11/01/09

9:30 AM Worship (*Please stand if you are able)

Prelude

*Call to Worship

Songs of Praise: “Holy and Anointed One” (see screen) “O How I Love Jesus” R92 vs. 1, 2, 4

*God’s Greeting

*We Greet Each Other

Preparatory for the Lord’s Supper

Song of Preparation: “My Jesus, I Love Thee” G557 vs. 1-3

(Children aged 3 years through 4th grade may come forward for the Children’s Message during the song.)

Children’s Message: led by Dominique Van Hill

(Afterwards, children aged 3-6 may leave for Children’s Worship in the upstairs Youth Room.)

Song: “My Jesus, I Love Thee” G557 vs. 4

*Scripture: John 3:1-21

“I Love You” reading by Melissa and Whitney Wierenga

We Study God’s Word: “I Love You”

Prayer

*Response in Song: “Beautiful Savior” G461 vs. 1-4

Congregational and Offertory Prayer

Offering: Education Fund

Ministry of Music: “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” by Norm Jansma

*Benediction

*Doxology: “Glorify Thy Name” R9

*Postlude

Accompanist Brenda Hofman

Children & Worship Teacher: Pete Vander Werff Helpers: Jenna Hofman Thomas Venhuizen

Greeters Joe Aalsma

Nursery Allen, Lisa, Josie & Jack

Stahmann

Sound System Dan Scheuers

Transportation Percy De Vries (324-4678) Glen & Sandy Greenfield (346-5152)

Ushers Norm Buwalda Grant Kamphuis Don Montsma Trevor Zonnefeld

Video Projection Randall Greenfield

Missionary Letters Harry Homan to Daryl Pfantz

Ken Homan to Brother Bob+ Kyle Homan to Chaplain Peter

+Please pray especially for this missionary family this week.

7:00 PM Worship (*Please stand if you are able)

Prelude

*Call to Worship

*God’s Greeting

Songs of Praise led by Praise Team 3

Prayers of the People led by Keith Venhuizen

Offering: Building Fund

*Song of Preparation: “Great is Thy Faithfulness” G556 vs. 1-3

*Affirmation of our Faith: “Apostles’ Creed” G813

*We Study God’s Word: Ruth 3

Prayer

*Benediction

*Parting Song: “Closing Hymn” vs. 2, 3, & 4 (see screen)

*Postlude

Accompanist Laura Ten Pass

Greeters Dale, Beth, Nicholas, and Emily

Andrew

Library Marcia Buteyn Dorothy Schouten Faith Miedema

Nursery Sue Buwalda Thomas Venhuizen

Sound System Dan Scheuers

Transportation Percy De Vries (324-4678) Glen & Sandy Greenfield (346-5152)

Video Projection Randall Greenfield

Welcome

We welcome our visitors and hope that you enjoy worshiping with us. The red Celebration Hymnals are located under the pew in front of you. Inform an usher if you prefer a large-print bulletin, and feel free to check one of the “Visitor” mailslots in the narthex for additional materials.

Worship Notes

Today is World Hunger Sunday – a day to remember those who gather around tables which don’t contain the abundance that ours do. As we worship today, let’s remember that Jesus came that we all might have abundant life, and consider how God is calling us to reach out to those who suffer from hunger. Thank you for supporting them through your contributions to CRWRC. If you want to know more about world hunger or what CRWRC is doing to help, or if you want to find out ways that you can volunteer or get involved, please visit www.crwrc.org.

Today is also Preparatory for the celebration of the Lord’s Supper next Sunday morning.

Verse of the Week: John 12:3 “Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his

feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.”

Our Family

“We would like to thank family, friends and the community for the overwhelming love and kindness that has been shown to us since the fire and Greg's accident. We especially appreciate the prayers that have been offered up for Greg's healing. May God's name be praised through all of this.” - Greg Smits and Family

Thanks be to the Lord that Larry & Trix Daane’s grandson, Jeff Daane returned safely from his tour of duty in Iraq. That was his 4th deployment. We pray that it will be his last.

We rejoice with the following who will celebrate an anniversary or birthday this week:

Anniversaries: Nov Phil & Mary Nell Hofman 2 Birthdays: Nov Nov Don Pausma 1 Norm Jansma 5 Keith Buwalda 2 Derek Navis 5 Keith Venhuizen 3 Winnojean 5 Elise Ritzema 4 Todd Schouten 5 Tom Bresser 5 Nicholas 6 Rae Marie Drews 5 Greg Root 7

Church News

Everyone is invited to today’s church potluck in recognition of Pastor Appreciation at the CWC High School Campus at 12:15 PM. Please join us even if you have nothing prepared as there is always extra food to share.

Please check the narthex table today to make sure that your family’s directory information is correct.

Committee Chairpersons: Please inform Marla today of any changes to your committee list.

A coordinator is still needed for the Children’s Bulletin. If you are interested, please inform Marla today

Mary/Martha Society will meet this Wednesday at 1:30 PM. The lesson is on Job's wife, and the questions are in your box. Song Leader: Grace Kamphuis.

GEMS will meet at 6:30 PM this Wednesday at Bethel CRC. Your Tastefully Simple order forms are due. If you are unable to attend, please drop your sales packet off at Annie’s by Friday.

Cadets will meet at 6:45 PM this Wednesday at the CWC Elementary Campus.

A Women’s Bible Study on the book The Blazing Center will begin at 7 PM this Wednesday at Heidi Smits’ home. All women are invited to join us as we examine how God’s pursuit of

glory and our pursuit of joy are not at odds. Please contact Linda Pausma if you’d like to get the book beforehand or if you have questions.

Christian Fellowship will meet this Thursday at 6:30 PM. Lunch: Percy/Jan & Don/Linda.

GEMS Father/Daughter bowling is this Saturday, 1:45 PM-3:00 PM at Jud's Bowling, Main Street, Waupun. Girls, please be sure to wear socks, in case Jud’s runs out of small shoe sizes, and tell Annie at our Wednesday meeting if you and your dad/dad fill-in will be coming so we can have a head start on getting names into the computers at Jud’s that day. Pizza and pop will be available.

Care Group 8 (Elder Glen Greenfield and Deacon Todd Schouten) is invited to the Van Hill’s for fellowship after next Sunday’s morning worship service.

SWaTSWaTSWaTSWaT Our postponed activity has been rescheduled for November 11. Please

RSVP if you can make it. We will meet at Mark Vander Werff's at 6:15 PM, and parents can pick up at Culver's at 8:30 PM.

Have you been thinking of making profession of faith? Would you like to join a group that will talk about what we believe? Then let Pastor Craig know. A new group will be starting soon.

Community Happenings

Fellow believers! The students from the Youth for Christ Campus Life program are bussing tables and doing dishes tomorrow, November 2, at the Pizza Ranch. The funds raised will go towards personal

scholarships for trips and events that Youth for Christ and The Union Youth Center sponsor. Many of the students are raising money to come on our Colorado trip this summer. Please plan to come out or order from the Pizza Ranch to help these students afford these trips. If you can't make it and wish to donate to this cause, contact Scott Ritzema at 920-324-0714. We appreciate and need your support and appetite!

CWC Drama: Dessert-and-show tickets are still available for the November 5-7 drama mystery “Death of a Doornail.” Tickets sell for $8.00 (children aged 5 and under for $6.00) and are available in advance at the Secondary Campus office or may be purchased on the night of performance at the Secondary Campus gym door until the 7:30 PM start time.

Fill Our Tanks: Join the Waupun Volunteer Firefighters as they fight hunger and help support our local food pantry this Saturday, November 7. Your non-perishable foods and donations will be accepted at Waupun Piggly Wiggly, Waupun Supervalu Foods and the Waupun Fire Department from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Moms In Touch International, in celebration of 25 years of praying for children and schools, is hosting a unique prayer and fasting event called Arise! Cry Out! On this day women around the world will unite with one heart, one voice and in one Spirit for a worldwide day of extraordinary prayer for children and schools.

Please join us at Delevan Christian Reformed Church (850 Oak Street) on November 14 at 9 AM-1 PM. Contact: Laurie Gaspar 262-728-2027 to register. For more information, visit www.MomsInTouch.org.

We look forward to a day of unprecedented prayer. Imagine the impact our prayers could have throughout our schools, communities, world, and throughout the generations as women in hundreds of locations around the globe pray with one heart for God to bring repentance, restoration and revival to the children in our own communities and those around the world.

Central Wisconsin Christian will host its annual “Salute to Veterans” on Tuesday, November 10, at 1:30 PM in the Secondary Campus Gymnasium. All area veterans are invited to join us for this special ceremony which will reflect on the gift of service shared by those who fought to defend the cause of freedom in the past and remembering the soldiers currently deployed. Veterans in attendance will be personally recognized for their contributions. The public is invited to join this moving ceremony of reflection and remembrance.

Tickets are now on sale for the 11th Annual Pork Chop Supper, hosted by area pork producers and the CWC Athletic Booster Club. The dinner will be held in the secondary campus gym on Saturday, November 14, with serving from 4:30-7:00 PM.

The menu includes a delicious thick-cut pork chop with all the fixings. Carry outs will be available that evening for those who choose to eat at home. Tickets can be purchased at the CWC office at a cost of $8.00 in

advance and $10 at the door, with tickets for kids under 10 just half price. Come out and join us for great night of food and fellowship!

A special invitation is extended to singles, couples, and/or families who are alone or unable to prepare the traditional Thanksgiving Day meal. Pella Lutheran Church's 20th annual Thanksgiving Day dinner will be served at 12 noon on Thursday, November 26, in the church's fellowship hall. Please phone a reservation to Heidi Wardin at 324-9410 or Jan White at 324-8608 or 324-3799 by Friday, November 20,

Around the World

Christian School Teachers: Grab a cup of coffee, settle down at your computer and come visit us at the CRC Teachers' Lounge. The Lounge is a new online gathering place for K-12 Christian School teachers who care about connecting their classrooms to the justice issues that affect people around the world. Visit the Lounge to access our easily searchable documents that list and link to CRC justice-related resources (readings, statistics, activities, videos, etc.) appropriate for your grade level and subject. Have a justice-related activity or lesson plan of your own that you'd like to share with other teachers? Post it at the Lounge! Start discussions in the Forum, form a special group on the Groups page, or post events and videos. Visit http://crcteacherslounge.ning.com to set up your profile and get started!

Dordt College announces a new learning vacation to be held June 6-11, 2010. Join Dordt professors Jim Schaap and Robb De Haan as they lead their third Great Plains Experience, this time on the "Prairie's Edge." The motorcoach tour begins and ends in Sioux Center at Dordt, and takes in a wide spectrum of topics including wind energy, changes in farming practices, the 1862 Sioux Indian Uprising, and lifestyles in small, rural communities. You'll visit places in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota that most tourists will never find. That's the adventure! For a brochure or more information, contact Dianne De Wit at 712-722-6029 or ddewit@dordt.edu

Calendar

Today: 8:15 AM 11th/12th Grade Catechism 8:45 AM First Fellowship 9:30 AM Morning Worship 10:45 AM Sunday School & Catechism 10:45 AM Choir Rehearsal 12:15 PM Potluck @ CWC Secondary Campus 7:00 PM Evening Worship Wed: 1:30 PM Mary/Martha Society 6:30 PM GEMS @ Bethel CRC 6:45 PM Cadets @ CWC Elementary Campus 7:00 PM Women’s Bible Study @ Heidi’s Thu: 6:30 PM Christian Fellowship Sat: 1:45 PM GEMS Father/Daughter Bowling @ Jud’s Next Sun: 8:15 AM 11th/12th Catechism 8:45 AM First Fellowship

Next Week

Accompanist AM – Cara Aylesworth PM – Brenda Hofman

Children’s Message Laura Venhuizen

Children & Worship Teacher: Nancy Vande Berg Helpers: Austin Huizenga Den Vande Berg

Greeters AM – Seth, Cara, Reegan & Brayden Aylesworth PM – Bob & Kathy Bille

Library Winnojean Scheuers Sandy Greenfield Arlene De Jager

Musical Praise Mike Vander Berg

Nursery AM – Dale & Beth Andrew Mikayla Zonnefeld PM – Jenna Hofman Jordan De Jager

Offering AM – Benevolent Fund PM – Denominational Ministry Shares

Pastoral Prayer Gregg Zonnefeld

Sound System Glen Greenfield

Transportation Percy De Vries (324-4678) Glen & Sandy Greenfield (346-5152)

Ushers Norm Buwalda Grant Kamphuis Don Montsma Trevor Zonnefeld

Video Projection Katie De Jager

Notes & Prayer Requests

Prayer List

Shut-Ins Gerald Bossenbroek Delia Buteyn Ruby Buteyn Hazel Buwalda Bea Heideman Junice Kamphuis Eugene Kikkert Millie Kuiper Josie Looman Bud Navis Wilma Navis Howard Te Beest Jerry Tjepkema Minnie Tobak

Health Concerns

Bob Bille’s father, Marvin, as he undergoes radiation and chemo treatments for esophageal cancer.

Gene Hofman’s mother, Kathryn, as she deals with cancer.

Military

Wiebe & Ruth Buwalda’s grandson, Peter Woreck (Afghanistan)

Larry & Trix Daane’s grandson, Jeff Daane (NAS Pensacola, FL)

Sam Daane (Beal AFB, CA)

Jack & Marla De Jager’s nephew, Jonathan Sturing (Fort Carson, CO)

Casey Derksen (Camp Taji, Iraq)

Chaplain Peter Hofman (Fort Bragg, NC)

Louie & Nancy Wierenga’s grandson, Devin Terry (Baghdad, Iraq)

Requests

Pray for the Lord’s blessing on CRWRC as they work alongside men and women in developing countries to help them meet immediate needs and also find long-term solutions to poverty, illiteracy, injustice and hunger.

Back to God Ministries International: Please pray for F.H., a young woman from Jordan who recently confessed faith in Christ. She has received threats against her life after sharing her faith with a Muslim friend. Please pray for her and others around the world whose faith in Christ causes them persecution.

To add or remove a prayer request, please inform Marla.

All requests will remain on the prayer list until notified otherwise.

The Union Update October 2009

FRIENDS???… Randy Rathermel, Operations Manager

Like so many others in the world today, I get home from a long day of work and sit down at the computer to sort through my email, check the news for the day, and log onto my Facebook account. I am happy to announce that I have 331 friends! (At least on Facebook.) I typically take the time to scroll through most of my friends updated statuses, which include many of the young people that I have met at the Union during our Saturday night hang out for high school age students. I am astonished to see that many, if not most of the kids have well over 600 friends on Facebook!! These are the same kids that come to me on a Saturday night, with nothing else to do, because they feel like they are alone in the world!

Maybe Facebook numbers aren’t quite telling the real truth. Possibly, just possibly, my young friends from the Union use their computers and Facebook accounts as an outlet, a place where they feel free from criticism and the cruel life that reality can hand them. So they open up like a paperback book on their keyboards, hoping that someone might notice them amongst the hundreds of updates they scroll across, as; I admit, some of them get lost among the numbers.

Happenings @ The Union

Pizza Ranch Fundraiser: Nov. 2nd

All proceeds go to kids’ scholarship funds for trips and events put on by YFC.

“Opening the Doors” Luncheon: Nov 5th - 12pm-1pm

We will be hosting our “Opening the Doors” fundraiser luncheon, where we will share our mission and vision of the crucial importance of reaching this generation with the gospel.

This event will be held at Edgewood Community Church. Please join us! To make a reservation or for more information, please call our FDL office at 923.1416.

Junior High Dance: Nov 13th @ 7pm

Once a month the Union puts on a Middle School Dance. Our facility is completely open to all Middle School aged kids. There are games, skate park, movies, and music.

Cost is $3.00.

ADVANCE NOTICE- Mark Your Calendars! Audio Unplugged (Formerly Audio Adrenaline) Concert December 12th

The Union is a local youth center located in the old middle school building in Waupun. It is a part of the Fond du Lac Area chapter of Youth For Christ. Campus Life, Campus Life JV, Middle School dances, and High School Hang Out are a few of the events that take place at The Union. On any give week The Union could have between 50 to 500 teens

walk through its doors. For more information or to fulfill a need contact Scott at 920-948-8185 or Randy at 920-344-9608. Thank you for your prayers and support!

http://www.fdlyfc.org/theunion.cfm