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lmmanuel Christian Reformed Church PRAISE & THANKSGIVING October 23, 2016 Thank you to my friends & church family for all the birthday cards WELCOME TO IMMANUEL! and greetings! Ella Jane Newenhouse We’re glad that you joined us today, and we pray that you will encounter God through prayer, worship, and his word. PRAYER REQUESTS Guest mailboxes are located after the alphabetical list of Joan Ringerwole was scheduled for surgery this past Friday. members. Please pick up this information if you would like Pray for a complete recovery. details on Immanuel’s ministries. Wes Kremers - chemotherapy This morning Pastor Bob will continue with part 6 of the Joe Lems – severe back pain message series, The Essential Jesus. Offerings: General Fund & Benevolent Fund Sharon Ondersma – M.S. This evening we welcome Rev Dan Kroeze as he leads us Lynne Rozema - chemotherapy from Matthew 5:21-48, Loving the Unlovable. Pete Van Rijs – durable cancer remission Offering: Crop Walk Brian Wigger – medication to shrink tumor NURSERY Military Today: 8:45AM Jena & Hannah Gaffner Ethan Ritsema DC3 - Navy, Japan 11:00AM Michelle Hamberg, Monica Hoogeboom, Lance Corporal Josh Ter Keurst – Marines Kristina & Abbi Eppinga 5:30PM The nursery room will be open but unstaffed. Captain Ron Thenn – Army nd Next Sunday: 2 Lieutenant Stephan Thenn – Marines 8:45AM Lette Huisman Private First Class Trevor Vedders - Marines 11:00AM Holly Bayle, Ellie Sytsma, Charlotte Smith, Andrew Bosma Alan & Betty Miller - 5:30PM The nursery room will be open but unstaffed. World Renew Disaster Response Services in Texas NO CHILDREN’S WORSHIP TODAY Next Sunday: WEEKLY PRAYER GUIDE Kelsey Janke, Erika Dykstra SUNDAY Remember in prayer and with a card this week our shut-ins: MEETINGS TODAY Agnes Koomen, Letty Dyk No Education Hour 6:30PM E.T. MONDAY Pray for God’s strength to be with the many persecuted Christians in THIS WEEK Burundi. TUESDAY MONDAY OCTOBER 24 Pray for God’s blessing and protection this week on our Kids Hope 7-9:00PM Sewing Night - FLC Director, Evamarie Eggebeen. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26 WEDNESDAY 7:00PM Immanuel Circle - Adult Ed Room Pray for Annalise Larsen and her work with Navigators in Colorado. 7:00PM Discovery - FLC Prayer Room THURSDAY OCTOBER 27 THURSDAY Pray for these young adults and remember them with a note or card: 7AM-7PM Pray for Life event Maxwell Vruwink, Brittany Ymker, Lanae Nesky 7:00PM Knitting Ministry SATURDAY OCTOBER 29 FRIDAY Pray for God’s blessing on our Youth Ministries. 5:30-7:30PM Trunk or Treat - Presidential Estates SATURDAY NEXT SUNDAY – OCTOBER 30, 2016 Ask God to bless the civil and church leaders of our city and the residents of your street. 8:45 & 11AM The Essential Jesus - The Birth of Jesus Denominational Prayer Line: 1-888-CRC-PRAY Part 7 of 10 Matthew 1:18-25 Offerings: General Fund & Legacy Fund OPPORTUNITIES 5:30PM Reformation Sunday Offering: Crop Walk Circle Letter A - Deacons Singles and/or Seniors Dinner Please reserve Thursday, November 10, for the Deacons THE LAURELS OF HUDSONVILLE – 9:00AM Singles and/or Seniors Dinner. The punch bowl will be at Elder Steve Herweyer 5:30PM with dinner following at 6PM. Kooienga, Koster, Kuipers families Please note: Your district deacon doesn’t want to offend anyone as they don’t always know who to consider a senior! Please MEETINGS - OCTOBER 30 circle Letter A in the Friendship Folder to let us know you are 10:00AM Education Hour interested in attending. Thank you! 10:00AM Staff Appreciation - FLC 6:30PM Crossroads CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS FINANCIAL UPDATES Phone & Address Directory October 16, 2016 An updated phone & address directory will be printed in General Fund $9,527 November. If you have any changes to what was printed last Short-Term Missions 846 year, and haven’t already notified us, please contact the church Crop Walk 128 office (669-9725 or [email protected]) ASAP. General Fund Year-to-Date Women’s Sewing Ministry Received $177,524 Tomorrow night, from 7-9PM, we will be sewing dresses for girls Budget goal 199,485 in Africa. We use men’s long sleeve shirts with cuffs. Come and Over (Under) (21,962) learn how to make them. Bring your sewing machine, scissors, Budget received – 89% variety of thread, pins. We will provide the shirts and instructions. If you aren’t a seamstress, you can cut strips of Fiscal year – July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017 material, iron, make material flowers, or just visit. There will be To fulfill our General Fund budget, an extra sewing machine available. an average weekly offering of $12,468 is necessary. Beverages and snacks provided. Questions? Please contact Please tithe in faith and as your response to God’s blessings. Ruth Pohler (828-2336 or [email protected]) or Amber Rich October Corners Offering - Mel Trotter Ministries (745-1736 or [email protected]). Contributions to Immanuel can be made in four ways: 40 Days Pray for Life  Weekly offerings during our worship service We have the privilege to battle the enemy through prayer outside  Online giving through PayPal of the abortion clinic in Grand Rapids on Thursday, October 27.  Auto-giving through your bank The mission of the campaign is to bring together the body of  Mailing a check to the church address Christ in a spirit of unity during a focused 40-day campaign of prayer, fasting, and peaceful activism, with the purpose of REQUESTED ANNOUNCEMENTS repentance, to seek God’s favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to The Hudsonville Christian School (HCS) 100-year Anniversary abortion. Committee is looking for pictures, news articles and artifacts related to You can sign up to pray with a friend, your family or small group HCS from the past 100 years. If you have any items the committee may borrow for the 100-year celebration, please bring them to the main HCS during a one-hour time slot 7AM - 7PM on October 27. Once office clearly marked for Linda Witte. All pictures, articles and artifacts you have signed up to pray, you will receive directions, will be returned after June, 2018. If you have any questions, please guidelines and ideas for prayer. Look for the Sign-Up Genius email [email protected]. information by email and facebook or call Evamarie Eggebeen th th (371-2086) to sign up. Are you a 4 or 5 HCS generation family? The HCS 100-year Anniversary Committee is looking for 4 and 5 generation families who have attended HCS. Please email [email protected] with the names of Meals for New City Kids the family members, the year they graduated, the relationships, photos We will need meals for 10 teens and 2 adults every Monday & and contact information. Wednesday night for the next 12 weeks. We will deliver the meals; all you need to do is prepare it. Unity Christian High School is presenting the musical A Christmas Carol. Performances are November 3, 4, and 5 at 7PM in the If you can help, please call Lynne Rozema (669-0527) or Phyllis Hudsonville High School Auditorium on Allen Street. Tickets are $5 each Wigger (669-0594). You may drop your meal off by noon at the and will be available in Unity’s school office beginning Monday, October Rozemas on Mondays or Wednesdays. 24. Office hours are 8AM – 3:30PM. Thanks in advance for your help! Zumba Benefit Trinity CRC is organizing a Zumba benefit for Barry and Kathy Lambers who are both struggling with their health. Trunk or Treat Barry is an engineer and Georgetown Township fire fighter and is We are looking for people to park and pass out candy at struggling to regain use of the lower half of his body. Kathy is a retired Presidential Estates this Saturday, October 29, from 5:30- JCS bus driver and is struggling with cancer. The Zumba benefit will be 7:30PM. If you can’t attend, but would like to donate some on November 12 from 10:30 - noon at Jenison Christian School's gym. The entry fee is $5. There will be a raffle and prizes! candy, please drop it off in the church office. See the flyer in your church mailbox for more info. Sunset’s Meals at Home Program, 725 Baldwin Street, is in need of volunteer drivers to deliver hot meals to homebound seniors in Jenison, Staff Appreciation Hudsonville, and Grandville. The commitment can be for as long as your We will be celebrating all of our staff between the AM services time will allow. If you are interested in this ministry or would like more information, please call 457-7777 and ask for a Meals at Home staff next Sunday, October 30, with bagels, sweet breads, fruit and member. coffee. We would love for the whole congregation to join us! Please reserve 7PM on Thursday, December 1 and join New City Kids nd Lost & Found Box for our 2 annual Christmas Bash. This benefit performance will be Please check out the box under the FLC coat rack that contains held at the historic City View Church, formerly Alpine Ave CRC. New City Kids is an inspiring youth leadership development program where 100% clothing, casserole dishes, bibles, insulated carrier, etc and see of alumni graduate high school and go to college. The Christmas if anything belongs to you. Bash will be an evening to sample the music, worship and energy that is the life-transforming magic of New City Kids. RSVP by visiting Save the Date - January 21, 2017! www.newcitykids.org. Do you love great food, fellowship and dessert? Save the date for Saturday, January 21. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is returning! More information will be given out in December via Additional Requested Announcements can be read online. email and a flyer in your church mailbox with details. This will be for couples and singles of all ages. Any questions, please contact Laurie Kooienga 616-292-2989. Please join us at the Christian Reformed Conference Grounds on Saturday, December 3 for Dinner Christmas concert featuring pianist Timothy Noble. This young man from Ohio has played and sang for us twice this summer and he is incredibly gifted! Timothy and his family are striving to bring honor and glory to God as they travel and perform in many different states, using the gifts God has blessed him with to bless others. Punch-bowl will begin at 6 PM and dinner at 6:30 in our new Worship Center. During dessert, Timothy will present a Christmas concert. Tickets for this event are $15/person. If you would like to have a table for 10, the cost is $140. All tickets must be purchased in advance. Seating is limited to 300. You can reserve your seats by calling us at 616-842-4478

Love INC Opportunities  Join our Resale Team You've shopped at Love's Treasures & The Outback Resale Shoppes, but have you volunteered with us? Join our team! All profits of our stores benefit Love INC, a ministry that partners with local churches to transform lives and communities. Email: [email protected] or call 616.662.3300x127  Precious Metal Recycling Volunteers Looking for individuals to work with a great team, breaking down broken, donated electronics and sorting different types of metals. Weekdays and hours are flexible. Email: [email protected] or call 616.662.3300x127  Warehouse Space Needed Warehouse space is needed for storage of bikes and seasonal items. Please contact Jason if you are aware of storage space that is greater than 2,000 sq ft. Email: [email protected] or call 616.662.3300x1 15