connections TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH NOVEMBER 2015

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1 TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH NOVEMBER 2015 connections People of Trinity, your consistory is inviting you to join them in reading the entire Bible in Please join us as we commit to read The Tyndale One Year Chronological Bible together over the next year. This particular Bible is broken down into 365 daily readings that will take about 15 minutes a day to read. The story of God and his people are presented in the order that the events occurred which helps us better understand the amazing redemptive ministry of Jesus Christ. Our hope is that as you embark on this journey, you will fall in love with the Scriptures and better understand how both the Old and New Testaments reveal what God desires for each of us, in whatever stage of life we are in. The Word of God is foundational to our ministry at Trinity. We are so excited that Bibles will be available to each and every worshiper and friend of Trinity for the asking. Our weekly sermons, small group Bibles studies, daily devotionals and social media will reflect our journey through the Word together. It is our prayer that you will also invite your family and friends to join you on this journey that we are calling - 365: Journey In the Word. (Not a reader? This particular Bible is also available in audio form on Kindle Fire). Please join us. It will change your life! As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. -Isaiah 55:10-11

2 Page 2 NEWS FROM PASTOR DEB YURK SENIOR THANKSGIVING DINNER, November 12 at noon. Please join Trinity Seniors in our Connection Café for turkey and all the trimmings to celebrate this Thanksgiving season. There is a sign up sheet at the welcome table to let us know if you can come and another - if you are able to bring a dish to pass. It would be especially great if you brought a friend though because.. Trinity Seniors are Spectacular!! We will NOT be having breakfast on the Third Thursday in December. Instead, we will be celebrating: Christmas at the Commons! The holidays are coming! Join us as we celebrate the season with a delicious meal and festive music featuring The Evergreen Chorale. When: Tuesday, December 8 th Time: 11:30 am (Leave Trinity at 11:15) Cost: $22/person group price ($20 if a member). Payment is due by November 22 nd. Please make checks out to Trinity Reformed Church. They may be dropped off at the church office or put in Pastor Deb s mailbox. Sign up ends on November 22 nd. Please indicate if you need transportation if you are willing to provide transportation for someone who no longer drives If you are meeting at church (parking could be problematic at Evergreen) TUESDAYS, 11:00 am 12:15 pm That the World May Know Bible Study led by Pastor Deb. Visit the Holy Land with Ray VanderLaan and get an up-close look at the places we read about in the biblical text. Each week we will watch a short video, filmed on location in order to understand the culture and the people of biblical times. Then we will follow up with a faith lesson to help deepen our own journeys of faith. Watch God s Word come alive! Hope you will join me in the Connection Café. (A Ray VanderLaan study is also held on Wednesdays at 11 am at Appledorn West)

3 Page 3 Mission Trip Update The team is formed! The dates are set! The airline tickets and trip insurance are purchased! We are now working on obtaining passports and Brazilian visas. Team Members: John Taylor Shirley Perez Beth Borgman Karen DeBoer Kara Bruursema Betsy and Natalie DeGraaf Bill and Jan Van Auken Al and Anne VanderZiel Rick and Gretchen Fisher Eileen Harvey (new Holland resident, frequent Trinity visitor and friend of the Andersons) We will leave Grand Rapids on April 1 for Cuiaba, Brazil. We will be staying at the AMI Indigenous Bible School in Chapada dos Guimaraes where Mike and Kelli Anderson serve with Wycliffe Bible Translators and South American Missions. We will be doing some construction projects and working with both the Bible School students and their children. We will return on April 12. There are several ways you can become a partner with us on this trip. Please pray! The details of this trip have come together in an amazing way and the team is already feeling very blessed and affirmed. Please support our Christmas Fundraiser! A detailed description and order form are on the following page. Please donate toys! We are collecting very sturdy new or like new toys for the children (ages infant to 12 years) whose parents are students at the indigenous Bible School. Please bring the toys to the church office.

4 Page 4 Brazil Mission Team Christmas Fundraiser LOVE SOUP Decorative mason jar with layers of beef base, minced onions, peas, barley, lentils, rice and spiral pasta. Perfect for teacher gifts, neighbors, gift exchange. Choose from quart jars which yield approximately 3 quarts of soup, or pint jars which yield approximately 1 1/2 quarts of soup. These will be made by the Brazil team and examples are on the mission table. These are the soup mixes that are given to Trinity s visitors. COOKIES IN A JAR Decorative mason jar with layered ingredients for either chocolate chip cookies with pecans or old fashioned oatmeal cookies with raisins and walnuts. Perfect for teacher gifts, neighbors, gift exchange. Each quart jar makes approximately 2 1/2 dozen cookies. These will be made by the Brazil team and examples are on the mission table. SPIRAL SLICED HOLDIAY HAMS Specialty ham made the olde world way using the finest, select fresh pork. It is slowly cured, natural hickory smoked. Hams are fully baked, spiral sliced and ready to serve at room temperature or heat according to label directions. Serves 1/2 pound per person. Individually gift boxed. The glaze is a signature blend of sugar, honey and spices. TRADITIONAL hams include a glaze packet. Mix and apply to the ham as directed. ALMOND BANKET 11 (7 oz.) log of real almond surrounded by light and flaky pastry. It is baked by Bottema Brothers Bakery in Wyoming. ORDER FORM (PLACE IN BOX ON MISSION TABLE OR BRING TO CHURCH OFFICE) LOVE SOUP $10.00 $6.50 COOKIES IN A JAR Chocolate $10.00 Old Fashioned $10.00 TRADITIONAL SPIRAL HAM lb. $5.25/lb lb. $5.25/lb. FIRE GLAZED SPIRAL HAM lb. $5.50/lb lb. $5.50/lb. ALMOND $6.00/stick ORDERS DUE BY DECEMBER 1 PICK UP DATE DECEMBER 15 NAME PHONE NUMBER

5 Wednesday Nights Page 5 We are entering the second quarter of Wednesday Nights at Trinity and there are new opportunities related to the Advent season! Jump in and join the fun! From elementary programs to intergenerational groups to service opportunities and choir, there is something for everyone! Hope to see you there! At Trinity Church DINNER Come join us for a home cooked meal! Then go deeper in one of these options: LITTLE LAMBS For those not yet in Kindergarten. Playtime and stories will point our youngest friends toward the love of Jesus. TRAVELERS For kids in grades K-5. Join us for Bible stories, activities and fun crafts as we follow Jesus together! Too old for those? Dive in to one of these quarterly offerings: Second Quarter Dates: November 4 November 11 November 18 December 2 December 9 December 16 Schedule Dinner 6-6:30pm Classes 6:45-7:45pm BAKING FOR THE HOLIDAYS ADVENT BIBLE STUDY CHOIR REHEARSAL Open to all who would like to use their musical gifts in worship at Trinity! TRAVELERS / LITTLE LAMBS VOLUNTEERS Musical, dramatic, relational whatever your gift, we d love you to come be a part of the fun! We also need helping hands for dinner, cleanup and our Little Lambs team. Commit one quarter at a time and go deeper with God s Word and your family here at Trinity Church!

6 Page 6 COMING JANUARY 1, 2016!!! Are You Ready? Evening Worship Series The Worship Team of Trinity Church invites and encourages you to participate in the following evening worship opportunities during the fall season. The events scheduled are: November 8, 2015 Solio Deo Gloria Contemporary Ballet presents Worship Is a time of discovery and celebration of worship in every season of our lives November 22, 2015 Hanging of the Greens-a congregational opportunity to intentionally prepare for the coming of Christ December 13, 2015 your gift to the Christ child Gifts for Christmas - a time to present All services begin at 6:00 p.m. followed by light refreshments. Invite your family and friends to experience these special worship services with you.

7 Soli Deo Gloria Contemporary Ballet Performs Worship Is November 8 6:00 pm Soli Deo Gloria Contemporary Ballet, Michigan s premiere professional faith-based ballet company, will present one of their original ballets, Worship Is here at Trinity. Professional dance artists will engage the audience with classical and contemporary ballet designed to uplift and encourage in a family-friendly performance. Page 7 Worship Is, the company s newest worship set, is inspired by the idea of worship as a part of every season of our lives. What if worship is more than singing a song and clapping our hands? We were created to worship God. It can be a part of every area of our lives. Worship may change depending on the season of our lives, but its purpose is always the same: to glorify Jesus Christ for who He is and what He has done. Soli Deo Gloria Contemporary Ballet is in its third season. The dance artists are professional and classically-trained dancers who have worked all over the United States. The vision of Soli Deo Gloria Contemporary Ballet is to use the art of dance for something greater than mere entertainment - using dance that will touch the hearts and souls of the audience. The professional company tours large-scale productions throughout Michigan and provides outreach events and workshops to under-served communities. The dance production is being performed as part of the Fall Worship Series on Sunday, November 8 at 6pm. A free will offering will be given for Soli Deo Gloria and the work of Mission Partners India, a mission endeavor that Trinity supports. Invite your family and friends to this worship experience P R E P A R A T I O N We hear the word preparation all the time. We prepare for a test. Baking takes preparation. Preparing for a career includes many forms of preparation. During this time of the year, we hear about preparing for Christmas. We make shopping lists, guest lists and a list for our lists!! Unfortunately, we often forget the most important preparation of all - preparing to celebrate the birth of Christ. At 6 pm, November 22, we will gather as a congregation to intentionally prepare for celebrating Christ coming to earth as a human being. The evening will include scripture and music that points us to Christmas. There will also be hands on activities for all ages. Group leaders will direct participants in making ornaments, baking cookies and decorating the sanctuary. Another group will pray for the evening activities and that our hearts will be open to the light of Christmas again. Bring your family and friends for Hanging of the Greens; an event for all ages. On Sunday, December 13 at 6:00pm we will gather to worship Jesus the Savior by offering him our gifts. We are asking you to participate in worship by offering a musical piece, a reading, a testimony, a dance, etc. Sign up, describe what you would like to offer, and we will put all the pieces together as a joyful worship celebration. Sign up at the information table.

8 Nov. 1 - Nov. 3 - Nov. 4 - Nov. 5 - Nov. 8 - Nov Nov Nov Nov Worship & Communion 9:30am NOVEMBER 2015 CALENDAR Adult Bible Study 11am Basketball for All Teens & Adults 6:30pm Lady TUFF Fitness 6:30pm Praise Team Practice 7pm Men s Bible Study 6:30am Family Dinner 6pm Little Lambs 6:45pm Travelers Kids 6:45pm Teen/Adult Offerings 6:45pm Sanctuary Choir Practice 6:45pm Women of the Word 9:30am Community Western Seminary 11am Turning Pages Reading Group noon Consistory 6:30pm Worship & Recognition of Veterans 9:30am Worship With Soli Deo Gloria 6pm Prayer Group 10am Adult Bible Study 11am Lady TUFF Fitness 6:30pm Basketball for All Teens & Adults 6:30pm Praise Team Practice 7pm Men s Bible Study 6:30am Care Closet 4pm Family Dinner 6pm Little Lambs 6:45pm Travelers Kids 6:45pm Teen/Adult Offerings 6:45pm Sanctuary Choir Practice 6:45pm Women of the Word 9:30am Senior Thanksgiving Dinner noon Finance Team 6:30pm Trinity Serving Breakfast With 4th Church 9am Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 29 Page 8 Worship 9:30am Deacon s Meeting 11am Adult Bible Study 11am Lady TUFF Fitness 6:30pm Basketball for All Teens & Adults 6:30pm Praise Team Practice 7pm Men s Bible Study 6:30am Family Dinner 6pm Little Lambs 6:45pm Travelers Kids 6:45pm Teen/Adult Offerings 6:45pm Sanctuary Choir Practice 6:45pm Women of the Word 9:30am Ladies Night Out 5:30pm Worship 9:30am Hanging of the Greens Worship 6pm Women s Bible Study Circle Prayer Group 10am Adult Bible Study 11am Lady TUFF Fitness 6:30pm Basketball for All Teens & Adults 6:30pm Praise Team Practice 7pm Men s Bible Study 6:30am Sanctuary Choir Practice 6:45pm Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving Worship, 9:30am First Sunday of Advent Worship 9:30am

9 Trinity Reformed Church 712 Apple Avenue Holland, MI Phone: (616) Fax: (616) Rev. Chris DeGraaf, Senior Pastor TRINITY STAFF Rev. Deb Yurk, Pastor of Senior Adult Ministry & Care John Taylor, Worship Arts Director Phil Quinn, Director of Children, Youth & Young Adult Ministries Cindy Jansen, Custodian Barb Long, Secretary Gretchen Fisher, Assistant Treasurer Elders Jim Allen Gregg Harper Dan Kruithof Dianne Moker Doug Schurman Bill VanAuken 2015 TRINITY CONSISTORY Deacons Kelly Brink Rob Harrington John Houting Tim Kroll Tom Lampen Matt Oom Happy Birthday!! Ed Plaggemars 11/1 Bill Jarnagin 11/15 Lucy Jongekrijg 11/20 Carter Brandt-Obaseki 11/3 Jessie Kooyers 11/15 Connor Bos 11/21 Clara Ward 11/7 Jeff Joling 11/16 Kristina Schrotenboer 11/21 Teague Bruursema 11/9 Jeanne Dannenberg 11/17 Kelly Brink 11/22 Heather Remillard 11/10 Carla Brower 11/18 Nancy Ponstein 11/24 Christine Lindstrom 11/11 Phyllis Post 11/18 Alice VerSchure 11/25 Ted Boeve 11/12 Lauren Garza 11/19 Kerri Israels 11/30 Virginia DeWent 11/15 Heather Tindall 11/19 Ken Neevel 11/30 Happy Anniversary!! Paul VanderStarre & Carol DeBoer 11/5 Harold & Karen Brandsen 11/20 Scott & Marilyn Brower 11/7 Jason & Judy Shoemaker 11/21 Ross & Lara Helmus 11/9