provide: · Crisis Care · Residential & Recovery Programs · Counseling & Community Support · Work Readiness They are a local ministry that would welcome volunteers and other services. It is gospel centered and proclaims the good news of a loving God who pursues, saves, keeps, renews, and enables us by His grace through Jesus Christ alone. It will be an evening of enlightenment and inspiration. This will be at the Fellowship Hall at 7:00 and everyone is welcome. Sunday School resumes next Sunday, August 16th. Young Adult Sunday School will also resume next Sunday, August 16th. We will meet in the Gathering Room at 10:00 AM. We invite any young adults who have graduated from High School to join us each Sunday morning this school year for Bible lessons and group discussion. Please see Brothers Arlen Edelman or Darrell Stoller if you have any questions. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We are in need of baked goods for the Heart House! Please see the lists at the message center which have the dates and times. Contact Sis. Judy Mussleman with any questions . Thank you so much in advance! The table in the women’s coat room will now be an on-going lost and found. Any items not claimed within a month will be marked “free” and then taken to Goodwill. Contact Sis. Trish Gerber with any questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The fourth annual Grafted Gathering — an adoption and foster families support day — will be held Saturday, September 12 at the Junction, Ohio 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 . Registration is open for Abide Week , an ACCFS small group discipleship retreat: · August 30 thru September 4 at the Allerton Retreat Center in Monticello, IL. · Attendees will spend an unhurried week in Scripture, prayer, stillness, discussion, and guided reflection, learning to abide in Jesus in everyday life. · Prayerfully consider attending personally, or with one or two others from your congregation so you can continue discipleship conversations and practices together at home. Details and registration can be found at https://accounseling.org/abide-week/ . 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!! THANK YOU NOTE: Bro. Gale Wiegand would like to thank our church family for all of the visits, texts, cards, and most of all the prayers during his extended hospital stay. He came home Thursday and is continuing his recovery. We love you all, Gale and Jane REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: The angels are rejoicing that Trey Schieler and Nora Glueck have surrendered their hearts to the Lord in repentance. Trey is the son of Bro. Bob & Sis. Ashley Schieler and Nora is the daughter of Sis. Sara and the late Bro. Herman Glueck . We are thankful for their surrendered hearts and the gift of salvation. 

MONTHLY COLLECTION: Our collection for the month of August is for Gateway Woods Children’s Home. Gateway Woods offers Christ-centered social services and residential facilities in northeast Indiana, including residential childcare, on-grounds schooling, foster care, adoption and home-based services. The mission is to honor and obey God by providing hope and healing to troubled children and families who then may bless others. Donate electronically CALENDARS: Church calendar , yearly calendar , young group calendar , national church calendar SERMONS: Audio/Video SERVES LUNCH IN 2 WEEKS: Nathan Wiegand (8/16) THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: This Thursday, August 6th there will be a G3 softball night. All men and boys 5th grade and up are welcome. More details will be sent out later this week. This week is our summer Elder Conference in Ellington, Connecticut. Bro. Jeff and Sis. Janel would welcome your prayers as they travel and please pray for the entire elder body as they work through many of the challenges facing the Christian church today. The general conference speakers on Saturday will be available online on AC Central and will teach on some inspiring themes from the life of Daniel. Next Sunday, August 9th there will be a wedding shower immediately after church in the Gathering Room for Ayla Knapp and Brett Rokey. Please bring $5 to $10 and a paper product for the couple. Sign-up here if you are willing to help with the shower. LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: We would like to thank everyone that helped out with the Gateway Woods auction: The people that helped with jobs, the people that bid, the people that donated items, the people that prayed for us and the weather. It was a wonderful day with a small drizzle that brought a wonderful coolness to the air. The Lord Blessed the day richly! We are in need of baked goods for the Heart House! Please see the lists at the message center which have the dates and times. Contact Sis. Judy Mussleman with any questions . Thank you so much in advance! The table in the women’s coat room will now be an on-going lost and found. Any items not claimed within a month will be marked “free” and then taken to Goodwill. Contact Sis. Trish Gerber with any questions. NATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The fourth annual Grafted Gathering — an adoption and foster families support day — will be held Saturday, September 12 at the Junction, Ohio 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 . Registration is open for Abide Week , an ACCFS small group discipleship retreat: · August 30 thru September 4 at the Allerton Retreat Center in Monticello, IL. · Attendees will spend an unhurried week in Scripture, prayer, stillness, discussion, and guided reflection, learning to abide in Jesus in everyday life. · Prayerfully consider attending personally, or with one or two others from your congregation so you can continue discipleship conversations and practices together at home. Details and registration can be found at https://accounseling.org/abide-week/ . 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!! THANK YOU NOTE: Dear Goodfield AC Church friends, Thank you is not enough to show what your outpouring of love, hugs and kind words means to us as we grieve the earthly loss of our sweet, loving, soft-spoken mom. We rejoice to know she is now healed and safe in the arms of Jesus! Much love, Bruce and Teresa Ruder REPENTANCE ANNOUNCEMENT:  We are very excited to join the angels in rejoicing that God has called several souls to repentance, and they have confessed their faith in Jesus as their savior. Jason and Brenda Folkerts and Emma Wiegand (daughter of Bro. Jeff and Sis. Janel). Please pray for these 3 dear souls as they continue to deepen their relationship with their savior Jesus.