Welcome

Trinity Reformed Church

November 6, 2016

God is calling Trinity Church to be transformed into an outward

missional focused church that advances the Good News of God’s

Kingdom into the lives of those in our community and beyond.

Trinity Reformed Church 712 Apple Ave. Holland MI 49423

www.trinityrc.org 616-396-6526 (Office)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Women of the Word, 9:30am Senior Ministries Thanksgiving Dinner, noon SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Worship & Veteran Recognition , 9:30am Worship, 11:10am Middle/High School Youth Group, 5pm MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Consistory, 7pm TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Adult Bible Study, 11am 365 Small Group, 12pm Staff Meeting, 2:30pm Basketball for Teens & Adults, 6:30pm Praise Team Practice, 7pm WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Men’s Bible Study, 6:30am 365 Small Group @ Appledorn W., 10am Family Dinner, 6pm 365 Teen/Adult Small Group, 6:45pm Travelers (PreK-5th Grade), 6:45pm Little Lambs (Birth - Preschool), 6:45pm Adult Choir Practice, 6:45pm

This Week at Trinity TODAY, NOVEMBER 6 Worship & Communion, 9:30am Middle/High School Lock-In Concludes, 9:30am Worship, 11:10am MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Community Connection Team, 7pm TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Adult Bible Study, 11am 365 Adult Small Group, noon Staff Meeting, 2:30pm Discipleship Team, 6pm Basketball for Teens & Adults, 6:30pm Praise Team Practice, 7pm WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Men’s Bible Study, 6:30am 365 Group @ Appledorn W, 10am Care Closet, 3pm Family Dinner, 6pm 365 Teen/Adult Small Group, 6:45pm Travelers (PreK-5th Grade), 6:45pm Little Lambs (Birth - Preschool), 6:45pm Adult Choir Practice, 6:45pm

Trinity Staff

Pastor Chris DeGraaf chris@trinityrc.org Pastor Phil Quinn phil@trintyrc.org Pastor Deb Yurk deb@trinityrc.org John Taylor john@trinityrc.org Gretchen Fisher gretchen@trinityrc.org Barb Long barb@trinityrc.org

After Hours Emergency Telephone Number 396-6526 (press 2 & leave a message)

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Sunday Morning Worship

Pastor Chris DeGraaf, Preaching

Scripture: John 20:30-31 Message: The Compelling Story

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Ministry Highlights

The Consistory Invites the Congregation to join with them and say a heartfelt thank you to our entire staff. We are blessed to have such Christ like and dedicated staff here at Trinity. Please find your own unique way of showing your appreciation and gratitude to Chris DeGraaf, Deb Yurk, Phil Quinn, John Taylor, Barb Long and Gretchen Fisher. Veteran’s Sunday - All Trinity veterans (living or deceased) will be honored during worship next Sunday. If you are a veteran & have not submitted information previously, please contact the church office by this Tues., Nov. 8 (barb@trinityrc.org or 396-6526) with your name, years of service & branch of the military you served with. Thank you! Hanging of the Greens will be Sun., Nov. 20 at 6pm. The evening will include scripture, singing & activities for all ages. Please bring a non-perishable item for the Community Action House. Mark Your Calendar for these upcoming special services: 6 pm Sunday, November 20 - Hanging of the Greens, 9:30 am Thursday, November 24 - Thanksgiving Worship Service, 4 pm Saturday, December 24 - Christmas Eve Service and 9:30 am & 11:10 am Sunday, December 25 Christmas Day Service. Consistory Nomination Ballots are in your church mailbox. Please prayerfully consider your nominations & return your ballot TODAY to the designated box in the gathering area. Thank you!

Wednesday Dinner Menu for Nov. 9: Creamed turkey & pulled pork sandwiches, chips, mac & cheese, salad, pb&j and cookies. Please sign up at the information table. Senior Ministries Thanksgiving Dinner is this Thurs., Nov. 10 at noon. Please sign up TODAY! Turning Pages Book Club will not meet on Nov. 10 due to the Senior Thanksgiving Dinner. Please return your book to your church mailbox before the 10th. Congregational Dinner & Meeting - Mark your calendar for Dec. 8! Dinner is at 6:30pm, with the meeting following at 7:15pm. Everyone is encouraged to attend!! Labor Day 2017 Camping at Cran Hill Ranch - There are 15 spots available for the Sept. 1-4, 2017 weekend. Sign up & payment deadline is tomorrow, Nov. 7. Please see Rob or Jeanne Dannenberg for all the details. Care Closet - Current needs include: maxi pads, band aids, men’s deodorant, liquid household cleaner, liquid body wash, dish soap and Lysol wipes. Tim Hoffman Benefit Concert - Ottawa Reformed Church (11390 Stanton Street, West Olive) invites you to a benefit concert for Tim Hoffman on Sun., Nov. 20 at 4pm. Tim is the brother-in-law of Steve & Heather Tindall and a paramedic with AMR. He was seriously injured in a car/ambulance accident while on duty in August and is recovering at Mary Free Bed. The concert will feature the Lake Effect Choir and Ah Men! (local quartet). A free will offering will be taken to help offset many of Tim's medical expenses and missed wages. For more information, call the church office at 616-875-8125.

Thank You

From 3sixty Thank you for your generous donation to our tool library! We are thinking of ways we can expand this to a broader community, so this contribution comes at a providential time. Thank you for helping us bring God’s Kingdom to the neighborhood.

From Jeanette Olbrich God is so good to me! He hears my prayers. He is my best friend. He has given me so many friends that care for me. I appreciate all the prayers everyone prays for me and all the cards that my Trinity Church family has sent me. I enjoyed the phone calls that came at just the right time. The longer I serve Him the sweeter He grows! I thank God for all of you!

Welcome!

We are glad you are here! It is our sincere prayer that you will sense God’s presence as you worship with us today. Our worship service is also broadcast live each week on WHTC radio (1450AM).

Nursery is provided for infants through 3 year olds. Ask a greeter to direct you.

Please take a moment to sign the fellowship register during the offertory. If you are our guest, we would be delighted to send you information about Trinity Church. If there is any way we can serve you, please do not hesitate to contact the church office (396-6526).

Today’s Servers

9:30am

Greeters: Roger & Marge Kleis Ushers: Brian & Tricia VanNuil Pat Yurk & John Houting Nursery: Heather Oom Macy Christiaans

Café: Neal DeBoer, Bill Stehouwer, Shirley Perez, Hope Ward, Kara Bruursema

11:10am

Greeting: Kelli Green Nursery: Ashley Breuker

Servers for November 13

9:30am

Greeters: Bill & Mary Jarnagin Ushers: Cliff & Nancy Ponstein Matt Oom & Kelly Brink Nursery: Jeanne Dannenberg Karen DeBoer

Café: Doug & Dawn Schurman, Lauren Garza, Nancy Quillian, Joyce Harper, Pat Trevino

11:10am

Greeting: Volunteer Needed Nursery: Volunteer Needed

9:30am

Holy Spirit You Are Welcome Here

10,000 Reasons

Our God

The Church’s One Foundation (189)

More Than Conquerors

11:10am

Holy Spirit You Are Welcome Here

10,000 Reasons

Our God

Jesus Messiah

More Than Conquerors

Prayer Corner

SYMPATHY

Sincere sympathy is extended to Rachel VonIns and her

family on the passing of her grandmother, Joan Cooper

on October 30.

HEALTH & HEALING

Karen DeBoer will undergo knee replacement surgery

tomorrow, November 7.

Virginia DeWent continues to struggle with health

concerns.

Please pray that Joyce Warncke’s knee issues will resolve

and she will be able to return to work soon.

Mallory, niece of Pastor Deb & Pat Yurk is hospitalized in

Kalamazoo due to complications from lipodystrophy.

Please continue to pray for Ted & Muncie Boeve, Ken

Borgman, Scott Brower, Bev DeKorte, Rick Dykstra, Bob &

Lois Hoving, Bob & Linda Koning, Sydelle Kroll, Jerry &

Lucille Kruithof, Betty Marcus, Jeanette Olbrich, Gen

Snyder, Arlyne VandenBosch, Tom VanderKuy, Doug &

Lavonne VandeWege, Loren & Mary Verburg, Joyce

Warncke, Phyllis Williams, Mike Amaya, Randy Fisher, Tim

Hoffman, Phil Michmerhuizen & Nancy N.

Prayer Corner

THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE

Happy Birthday 11/7 to Clara Ward, 11/9 to Teague

Bruursema, 11/11 to Christine Lindstrom, 11/12 to Ted

Boeve, 11/15 to Virginia DeWent & Bill Jarnagin and

11/16 to Jeff Joling.

Happy Anniversary 11/7 to Scott & Marilyn Brower.

CHURCH, COMMUNITY, COUNTRY, WORLD.

Post High Student of the Week: Katie Henrikson, 4196

Doral Dr., Muskegon MI 49442. Katie is a student at the

Culinary Institute of Michigan, studying baking &

pastry. She will graduate in the spring & then attend

Arizona State University online to pursue a degree in

business management focusing on the food industry.

She is currently a barista at Starbucks.

Special Senior of the Week: Jeanette Olbrich, 2843

Jewel Ct., Holland MI 49424.

Serviceperson of the Week: Sidney Houting, grandson

of Vern and Leona Houting. Sidney serves in the Navy as

a nurse at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC.

Prayers for Those Not Taking Communion

Trinity Church welcomes all those who believe in

Jesus Christ for salvation to join with us in

receiving Communion. If you chose not to receive

Communion, please use this time to meditate on

one of the following prayers.

Prayer for those Searching for Truth. Lord Jesus,

you claim to be the way, the truth, and the life. Give me

understanding to claim this truth, guide me, teach me, open me to

the reality of who you are. Give me understanding that is

convincing and that leads me to the life you promise. Amen.

Prayer of Belief. Lord Jesus Christ, I admit that I am weaker

and more sinful that I ever dared to admit, but through you I am

more loved and accepted than I ever dared to hope. I thank you for

paying my debt on the cross, taking what I deserved in order to

offer me complete forgiveness. Knowing that you have been raised

from the dead, I turn from my sins and receive you as my Savior

and Lord. Amen

Prayer of Commitment. Lord Jesus, you have called us to

follow you in baptism and in a life of committed discipleship

through membership in your church. Help me take the necessary

steps to be one with your people, and live in the fullness of your

Spirit. Amen.

If you prayed these prayers and have been moved by the

Spirit of God we would like to hear from you. Please see a pastor

after the service.

Communion is…

Remembrance. We come in Remembrance that our Lord

Jesus Christ was sent of the Father into the world to assume

our flesh and blood and to fulfill for us all obedience to the

divine law, even to the bitter and shameful death of the cross.

By his death, resurrection, and ascension he established a

new and eternal covenant of grace and reconciliation that we

might be accepted of God and never be forsaken by him.

Communion. We gather as God’s people to have

Communion with this same Christ who has promised to be

with us always, even to the end of the world. In the breaking of

bread he makes himself known to us as the true heavenly

Bread that strengthens us to life eternal. In the cup of

blessing he comes to us as the Vine in whom we must abide if

we are to bear fruit.

Hope. We come in hope, believing that this bread and this

cup are a pledge and foretaste of the feast of love which we

shall partake when his kingdom has fully come, when with

unveiled face we shall behold him, made like him in his glory.

Since by his death, resurrection, and ascension Christ has

obtained for us the life-giving Spirit who unites us all in one

body, so are we to receive this Supper in true love, mindful of

the communion of saints.

Fun Fact Questions for November 6-13

Who was turned down to fill Judas’ place?

Name the person who is chosen to succeed Judas as one of the 12

apostles.

What very important prophetic passage was the Ethiopian reading when

Philip found him?

What did God wish to teach Peter with the vision of the clean and unclean

animals?

How did a man named Simon try to get the Holy Spirit?

Fun Fact Answers for October 30 - Novmeber 6

Who said, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I Lay down my life for you”?

Peter (John 13:37).

When Jesus went to Gethsemane to pray, who did he take with him?

He took Peter, James and John along to keep watch (Mark 14:33-34)

When Judas and the crowd came to arrest Jesus, what happened to the

young man who was following Jesus? “A young man wearing nothing but a

linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, he fled naked,

leaving his garment behind” (Mark 14:52).

Peter followed those who arrested Jesus to Ciaphas the High Priest. What

did Peter do while he was watching from a distance? Peter sat with the guards

and warmed himself at the fire while he waited to see the outcome

(Mark 14:54).

What did the centurion say when the earth quaked at Jesus’ crucifixion?

“Truly this was the Son of God” (Matthew 27:54).

Why didn’t the soldiers on watch at the tomb admit that the Son of God had

risen?

They were bribed by the chief priests and elders to say that Jesus’ disciples

stole his body.

What psalm did Jesus be quoting on the cross? Psalm 22