The Perspicuity of Scripture Psalm 119:130 2 Corinthians 4:1-6

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1 Imlay City CRC The Dog Bone Scripture Series God s Word is integral to our life and health. It is our goal at ICCRC to increase your understanding and reading of God s Word in Scripture has attributes that are life-giving to you and will sustain you your whole life through. Pastor Dave will show that it s a SNAP to remember the attributes of Scripture. Sufficiency of Scripture Necessity of Scripture Authority of Scripture Perspicuity of Scripture Continuing today and for the 2 weeks of January we are going to chew together in unison on God s tasty Word. God s Word will become so tasty to you that you never want to let it out of your mouth. Pastor Dave is giving a message series entitled: The Dog Bone Scripture Series, and we will look at the 4 attributes of Scripture: The Authority of Scripture, the Perspicuity of Scripture, the Necessity of Scripture, and the Sufficiency of Scripture and Pastor Dave promises to do it at a level that you can understand, take home, and apply it to your lives. That s what January holds!! February will again be Family Month. Pastor Dave will give a message series that will help you cope with parenting & grandparenting and marriage and relationships in your family. The Perspicuity of Scripture Psalm 119:130 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 January 12, Message Series January 5-26

2 J a n u a r y 1 2, Imlay City CRC 395 N. Cedar Street Imlay City, MI Welcome to ICCRC Whether you have been around church your entire life or this is your first peek into it, Imlay City Christian Reformed Church has something for you. And our hope is that you will take the next step into this community. Thank you for coming this weekend and make sure to look at the Guest Information insert in the bulletin, fill out the Communication Card, and drop it into the offering plate today as it comes by. Whether it is your first time at ICCRC, or you've been attending for years, you never know what to expect during our worship experience. From the moment you walk in the door, until the moment you leave, we are committed to a creative, compelling, challenging presentation of God's truth. ICCRC is a community of people led by Jesus Christ to bring hope, strength and change to the world one life at a time. Vision and Purpose Statement As we grow together in Christ the vision and purpose of ICCRC is simple. We exist to Celebrate together in worship (Reach Up), to Connect in meaningful ways as a family (Reach In), and to use our gifts to Contribute to one another in love (Reach Out). We are committed to be reforming instruments of the power and love of Jesus Christ, to our congregation, to our community, and to our world. Church Staff and Board Pastor Dave Spoelma pastordave@imlaycitycrc.org Office Admin. Tammy Lesniak office@imlaycitycrc.org Worship Coord. Beth Van Dyk beth.vandyk@imlaycitycrc.org Financial Admin. Lori Jager lori.jager@imlaycitycrc.org Youth Director Adam Van Dyk adam.vandyk@imlaycitycrc.org Children s Ministry Jennifer French jennifer.french@imlaycitycrc.org Acclimation Coord. Diane Sommer diane.sommer@imlaycitycrc.org Custodian Becky Hilborn bchilborn@gmail.com Norm Tanis President of Council and Elders Rick Mooi Vice President of Council and Elders Stewart Shafer. President of Deacons Bob Wait Clerk Terry Gebhardt Treasurer Elders District Phone Deacons District Phone Earl Hummel A-C Kurt Nagy A-C Rick Mooi D-H Brian Kinzer D-H Art VanderPloeg I-L Neil Collins I-L Doug Van Dyk M-S Frank Cox M-S John Saunders T-Z Joe Rekowski T-Z Youth Group Meets tonight at 6pm. The High School Lock-In is scheduled for January 17, at 9:30pm. Invite your friends! We have a lot of fun activities planned like Dodgeball and Basketball. We will also have pizza and some great prizes to try and win! Hope to see you there! January 12 January 17 January 19 January 26 Meeting 6pm All Nighter 8pm 6:30am For those in High School Meeting 6pm only Middle School will be meeting tonight, no high school students. Meeting 6pm Check out our website: and like us on Facebook to keep up to date with all the youth group happenings. Our yearly schedule is now posted.

3 Worship Center ANNOUNCEMENTS GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS: Actual amount received through November 30, 2013 $ 208, Budgeted amount expected through November 30, 2013 $ 218, Difference: $ 9, th/10th 7th/8th PEANUT ALLERGY please be aware to keep this church peanut and nut free with snacks or cookies or anything of the sort. There are a few regular attending children who are allergic to nut products and one child is severely allergic to peanuts and other nut products. So please adjust accordingly for the sake of these dear children. Thank you. CHILDREN S MINISTRY We are in search for a new Children's Ministries Coordinator. This position will be posted this week and next in the bulletin. If you are interested, please ask Norm Tanis for a Position Description Sheet. Jennifer French will be moving to the Toledo area very soon due to a promotion that her husband, Tom, was granted in Ohio. Much has to take place with the selling of their home and other transitional things, so Jennifer will be available to help train the new coordinator for a smooth transition. We thank Jennifer for blessing us with her gifts with children and VBS and many other areas in church. We are grateful for the years that she has pointed our children to Christ in this community. 4th-6th K-3rd Sunday Children s Worship/ Preschool Sunday School West Entrance Nursery Family Restrooms Fellowship Hall Kitchen Becky Hilborn Custodian Lori Jager Financial Admin COLLEGE CARE PACKAGES We will again be putting together and delivering care packages to our college students. Parents/ Grandparents: Please give the church the name of your student(s), along with their full mailing address and cell phone number. Please turn those into the office. Pastor Dave will be personally delivering these packages to the students. We will have more information to come in the next few weeks. Children s Worship Library Diane Babcock, Librarian Women Men s OFFERING ENVELOPES are located near the mailboxes in the Fellowship Hall. If you have envelopes left in your box, you may continue to use them, even if it's a different Sunday. Be sure to put your name and the amount on the outside of the envelope if you would like a year end tax receipt. See Terry Gebhardt or Lori Jager for more information. Youth Room/ Council Room Lobby Adam Van Dyk Youth Director Jennifer French Children s Ministries Pastor Dave s Office Church Office Tammy Lesniak South Entrance

4 Prayer Needs Order of Worship Welcome Pray for the family of Art Vlieg as they mourn his passing. Keep the family of Don Mosher in your prayers as they mourn his passing. Also pray for the West Goodland United Methodist Church as they mourn the loss of their pastor. Condolences may be sent to his wife Sharry Mosher at 6956 Lothrop Rd. Imlay City, MI Continued prayers for Aimee VanDenBerg's family as they mourn the loss of Aimee's grandfather. Pray for Candy Shoults' father who is in Port Huron Hospital with breathing problems. Pray for Dan Stern's father who had serious bowel surgery and is in ICU now. Continue to pray for the shut-ins of our church and their needs. If you would like to receive mid-week prayer updates by or phone, please contact Tammy in the church office. Continue to pray for Dave Sidell, Aimee VanDenBerg, Art VanderPloeg, Gloria Tanis and Carolyn Campbell as they continue to recover from recent surgeries and the success of the surgeries. Pray for Charla Arnold who will be facing surgery soon. Continue to pray for Leonard Mooi, Cleta Juip, and Lois Sample as they deal with cancer. Pray for the search for a Children's Ministries Coordinator. Galatians 6:2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Greeting Time Opening Praise All Creatures of Our God and King Holy, Holy, Holy Are You Lord Oh Worship the King Children s Message Congregational Prayer Offering: General Fund Special Offering: Building Improvement Fund Text: Psalm 119:130 The Perspicuity of Scripture Word of God Speak Blessing Closing Song Word of God Speak Ministry Schedule TODAY NEXT SUNDAY Nursery: Sue Mooi, Leslie Collins, Nursery: Sharon Mulder, Chelsea Hibbler Brandon Shafer Kendall Sommer Computer: Matt Van Dyk Computer: Darren Saunders Greeters Greeters Main: John & Sharon Mulder Main: Norm & Debbie Tanis West: Mike & Willene Tanis West: Doug Bosch Prayer: John Mulder Prayer: Doug Van Dyk Children s Message: Norm Tanis Children s Message: Cindy Hummel Cookies: Betty Mooi & Sue Mooi Cookies: Sharon Mulder, Jean Hoeksema Children s Worship Helper: Becca Armstrong Children s Worship Helper: Brandon Shafer

5 Guest Information Welcome! You are among friends at Imlay City CRC. We are the young and old, the experienced Christians, the brand new Christians, and those who are just curious about Jesus Christ. We are families, singles, students, kids, and couples. Wherever you are coming from, and wherever you are at, you are welcome to come as you are to Imlay City CRC! The service lasts about 75 minutes, then please stay for a cup of coffee or lemonade in the fellowship hall following the service. Guests are encouraged to fill out the communication card found in your bulletin, and drop it in the offering plate as it comes by. Please take a moment and visit the Welcome Center where you can receive additional information about our church. If you are a regular attendee of Imlay City CRC, we would like to provide you with a mail box. Please submit your request to Tammy in the church office Children s Bulletins and fun pages are available on clipboards in the lobby. Nursery care is offered during the morning service near the west entrance for infants and toddlers through age 3. Please honor the age limit. Immediately following worship, please meet your children at the nursery area. All children ages 3-8 are invited to join Children s Worship, which takes place during the church service. Wait for Pastor Dave to announce the Children s Message, after which the children will be dismissed from the sanctuary for Children s Worship. Out of respect for others, please silence your cell phone. Restrooms are located just past the lobby on the right hand side of the hallway. Wednesday Night Family Night This will take place the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month, October March. Dinner is served from 6:00-6:45 pm and classes are from 6:45-8:00 pm. Sunday School for grades PreK-12 meets immediately after the worship until 12:15 pm, during the school year (September May). Please refer to your building map for where the classes meet. Today (1/12) 7:30 am Prayer Time 10:00 am Worship Special Offering: Building Improvement Fund 11:30 am Sunday School 6:00 pm Youth Group Tuesday (1/14) 9:30 am MOPS Wednesday (1/15) 6:00 pm Family Night Thursday (1/16) 6:30 pm Book Discussion Group - Kathy Brandt s House Friday (1/17) 6:00 pm Scrapbooking 9:30 pm Youth Group All-Nighter Next Sunday (1/19) 7:30 am Prayer Time 10:00 am Worship Special Offering: Benevolent Fund 11:30 am Sunday School 6:00 pm Youth Group 6:30 pm Movie Night Looking Ahead 1/23 Winterfest 1/26 Worship 1/26 Movie Night 1/28 MOPS

6 ANNOUNCEMENTS WINTERFEST TICKETS will be on sale January 12 and 19 for $5 in the lobby. Ladies, mark your calendar for this event on Thursday, January 23. Please purchase your tickets in advance so we can estimate the attendance for the caterer. Tickets at the door will be $6. SECRET SISTERS a questionnaire will be put in your mailbox. Please fill this out and bring it to the Winterfest. If you cannot attend Winterfest or have it done ahead of time please put it in Lori Jager s mailbox. WINTERFEST Cindy Hummel is looking for items for decoration. She is in need of anything winter related such as sleds, snow boots, hockey sticks, etc., Thank you. WINTERFEST TABLE HOSTESSES: Sign up on the Women's Ministries table or let Cindy Hummel know if you plan to set a table for Winterfest on January 23rd. You do not need invite guests to fill your table, just provide the table setting for 6, and a centerpiece or decoration for one round table. White table cloths provided. THANKYOU! Many thanks for the Christmas basket. Also many thanks for the Christmas cards and all the love and kindness shown to me. God bless you all. A shut-in friend, Marianne Sidell. ICCS NEWS! ANNOUNCEMENTS SCRIP: Thank you for your patience with this last SCRIP order. Due to no school I waited to put the order in so that parents would have an opportunity to get me their orders. The next official order day is January 19 so please have your orders in to Jen Schoenherr s mailbox by then. Remember there are plenty of different gift cards to choose from. You may be thinking about gas and hotels right now to get some place warmer! SCRIP is an excellent way to do that and keep you on budget! THE BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP will meet on Jan 16, 6:30, at Kathy Brandt's house. Please read "Coffee Grounds and Potato Peeling Pancakes" by North Branch author Helen Bigelow. The book is a collection of first person remembrances of living through awful times, many of World War II. Won't you join us? QUILTS: Old and new, handmade blankets are needed for the Quilt Show on January 23rd. Please share these precious labors of love with the women at Winterfest. We would like them to be at church by Sunday, January 19th, or make arrangements to drop them off before Wednesday. We will take good care of them. Quilts can be taken home anytime after January 23. Call or Lori Jager (lori.jager@imlaycitycrc.org) if you would like your quilt displayed. COMMUNICATION CARD Thank you for coming today. Please complete this card and drop it in the offering plate. Date: I am a Guest I Frequently Attend Please Contact Me Name: Children: Address: City: Zip: Home Phone: Cell: Primary Address: (over) My family consists of: Children (0-4yrs) I am single Children (K-5th) I am married Youth (6th-8th) Teens (9th-12th) Young Adults (College age +) Other (please describe) Prayer Request: Other Comment: I am here because: Random Visit Website Advertisement Guest of I Attend Thank you! Expect to hear back soon!