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A Prayer for our nation

One of the Elders at Hope in Christ, Mark Ruiter, wrote A Prayer for our nation.  I thought you might be blessed to pray along with Mark for the revival of our nation and to confess, like so many of the prophets, our failures as a people to keep God’s commands: Lord, thank you for blessing our nation for so long and in so many ways.  Thank you for giving us many years of religious freedom.  Thank you for giving…

Bulletin – Week of May 8, 2016

 Friends, we have gathered to worship our loving Creator. We present ourselves as members of God’s family. Everyone present should know that we welcome you to this time of spiritual renewal. Message: The Meaning Of The Ascension Scripture: Luke 24:50-43, Acts 1:9-11 Offering: General Fund May 8, 2016 Prayer Requests: This week we are asked to pray for Lee and Arlene Veenstra, Ken and Elaine Wick, Joe and Barb Zylstra, Ken Anderson, Elaine Barringer and Mabel Benedict. Suggestions for prayers…

The Ascension of Christ- Preparing our Hearts to Worship

  In an effort to help you prepare for the May 8th, 2016, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the Ascension, I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “The Ascension of Christ.” The main Scriptures for the day are Luke 24:50-53 and Acts 1:9-11. The other passages are either referenced in the message or provide additional…

Seeing Christ in all of Scripture

Here is a great short pdf that Westminster Seminary has recently published and made available for free.  I wanted to make you aware of it, especially as you study the Old Testament and possibly struggle to see Christ in the stories.  I hope this will help. Seeing Christ in All of Scripture – New, Free Book from Westminster from Westminster Theological Seminary on Vimeo. Download

Bulletin – Week of May 1, 2016

As we open our hearts to God, may we extend our hands in friendship to one another. May all who have come to worship know that they’re sincerely welcomed in this house of God. Be of good cheer! Message: Put On A Heart Of Gold Scripture: Eph. 4:32-5:2 Offering: General Fund May 1, 2016 Prayer Requests: This week we are asked to pray for Pastor John and Jean VanHemert, Roland and Esther Vanden Bos, Len and Terry Vander Woude, Don…

Praying for the Persecuted Church

For those wanting to keep praying for the persecuted Church.  OpenDoors USA posted their May prayer calendar.  I have included a link below: The original file on the OpenDoors website can be found here.

Imitate Christ- Preparing our Hearts to Worship

  In an effort to help you prepare for the May 1st, 2016, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on how the our relationship with Christ can make us more kind, compassionate and forgiving, I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Imitate Christ”. The main Scripture for the day is Ephesians 4:32-5:2. The other passages are either…

What is heaven? What is hell?

Reformed Theological Seminary, where I have been taking additional classes in preparation for pursuing a D.Min., does a great little series of 2-5 minute videos each Wednesday.  Today’s was on heaven and hell.  I want to share it with you.  I was particularly struck by the Samuel Rutherford quote at the end of the video about the nature of anything we suffer in this world being worth it to be in the presence of God in heaven.

God chose you to be saved – Preparing our Hearts to Worship

  In an effort to help you prepare for the April 24th, 2016, Friendship Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections the resurrection, I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “God chose you to be saved.” The main Scripture for the day is 2Thessalonians 2:13-15. The other passages are either referenced in the message or provide additional insight…