WORSHIP SERVICE
April 4, 2010 - 10:00 a.m.
APPROACHING TO WORSHIP
Instrumental
Prelude:
Welcome and Announcements
* Call to Worship: The Lord Has Risen!
Leader: Why do you look for the living among
the dead?
He is not here; the Lord has risen!
All: He has risen indeed!
Leader: The Lord has risen!
All: He has risen indeed!
Leader: The Lord has risen!
All: He has risen indeed!
Leader: Where,
O death, is your victory?
Where, O Death,
is your sting?
Death has been swallowed up in
victory!
All: Christ has risen indeed!
Leader: Jesus
said, “I am the resurrection and the life.
He who believes in me will live, even
though he dies;
And whoever lives and believes in me
will never die.”
All: Thanks be to
God!
He gives us the victory through out
Lord Jesus Christ.
Leader: The
Lord has risen!
All: He has risen indeed! Alleluia!
* Songs of Praise: “Christ Arose”
* Opening Prayer and Mutual Greeting
Children’s Message
(Children
ages 3-7 go downstairs for Children’s Worship)
SERVICE OF PRAYER
SERVICE OF THE WORD
Morning Offering: Church ministries, as we sing:
Song of
Preparation: “Alleluia! Alleluia!”
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10 Pew Bible Page(s): 1549-1550
Message: Easter in Times of Crisis
Prayer of Application
WITHDRAWING TO SERVE
* Song of Response: “Because He Lives”
* God's
Blessing
* Doxology: “Jesus Is Coming Again”
Postlude
*If you are able, please stand
CHURCH FAMILY
Thank you to everyone who sent up prayers and sent cards. Chris
was truly loved by so many. He always told me he loved this
church because the people made him feel loved. God is a wonderful God. Thank
you, and God bless everyone for being there for us. Shelby and Krystle
Loyd, Rest in Peace Chris, We love you.
Fred and
Gloria Hoonhorst's granddaughter, Ashley Martini, was in a very serious
car accident Tuesday morning. As of Thursday she
was in critical condition at Butterworth Hospital. May
God Guard both her life and strengthen her entire family.
YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Junior High FOCUS will meet again on Saturday, at 6:30 p.m.
The next
regular meeting for Senior High Youth Group will be on Sunday, April 18
at 4:30 p.m.
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 and/or name tag. 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 the first time
it is passed. The
team is also available to you should you desire to have someone pray with you. Please
join them after the first 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.
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.
Last week’s offering totals: Pine Grove Ministries, $3,937.69; Family
Life Center, $342.00; Thank you for your generous giving.
Because of the Easter holiday, there will be NO Sunday school today. It
will resume on April 11.
Out of respect for those sitting around you, please refrain from
using all electronic devices during the service. Thank you.
The April Issue of the Pineline is available at the back of the church. Pick up your copy today.
Pine Needles and new friends. Spring Cleaning continues, take
another peek in your sewing basket, select one more unfinished project. Pack
your “Brown Bag”, your equipment and any other project you’d like to show. Come
join us Friday the 9th at 10 a.m. in the Family Life Center. We’re
tying up loose ends before we start our next project. Questions? Call Judi Brown 231-652-1659 or
Lola Osterbaan 989-352-6088.
It takes a team effort to keep God’s creation in tip-top shape. The
snow has melted and has left behind some less than beautiful presents. Cassie
Boone is doing her part. She will be at the church on
April 10 at 9:00 am. to clean up the road side. Please join her in helping to
keep this gift that God has bestowed upon us looking the way He intended. If
this will be your first time helping, or you have questions, please contact
Cassie at 616-889-0144.
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. Call
231-937-5295 or 231-846-0879 or 231-937-9725. Email
at
Alpha Family Center is preparing for it’s 11th annual LifeWalk. This
makes 10 years of being open in the community. LifeWalk
has always been our biggest fundraiser of the year and this year is no
exception with the struggling economy. Please join us for LifeWalk on May 15th at Riverfront Park in downtown Newaygo. This years walk will begin at 10 a.m. with registration at 9:30
a.m. We will be holding a family luncheon after the walk. Your support is appreciated so
much! Please
make plans to join us! For more information or for a
pledge form, call the Alpha Family Center at 231-652-1548, or email Lisa at newaygoalpha@ncats.net
Ladies – Smile, Spring is here! Plan now to attend a “Koffie
Klets” on Saturday May 22. More details to follow.
Don't throw away those empty ready-to spread frosting
containers, or International coffee tins. Please clean them and bring
them to the children’s worship room. We are in need of 100. Watch
for them to reappear on Memorial Sunday as part of a fun Sharing Our Service (S.O.S) project. Contact Brenda Plakmeyer with any questions.
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 April 4 Ch
Ministry of Word: a.m. Bill Vis Today: Sunrise Service, 7:15 a.m.
Nursery: Mary Drent
& Sheryl
Pittman
Coffee Servers: Scott & Sue
Sutherland Prayer
Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
Serving Next Sunday April 11
Ministry of Word: a.m. Bill Vis Saturday: Roadside Clean-up, 9:00 a.m.
Nursery: Cassie Boone, Scott Sutherland FOCUS, 6:30 p.m.
& Katie Wallinga Sun
Coffee Servers: John & Helen DeJager Morning
Worship, 10:00 a.m.