February’s Collection - HarvestCall General Fund

Sunday, 2/4

• Prayer Gathering 9:00 am - All are welcome to join for a time of prayer before our church service. Meet in the intermediate Sunday School room. We begin with a song of worship and then break into smaller segregated groups to share prayer time. It is not necessary to pray out loud if you aren’t comfortable. 
• Lunch Provided by Milt and Jen Getz

Wednesday, 2/7

• ACTIVE will be serving at Midwest Food Bank. Meet at the DMV at 5pm.
• HOPE girls will meet from 7:15-8:30 in the church basement.
• Scripture Memory will meet at 7:15 in the dining room.

Congratulations -  David and Claire Moser welcomed their son, Nicolaas “Nico” David, born on January 31st. 

The Bible Class Spaghetti Dinner will be held March 9th. To donate food, please go to the following link to sign up. Thank you! Spaghetti Supper Food Donation Sign Up 

Looking Ahead

• 3/9 - Bible Class Spaghetti Dinner 
• 4/13-14 - Testimonies and Baptisms are scheduled.
• Sunday, 4/14 - Communion at 6:00 pm.

National Church

• ALive 2024 hosted by the Athens, Alabama congregation will be held May 24-27 and they invite you to attend for a weekend to rest, revive and relate through studying the Word, cross-generational fellowship and singing. Registration will open online February 1st at www.ALiveAlabama.com. For more information, access the @ALiveAlabama Facebook page or email info@alivealabama.com.The Tentative Schedule of Events is attached.
• Silver Lining - Topic for next reader-submitted article is: “For our 2024 graduates (or younger generation in general), share practical experiences and Scriptural encouragement toward having “good success” in life. (Joshua 1:8)”. Please submit your contribution of 600 words or less on this topic to features@acsilverlining.org by March 15th.
• ABIDE: 3 Week Discipleship Training - will be May 11-31, 2024 in Peachtree City, GA. Intentional time to cultivate your discipleship to Jesus and be equipped with the tools to invite others to be His disciples.  For more information, go to https://accounseling.org/abide-3-week-discipleship-training/
• HarvestCall Missionary Packs: Updated 2024 HarvestCall missionary card packs are available on the north hall book shelf. Please take one to pray for each of the missionaries serving in various countries. 
• AC Central
• Bridling the tongue - Around the Table
• Whole Brain Living: Understanding the Left and Right Brain (Part 2) - Breaking Bread
• Apologetics Conference - Talks are available on Past Events

Other Ways to Learn and Serve

• Trail Life USA and American Heritage Girls: We wanted to make our congregation aware that the Roanoke church has elected to adopt two Christ-centered outreach-type youth ministries that will hopefully reach many for Christ in our surrounding communities: Trail Life USA and American Heritage Girls. Trail Life USA is an outdoor adventure program designed for boys Kindergarten through 12th grade to challenge them to grow in character, understand their purpose, serve their community, develop leadership skills and to Walk Worthy of the Lord. To learn more or for questions you may go to https://www.traillifeusa.com/ or contact Bros. Byron Gerber, Ed Sauder, or Jon Schwind. American Heritage Girls is a program designed for girls Kindergarten through 12th grade to build women of integrity through service to God, family, community, and country. To learn more or for questions you may go to https://americanheritagegirls.org/ or contact Sis. Renae Lindberg.

We are looking to host an informational meeting sometime in April.

• Victory Home Care is urgently recruiting caring and compassionate individuals to assist their clients who are seniors that still live in their own homes, but need assistance with bathing, preparing food, reminders to take medication, help with laundry and dishes, help with dressing and general supervision. If you or anyone you know might be interested in becoming a paid caregiver for Victory, please contact our office at 309-306-2429 or email us at victoryforseniors@gmail.com.

The 2024 Midwest Food Bank On-line Auction will be held April 11-12 with the Gala Dinner and Live Auction on Saturday April 13. The Roanoke committee is currently seeking homemade items, themed dinners or events, and business products or services as auction items. Cash donations can also be used by the committee to purchase items for the gala or as Benefit sponsorships. Tickets for the Gala Dinner are $75 each and tables for up to 8 can be reserved. Deadline for donations will be February 22nd. Please contact Jon or Jill Fehr for donations and/or tickets.