Posts from May 2017 (Page 2)

Bulletin – Week of May 21, 2017

“The Lord is king! Let the earth rejoice” (Psalm 97:1, NRSV). We extend a happy welcome to all worshipers, especially those who are here for the first time. Introduce yourself to those around you after worship, and plan to be part of our congregation regularly. Message: Testing Our Faith Scripture:  1Kings 17:7-16 Offering: Outreach Fund Prayer Requests: This week we are asked to pray for Mike and Jenn Boer and their children, Del and Pat Bosman, Helen Bowman, Alice Brakke,…

Competing Worldviews Influence Today’s Christians – Barna Group

Here is some research from Barna backing up the claim I have been making in our Adult Sunday School Class on comparative worldviews. This is a very insightful article about the way that worldviews hostile to Christianity are influencing the church and her people. For example, only 17% of practicing Christians have a “biblical worldview”, which Barna defines as: believing that absolute moral truth exists; the Bible is totally accurate in all of the principles it teaches; Satan is considered to be…

POHFW: The Testing of our Faith

Preparing our Hearts to Worship In an effort to help you prepare for the May21st, 2017, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the Life of Elijah. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “The Testing of our Faith”. The main Scripture for the day is 1Kings 17:7-16. The other passages are either referenced in the message…

A.W. Pink on the state of our government?

These words written in September 1942 by A.W. Pink, a calvinistic baptist preacher from the last century, might be worth remembering and reflecting upon: “But when error comes into the churches and discipline is relaxed, the Spirit is grieved and His power is withheld, and the evileffects of this become more and more apparent in the country by a rising tide of lawlessness. If the churches persist in a downwardcourse, then the Spirit is quenched and “Ichabod” is written over them,…

Bulletin – Week of May 14, 2017

  On this wonderful Mother’s Day, we lift all mothers up in our prayers to God. May the Holy Spirit grant them joy and peace. We rejoice in the presence of each worshiper. Welcome, friends! Message: Confronting Idolatry Scripture: 1Kings 17:1-7 Offering: General Fund May 14, 2017 Prayer Requests: This week we are asked to pray for Don and Tena Vanderpol, Ken and Elaine Wick, Joe and Barb Zylstra, Ken Anderson, Elaine Barringer, Mabel Benedict. Suggestions for prayers would be…

Elijah Confronting Idolatry POHFW

Preparing our Hearts to Worship Elijah Confronting Idolatry   In an effort to help you prepare for the May 14th, 2017, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the Life of Elijah. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Elijah: Confronting Idolatry”. The main Scripture for the day is 1Kings 17:1-7. The other passages are either referenced…