Our church in worship

WELCOME TO EVERYONE! We rejoice in having you here to join in worship, learning, and fellowship. Let us praise God joyfully together.

EVERYONE IS INVITED to stay after the service this morning for a time of fellowship and refreshments in the fellowship room.
-OUR CHURCH IN WORSHIP –

TODAY, WE WELCOME Rev. Walter Jones to our pulpit for the morning service. This evening we will have Rev. Ray Dekker. Next Sunday morning we will be having Rev. Bob Pohler.

NEXT SUNDAY EVENING Second Church will be hosting a Combined Evening Worship service at 6 pm for the Fremont area CRC churches.  Rev. Bob Broekema will be preaching.  The offering will  be for the Fremont Christian School.

CHURCH BULLETINS: The order of worship print is being made larger in the regular bulletin. If you would still like a large print bulletin, please let the secretary know. Children’s bulletins are on the shelves in the narthex.

THE LOOP SYSTEM is available in the sanctuary for those who are in need of hearing assistance.
-SERVING ONE ANOTHER –
Greeting You: Jim Rottier & Sue Thornton; Rich & Janet Deters

Next Week: Joy Meyers & Anita Meeuwenberg; Frank & Shirley Bunce

Sunday School Storyteller: Nicole Hansen

Next Week: Nicole Hansen

Nursery Attendants: Edith Deters, Kim Ames, Angela Powers

P.M.: Elaine Powers

Next Week: Louise Breuker, Diane Beattie, Destiny Bartolameolli

P.M.: Sandy Kolk

Children's Worship: Angela Powers & Easton Herman

Next Week: Kristi Bartolameolli & Daniel Minasian

Ushers: Carol Bultman, Carolyn Kempf, Jim Teusink

Next Week: Joyce Frens, Wayne Mast, Colleen Hall

Projection System: Lori Jacobs

Next Week: Lori Jacobs

Sound & Video: Rick & Margaret Mansfield

Next Week: Rick & Margaret Mansfield

MISSION CONCERNS: We are adding all the missions and causes that our congregation supports. Some can be contacted by letter or email, but all will be blessed by our prayers.

Missionary/Missions Letters/Emails/Prayers This Week: Rev. Randy & Shirley VanOsdol, 390 Rain Shadow Dr., Belgrade, MT 59714. Email: [e-mail]. Families of Ric Zahrt, Ed Ames, Kim Ames.

-CHURCH FAMILY-
CONGRATULATIONS to Max & Ann Luchies in celebration of your 65 years of marriage. Please join them in the Fellowship room after the morning service. Cake & coffee will be served in their honor.

Jan 5 at 8:03 PM

THANK YOU so much for the many cards we received during the Holiday Season.  The Christmas caroling  was beautiful and appreciated so much.  It's at times like this when you realize what a Wonderful Church Family we have.  God Bless You All!  - Al & Norma Luchies

THANK YOU for your kind words and good wishes.  It has been a privilege to be an organist at First CRC  with the bonus of hearing your wonderful singing.  Don and I leave with mixed feelings.  We will miss you, our church family, but are eager to see more of our kids and grandkids.  May God continue to bless you.  Beth Reinders

MARIAN ROTTMAN has a new address: Green Acres, 801 E. Main,  Rm 110, Fremont, MI 49412.

DON AND BETH REINDERS have a new address: 89 Porter Hills Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI  49546. Phone number is:   [phone]

-FROM THE COUNCIL-
NEXT SUNDAY OFFERING- A.M.: Church Operations. P.M.: Combined at 2nd CRC

THE ELDER & COUNCIL MEETINGS will be on Monday, January 18. If you have an item that needs to be addressed, please contact either Mike Minasian or Ron Bielema, prior to the meeting.

FOOD PANTRY - Our 4th Quarter Food & Toiletry Collection for True North Food Pantry totaled 396#.  Thank you for your generous support this past year.  Many families are blessed with these donations and your continued generosity and prayers.

IF ANYONE NEEDS ASSISTANCE to and from their car, please sign the sheet on the cabinet near the Council room or call Dave Wolfsen, 924-0731.
-CHURCH CALENDAR THIS WEEK-

Today: A time of fellowship and refreshments follows the morning service.

6:00 p.m. - Evening Worship Service

Tuesday: 2:00 p.m. - Mary Martha, lesson 6

Wednesday: 6:15 a.m. - GEMS

7:00 p.m. - BASIC at FCS gym

Snack: Knuver:
-CHURCH MINISTRIES-

SCRIPTURE FOR THIS WEEK - PSALM 36. Let this Scripture give you words to pray when you cannot find the words to pray. 

SONG SERVICE LEADERS - We need leaders beginning in January. There is a sign-up sheet on the hallway cabinet for people that would like to lead. Song Service is usually the 2nd & 4th Sunday evenings of the month. Thank you to those who lead!

YEARBOOK 2016 - We will be sending in an order for the Christian Reformed Church Yearbook on February 1. Please sign the sheet on the cabinet near the Council room if you would like to order. You may pay when they come in; cost is $15.

COFFEE BREAK Women - Don't delay - take the opportunity to start the New Year 2016 by joining Coffee Break! Coffee Break will begin on Tuesday, January 12, at 9:30 -11 a.m. with the Old Testament study of the book of Nehemiah. Join the discussion re:  leadership/steadfastness in the midst of opposition, working together, and what it means to be a community of God.  Come with your neighbor/relative/friend -- there is room at the table.  Questions - Call Julie #928-0184 or Karen #335-2285.  Childcare and materials provided.

ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, an invisible war rages around you - unseen, unread, yet felt throughout every aspect of your life. A devoted, devilish enemy seeks to wreak havoc on everything that matters to you: your heart, your mind, your marriage, your children, your relationships, your resilience, your dreams, your destiny. If you're tired of being pushed around and caught with your guard down, this study is for you!

The enemy always fails miserably when he meets a woman dressed for the occasion. Come study The Armor of God with Priscilla Shirer. The Wednesday night Women's Bible Study starts January 20 for 7 weeks. Sign up outside the Council room. Deadline is January 10. Bring a friend, can't wait to see you there! Any questions, call Kimberly Ames, [phone].

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY - The Wednesday Night Ladies Bible Study would like to provide childcare. This enables more women to attend. Any women or young ladies that are willing to get involved, please contact Kimberly Ames, [phone].

CHURCH NEWSLETTER: Our church newsletter will be printed soon. If you have participated in a ministry or a service project recently, have experienced an event you would like to share, have been blessed with a grandchild or great-grandchild, etc. please put your information in the "Newsletter" mailbox, across from the Council room by January 21. Thank you!

-REQUESTED ANNOUNCEMENTS-
THE JANUARY SERIES lectures will be video streamed live at the Dogwood Center, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, January 6-26. The lectures are free and open to the public. Both the Black Box and Main Stage areas will be available for seating. Attendees may bring their lunch or order a lunch for $5 by calling 924-8885 at least 24 hours prior to the date.

WELLSPRING ADULT DAY SERVICES: Are you caring for a loved one at home? Do you know someone who is? Would you like to learn more about a ministry designed to help those caregivers and also the loved ones they are caring for? If so we would love for you to join us for lunch so we can tell you more about Wellspring Adult Day Services. 

Wellspring Adult Day Services is a new ministry at Reeman CRC starting in April 2016. The mission of Wellspring is to provide safe, Christian, supportive and stimulating care for senior adults who need supervision. This will provide respite for their caregivers during daytime hours.

You are invited to attend an informative lunch at Reeman CRC on January 13 at 12 noon.

Please RSVP to 924-3451.

BIBLE LEAGUE - "You Never Know" media collection and scanning project sponsored by area Bible League Volunteers will end this month. We request that books or tapes be taken to the Fremont Public Library from now on. Thank you for the support of this unique fund raiser whose name indicated that, until the book, CD, DVD or tape was scanned, its value would not be known. The donations resulted in approximately $450 which provided additional Bibles for various countries and "your" bookshelves cleared. A blessing for both of us.  

GET OUTDOORS, play hard, meet amazing counselors, make great friends, and know that you are loved by a God who is greater than you can imagine. It's time to register for 4-day and 8-day in-camp sessions for grades 1st through 9th and wilderness trips for grades 7th through high school. Camp Roger, in Rockford, MI has been revealing God's love through experiences in God's world since 1913. Find out more at camproger.org.

Prayer Needs & Praises

*Remember in your prayers those who are unable to attend our worship services. This week we remember Frank Hansen & Janet DeVisser; both at the Medical Care Facility.