Laketon Bethel Church

July 12, 2020

Dr. Sherwin Brantsen

THE PURPOSE OF LAKETON BETHEL:

To Know Christ and Make Him Known

Laketon Bethel’s Core Values:

A. ACCEPTANCE:

Everyone, regardless of who they are, what they have

done, or what they are doing, will be accepted here.

Laketon Bethel will be a safe place to explore your

relationship with Jesus.

B. BIBLE:

The Bible is the final authority for faith and practice.

We will study it with open minds and the best scholarship

available.

C. CONNECTION:

We invite people to connect with Jesus and with each

other in all that we do.

Sherwin’s Ten Reasons for Going to Church Every Sunday

1. Renew Everyone goes through times where enthusiasm for life melts away. We all have times where our faith diminishes. Worship on Sunday renews faith and energizes attitudes for all of life.

2. Laugh Yes. We laugh. Humor is a valuable part of worship. Most of it is unplanned. Sherwin’s brother told him years ago that: “People aren’t laughing at you because you’re funny, they are laughing because you are so stupid…”

3. Pray Face it. You don’t pray much. Church services remind you of the importance of prayer. They jump start your prayer life. You learn more about prayer. When your family is with you, they see you praying and that is an example that changes lives.

4. Sing Songs of faith can move mountains of despair. You probably won’t like all the songs. But some of them will change your life.

5. Help You will often find ways to help in your community. When you help, it reduces inherent narcissism. You think less of yourself and more of others. You become more grateful for what you have. You become a better person and a happier one.

6. Give Yes. Put in some money. Do something with your cash for God instead of for yourself. Don’t expect an-ything back and you will be surprised at how blessed you are. We all waste money. Here you have an opportunity to do something positive with it.

7. Meet Connect with other people. Laketon Bethel accepts everyone, including you. Many friendships are made on a regular basis. We have great coffee and cookies, which help in all sorts of discussions.

8. Learn The guy up front is trained and experienced and often knows what he is talking about. You will learn something every Sunday.

9. Grow When you put what you learn into practice, you will find positive changes in your life. You will have un-stoppable growth in ways you don’t always expect.

10. Jesus The church exists because of Jesus. When you participate in it regularly, he is pleased. One day you will meet him face-to-face. If you regularly connect with him through weekly worship services, that meeting will be happy.

Welcome! We are practicing the following safety guidelines

during this pandemic:

Congregational Singing In an effort to minimize risks, the consistory has

voted to suspend congregational singing at this time.

Social Distancing We need to maintain the 6 foot distancing practices to

keep everyone safe. As much as we would like to, there will be no hugs,

handshakes or touching. We ask that you leave three empty chairs between

your family and the next group. Seats have been spaced farther apart to

make distancing easier. We will not be serving coffee and cookies, the

kitchen and gym will be closed until further notice.

Masks We strongly encourage everyone to wear masks to protect yourself

and others. Masks must be worn by staff and consistory.

Family Worship For now each Sunday will be Family Worship. Children’s

Church is planned to reopen in the fall. The Nursery will not be staffed, but

will be open as a cry room for parents.

Offering, Chocolates and Bulletins To minimize contact, there will be

offering tables inside the Worship Center for you to place your tithes and

offerings and prayer requests. Bulletins will be stacked by the worship center

doors and chocolate stations will be in the entryway for self-serve.

Attendance Books We will not be using them at this time.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Entryway Project Update

WRITTEN BY GARY GIFFORD, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

At the time of the shutdown the Entryway Project was moving into the zoning approval and

building permit stage of the project. We stand ready to pick up where we were with this project

when the church opens depending on our overall financial health. Continued weekly tithing by

our members during the shutdown along with the financial impact of reopening will be deter-

mining factors on the future of this project.

Pictured below is the current artist’s rendering of the new entryway canopy. The entrance

doors are planned to be replaced with automated doors.

If you would like to donate to this project, please note, “Entryway Project” on the special of-

ferings line.

TEXT TO GIVE FIRST TIME TEXT TO GIVE

• Text keyword and amount to text to give

number 231-412-8588

• You will receive a link prompting you to log

in or create an account

• Enter your payment information

• Submit your donation

RETURNING TEXT TO GIVE

• Text keyword and amount to text to give

number (231-412-8588)

• Reply “Y” to confirm the transaction

Keywords: Worship, Children, Outreach, or Entryway

Please remember in prayer our friends who are

battling long-term illnesses:

Donald Bayne

Jana Belladone

Betty Bonneville

Larry Budreau

Patti Buurma

Craig Carlson

Amanda Cihak

Stephanie Cutler

Amy Fredericks

Jacob Geers

Bob Hanson

Scott Hladki

Avery Lynn

J.T. Maskell

Tom McKee Sr.

Patti Mercer

Paul Ortquist

Lynn Pluger

Shirly Pummell

Aaron Rop

Gary Samples

Joe Shavalier

Ida Shealy

Sandy Streeter

Kathy Tabor

Inga Weavers

Marv Wegner

Special Senior of the Week:

Please show your support by signing the cards located on the table in the entryway.

Sue Andree

Food Truck We will be having a no-contact Food Truck tomorrow, July

13 at 6:00 pm.

Thank you for all of your prayers, kind cards, encouraging texts and

thoughtful gifts. You have made what could have been a very trying time

a beautiful thing! Tina Dadd

ORDER OF WORSHIP – 9:00 SERVICE We Approach our Friend Welcome Prayer of Confession and Reminder of Pardon Response of Praise Special Music Congregational Prayer Response of Praise Hymn #105 - “Day by Day” Hymn #103 - “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” Hymn #102 - “Precious Lord” We Learn, Remember and Renew Crosstalk - “Free Refills for the Soul” We Respond to Our Friend Benediction Hymn #7 - “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow”

ORDER OF WORSHIP – 11:00 SERVICE We Approach our Friend Welcome Prayer of Confession and Reminder of Pardon Response of Praise “O Come to the Altar” “Another In the Fire” “Raise A Hallelujah” Congregational Prayer Special Music - “Praise You In This Storm” We Learn, Remember and Renew Crosstalk - “Free Refills for the Soul” We Respond to Our Friend Benediction “Raise A Hallelujah”

July Daily Readings

Date Day New Testament Special Prayer Old Testament

5 Su 1 Thessalonians 1 Psalm 60

6 Mo 1 Thessalonians 2 Psalm 61

7 Tu 1 Thessalonians 3 Psalm 62

8 We 1 Thessalonians 4 Psalm 63

9 Th 1 Thessalonians 5 Psalm 64

10 Fr 2 Thessalonians 1 Psalm 65

11 Sa 2 Thessalonians 2 Psalm 66

12 Su 2 Thessalonians 3 Psalm 67

Free Refills for the Soul Scriptures (all from The Message) Psalm 23 1-3 God, my shepherd! I don’t need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from. True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction. 4 Even when the way goes through Death Valley, I’m not afraid when you walk at my side. Your trusty shepherd’s crook makes me feel secure. 5 You serve me a six-course dinner right in front of my enemies. You revive my drooping head; my cup brims with blessing. 6 Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life. I’m back home in the house of God for the rest of my life.

2 Corinthians 1 3-5 All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that per-son just as God was there for us. We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort—we get a full measure of that, too.

Notes:

The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is

celebrated on the first Sunday in February,

April, June, August, October, and December.

*Senior Connections

*Children’s Ministry

*Food Truck Ministry

*Greeter/Coffee Server

*Senior Ministry

*Music Ministry

*Meal Ministry

*Jr./Sr. High Ministry

*Prayer Warrior

*Nursery

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

LAKETON BETHEL REFORMED CHURCH 1568 W.Giles Rd. Muskegon, Mi. 49445

Ph.# 744-1749 Fax # 744-2848

Website address: laketonbethel.org & e-mail: lbrcoffice@gmail.com

Office hours: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday

Pastor – Dr. Sherwin Brantsen (drbrantsen@gmail.com)

Director of Operations – Gary Gifford (garygifford4@gmail.com)

WORSHIP

Worship Team Leader for 9:00 Service – Jan Reahm

Worship Team Leader for 11:00 Service – Shelly Deblock

Technical Support Team Leader - Scott Johnson

Accompanist for 9:00 Service - Shelly Deblock

EDUCATION

Nursery Team Leader – Joann Petroski

Children’s Church & Youth Director - Mike Lyons

Greet Squad Leader - Sally Hendrixon

ADMINISTRATION

Secretary – Tina Dadd

Administrative Assistant - Joann Petroski

Bookkeeper – Pat Peterson

Janitor - Bill Feigert

OUR VOLUNTEER LEADERS

Senior Ministries Team Leader – Jill VerHulst

Food Truck Team Leader – John Wilke

Prayer Warrior Team Leader – Tina Dadd

Senior Connections Team Leaders– Gay Hudson & Joann Petroski

Community Backpack Program Leader - Tami Jahnke

OUR CONSISTORY

Elders

Gay Hudson, Lucy Hughes, Amy Kunnen, Larry

Joslyn, Grant Meyers, Jason Peterson, Louanne

Utzinger, Ron Zant

Deacons

Kathy Andrews, Jon Brantsen, Greg Fick,

Kathy Forrester, Alex Lassow, Roger

Sherburn, Rita Sikkenga, Kathy Young