WORSHIP SERVICE
March 14, 2010 - 10:00 a.m.
APPROACHING TO WORSHIP
Instrumental
Prelude: Reflection on
GEMS Litany
Welcome and Announcements
* Songs of Praise: “Lead Me to Calvary”
* Opening Prayer and Mutual Greeting
Children’s Message
(Children
ages 3-7 go downstairs for Children’s Worship)
GEMS PRESENTATION
Presentation by the GEMS
Litany: Prayer
– No Worries!
Leader: God is sovereign, all-knowing, and
all-foreseeing. In His Word, He gives us repeated instructions to pray about
everything and worry about nothing.
GEMS
and Congregation: Do not be anxious about anything, but in
everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to
God (Philippians 4:6).
Leader: Do not be anxious means to not worry.
But should we worry about some things?
GEMS: No. God’s Word tells us that we are to have no worries.
Women: Jesus said, “Therefore
I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink or about
your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the
body more important than clothes?” (Matthew
6:25).
Men: “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or
store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much
more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can
add a single hour to his life” (Matthew 6:26-27)?
Leader: What should we do instead of worrying?
GEMS: We should turn each concern, worry, and care into a prayer
to God who hears and responds to our cries.
Congregation: Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7).
Leader: Pray. Listen and talk to God. For it is
through prayer that God gives us exactly what we need – a deeper relationship
with Him.
GEMS: Thank You, Father, that You hear
our cries and listen to our prayers (Psalm 61:1).
Leader: Prayer – No Worries! reminds us to pray with thanksgiving about all
things, at all times, in all places.
GEMS: We will continue to use the things we’ve
learned: talking to God in prayer and listening to God through His Word and His
Spirit.
Congregation: We, too, will pray in obedience and devotion to God –
thanking, listening, and speaking to Him.
Leader: Dear Heavenly Father, thank You that You
hear our cries and listen to our prayers. We confess that we don’t pray as
often as we should. Forgive us, Lord. Help us to faithfully pray about
everything and worry about nothing. Thank You that through prayer You deepen our relationship with You. In
Jesus’ name, Amen.
Remarks by Jan Plakmeyer
Song of Response: “Take My Life and Let It Be” #597:1,2,3,5
SERVICE OF PRAYER
SERVICE OF THE WORD
Morning Offering: Church ministries, as we sing:
Song of Preparation: “I Am Thine,
O Lord”
Scripture: Matthew 27:27-65 Pew Bible Page(s): 1547-1549
Message: Characters at the
Crucifixion: Part 2
Prayer of Application
WITHDRAWING TO SERVE
* Song of Response: “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” #324:1-4
* God's
Blessing
* Doxology: “Praise Him! Praise Him!”
Postlude: “I Will Sing Wondrous Story”
*If you are able, please stand
WORSHIP NOTES
Welcome! You’re among friends at Pine Grove Community
Church. We’re the young and old, the experienced
Christians, the brand new Christians, and those just curious about Jesus
Christ. We’re families, singles, students, kids and
couples. Wherever you’ve come from, and wherever
you’re at, you’re welcome to come as you are to Pine Grove! Please stay for a
cup of coffee or lemonade at the Family Life Center following worship.
Guests
are requested to fill out a welcome card at the Welcome
Center where you can also receive an information packet. If you are a regular
attendee of Pine Grove we would like to provide you
with a mailbox. Please submit your request to the church
office.
We have a prayer team that gathers in Pastor Brent’s office
during the morning service. They are willing to pray for
anything that is weighing on your heart. If you have a request, write it
on the back of a pew card and place it in the collection plate as it is passed. The
team is also available to you should you desire to have someone pray with you. Please
join them after the offering is taken if this is your need.
Nursery
care is offered during the a.m. service in the Church Basement for infants and toddlers
through age 2. Please honor the age limit. Please meet your children at the
nursery area immediately following worship.
All
children age 3-7 are encouraged to participate with
Children’s Worship. Children
are dismissed after the Children’s Message, and can go downstairs to worship. Please
honor the age limit. Parents:
Please meet your children downstairs, after worship.
All
songs are reprinted with permission by CCLI #649460.
YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Senior
High will meet next Sunday at 4:30 p.m.
Junior High FOCUS participants: Please mark your calendars for the
following schedule updates!
April 10th - Regular Meeting 6:30-8:30 pm
FOCUS and Youth Group students
Next Sunday we are having a special showing of a short film called
“Most”. Please
join us in the Sanctuary at 11:30 a.m. Following the showing there
will be a time for feedback and discussion. Don’t miss it. Parents are invited and
encouraged to participate.
CHURCH FAMILY
As a church family we mourn with Scott and the rest of the Sutherland
family in the loss of Scott’s dad. May our Father wrap this family
in comfort and peace as they mourn this loss.
Greg Scholtens and Janina
Wentzel will be married on Saturday in Manly, NSW, Australia in St. Matthews Anglican Church. Manly is a suburb
outside Sydney. Herm and Esther will be leaving
on March 15 and returning April 7. May God bless
this marriage, and guard those who are traveling.
For anyone who
would like to send congratulations, their address will be 1/41 Lodge St., Balgowlah, NSW 2095, Australia
We would like
to thank everyone for the prayers, cards and thoughts
during this roller coaster ride that we have been on. Words cannot express how
thankful we are to have the Pine Grove family praying with us and for us. We are
happy and blessed to all be home. God is good all the time. ~The
Brock Family; Paul, Dee, Coral, Ruby, Jorja
Directory
Changes: Van Dyke changes: Shirley cell number
is 616-540-4107, Ed’s is 616-540-4105, please remove their Florida phone number. John
Van Luinen has a new cell phone and email address:
616-514-4253,jandp101@hughes.net. Please make appropriate
changes.
Jeanne Irwin underwent foot surgery Tuesday. She
hopes to be released by this weekend. Pray the
infection can be controlled.
Arlene Avink continues at Tendercare in Wyoming and hopes to go home sometime
this week.
New members:
Council accepted the memberships of the Beckett family, Leigh Ann Beardsley and
her son Zachary, Heidi Erb and Ron Hill. Public reception will take place next Sunday.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you make a decision during this service to accept Jesus Christ
as your Savior, please stop by the Welcome Center and pick up a YES pack. This pack is designed to help you get started on your walk
with Christ.
Coffee after the morning service will be in the Family Life
Center.
Our offering this morning will be for Pine Grove Ministries.
Next Sunday there will be a second offering taken for the Family Life Center Debt
Reduction Fund.
Last week’s offering totals: Pine Grove Ministries, $2,984.50;
Benevolence, $95.00; Family Life Center, $250.00. Thank you for your generous
giving.
Get rid of the winter blahs with a fun
Euchre Night on Saturday at 7:00
p.m. in the Family Life Center. Beginners
welcome. We
will have beginner and intermediate tables. Bring a deck of cards and a
snack to share.
Spring is almost here! It's time again to order your
flowers to help beautify the sanctuary for Easter. There
is a sign up sheet by the Welcome Center. You
may designate "in memory of" or "in honor of" to someone
you love. You may pick up your flower AFTER the
Easter Service. If you have any questions,
please contact Jackie Veenstra.
(937-4520)
A New Members Class will meet on April 18 and May 2, from
2:00-4:00 p.m., for those desiring to profess their faith or join the church or
just wanting to know more about it. Contact Pastor Bill for
necessary materials. If these times are unworkable for you, please
contact Pastor Bill to discuss other arrangements.
Do you enjoy scrapbooking? Consider attending National Scrapbook
Day, Sweet 16, here at the Pine Grove Community Church Family Life Center on
April 24th, 2010 from 10 am until 6 pm. We will be having prizes,
drawings, make & take projects as well as meals, snacks, refreshments and
…lots of elbow room! The
best part of this event is that it is also a fund raiser for SERVE 2010 that is
to be held here at Pine Grove this summer AND for Debt Retirement. Pre-registration
is a MUST! Please
contact Shelly Kamp for the details at 231-937-5295
or 231-846-0879 or 231-937-9725, or Email at
WE NEED NIV STUDY BIBLES!
Still Waters Counseling Ministry is in need of NIV
Study Bibles. If
you have a gently used NIV Study Bible to donate, we
will gladly accept it. Or, if you would like to donate
money to Still Waters, specifically to purchase NIV
Study Bibles, we are able to purchase them at a nice discount. Thank you for
your willingness to help us (and your community) in this way! Still Waters Counseling
Ministry, PO Box 296, Howard City, MI 49329
Do you enjoy the smiles that children bring? Would
you like to find a way that you can serve the church? Please consider
volunteering your time to help out in the nursery in 2010. It would be very helpful if you
have a child in nursery, if you would give one Sunday to help out. If you
have any questions, please contact Cassie Boone at (616) 889-0144.
Prayer Meeting – “Let us approach the throne of grace
with confidence so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our
time of need.” Hebrews
4:16. Come
join us in the Prayer Room downstairs every Sunday morning at 8:45 or whenever
you can come. Feel
free to walk in anytime and leave when you need to. Please call Joan Tanis, 231-652-5254, with your prayer requests.
Spartan UPC’s are continually being collected as a
fundraiser for the GEMS. GEMS, bring in 10 UPC’s get one point. Earn and collect points, get cool
stuff!
Church Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Feel free to contact Pastor Bill at his home office anytime:
231-937-6492
Serving
This Sunday March 14 Ch
Ministry of Word: a.m. Bill Vis Today: Prayer Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
Nursery:Mary Wallinga, Kristyn Pittman Mornin
& Joy Gee
Coffee
Servers: Richard & Judi Brown Wednesday: Ladies Bible Study,
10:00 a.m.
Serving Next Sunday March 21 Saturday: Euchre Night, 7:00 p.m.
Ministry of Word: a.m. Bill Vis
Nursery: Rebekah Gerwig,
Michelle Nagel
Sunday School, 11:00 a.m.
& Sarah Kamp
Coffee
Servers: John & Pam Van Luinen