SIBLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

The Lord’s Day – July 27, 2014

Pastor Roger Bouwman

Welcome to the Sibley Christian Reformed Church …

A place to gather, worship, and praise the Lord!

Morning Worship 9:30 A.M.

Prelude

Welcome/Announcements

Opening Prayer in unison:

God of grace, you have given us minds to know you, hearts to love you, and voices to sing your praise. Fill us with your Spirit that we may celebrate your glory and worship you in spirit and in truth through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

*God’s Greeting

*We Greet One Another

*Song of Praise “At the Name of Jesus” Blue # 372:1-3

WE ARE RENEWS IN THE GRACE OF GOD

Call to Confession Matthew 22:37-40

Prayer of Confession: Merciful God, you pardon all who truly repent and turn to you.

We humbly confess our sins and ask your mercy. We have not loved you with a pure heart, nor have we loved our neighbor as ourselves. We have not done justice, loved kindness, or walked humbly with you, our God. In your great compassion, cleanse us from our sin. Create in us a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within us.

Do not cast us from your presence, or take your Holy Spirit from us. Restore to us the joy of your salvation and sustain us with your bountiful Spirit through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon: 1 John 1:9

Song of Praise: “Dwell in Me, O Blessed Spirit” Blue # 397: all

God’s Will for Our Lives: “The Ten Commandments responsively”

WE BRING OUR PRAYERS AND OFFERINGS

Pastoral Prayer

Offering 1st blue bag – General Budget

2nd red bag – Zuni Christian Mission School

WE GATHER AROUND THE WORD OF GOD

*Song of Preparation: “The Church’s One Foundation” Blue # 398:1-3

*Prayer for Illumination

Scripture: Revelation 21:9-27 (page 1937)

Sermon: “Come, See the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb”

Prayer for Application

*Song of Application: “Shout, for the Blessed Jesus Reigns” Blue # 400:1-4

WE LEAVE TO SERVE GOD WITH THANKFUL HEARTS

*Benediction

*Doxology: “Shout, for the Blessed Jesus Reigns” Blue # 400:5

*Moment of Reflection

Postlude

*please stand if able

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We welcome you as we worship today. Be silent, be thoughtful, and be reverent. This is the house of God. Leave it not without a prayer for yourself, for those who minister and for all who worship here. Enter to worship and leave to serve.

We welcome Pastor Roger Bouwman to our pulpit as he leads us in our worship services. May the Lord bless the proclamation of His Holy Word.

Next Sunday morning Ron De Weerd and a delegation from Food Resource Bank will lead our worship service.

Next Sunday evening Pastor Terry Simm will lead our worship service.

Evening Worship 5:00 P.M.

Prelude

Welcome/Announcements

Opening Prayer

Song of Praise: “Come, All You People, Praise Our God” Gray # 242: all

Contemporary Testimony: paragraphs 37 & 38 in unison

Song of Faith: “I Love to Tell the Story” Gray # 530: all

Prayer for Illumination

Scripture: Romans 8:26-39

Sermon: “Resting in God, come What May”

Prayer of Application

Hymn for Application: “O Lord, You Are My Light” Gray # 164: all

Pastoral Prayer (requests welcome)

Offering Zuni Christian Mission School

Offertory Hymn “Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing” Gray # 501:1-3

*Benediction

*Doxology: “Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing” Gray # 501:7

*Moment of Reverence

*please stand if able

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Everyone is invited to stay for coffee fellowship following the morning service.

Coffee servers will be Cliff & Karen Wynia, Keith & Lois Boersma

Next Sunday coffee servers will be Darrell & Darlene Teerink, George & Judy Steen

THANK YOU!

I would like to thank everyone for your cards, prayers and concerns following my fall and the surgery. Also thanks for your prayers for my grandson Derek following his accident. They are greatly appreciated. Josie Vogel

PRAYER LIST of our servicemen:

Amos Kleinwolterink (grandson of Clem Kleinwolterink)

Dylan Johnson (nephew of Lori and Loren Bosma)
Patrick Kyle Whitley (grandson of Irene Timmerman)

James Frangenberg (grandson of Charles and Joyce Bosma)

Preston Smidt (grandson of Ed and Mary Ellen Smidt)

Dan Fisher (nephew of Cliff & Karen Wynia)

OUR SHUT INS

Remember our shut ins in your prayers and with your visits:

Sibley Nursing & Rehab Center: Judy Eekhoff, Clem Kleinwolterink,

Richard Starkenburg, Josie Vogel, Esther Zonnefeld

In her own home: Alice Offringa

CHURCH CALENDAR:

TODAY 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship service

5:00 p.m. Evening Worship service

NEXT SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship service

5:00 p.m. Evening Worship service

Offerings next Sunday will be for General Budget and Christian Education

Next Sunday you are asked to give your offering for Missions in a marked envelope

The Bible League "Christmas in July" bazaar will be held at the First Christian Reformed church in Sheldon, Iowa, on Monday, July 28, at 1:30 p.m. The church is located at 901 9th St., in Sheldon, Iowa. Share in the Silent Auction by donating crafts, baked goods, Christmas items, etc. The money raised at this auction will be used to buy Bibles for South America. The entertainment for the bazaar will be Amy Schaeffer. Refreshments will be served. Make plans to attend this event and support Bible League in spreading the Gospel in South America.

Everyone is invited to take part in a mission sewing day at the First Presbyterian Church at 9:00 on Wed., July 30. We will be making supplies for Donna Kruger Terpstra to take to Africa to further her mission there. Please bring a sewing machine, if you have a portable one. Also needed are pinking shears, scissors, and dark flannel material. Many persons are needed besides sewers. If you can stay for lunch, please bring a salad to share.

Since 1935 the Okoboji Bible Conference has been growing Christians from many churches to live out the transforming power of Christ’s love. The 80th Conference begins on august 2 in Arnolds Park, IA. Nightly sessions are at 7:15 pm at 69 West Broadway, across from the Okoboji Middle School. Teaching and care for infants and children is provided. Musical guests including Jason Gray and the Annie Moses Band will prepare hearts to receive the Word from John Stumbo, Skye Jethani, Chuck Van Engen and others. All are welcome. There is no charge. Free-will offerings are received. For more information visit okobojiconference.org or phone 712-332-2883.

ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Next Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 6. Devotions-Scott Arneson

UNITY CHRISTIAN’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY – Updated, more detailed schedule and registration information is now on our website www.unitychristian.net. Pancake breakfast, children’s carnival, golf outing, road races, 3x3 basketball, dunk tank, co-ed sand volleyball, horse shoes, bean bag and show n shine car display. Registration deadline on most activities has been extended to July 28 or August 3. So sign-up soon and take part in the fun! Please call 712-541-2559 or email if you would like a paper registration form.

Unity Christian's Booster Club is again sponsoring their annual golf outing on Friday, August 8, in conjunction with Unity's 50th Anniversary Celebration. The 4-man, 18-hole Best Ball Golf Outing will be held at Landsmeer Golf Club in Orange City with registration beginning at 11:15 AM & shot gun start at Noon. Your $100 registration fee gets you 18 holes of golf, a cart, a steak dinner, door prizes and a great day of golf with fellow Unity Christian supporters.If your spouse wants to join you for the 5:30steak dinner, the fee is$20. To sign up your foursome for the outing, you can either register under the 50th anniversarylinkon Unity's website atwww.unitychristian.net, or you can call Teresa Van Sloten at 712-230-1550, or email her .

The 23rd annual Western Christian Booster Club golf tournament will be held on Friday, August 15, at noon at the Ridge Golf Course in Sioux Center. The cost to golf is $80 per person and that includes 18 holes of golf, cart, supper, and the chance to win prizes. To reserve your spot call Kris Marra at 712-578-9227 or Jamie Van Zee at 712-470-2829.

The Clay County Fair is fast approaching. We again need volunteers to work in the Midwest Evangelism League Booth on Tuesday, September 9th. We need to work the 8-12, 12-4 and 4-8 shifts. There is a sign-up sheet on the mailbox ledge. Please make this a matter of prayer.

Gracia Burnham has graciously accepted to tell us of her intense soul-searching about a God who seemed to have forgotten her while being kidnapped in the Philippines and held for over a year by a militant Muslim group. She is our featured speaker at the retreat at First Reformed Church in Sioux Center, IA on September 9 hosted by Bible League Volunteers. The deadline for registering for the retreat is August 26. Men are invited to join us at the banquet and stay for an amazing concert with The Brown Family, a Top 10 Mixed Group of the Year for four years in a row. Please see the brochure on the mailbox ledge for costs and more information. Everyone is invited to this special concert!

Ride for Tim for the month of July is Jeff Vande Griend

Ride for Tim for the month of August is Darrell Teerink

POWER POINT TODAY: Missi Runia

Next Sunday: Carma Smidt

USHERS TODAY Darrell Teerink

Next Sunday Henry Davelaar

LIBRARIANS TODAY Mary Ellen Smidt

Next Sunday: Karen Wynia

GREETERS TODAY: A.M George Steen’s & Gene Wietzema’s

Next Sunday A.M Darrell Teerink’s & Scott Arneson

NURSERY TODAY A.M Mike & Carol Ling

Next Sunday A.M Mary Ellen Smidt & Tiffany Ling