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lmmanuel Christian Reformed Church THE LAURELS OF HUDSONVILLE – 9:00AM February 14, 2016 Elder Keith Meinema Jr John Dykstra Sr, Eggebeen families WELCOME TO IMMANUEL! We’re glad that you joined us today, and we pray that you will PRAYER REQUESTS encounter God through prayer, worship, and his word. We extend our sympathy to Bob & June Aardema in the death Guest mailboxes are located after the alphabetical list of of June’s sister, Laura Hochreiter. Pray for God’s comfort and members. Please pick up this information if you would like care in this time of sorrow. details on Immanuel’s ministries. Barb Cutrara had successful ear surgery recently and we pray This morning Pastor Bob will lead us with “Honoring Marriage” - for continued recovery. Part 2. At the 11AM service, Trevor Nieuwenhuis will publicly profess his faith in Jesus Christ. Claus Steenwyk continues with rehab following a stroke and we pray for complete recovery. Offerings: General Fund & Level 3 Tuition Assistance Marcia Gemmen - chemotherapy treatment This evening you are invited to the Date Night Challenge: Comedy Edition. Joe Lems – severe back pain Nursery and childcare is provided for children ages 0-5 years. Sharon Ondersma – M.S. Offering: Church Planting Lula Ringerwole - hospice care NURSERY Mari Schut - chemotherapy treatments Today: 8:45AM Sharon Nesky Marion Vande Steeg - surgery complications 11:00AM Curt Hoogeboom, Kristy Ter Keurst, Pete Van Rijs – durable cancer remission Jon De Young, Lucas Vander Ploeg 5:30PM Childcare is provided. Brian Wigger – medication to shrink tumor Next Sunday: Military 8:45AM Lette Huisman 11:00AM Tracy Ridder, Amy Wigger, Ethan Ritsema DC3 - Navy, Japan Jacquelin Veldink, Ellery Miedema 5:30PM Mary Jane Geers Lance Corporal Josh Ter Keurst – Marines Captain Ron Thenn – Army CHILDREN’S WORSHIP nd Today: (Feeding the 5000) 2 Lieutenant Stephan Thenn – Marines Kristin Van Solkema, Emily Pettinga, Aspen Postma Trevor Vedders - Marines Next Sunday: Evamarie Eggebeen, Lindsey Heuker, Jenna Bosma Missionary Partner - Rev Cal & Jamie Hofland World Missions - West Africa MEETINGS 10:00AM Education Hour The Laurels of Hudsonville Residents 6-9:00PM E.T. Immanuel elders and deacons ask for your prayers as they seek God's direction for our church. On Sunday, March 6, our THIS WEEK elders and deacons will be praying together and discussing our Sunday evening worship service. TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16 7:00PM Discovery Please pray for our Kids Hope Family Fun Night which will take place this Friday, February 19. We love having our Kids Hope WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17 student and mentor families together sharing food and fun. Pray 6:30PM GEMS & Cadets that good conversations would occur and that we would be able to shine Jesus' light. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 7:00PM L.I.F.T. event - Adult Ed Room Community Freedom Ministry Immanuel CRC is hosting an event called “Growing Fruitful FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 Disciples” on Tuesday, February 23 at 8AM to share the 6:00PM Kids Hope event - FLC message, method and ministry of the Community Freedom Ministry. All area pastors, lay leaders and anyone interested in NEXT SUNDAY – FEBRUARY 21, 2016 learning more about Freedom in Christ Ministries are invited. 8:45 & 11AM Pastor Bob - 40 Days with Jesus: Part 1 of 8 Please pray that all will respond to God's prompting to come and Matthew 3 follow His leading with the CFM. Please contact Mary Jane at [email protected] to register or for more information. Offerings: General Fund & Short-Term Missions Thank you for praying for the individuals participating in this event. 5:30PM Cadet Sunday Offering: Calvinist Cadet Corps OPPORTUNITIES MEETINGS Circle Letter A - Seasoned Citizens Lunch 10:00AM Education Hour On Wednesday, February 24, join us for soup, salad, and 10:00AM CEAP enrollment - office area dessert in the FLC at 12PM with Quilts from the Bible by Marietta 6:30-9:00PM Crossroads Zwart to follow. If you plan on coming, please circle Letter A in the Friendship Folder. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS GEMS Sock Hop Supper We are excited to invite you to the Gems supper on Saturday, Staff Position Opening March 19, 5-7PM. This is a fundraiser for the Gems Esther Contact the church office or Pastor Bob for an application for our School in Zambia. We would like to raise $3000 to help furnish part-time Minister of Visitation staff position. This position one of their new classrooms. Please put an RSVP slip in the involves monthly care and contact with our home-bound Gems supper box in the foyer so we can plan on your members and coordinating Immanuel volunteers in a ministry of attendance. care and compassion. Coffee Servers Needed L.I.F.T. (Ladies In Fellowship Together) Event We need coffee servers for 2016! This requires making/serving Join us this Thursday, February 18, from 7-9PM in the Adult Ed coffee, lemonade, putting cookies on trays and enjoying the Room! Come warm your heart at the Coffee/Hot Chocolate Bar fellowship with other Immanuel members. Please contact Ruth and have some light appetizers. The cost is $1/person - payable Pohler (669-5657 or [email protected]). You can sign up that night. Please RSVP to Kris ([email protected] or 616- with another family/friend. There is a signup sheet in the 498-1967). kitchen. We need YOUR help. Thank you!

Christian Education Assistance Program (CEAP) Enrollment Library News Enrollment for parents of children attending Christian day school, Come check out the recently updated selections in the library! K-12, will take place again on February 21 & February 28 We have a fresh supply of DVD's for kids and family viewing. between the morning services. Look for Mike Wigger in the We have expanded our collection of books, adding titles by new workroom area between the offices. authors and additional selections by many of your favorite Immanuel will provide some tuition assistance to all families that writers. A list of the latest additions is available in the library. choose to enroll their children in the CEAP. Additional levels of Can't wait to see you between AM services! assistance are available from Immanuel, if needed. Plan to attend one of these meetings to get more information and to Tuition Assistance Program enroll your children. For the upcoming school year, families who wish to apply for Level 2 tuition assistance from Immanuel will need to use the If you can't attend one of these meetings, please call Mike FACTS application format online via a confidential web site Wigger (616-389-9683) to get an enrollment form and/or more at www.FACTStuitionaid.com. information. The required application information is easily accessible data Teacher for 10th Grade Needed (February 28 - May 1) from the 2015 tax return along with other basic information. Please prayerfully consider this short time of teaching. The Copies of confirming tax documents will be required to be sent to spring is when the girls and guys comes together to finish out the the FACTS center. The $30 application fee will be paid by the year. We are in need of a teacher to learn and grow with this schools. Parents who have children in more than one great group of kids. Please consider this opportunity and let Lisa participating school need only to fill out the application one time-- VanderVeen know at [email protected]. Thank you! the information will be available to the schools where their children attend and to Immanuel CRC. Committee Chairpersons The FACTS organization will analyze the information of each A reminder that all budget requests for the July 1, 2016 - June applicant. Through FACTS Immanuel CRC and participating 30, 2017 fiscal year are due on March 1, 2016. If you have any schools have the ability to more evenly distribute available tuition questions, please contact Mike Wigger (389-9683). assistance funds based upon factual information the families provide in the application. While the schools and Immanuel Church Planting Offerings CRC will use the same information, the schools will distribute You may still contribute to the church planting funds in any their funds after they know how much assistance Immanuel CRC offering. Please indicate whether you are contributing to the will provide. 2016 (Guatemala), 2018 (Presidential Estates), or 2020 (Classis Please contact FACTS at (866) 315-9262 with any questions. Georgetown) church plants. Any donations that are not specified The deadline for submitting this application is March 31, 2016. will be divided evenly between the three. Thank you! You may also contact Mike Wigger (616) 389-9683 with Immanuel Deacons questions.

Hand2Hand Home Plate 2016 - May 7 For the month of February, we are collecting 100% juice boxes. Is anyone interested in attending the Home Plate program and Please place your donations in the shopping cart in the FLC Tigers game vs the Texas Rangers on Saturday, May 7? The foyer. Thank you! program is at 9:30AM with the game at 1:05PM. The cost is $35/person. If there is enough interest, we will order tickets as a Food/Household Products Collection for Love INC group. Please contact the church office (669-9725 or During the month of February, the deacons will be collecting ([email protected]) by February 29 if you’d like to attend non-perishable food/household products for Love INC’s Food or have questions. Payment would also need to made by that Pantry. You may bring your donations to the FLC foyer and date. place them under the Giving Tree. Thank you! FINANCIAL UPDATES Could you be the One? Do you ever need someone to talk to? Do you feel better after February Corners Offering an hour spent with a friend? Do you ever need advice about Camp Roger Scholarships - Kids Hope students how to deal with a tough situation? I'm sure you answered YES Today you can give the LOVE of Jesus to our Kids Hope to those questions, and students at Park Elementary would students by donating to the Camp Roger Scholarships in the answer YES too! You could be a Kids Hope mentor and be a Corners Offering. By going to camp, the students will be special friend to a student in need. Right now a 1st grade girl, surrounded by God’s LOVE and the world He created for a 3rd grade boy and 4th grade boy are all waiting for a friend. week. That’s better than any Valentines card or box of Contact Evamarie Eggebeen and learn more about becoming a chocolate! mentor: [email protected] February 7, 2016 trailer and bring your new furniture items home with you the General Fund $13,346 same day! This sale is open to the public! Hudsonville Christian Building Fund 750 is so grateful for the generosity of Talsma Furniture, and looks Church Plant 2016 196 forward to seeing you at the sale! Church Plant 2018 265 Church Plant 2020 198 The Hudsonville Christian School Auction is this Saturday, February 20, at the old Unity North Gym (parking also available General Fund Year-to-Date behind the schools). A warm invitation is extended to our friends Received $367,664 in the HCS community Silent Auction bidding begins at 4:30PM Budget goal 399,319 for gift certificates, craft items, Buy-A-Line items, Teacher Over (Under) (31,655) Donations, and many other physical items. Catered Dinner from Budget received –92% On the Border will be available from 4:30-6:30PM. The exciting Fiscal year – July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016 Live Auction begins at 6PM. We are so thankful to all the many individuals and businesses who have donated to his auction! To fulfill our General Fund budget, Thank you for praying for this special event and for supporting an average weekly offering of $12,479 is necessary. our school. For more information and pictures, please visit Please tithe in faith and as your response to God’s blessings. hcsauction.com - we look forward to seeing you Saturday! Contributions to Immanuel can be made in four ways: Hudsonville Christian School is currently seeking applicants  Weekly offerings during our worship service for a full-time custodian position at the Middle School Building.  Online giving through PayPal Anyone interested in learning more about the position may pick  Auto-giving through your bank up a copy of the job description in the Middle School (3925  Mailing a check to the church address VanBuren) or Central office (3435 Oak Street). Applicants are encouraged to bring in a copy of their Resume. Applications will be accepted through February 29. Hudsonville Christian School WEEKLY PRAYER GUIDE is an equal opportunity employer. February 14, 2016 The 2016 Unity Christian Senior All Nighter committee invites SUNDAY you to join us at Rainbow Grill in Hudsonville on Monday, Remember in prayer and with a card this week our shut-ins: February 22. 10% of sales from the day will go towards the Unity Agnes Koomen, Letty Dyk Senior All-Nighter! Please invite your friends and family and join us for a fun evening! MONDAY Pray for God’s strength to be with the many persecuted Unity Christian High School is presenting the play Flowers for Christians in Nicaragua. Algernon. Performances are February 18, 19, and 20 at 7PM in Allendale High School’s Ceglarek Fine Arts Center. Tickets are TUESDAY $5 each and will be available in Unity’s school office. Office Pray for God’s blessing and protection this week on our hours are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Please note, this play is geared Worship & Communications Director, Matt Sytsma. towards middle school students and older.

WEDNESDAY Unity Christian High School will be hosting orientation th Pray for Rev Cal & Jamie Hofland and their work with World evenings for 8 graders and parents on February 22 & 24. th Missions in West Africa. These evenings are especially planned for 8 graders and their parents to check out Unity as they make plans for high school. THURSDAY Call Unity at 669-1820 during any school day to reserve an Pray for these young adults and remember them with a note or evening. card: Jordan Herd, Justin Schout, Elysia Ter Avest Revive is ushering out winter and readying itself for spring with big sales! February 15-20 get 50% off all Clothing and FRIDAY Accessories; February 22-25 get all clothing and accessories for Pray for God’s blessing on our Youth Ministries. only 94₡ each; February 26-27 fill a Revive shopping bag with as much clothing and accessories for only $10. Revive will be SATURDAY closed Monday, February 29, to change the store over to spring Ask God to bless the civil and church leaders of our city and and will reopen Tuesday, March 1, at 10AM. the residents of your street. College seniors or seminary ready students who are Denominational Prayer Line: 1-888-CRC-PRAY professing members of one of the churches of Classis Georgetown, pursuing ministry in the Christian Reformed Church, and in need of financial assistance are invited to apply for financial aid for the 2016-2017 school year. Please contact Pastor Stan Drenth, 3903 Canterbury Dr, Hudsonville MI, 49426 REQUESTED ANNOUNCEMENTS telephone 616 450-7429. You may also retrieve the forms on the internet under Classis Georgetown – grants and aid. Come to the Talsma Furniture Fundraiser Sale ~ February 19 Applications will be accepted until February 29, 2016. and 20 from 9-5:30 at Hudsonville Christian School (HCS). Are you familiar with the warehouse sale that Talsma Furniture holds You are invited! Please join us for our Hands @ Work Craft in the summer? Talsma Furniture is holding a similar sale for Show on Saturday, March 5, 2016 from 9AM-3PM at the old Hudsonville Christian, and 100% of ALL sales will go to the Unity Christian North Gym. Suggested Admission Donation of HCS Expansion Project! There will be one of a kind, $2 for Adults, kids free. Proceeds go to support Messiah CRC's discontinued and floor sample furniture items at this sale – at Youth Group 2016 Mission Trip. Find us on Facebook for more warehouse sale prices. This sale will be held in the north gym at information: “Hands at Work Craft Show". Hudsonville Christian on Oak Street (former Unity Christian north gym). This is a cash and carry sale...so bring your truck and Borculo Christian School Spring Kids Clothing & Toy Sale will be held on Saturday, March 12, from 9am – noon at the school - 6830 96th Ave., Zeeland. Please contact us at [email protected] for more information. Hope to see you there!

Love INC Opportunities  Love’s Treasures Resale Shoppe: Join our team of volunteers in our resale store- we have openings Thursdays and Fridays and want you to join in the fun as we serve together! Contact Kaitlin for details at 662.3300 or [email protected]

 Job Search Volunteer: Looking for someone with job search and resume skills willing to assist individuals who are looking for work in the community. Please contact Kaitlin at 662.3300 x127 or [email protected]

 Blankets: There are many families in our area that do not have blankets for their beds during this cold winter. Would you be willing to supply one for them? If so, please drop of the new or used (in good condition) blankets to Love INC.

Marriage Seminar Fellowship Reformed Church (6610 36th Ave) will be hosting an area-wide live simulcast of “The Mingling of Souls” Marriage Conference from Jacksonville, Florida. Nationally renowned pastor and author, Matt Chandler, and his wife, Lauren, will lead this “powerful and fun event aimed at helping couples of all ages discover God’s good design for love marriage, sex, and redemption.” The conference will be held on Friday, February 19, from 7:00-10:00pm and Saturday, February 20, from 9:00am-Noon. No cost involved; light snacks will be served. Additional information and registration are available at frchudsonville.org/mingling or by emailing [email protected].

Marriage Conference The Art of Marriage is for every couple whether you are engaged, newlyweds, or have been married for 50 years. It has a very unique design as the Art of Marriage event weaves together expert teaching, real life stories, and humor, to portray both the challenges and the beauty of Gods design for marriage. Art of Marriage is a 6 session DVD event along with a live host throughout the entire weekend. The marriage event will be held at Trinity Christian Reformed Church on Friday, March 18, from 6:30-9:15PM, and Saturday, March 19, 9AM– 4PM. Cost for the weekend is $50/couple (includes workbook materials, snacks on Friday, a light breakfast, and lunch on Saturday). For more information or to register for the event or contact the Trinity office at 457-1630 or office@trinity- crc.org.

Cottonwood Christian Learning Center, a ministry of Cottonwood Church in Jenison, will have open enrollment for 3's & 4's preschool on February 23 at 8AM. If you are a working parent and looking for preschool, and need transportation to a childcare program, we can help you. We offer full day programs from 6:15 am-6 pm with preschool from 9-11:30 am. Do you have a 2 year old that could benefit from a play group? We have that too. Infant and toddler care is also available Monday-Friday. We offer a variety of programs that meet the needs of children in all areas of development. A few of the activities we offer are Bible Stories, monthly field trips, gymnastics program, music program, sports camp once a week, as well as language, writing, art, and so much more. If you would like more information or set up a tour of our program please call Kim at 616-457-8123 ext. 2.

Queen & Twin Beds Needed Jamestown CRC is remodeling their parsonage to be used as a mission house. A missionary family coming home on furlough will be moving in on March 1 for 6 months. We are in need of 3 twin beds with mattresses and a queen bed and mattress. If you can help with this, please call Lynn Dornbush (896-0050). Thank you!