About Saranac Community Church Our Mission We are committed to being a fellowship of believers in Jesus Christ who glorify our Triune God and practice positive Christian living by growing in God s Word, caring for each other, and reaching out with God s love by responding to the physical and spiritual needs of others. Our Values As members of the Evangelical Covenant Church, we gladly affirm the following as essential to who we are as a community: * The centrality of the Word of God * The necessity of New Birth * A commitment to the whole mission of the Church * The Church as a fellowship of believers * A conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit * The reality of freedom in Christ Please visit the denominational website at www.covchurch.org. This Week at SCC Sunday: Care Ministry Team Meeting 11:30am Youth Groups Jr. High - 4:30-6, Sr. High 5:30-7 Monday: Financial Peace University 6:30-8:30pm Real Estate and Mortgages Boy Scouts 7:00pm Tuesday: Council Meeting 6:30pm Wednesday: Ladies Bible Study 9:30am Praise Team Practice 6:30pm Thursday: Food Pantry 2-4pm Maundy Thursday Service 7:00pm Friday: Good Friday Service at Easton UMC 7:00pm AA 8:00pm Easter Sunday: Sunrise Service 8:00am Breakfast - all are invited to attend 8:45am Worship Service 10:00am Pastor Becky will be taking Mondays off in March Pastor Jeff is on his sabbatical through April 25 Saranac Community Church Pastor Becky Poor Pastor Jeff Kahl 125 S. Bridge Street, PO Box 47 Saranac, MI 48881 616-642-6322 Fax: 616-642-9659 www.saranacchurch.org Saranac Community Church March 20, 2016 Palm Sunday
March 20, 2016 9:30am Worship Service Palm Sunday Prelude Today s Theme/Announcements/Moment of Silence *Call to Worship First Reading - Mark 11:1-10 Pew Bible Pg. 924 * Hosanna * Open the Eyes of My Heart *Invocation Lenten Cross Element - Palms and Ashes Prayers for Our Life Together Children Grades Pre-K through Grade 2 Go and Grow Hymn of Response I Will Sing the Wondrous Story Second Reading Habakkuk 3:16-19 Pew Bible Pg. 857 Sermon Rejoice in The Lord Pastor Becky Poor Offertory Offertory Music - Special Music by Jake Mellema Doxology and Offertory Prayer * Lead Me to the Cross *Blessings to Go and Grow in Growth Groups in Silence *congregation please stand if you are able Prayer Concerns Claire and Tim Vogelzang and family of Lynne Ihrman, Ojars Smits, Nora Kauffman, Aubrey Culver, Roger Knutson, Beth VanProoyen, Shari LaWarre, Charlene Kingsley, Bruce Hubble, Mary Ann Hagemeyer Senior Citizens of the Week: Ojars & Mary Jo Smits SCC Leaders of the Week: Barb Augustine-Hayes, Chair of Missions and Evangelism Church of the Week: St. Anthony Catholic Church Mission of the Week: Dave & Laura Percy, New Tribes Covenant Leader of the Week: Paul Hawkinson, Executive Director of Finance Community Group of the Week: Hooper Printing, with thanks for signage, brochures and creative work over many years! THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS THIS WEEK: March 20 - Palm Sunday Lay Leader: Virgil Biggs Readers: Hunter Helminski, Dean and Julie Gage Ushers: Harvey Flanagan, Carolyn Westbrook, Brad Edwards, Sue Kingsley Acolytes: Hope and Hunter Helminski Praise Team: Chris Roberts, Virgil Biggs Instrumentalists: Nancy Downs, Ken Poor, Joel Fritsma Group 1: Kristen Fritsma, TBD Group 2: Jim Lóser, Delaney Washburn Nursery: Deb Tribbett, Kenzie Roberts Greeters: Jan Renwick, Mark Gillette Coffee Clean Up: Terri McCready Tech Team: Brien and Beth Simpson NEXT WEEK: Easter Sunday 10:00am Lay Leader: Bruce Chadwick Readers: Sharon Blanchard, Connie Biggs Ushers: Harvey & Dianne Flanagan, Carolyn Westbrook, Shirley Jackson Acolytes: Tate Piche and Jadine Bigger Praise Team: Sharon Darby, Chris Roberts, Jim Lóser, Dean Gage Instrumentalists: Nancy Downs, Bob Krieger, Ken Poor, Joel Fritsma Nursery: Claire Morrison, Kelsey and Jillian Merrifield Greeters: Jan Renwick, Ginger Roberts Tech Team: Dave and Delaney Washburn
Announcements & Events Welcome Visitors Are you new to Saranac Community Church? We're so glad that you're here! Please stop by the Welcome Center today to receive a small gift and learn how you can get connected with God and others in our faith community. We hope this will be a place where you will feel welcomed, loved and encouraged in your walk with the Lord. Announcements & Events Welcome Visitors Are you new to Saranac Community Church? We're so glad that you're here! Please stop by the Welcome Center today to receive a small gift and learn how you can get connected with God and others in our faith community. We hope this will be a place where you will feel welcomed, loved and encouraged in your walk with the Lord. Monday, March 28 is the next blood drive at SCC. See Delaney Washburn if you are able to help! Monday, March 28 is the next blood drive at SCC. See Delaney Washburn if you are able to help! Thank you everyone for your prayers, cards and gifts of food while I was recuperating from my fall. It was so appreciated. I am thanking God for the continued healing process and so thankful too, to be out and about once again. God Bless, Eleanor Williams INVESTING IN SPIRITUAL GROWTH AT CAMP Saranac Community Church is committed to supporting youth attendance at Christian camps because we believe such experiences often spark and nurture vital spiritual formation by helping our youth to Seek Christ, Connect by Love and Care for our world! For this reason we want to offer support to families in the following ways: 1) praying for those who will attend camp and 2) offering a $50 gift to support Christian camp attendance. To help us do this, parents are asked to check out the information about camps in the Narthex, pick up a Campership Form and to return this to the church office by April 15th. If you have questions about this, please contact one of the Pastors or a member of the Christian Formation Commission. Thank you everyone for your prayers, cards and gifts of food while I was recuperating from my fall. It was so appreciated. I am thanking God for the continued healing process and so thankful too, to be out and about once again. God Bless, Eleanor Williams INVESTING IN SPIRITUAL GROWTH AT CAMP Saranac Community Church is committed to supporting youth attendance at Christian camps because we believe such experiences often spark and nurture vital spiritual formation by helping our youth to Seek Christ, Connect by Love and Care for our world! For this reason we want to offer support to families in the following ways: 1) praying for those who will attend camp and 2) offering a $50 gift to support Christian camp attendance. To help us do this, parents are asked to check out the information about camps in the Narthex, pick up a Campership Form and to return this to the church office by April 15th. If you have questions about this, please contact one of the Pastors or a member of the Christian Formation Commission. 20 - Jacob Smith 21 - Jean Kurzhals 23 - Ed Culver 24 - Cami Gillette 25 - Margaret Moon Jean Mackey 27 - Robin Hooper Cathaleen Hardy 20 - Jacob Smith 21 - Jean Kurzhals 23 - Ed Culver 24 - Cami Gillette 25 - Margaret Moon Jean Mackey 27 - Robin Hooper Cathaleen Hardy
From Our Kitchen to Yours The 2017 Mission Team is putting together a cookbook. Please share with us a few of your favorite recipes by dropping them into the box out in the narthex. If you have any questions, please contact Connie Biggs (642-9566 or cbiggs_tr@yahoo.com). From Our Kitchen to Yours The 2017 Mission Team is putting together a cookbook. Please share with us a few of your favorite recipes by dropping them into the box out in the narthex. If you have any questions, please contact Connie Biggs (642-9566 or cbiggs_tr@yahoo.com). Prayer Chain Messages: If you would prefer to receive prayer chain messages via email, please email the office and we will send them to you. If you would like to get an email and a phone call we can do that also. Just let us know at: churchoffice@saranacchurch.org If you haven t been getting prayer chains and would like to, please let the office know and we will add you to the list. Prayer Chain Messages: If you would prefer to receive prayer chain messages via email, please email the office and we will send them to you. If you would like to get an email and a phone call we can do that also. Just let us know at: churchoffice@saranacchurch.org If you haven t been getting prayer chains and would like to, please let the office know and we will add you to the list. Save the Dates for VBS July 11-13, evening program Community Vacation Bible School This year a special Community VBS will be put on at Harker Middle School by SCC and other area churches and organizations. Help is needed! Please see Teresa Krieger or Pastor Becky for more information. Sign up in the narthex if you are interested in helping this summer. Save the Dates for VBS July 11-13, evening program Community Vacation Bible School This year a special Community VBS will be put on at Harker Middle School by SCC and other area churches and organizations. Help is needed! Please see Teresa Krieger or Pastor Becky for more information. Sign up in the narthex if you are interested in helping this summer.
In Memory Of: Easter Lilies Our Parents...from Bruce and Margaret Chadwick Brian Young..from Paul and Lacey Young Lloyd Jenks...from Paul and Lacey Young Charlene Minger from the Merrifield Family Jean Merrifield...from the Merrifield Family Loved Ones.from Margaret Moon Bob Vreeland, Mom and Dad DeBois, Mom and Dad Vreeland, Gaylord DeBois..from Marlene Vreeland and family Garry Miller, Dan Pierce, Max and Vesta Renwick, Robert and Doris Schiller.from Jan Renwick In Memory Of: Easter Lilies Our Parents...from Bruce and Margaret Chadwick Brian Young..from Paul and Lacey Young Lloyd Jenks...from Paul and Lacey Young Charlene Minger from the Merrifield Family Jean Merrifield...from the Merrifield Family Loved Ones.from Margaret Moon Bob Vreeland, Mom and Dad DeBois, Mom and Dad Vreeland, Gaylord DeBois..from Marlene Vreeland and family Garry Miller, Dan Pierce, Max and Vesta Renwick, Robert and Doris Schiller.from Jan Renwick Lilies will be on the altar Easter Sunday. If you are planning to provide a lily In Honor Of or In Memory Of someone and you are not on this list let the office know. Lilies will be on the altar Easter Sunday. If you are planning to provide a lily In Honor Of or In Memory Of someone and you are not on this list let the office know. Bring the Cross to Life!! Be sure to bring a fresh flower to the 10:00 am Easter Sunday Worship Service to decorate the cross! Bring the Cross to Life!! Be sure to bring a fresh flower to the 10:00 am Easter Sunday Worship Service to decorate the cross! Easter Breakfast: Please sign up if you are planning to attend the Easter Breakfast at 8:45am. If you are willing to bring food, take a sticky note off the board and write what you are bringing on the sign up sheet. Please do not write on the board. Easter Breakfast: Please sign up if you are planning to attend the Easter Breakfast at 8:45am. If you are willing to bring food, take a sticky note off the board and write what you are bringing on the sign up sheet. Please do not write on the board.
Holy Week March 24 - Maundy Thursday Service 7:00pm at SCC March 25 - Good Friday Prayer Service 7:00pm at Easton United Methodist Church Sunday, March 27, 2016 Easter Sunrise Service 8:00am (No childcare available) Easter Breakfast Easter Service 8:45am 10:00am (Childcare available for ages 0-4) Holy Week March 24 - Maundy Thursday Service 7:00pm at SCC March 25 - Good Friday Prayer Service 7:00pm at Easton United Methodist Church Sunday, March 27, 2016 Easter Sunrise Service 8:00am (No childcare available) Easter Breakfast Easter Service 8:45am 10:00am (Childcare available for ages 0-4) There are postcards in the narthex to hand out and invite someone to church on Easter! Also, there are Prayer Walk sheets and new devotionals from Our Daily Bread. There are postcards in the narthex to hand out and invite someone to church on Easter! Also, there are Prayer Walk sheets and new devotionals from Our Daily Bread. Invite someone to church! Invite someone to church!