Thank you for your prayers and expressions of love and encouragement since Daniel's fall. The prayers of the church family mean a lot. We are waiting for an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon to assess the progress and plan the rehab program.
Daniel Hummel, and family

Congratulations are extended to Ard & Jennifer Van der Kooij on the birth of a healthy son, Mason Adrian. Mason was born on Thursday, October 8. As well on October 8, a daughter, Ariona was born to Derek & Crystal Slomp. Both babies are doing well. Congratulations are also extended to grandparents, Dirk & Rika VdK ; and Nick & Wendy S; and great-grandparents, Bonnie & Harry S.

Arlyn Jordan, Pastor Kevin's dad, physical therapy has gone well. Earlier this week, he hoped to be home on Saturday (yesterday).

Sara Slomp continues to recover from the treatments and waits for a date so that she can begin radiation treatments and more chemotherapy treatments of a lower dosage.

Pray that Dan Hummel may experience continued healing, strength for therapy, and success in walking.

Please continue to pray for healing for Dan Konynenbelt. Pray for Melody, the kids, and the extended family as well.

Also remember those who suffer from chronic disease, pain and depression that may not be as visible.

Corrie Heins at Columbia Assisted Living, Tina Koetse, in St. Michael’s Health Care

Council encourages anyone who wishes to join the pastor and council members in a morning pre-service prayer to the small room at the bottom of the south stairs approx 15 minutes before the service starts.

A reminder to the congregation to please exit the sanctuary and clear the basement in a timely manner so that Sunday School and Catechism can begin teaching on time. Please meet for fellowship in the foyer or outside. Thank you for your consideration.

Needed: We are looking for the Bible Study materials Making Children Mind without losing Yours by Dr. Kevin Leman. If you know where they are or any info about them, please talk to Shauna K.

Breakforth Registration! There will be a meeting TODAY @ 11:30 A.M. in the kitchen for anyone interested in registering for Breakforth at a group rate. It saves $20/ person and we would like to register by November 10, which is the first registration deadline. If you can't make this meeting but would like to take advantage of this lower rate, or for more info, contact Melinda Notenbomer ASAP.

Home visitation to start soon. A list of visits is being worked on, but if you have a specific concern, please contact an district elder and we will add you to the list. Also please make every effort to make yourself available when an elder calls to schedule the visit. This will help the elders achieve all of their visits in a timely manner. GEMS: Coffeemate sure tastes great, but what to do with those jars when you're through. GEMS is looking for empty coffeemate containers for the Grade 3 Christmas craft. If you have a few, GEMS would love to hear from you. Please contact Benita, 732-5163. Thanks.

Nobleford Coffee Break. Our season is set to begin with a social on Thursday, October 29, with our first lesson to follow on November 1. We still have only one Bible Study leader, so please re-consider if you may be able to help out in this way. Everything else is on schedule, so please start thinking about who you can invite to join us as we grow in God's word together. For more info please contact Melinda.

Can you smell them? You could if you come and help at the annual apple crisp making day hosted by the Immanuel Christian School Ladies Auxiliary. We are gathering at the High School home ec room at 10:00 on Wednesday. October 28. We are looking for volunteers to help with peeling, assembling and packaging the crisps. Everyone, men and women, are invited to join us. Free soup will be available for lunch. An hour or two anytime during the morning to early afternoon would be appreciated. Please call Hennie Korver @ 327-8834 after 4:00 p.m. to offer your time. Also, a reminder, if you are ordering apple crisps to ger your order in by October 19.

Attention all young peoples! Lethbridge Evangelical Free Church (E-free) is hosting "hallofuzion", by Billy Graham on Friday, October 30th @ 7:00 p.m. Have a blast with the Revolution Band, Phil Cann and meet tons of other youth. For any ??please call Glen and Sonya. Also don't be afraid to bring a friend or two along, because as you know the more the merrier!!

For Junior-Senior youth and Youth leaders. The Billy Graham Association of Canada and the Youth Pastor Ministerial of Lethbridge invite you to be a part of Epicentre! Epicentre is a series of events and workshops that will be happening over the course of this youth year targeted at training our youth to do evangelism. Maranatha CRC in Lethbridge is fully on board with this program and would like to invite our brother and sister Reformed churches to come join us in this area-wide, interdenominational effort to reach out to our community. The first major event is called Halofuzion, and it is on October 30th at the Evangelical Free Church in Lethbridge (4717-24th Avenue South). Guest speaker will be Phil Cann from the well-known "Quest" series, and we will be led in worship by Revolution Band.
The website for this year-long program is epicLA.ca. Please contact Pastor Mike Van Boom by email if you have any questions. mvanboom@hotmail.com. He is the contact person for our church.

Reformation Day service, Sunday, November 1 at 3 PM in the Trinity Reformed Church. If you submit a cheque for the designated offering, please make such cheques payable to "Canadian Food Grains Bank" or C.F.G.B.; a tax receipt will be issued by C.F.G.B.

Don’t send those piggies to market!!! Send them to Neal Dekens. If you are willing to donate pigs to the annual bazaar for Immanuel Christian Schools, Saturday, November 21,2009, please contact Neal at 403-635-5323 (cell) or 403-328-2754 (home). A gift-in-kind receipt will be issued in February 2010. If you need more information please contact the Business Office, 403-327-4223.

“WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND’’ Ladies ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SOCIAL and trade show- MARANATHA CRC (260 McGill Blvd, West Lethbridge).

Mark November 6 & 7, 2009 from 6:00-9:00 PM on Friday and 10:00 to 2.00 PM Saturday on your calendars. You are invited to come out to celebrate the Christmas season and gets a head-start on your gift giving! Wander decorated Christmas lanes, enjoy the music of the season and browse among the displays of home crafts, Christian books, Cards, Household gifts and Cosmetics etc.etc. On Friday night at 8:00 PM a fashion show with garments from the Bibles for Mission store boutique will definitely be the highlight of the evening!! Beverages and delicious treats will be available for you to enjoy while you chat and celebrate the amazing Christmas season with family and friends. Enjoy a night and/or day out and support outreach ministry at the same time. Toonie admission includes beverages and treats.

For more information please contact Nellie at 403 320 5653.

Christian Stewardship Services visit to Lethbridge area October 27-29, 2009 CSS Representative, Harry Boessenkool is pleased to provide, free, confidential Will and Estate Planning. For appointment contact: CSS toll free 1-800-267-8890 e-mail: admin@csservices.ca or Theresa Teerling at (403) 327-1168 e-mail royalimp@telusplanet.net or Harry 1-604-543-6184 e-mail harryb@csservices.ca. CSS has over 40 Partner agencies and 100 Christian Schools across Canada as members. Gifts via CSS to members last year were in excess of 1 million dollars. Visit CSS at www.csservices.ca if you would like to know more. Come Celebrate 5 years of Campus Ministry – You are invited to join the Calgary Campus Ministry (and Paul Verhoef, the chaplain) for our first annual Gala Fundraiser. It’s an evening of Art and Jazz – we’ll have a silent auction with pieces from local artists (many of them students) and a Live Jazz band with singer Nicole Owen. It should be a blast! Please join us at 6 PM on Nov 6^th 2009 at Maranatha CRC Calgary; $40 per plate, a table of 8 for $300. Contact the Gala coordinator, Aimie Bouma, for more information and to reserve your seat (abbouma@shaw.ca; 403 259-5712). See you there!

Reformation Day: The Reformation of 1517 was an act of God, intervening in the life of his church to set things right. That implies that things were not right, and how true that was! One problem in particular was the corrupt life style of many clergy, and much of the preaching in the years before the Reformation was more an attempt to frighten the people into a proper morality than a sincere effort at reform. For John Calvin, therefore, right religion was highly important. Contrary to his austere reputation, he promoted the equal sharing of basic needs, and insisting that all good things come from God, he encouraged the enjoyment of “those things which seem to serve delight more than necessity.” Calvin held that true freedom lies in serving God and neighbor. Grace looms large in his teaching, and he insists grace ought to loom large in Christian living as well. A glimpse into the Reformer’s faith lies in the words of the hymn attributed to him: “I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art.” PRO-LIFE ACTION ITEM October is the month to pray, pray, pray. Alberta Pro-Life is in the midst of a provincial campaign, asking our MLAs to de-fund abortion in Alberta in 2009/10. Each year 1 in 5 Albertans are aborted with taxpayer’s money, with little thought to the damage it does to baby, mom and dad. Now is the time to de-fund this procedure, with so many proven harmful effects. At a time when medically necessary procedures like MRI’s, the closing of acute care beds and long-term care beds are being cut back, it does not make sense to pay for abortions at taxpayers’ expense. Call your MLA and encourage them to take a stand – you can find their address at www.assembly.ab.ca or call Alberta Pro-Life for more information 780-421-7747. Bless you for speaking up on behalf of those who suffer as a result of abortion.