FIRST REFORMED CHURCH 901 Pleasant St. Boyden, IA Reverend David P. Poppen November 25, 2018 JESUS SAVES! GROW! GO! WELCOME! WORSHIP THE LORD! Prelude Leila Moret Opening and Greeting *Praise Songs: Hymn #106 Praise Him! Praise Him Hymn #105 He Is Lord Hymn #148 O Holy Night *Opening Prayer Joys & Concerns Congregational Prayer Children s message *Hymn #131 Angels, from the Realms of Glory COME! HEAR GOD S WORD! Scripture Isaiah 8:19 9:7(pg 1072) Prayer of Illumination Sermon A New Kingdom Prayer of Blessing RESPONDING TO THE WORD! Hymn #138 Go, Tell It on the Mountain (the general offering will be received) *Benediction *Hymn #Take the Name of Jesus with You (vs1 & chorus) Postlude (*those who are able please stand) 2
PRAYER AND PRAISE Please remember in your prayers Mina Uittenbogaard, Clarella Van Marel, Sheryl Warntjes and Janice Sneller. Pray that they feel the love of God and benefit from His strength. A huge Thank You to Sheila Hinderks for her contributions to our Advent Narnia experience. Her artistic talents enhance the Christian themes we will explore during this Advent season. Please include in your prayers Larry Salmon, brother to Pat Harms, as he and his medical team explore treatment options for his cancer. Please also remember the friends and family of LeAnn (Chick) Jensen who passed away this past week. She was the youngest daughter of Ray Chick and the late Sharon (Chick) Moret. Services are pending at this time. ANNOUNCEMENTS If you are visiting today, WELCOME! Be our guest! We welcome you to our worship experience. Enjoy a time of fellowship either before the service with a cup of coffee found in the room off the sanctuary, or afterward in the same room or the fellowship hall in our church basement. There will be Sunday School following worship this morning. There are classes for all ages! Children meet in the basement. If you are interested in an adult class, please come to Pastor Dave s office just up the stairs and through the secretary s office. You are all welcome! Next Sunday, we begin on the first Sunday of Advent to explore the theme A Light in the Darkness from John 1:1-14; 10:7-10. We hope that this study interests you. Please come back as we consider the Christian themes from the land of Narnia. Secret Sisters! It is time for our reveal party! We hope you are able to come! The party will be held on Tuesday, December 11 th at 7 pm in the fellowship basement. We will reveal who your secret sister was this past year, as well as fill out new forms to do Secret Sister again next year! If you wish to be involved but cannot attend the party, just talk to Teresa in the office. This is a wonderful way to lift up your sisters in Christ! 3
ANNOUNCEMENTS Offering for Nov 18, 2018 General Fund $3,003.00 Building & Repair Fund $ 920.00 Offering for Thanksgiving Service General Fund $7,501.68 Boyden Youth Group $ 400.00 Building & Repair Fund $ 25.00 Benevolent Fund $ 50.00 Hey Kids!! We are excited to share that the Christmas Program practice is starting next week! We will be meeting on Wednesday nights starting Wednesday, November 28 th at 6:30 pm while Awana is on holiday break. Hope to see you there! College Boxes! We will be putting together care packages for kids from our congregation who are currently in college. There are boxes in the entries and coffee room where we are asking you to share some snacks, home-baked items, words of encouragement, gift cards, etc. The current college students in our congregational family are Jonah Fedders, Dustin Fykstra, Melissa Hinderks, Gini Liu, Tina Liu, Peter Liu, Morgan Rosenboom, Davis Van Roekel & Ashley Warntjes. Please lift these individuals up in prayer; may God s blessings be with them every day. (If you have a college student in your family that we missed, please visit with Teresa.) The Love INC Heart of Christmas Event is scheduled for Saturday, Dec 8 th from 9:30 11 a.m. in the FLC at Faith Reformed Church in Rock Valley. The families who participate in the Christmas gift program will also receive their gifts on this day. The Love INC Christmas trees are located in Rock Valley at M&H True Value and in Hull at Pizza Ranch again this year. Gifts should be wrapped and returned to the trees with the original heart tag attached no later than Dec 4 th. JUSTICE FOR ALL is planning the 2019 Service and Learning Opportunities and would love to have you join one of the teams! Dates and places are: Harvest Hands Ministries, Juarez, MX Jan 18-26 (must have passport); JVMPerkins Foundation, Jackson MS Feb 9-16; Voice of Calvary Ministries, Jackson, MS- Feb 17-23; Grace Reigns, Colorado City UT Mar 16-23. For more information please call Luke Grooters at JFA 712-476-2804 or email lukeg@jfa-nwiowa.org. You can also check out the JFA website: www.jfa-nwiowa.org. 4
Holiday Service Schedule Children s Christmas Program Sunday, December 16 th during our regular Sunday service Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Monday, December 24 th at 6 pm This impressive service is one that you can invite your family and friends to attend we encourage you to share the wonderful message of Jesus with neighbors, family & friends Christmas Day Service Tuesday, December 25 th Ordination and installation of new deacons and elders Sunday, January 6, 2019 During our regular Sunday Service We are required by the Book of Church Order to publish the names of the newly chosen deacons and elders and to ask if anyone has a scriptural reason why they should not be installed in their respective offices. If you have such a reason, please see Pastor Dave or one of the elders. For the office of deacon Roger Nelson & Alan Warntjes For the office of elder Rod Bolkema, Marv Heemskerk & Tom Reuvers Save the Date! On Saturday, December 8 th, 9 am 2:30 pm We will hold a Retreat for all consistory members, both retiring and soon to be serving, as well as the Natural Church Development Group and the Ridder-Churches Learning Change Group. Please be in prayer for this event, and ask God to be present. 5
Boyden Community Christmas Celebration The Boyden Community Club s annual Community Christmas Celebration is Monday, December 3 rd, from 6-7:30 pm in the Demco Community Center. Local businesses, service groups and community members will transform the Community Center into a winter wonderland of Christmas at the Movies themed holiday trees! Come and vote for your favorites! Voting again will be done by placing quarters into boxes by each tree. All proceeds are donated to Boyden Charities. Winners will be announced at 7:15 pm the night of the event! There will be a Christmas Cookie Bake-Off this year! Please let a committee member know if you would like to enter this contest (Shari Fedders, Carla Sietstra, Robin Jungers or Jodi Prostrollo). Taste some great cookies and vote for your favorite! Also offered that evening will be Outdoor Wagon Rides, Sock/Mitten/Hat Tree, Coloring Contest, and Santa is even planning to make an appearance! A Decorative Winter Pot donated by the Boyden Betterment Club will be raffled at the event. Tickets are on sale at local businesses. You MUST be present to win. The drawing will take place at 7:15 pm the night of the event. There is something for the whole family! We hope to see you there! 6
TODAY November 25, 2018 8:30 AM PRAISE TEAM PRACTICE 9:30 AM WORSHIP 10:35 AM FELLOWSHIP 10:45 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL THANKS TO THOSE SERVING TODAY USHERS: Perry Haack & Heath Warntjes TECHNICIANS: Audio: Kevin Rosenboom Video: Tom Reuvers Powerpoint: Teresa Harms KITCHEN: Wanda Slykhuis COOKIES: Wanda Slykhuis, LuEtta Heemskerk, Grace Moret NURSERY: Shauna & Cheyenne Neuman OPPORTUNITIES THIS WEEK Tue Nov 27 Pastor Dave meeting with Pastors Steve Brierley & Verlyn Boone 11:30 am Wed Nov 28 Christmas Program practice 6:30 pm 7:45 pm Thur Nov 29 Pastor Dave meeting with Pastors Dan Hagar & Steve Den Haan 11:30 am NEXT SUNDAY December 2, 2018 1 st Sunday of Advent! Praise Team Practice 8:30 am Worship 9:30 am Fellowship 10:35 am Sunday School 10:45 am Kitchen Peg Noack Cookies Peg Noack, LaVonne Sietstra, Kayla Rosenboom Nursery Holly Starkenburg 7
The Senior High Youth Group of Maurice Reformed Church invites you to their Traveling Nativity held on Saturday, Dec 8 th and Sunday, Dec 9 th in Maurice, IA from 5:30-8:30 pm. A horse drawn wagon will lead you down a lit path to events leading to the birth of Christ. Enjoy warm refreshments in the church s Family Life Center before or after you ride. Freewill donations will go toward the senior high youth group at MRC. Hope Haven International Ministries presents Rejoice! featuring Nashville recording artist Jill Miller on Thur, Nov 29 th at 7 pm at the BJ Haan Auditorium on the campus of Dordt Univ in Sioux Center. Also featured will be a choir made up of students from area Christian schools. Tickets are $15 and a limited number of VIP tickets are for $25. VIP tickets are only sold at Hope Haven. General tickets are on sale at Peoples Bank in Rock Valley, American State Bank in Sioux Center, Iowa State Bank in Orange City, Rock Valley Christian School, Sioux Center Christian and Orange City Christian School. To begin a prayer chain You can either call Max Moret at 348-2929 or Teresa Harms/church office at 725-2366. 2018 Consistory Executive Committee Vice President Marlin Uittenbogaard Clerk Les Starkenburg Assistant Clerk Kathy Ver Meer Chair of Deacons Jamie Koele Treasurer Paul Moret Assistant Treasurer Brad Van Roekel Building & Grounds Jason Fykstra Music & Worship Kathy Ver Meer Outreach & Assimilation Bill Noack Mission Task Force Vice President & Deacons Discipleship 2018 Elders 2018 Deacons Brent Fedders ( 18) Jason Fykstra ( 18) Bill Noack ( 20) Ken Hoogendoorn ( 18) Les Starkenburg ( 18) Jamie Koele ( 19) Marlin Uittenbogaard ( 18) Paul Moret ( 19) Kathy Ver Meer ( 19) Brad Van Roekel ( 20) Phone: 712-725-2366/email: frcboyds@premieronline.net Webpage frcboyden.com Pastor Dave s cell phone: 507-920-6588; Pastor Dave s email address: poppendpp@hotmail.com 8