July. Trinity Trumpeter. Pottawatomie Park Picnic Tuesday, July 23, 6:00 pm

Transcription

1 July Trinity Trumpeter Pottawatomie Park Picnic Tuesday, July 23, 6:00 pm 2013

2 Let s Pray! THE CHURCH 1. Pastor Randy & Family 2. Consistory Elders and Deacons. New members: Jim Tate and Sean Hamstra 3. Committees: Discipleship (Education) (pianist/organist, praise team, drama, powerpoint/sound/video Mission Teams: World Mission, Home Mission Church Life Community Life (Encouragers) Property Committee Prayer Corner Financial Management 4. Children/Youth Ministries: Children &, Lovers of the Lord, Youth Groups: Area 68 & Fusion, Kids Hope, Nursery, Camp Geneva and Cran Hill Ranch 5. Other Ministries: Family Night (cooks/teachers/leaders/ attendees/nursery), Coffee servers, Greeters, Librarian, Custodian, Church Secretary. 6. Small Groups: The Story, Grow, CBMC, Salt & Light group, Sunday School Guide group, Wired Word, Book Club, Keenagers, Roots 7. Events: Communion, VBS, summer mission trip to Joplin, MO, Church Picnic. 8. Missions Paradise Bound, Love Inc., Teen Challenge, Western Michigan Theological Seminary, 1st Priority, and Food for the Hungry (Jason & Sonia Musgrave), Tri-cities Ministries OUR FAMILY IN CHRIST 9. Shut-Ins: Delores Benes Sierra Home, Mercury Dr., GH; Lenore Holzinger 1200 Park, GH; Loretta Hoebeke 1015 Waverly, GH. 10. Servicemen: Andy Andrakowicz (Grandson of Ed & RuthAnn DeKoekkoek), Tyler Herrington (Grandson of Don Herrington), Bryan and Keith Printz (Sons of Dan Printz), Steven Zimmerman (Grandson of Gerry VanElzelingen), Arend and Chris Aldrich (Grandsons of Stu & Shirley Engel); Alex Turton (Grandson of Bob & Jan Hendrick); Mitchell Veele (son of Sherri & Randy VanderWal); Lucas Plitcha (son-in-law of Don & Karen Weersing); Justin Ritsema (grandson of Marcia Ritsema); Josh Yonker (son of Ted and Jill) IN NEED OF THE PHYSICIAN 11. Health Concerns: June Cavender, Barry Newman, Marcia Ritsema, Jayne Wallace severe arthritis; Kathy VanDoorne, Judy Kraai Kuck (Margaret s stepdaughter) cancer. Jay Hoebeke, Janet Wiessner, Linda & John Gerber, Jim Simmons, Dave Kots (Lee Trowbridge s brother), Ed & RuthAnn Dekoekkoek, Loretta Hoebeke, Gwen Miles, Fran Buikema, Laura Spangler, Melissa Lein, Ralph Abraham, Jill Yonker. Lee Trowbridge knee surgery. Shirley Engel hip surgery. Many who came forward for prayer for health/pain issues on June 9. COMMUNITY 12. TRC Finances, Cooking Teams 13. Grand Haven 14. Victims of disaster, both natural and forced 15. Nation Nation, state, community, churches, schools, businesses, leaders, etc. PRAISE THE LORD! 16. Family Paula DeVos father has moved to Holland, Michigan. Margaret Kraai s granddaughter Anne back from Haiti, was successful: Bibles given in written and audio form and many confessed their faith! Congratulations to Brenden & Stephanie Wallace on the birth of their son, Evan. 17. Health Bruce Ritsema no more cancer. 18. Birthdays & Anniversaries Celebrate! Happy Birthday 3 Diane Self Brendan Stroud 5 Josh Miles 10 Ruth Ann DeKoekkoek Noah Bierman 11 Don Hajdu 12 Madilyn Fisher Mike Stroud 15 Cal Jacobs 16 Don Herrington Melissa Lein 18 Bob Hendrick 23 Ralph Abraham 26 Helen Bakker Jessica Bitely 28 Katelyn Hamstra 30 June Cavender Happy Anniversary! 3 Dick & Jane Groenevelt 7 John & Linda Gerber 10 Stu & Shirley Engel 21 Jim & Mary Musgrave 25 Ralph & Judy Abraham 30 Barry & Barb Newman If you have any prayer requests or praises please call or Jan Hendrick ( or janhendrick@prudentialch.com), our Prayer Corner Coordinator.

3 Coming up at TRC SHIPSHEWANA ROAD TRIP For those of you who enjoy Shipshewana, or have never been there and would like to see what it s all about, join us for a day trip on Monday, August 5! We will leave church at 7:30 AM and return between 9-9:30 PM. Some of the places we will be stopping at are: Deutsch Kase Haus (the cheese factory), Rise-N-Roll Bakery, Davis Mercantile and downtown area, Yoder Hardware and Department Store, Yoder s Meat and Cheese, Eash Sales, and E&S Bulk foods. We will end our day by eating at Das Dutchman Essenhaus and shopping at their surrounding stores. This is NOT a day when the flea market is open, so there will be no stopping/ shopping there. There will be a $10 charge for gas per person. Please sign up on the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall if you would like to go. See Jill Yonker or Carolyn Breimayer with any questions. BOOK CLUB Join the ladies of TRC on July 8 for a potluck and book discussion! Jill Yonker will be our hostess as we review The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks. MISSION OF THE MONTH The July Mission of the Month (MOM) is Love Inc. Please remember that we are no longer taking a second offering. Instead, use your giving envelopes and indicate the amount for MOM or a specific mission. If you do not have an envelope to use for MOM, please use those provided in the pews. BEACH PARTIES The Church Life Committee will be sponsoring 2 beach parties at the Grand Haven State Park this summer. Just bring down your own supper and we will all eat together in the picnic area. If you want to bring a dessert or side dish to share, you may, but it isn t required. It s a great time to just relax, have good conversation, and enjoy God s beauty at the beach. The dates for this are Tuesday, July 9 at 6:00 p.m., and Tuesday, August 13 at 6:00 p.m. Any questions? See Cal Garbrecht. COFFEE SERVERS As you may have noticed, we ve been lacking ready help for serving coffee. Please consider signing up to serve a week or two. Never made coffee before? That s ok! We have lots of people who have vol- unteered in the past who would be glad to show you the ropes! You don t even have to bring the cookies they re already in the kitchen. CHURCH PICNIC Back by popular demand, our TRC all-church picnic at Pottawatomie Park (on Comstock in GH township) will be on Tuesday, July 23, at 6:00 p.m. This is a potluck, so please bring your own table service, drinks, and a dish to pass for every 3 people in your family/ party. Hamburgers, hotdogs, and brats will be provided. (Donations will be accepted to cover the cost of the meat and the pavilion rental) This is a great time for all ages, and a wonderful way for the newcomers at TRC to get to know everyone. Besides the food and fellowship, there will be horseshoes and other yard games, playground and water for the kids, and Brown Bag Bingo for all ages. What is Brown Bag Bingo? Well, you will have to come and find out J Friends are more than welcome. Please sign up for your meat selection on the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall so that we know how much to buy. Offerings 5-26 $2, $4, $2, $3, $1, Needed for weekly budget: $3, And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25

4 Isaiah 56:7 For my house will be called a house of prayer. PLUCK THOSE SUCKERS! Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. The best advice that ever turned my thumbs a little greener came from a friend, a gardening friend whose prize-winning tomatoes are the envy of the neighborhood. One day, my friend showed me the thick stalks of a tomato plant. Wherever the stalk forked, tiny leaves shot out from the joint. Pluck each of these away he told me. Prayer Corner I discovered a parallel to tomato suckers in my own life. Carefully, I considered how many attractive, seemingly good things use up my energy and time until I am depleted and unable to produce beautiful fruit for the Lord. I prayed for wisdom and recognize the suckers in my life so that I might pluck them away in order to flourish as God intended. Show us those things, O God, that steal away production and growth from our hearts. Amen. Those are suckers. They look healthy, but they draw sun and nourishment away from the fruit. Suckers stunt the growth of the whole plant. Get rid of them right away so that nutrients can reach the tomatoes. Sometimes the good can keep us from the best. (Barbara Hawley Pennsylvania) Jan Hendrick janhendrick@prudentialch.com Prayer Corner Coordinator Dear Trinity Family, Planning is already in progress for the upcoming Awana season. As the Awana commander, I am in need of volunteers. The commitment would be from the kickoff in the fall to right around the middle of April of next year on Wednesday nights, and also a training/info meeting in August. Currently, I am in search of a story teller, 3-5 grade teacher and helper, and 1-2 to people to do games. If you are interested, or know of anyone that is, please get a hold of me for more information. There has been a decline in the children attending Awana. The other day I started making a list of potential children I know who are not attending a Wednesday night program either at our church or any other. To my surprise I was in awe of how many children I know that are not participating in any type of spiritual formation programs other than Sunday mornings. I have challenged myself to reach out to these children and their parents and personally invite them to Awana at Trinity. I would like to ask you to please think and pray about the children in your lives and extend an invite to them and their parents to join us on Wednesday. I have been working on new and exciting programs for our middle school and high school kids. Look for more information coming in July. Finally, I am in search of Kids Hope mentors. As a mentor you spend 1 hour per week with one child during school hours. Training is provided by me. This year we were blessed with 4 beautiful children, but there are more waiting for mentors. I noticed a theme with the 3 boys we mentored last school season, they were all lacking a father in their lives. When we took them on our last event I observed all 3 of them just starving for Pastor's time. It saddens my heart knowing they lack that fatherly time playing ball with their own dads, but brought joy to my heart knowing through Kids Hope we are able to give them just a little bit of that. Please consider volunteering this year. Let's make this year amazing and fruitful together by reaching out and bringing our love of Christ to the children and families in our lives. I look forward to serving with you! In His service, Melissa Lein

5 Servants of God Greeters July 7 Weiling Family 14 Yonker Family 21 Ron & Helen Bakker 28 Fran & Susie Buikema Nursery July 7 Annika Breimayer, Katelyn Hamstra, Emma B. 14 Vicki & Megan Stroud, Chris Hadju 21 Mary Garbrecht, Kim Breimayer, Natalie B. 28 Vickie Miles, Allison Mueller, Anna Bremmer PowerPoint July 7 Ted Breimayer 14 Justin Yonker 21 Jon Yonker 28 Josh Breimayer Sound July 7 Matt Miles 14 Paul Bierman 21 Tim Wallace 28 Josh Hilderbrand Coffee Server July 7 Browand Hamstra 28 I just want to put a plug in for Melissa's request for help and especially her plea for Kids Hope Mentors. I was a mentor for seven years and a director for two, and I cannot emphasize enough all that she said!! I quit directing because I am now a teacher assistant at Griffin school. So now I see all these HAPPY little kids when they are with their Kids Hope Mentors. It is just ONE hour ONE day a week and the happiness and effect that you have on these kid's lives is HUGE! I was privileged to be with the same little girl 1st-5th grade and maintained a relationship with her for a few years beyond that. When she was in 10th grade and I saw her one day she told me that she still had the cards that I sent her (while I was mentoring) and the getting-to-know-you notebooks that we made together! She had both of ours and probably kept mine to laugh at my drawings, but still...she kept them! It really is a very worthwhile program, as are all of the other programs Trinity has to offer. Carolyn Breimayer

6 July SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY :15 Hollow Softball (final game) Independence Day! - TRC Mission Trip to Joplin, MO Book Club 6pm State Park Beach Party 11am Sunday School/Small Groups 7pm Prayer Meeting am Sunday School/Small Groups 7:30am Financial Management Team No Consistory Grand Pines using TRC parking lot am Sunday School/Small Groups Trumpeter articles due 28 11am Congregational Meeting 6pm Church Picnic at Pottawatomie Park 7pm Prayer Meeting Coast Guard Festival begins 2013