April 5, 2009
Pastor Kevin Jordan: Phone- Study: 824-3825; Home: 824-3305;
Fax: 824-3170
Bulletin Editor: Susy Konynenbelt: Phone: 824-3223
Email: bulletin@noblefordcrc.com Deadline: Thursdays @ 6:00 P.M.
WELCOME MEMBERS AND VISITORS TO OUR WORSHIP SERVICES!
OUR CHURCH TODAY
GREETERS: Rodger & Sue Rose, Clarence & Anita Slomp
Next Week: Harry & Bonnie Slomp, Ernie & Rickie VanDyke
USHERS: Marcel B & Evan K Next Week: Scott H & Brendan P
ABOVE BUDGET OFFERING: CRWRC Refugee Sunday
Next Week: Home Missions
ORGANIST/PIANIST: A.M. Lynda J & Karen F P.M.: Elaine K & Dylan P
Next Week : A.M.: Elaine K & Nicole P P.M. Joel H & Alison L
NURSERY: A.M.: Wilhelmina Konynenbelt, Jasmine Pastink & Brett Feenstra
P.M.: Wanda Konynenbelt & Kurtis Nieuwenhuis
Next Week: A.M. Karen Feenstra, Jaime Hummel & Jaylen Korver
P.M.: Lynda Jordan & Dylan Postman
NURSERY SCHOOL (age 2&3) Paula Konynenbelt, Tosha Heins & Brendan Konynenbelt
Next Week: Trina Molenaar, Layne Wever & Paige Postman
PRE-K/KIND. (age 4 & 5): Shauna Konynenbelt, Anna Jordan & Braden Konynenbelt
Next Week: Susy Konynenbelt, Carmen Pastink & Tianna Notenbomer
SUNDAY SCHOOL SNACK: Jackie Postman
Next Week: No Sunday School (April 19- Benita Hummel)
COFFEE SERVERS: Clarence & Anita Slomp
Next Week: No Sunday School (April 19- Audra Wever)
SENIORS SINGING: (2:00 @ Edith Cavell & 2:30 @ Pemmican) : Group # 3: J&M Notenbomer, H&A Postman, K&V Nieboer, J&B DenBoon, C Hummel, L Hummel, C&P Konynenbelt, H&W Konynenbelt, D&S Postman, H&H Pastink, R&S Rose, J&W Wever Next Week: No Seniors Singing due to Easter (April 19-GEMS)
YOUNG PEOPLE’S: Social - Eric Wever
Next Week: Lesson - Kyle Konynenbelt
Everyone is welcome to our 6:00 P.M. service. In tonight's evening service, we will
celebrate Palm Sunday. Pastor Kevin will preach a sermon from Matthew 21:1-11.
After the evening service, there will be an 11 minute film shown by Christian Reformed
World Missions entitled, “ The Fertile Soil Where Churches Grow.”
OUR CHURCH FAMILY
Birthday Wishes are extended to Mrs. Diny Hummel who celebrates her birthday on Thursday, April 9. May God bless you as you celebrate with family and friends.
CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ...
Andrew Konynenbelt's surgery went very well. We give thanks to God for his mercy and
pray for healing and strength.
Kathleen Bolink continues to recover at home.
Albert Hummel has a coronary angiogram scheduled for May 4 in Calgary.
We give thanks that Dan Konynenbelt had another good week.
John Christian had a few good days this week. Let's keep John, his parents, Pete and Valerie, and his three siblings in prayer.
Continue to pray that God will bring healing to Nick Wever.
Jennie Emmelkamp at Blue Sky Lodge,
Mary Nieboer, at the Good Samaritan Center,
Corrie Heins at Columbia Assisted Living,
Tina Koetse, in St. Michael’s Health Care Center,
our widows, widowers, seniors and expectant mothers.
OUR CHURCH THIS WEEK April 5 - April 11, 2009
TODAY
Sunday School Singing for Palm Sunday
7:00 P.M. YP’s Youth Service @ Iron Springs CRC
MONDAY
3:30 P.M. GEMS meeting
7:30 P.M. Lethbridge Christian Women’s Choir @ St. Andrews
WEDNESDAY
7:30 P.M. Lethbridge Christian Men’s Choir @ ICHS.
THURSDAY
7:30 P.M. “Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours” Bible Study
FRIDAY
10:00 A.M. Good Friday service with Holy Communion
Offering:
Nursery: Lindsay Wever, Shelby Konynenbelt & Bethany Postman
SATURDAY
7-9 P.M. Open House for Jennie Emmelkamp’s 95th Birthday @ Nobleford Senior Centre
ADVANCED NOTICES
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April 12 World Missions Poster Contest due to Ellen Hummel’s box
April 15 YP’s Chicken Catching, 12 noon
April 21 Worship Advisory Committee Meeting @ Caroline Vanee, 7:30 P.M.
April 25 Lethbridge Christian Men’s & Women’s Choirs Spring Concert,
7:30 P.M. @ Trinity Reformed Church
May 15-16 Women of Faith Conference @ Billings, MT
May 31 Sunday School Graduation
June 13 Cadet Paintballing, @ Park Lake Paintball, 12:30 P.M. meet at Church
June 20 3rd Annual Burger Bash Note Date Change
Aug 10-14 Vacation Bible School 2009
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School Grades 1-6 News Today, we will be singing with kids ages 2-5 for Palm Sunday. There will not be any Sunday School next week, April 12 for Easter. Thank you for your help in collecting food for the Interfaith Food Bank. For the months of April and May, Sunday School will be collecting offerings for the Voorhees family. Sunday School graduation will be on May 31. Please have your World Missions Poster Contest entry to Ellen Hummel’s box by April 12. Thanks.
Bazaar 2009 - The Annual Church bazaar netted $5610. The bazaar committee was very encouraged by the community’s support. A big thanks to Liz K, Pat K & Wilhelmina K for all their help. Thank you also to those who participated in the supper and the auction.
Ladies: I will be scheduling two hot meals a week for Herman Bolink for the next little while. Please contact me @ 824-3659 where I will have a calendar to write down all the information and I can give you diet restrictions and preferences. Please consider this prayerfully as the more ladies that participate, the easier it will be to do. Please feel free to put your name down if you can do it only once in a while. Thanks. Jerry DenBoon
FROM THE BUILDING COMMITTEE: After much time, preparation, meetings and planning we are now prepared with new concept plans and cost estimates. We will present to council on April 7, 2009. The building committee will then meet with council at the earliest possible date to completely review and further discuss. We will announce the next step at that time. Thanks again for your patience.
Henry K., Rob K., Tim H., Luke H., Henk P., Mike F.
Attention all YPS--We are booked for chicken catching at 12 noon on Wednesday, April 15th! We need you all, so be prepared with a smile and willing hands...let Wanda know ASAP if you are unavailable.
The Young Peoples from Iron Springs Christian Reformed Church are inviting you to join them in their annual youth service on Sunday, April 5 at 7:00 P.M. The service will be led by Pastor Dan Roukema from Calgary, and will include great praise and worship, skits and drama ministry by Andrea Roukema. Afterwards there will of course be coffee and cookies and visiting. Please come out and have a great time!
GREETINGS FROM WAYNE AND LYNN TEN HARMSEL
It is finally warming up here, and the trees are flowering! It is a beautiful time of year.
Things are going well, with lots of opportunities! Wayne is currently leading two Bible
studies and will be doing some teaching in Chinese, at church, beginning in late April. We
are gearing up for summer English teaching teams. We have 3 this year, so it will be a
busy summer! Please convey our thanks to the Cadet club, and all who purchased ties for
the church roof fund. The roof is up and the church is being used. Blessings to you all!
VBS -2009 -- August 10-14
We are still looking for a few more teachers to come and slop through the “Swamp” with us at this years VBS. It is always a load of fun, and we would love it if you would join our crew. We would like to get started real soon, so if you could let one of us know ASAP, that would be wonderful. As always when we have young Moms teaching, we have their little ones to take care of. If you would like to help out in nursery and watch these cutie- patooties, even if it is only a couple mornings in that week, let us know. Anything is much appreciated. We are also looking for you ‘helpers’ to travel and help with the kids. There will be a sign-up sheet in the foyer on the bulletin board, so you can sign up there. We hope to see ‘YOU’ on the crew!
Sonya Wever @ 824-3922 or Shauna Konynenbelt @ 824-3280.
CHOIR CONCERT: You are invited by the Lethbridge Christian Women's Choir together with the Lethbridge Christian Men's Choir and a double quartet, to enjoy our spring concert of song and praise on April 25th at 7:30 PM at Trinity Reformed Church, 1100 - 40 Ave. N
CRWRC: Today is Refugee Sunday! An insert has been placed in your bulletins or mailslots. More than eleven million refugees in the world have fled their homes due to persecution and war. Many of them have no hope of ever returning home and desparately need a new homeland. Canada is one of the world's countries that welcomes refugees. Please phone Rose Dekker or Rebecca Walker at CRWRC 1-800-730-3490 for information. You can help one family out of the millions in need.
Christian renters preferred: - within walking distance of the University of Alberta in Edmonton: 2 bdrm unfurnished Bsmt suite for rent. 11124 - 80 Avenue, Edmonton. Available May 1, 2009. Walking distance to University of Alberta in quiet neighbourhood. $1000/month. $1000 security/damage deposit. Share cost of utilities with Upstairs suite. Phone/Internet extra. No pets. No smoking. 4 month or 1 year lease. Mike & Anna OpdenDries 780-438-7174
Spring Concert - The King’s University College Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, and Community Chorus with guest choirs, All-City Children’s Choir and Festival Singers, invite you to their upcoming concert, "Rejoice at the Sound of the Organ" on Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m. at the Winspear Centre 9720-102 Avenue. Tickets available at The Winspear Box Office (428-1414), as well as from The King’s Bookstore (780) 465-8306 ($20/adults; $15/students, seniors, and alumni; $5/children under 12, plus service charge).
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO CREATE: World Missions’ Poster Contest runs until April 17. Design a poster with a missions theme, send it in, and see if yours will win. Posters will be judged according to the following age categories: 6 and under, 7-8, 9-10, and 11 and above. For more information, talk to your Sunday School administrator and Missions Advocate or visit the Opportunities page on our website www.crwm.org under “Get Involved”. Please have your completed posters in to Ellen Hummel by next week, April 12.
PRAYER REQUEST: Praise God for more than 3,000 responses in one month to Back to God Ministries International Kids Corner program. Thanks to Internet broadcasting, we are reaching children in Australia, India, the Philippines, Ukraine, Mexico and many more countries, touching lives like Kristin who wrote, “I just wanted to let you know that I did pray and tell God I wanted to be a follower.”
THE GREAT REVERSAL: We often make mistakes or say things we wish we hadn’t said. Usually this leads to wishing life had a pause or a rewind button! No matter how powerful we are as humans, we have no power to change the past. Yet with this Easter message we know that God can reverse whatever we understand to be humanly irreversible. Join us in celebrating Christ’s victory over the grave on the Apr. 12 Back to God Hour. Go to www.BacktoGod.net for local stations and times.
THE MIRACLE OF EASTER: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to meet Jesus? Or to be in Jerusalem when Jesus was crucified and raised from the dead? This is the story of a little girl who was raised to life by Jesus. But then Jesus himself dies, setting the stage for the most thrilling event of all. Visit the Kids Corner web site at www.kids-corner.org. Then write to Kids Corner at P.O. Box 5070, Burlington ON L7R3Y8 for your very own Bible study.
FAITH ALIVE CHRISTIAN RESOURCES: Save 25% on Earthkeeping Books from Faith Alive - Earth Day 2009 is April 22. Taking care of God’s good earth is every Christian’s responsibility! From now until April 30, save 25% on "Living the Good Life on God's Good Earth" and "Earth-Wise: A Biblical Response to Environmental Issues." Just enter or mention promo code EARTHDAY when you order online at www.FaithAliveResources.org or by phone (1-800-333-8300).
INTERMISSION: Chris Pronger Weekend—For every 28 minutes on the ice, Chris takes 32 to rest. InterMission is a rest-full two and a half day silent directed retreat sponsored by Centrepointe CRC, Edmonton. April 17-19, King’s Fold Retreat Centre, Cochrane, AB. $275. To register: Annemarie at 780-454-1936 or info@centrepointechurch.ca.
Friendship Ministries Canada (formerly "Friendship Groups Canada") has changed its name and address, following our recent joint ministry agreement formed with Friendship Ministries (U.S.). Please note that we have re-located from Kitchener to Burlington, ON and our new mailing address is PO Box 1636 Stn LCD1, Burlington, ON, L7R 5A1. We would appreciate if you would send all inquiries and church donations to this new address. If you have any further questions, please contact Rachel van Geest at 1-800-730-3490 or vangeestr@friendship.org.
Bible League: Please pray for Varna, a trainer of volunteers for children’s ministry in India. Every two weeks she leaves her home for one week to train 200 volunteers to teach memory verses, tell Bible stories, lead singing and prayer. These volunteers will then recruit helpers in their target villages, and begin ministering to approximately 100 children each. Please pray for these trainers and volunteers who are committed to bringing the light of Jesus to children in India. To help provide Bibles and Bible lessons to teach these children, please call The Bible League of Canada at 1-800-363-9673 or go to www.bibleleague.ca.
Global Partnerships: Are You Ready? If your church is considering a global partnership, or if you'd just like to learn more about this focused approach to missions, you won't want to miss this webinar. We'll discuss the what, why, why not, and how of global partnerships. Join us on Tuesday, April 14 at 12:00 ET. Register by emailing Sara VanVliet: svanvliet@crcna.org or calling 1-800-730-3490. Hosted by World Missions and CRWRC.