Worship 9:00 am Blended - November 13, 2016 Prelude Welcome We Praise You, O God We praise you, O God, our Redeemer, Creator In grateful devotion our tribute we bring We lay it before you, we kneel and adore you We bless your holy name, glad praises we sing We worship you, God of our fathers and mothers Through life s storm and tempest our guide you have been When perils overtake us, you never forsake us And with your help, O Lord, our battles we win With voices united our praises we offer Our songs of thanksgiving to you we now raise Your strong arm will guide us, our God is beside us To you, our great Redeemer, forever be praise O Sing To the Lord Oh, sing to the Lord, oh, sing God a new song (3X) Oh, sing to our God, oh, sing to our God Oh, shout to our God, who gave us the Spirit (3X) Oh, sing to our God, oh, sing to our God For Jesus is Lord! Amen! Alleluia (3X) Oh, sing to our God, oh, sing to our God Sacrament of Baptism
Love Divine All Love s Excelling Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down Fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art Visit us with thy salvation, enter every trembling heart Breathe, oh, breathe thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast Let us all in thee inherit; let us find thy promised rest Take away the love of sinning; Alpha and Omega be End of faith, as its beginning, set our hearts at liberty Finish, then, thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be Let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee Changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place Till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love and praise Greetings - Lisa Capozzoli, Director of Care & Community Prayer - Gregg DeMey, Director of Worship Choir Anthem: And Can It Be Message: Hell Is Real - Peter Semeyn, Lead Pastor Rev. 20:15, 21:8; Luke 16:19-31 Prayer of Response Announcements Offertory: There Is a Redeemer The offering is for the Elmhurst Ministries Fund There is a Redeemer, Jesus, God's own Son Precious Lamb of God, Messiah, Holy One Thank You O my Father, or giving us our Son And leaving our Spirit till the work on earth is done Jesus my Redeemer, name above all names Precious Lamb of God, Messiah, O for sinners slain When I stand in glory I will see his face There I'll serve my King forever in that holy place How Firm a Foundation O Lord, be our refuge, when evils assail Your justice is sure, and your strength will prevail Yet wicked ones rise, and the good are laid low Your mercy reveal and your righteousness show
O God, send your fire; come to judge humankind Our evil consume and our virtue refine Then crowns of oppression will fall to the dust And saints will delight in the reign of the just How firm a foundation we find in God s Word We fashion our lives in the way of the Lord When all else gives way, God s salvation remains And even in death, God s great glory sustains Sending & Blessing Postlude Prelude Welcome Organist - Jake Groenewold, Pianist - Dina Zeilstra, Song Leader - Rachel Rieger 10:30 am Contemporary Worship - November 13, 2016 God You Reign You paint the night, you count the stars and you call them by name The skies proclaim, God you reign Your glory shines, you teach the sun when to bring a new day Creation sings, God you reign God you reign, God you reign; Forever and ever, God you reign You part the seas, you move the mountains with the words that you say My song remains, God you reign You hold my life, you know my heart and you call me by name I live to say, God you reign Let It Rise Let the glory of the Lord rise among us (2X) Let the praises of the King rise among us; Let it rise Let the songs of the Lord rise among us (2X) Let the joy of the King rise among us; Let it rise Sacrament of Baptism Mighty To Save Everyone needs compassion, love that s never failing, let mercy fall on me Everyone needs forgiveness, the kindness of a Savior, the hope of nations
Savior, he can move the mountains My God is mighty to save, he is mighty to save Forever, Author of salvation He rose and conquered the grave, Jesus conquered the grave So take me as you find me, all my fears and failures; Fill my life again I give my life to follow,everything I believe in, now I surrender Shine your light and let the whole world see we re singing For the glory of the risen King Jesus Greetings - Lisa Capozzoli, Director of Care & Community Prayer - Gregg DeMey, Director of Worship There Is A Redeemer There is a Redeemer Jesus God's own Son Precious Lamb of God Messiah Holy One Thank you, O my Father, for giving us your Son And leaving your Spirit till the work on earth is done Jesus, my Redeemer, name above all names Precious Lamb of God, Messiah, O for sinners slain When I stand in glory I will see his face There I'll serve my King forever in that holy place Message: Hell Is Real - Peter Semeyn, Lead Pastor Rev. 20:15, 21:8; Luke 16:19-31 Prayer of Response Announcements Offertory: Thank You For Saving Me The offering is for the Elmhurst Ministries Fund Bound For Glory This world is not my home, I'm here but for a moment It's all I've ever known, but this world is not my home The fight is not my own, these burdens aren't my future The empty tomb has shown I am bound for glory I am free because I'm bound, I am bound for heaven's gate Where my feet will stand on holy ground, I am bound for glory
The saving work is done, death is not my ending My God has overcome, I am bound for glory And all my pain, hurt, and shame, gone when Jesus calls my name Endless joy, endless praise, all when Jesus calls my name Where my feet will stand on holy ground, I am bound for glory Bound for glory Sending & Blessing Postlude Worship Team - Doug Bardolph, Justin Bardolph, Kyle Olson, Nina Schroeder, Glenn Vanderveld, Dan Vlcek Sunday worship services are streamed live and archived for viewing on the web via LIVESTREAM (new.livestream.com/ecrc). TODAY AT ELMHURST CRC Hell is real. Hell is an existence where God is not present: no grace, no joy, no celebration... is an existence without God. C.S. Lewis once wrote that...there are two kinds of people in the world: those who say to God, Your will be done and those to whom God says, Your will be done. The reality is, God is patient with you, not wanting you to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. II Peter 3:9. NEXT WEEK AT ELMHURST CRC Is there a heaven? Yes!! The Bible is clear about the existence of heaven: it is a place where there is no evil, no sorrow, no disease, no suffering, no worry or conflict. It is where we realize the reality of not my will, but yours. We won t care about personal preferences, theological nuances, or doctrinal minutiae. In the meantime, we see glimpses of heaven on earth. On this Christ the King Sunday, we will find glimpses as we welcome new members to our church community and celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. You can read Revelation 21:23-24, 27 to get inspired for this worship service. OUR CHURCH FAMILY Today we celebrate the sacrament of baptism as Julia Grace Feenstra, daughter of Dawn & Ted Feenstra, is baptized at the 9:00 am service; and Parker Jeffrey Reis, son of Mary & Mitch Reis, is baptized at the 10:30 am service. Prayer Requests: Please pray for healing and strength for Lois Arthur, Doris Baur, Henrietta Hall, Bill Poe, Maria Ramos, and Marilyn Ward. Join us in praying for each other. To send your prayer requests or praises to be included in the email prayer chain, or to receive a daily email of these requests, email prayer@elmhurstcrc.org or call the church office at 630-600-5100. If you would like your prayer request included in the weekly announcements in the worship folder please email Lisa Capozzoli, Director of Care and Community, at lisa.capozzoli@elmhurstcrc.org. ANNOUNCEMENTS Thanksgiving Day Worship will be at 10 am on Thursday, November 24. Each Thanksgiving, the deacons encourage members to express thankfulness through an offering to their favorite cause. Next week s worship folder will contain special envelopes for the Thanksgiving offering, and a list of various groups and organizations our church has supported in the past. Prayerfully consider your gift of thanksgiving. Children are invited to bring offerings of boxed goods, canned goods, toiletries, or gift cards to our Thanksgiving service for the Yorkfield Food Pantry.
Thank you to everyone who designated a gift to World Renew in recent weeks. Thanks to your generosity, we are able to give $10,415 to World Renew for their ongoing emergency relief to heavy destruction from Hurricane Matthew in Haiti and the East Coast of the U.S. after heavy rain, flooding, and mudslides destroyed homes, killed people and cut off access to food, clean water and medical supplies. Do you know a missions group or Christian service organization with a compelling project for 2017? After prayer and consideration, the Missions Team has decided to award $10,000 of its budget to fund grants of up to $2500 to support ministries, locally and globally, with projects that will be completed in 2017. Christian ministries with ties to Elmhurst CRC can submit an application at elmhurstcrc.org/serve/global-impact/missions by November 15. While no specific type of project is required for the grant, we will want to understand how the project supports the organizational mission, and advancing the Gospel (through word or deed). Contact Dan Barak or Ken Timmerman or any Missions Team member with questions regarding this grant application at missions@elmhurstcrc.org Hand Bell Choir is currently accepting new members. If you have experience playing hand bells (or would like to learn!), please contact Mary.Reitsma@LZ95.org. Advent rehearsals begin November 13. If you would like to donate items for the Fall College Exam Goodie Boxes please sign up at the information center. Donations are due by November 27, and will be packed and shipped on November 30. Items may be left in the storage room in the kitchen. Questions? Email Kathy Feringa at Kathy.Feringa@alloyacorp.org or call 630-728-3368. The GEMS girls are once again be selling beautiful Christmas wreaths, swags, and garland to benefit our GEMS club and clubs in Zambia, Africa. Order online at http://elmhurstcrc.org/events or by paper form in the lobby. Orders are due by November 16 and pick up is November 30 in the church lobby. If you are grieving the loss of a loved one, please consider joining our grief support group, GriefShare. GriefShare is held on Wednesdays from 7-8:30pm in Room 204 through 12/14/16. You will find GriefShare to be a warm, caring environment that will support you through your long journey through Grief. This is an open group so you can join at any time. PrimeTime will meet on November 21 at 10 am in the Garden Room. We'll be assembling Christmas packages for 800 prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Our relationship with Angola continues with regular visits by Pastor Bert DeJong, retreats led by Elmhurst Church staff and members, and a combined worship service via internet connection. This year the service will take place at 10 am on December 18. At the end of the service each of the inmates attending worship will receive the gift from our congregation. Join us for a rewarding morning followed by a lunch served for all volunteers. Sign up at the table in the lobby. With the beauty and simplicity of music, scripture and song, come and experience rest and healing in the Healing Prayer Service. You will also have an opportunity to receive individual prayer for physical, relational, emotional, and psychological healing. Please join us in the Garden Room December 1 from 7-7:45 pm. Next Sunday (and the third Sunday of every month) you are welcome to bring donations of non-perishable food items, paper goods, and hygiene products in support of the food pantry at the Yorkfield Presbyterian Church. A list of requested items is available on the display counter in the church lobby. Please drop off items to the area by the information center. The food pantry also accepts coupons, so if you re not going to use the coupon inserts from your Sunday paper then you can donate them. Thank you! Games Club: Attention men: We are looking to start a games club for some fun and fellowship. This could be your favorite board game, but could also include various card games. Location and frequency of meetings are to be determined, but probably monthly or every other month. If you are interested, send email to Dave Van Kampen at
david.vankampen@att.net or call 630-932-7034. The Single Mothers Support Group would welcome a few women who would be willing to be friends with our single moms. A lunch or dinner outing, or including them in with your family event would make them feel so special, possibly once a month. We also need young men to be inclusive in the lives of sons, ages 10-12, of our single moms. If God should put this calling on your heart, contact Jane Loerop at jane.loerop@elmhurstcrc.org. The Single Mothers Support Group (SHE) is celebrating Christmas on December 11 at 12:15 pm with a Christmas dinner, Christmas music, fellowship, and gifts for children and adults. Come and be part of the festivities as we celebrate the birth of Christ. Child care is provided for children infants-12 years after the dinner. For further information contact Jane at janeloe@aol.com. SERVE If anyone is interested in volunteering as a Security Host please contact Diane Otters at 708-344-0320 or dotters69@att.net. My Brother's Kitchen is a collaborative ministry, bringing together suburban and urban people to serve a meal to the community and eat together. This is an opportunity to be a source of shining light and living water to the homeless and hungry in Chicago! Our church has committed to serving every 2nd Saturday of the month (9 am-1 pm). This is a great opportunity for small groups, neighborhood groups or families to do together- or you can sign up individually as well. Please call Bob Keizer at 630-247-1139 or email him at rnckeizer@prodigy.net for more information or to set a date. COMMUNITY Providence Life Services is looking for individuals to serve as hospice volunteers. The primary duties of the volunteer would be to offer supportive visiting, companionship and emotional support. The volunteer hours and days are flexible. All you need is a compassionate heart. For more information please contact Chaplain Harrison at 800-509-2800 or rharrison@provlife.com. You re invited to attend the Saratoga Grove Christmas/Holiday Bazaar on November 19 from10 am-2 pm. Attendees will enjoy shopping and visiting with friends and family at this yearly event. They will be selling various items (greeting cards, jewelry, crafts, "Granny's Attic" items) as well as items from their boutique. Now is the time to buy your banket, oliebollen (made on site) and other homemade treats for the holidays. Coffee and pastries will be served. Bring a friend! Saratoga Grove is located at 3460 Saratoga Avenue in Downers Grove. Under the artistic direction of Molly Lindberg, Spirito! Singers will be performing their Christmas Concert, Repeat the Sounding Joy, on December 3 at 7 pm and December 4 at 3 pm at ECRC. Reserved seating tickets are $25.00 and can be purchased atwww.spiritosingers.org or by calling 1-877-8WE-SING. Illiana Oratorio Society cordially invites you to attend their annual presentation of Handel s Messiah. The concert will be on December 4 at 2 pm at First Christian Reformed Church of South Holland (16248 South Park Ave., South Holland, IL). The Men of A-Chord cordially invites you to join them in A Festival of Nine Lessons in Carols for Christmastide on December 10 at 7 pm at First Christian Reformed Church of South Holland (16248 South Park Ave., South Holland, IL). A free-will offering will be taken.
Sunday, 11-13-16 9:00 am Blended Worship 9:00 am Children s Worship, 3 yrs-5th 9:00 am Men s Fraternity 10:00 am Coffee & Community 10:30 am Contemporary Worship 10:30 am Children s Worship, 3 yrs-5th 11:30 am Coffee & Community 3:00 pm ESO Concert 4:45 pm Hand Bell Choir Rehearsal 5:30 pm Maximum Velocity (youth) 7:00 pm The Edge (youth) WEEK AT A GLANCE Wednesday, 11-16-16 (cont.) 7:00 pm Coffee Break 7:00 pm GriefShare Support Group 7:00 pm Men s Fraternity 7:00 pm Choir Rehearsal 7:00 pm Quiet Waters Friendsgiving Thursday, 11-17-16 6:00 am Men s Fraternity 9:00 am Men s Group 9:00 am Little Lambs 9:00 am Coffee Break Monday, 11-14-16 Tuesday, 11-15-16 6:00 am Men s Fraternity 9:00 am Little Lambs 12:30 pm Coffee Break Leaders Meeting Wednesday, 11-16-16 9:00 am Little Lambs 9:00 am Coffee Break 12:30 pm Little Lambs 12:30 pm Coffee Break 5:30 pm Community Supper 6:00 pm Prayer Time 6:15 pm Little Lambs 6:15 pm Cadets/Pathfinders 6:30 pm Monthly SLT Meeting Friday, 11-18-16 Saturday, 11-19-16 8:30 am Prayer Group Sunday, 11-20-16 9:00 am Blended Worship 9:00 am Children s Worship, 3 yrs-5th 9:00 am Food Pantry Collection 9:00 am Men s Fraternity 10:00 am Coffee & Community 10:30 am Contemporary Worship 10:30 am Children s Worship, 3 yrs-5th 11:30 am Coffee & Community 4:30 pm Hand Bell Choir Rehearsal 5:30 pm Maximum Velocity (youth) 7:00 pm The Edge (youth)
WELCOME We re glad you re here. NEW? We would love to meet you. Please fill out a welcome card and place it in the offering basket. Join us for coffee in the lobby after the service. Stop by the Information Center and let us know you re new. SUNDAY SERVICES 9:00 am Blended Worship Service 10:30 am Contemporary Worship Service CHILDREN Nursery is available for children 0 to 36 months old. Children s Worship (10:00) meets for children 3 years old through 5th grade in the lower level RESOURCES Assisted listening devices are available from an usher or sound booth at the rear of sanctuary Large print bulletins are available in the Worship Center inside the doors PRAYER PARTNERS Prayer partners are available after each service to pray with in the west rear of the Worship Center GROW AND SERVE ADULT MINISTRIES: Find opportunities to grow and serve in Small Groups, Coffee Break Community Bible Study, Men s Fraternity, MOPS, SHE, Prime Time (55+) and more. STUDENT MINISTRIES Grow together, enjoy relationships, be encouraged and empowered with our student ministry programs; Maximum Velocity (6-8th grade) and The EDGE (9th-12 grade) CHILDREN S MINISTRIES We love children, and want to help raise up children that love God and serve him. From Nursery (0-3 years old), Little Lambs (3-6 years old), Pathfinders and Cadets (1st-8th grade boys), to GEMS (1st-8th grade girls), and much more. More growing and serving opportunities online at elmhurstcrc.org Pastors: Rev. Peter Semeyn - Lead Pastor, Dir. of Outreach - 630.600.5029 peter.semeyn@elmhurstcrc.org Rev. Gregg DeMey - Associate Pastor, Dir. of Worship - 630.600.5030 gregg.demey@elmhurstcrc.org