WORSHIP SERVICE
June 27, 2010 - 10:00 a.m.
Instrumental Prelude
Welcome
* Call to Worship: “What a Mighty God We Serve” (3x)
What a mighty God we serve,
What a mighty God we serve;
Angels bow before Him,
Heaven and earth adore Him;
What a mighty God we serve.
* God's Greeting and Mutual Greeting
Songs of Praise: “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
“Freely, Freely”
God forgave my sin in
Jesus' name;
I've been born again in
Jesus' name;
And in Jesus' name I come
to you
To share His love as He
told me to.
Refrain: He said, "Freely, freely you have
received;
Freely, freely give.
Go in My name and because you believe,
Others will know that I live."
All power is giv'n in Jesus' name,
In earth and heaven in
Jesus' name;
And in Jesus' name I come
to you
To share His power as He
told me to. Refrain
Ministry of Music: Melody Huseby
– In The Garden Medley
Prayer Concerns
Congregational Prayer
Offering
Offertory Song: “Make Me a
Blessing”
Out in the highways and
byways of life,
Many are weary and sad.
Carry the sunshine where
darkness is rife,
Making the sorrowing glad.
Refrain: Make me a blessing; make me a
blessing.
Out of my life may Jesus shine.
Make me a blessing, O Savior, I pray.
Make me a blessing to someone today.
Tell the sweet story of
Christ and His love;
Tell of His power to
forgive.
Others will trust Him if
only you prove
True every moment you
live. Refrain
Give as 'twas given to you
in your need;
Love as the Master loved
you.
Be to the helpless a helper
indeed;
Unto your mission be
true. Refrain
Ministry of Music: Melody Huseby
– “In His Presence”
* Song of Preparation: “Lord, Speak to Me”
Lord, speak to me, that I
may speak
In living echoes of Thy
tone;
As Thou hast sought, so let
me seek
Thine
erring children lost and lone.
O teach me, Lord, that I
may teach
The precious things Thou
dost impart;
And wing my words that they
may reach
The hidden depths of many a
heart.
O fill me with Thy
fullness, Lord,
Until my very heart o'erflow
In kindling thought and
glowing word,
Thy love to tell, Thy
praise to show.
O use me, Lord, use even
me,
Just as Thou wilt, and
when, and where,
Until Thy blessed face I
see-
Thy rest, Thy joy, Thy
glory share.
Scripture: Luke 10:25-37
25 On one occasion an
expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do
to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in
the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered: “ ‘Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 “You have answered
correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to
[justify] himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said:
“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of
robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him
half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going
down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to
the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled,
came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his
wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took
him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two
silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and
when I [return], I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three
do you think [was] a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law
replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Sermon: “Who Is Our Neighbor?”
Applicatory Prayer
* Hymn Response: “I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go”
It may not be on the
mountain's height
Or over the stormy sea;
It may not be at the
battle's front
My Lord will have need of
me.
But if by a still, small
voice He calls
To paths that I do not
know,
I'll answer, dear Lord,
with my hand in Thine,
"I'll go where You
want me to go."
Refrain: I'll go where You want me to go, dear
Lord,
Over mountain, or plain, or sea.
I'll say what You want me to say, dear
Lord.
I'll be what You want me to be.
Perhaps today there are
loving words
Which Jesus would have me
speak;
There may be now, in the
paths of sin,
Some wanderer whom I should
seek.
O Savior, if Thou wilt be
my Guide,
Though dark and rugged the
way,
My voice shall echo the
message sweet.
I'll say what You want me
to say. Refrain
* Benediction
* Doxology: “I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go”
There's surely somewhere a
lowly place
In earth's harvest fields
so wide
Where I may labor through
life's short day
For Jesus, the Crucified.
So, trusting my all to Thy
tender care,
And knowing Thou lovest me,
I'll do Thy will with a
heart sincere.
I'll be what You want me to
be.
Refrain: I'll go where You want me to go, dear
Lord,
Over mountain, or plain, or sea.
I'll say what You want me to say, dear
Lord.
I'll be what You want me to be.
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.
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 Melody Huseby for her special music this morning. Thank you also to Pastor Bill Vis for bringing us the message this morning. This evening, please join us at 6:00
p.m. for special music by Susi Sutherland and Ron Geers. Pastor
Bill will be speaking on Is God an Outdated Idea?
All
songs are reprinted with permission by CCLI #649460.
CHURCH FAMILY
Jerry and
Wilma Van Solkema have new phone numbers. They can now be reached at: 616-669-7928 or cell number: 616-240-0114. Please make changes in your
directories.
Cathy Van
Dam was admitted to St. Mary’s. She hoped to be home this week. We pray all of her concerns can be
taken care of, and that our Lord will comfort her at this time.
YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
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.
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 offering will be for Pine
Grove Ministries.
Next week’s offerings will be received for
Pine Grove Family Life Center. The
evening service offering will be for Summer Worship Concert Series – Jim Worthing.
Last week’s offering
totals: Pine
Grove Ministries, $8,718.67; Benevolence, $523.00; Family Life Center,
$2,202.21.00; Summer Worship, $25.00.00; SERVE, $110.00; Moments with the
Master, $300.00. These
offerings include $3,108.00 from families and individuals who participate in
electronic giving. If you
would like to participate in electronic giving, please contact Mary
Bailey. Thank you very much
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.
Pastor Bill will be on
vacation this
week. Please address all
pastoral concerns to your district Elder or Deacon.
Our supported missionaries
in Nicaragua, Joel
and Jeanna Huyser, will be
here the evening of July 18. If
you are interested in hosting them for the afternoon, please contact Pastor
Bill.
Who wants one? We still have a few “CHOSEN” weekend
T-shirts that are 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.
Student Ministries are in
need of volunteers to
say “YES, I WILL PRAY FOR YOU!” If
you would like to be a prayer partner for one of our Middle / High School students,
please look for the Prayer Partner sign up boards in the FLC. We need you!
The Tent Sale Committee will be meeting today
at 11:15 a.m. Please meet in the Cadet room.
TWO WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT Still Waters
Counseling Ministry: 1) An offering will be taken this evening. Still
Waters is supported by donation only. Envelopes
are at the Welcome Tent for those who can’t be here. 2) A quilt has been donated to Still
Waters. It is on display in
the Family Life Center and will be sold by silent auction. Stop in and see it!
Are you a
regular summer worshipper looking for a way to give back to the
church? How about
volunteering one or two Sundays a summer in the nursery? Cassie Boone is always looking for
helpers, or people to fill in when someone can’t make it. If you would like to help out, or have
any questions, please contact Cassie at 616-889-0144. Thank you.
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.
NEEDED: Dedicated people to pray each evening
of Sports Camp (July 5-8). Pray
for all the leaders, volunteers, safety for everyone, good weather and most
importantly that the kids will see Jesus through us and commit their lives to
him.
What’s your favorite Bible
verse? Register
yours in the Fav. Bible Verse Contest held by the
student ministries. Look
for our entry boxes throughout the church. Get yours in today.
The FOCUS youth group is planning something top secret this summer and need vinyl records
(any size) to use for the project. Do
you have any records to donate to the cause? The records may be ruined (in a
creative way), so if you like them, better keep them, as they cannot be
returned. You can drop them
off in the box in the FLC (under the coat rack)
labeled “RECORDS”. Thanks a
bunch! Questions? Call
Jackie Kamp at 231-937-5626.
Senior Lunch Pine Grove Senior
Café present Ma & Pa’s Home Cooking. Ma invites all those age 60 and older
to enjoy a cool plate of her Tuna Pasta Salad with all the fixin’s,
just perfect for a hot summer day. Pa
opens the café Wednesday the 30th of
June at Noon in our Family Life Center on the North West corner of Beech and
M-82. Ya’ll come by now ya-hear.
The Food Truck will be here this Saturday at
10:00 a.m.
SPORTS CAMP IS ALMOST
HERE!!! Come
one come all!! July 5-8
from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. Thank
you to all the sponsors and volunteers! We
need LOTS of cookie bakers yet. Please
pre-register your children at the sign up table by the Family Life
Center. Team Captains and
Station Attendants please see Jackie Veenstra to get
your packets!
The Cadets will be hosting a breakfast
fundraiser on Saturday, July 10 from 9-11 a.m. Be prepared to start your day with a
fulfilling breakfast created by these hard-working young men.
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
Please join us next Sunday
at 6:00 p.m. as we welcome Mr. Jim Worthing to the
tent. Jim is a recording artist, songwriter as well as a
producer. He is in his 29th year of professional singing with five solo
CD's. Before going out on his own, Jim sang lead with the Cumberland
Boys. He also sang with Opryland's Gospel
Quartet in Nashville, TN. It is an honor for us to have Jim here at Pine
Grove as part of our Summer Concert Series.
It’s time once again to
prepare for
the GEMS/Cadets tent sale. It will take place on Friday and Saturday, July 23rd and 24th. Please bring your donations to the
basement of the Family Life Center. Please
no exercise equipment, analog TV’s, or computer systems that are incomplete or
broken. These things don’t
usually sell, and can be costly to dispose of. Also, no donations will be taken the
week of the sale. Please
contact Tom Slendebrock at 231-937-6455 with any
questions.
Attention Race Fans: Pastor Brent will be racing in the
Faster Pastor race at Berlin Raceway in Marne on August 21st. Please reserve this date, as more fun
will be added. Tires will
be smokin’.
“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 June 27
Ministry
of Word: a.m. Bill Vis Today: Prayer Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
p.m.
Bill Vis Morning
Worship, 10:00 a.m.
Nursery: Sheryl Pittman, Carol
Sherman T
& Jeff Bonnier
Coffee Servers: Ken & Dianne DeYoung, and Tuesday: Golf Scramble, 9:00 a.m.
Sid & Delores Vanderbaan Wednesday: Senior Lunch, 12:00
p.m.
Serving
Next Sunday July
4 Thursday: Grounds Work, 7:00 p.m.
Ministry
of Word: a.m. Pastor Bill Vis Saturday: Food Truck, 10:00 a.m.
p.m. Jim Worthing
Concert Sunday: Prayer Meeting, 8:45 a.m.
Nursery: Shelly Kamp, Michelle Nagel,
Maggie
Nederhood-Winger, & Jeff Bonnier Jim
Worthing Concert, 6:00 p.m.
Coffee
Servers: Ken & Joyce Haywood, and
Fred
& Gloria Hoonhorst