Sunday, March 8, 2015 ~ 9:30 a.m.

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2 Christian Reformed Church of Pease Pastor Michael Ten Haken Sunday, March 8, 2015 ~ 9:30 a.m. Gathering As the Family of God Prelude Call to Worship Opening Song: Majesty Welcome and God s Greeting Praise Songs: He Knows My Name Oh How He Loves You and Me HF #622:1 & 2 Confession and Assurance Intercessory Prayer Offering Received for the (1) General Fund (2) Pearl Crisis Center Song: I d Rather Have Jesus Hymns for the Familhy #650 Children s Message: Linda Droogsma Song: How Deep the Father s Love for Us We Hear God s Word Scripture: Mark 5:21-43 Sermon: Encountering Jesus Care Song: When Peace Like a River Psalter Hymnal #489 We Respond to Him God s Departing Blessing Closing Song: Meekness and Majesty

3 SERMON NOTES Thank you for allowing our nursery staff to care for your little ones so the worship of others will not be distracted. Pagers are available. Children are invited to participate in the Children s Message. When they exit they may join the Little Lambs (age 3-5) or the Worship Center (K-2nd grade). At the close of the service, please call for your child. Both centers are located upstairs, the first hallway to the left. As a courtesy, please switch your cell phone & pagers off or to a silent mode. Hearing enhancers are available. Please ask an usher. The flow of the worship service is subject to change.

4 On this third Sunday of Lent, we welcome all who worship with us today. Let us reflect on the goodness of God in our lives individually and as a congregation. As we look forward to another week of service for the Lord, may our worship today lift up our hearts and thoughts and equip us for working in his kingdom. This morning we will continue in our series on Encountering Jesus as we look at Mark 5: The message is entitled Encountering Jesus Care. Next week, we will welcome Mr. Mitch Vedders to the pulpit. Pastor Michael will be leading a sermon discussion upstairs in the Fellowship Hall following the service. All are welcome to attend. Pastor Michael will be out of the office March If you have a pastoral need, please contact your Household Elder or Deacon. Your offering next Sunday, March 15, will be received for Bread of Life; March 22- Milaca Area Pantry and March 29-Partners in Education at CCS. The Building and Grounds Team presented a proposal to the full Council to repair and repaint the sanctuary. This particular section of the church has not been repainted for 25 years, and it is showing normal wear, stains, cracks etc. This proposal would include repairing all damage on the walls and painting (two coats, the same color we have now) Repainting the ceiling (two coats)---install a new trim board on the peak of the ceiling where it is separated (cracked) now. There is also included labor to remove and install all the pews. We acquired two separate bids for this project to justify the cost involved. The Council approved the repairs at the lower bid of which totaled $7, (from a previous company that painted the upstairs) contingent upon the congregational vote to authorize this project, which will take this morning. Ballots are included in today s worsip folder with extra ballot available from the tables in the foyer. Members of the Building Team will collecting them after worship. Our church is participating in the 2015 Minnesota Food Share Campaign. For more than 30 years, Minnesota FoodShare has coordinated the March Campaign, the annual grassroots food and fund drive that provides more than half the food distributed by 300 food shelves throughout the state. The March Campaign is the only statewide effort where every dollar donated goes directly to food shelves to purchase food for the hungry. Your cash donations for the Milaca Area Food Panty are welcome until the end of March. A collection box is in the foyer.

5 Donations are being collected for the Frank Barzdis and family. Please place your gift in a sealed envelope and put in the offering plate or give to a deacon. The deacons gratefully acknowledge the following receipts for the month of February 2015: Community Christian School-$1,070.25; Benevolent Fund-$884.50; Hope Haven-$766 and Ministry Shares-$ Total budget monies received were $24, This left us $11, short for the month. Our Church Family I would like to send a HUGE thank you to the Pease Church Family for all the help you have given to my family. We are hoping things get back on track after Frank has healed from surgery. We want him back home and healthy. I especially love to thank Brenda Hanenburg, Tom & Kris Kiel and Mary Koppendrayer for being so good to us. May God bless you all. Thank you! Jessica Barzdis & family Please pray for Karen Bouma as she is scheduled to have surgery on her eye next week at the Mayo Clinic. SNL is tonight at 5:00 A light supper will be served and activities will begin at 5:30. The Faithfulness Household is asked to arrive early to help in the kitchen. We extend our sympathy to Marla Ruis, Shelly Ash, and Amy Boldt and their families in the death Marla s father, Allen Klumpers. His funeral was this past Wednesday. Alan Byker is recovering at home following knee surgery. Please keep him in your prayers. We rejoice that Dawn Stout was able to return home from the hospital and is doing much better. Are you still feeling the winter blues? The first day of spring is right around the corner but in the meantime come and cheer up with a cup of coffee, a treat and some good conversation this Wednesday at 9:00 in the Fireside Room. Everyone is invited! RecJr Please support Bithi Rishi and bring your Bible on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. in the Fireside Room REC Please support Sone Prasad & bring your Bible on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room.

6 SERVE REMINDER: Please turn in your registration forms and $50 deposit as soon as you can. Please pray for wisdom and the opportunity to go. There has been a delay in shipping the March/April TODAY devotionals. Please look for them next week. Calendar for the Week Sunday, March 8 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:50 a.m. Sunday School Children & Adults 10:50 a.m. Choir Rehearsal 5:00 p.m. Sunday Night Live Monday, March 9 7:30 p.m. Elders Meeting Wednesday, March 11 9:00 a.m. Coffee served in the Fireside Room 6:00 p.m. Rec Jr. meets in the Fireside Room 7:00 p.m. Coffee Break 7:30 p.m. REC Thursday, March 12 1:30 p.m. Thursday Afternoon Bible Study-Lesson 8 Lorraine Veurink serves Advanced Notices Executive Team Meets, Monday, March 16, at 7:00 p.m. FAMILY GAME NIGHT! Wednesday, March 18, 5:45 to 7:45 p.m. at Country Meadows. Come when you can if 5:45 is too early. Be sure to CLUE everyone in to our second annual game night for Youth Groups, Households and Senior Citizens. (That means everyone is invited even the OLD MAIDS! ) Connecting with all generations is not a TRIVIAL PURSUIT! All the fun will BOGGLE your mind! If you GO FISH, you ll be SORRY you missed it So, go ROOK your friends in and bring them along! Make sure you commit the date to MEMORY! Take a RISK and play with someone you don t know very well! (Ok, I ll stop. You d think I have a MONOPOLY on all the good puns :) Trudy Women s Night Out, March 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m. here at church. More details to come.

7 Opportunities To Serve This Week Ushers Today: Dave & Laura Broberg, Terry & Sharry Kragt, Mitch & Edie Kuperus Ushers Next Week: Al Bekius, Curt Bekius, Byron Byker, Dan Christensen, Jay Pipkin, Ray Rensenbrink Greeters Today- West Door: Louise Spoelstra & Joyce Vander Plaats East Door: Jerry & Peggy Baas Roving Greeter: Bill & Pam Ruis Greeters Next Week West Door: Jim & Jenny Santema East Door: Doug & Dort Brink Roving Greeters: Harlin & Lois Hanenburg Nursery Today: Stacy Patten, Jody Patnode, Zach Ten Haken, Gracie As Nursery Next Week: Twila Hastings, Jim Santema, Zach Patten, Alex Hastings Worship Center Today: Jenny Santema Jesus Feeds 5,000 People Greeter: Bethany Ten Haken Worship Center Next Week: Kris Ege Greeter Next Week: Shelby Wicklund Little Lambs Today: Wanda Rensenbrink - A Better Thing to Do Greeter: Stephanie Patten Little Lambs Next Week: Sandy Rowland Greeter: Craig Santema Sound Board Today: Dean Angermeier Next Week: Bernie Boldt Media Today: Anita Hubers Next Week: Linda Droogsma A newsletter from Pastor Larry & Ann Vanderaa is in your church mailbox.

8 2014/2015 Council Members Elder 15 Jim Kragt 15 Phil Van De Riet 15 Carl Veurink Deacons 15 Char De Kraker 15 Jan Hanenburg 15 Kent Sikkink 16 Duane Bouma 16 Jeff Kiel 16 Tom Kiel 16 Jay Goslinga 16 Mary Koppendrayer 16 Julee Moorlag 17 Doug Brink 17 Larry Kuperus 17 Harly Pap 17 Barb Bekius 17 Kevin Santema 17 Carol Van Someren President of Council: Jim Kragt Vice-President of Council: Doug Brink Clerk of Council: Phil Van De Riet President of the Deacons: Char De Kraker Secretary: Julee Moorlag Christian Reformed Church of Pease P.O. Box 69 Pease, MN Prayer Line: or Radio Broadcast: WQPM 1300-AM & FM-Princeton From 9:30 10:45 a.m. Pastor Michael Ten Haken Nick Hoffman ~ Youth Leader