Church Bulletin 8.15.21
Worship: August 15, 2021
Songs: “Here I Am to Worship” “Raise a Hallelujah / Doxology” “Sweet, Sweet Spirit”
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:19; Acts 19: 1-21
Message: “The Power of Potential” Pastor Troy Nanninga
Song of Reflection: “Where the Spirit of the Lord Is”
Closing Song: “Holy Spirit”
TODAY’S MEETINGS
9:30 A.M. WORSHIP
NURSERY VOLUNTEERS: Maddy Smoker / Barb Ash
9:50 – 10:30 A.M. BIBLE ADVENTURES: Kids 3 years old - 5th grade
will gather at the back of the Sanctuary to go down to Bible Adventures.
BIBLE ADVENTURES VOLUNTEERS:
Pre-K/K – Beth Veldman / Jeff Liebbe
1st – 5th – Amy Kohlhagen
OFFERING BASKETS are located at Sanctuary exits. Our offering will be received for the General Fund.
WEEKLY MEETINGS
TUESDAY – August 17
10:00 A.M. PRAYER FOR REVITALIZATION will take place in the Consistory Room. Pastor Troy will lead a time of prayer (about 30 minutes) for the revitalization process of ARC. We encourage all to come participate!
NEXT SUNDAY – August 22
9:30 A.M. WORSHIP
NURSERY VOLUNTEERS: Angela Myers, Mitchell Myers9:50 – 10:30 A.M. BIBLE ADVENTURES: Kids 3 years old - 5th grade will gather at the back of the Sanctuary to go down to Bible Adventures.
BIBLE ADVENTURES VOLUNTEERS:
Pre-K/K – Pam Abbring / Kendra Kohlhagen
1st – 5th – Amber Hart / Sadie Hart
OFFERING BASKETS will be located at Sanctuary exits.
Our offering will be received for the General Fund. Donations for our Missions & Benevolences Fund are also welcome.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
WE EXPRESS our sympathy to Art & Sheryl Peterson as well as all family and friends on the passing of Sheryl’s father Walter (Roy) Sullivan. Roy went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, August 12. Visitation will be tomorrow, August 16 from 3:00 - 7:00 P.M. at Boersma Funeral Home with a service following at 7:00 P.M. May God grant comfort during this difficult time.
WE WILL HAVE A BRIEF informational meeting after worship this morning. It will begin about 5 minutes after worship concludes. Pastor Troy will update us on a couple of things. First, he’ll give brief updates on the search for a Youth Pastor and Worship Director. Second, he’ll share some updated information regarding our denomination, the Reformed Church in America, it's General Synod Meeting which is happening in October, and the report that will be presented to General Synod about a path forward for our denomination in light of disagreements related to issues of marriage, gender, and sexuality as well as our governing structure as a denomination. This is to give context for a recommendation that the Consistory will be sending out this week about how this impacts us as a church and what choices and decisions we are recommending we make in light of this. We will then have a special congregational meeting on Sunday, August 29 after worship to discuss those recommendations and get input from the congregation. Please reach out to Pastor Troy with any questions you have.
SAVE THE DATE: Our Annual Fall Festival will be on Sunday, September 12. Details coming soon!
THE ANNUAL ARC GOLF OUTING at Sandy Pines will be on Saturday, September 18. Details coming soon!
FELLOWSHIP CIRCLE will meet on Tuesday, September 7th at 1:00 P.M. We will be studying This I Know for Sure by Babbie Mason. Everyone is welcome! If you would like a study book, please contact Donna Knip or Barb Kingma. Devotions – Mary Kucharik; Hostess – Diane Zylstra
TRAINING CONTINUES! We are working hard to bring clean water to communities in need in underdeveloped countries through Team World Vision. We will participate in the Indy Monumental Marathon on November 6 and appreciate all donations for clean water. You can donate on behalf of a specific runner or give a gift to the ARC Team as a whole by designating gifts in the offering or going to teamworldvision.org and searching American Reformed Church. You can also support us by keeping us in your prayers as we train and praying for all who are in desperate need of clean water.
OUR ROSTER INCLUDES:
Mindy Abbring Brian Hoffman Kevin Nelms
Tom Abbring Stacy Hoffman Katlyn Sipkema
Curtis DeKock Christy Nelms Bree Tauber
Victoria DeKock
DUTCH APPLE PIES ARE BACK! The Bible League will be again selling their delicious apple pies for $12.00. Proceeds from the pies will help fund African Translations so people in Africa who are hungering for God's Word can have a Bible in their own language. The order deadline is September 19, with delivery pickup on October 13 between 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. We are asking for all to support this project with your prayers. Also, if anyone can help make pies on October 11 and/or 12 please let us know.... if you can come for only a couple of hours at a time, please help us out. Order forms are in your mailboxes today with extra forms available in the kitchen window.
BIBLE ADVENTURES videos and take-home sheets are available on our website! This gives kids an opportunity to watch the video again at home or see videos they missed! There are printable coloring pages for Pre-K/K and printable Take Home Sheets for 1st – 5th grade. Visit demottearc.com and go to the Children’s Ministry page. There, you will find a link to the content (please note that the content page is password protected; the password is “adventures”) New lessons are posted weekly!
DID YOU KNOW that American Reformed has online giving available? It’s a convenient way to set up a one-time donation or recurring donations. Just go to demottearc.com and click on “Donate” at the bottom of the home page to get started.
IF YOU KNOW of someone who needs help from Christians Helping Christians, please contact Bonnie Sanow (987-6252).
WOULD YOU LIKE to receive ARC updates and cancellation info via text message? Just text @demottearc to 81010 to sign up!
OTHER REQUESTED ANNOUNCEMENTS
DMCS FALL FUNDRAISER: DMCS students are selling Mrs. Fields cookies, tumblers, and so much more now through August 26! Contact any elementary or high school student for the catalog or order a tumbler online at tiny.cc/demottesale. Thank you for supporting DeMotte Christian Schools, Inc.!
ENJOY AN OPPORTUNITY for Christian fellowship and spiritual renewal on Saturday morning, September 25 at Faith Church in Dyer, Indiana from 8:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. Bible League’s “Spreading the Fragrance of Life” conference includes multiple sessions with keynote speaker Dr. Lynn Wilder. For more information or to register online, go to bibleleague.org/tickets. The cost is $20.00.