November Collection - Gateway Woods

Sunday, 11/1

• Rescue Mission Service in Peoria.  We'll leave from the West parking lot at 7:15, the service is at 8 and we should be back for our morning service.  Singing help is appreciated.  (remember the time change) 
• Prayer Gathering - at 9am in the Intermediate Sunday School Room. All are welcome!
• 2nd Service - Bible Study on II Timothy 2
• Lunch provided by Tom & Mary Sauder

Wednesday, 11/4

• WOW at Bertschi’s land at 7 pm
• ACTIVE at church at 7:15 pm
• Scripture Memory at church at 7:15 pm
• HOPE will meet to play games at the LifePoints activity center in Morton. The girls can be picked up at 5:45 in Roanoke or 6:00 in Eureka and must complete a volunteer waiver. Please check your email for more details.  

Thursday, 11/5 - Helping Hands will meet from 9 am - noon.

2027 Lunch Serving List & Funeral Call List Updates - Anyone wanting to have their name added or removed from the Sunday Lunch Serving List OR the Funeral Call List should contact Cheryl Baurer (309-645-7505) before 12/1/26.

Young Group:

• Friday, 11/6 - SALT/LIGHT Topical Study 7:00pm at the Nursing Home followed by games.

Looking Ahead

• Sunday, 11/8 - ACYF evening in Bloomington. The program will start at 6:00pm.
• Sundays, 11/8 and 11/22 - II Timothy Bible Study during second service.
• Saturday, 11/14 and Sunday, 11/15 - Testimonies (7:00 song service begins) and Baptisms - Brady & Grace Leman
• Sunday, Nov.15 - Thanksgiving Singing & Dinner 

National Church

• HarvestCall - Rebuilding Project in Iberia Parish, Louisiana where they had had 8 hurricanes pass through in the last 10 years. Volunteers are needed each week starting Jan. 10, 2027 - March 26, 2027. Skilled and unskilled workers are needed as are those with a passion to share the Gospel with those we serve. Online registration is required for all volunteers and opens at noon Central time on Wednesday, November 18th.
• HarvestCall: Hospital Lumiere Online Auction Thursday, November 5th-Saturday the 7th. The website is: https://www.32auctions.com/HospitalLumiere2026. This year is a focus on sponsoring specific needs of the hospital with limited items on the auction list. Please see the website or North Hallway bulletin board for more information. 
• Apologetics Conference on Saturday, November 14 at Bluffton North. The purpose of the conference is to raise awareness of what apologetics is and why it matters and introduce major apologetic questions. This year’s theme is “Shining as Lights in a Secular Age”. We will explore the rise of secular ideas in our schools, work places and institutions. More information can be found this website Elders Teaching Resource and registration can be completed here:  Apologetics Conference Registration
• AC Central
• Around the Table - Our Citizenship - Replay
• Breaking Bread - Wanna Bet? How Gambling is Reaching Our Youth.

Other Ways to Learn and Serve

• Trail Life Fundraiser - Pancake, sausage and egg breakfast at the Roanoke Park Building on November 21st from 7 - 10am.
• HeartHouse Christmas Drive: American Heritage Girls are participating in the HeartHouse Christmas gift drive and invite the church to join. There’s a small Christmas tree in the basement near the women’s bathroom with tags of specific toy needs to donate to the HeartHouse gift drive. Please feel free to take as many tags as you’d like and return the items (unwrapped) by November 15th. The gifts will be dropped off at HeartHouse and received by needy families in Woodford County.