WORSHIP SERVICE

July 18, 2010 - 10:00 a.m.

Instrumental Prelude

* Call to Worship: “All Hail King Jesus” (Sing Twice)

All hail King Jesus! All hail Emmanuel:

King of kings, Lord of lords, Bright Morning Star.

And throughout eternity I'll sing His praises,

And I'll reign with Him throughout eternity.

* Welcome

* Opening Prayer and Mutual Greeting

* Songs of Praise: “As the Deer”

As the deer panteth for the water

So my soul longeth after Thee

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship Thee.

Refrain: You alone are my strength, my shield

To You alone may my spirit yield

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship Thee.

You're my friend and You are my brother

Even though You are a King

I love you more than any other

So much more than anything. Refrain

I want You more than gold or silver,

only You can satisfy.

You alone are the real joy giver

and the apple of my eye. Refrain

“Let Us Break Bread Together”

Let us break bread together on our knees;

When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,

O Lord, have mercy on me.

Let us drink the cup together on our knees;

When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,

O Lord, have mercy on me.

Let us praise God together on our knees;

When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,

O Lord, have mercy on me.

Presentation of SERVE 2010 in Washington D.C.

Prayer Concerns

Congregational Prayer

Offering for Pine Grove Ministries

Offertory Song and Song of Preparation: “O to Be like Thee!”

O to be like Thee! blessed Redeemer,

This is my constant longing and prayer.

Gladly I'll forfeit all of earth's treasures,

Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Refrain: O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee,

Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art!

Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;

Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

O to be like Thee! full of compassion,

Loving, forgiving, tender and kind;

Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,

Seeking the wandering sinner to find. Refrain

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,

Pour out Thy Spirit; fill with Thy love.

Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling;

Fit me for life and heaven above. Refrain

“I Will Serve Thee”

I will serve Thee because I love Thee;

You have given life to me.

I was nothing before You found me;

You have given life to me.

Heartaches, broken pieces,

Ruined lives are why You died on Calvary.

Your touch was what I longed for;

You have given life to me.

Scripture: John 13:1-17

It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.

²The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. ³Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; ⁴so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. ⁵After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

⁶He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

⁷Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

⁸“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

⁹“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

¹⁰Jesus answered, “A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” ¹¹For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.

¹²When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. ¹³“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. ¹⁴Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. ¹⁶I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

Sermon: Stooping to a Higher Level

Applicatory Prayer

Offering for the Family Life Center

Offertory Song: “Before the Throne of God Above”

Before the throne of God above

I have a strong and perfect plea,

A great High Priest whose name is love

who ever lives and pleads for me.

My name is graven on his hands,

my name is written on his heart.

I know that while in heaven he stands,

No tongue can bid me thence depart.

When Satan tempts me to despair

and tells me of the guilt within,

Upward I look and see him there

who made an end of all my sin.

Because the sinless Savior died,

my sinful soul is counted free.

For God the just is satisfied-

To look on him and pardon me.

Behold him there, the risen Lamb,

my perfect spotless Righteousness,

The great, unchangeable I Am,

the King of Glory and of grace.

One with himself, I cannot die-

my soul is purchased by his blood.

My life is hid with Christ on high,

With Christ, my Savior and my God.

The Lord’s Supper

Prayer of Preparation

Receiving the Elements (please hold until all have been served)

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Ministry of Music: John Shears

* Benediction

* Doxology: “ May the Lord, Mighty God”

May the Lord, Mighty God

bless you and keep you forever,

grant you peace, perfect peace;

courage in every endeavor.

Lift up your eye and behold his face –

see his grace o’er flowing.

May the Lord, Mighty God

bless you and keep you forever.

Postlude

*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 Tent 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.

God bless you and your family.

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 child(ren) at the nursery area immediately following worship.

All children age 2-7 are invited to join Children’s Worship which takes place during the church service. Please honor the age limit. Parents: please bring your children to the Children’s Worship room in the church basement prior to the service, and pick them up at the same location after the service. Please enter through the lower level of the church building.

Special thanks to the John Shear for his special music this morning. Thank you also to Pastor Bill Vis for bringing us the message. This evening, please join us at 6:00 p.m. for a hymn sing and a message from Pastor Bill Vis.

All songs are reprinted with permission by CCLI #649460.

YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

It’s Blessed’s Birthday!! Your cards are due to Pastor Brent or the office today.

Senior High: Pack you swim suit, a towel, a snack to pass, and make sure Pastor Brent has your 2010/2011 Medical Release form. On Friday, August 6, we are heading to the Scholten’s home for a Water Fun Day. We will meet at the church at 1:30pm and be back at church at 8:00pm. There is more information outside Pastor Brent’s office.

Enter our Youth Group/FOCUS favorite Bible verse contest. Several winners will be selected to have their entry published on the cover of a greeting card for our up coming fundraiser. Write a couple of yours down and place in the designated boxes marked Favorite Verse Contest! Thanks for participating.

Youth Group/FOCUS: Schedules as well as Student Conduct/Medical Release forms for the 2010/2011 season are now available outside Pastor Brent’s office. Please pick yours up and return it to Pastor Brent ASAP.

CHURCH FAMILY

Sally Proctor has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Please pray for Carl and Sally as she begins treatment.

Ed and JoAnn Hoonhorst can be reached at 989-739-9261. Their address is: 5493 N US 23, Oscoda, MI 48750. They also have a new email address: jhoonie2010@hotmail.com. Also,

Dave and Regina Hanninen’s address is 10124 Dogwood Ave. Newaygo, MI 49337. Their phone number is: 231-937-5324. Their email address is hanninen@riverview.net. Please make the appropriate changes to your directories.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you make a decision during this service to accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, please stop by the Welcome Tent and pick up a YES pack. This pack is designed to help you get started on your walk with Christ.

SEVERE WEATHER POLICY – In the event of a tornado watch or warning or a severe thunderstorm warning for Newaygo or Montcalm County, no service will be held. In the event of a severe thunderstorm watch, the service will be held, and weather conditions will be closely monitored.

Please be aware of where you are parking. No parking on the shoulders of M-82 or Beech Ave! Also, handicap spaces need to be open for those that need it. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Coffee after the morning service will be in the Family Life Center.

As a gentle reminder, if you are helping in the nursery, please be here by 9:20 a.m. Thank you for your willingness to help. Also, if you are dropping a child off in the nursery, please sign them in at the Children’s Worship table.

This morning’s offerings will be for Pine Grove Ministries as well as the Family Life Center Debt Reduction Fund. This evening’s offering will be for the Cary Christian Center.

Next week’s offering will be received for Pine Grove Ministries. The evening service offering will be for our Summer Concert Series.

Last week’s offering totals: Pine Grove Ministries, $5,063.34; Benevolence, $250.00; Family Life Center, $440.00; Cadet Convention, $72.00. Thank you for your generous giving.

Are you available for one or more Sunday mornings this summer to help open the tent and prepare it for worship? This involves arriving at about 8:45 and helping to raise the sides of the tent and wipe the chairs. Four to six individuals are needed for each Sunday. If you are able to help out, please sign up on the schedule in the lobby of the Family Life Center.

We have a Prayer Team that meets in the Prayer Room in the Family Life Center during the morning service. They are willing to pray for anything that is weighing on your heart. If you have a request, there is a prayer sheet in the bulletin that you can write your request on and place it in the collection plate for the first offering. The Team is also available to you should you desire to have someone pray with you personally. Please meet them at the Prayer Room after the first offering if that is your need.

Periodically added to the bulletin board outside the church offices will be different information for functions outside our church. If you’re looking for something fun for your children to do, or to do as a family this summer, check out the board. These will be low to no cost activities.

INVITATION TO THE LORD’S SUPPER

“Do this in remembrance of me,” says Jesus as he invites us to his holy supper today. It is not only a privilege, but also a personal responsibility, to respond to this gracious invitation. The apostle Paul alerts all of us to this responsibility in I Corinthians 11:27, “Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.”

In the light of this scripture teaching, we invite you, member and guest alike, to join in the communion celebration on the basis of the following personal affirmations:

· I am genuinely sorry for my sins;

· I renew my confession of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord who forgives all my sins through faith in his sacrifice on the cross;

· I declare a sincere desire to pattern my life after the model of Christ;

· I testify that I have made a public profession of my personal commitment to Jesus Christ within a Christian church.

We are thankful for the privilege of joining together at the Lord’s Table as the Holy Spirit directs our celebration. To God be praise and glory.

Golfers – You’re invited to join a small group of golfers for a golf scramble on Mondays at 6:00 p.m. at Birchwood Golf Course which is 5 miles east of Howard City at Church Street and Masters Road. Come whenever you can, a scramble allows everyone to participate at their own level.

More for Golfers – You’re invited to join a group of golfers at a scramble every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. at Birchwood Golf Course, five miles east of Howard City on Church St. Questions? Call Pete at 937-4031

TENT SALE: Today is the last day to donate to the GEMS/Cadets annual tent sale. Things not accepted are: exercise equipment, analog TV’s, and computer systems that are incomplete or broken. Please contact Tom Slendebrock at 231-937-6455 with any questions. The sale is this Friday from 8am-8pm and Saturday from 8am-1pm.

Hello Summer Folk. We Pine Needles know some of you would like to join us, but need significant advance notice of the when and where. For your benefit, a schedule has been set for July, August, and September. Those gatherings have been set for the 2^nd Friday of the month at 10:00am and the 3^rd Monday of the month at 6:30pm. We meet in the Family Life Center. Our next gathering will be 6:30pm tomorrow. We’ll continue making the nifty cooling ties we started earlier. Materials for ties: a bolt width swath 9” long, your machine and thread. Any questions? Call Judi Brown at 231-652-1659 or Lola Osterbaan at 989-352-6088.

SERVE Prayer Partners: Please give your notes and small gifts for your participants to Joan Tanis no later than Tuesday. Thank you for praying and writing notes for our SERVE participants that are coming to serve here at Pine Grove at the end of July! I am sure they are feeling your prayers as they prepare to come to work and worship in our community!

Who wants one? We still have a few “CHOSEN” weekend T-shirts available to purchase for only $15. How many do you want? Please see Pastor Brent or Jackie Kamp for details. All proceeds go to the Youth Ministries’ Mission Projects. Thanks in advance for your support.

Crossroads is a Post High School through Mid-Twenties group that meets periodically throughout the year. They are eager to welcome new members to the group at any time. This Thursday we will be leaving church at 10:00am and heading to Lake Michigan. All you need to bring is your suit, towel and your beach toys (and maybe a change of clothes)???? Lunch and drinks will be provided. We will return at approx. 6:00pm. Recent High School grads…Join in on the fun. Don’t forget your medical forms! Pick them up outside Pastor Brent’s office.

Crossroads will be having a Bon-fire at the church on Thursday, August 5. More information to come.

MISSION SUNDAY: August 8 is our annual Mission Sunday. An offering will be received for Moments with the Master. Funds are needed to finish the completion of the new home being built. Please pray for this camp as they win young people for the Lord.

BEN UTECHT…His name may sound familiar, but not in Christian music. Formerly a starting tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Indianapolis Colts, this Super Bowl winning player is known for his faith both on and off the field. Full of passion, depth, and an insight to the struggles of faith and life, his songs provoke and honesty and sensitivity that tap directly into the heartstrings of our relationship to Christ. Ben is a fresh new wordsmith, musician and singer, from an unlikely arena. Pine Grove is excited to welcome him on Sunday, July 25^th for the second concert in the Summer Concert Series.

Fall Kick-off Carnival and Car Show will be Saturday, August 28 from 1-4pm. Volunteers are needed to help. If you are available from 12-5pm please sign up on the sheet in the Family Life Center. There will be a volunteer meeting on Sunday, August 15 at 11:30am (please note date change).

“Prayer can do anything God can do. That’s true because the one power in prayer is the power of God. What’s more, prayer can reach anywhere God can reach. And God is everywhere, so His power can reach to every corner of the earth through our prayers.” From Love to Pray, by Alvin Vander Griend. Come join us in the Prayer Room in the Family Life Center 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 Cheryl Hubers, 231-937-4895, or Joan Tanis, 231-652-5254, with your prayer requests.

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 July 18 Church Calendar

Ministry of Word: a.m. Pastor Bill Vis Today: Prayer Meeting, 8:45 a.m.

p.m. Pastor Bill Vis – Hymn Sing Morning Worship, 10:00 a.m.

Nursery: Stacy Stahl, Cassie Boone, Evening Worship, 6:00 p.m.

Sheryl Pittman and Jeff Bonnier Monday: Golf Scramble, 6:00 p.m.

Coffee Servers: Ed & Deb Buikema, and Pine Needles, 6:30 p.m.

Richard & Judi Brown Tuesday: Golf Scramble, 9:00 a.m.

Serving Next Sunday July 25 Thursday: Crossroads Beach, 10:00 a.m.

Ministry of Word: a.m. Pastor Ben Ridder Grounds Work, 7:00 p.m.

p.m. Ben Utecht – Concert Friday: Tent Sale, 8:00 a.m.

Nursery: Chris VanderWerf, Kristyn Pittman, Saturday: Tent Sale, 8:00 a.m.

Scott Sutherland, and Jeff Bonnier Sunday: Prayer Meeting, 8:45 a.m.

Coffee Servers: Doug & Millie Holtvuiwer, and Morning Worship, 10:00 a.m.

Jerry & Wilma VanSolkema Ben Utecht Concert, 6:00 p.m.