April Collection -  Charity Fund

Sunday, 4/6

• Prayer Gathering at 9:00am - All are welcome. Meet in the Intermediate Sunday School room.
• Sunday School Easter Program during second service.
• Sunday School students will be eating lunch at 10:40 today before the congregation. The parents of 3 yr. - 2nd grade should meet your children in the dining room hallway at 10:40. The rest of the students will go directly to the dining room so the table servers should go to the kitchen by 10:35. The students should be back downstairs by 11:15 to get ready for the program.
• Lunch provided by Norm & Kathy Knapp

Wednesday, 4/9 - Family Night - God’s Faithfulness in a Believers Life -  Personal testimonies. The evening will begin with a 6:00 pizza supper, with congregational singing beginning at 6:45, followed by the presentation at 7:00.  Please sign up for pizza with the following link: https://www.perfectpotluck.com/meals.php?t=KPMS1154&welcome=1

Saturday, April 12 - Testimonies -  Singing begins at 6:30.

• Testimonies will be in the following order:  Robert Blunier, Cara Manning, Liz Hodel, Nick Hofmann, Lucy Kaufman
• Testimonies will be available live on AC Central

Sunday 4/13

• Baptisms during second service.
• Communion at 6:00 pm - Bro. Wayne Hartzler (Rittman)
• Singing - begins at 6:00 with the communion service at 6:15
• Bread and Wine - will be served in individual cups (gluten free bread and juice will also be available)
• Converts - should sit with their family
• If you cannot attend communion and would like to join online, please contact Frank and he will get you bread and wine. 

The nominating committee has begun the process of nominating Sunday school teachers for the 2025-2026 Sunday school year. If you have any individuals you would like to nominate for a Sunday school teacher position, please contact Bro Scott or Sis Mandy Yordy or any member of the nominating committee by Saturday 4/19. When brothers and sisters for each position have been identified, these individuals will then go through the usual interview process with the minister team before becoming a Sunday School teacher. Please keep this teacher selection process and the nominating committee in your prayers. 

Fellowship Hall Cleaning has been moved to Wednesday, April 16th from 8:30 am to 12:00am  for the morning kitchen help and 6:00-9:00 pm for the evening help. This year, since the Bible Class did not have their spaghetti supper, they will be serving to raise donations by helping to clean the Fellowship Hall. We would appreciate it if some of the church family could help alongside them. Please click on the following link to sign up. Donations can be made on the church website or by putting them in the donation boxes at church. Please put Bible Class Cleaning on the memo line. Any questions, please call or text April Hartter. Thank you so much!  https://www.PerfectPotluck.com/UOTP9014

The Nursing Home Easter Kids Party will be Friday, April 18th from 9:30-12.  Easter egg hunt begins at 9:45 with other activities following. Please bring your own basket. RSVP to Molly at molly@achroanoke.org or 224-343-1649 so they know how many kids to expect.

Roanoke Church Family Camping Weekend -  It has been brought up to reintroduce the Roanoke family camping weekend where families from our Roanoke church are invited to camp Friday and Saturday night with a breakfast and church service on Sunday morning. They would like to gauge interest and ask that if you are interested - please complete the following Google Form which includes more information by April 10th.. Google Form for Interest in Camping

Young Group:

• Tuesday, 4/8- Singing at Eureka Nursing Home at 7pm
• Friday, 4/11
• SALT/LIGHT - Bible Study at Scott & Mandy Yordy’s at 7:00pm
• Saturday, 4/12 - Testimonies  - Singing/Snack at Sam & Marjorie Bertschi’s following testimonies.

Looking Ahead:

• April 18th - Good Friday Service at 7:15pm - The Prairie Choristers will sing several songs as part of the service. There will be a singing following the service at the Fellowship Hall. We plan to sing out of the “Hymns of Easter”, a hymnal created by AC Publications which compiles applicable hymns from existing Apostolic Christian hymn books. There will be an ice cream snack following the singing. All are welcome!
• April 20th - Easter Sunday - There will be a 7:15 early service which will include songs from the Prairie Choristers and the Youth Choir, 8:30 breakfast and then 9:30 service and Sunday School. There will be no lunch or 11:30 service. There are still several opportunities to help with the Easter breakfast here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A4AA5AC2BA46-55850052-easter .

National Church

• AC Central
• Around the Table - Leadership roles explained
•  Breaking Bread - Emotional Affairs