Virtual benefit auction planned for Thursday Nov. 2 at 4:00 pm - Saturday Nov. 4. at 4:00 pm. Live In-Person - Nov. 10 at the Water Tower in Gridley. Food & Silent Auction at 4:30 pm, live auction at 7:00 pm. For more information - https://www.harvestcall.org/benefit-auction 

All are welcome to join us in singing and fellowship with the Restmor residents. • Please arrive at 5:45pm. The singing will begin at 6:00pm. Pizza will be served at the Fellowship Hall afterwards, please sign up at the kitchen sign-up table if you plan to attend. May the Lord bless you for bringing joy and blessings to the residents at Restmor.

Consider having your picture taken for the 2024 online directory if you are….new to Morton Church, got married, had a baby, graduated and want a picture separate from your family, or missed getting your picture taken in 2023…..if these categories do not include you, please wait until next year to update your photo for the next printed directory. 

We will be using a Sunday School Classroom where the 3yr olds through 3 graders meet to sing and have Sunday School. For those of you who may not know where this area is, if you walk towards the back of the church through the doors (Marked Sunday School over doors), the area is straight ahead. Someone will be there to give you instructions. You do not have to sign up, just show up, as we expect this to go pretty quicky. Our photographers are only taking a couple of snap shots per family. This is the only Sunday for updates.  As a reminder, new picture directories will be printed every 2 years so the next printed version will be 2025.  

If you are new to Morton church and would like to be included in our 2024 phone and address directory, please email your contact information to Sis Dannelle Zeller at info@mortonacchurch.org. If you are currently listed with an email address in the directory, you will be receiving an email in early October. You can simply reply to that email with changes.  Those who have graduated from high school or are in the Young Group should have their own entry. • Remember you can include your married children and their spouses under your listing, and you can list as many phone numbers or emails as needed. Church officers and committees are in the back of the directory. If you are retiring from a position or starting a new one, please update us with that information as well. The firm deadline for submitting all changes for the directory is November 5.

Registration for the 2023 Apologetics Conference is now open to all interested attendees. Registration is required and will close on November 1.  The purpose of the conference is to raise awareness of what apologetics is, why it matters, and provide entryways into major apologetic questions. This year's theme is: Does God Matter? While "Does God exist?" may be one of mankind’s most fundamental questions, our increasingly secular society seems to be asking a different question: "Does it even matter?" Join us at the 2023 Apologetics Conference as we discuss how to respond to atheism and apathy.

What: Perspectives is a 15-lesson course of vision, hope, and passion found in the Bible with the goal of guiding Christians to greater alignment with God’s priorities in building His kingdom here on earth, locally and abroad. Format: 15 different speakers over 15 weeks bring a wide variety of experience and stories to engage you in community and learning with your peers in a truly interactive setting. When: Thursday, January 18 to Thursday, May 2 from 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM. Register online: https://perspectives.org/courses/goodfieldil-s24/ Questions: Bro. Erik Wiegand (mobile/text: 309-208-8984 or eriklee76@gmail.com) is the local church contact with the Goodfield AC Church.

1. November 12 – Wedding – Bro Norman Dubert & Sis Audrey Reinhard at Bluffton Country 

2. November 18 – Young Group Turkey Trip to Chicago 

3. November 19 - Memorandum 

4. November 22 – No Church Service or SS Activities 

5. November 23 – Thanksgiving Service – Church and Restmor

6. December 3 – Christmas Caroling/Chili Supper 

7. December 4 – All Church Baby Shower – Amanda Strunk 

8. December 10 – Sunday School Christmas Program 

9. December 24 – 9:45am Church Service and Sunday School/No Lunch/No PM Church Service 

10. December 25 – Christmas Service-Church and Restmor 

11. December 27 – No Church Service or Youth Activities 

12. December 31 – New Years Eve Service during PM Church Service