Announcements

·      Thank you for your prayers for our high school students as they are currently traveling home from boys/girls camps this morning! Please be prayerful for our middle school students that will be traveling to camps next weekend! Pray that lives will be transformed and many lasting relationships built!



·      We would like to sincerely thank everyone who supported Bible School for the last 2 weeks. Your support, time, donations, and most of all your prayers allowed for an amazing 2 weeks. We pray that everyone involved felt Loved and Known. Thank you from Tara and Kristen and all of the teachers and support staff.

·      All Sunday School students are advancing to their new classes today. There will be no 3/4-year-old class through the summer. 

·      The New Beginnings Class will meet this afternoon during the afternoon service in the classroom behind the pulpit.

·      Toddler Time will be this Wednesday at 10:00 in the main upstairs area of Christian Care. With summer break, this is not limited to toddlers! Anyone is welcome to join! 

·      The young group would like to provide a night out for couples with young children. So for whoever is interested, on Friday, June 20th, feel free to drop your kids off at Kingdom Academy any time after 5:30 pm. Your kids will be kept entertained and pizza will be provided for supper. We’d like to know how many children to expect so please sign them up here! Anyone outside of the young group wanting to help watch the kids are more than welcome to as well. Please contact Claire Craighead @ 260.273.3113 with any questions.

·      Loving Shepherd Ministries invites you to an evening of music and praise with the Drayer Family! Matt and Tiffany Drayer and their ten children will be joining us in Bluffton to share music from their new "Embraced" CD. Join us at Life Church Auditorium on Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 6:30 – 8 PM with doors opening at 5:30 PM. No tickets required. We will also be sharing powerful stories of impact from our new Fatherless Family Redemption program. A freewill offering will be taken for the Drayer's vision of helping LSM expand their outreach to the vulnerable in Haiti. Find details here: www.loving-shepherd.org/drayers

·      The rotating potluck sheet will be hung on the bulletin board until June 22nd. Rotating potluck is a great way to get to know others from all generations within both Bluffton churches and is for both couples and singles. If you are already signed up, your names will remain in rotating potluck until you remove your names. IF ARE IN ROTATING POTLUCK, PLEASE make sure your phone number is up to date. You may also contact Breanna Pfister (260.273.1922) to add or remove your name, make changes, or contact with any questions. 

·      The 5th-8th grade picnic will be on June 22 at Lehman Park in Berne. Please drop your students off at 5:30 and pick back up at 9:00. Dinner will be served, along with games and swimming. Please send a swimsuit, towel and goggles with your student.

·      Nathan and Rachel Mueller will be sharing about how the Lord has been working in Maliyali, on Sunday evening June 22. More details to come! Everyone is welcome!!

·      Aaron and Bobbie Howley will be sharing at Foundations on Tuesday, June 24th at 7 PM regarding their upcoming missions move to SE Asia. They would like to invite anyone interested to join them to learn more. Aaron and Bobbie also want to express their gratitude for the love and kindness the Apostolic Church has shown them throughout their time in ministry.

·      Fishing Derby- Join us for a Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 28 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Christian Care Pond! This is a fun, family-friendly event for all ages. Free will donations will be accepted. Enjoy a complimentary lunch of hot dogs, chips, water, and cookies! Come cast a line and enjoy a day of fellowship and outdoor fun!

·      Family Hymn Sing planned for Sunday, June 29th at 6:30 at the Fellowship Hall. All are welcome, and we look forward to worshiping together. Sign up at this link to help with food and serving. Thank you!!

·      Proclaim & Serve- Goodfield, Illinois will be hosting HarvestCall’s Proclaim & Serve Conference July 11-12. This is a great way to learn about some of HarvestCall’s ministry programs. To see the conference agenda with session descriptions, speakers, list of exhibitors and to get registered, click the following link (https://www.proclaimandserve.org/). If you have any questions, you can contact Tom Bertsch or Blaine Aschliman

Serving lunch today: Tim & Angie Pfister

Local missionary family to pray for: Dustin & Katy Isch

Bluffton Bible Cast: Listen here.

Intercessory Prayer Opportunity: LetUsPray365@gmail.com