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We have a carry in meal planned at the Fellowship Hall for today at 5:00 PM with a singing planned for 7:00 PM. The carry in meal will be an all potluck. The main dish will not be provided. All are welcome. Church cleaning is this coming week. The Single Group is invited tomorrow evening starting at 6:30 PM, food will be provided. Everyone is invited to help Tuesday through Saturday. The job list will be posted in the pie room. Thanks in advance for your help! Our Good Friday service will be held this coming Friday evening at 7:30 PM. This will be a regular service with singing starting at 7:15 PM. As a result, our normally scheduled Wednesday evening service will be canceled this week. The next Bible Study will begin Sunday, May 4. The study is held at the same time as Sunday School, 9:30 to 10:15 AM. Our topic and study guide for this series is Sermon on the Mount. Use this link to sign up. Talk to Bro. Tim Ramsier or Bro. Dana Emch with any questions. We appreciate the opportunity to support our Columbus congregation by serving lunch once per month. If your family is willing to take a turn serving lunch at the Columbus Church in the months of July – December, please contact Sis. Martha Jenkins by April 20. Women connecting in the Rittman Church through fellowship or Bible study will continue with new groups in May. Sisters and friends can sign up at the link below. If you were in Women’s Groups or Women’s Bible Study this past year, you will need to sign-up again for the new cycle. If you wish to join either Women’s Groups or Women’s Bible Study in 2025-2026 for the first time, also use the link below. Please sign up by today! For questions regarding Groups, contact Sis. Tonya Miller and for Bible Study Sis. Calla Dotterer. Women’s Groups or Bible Study Sign-up Women’s mentoring will continue with the current pairings, and if you have interest in being mentored, please contact Sis. Meredith Andras or Sis. Darlene Lanz. If you are interested in being a mentor, we have a need for women who are 20-40 years old. As we are preparing for this coming Sunday School year, we are asking for Brothers and Sisters who would have an interest in teaching to contact one of the Sunday School superintendents. The Apostolic Christian Village would like to welcome our church family and our community to a final open house at Aspen Square, our recently finished Assisted Living building, on Sunday, April 27 from 2 - 4 PM. We are very excited to showcase our new space and hope that it will be useful for many years to come as we work to impact our community for God's Kingdom. We appreciate the overwhelming support we've seen throughout this project and look forward to seeing you there. The Apostolic Christian LifePoints Gospel Sing is less than a month away. Join us on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at the Five Points Auditorium in Washington, IL. Doors will open at 5:30 PM for open seating and the program will begin at 6:00 PM. This year’s Gospel Sing will feature the musical talents of Claire, Joe, & Rose Dill. This sibling trio performed at our 2022 Gospel Sing, and we are excited to have them return to the stage. We are also excited to have Chase Sauder, Joel Kaisner and Aubrey Sauder leading us in singing hymns or praise and worship together this year. Babysitting services will be provided for families bringing young children, and a livestream will be available through our YouTube channel. We would love to share in this evening with each of you! New convert this week: Esther Hartzler (Bro. Shane & Sis. Suzanne)

The next Bible Study will begin Sunday, May 4. The study is held at the same time as Sunday School, 9:30 to 10:15 AM. Our topic and study guide for this series is Sermon on the Mount. Use this link to sign up. Talk to Bro. Tim Ramsier or Bro. Dana Emch with any questions. We have a carry in meal planned at the Fellowship Hall for next Sunday, April 13 at 5:00 PM with a singing planned for 7:00 PM. The carry in meal will be an all potluck. The main dish will not be provided. All are welcome. Additional help is needed and a sign-up sheet is posted on the bulletin board. We appreciate the opportunity to support our Columbus congregation by serving lunch once per month. If your family is willing to take a turn serving lunch at the Columbus Church in the months of July – December, please contact Sis. Martha Jenkins by April 20. Women connecting in the Rittman Church through fellowship or Bible study will continue with new groups in May. Sisters and friends can sign up at the link below. If you were in Women’s Groups or Women’s Bible Study this past year, you will need to sign-up again for the new cycle. If you wish to join either Women’s Groups or Women’s Bible Study in 2025-2026 for the first time, also use the link below. Please sign up by April 13. For questions regarding Groups, contact Sis. Tonya Miller and for Bible Study Sis. Calla Dotterer. Women’s Groups or Bible Study Sign-up Women’s mentoring will continue with the current pairings, and if you have interest in being mentored, please contact Sis. Meredith Andras or Sis. Darlene Lanz. If you are interested in being a mentor, we have a need for women who are 20-40 years old. Church cleaning starts the week of April 14. The Single Group is invited Monday evening starting at 6:00 PM, food will be provided. Everyone is invited to help Tuesday through Saturday. The job list will be posted in the pie room. Thanks in advance for your help! Testimonies and baptisms for the weekend of April 26 & 27 at Rittman have been canceled. Instead, we plan to have baptism in Canaan for Jevan Riggenbach. The CVE Ministry in Magdalena, Mexico is in the process of seeking and hiring a new administrator to succeed current administrator Todd Stoller, as he and his family will transition off the mission field in July 2026. If you have interest in this role or would like more information about serving in this ministry in Magdalena, please see the current missionary opening posted on the HarvestCall website. Click here for more information Thank you note: To my church family, thank you very much for the ways you have shared God’s love to me since my accident. Your visits, cards, gifts and prayers were encouraging and very much appreciated. May God bless you for all you do in His name. Sis. Carol Beery Visiting Minister: Bro. Leland Plattner (Zapata)

Meat canning is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 31, with plans of concluding on Thursday, April 3. Each day will begin at 6:00 AM and run until approximately 8:30 PM. Meal times are as follows: Breakfast will be served about 7:30 Lunch will be served around 12:00 - 1:30 Supper will be served from 4:30 - 6:30 Snacks will be available between meals The Meat Canning Committee appreciates the wide range of ages helping with the meat canning and soup packing projects but also is responsible for providing a safe environment while properly handling food that will be distributed to those in need. Please help us in this effort by closely supervising your children during these projects so no one is in danger of being injured. If you would like to know the up-to-date need for help or packing/wash time schedule, call the HarvestCall Center at (330) 925-3740. Thank you for your continued support. If you have any questions, please contact Bro. Jared Keever, Bro. Chase Gasser or Bro. Clint Gasser. The friends singing group will assist with Meat Canning tomorrow evening. Reminder that tomorrow is the last day for VBS Registration. Click here to sign-up If you have a child that will be 3 years old by August 1, 2025 and would like to attend Sunday School, please contact Sis. Mary or Sis. Martha Jenkins. Women connecting in the Rittman Church through fellowship or Bible study will continue with new groups in May. Sisters and friends can sign up at the link below. If you were in Women’s Groups or Women’s Bible Study this past year, you will need to sign-up again for the new cycle. If you wish to join either Women’s Groups or Women’s Bible Study in 2025-2026 for the first time, also use the link below. Please sign up by April 13. For questions regarding Groups, contact Sis. Tonya Miller and for Bible Study Sis. Calla Dotterer. Women’s Groups or Bible Study Sign-up Women’s mentoring will continue with the current pairings, and if you have interest in being mentored, please contact Sis. Meredith Andras or Sis. Darlene Lanz. If you are interested in being a mentor, we have a need for women who are 20-40 years old. The next Bible Study will begin Sunday, May 4. The study is held at the same time as Sunday School, 9:30 to 10:15 AM. Our topic and study guide for this series is Sermon on the Mount. Use this link to sign up. Talk to Bro. Tim Ramsier or Bro. Dana Emch with any questions. Visiting Ministers: Bro. David Gasser (Peachtree City), Bro. Andrew Klopfenstein (Columbus), Bro. Chet Schlatter (Bloomfield), Bro. Bryon Palitto (Akron) Click here to view the April newsletter for Apostolic Christian Village

The friends singing for tomorrow evening will be held at Bro. Neil & Sis. Donna Gasser’s home at 7:30 PM. The wedding singing for Bro. Justin Palitto and Sis. Heidi Hartzler is scheduled for this coming Saturday at 7:00 PM here at the church. All are welcome. Smithville Communion is scheduled for this coming Saturday evening at 7:30 PM. Any brothers and sisters that missed communion at Rittman are welcome to attend. Communion at Canaan is scheduled for Saturday, May 3. Meat canning is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 31, with plans of concluding on Thursday, April 3. Each day will begin at 6:00 AM and run until approximately 8:30 PM. Meal times are as follows: Breakfast will be served about 7:30 Lunch will be served around 12:00 - 1:30 Supper will be served from 4:30 - 6:30 Snacks will be available between meals The Meat Canning Committee appreciates the wide range of ages helping with the meat canning and soup packing projects but also is responsible for providing a safe environment while properly handling food that will be distributed to those in need. Please help us in this effort by closely supervising your children during these projects so no one is in danger of being injured. If you would like to know the up-to-date need for help or packing/wash time schedule, call the HarvestCall Center at (330) 925-3740. Thank you for your continued support. If you have any questions, please contact Bro. Jared Keever, Bro. Chase Gasser or Bro. Clint Gasser. Registration for VBS 2025 is open from March 2 - March 31. It is for any child going into kindergarten 2025 through 6th grade. Click here to sign-up If you have a child that will be 3 years old by August 1, 2025 and would like to attend Sunday School, please contact Sis. Mary or Sis. Martha Jenkins. Convert announced for Peace at Canaan: Jevan Riggenbach (Bro. Bob & Sis. Lorie) Thank you note: The family would like to thank everyone for the many acts of kindness shown to us during this time of our loved ones passing. May God bless each one of you. The Boyd Acker Family

Funeral arrangements for Bro. Boyd Acker: Visitation is today from 2 – 4 PM & 6 – 8 PM at the Auble-Gillman Funeral Home. The funeral will be tomorrow at 10:30 AM here at the church with visitation from 9:30 – 10:15 AM. Click here to view the obituary The March worknight at HarvestCall will need to be changed, because of the meat canning schedule, to this coming Friday, March 21 from 7 – 9 PM. This worknight will be mainly for cleaning the warehouse for meat canning, for this we request 12 years to adult age. The worknight for Friday, March 28 will be canceled as they will be setting up for meat canning. Meat Canning will then start on Monday, March 31 and finish on Thursday, April 3. We would like to invite our Rittman church family and friends to the wedding singing for Sis. Carlie Schlatter and Bro. Toby Stoller this coming Saturday evening, March 22 at 7:30 PM at the Smithville church. All are welcome. Meat canning is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 31, with plans of concluding on Thursday, April 3. Each day will begin at 6:00 AM and run until approximately 8:30 PM. Meal times are as follows: Breakfast will be served about 7:30 Lunch will be served around 12:00 - 1:30 Supper will be served from 4:30 - 6:30 Snacks will be available between meals The Meat Canning Committee appreciates the wide range of ages helping with the meat canning and soup packing projects but also is responsible for providing a safe environment while properly handling food that will be distributed to those in need. Please help us in this effort by closely supervising your children during these projects so no one is in danger of being injured. If you would like to know the up-to-date need for help or packing/wash time schedule, call the HarvestCall Center at (330) 925-3740. Thank you for your continued support. If you have any questions, please contact Bro. Jared Keever, Bro. Chase Gasser or Bro. Clint Gasser. Registration for VBS 2025 is open from March 2 - March 31. It is for any child going into kindergarten 2025 through 6th grade. Click here to sign-up If you have a child that will be 3 years old by August 1, 2025 and would like to attend Sunday School, please contact Sis. Mary or Sis. Martha Jenkins. Thank you to everyone who came out this week to clean at the fellowship hall. All your help was greatly appreciated. Fellowship Hall Trustees

Today is the last Sunday for the Operations Fund collection. We have a carry in meal planned at the Fellowship Hall for today at 5:00 PM with a singing planned for 7:00 PM. Meat will be provided and all are welcome. The friends singing for tomorrow evening will be held at the Nursing Home at 7:00 PM . Hosts are Bro. Glen & Sis. Lois Maibach. Fellowship Hall Cleaning is this coming week – March 10 – 13. Any help is welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Bro. Sam Gardner. Registration for VBS 2025 is open from March 2 - March 31. It is for any child going into kindergarten 2025 through 6th grade. Click here to sign-up A major wind and hailstorm has caused the need for a new roof on the Apostolic Christian Retirement Village in Sabetha, Kansas. After much prayer and consideration, God has directed us to use volunteer labor to replace the roof on the whole facility. It will require 11 semi loads of shingles and many hours of volunteer labor. Lord willing, the “Rooftop Revival” project will begin Sunday evening May 25. The projected duration of the project is 5-7 weeks. This project will be patterned after the Winter Rebuilding ministry. Please use the Sign-up Genius link below to inform us of your plans so the local congregations (Bern and Sabetha) can make preparation. Meals and accommodations will be provided, but we need all volunteers individually to respond via Sign-up Genius. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RRNational Visiting Minister: Bro. Chet Manz (Toledo)

Sis. Gail Riggenbach funeral arrangements: Visitation: 2-4 PM and 6-8 PM on Tuesday at Auble-Gillman Funeral Home in Rittman and 9:30-10:15 AM on Wednesday at the Smithville Church with the funeral following at 10:30 AM. Click here to view the obituary Our Operations Fund collection is scheduled for today and also next Sunday. The Operations Fund finances the operation of our national church, including costs for Elder Body meetings and travel, liability insurance, specific Elder-oriented ACCFS and Elder’s Teaching Resource support, as well as denomination-wide supporting services, such as Onward Media. The Elder mid-winter conference is in Bradford this coming week from Wednesday, March 5 through Friday, March 7. Please be prayerful for the Elders as they gather. We have a carry in meal planned at the Fellowship Hall for next Sunday, March 9 at 5:00 PM with a singing planned for 7:00 PM. Meat will be provided and all are welcome. Fellowship Hall Cleaning is scheduled for March 10 - 13. Any help is welcome. If you have any questions, please see Bro. Sam Gardner. Registration for VBS 2025 is open from March 2 - March 31. It is for any child going into kindergarten 2025 through 6th grade. Click here to sign-up A major wind and hailstorm has caused the need for a new roof on the Apostolic Christian Retirement Village in Sabetha, Kansas. After much prayer and consideration, God has directed us to use volunteer labor to replace the roof on the whole facility. It will require 11 semi loads of shingles and many hours of volunteer labor. Lord willing, the “Rooftop Revival” project will begin Sunday evening May 25. The projected duration of the project is 5-7 weeks. This project will be patterned after the Winter Rebuilding ministry. Please use the Sign-up Genius link below to inform us of your plans so the local congregations (Bern and Sabetha) can make preparation. Meals and accommodations will be provided, but we need all volunteers individually to respond via Sign-up Genius. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RRNational Thank you notes: The family of Harold Widmer expresses their sincere thanks and appreciation for all the acts of love shown to father and grandfather during his life and especially his period of declining health. Special thanks to the caretakers at the Apostolic Christian Village. We are thankful to be part of such a loving body of Christ. Thank you and God bless each of you for your thoughtfulness and generosity. Sincerely, The Harold Widmer family We want to thank everyone for their love and kindness, gifts and flowers. So many kind deeds. May God bless all of you. We are so blessed to have such a loving family of friends. Stan Winkler family. Engagement: Sis. Andrea Gasser to Bro. Kody Gasser. Sis. Andrea is the daughter of Bro. Mark & Sis. Jill Gasser and Bro. Kody is the son of Bro. Dan & Sis. Diane Gasser. Click here to view the March newsletter from Apostolic Christian Village

The visitation for Bro. Harold Widmer will be today 2 - 4 and 6 - 8 PM at Auble-Gillman Funeral Home. The funeral is tomorrow (Monday) at 10:30 AM here at the church with visitation from 9:30 - 10:15 AM. Click here to view the obituary Jeff Beery (son of Bro. Gaylord & Sis. Cheryl Beery - Smithville) passed away. Arrangements are pending. The ministering Brothers will begin a series of topicals on the Statement of Faith. Bro. Tom will begin during this afternoon’s service under What We Believe and the statement “The Holy Spirit lives in a believer and provides comfort, conviction, direction, and the power to overcome sin”. The friends singing for tomorrow evening will be at Bro. Dan & Sis. Jennifer Hartzler’s home at 7:30 PM. HarvestCall worknight is scheduled for this coming Friday from 7 – 9 PM. All are welcome. If anyone would like to bring a snack for afterwards, please contact Bro. Zach and Sis. Gracie Steiner. Our Operations Fund collection is scheduled for the next two Sundays, March 2 & 9. The Operations Fund finances the operation of our national church, including costs for Elder Body meetings and travel, liability insurance, specific Elder-oriented ACCFS and Elder’s Teaching Resource support, as well as denomination-wide supporting services, such as Onward Media. A major wind and hailstorm has caused the need for a new roof on the Apostolic Christian Retirement Village in Sabetha, Kansas. After much prayer and consideration, God has directed us to use volunteer labor to replace the roof on the whole facility. It will require 11 semi loads of shingles and many hours of volunteer labor. Lord willing, the “Rooftop Revival” project will begin Sunday evening May 25. The projected duration of the project is 5-7 weeks. This project will be patterned after the Winter Rebuilding ministry. Please use the Sign-up Genius link below to inform us of your plans so the local congregations (Bern and Sabetha) can make preparation. Meals and accommodations will be provided, but we need all volunteers individually to respond via Sign-up Genius. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RRNational Click here to read the AC LifePoints 2024 Annual Report Visiting Ministers: Elder Bro. Tony Manz (Junction), Bro. Neil Stoller (Croghan)