Faith Reformed Church

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1 Rev. Ron Sanford, Pastor Faith Reformed Church 243 South Fourth Street - Cedar Grove, WI (920) Church Website: Blog August 24, 2014 Eric Lashbrook, Director of Youth Ministries Prelude Call to Worship *Praise Music *Greeting Each Other Sharing Joys and Concerns Mission Update Congregational Prayer MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE BJ Hilbelink 9:00 A.M. Jon Damkot Ministry of Music Grace Like Rain Kaylee & Alexis DeRuyter Children s Message Josh & Sally Ketterhagen Offering/Offertory Oceans Kaylee & Alexis DeRuyter *Hymn I Need Thee Every Hour Hymn # 382 Scripture Psalm 42:1-2 Page # 881 Message Thirsting for God Rev. Ron Sanford *Hymn Fill My Cup, Lord Hymn # 271 *Benediction *Doxology *Postlude Mary Holle We welcome each of you to God s house. As we gather to draw near to God, may we also draw near to those worshiping with us. Join us this evening for Bible Study at 6:30 p.m. We continue the study of the book of Acts. Thank you to Alexis & Kaylee DeRuyter for their special music during the worship service this morning.

2 Pastor Ron will be taking a study week next week & Eric will be on vacation. The office will be closed on Monday. If you have any cares or concerns call the Elder on Call for August Steve Rauwerdink ( ) or Debbie in the church office. Next week Sunday we will have our once a month Building Fund Offering. You may give your pledge/or an over and above offering. All gifts given will go exclusively to our Building Fund. Cedar Grove Area Food Pantry update - Thanks to many generous donations, 29 families were served in August! The pantry will be open again on Thursday, September 11th from 4:30 to 6:30 PM at Faith Reformed Church. If you know of anyone who could benefit from the food pantry, please let them know about it. If anyone is interested in donating, right now we are low on cereal, pasta sauce, and paper products. (Please check the expiration dates on the food you donate.) Also, if you have any extra Bibles you could donate, it would be greatly appreciated, as most of our supply has been taken. *Note that the location of the donation bins has been moved to the drawers under the mailboxes.* Thank you! Please pray for Mary, who has heart problems and is struggling financially. Also, pray for Amber and her fiancé, who need jobs. SAVE THE DATE: The Pine Haven Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, September 6 from 1:30-6:00 p.m. at the Pine Haven Christian Home in Sheboygan Falls. Please join us for a time of fellowship and food (brats, hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, pie, and root beer floats). Crafts and baked goods will also be for sale throughout the afternoon. Donations for Pine Haven Fall Festival - Our church is responsible for 4 pies please sign up on the sheet by the Information Center if you can make a pie. Faith Church and Calvary Church are also responsible for muffins, breads, and coffee cakes to sell. Please put your items in the church kitchen on Friday, September 5 th or Saturday, September 6 th before 9:00 a.m. Thank you for your donations! Your Pine Haven Delegates Connie Debbink & Shirley Wieberdink New Approach to Choir - Our church choir is taking a new approach to the coming year. Their song selections will be hymns. The benefits: 1) We can celebrate the rich theological and musical heritage of church hymns; 2) With easier songs to sing, we hope more people will be comfortable joining the choir; 3) We will reduce the number of practices to once a month; 4) Directing will be less time-consuming, making it easier for a new director (please consider volunteering), or for the choir to continue without a director. The choir will sing on the first and second Sundays of the month starting in October. Practice meetings will be on the last Monday of the month, starting September 29. Please join the fun and praise of our music ministry! Biography Celebration We will be gathering Wednesday, September 3 at 6:00pm to share our summer reading biographies with one another. Whether you read a biography this summer or not, plan on being there to be encouraged and to encourage one another with stories of God at work through His people. Bring a main dish, and either a salad or dessert, to pass. Place settings and beverages will be provided. Please sign up at the Information Center.

3 TODAY 9:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service 10:30 p.m. Adult Sunday School 6:30 p.m. Evening Bible Study Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting Adult Sunday School Class What could be helpful or dangerous in thinking about ourselves as God s co-workers? Scripture from 2 Corinthians 6:1-13; 7:2-4. Devotionals: Words of Hope and (NEW) Our Daily Bread devotionals are available from the rack on the Visitor s Table for your daily devotions. September Newsletter The September Faith Family Newsletter will come out on Sunday, September 7 th. All articles must be turned in to the church office by next week Sunday. A letter from Mike & Ann Prom with Headwaters Christian Youth and WILD has been placed on the bulletin board for you to read. Voskuil Visits newsletters are on the Visitor s Table, you may pick up a copy to read at home or if you would like to receive one directly to your send us a quick to 5mom@windstream.net with Voskuil Visits in the subject line and provide your name. Sunday School Summer Calendars are due August 31 st or September 7 th to Kris Sass. Faith Church News and Notes August 31 Coming up on Groundwork: Presented by Words of Hope and ReFrame Media. Gluttony. Nobody wants to think of themselves as a glutton. But before you excuse yourself, perhaps you should stop and think about what this sin actually involves. Join the Groundwork discussion on gluttony as we look at Philippians 3:19, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, and more. You can listen on your local radio stations, WJUB, 1420 AM, Sunday at 7:30 am or WHBL, 1330 AM, Sunday at 8:30 am or listen online at GroundworkOnline.com. A reminder to Like our Faith Reformed Church Facebook page! Opportunity to Share: Please put your school oufits on the table in the great room look for the sign (donations of clothes for school students). Thank you for your generosity! Freezer for sale: An apartment size freezer is available. If anyone is interested, please contact Bob Caljouw, It is on display in the kitchen. Be sure to check your mailbox for regular church communication.

4 Ladies of Faith The Ladies of Faith will meet on Tuesday, September 2 nd at 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Lesson #7 will be led by Carolyn Bruggink. Hostesses are Carolyn Bruggink and Phyllis Heinen. Minutes from the May Meeting and the Financial Report can be picked up at the Information Center. Would you like to help out a Post High Young Adult? I am looking for sponsors to match up with our young adults going off to college. Staying connected with our young people is so important because so many lose their connection with their church. If you are interested please sign up today. There is a sheet on the Information Center counter. If you are not sure what this is all about, please talk to Bonnie Depies or Debbie in the church office. Calling all Post High Young Adults This year we are again having our Adopt a Post High Young Adult program. We would like to offer you a prayer sponsor from Faith Church. Signup sheets are on the Information counter. Breakfast at Faith: Our next breakfast will be served from 8:00-8:45am on Sunday, September 21 st. Sunday School Promotion Sunday Sunday, September 7 th. We will have a brat fry lunch for the whole congregation at 11:15 a.m. Please sign up on the sheet on the Information counter if you will be attending. There is also a food donation sign up sheet. School Supply Collection From now through the end of August, our church will once again be collecting school supplies for students at Cedar Grove-Belgium Schools. Items can be placed in the school bus boxes in the Great Room. Supplies were handed out at the Food Pantry on August 14 and will be brought to the schools to give to students in need. A list of items needed is on the bench by the school buses in the great room. Faith Fall Festival The date has been set for Saturday, November 1 st. Soup Supper and live auction. Mark your calendars! Special Birthday for August: Wayne Meinen Gail Meerdink Muriel Meinen Don DeHaai Please remember these people with cards of birthday blessings! Hope Café Four volunteers are needed each month on the second Tuesday to help serve at Hope Cafe. A sign up sheet for those willing to help is on the counter by the Information Center. We could use your help the next four months need volunteers. Tom Bruggink Cedar Grove Community Blood Drive will be held on Monday, September 8 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the First Reformed Church of Cedar Grove. Make an appointment at or call You re eligible if you last gave on or before July 14.

5 HELPING OUT Greeters today: Jeff/Paula Risseeuw (Sanctuary) Troy/Beth Rauwerdink (Great Room) Greeters next week: Don/Jean Schreurs (Sanctuary) Margie Schultz (Great Room) Nursery today: Jean Schreurs Muriel Meinen Katie Sass Nursery next week: Kristy Weiss Alaina Lashbrook Laura Jerabek Ushers for August Jim Obbink Bob Caljouw Matt Posthuma Flower Committee contact person for August is Sue Droppers If you wish to provide a plant or flowers for a Sunday service, please contact Sue with the date and occasion. Also please give a note to the church secretary for the bulletin. Kitchen Committee for August: Barb Otte Elder on call in August: Steve Rauwerdink Hope Café Volunteers for August: Vickie Hollander Prayer Chain: Call your requests to the church office and they will be forwarded to the Prayer Captains of your fellowship group. Our Prayer Time Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Brenda Bakker recovering from surgery for brain aneurism Harriet Debbink seeing doctor/having tests this week Mary Broetzmann s mother she is under hospice care. Her health is deteriorating. Tom Schultz job hunting Pastor Ron s study week RCA Missionary Elly Kajaminyo Fight against terrorism Racial issues in America Special Pray Requests Mission offering for this month will be for local care. Residents of Pine Haven Oostburg Jean TenPas Room # 128 Doris DeMaster Room #114 Pine Haven Memory Care Unit/Sheboygan Falls Phyllis Joosse Room # 301 At Home: Elda Veldboom Missions Sayuri Kist-Okazaki Elly Kajaminyo Mike & Ann Prom Chris & Heather Sawdon Todd & Darlene Voskuil Words of Hope Sheboygan County Campus Life Pine Haven Christian Home Guidelines for Prayer If you wish to have a loved one or yourself listed under prayer requests in the bulletin, please call the church office. Also, inform the office of changes in health needs or when you wish to have the name removed. Thank you!

6 News and Notes from the Christian Community Cedar Grove Senior Center meals program meets every Monday at First Reformed Church at 10:30 a.m. All senior citizens are invited to attend. Our Faith Church contact person is Delores Meinen ( ). Programs for August & September are: August 25 Birthday Party & Bingo September 1 Labor Day September 8 Pat Haferman Aging & Disability September 15 Doug Martons Serving the Blind September 22 Games & Fellowship September 29 Birthday Party & Bingo Great Marriages Welcomes Jill Briscoe on September 24 th from 11:00am to 1:00pm at the Sheboygan Yacht Club. International Speaker Jill Briscoe addresses grandparents and parents of adult children experiencing marital challenges or wounds from divorce. Come hear her testimonial on this very relevant topic which touches many families in our community. Jill will be available for questions after her luncheon presentation. Books and materials written by Jill will be available for purchase. Cost - $5 per person including presentation and meal. Register at or call now! Join forces against Alzheimer s disease by registering for the Walk to End Alzheimer s on September 27 th at Sports Core in Kohler. Start a team today! Gather your friends, family, co-workers, or members of your church or community organization. The Walk begins at 10:00am, with on-site registration starting at 8:30am. If you aren t able to participate at the event, show your support by registering as a virtual walker or make a donation to support a friend, family member or coworker. As of September 1, 2014 the First Christian Reformed Church of Sheboygan, Wisconsin will change its name to Christ Community Church. They are still a Christian Reformed Church! This was done to better reflect their vision and mission and encourage community people to join them. The Pine Haven Auxiliary is once again doing a fundraising opportunity with Perkins Restaurant. Vouchers are good from August-October. If you bring in a voucher, Perkins will donate 10% of your total purchase to the Pine Haven Auxiliary. The program is not valid on Sundays between 6:00am and 2:00pm. Vouchers are in the rack by the Information Center. GET THE SCHOOL YEAR OFF TO A GREAT START: Oostburg Christian School cordially invites the community to our first day of school events this Tuesday, September 2. We will have coffee and fellowship in the Student Center at 8:30 a.m. and chapel service at 9:00 a.m. Please join us in dedicating our school year to the Lord with praise and worship. Deeply Loving God Authentically Loving Others Boldly Living God s Word!

7 Youth News Upcoming Weeks We are still in need of Sunday School Teachers for 2 nd /3 rd class 4 th /5 th class 6 th /7 th class Substitute teachers Adventure Island is looking for one volunteer to prepare boxes for the K/1 st Small Group. Thank you! The first 5 th Quarter will begin September 5 th after the Varsity football game at First Reformed Church. Mark your calendars! Start date for Wednesday night youth and children s ministries is September 10 th. Roots & J-teams will begin on September 14 th. Reminder to volunteer youth staff, we will begin the year with a short info meeting on September 3 rd at 7pm in the First Reformed youth room. **** Hymn Sing Celebration The congregation is invited to join Grace Reformed Church (Corner of 18 th and Ellis Streets) of Fond du Lac for their 5 th Annual Hymn Sing today at 2:00 p.m. The Hymn sing will be followed by a time of fellowship and refreshments. Thank you We want to thank everyone for their words of encouragement, cards, gifts and prayers since Sam s recent Epilepsy diagnosis. We also want to thank our Care Group #4, the Care Connection, and Bonnie Depies and the 8 th grade class for their special gifts for Sam. He thought they were awesome and was so excited to receive all of them. We are so grateful to be part of such a caring Church family and truly appreciate your thoughtfulness. May God Bless You! The Steve Rauwerdink Family Get Well Cards/Cards of Concern can be sent to Sue Claerbout. She was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma in her leg. She is having radiation & chemo treatments and then surgery. If you would like to send a card to Sue, daughter of Wayne Bloemers, in Virginia. Her address is: Sue Claerbout 199 Joshua Road Stafford, VA 22556

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