WELCOME February 24, 2013 MORNING WORSHIP Square: 9 and 11 am Ford: 10 am At-one-ment Mark 14:12-21 Square: Pastor Dave Beelen You Don't Mean Me, Do You? Mark 14:12-21 Ford: Pastor Brad Knetsch OUR GIVING Today: General Fund, Deacons Next Week: General Fund, Christian Education Reliving the Passion Sermon Series Feb. 17-Mar. 31 EVENING WORSHIP Square: 6 pm Have Mercy on Me Matthew 15:21-28 Elaine May OUR GIVING Today: Kids Life Bible Club Next Week: Safe Haven Our VISION: To Be a Diverse Community Following Christ Together
SQUARE SUNDAYS 8:45 am Missionary Prayer in Room 302 (second Sundays) 9 and 11am: NURSERY: Newborns-3 years old downstairs CHILDREN S CHURCH in the MultiPurpose Room. SPECIAL NEEDS MINISTRY: oneon-one attention in Room 314. Call Kristen Buurma at 245.7791 ext. 213 for reservations. SUNDAY SCHOOL for youth and adults more info on classes is available at the Information Desk. RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN: There are two small tables in the front corners and center back of the Sanctuary for children to pick up Children's Bulletins and other resources to help them engage in worship. Pick up the Take Home Questions from the Children s Resource Board in the MultiPurpose Room for more sermonrelated activities. A REGULAR WEEK AT THE SQUARE MONDAY 10-11:30 am Early Learning Play Group TUESDAY 11 am-1 pm Food Pantry 3:30 pm Dickinson Bible Club 8 pm Men s Recovery 8 pm Men s Bible Study WEDNESDAY 6 am Fresh Fire Prayer 12-4 pm Homeschool Classes 5:30 pm Kids Praise Dance 6:30 pm Childcare for infant-gr. 1 6:30 pm Cadets 6:30 pm Madison Girls 7 pm Midweek Bible Teaching 7 pm Living Out of God s Heart for Justice 7 pm Faith and Science: Arguing Out of Fear and Love THURSDAY 9 am-2 pm Homeschool Classes 6:30 pm Middle School Youth Group 7:00 Gospel Choir rehearsal Do you need a Bible? You can pick up a free one at the Information Desk. S.O.A.P. Bible Study SU II Corinthians 1-3 M Exodus 13-16 T II Samuel 1-4 W Psalms 48-50 TH Job 33-34 F Jeremiah 22-26 SA Mark 13-14 Scripture Memory I John 4:7-10 Reliving the Passion If you have purchased Walter Wangerin s devotional book, here are suggested readings: Feb. 24-Mar. 2 pp. 54-76 Mar. 3-9 pp. 77-97 Mar. 10-16 pp. 98-114 Mar. 17-23 pp. 115-132 Mar. 24-30 pp. 133-152
MOVE With Us Do you have training or experience in Emergency Medical Response? We need your help in brainstorming and crafting a plan for Madison in the case of a medical emergency! Whether you are interested in simply sharing your ideas or you have a passion to write policy, we welcome you to the table. Please contact Ken Schripsema at kschripsema@madisonsquarechurch.org or 245-7791 ext. 214 to join the conversation at 8pm on Monday, March 11. Pies for Easter! Our Youth Ministry will be selling 10 different varieties of pies in the lobby after the services beginning today through March 3. They will be available for pickup at church on March 24, just in time for Easter. All proceeds will benefit the College and Justice Tour 2013 as our teens learn about the link between education and justice. This year, we will visit Tuskegee, Auburn, Mississippi College, and Jackson State University as well as the National Civil Rights Museum, Medgar Evers home, and the Perkins Center for Reconciliation, where our youth will have the opportunity to learn from the founder of CCDA, John Perkins. Thank you for supporting Madison's teens! Attention all who are 55 and older! Come for another great night of potluck eating, fellowship and singing. 5:30 pm Saturday, March 2, at Ron and Mary Boes home. RSVP 616.975.1363. Welcome aboard Don Bryant! Don was recently promoted to full time as our I.T. Manager to support the growing use of computers and technical equipment around the church. He will now be supporting our registration systems and leading the charge for our multisite tech infrastructure. Christian Education Assistance Available: Madison Square Church has established the Christian Education Fund to accept offerings for the purpose of providing assistance to families who desire to send their children to Christian Schools but are unable to pay the full cost of tuition. If you would like to apply for assistance, please contact Jay Laninga at 616. 617.8432 for more information. Missionary Prayer: All are welcome to join the group that meets the second Sunday morning of each month at 8:45 am in room 302 to pray for each of our 12 missionary families. Madison Gospel Choir rehearsals have begun! We invite folks both young and old to join the gospel choir under the leadership of James Abney. The choir meets every week from 7-9 pm in the sanctuary and will lead us in worship once a month. Our Gospel Choir promises a time of rich fellowship and great gospel singing. We also want to extend a warm Madison welcome to James Abney. James has been the choir director for Bethel Church under the leadership of Bishop Abney for many years. Please cover the choir and our new director in prayer.
Madison Gathering Madison Square Church leaders and congregants will gather together for dinner to celebrate and hear from Pastor Dave before joining the main CCDA conference for their free evening session at 7 pm. Time: 5:30-6:45 pm Date: Friday, March 1 Place: Calvin College Commons Cost: FREE! Register by Feb. 25 at the Information Desk or by contacting Marisol Rosser at 616.245.7791 or mrosser@madisonsquarechurch.org. >>>> After dinner, you are invited to join the main CCDA conference for FREE* for the evening session at 7 pm featuring our own Laura Carpenter and Ricardo Tavarez as the plenary speakers. * Thank you CCDA for this change! CCDA West Michigan Regional Conference Thursday, February 28 Saturday, March 2! We are partnering with the Christian Community Development Association for this conference. This event will take the place of the Madison Square Church Worship Retreat and will provide you with great training on various relevant topics. Please register for the conference by going to the website, www.ccdawestmichigan.org. Moving with you
Staff Contact Information Madison Square Church Office: 245-7791 Pastoral Team Pastor David Beelen Lead Pastor ext. 206 dbeelen@madisonsquarechurch.org Pastor Joy Bonnema Pastor of Congregational Life ext. 211 jbonnema@madisonsquarechurch.org Pastor Cisco Gonzalez Madison in Wyoming Pastor 745-2875 cgonzalez@madisonsquarechurch.org Pastor Brad Knetsch Madison At Ford Pastor ext. 207 bknetsch@madisonsquarechurch.org Directors and Office Staff Marjorie Boerema. Office Assistant ext. 201 mboerema@madisonsquarechurch.org Don Bryant Tech Coordinator ext. 208 dbryant@madisonsquarechurch.org Kristen Buurma Children s Discipleship Director ext. 213 kbuurma@madisonsquarechurch.org Christy Carlin Knetsch Youth Director ext. 209 cknetsch@madisonsquarechurch.org Laura Carpenter Diversity and Outreach Director ext. 205 lcarpenter@madisonsquarechurch.org Darrell Delaney Middle School Ministry Coordinator ext. 226 ddelaney@madisonsquarechurch.org Missy Flockhart 258-8444 Early Childhood Ministry Coordinator mflockhart@madisonsquarechurch.org Victoria Gibbs Co-Director of Discipleship & Relationships ext. 212 vgibbs@madisonsquarechurch.org Patty Hogan Co-Director of Discipleship & Relationships ext. 217 phogan@madisonsquarechurch.org Audrey Laninga Worship Arts Director ext. 210 alaninga@madisonsquarechurch.org Mark Nieboer Property Manager ext. 203 mnieboer@madisonsquarechurch.org Victor Perez Children s Outreach Director ext. 216 vperez@madisonsquarechurch.org Lori Robbins Executive Assistant ext. 202 lrobbins@madisonsquarechurch.org Marisol Rosser Office Coordinator ext. 204 mrosser@madisonsquarechurch.org Ken Schripsema Executive Director of Ministry ext. 214 kschripsema@madisonsquarechurch.org Ricardo Tavarez Director of Outreach ext. 228 rtavarez@madisonsquarechurch.org Bill Wiarda Communications Director ext. 215 bwiarda@madisonsquarechurch.org
Connect the Dots Update your info for the church directory Stop at the Information Desk to see your current contact info and update it if necessary. New directories will be printed this spring.
TEENS on the MOVE! High School Join us at Youth Group tonight from 5-7:30 pm where we will hear the Word preached from freshman Dewand Jones on Religion Versus Relationship with God. Then, we'll have Bible Study together in our D Groups! Call Mr. Dan at 745-9837 if you need a ride. Middle School Thursday, Feb. 28, we will learn about the most important commandment in the entire Bible: to love God with all our hearts. How do we do this? Come find out! 6:30-8:30 pm at Madison Place. Contact Darrell Delaney, Middle School Ministry Coordinator, at ddelaney@madisonsquarechurch.org or 245.7791 ext. 226 for more info about the following ministry efforts: We need snacks for Middle School Youth Group. Sign up on the Meal Train website: http://tiny.cc/mygsnacks and pick a date! We need help picking up kids for youth group on Thursdays. Want More Madison News? You can sign up for our semi-weekly email by visiting www.madisonsquarechurch.org then typing your email address into the "e-news sign up" in the lower left of the main page. Then click the "Inbox me" button. Is the church closed for bad weather? If you suspect your ministry might be canceled because of bad weather, please check closed listings on WZZM 13, WOOD TV8, Way FM, or WCSG after 4 pm weekdays and after 6 am weekends. We will also list cancellations on our website and Facebook page. MOVE Against the Violence: In response to the recent violence in our city, local church leaders, in partnership with community organizations, have cast a vision for a 60-day plan to gather information, listen to our community and identify our assets. We encourage individuals and organizations to attend the following sessions as they pertain to their areas of passion, influence and interest. A Conversation With The Urban League - Mental Health Systems and Brown & Black Conversations week of Feb. 25. Rev. Joe Jones & The Grand Rapids Urban League will lead in the work of developing a strategy to address the issue of community violence. The conversation will take place at 745 Eastern Ave. SE. For more information please contact Rev. Jones at 616.245.2207.
MADISON SQUARE INCREASES SUPPORT TO OUR MISSIONARIES Following is a letter that your Global Missions Team sent to our missionaries just before Christmas: Greetings to our precious missionary families! We thank God and wanted to let you know of a decision the Missions Team at Madison made last night at our meeting. Starting in January, we will be sending your check at the beginning of each month, and it will be for $350 (instead of $300) each month. Several years ago, we set a goal of serving twelve missionary families, and increasing the support we give each one, so we are beginning to fulfill that goal. Also we wanted to let you know that you may be hearing from Kinita Schripsema about how the Lord is leading her to be a spiritual resource to our missionaries. Her email is kinitaathome@att.net, if you wish to contact her. You are in our prayers and we hope and pray that you will have a joy-filled Christmas! With love, The Madison Square Church Global Missions Team Our missionaries responded with gratitude for the increase in our gifts to them and for our prayer support. So we pass their thanks on to you, our congregation who support them! THANKS! DEACON and ELDER NOMINATIONS Dear Madison, It is the time of the year for the congregation to submit nominations for Deacons and Elders. We are asking you, over the next few weeks, to consider those in our midst who you feel are called to serve in these roles, and, with their approval, submit their names to Lori Robbins at 245.7791 ext. 202 or lrobbins@madisonsquarechurch.org, or fill out a nomination form at the Information Center. If you are approached by someone requesting to nominate you, please seriously consider this important service to the body of Christ. Agreeing to be nominated does not commit you to serving; it is only an acknowledgment that you know of no major obstacles to serving. Nominees will be given further information and appropriate time to pray over this decision. For more information on the process and the roles of Deacons and Elders, pick up the Deacons and Elders Update at the Information Center. Thank you for your commitment to our church! In Christ, Dorwin Gray and Linda Naranjo-Huebl, Council Co-chairs GET IN TOUCH! Madison Square Church Monday - Friday, 9:30 am 5 pm 616.245.7791 www.madisonsquarechurch.org e-mail BWiarda@madisonsquarechurch.org for weekly updates. One Church in Two Locations: Madison at Ford and Madison at the Square