Bethany United Reformed Church
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8/29/10
MORNING WORSHIP
9:30 A.M.
THE OPENING
Call to Worship
Silent Prayer
*Song of Praise................................ 122:1, 2, 5, 6
*Votum and Salutation
CONFESSION
God’s Law of Life
Song of Response........................................... 248
Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Prayer
*Song................................................................ 448
PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD
Scripture ........................................... John 3:22-36
Sermon ......................................... Living for Christ
Applicatory Prayer
THE RESPONSE
*Song ............................................................... 440
Offertory Prayer
Offerings:
1. General Fund
2. Bethany School Society
*Doxology ..................................................... 361:4
THE DISMISSAL
*Benediction
*Moment of Meditation
Organist..................................... Rachel Kloosterman
Pianist ...................................................... Jan Bartels
EVENING WORSHIP
5:00 P.M.
THE OPENING
Hymn Sing
Call to Worship
Silent Prayer
*Song of Praise............................................... 125
*Votum and Salutation
CONFESSION
*Confession of Faith
*Song of Response......................................... 288
Congregational Prayer
*Song............................................................... 442
PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD
Scripture......................................... Galatians 6:1-6
Lord’s Day 42........................................ Q & A 111
Sermon........................................ Bearing Burdens
Applicatory Prayer
THE RESPONSE
*Song................................................................ 447
Offertory Prayer
Offering............ Middle East Reformed Seminary
*Doxology......................................................... 491
THE DISMISSAL
*Benediction
*Moment of Meditation
*Congregation Standing
Organist.................................................... Lois Ripma
Pianist.................................................... Carol Huisjen
Song Leader...................................... Ron Lotterman
We welcome all who are worshiping with us today. May God bless the proclamation of His Word to our hearts and lives. If you are visiting, please take a moment to fill out a visitor card and place it in the box in the fellowship hall. Also, please join us for coffee following the morning service.
Elder greeters are Dale Suwyn, Bruce Brink and Sherwin Kuiper
Foyer greeters: A.M. North door-Joe Bryant family. South door-Rich & Barb Deppe. P.M. North door-Larry & Joan DeVries. South door-Don & Millie Dykehouse. Next Week: A.M. North door-Jerry & Elsa Dykema. South door-Ray & Mae Dykstra. P.M. North door-Sid & Agnes Ellens.South door- Rev. Freswick family.
Nursery: A.M. Barb & Lisa Berkenpas, Priscilla & Timothy Boot. P.M. Cassidy Atsma, Caitlyn Bryant, Rebecca Eerdmans, Lindsey Huisjen. Next Week: A.M. Liz & Sam Gunnink, Michelle & Olivia Hilton. P.M. Luanna Jipping, Joy Hunderman, Elizabeth & Emily Horan.
Coffee Servers: Todd Moelker family, Rog & Nancy Moelker. Next Week: Scott Moelker family
Library: Joy Bartels & Emily Vonk. Next Week: Sandy Horan & Jamie Kuipers.
A/V Room: A.M Todd & Nick, P.M. Mike T. & Bill. Next week: A.M. Paul & Joey, P.M. Stephan & Travis.
Ushers for the month of September: A.M. North-Travis Koetje, Center-Tyce DeBoer, South-Aaron Warner. P.M. North-Ben Bosch, Center-Dave Kamminga, South-Dan Koerner.
Church Family News
Anna Mae Grit is responding positively to therapy and is able to walk better. Continue to be in prayer for AnnaMae and Don as they anticipate major surgery to remove a tumor in the brain this week Thursday.
Be in prayer for Marilyn Helder. She has been experiencing a general weakness and loss of appetite. Doctors are running tests to determine the cause of her problem.
Jean Vonk returned home after successful surgery. We are thankful for a significant reduction in the pain Jean has been experiencing in past months. Recovery from surgery is expected to take at least three months during which she needs to wear a full-body cast most of the time. Continue to pray for a full recovery.
We express our sympathy to Ken and Bertie Agema in the death of their grandson, Chris Agema, age 25. We pray that God will comfort and sustain Ken and Bertie and their family in the days to come.
A word of thanks for all the get-well and birthday cards received. It’s great to be part of the family of believers. God is good. Gerrit Bultena
We are thankful to report that Carol Brink’s mother, Marie Venema, has regained considerable strength over the past week. She and her family appreciate your continued prayers. She is no longer experiencing any pain and is enjoying strengthening of her voice.
Announcements
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CATECHISM TEACHERS will meet in the Council Room after the morning service and coffee time.
DEACONS will meet tomorrow evening at 7:00.
MEN’S PRAYER GROUP will meet Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. in classroom 5. More prayer warriors needed!
KINGDOM SEEKERS – All girls from 3rd – 8th grade, meet in the Activity Building at 7 p.m. on Wednesday for our kick-off.
POST HIGH/YOUNG ADULT BIBLE STUDY will meet next Sunday after the evening service. We will continue to look at medical issues and reproduction. Check out the small pamphlet in the back of church. NOTE: This was also handed out two months ago.
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS for the fall will be Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Tuesday from 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The MISSIONS COMMITTEE is looking for a furnished home for Naun and Diane Estrella and family beginning October 1, for about eight months. If you are able to help, please contact Ed Toonstra.
NURSERY - We are always looking for more willing helpers in the nursery. Please contact Sarah Van Wyk if you would like to serve in this way. Thank you!
AUGUST COLLECTIONS (through 8/23/10) Mission Fund-$743; General Fund-$33,491; Answers in Genesis-$358; Mid-America Reformed Seminary-$586; Debt reduction-$485.
Our SCHOOL SOCIETY COLECTIONS for the 2009-2010 school year were $52,546.22. We had budgeted for $54,000.00. We would like to thank the congregation for their generous giving this year.
Requested Announcements
RYS' Midwest high school retreat will be held September 24-25 at Maranatha Conference Center in Muskegon, D.V. Rev. Greg Lubbers of Covenant URC will be the featured speaker. Cost is $45.00 per person. Registration deadline is Monday, September 20.
Reformed Single Adults (RSA) will be having its fall kickoff on Thursday, Sept. 16 at Tunnel Park in Holland at 6:30 pm. Please bring your own meat to grill - we'll provide the rest. RSA is a West Michigan area wide ministry to single adults from a Reformed perspective. Beginning in October, we will meet in the fellowship room of Bethany URC in Wyoming on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month beginning at 7:30 pm. This fall we'll be studying The Prodigal God by Pastor Tim Keller. For more information about RSA, please check out our website at www.reformedsingleadults.com.
The Cornerstone Women’s Conference Committee would like to thank all the ladies who attended the conference last March at Cornerstone United Reformed Church. Our speaker for 2011 will be Mary Beth McGreevy. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church in America, and is a frequent speaker for women’s retreats and conferences. The dates for the conference are March 18-19, 2011. Prayerfully consider joining us and invite your lady friends and family to save this date. Respectfully, The Cornerstone Women’s Conference Committee.
Dr. Nelson Kloosterman will be presenting a reformation lecture entitled “Semper Reformanda: Transforming a Shibboleth into a Vision” at Covenant United Reformed Church – Byron Center, located at 58 100th St., Byron Center, MI, 49315 on October 20 at 7:30. In his lecture, Dr. Kloosterman will discuss how the proverb ‘Always Reforming’ can be a destructive tool or a liberating vision offering ways of avoiding the former and pursuing the latter.
Calvin Christian Squire Run: Come join us on September 18 at 10:00 a.m. at Grandville High School's track to walk/run and help raise funds for the athletic program at Calvin Christian. You can help by either sponsoring an athlete or picking up a pledge sheet in the high school office and collecting your own pledges. Everyone is welcome, and there are refreshments available following the event.
Zion Christian School: Mark your calendars for our 10th annual Mountaineer Golf Outing at Diamond Springs Golf Course on Saturday, September 18. Registration is at 7:30am with play beginning at 8:00am. Cost is $100 for adults and $75 for students. Cost includes 18 holes of golf, golf cart, and lunch. To submit your team or inquire about sponsorship opportunities, please call Melissa Postma at 878-9472 or email her at mpostma@zionchristian.net
WHY CAN’T WE VISIT DADDY? - Cancelled family prison visits, failing medical care, a ban on cigarettes and prisoners on a haircut strike are among the inside stories Christians need to know. Go to www.cbi.fm to listen to Crossroad Connection—a restorative justice ministry of Crossroad Bible Institute
ANNUAL DUTCH HERITAGE DAY, Saturday, September 11, 2010 at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds, 5235 Park Street from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Dutch and Indonesian Food, Zoute haring and Olliebollen, Pig in the Blanket, Dutch Rye bread with cheese, Sate and lots more. Dutch goods and Crafts, Sjoelbak & Nooten Schieten Tournaments, Games for children, Grand Rapids Accordion Ensemble at 12:00 Noon, Frisian Horse Riding demonstrations at 2:00 PM.
The White Horse Inn radio show is coming to the Chicago suburbs (Orland Park, IL) for a conference September 24th-25th, including a live taping of the White Horse Inn, Q&A session and an address by each speaker. Come meet Michael Horton, Kim Riddlebarger, Ken Jones and Rod Rosenbladt. For more information go to our website: http://www.covenantop.org/ or call (708) 403-3404. Print out the registration form on the website after clicking on the WHI banner. $5 off the price of admission if you register before August 31st. Registration information is available in the literature rack in the fellowship hall.
Church Calendar
Sunday 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service
5:00 p.m. Evening Worship Service
Monday 7:00 p.m. Deacons Meeting
Wed. 10:00 a.m. Men’s Prayer Group
7:00 p.m. Kingdom Seekers
8/22/10
MORNING WORSHIP
9:30 A.M.
THE OPENING
Call to Worship
Silent Prayer
*Song of Praise.................................................. 37
*Votum and Salutation
CONFESSION
God’s Law of Life
Song of Response.................................. 65:1, 6-9
Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Prayer
*Song................................................................ 158
PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD
Scripture ........................................... John 3:16-21
Sermon .......................................... Condemnation
Applicatory Prayer
THE RESPONSE
*Song ............................................................... 389
Offertory Prayer
Offerings:
1. General Fund
2. Bethany School Society
*Doxology ..................................................... 361:4
THE DISMISSAL
*Benediction
*Moment of Meditation
Organist.................................................... Jan Bartels
Pianist ..................................................... Hope Nobel
EVENING WORSHIP
5:00 P.M.
THE OPENING
Hymn Sing
Call to Worship
Silent Prayer
*Song of Praise............................................... 181
*Votum and Salutation
CONFESSION
Public Profession of Faith
*Confession of Faith
*Song of Response............................................ 81
Congregational Prayer
*Song............................................................... 147
PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD
Scripture................................................. Ezra 9, 10
Lord’s Day 41............................. Q & A 108 & 109
Sermon.......... Separate from the World: Marriage
Applicatory Prayer
THE RESPONSE
*Song................................................................ 268
Offertory Prayer
Offering................................................... Love INC
*Doxology......................................................... 491
THE DISMISSAL
*Benediction
*Moment of Meditation
*Congregation Standing
Organist.................................................... Lois Ripma
Pianist........................................ Rachel Kloosterman
Song Leader........................................... Larry Koetje
We welcome all who are worshiping with us today. Let us use this day in the service of our God. If you are visiting, please take a moment to fill out a visitor card and place it in the box in the fellowship hall. We also invite you to join us for coffee following the morning service
This evening we will hear the Public Professions of Faith of Eric Kuipers and Melanie Lotterman. We thank God for His work in their lives and pray that He will continue to bless Eric and Melanie in the future. After the service, Eric and Melanie will be at the missionary board in the fellowship hall where the congregation can greet them.
Elder greeters are Bob Smits, Bob Bartels and Pat Kennedy
Foyer greeters: A.M. North door-Brian Boot family. South door-Bruce & Carol Brink. P.M. North door-Chuck & Rose DeBoer. South door-Tyce & Anita DeBoer. Next Week: A.M. North door-Joe Bryant family. South door-Rich & Barb Deppe. P.M. North door-Larry & Joan DeVries. South door-Don & Millie Dykehouse.
Nursery: A.M. Deb & Heidi Boeve, Rachel & Cambrie Atsma. P.M. Joy & Beth Bartels, Julia & Damaris Boot. Next Week: A.M. Barb & Lisa Berkenpas, Priscilla & Timothy Boot. P.M. Cassidy Atsma, Caitlyn Bryant, Rececca Eerdmans, Lindsey Huisjen.
Coffee Servers: Ron Lotterman family, Chris Kuipers family. Next Week: Todd Moelker family, Rog & Nancy Moelker.
Library: Hope & Hannah Nobel. Next Week: Joy Bartels & Emily Vonk.
A/V Room: A.M. Dan & Tom, P.M. Kyle & Doug, Jr. Next week: A.M. Todd & Nick, P.M. Mike T., & Bill.
Next Sunday evening the offering will be for Middle East Reformed Fellowship.
Ushers for the month of August: A.M. North-Stephan Postma, Center-Steve Westrate, South-Todd Hilton. P.M. North-Todd Moelker, Center-Tom VanWyk, South-Tom Veurink.
Church Family News
AnnaMae Grit is scheduled to have surgery for a cancerous brain tumor on September 2. She is currently at Spectrum Rehab. She continues to improve as she undergoes therapy. Her address is 4118 Kalamazoo SE, Room 512, Grand Rapids, MI.
Jean Vonk’s back surgery went well and her initial recovery is going according to expectations. Jean is thankful that pain is under control. She will be in the hospital for a few more days and will also be undergoing therapy. Pray for continued healing in the weeks to come.
Gen Buist remains at Brookcrest where she is in a program of therapy. There continues to be slow progress. Her condition is stable but it looks like she will need nursing care for the long term.
Gerrit Bultena’s treatments continue and we are thankful for some positive results. Gerrit is especially thankful that there is not as much pain as before.
Also remember Jan Kuipers and Elias Estrella as they continue treatments. The treatments seem to be going well. Continue to pray for these long-term needs.
Carol Brink’s mother, Marie Venema, has returned to Byron Manor where she is under Hospice Care. Pray for her and Bruce and Carol as they watch over and care for her.
Thank you so much, from the Haagsman Family, for all the cards with caring messages of condolences, the delicious food and cookies and the visits at the funeral home. Thank you, too, for visits at Faith Hospice when Jack was still on this earth, but who is now in heaven, to praise the Lord forever, and sing “I am a child of the King” and what could we wish better for Jack? His wife, Cora
New phone numbers for Sherwin & Phyllis Kuiper: Sherwin -204-2479, Phyllis – 204-2998.
MISSIONARY MAIL: Next Sunday is the last day to bring birthday cards for Nathan Zekveld (18 yrs old on Sept. 3), Nalini Poelman (Sept. 20) and Supriya Elaine Poelman (11 yrs old on Sept. 26).
Announcements
SING-A-LONG – Please plan on joining us after the service this evening for our monthly Hymn Sing. Enjoy a time of praise, fellowship and finger food.
MEN’S PRAYER GROUP will meet Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. in classroom 5.
BETHANY BOOK CLUB - Remember to get your book for August, The Bible Lessons of John Quincy Adams for His Son, (The Vision Forum, Inc.) ISBN 1-929241-22-4.
The MISSIONS COMMITTEE is looking for a furnished home for Naun and Diane Estrella and family beginning October 1, for about eight months. If you are able to help, please contact Ed Toonstra.
NURSERY - We are always looking for more willing helpers in the nursery. Please contact Sarah Van Wyk if you would like to serve in this way. Thank you!
CADET FALL HAMBURGER FRY will be coming with the new school year. Look for it in mid-September. More info to follow.
CADETS’ new season will be starting. All boys age 9 to 13 are welcome. If your son would like to participate and needs a ride to church on Wednesdays, please contact Brian Boot. New this year Cadet Junior Counselors, for young men 14 years and older. Contact Mr. Boot if you or your son may be interested.
MEN’ BIBLE CLASS will be starting in mid September. Our study book on Deuteronomy should be available soon in back of church. You may pick up your books now and make payment at our first meeting. Pastor Freswick will lead us this year, and we will meet at 7:00 pm on Wednesdays.
Requested Announcements
Zion Christian School: Mark your calendars for our 10th annual Mountaineer Golf Outing at Diamond Springs Golf Course on Saturday, September 18. Registration is at 7:30am with play beginning at 8:00am. Cost is $100 for adults and $75 for students. Cost includes 18 holes of golf, golf cart, and lunch. To submit your team or inquire about sponsorship opportunities, please call Melissa Postma at 878-9472 or email her at mpostma@zionchristian.net.
YOUR CHURCH CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE - Dr. David Schuringa interviews Pastor Mark VanderMeer, whose New Community Church has discovered creative ways to minister to the “least of these” in society. Go to www.cbi.fm to listen to Crossroad Connection—a restorative justice ministry of Crossroad Bible Institute.
Church Calendar
Sunday 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service
5:00 p.m. Evening Worship Service
6:30 p.m. Sing-A-Long
Wed. 10:00 a.m. Men’s Prayer Group
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