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We welcome Owen Getz as our new brother in Christ. Collection for this month: HarvestCall General Fund: (Harvestcall Mission on bboard and with emailed announcements) Many hurting people throughout the world languish in spiritual and material poverty. By working together as a brotherhood through HarvestCall, we can offer assistance and hope by proclaiming Christ and serving others; striving to see that God is glorified as despair and suffering are alleviated, hearts and minds are transformed and churches are established and nurtured. Your generosity is important and necessary to meet the needs of the various missions of our brotherhood. Attached is a PDF of the Purpose, Vision, Mission and Guiding Principles of HarvestCall. Thank you for your faithful love, prayers, and benevolence. Parkview Haven Services Tuesday evening 7:00 p.m. Will look to those on the lunch serving list in December to provide the support group for the evening. (Neil & June, John & Lisa, Jesse & Maura, Evan & Elizabeth, Luke & Hanna) Men’s group singing practice will be Tuesday evening 7:00 p.m. Singing Practice for 3rd-8th. grades, Wednesday evening 7:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall. Christmas Program and Caroling next Sunday December 10th. There is a sign up sheet on the hall table to help with the caroling lunch. In Preparation for our annual meeting (January 9th) each Brother/Sister should have received Nomination Ballots in the mail this week to be returned no later than December 10th. (next Sunday) These can be returned to the church or mailed back to me. (Box on hall table) Please let Sis. Heidi or myself know if you have not received one. Our chapters this week: Revelation 3-7. Midweek Services: Remington Looking Ahead:  Lunch Serving for Sunday December 10th: Johm & Lisa. (as per calendar) Christmas Program & Caroling: December10th. Christmas Day Services: Monday morning December 25th. New years eve Service: Sunday December 31st. in lieu of afternoon service. Ashley Weerts Testimony/Baptism (Indianapolis) January 6th/7th.

Collection for this month: Brotherhood Operations Fund Collecting this month for Silver Lining Dues. Write check to church with SL Dues” in memo. Suggested amount is $20.00. Sign Up Sheets on Hall Table: Parkview Haven Coffee Hour. 2024 Volunteer list. Baptism Meal for Sunday December 3rd. (Owen Getz). Additions to the Caroling List. If you know of someone new to add, Please include address and phone number as well as the name. Help with the Christmas Caroling Lunch. (December 10th) There will be singing practice at Jeremy & Amanda’s home, Monday evening at 7:30 for the Bible Class and Young Group. Thursday morning will be our Thanksgiving Day Services. There will be no midweek services this week. Our chapters this week: John 14-18. Looking Ahead: Lunch Serving for Sunday November 26th, Dana & Lea (as per calendar) Thanksgiving Day Services: Thursday November 23rd. Owen Getz Testimony/Baptism: December 2nd/3rd. Christmas Program & Caroling: December10th. Ashley Weerts Testimony/Baptism (Indianapolis) January 6th/7th.

Collection for this month: Brotherhood Operations Fund. Collecting this month for Silver Lining Dues. Write check to church with S L Dues” in memo. Suggested amount is $20.00. Volunteers Needed for Disaster Rebuilding in USA. HarvestCall’s winter rebuilding ministry will be in Jennings, Louisiana. Online registration is required for all team members and opens at noon Central time on Wednesday, November 15th. at www.harvestcall.org . HarvestCall Family night tomorrow evening at the distribution building in Wolcott. Work will be packaging food items for distribution. No signup is necessary. There is a sign up sheet on the hall table for 2024 Parkview Haven Coffee Hour. The music committee is assembling the annual list of people to Christmas Carol to. If anyone knows of someone new to add, there is a sheet on the hall table for name suggestions. Please include address and phone number as well as the name. Looking forward to the testimony/baptism of our convert Owen Getz on December 2nd/3rd. There is a signup sheet to help with the baptism meal. There are memorandum recordings available for those who were not able to attend last night. Our chapters this week : John 9-13 Midweek Services: Wolcott. Looking Ahead: Lunch Serving for Sunday November 19h., Marcella (as per calendar) Thanksgiving Day Services: November 23rd. Owen Getz Testimony/Baptism: December 2nd/3rd. Christmas Program & Caroling: December10th. Ashley Weerts Testimony/Baptism (Indianapolis) January 6th/7th.

C ollection for this month: HarvestCall Servant Fund: (last Sunday) The Servant Fund of the Apostolic Christian Church of America provides modest financial support for living expenses of brethren sent as full-time missionaries by HarvestCall. Link for the Servant Fund: https://www.harvestcall.org/servant-fund Link for a list of those currently serving as missionaries: https://www.harvestcall.org/our-missionaries Hospital Lumiere’s annual benefit auction . Please consider supporting this important effort to support the hospital. The dates are as follows: The Online Auction will be Thursday November 2 through Saturday November 4. In Person Auction will be Friday, November 10 in Gridley, IL. Visit the HarvestCall website https://www.harvestcall.org/benefit-auction . HarvestCall’s winter rebuilding ministry will be in Jennings, Louisiana. Online registration is required for all team members and opens at noon Central time on Wednesday, November 15th at www.harvestcall.org . Drafts of the 2024 address and call lists have been placed on the hall table for review. Please review your information and mark any updates on or before Sunday, October 29th. (today) There is sign-up sheet for 2024 3rd Sunday singings on the hall table. Fall Memorandum Reading: this coming Saturday evening, November 4th, 7:00 p.m., here at the Remington Church. Elder Bros. Scot Schafer (South Bend) plans to be with us. There will be a potluck for both the Remington and Wolcott churches next Sunday, November 5th, 4:00 p.m. at the fellowship hall. Meat will not be provided. All are welcome ! Our chapters this week are: 2nd John, 3rd, John, John 1-3 Midweek Services: Wolcott. We are looking forward to Owen Getz’s Testimony & Baptism December 2nd/3rd. Looking Ahead: Lunch Serving for Sunday November 5th., Andy & Gina (as per calendar) Owen Getz Testimony/Baptism: December 2nd/3rd. Ashley Weerts Testimony/Baptism (Indianapolis) January 6th/7th.

Collection for this month: HarvestCall Servant Fund: The Servant Fund of the Apostolic Christian Church of America provides modest financial support for living expenses of brethren sent as full-time missionaries by HarvestCall. Link for the Servant Fund: https://www.harvestcall.org/servant-fund Link for a list of those currently serving as missionaries: https://www.harvestcall.org/our-missionaries There is a need to periodically replenish the Disaster Fund, and HarvestCall would like to request a collection be taken. The HarvestCall Disaster Fund is set up to provide money for relief efforts in the immediate aftermath of a natural disasters and development efforts in response to those disasters. The Special Collection Box will be open yet today for this collection. Drafts of the 2024 address and call lists have been placed on the hall table for review. Please review your information and mark any updates on or before Sunday, October 29th. Monthly singing this evening 6:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall. Isaac & Skyler’s wedding is next Sunday. To help with lunch serving please let Sis. Lori S. know if you plan to be gone. John 3:8 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Being led by the Spirit, and through Faith and Repentance, Owen Getz brings a testimony of Peace with God & Man and would welcome the encouragement and counsel of the church. Our chapters this week are: Jude & 2nd Timothy 1-4. Midweek Services: Wolcott.  Looking Ahead: Lunch Serving for Sunday October 22nd, Dana & Lea (as per calendar) Isaac Bahler’s Wedding (Skyler McCullough) in Junction OH. October 22nd. Wednesday evening October 25th will be a topical presentation at the Fellowship Hall given by Bro. Ron Kipfer on the topic of “Passing the Torch” Fall Memorandum Reading: Saturday evening, November 4th, 7:00 p.m., at the Remington Church. Ashley Weerts Testimony/Baptism (Indianapolis) January 6th/7th.

Collection for this month: HarvestCall Servant Fund: The Servant Fund of the Apostolic Christian Church of America provides modest financial support for living expenses of brethren sent as full-time missionaries by HarvestCall. Link for the Servant Fund: https://www.harvestcall.org/servant-fund Link for a list of those currently serving as missionaries: https://www.harvestcall.org/our-missionaries There is a need to periodically replenish the Disaster Fund, and HarvestCall would like to request a collection be taken. The HarvestCall Disaster Fund is set up to provide money for relief efforts in the immediate aftermath of a natural disasters and development efforts in response to those disasters. The Special Collection Box will be open for this collection thru next Sunday October 15th. Please designate “disaster fund” on your contribution. (see attachment) HarvestCall Family night, Monday evening at the HC distribution center. Light supper at 6:00 p.m. with projects from 6:30 – 8:30. Family Night Sign-Up Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfKW8-LeuB0eZCP1IkAFypzFMBLQq8rtVcOtaVKQ8Sfwq7PA/viewform?usp=sf_link Please mark your calendars for the Hospital Lumiere Benefit Auction coming up in November. There will be an online auction from Thursday, November 2 at 4 p.m. through Saturday, November 4 at 4 p.m., and a live, in-person auction on Friday, November 10th in Gridley, IL at 7:00 p.m. with a meal starting at 4:30. The auction is still in need of items to be donated if you would like to contribute in that way. These items should be in by October 27th. For more information on the auction and how to donate items, please visit the auction website https://www.harvestcall.org/benefit-auction . Registration for the 2023 Apologetics Conference on Saturday, November 11 in Indianapolis is now open to all interested attendees. Registration is required and will close on November 1. (More details see attachment) Isaac & Skyler’s wedding is in 2 weeks. To help with lunch serving please let Sis. Lori S. know if you plan to be gone. 3rd thru 8th grade singing practice. Wednesday evening, 7:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall. Our chapters this week are: Hebrews 12 & 13, 2nd Peter 1-3. Midweek Services: Remington. Sunday School Supt. Position: Support was given at our annual meeting in January for a committee to be formed to research a separate Sunday School Superintendent Position, with a proposal to be brought back to the church. A committee of eight brothers who have served as Sunday School Superintendents met and discussed different options for this position which was then shared with the current Remington Sunday School teachers and there was unanimous support. The proposal for this position will be shared via email announcements (see attachment) and the church will then be asked for their support next week. If supported this position will be included and filled with the Sunday School Teacher Nominations at our 2024 annual meeting in January. Please contact SS Supt Bros. Neil, Loren or myself with questions. Looking Ahead: Lunch Serving for Sunday October 15th. Jeremy & Amanda (as per calendar) Isaac Bahler’s Wedding (Skyler McCullough) in Junction OH. October 22nd. Fall Memorandum Reading: Saturday evening, November 4th, 7:00 p.m., at the Remington Church. Ashley Weerts Testimony/Baptism (Indianapolis) January 6th/7th.

Collection for this month: HarvestCall Servant Fund: The Servant Fund of the Apostolic Christian Church of America provides modest financial support for living expenses of brethren sent as full-time missionaries by HarvestCall. Link for the Servant Fund: https://www.harvestcall.org/servant-fund Link for a list of those currently serving as missionaries: https://www.harvestcall.org/our-missionaries There is a need to periodically replenish the Disaster Fund, and HarvestCall would like to request a collection be taken. The HarvestCall Disaster Fund is set up to provide money for relief efforts in the immediate aftermath of a natural disasters and development efforts in response to those disasters. The Special Collection Box will be open for this collection the next two weeks. Please designate “disaster fund” on your tribution. (more details with emailed announcements) Please mark your calendars for the Hospital Lumiere Benefit Auction coming up in November. There will be an online auction from Thursday, November 2 at 4 p.m. through Saturday, November 4 at 4 p.m., and a live, in-person auction on Friday, November 10th in Gridley, IL at 7:00 p.m. with a meal starting at 4:30. The auction is still in need of items to be donated if you would like to contribute in that way. These items should be in by October 27th. For more information on the auction and how to donate items, please visit the auction website https://www.harvestcall.org/benefit-auction . Parkview Haven Services Tuesday evening 7:00 p.m. at Parkview Haven. Will look to those serving lunch in October to provide the support group for the evening. (Jason & Sarah, Dan & Denise, Jeremy & Amanda, Dana & Lea, Brian & Kristin) The Silver Lining welcomes your contribution toward a January 2024 reader-submitted compilation: What practical lessons have you learned from people in the Bible, such as David, Daniel, Peter, Esther, Deborah, or others (Hebrews 11:13-16)? (details with emailed announcements) Our chapters this week are: Hebrews 7-11. Midweek Services: Wolcott. Looking Ahead: Lunch Serving for Sunday October 8th. Dan & Denise (as per calendar) Isaac Bahler’s Wedding (Skyler McCullough) in Junction OH. October 22nd. Fall Memorandum Reading: Saturday evening, November 4th, 7:00 p.m., at the Remington Church.

Collection for this month: Charity Fund There is a need to periodically replenish the Disaster Fund, and HarvestCall would like to request a collection be taken to do this. As you know, the HarvestCall Disaster Fund is set up to provide money for relief efforts in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster like Hurricane Idalia that so recently hit Florida and the southeast and for longer term rehabilitation and development efforts in response to those disasters. The Special Collection Box will be open for this collection the next three weeks. Please designate “disaster fund” on your contribution. (see attachment) Information about the upcoming online and in-person Hospital Lumiere benefit auction on Friday, November 10 in Gridley, IL is on the bulletin board. We are thankful to be adding back in the live, in-person event. There will be many exciting things to bid on and the financial support is so important to sustaining this medical mission. We are collecting items now. Your donated tools, toys, services, household items, food, etc. are what makes this auction possible. More details about the auction and how to donate items can be found on the attached PDF with the emailed announcements and at www.harvestcall.org/benefit-auction . Thank you for your support. It's time to update the church lunch serving list for 2024. If you would like your name added to or removed from the list, please let Micah or Brittany know by Sunday, 9/24. Thanks! A church shower will be held on Sunday, October 1 for Isaac Bahler and Skylar McCullough. Following afternoon service, the congregation will sing 1-2 songs. After exiting the assembly there will be an opportunity to greet Isaac and Skylar and then proceed to the dining room for rootbeer floats and a light snack. Those wishing to go in on the group gift (kitchen mixer) should let Janice Kaeb know prior to the shower, if possible, so you can be included on the card. The card can be signed at the shower, also. Thank you, dear church family, for your understanding as we shower Isaac and Skylar with blessings and accommodate their schedule. Remington hosts the memorandum potluck on November 5th. This potluck is for the Remington & Wolcott churches combined. There is a need for help hosting this potluck. If you are interested in helping, please contact Sis. Lea Nieman. Thank You ! The Young Group made apple cider yesterday and there are jugs in the fridge for those who would like some to take home. Read Thank-You from Sis Alta. Posted on BBoard. Alta Kilgus 205 E. Columbia #14 Fairbury IL 61739 Our chapters this week are : Hebrews 2-6. Midweek Services: Remington. Looking Ahead: Lunch Serving for Sunday October 1st. Jason & Sarah (as per calendar) Isaac Bahler’s Wedding (Skyler McCullough) in Junction OH. October 22nd. Fall Memorandum Reading: Saturday evening, November 4th, 7:00 p.m., at the Remington Church.

Collection for this month: Charity Fund It's time to update the church lunch serving list for 2024. If you would like your name added to or removed from the list, please let Micah or Brittany know by Sunday, 9/24. Thanks! Our monthly singing is planned for this evening. Singing will begin at 7:00 p.m. rather than 6:30. There are a couple of other churches invited to join us for the evening. (Cissna Park, Fairbury, LaCrosse) A church shower will be held on Sunday, October 1 for Isaac Bahler and Skylar McCullough. Following afternoon service, the congregation will sing 1-2 songs. After exiting the assembly there will be an opportunity to greet Isaac and Skylar and then proceed to the dining room for root beer floats and a light snack. Those wishing to go in on the group gift (kitchen mixer) should let Janice Kaeb know prior to the shower, if possible, so you can be included on the card. The card can be signed at the shower, also. Thank you, dear church family, for your understanding as we shower Isaac and Skylar with blessings and accommodate their schedule. Believing that the Lord is bringing their lives together, we are thankful to announce the engagement of Bro. Rustin Schambach to Sis. Ireland Beebe of Indianapolis. Ireland is the daughter of Bro. Mark & Sis. Julie. Remington hosts the memorandum potluck on November 5th. This potluck is for the Remington & Wolcott churches combined. There is a need for help hosting this potluck. If you are interested in helping, please contact Sis. Lea Nieman. Thank You ! Our chapters this week are : Mathew 25-28 & Hebrews 1. Midweek Services: Wolcott. Looking Ahead: Lunch Serving for Sunday September 24th Alan & Sarah (as per calendar) Isaac Bahler’s Wedding (Skyler McCullough) in Junction OH. October 22nd. Fall Memorandum Reading: Saturday evening, November 4th, 7:00 p.m., at the Remington Church.