July 6, 2025
Tami Leman • July 14, 2025
Announcements
1.
Rotating Church Potluck Sign-up by July 10
It is time to sign up for the Morton Apostolic Christian Church 2025-2026 Rotating Potluck. Everyone on the church email list should have received an invitation with details and the following link to sign up. https://forms.gle/E9qGu1V7MHrBHNhT8
Contact Deb Wells 309-966-2333 by July 10, 2025, if you cannot or do not want to sign up online, but you want to be in it.
2. Volunteer Opportunity
The HarvestCall Child Sponsorship board is seeking a new volunteer to manage child sponsorship office operations in Morton. Sis. Cathy Koch has volunteered for many years and wishes to transition out of this role. For more information about this 20 hr/week ministry volunteer position, please visit harvestcall.bamboohr.com/careers
4. July 7-11 – Kids Vacation Bible School 6:30-8:30pm
We are very excited for this opportunity to invest in our youth! Please prayerfully consider volunteering by using the link below. Detailed descriptions for each volunteer position are included in the sign-up genius link.
Volunteer Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CA5A82DABFBC43-57032476-2025
This year we ask you to sign up by registering your children and their friends online. Follow the link below to our VBS website to sign up. Please share this link with friends and family in the community. If you have any questions please contact: Sheryl Kaiser, Angie Schick, Holly Levy, or Carley Baer. Registration Link: https://mortonvbs2025.myanswers.com/wonder-junction/
5. July 7-11 – Adult Vacation Bible School
The theme this year is “A Jet Through Revelation” It will be held in the church sanctuary from 7:00pm-8:30pm for the Bible Class through adults. All are welcome. Please be prayerful for the ministers, the singing groups and our Morton Church. The list of speakers and singing groups for each night and their contact information will be sent out by email with weekly announcements.
6. Gateway Woods Auction Items Needed
Please consider generously donating items for the Gateway Woods auction. If you have a vacation home, consider donating a couple night’s stay as this is a popular big-ticket item. There will also be a link to an Amazon wishlist that will be going out via email to help aid in donation ideas. Please deliver your items to Bro Nathaniel and Sis Tressa Leman by July 16. The Gateway Woods auction will be Saturday, August 2. Online auction bidding begins at 8 am, Wednesday, July 30.
A Look Ahead
1. July 7–11 – Vacation Bible School
2. July 17 – All Church Shower – Fred Sollberger and Lisa Martin
3. Sunday, September 28, Wednesday, October 1 and Sunday, October 5 - Photo Sessions for the 2026 Church Directory
E4 Church Leadership Model
• Over the past six weeks, we featured each of the Ministry Areas, including their responsibility and their leadership.
• During this time, we’ve added a new member to two of the teams:
o Sis. Diane Wuthrich has been added to the INREACH/Youth Ministries Ministry Area Team
o Sis. Sue Neihouser has been added to the UPREACH/Worship Ministry Area Team
• As a reminder, if you have an interest in volunteering in a particular ministry or have an idea to improve a ministry, please reach out to the Ministry Area Lead or someone on their Ministry Area Team.
• In the meantime, the Leadership Council has met two times and will be meeting again in late August. Some highlights so far include:
o Each of the six Ministry Area Teams has held at least one meeting and some have met a couple of times o The focus on each team has been to better understand their Ministry Area’s charge and to begin to define roles for their respective leadership teams (like meeting coordination, note-taking, etc.)
o The first assignment for each team has been to create an inventory of activities/services/events and volunteers that are currently in place
o A number of new initiatives or “shared” responsibilities have been discussed and are being assigned to the appropriate Ministry Area to investigate/evaluate.
• We are excited with the progress made to-date and are pleased that we have members of our church family willing to step into these key leadership roles. Please remain prayerful for wisdom and discernment as we adopt this new leadership structure.