Church News 5.3.20
News for May 3, 2020
Be sure to watch Jill Kohlhagen’s message online this Sunday at 9:30 A.M. It can be accessed on our website (demottearc.com), our YouTube page or our Facebook page. We will also be posting a playlist of worship songs that Melissa put together at 9:00 A.M. on Facebook on Sunday morning (a link to this list will be emailed on Friday, 5-1 as well) so you can use those to worship together as a family.
REQUESTED ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please continue to remember in prayer…
♦ Carol Sietsma ♦ Al Grube ♦ Chris Clark ♦ Michelle Veld
♦ Don Tillema ♦ Sharon Bovenkerk
♦ Bryan Overstreet had his gallbladder removed on Thursday at St. Anthony. He is doing well.
If you have a health concern you would like us to include for prayer, please contact the church office.
FIXER UPPER: Message Series Concludes this Sunday
May 3 - Relationship with Church
PLEASE REMEMBER all on-site church activities are cancelled at this time.
THE CHURCH OFFICE is working on shortened hours to help ensure the safety of our congregation and staff. We will be open Monday thru Friday, 9:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. Much of the work staff are doing is being done at home, but we will still have these limited office hours for work that needs to be done on site. While we are still here in the office at that time, we ask that you call or email us with your needs rather than physically coming into the office. We miss you all greatly but want to take proper precautions as we know COVID-19 is in our community. We continue to pray for the health and safety of everyone and look forward to when we can meet with our church family again.
WE’D LIKE TO START providing homemade masks to those who need them. We've placed baskets in the front entrance (door #8) with a few masks to get us started. We hope to provide masks for adults and children. They are free to take for anyone, so, if you know someone in the community who is in need, please feel free to share. Masks are available to pick up from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Monday - Friday.
WE NEED HOMEMADE MASKS! If you can make them and donate, please do! We only have a few as of right now. We'd like to see each basket full so that no one walks away empty handed. We have them specified in categories of adult, child, adult with glasses and child with glasses. People with glasses tend to have them fog up while wearing a mask. The masks that are better fitted with a pipe cleaner inserted at the top help to prevent this issue. You can drop them off during the hours stated above. We will greatly appreciate any donations we receive!
WORLD VISION GLOBAL 6K: Last year, we partnered with World Vision for the Global 6k. Each person who participated provided clean water for a child somewhere in the world. We are going to be doing the Global 6k again this year!
Here's what it's going to look like:
Date: Saturday, May 16
Where: Wherever you want!
Due to Covid-19 restrictions we can't have a large in person event, but we can still move our feet for clean water on our own! You can go for a walk or run in your neighborhood or in a park. You can even walk or run around your house! You just commit to walking or running 6k (just over 3.5 miles) sometime that day and you still provide clean water for a child in need. Cost: $50/adult or $25/child Each registration provides clean water for one child. Here is a link where you can sign up to join our team! We hope you will consider joining us to move our feet for clean water! https://www.teamworldvision.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.team&teamID=13153
WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE of resources you can take advantage of during this period of isolation. Now is a great time to sign up for RightNow Media if you haven’t already. Just go to bit.ly/americanreformed and you can create your free account which will allow you to access thousands of Bible studies and other great content. There is a ton of awesome children’s content there as well. Also, for those of you who are teaching your children from home, Scholastic has set up a website where you can access free learning content for your child https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html.
WOULD YOU LIKE to receive ARC updates and cancellation info via text message? Just text @demottearc to 81010 to sign up!
IF YOU HAVE ANY issues financially, or if you need assistance in any way with food or other items, please contact the church office and we will assist you as well as we can.
OFFERING for April 25–May 1 (Including online donations): Regular Fund - $8,124.00; Youth & Education Fund - $178.00.
ONLINE GIVING is available through demottearc.com by clicking on the “Donate” link at the bottom of the home page. You can set up a one-time gift or a recurring donation. Donations may also be mailed in. We believe that God will provide and one way that God does that is through the generosity of his people. So, thank you for how you support ARC financially.
WE’RE STILL LOOKING FOR YOUR STORIES and/or memories about your time at ARC. Please email your memories to the church office at office@demottearc.com.
OTHER REQUESTED ANNOUNCEMENTS
DMC FOUNDATION GOLF OUTING: The 29th Annual DeMotte Christian Schools Foundation golf outing will take place on Wednesday, June 17, with a 1:00pm shotgun start at Sandy Pines Golf Course. Save the date and start practicing! The DMC Foundation provides an annual contribution to the school to reduce tuition costs. More information to follow!
DMC GRADUATION: We invite you to the graduation ceremony of the DeMotte Christian School "Class of 2020" on Thursday, May 28, at 5:30pm outdoors at Covenant Christian High School. The speaker is Pastor Tim Cary. The class chose the following verse from Isaiah 40:8 as their motto, “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”
CCHS GRADUATION: You are cordially invited to attend the graduation ceremony of the Covenant Christian High School Class of 2020. The ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 28, at 7:00pm outdoors at Covenant Christian High School.