Monthly Capital Campaign – The October capital campaign is for the Erath County Humane Society. The Erath County Humane Society (ECHS) is an independent non-profit corporation that was organized on September 16, 1976. They are a low-kill facility, euthanizing only sick or excessively aggressive animals when absolutely necessary. They do not impose time limits for healthy, non-aggressive animals to remain at the shelter and do not euthanize animals to create space in the shelter. While they receive a small allotment from the City of Stephenville and Erath County, they are primarily funded by private donations. They can only effect change through the generosity of our community through their donations. Currently, they are working on raising money to build a new shelter that better fits the needs of the influx of animals they have. Serena Wright, the director at ECHS, will be here to visit and share more about this ministry on October 19th.
Monthly Celebration of Communion – Our monthly celebration of communion will be on Sunday morning, October 19th. For the month of November, it will be on the 16th. Cindy Offringa will be here both Sundays to bless us with music ministries.
Pulpit Supply – Pastor Donald Draayer will lead our Sunday morning worship services through November 9th, and also on November 30th, and then Pastor Todd Hilkemann will lead on November 16th, and Pastor Ryan Denton will lead on November 23rd.
Children’s Christmas Program – Practice for the children’s Christmas program (1st-8th grade) will begin on Sunday, November 9th, and will be held every Sunday after church until the program on December 21st @ 6:00 pm.
New Online Giving Option – We are pleased to announce that we will now be utilizing Tithe.ly as an option for online giving. This platform provides a convenient and secure way to contribute to the ongoing ministry of our church. An email was sent out this week with more information on how to use this service. You can also scan the QR code below to give digitally.
Sunday School Donations Needed – We are in need of snacks for our Sunday school classes. If you’d like to donate Capri Suns and boxes of gummies, please drop them off in the kitchen.
Nursery Announcement – The worship committee would like to remind everyone that only children age 4 and under are recommended to be dropped off in the nursery for morning worship services. This will help with congestion in the nursery due to there being a lot of 0-4 aged kids in there. They are also working on some extra activities that the preschool-aged kids can work on during the church hour to allow the babies and toddlers to more freely move around and play.
From the Worship Committee – The worship committee continues to look for more people who would be willing to use their gifts to be involved in the morning worship services. Whether that is by leading a worship song, playing a song for the offertory, scripture readings, leading the call to worship, or offering a prayer, we would love more involvement from the congregation. We are also in need of people to play the piano for our morning worship service. If you can help or know of anyone in your circle, even on a temporary or rotating basis, please have them call Roeland Stoker. Your willingness to serve is greatly needed and deeply appreciated.
Fall Education Classes – Join us this fall for any of our education classes! Sunday School immediately follows morning worship with classes for Pre-K 3 to High School. Wednesday Family Night begins every week at 6:00 pm with dinner provided, followed by Bible study classes from PreK to adult. Ladies Coffee Break meets every Thursday at 9:30 am, and they are doing a Life Guide study, “Prayers of the New Testament” by Lynne M. Baab. College-age students are invited every 1st Thursday of the month for dinner and a Bible study at Bert and Heidi’s house. Their fall study is “Engaging with God’s Word and Fostering Christian Fellowship by Ryan Lokkesmoe.
Thanksgiving Potluck – Join us on Sunday, November 2nd for our annual Thanksgiving potluck. Please bring a dish to share.
Thanksgiving Break Dates – The week of Thanksgiving break we will not have any education classes. Instead, you are invited to join us for a special Thanksgiving service on Wednesday, the 26th at 6:00pm. We will be taking a special offering to support our benevolence fund.
Every month we take a second offering on the 4th Sunday of the month to benefit a local or international ministry.
Listed below are our 2025 monthly capital campaigns. Click on each ministry's name to be taken to their website to learn more about them.
January - Choices Clinic & Life Resource Center
February - World Renew Disaster Relief Services
March - Brady Miller Benefit
April -Rehoboth Christian School
May - Horton Family Guatemala Missionaries
June - Partners Worldwide
July - Mission India
August - Backpack Buddies of Erath County
September - Resonate Global Uganda Missionaries - Anthony and Sara Sytsma
October - Erath County Humane Society
November - TBD
December - TBD