CORSICA CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

March 7, 2010

3rd Sunday of Lent

Guest Pastor: Gary Maas

We welcome all who have come together to worship today. Welcome and thank you to Gary Maas as he leads in worship today at Grace. Thank you, too, to our young people for assisting with worship leadership during the morning’s Youth Service. Next week we welcome Rev. Eric VerHulst of Sioux Falls to lead worship at the CRC.

MORNING WORSHIP—10 AM         EVENING WORSHIP--7 PM

Scripture: Isaiah 64                                 Scripture: I Samuel 16:1-13;
Message: IT IS WHAT IT IS                                  Galatians 2:11-21
                                                                Message: MAMA ALWAYS SAID

Offering Today: CRC/Grace Youth Group 
Next Week: DCS

Assisting in Worship: 

                          March 14                           March 28
Accompanist:   AM Helen Vander Wal         AM Kim Zomer
                         PM Jackie Niewenhuis          PM Helen Vander Wal

Praise Team:   Choir                                     Praise Team #3
                                                                        (George, Helen, Dick & Marsha)

Nursery:           Ivory Niewenhuis                  Letha Van Vuuren

Greeters:          Lawrie & Bev Lefers              Florence L. & Bertha L.

Bulletin Delivery: 

Our Church Family

Sunday School: K-8th kids, join us for singing in front of church after the morning service. We’ll be singing for church on March 28, so get to know the song now.

Please continue to pray for Ruth Vander Pol who fell and fractured her hip recently. She is now in rehab learning how to get around again. This week Friday, March 12, she will turn 95. Her address is: 4898 Starline Dr., St. Cloud, FL 34771.

Please pray for any shut-ins in their homes, Leisure Living and Pleasant View Nursing Home.

We express our sympathy to Birdie Schoon following the death of her mother Jennie Kok during this past week. A prayer service will be held this evening at Mount Funeral Home in Platte at 7:00 p.m. with the funeral on Monday at New Holland CRC at 10:30 a.m.

Opportunities to Serve: We have several needs for volunteers to help with our weekly worship services and fellowship time. Please consider helping out with ushering, serving coffee, and/or running the sound and PowerPoint systems. Sign-up sheets are in the back of church. Please take a moment to sign up today.

Church Calendar

Sunday 

10:00 a.m. Morning Worship

11:15 a.m. Sunday School

2:30 p.m. Afternoon Worship

Monday 

8:00 p.m. DCS Board Meeting

Wednesday 

9:30 a.m. Coffee Break

1:30 p.m. Dorcas Society: Lesson 3

7:30 p.m. Combined Church Prayer Service

The CRC Dorcas ladies welcome any CRC or Grace women to attend our Bible studies on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month from September through May at 1:30 p.m. For more information, contact Juna Noteboom, 946-5516. Our next meeting will be held this Wednesday.

Annual Prayer Service for Crops and Industry will be held in our church this Wednesday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. Join in this vital time of prayer and commitment to God with the church families of Corsica, New Holland and Aurora Center.

Advanced Notice: Corsica CRC Council/Grace Consistory meetings will be held next Monday evening, March 15.

CRC Work Groups and Prayer Chain: To begin the prayer chain or to schedule a work group for a funeral or other event, please contact Gloria Beukelman at 946-5592 or Juna Noteboom at 946-5516.

Requested Announcements

The DCS Rummage Sale is March 27. We accept items of good quality that are not stained, broken, or in need of repair. Items can be brought to the gym Thursday, March 25, after 2:00 p.m., and Friday, March 26, until 6:00 p.m. Time to spring clean!

Spring Festival of Tables: Wouldn’t it be fun to be part of this spring event, and support DCS at the same time? If you would like to be a part of the April 17 luncheon, you are encouraged to call Bonnie Vander Ley, Donna Veurink, or Camielle Veenstra. ANYONE can be a hostess; we welcome your creative themes and your friends to enjoy spring with us!

Support Group: Those with Loved Ones Suffering with Depression. When: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays; Time: 8 p.m.; Where: Platte First Reformed Church (SW door). Contact Diane Chance at 207-0631.

CRWRC - Chile Earthquake Response: The government of Chile is working to restore order after a catastrophic earthquake hit on Feb. 27. The quake measured 8.8 on the Richter scale and killed at least 700 people. CRWRC is responding. Donations to CRWRC’s “Chile Earthquake Response” will be directed through Actions By Churches Together (ACT) to another Christian organization to provide emergency food and supplies. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.crwrc.org or call 1-800-55-CRWRC (27972).

Bulletin announcements should be directed to Kim Zomer at office@corsicacrc.com or 946-5347 by 10 a.m. Thursday.

Direct links to other area church bulletins
Corsica Grace Ref  |  Harrison First Ref  |  Harrison CRC | Grandview Reformed
 New Holland CRC  |  Aurora Reformed  |  Platte CRC

 
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