VBS begins tomorrow! Tickets have been placed on the seats this morning to use to invite kids to VBS. What an awesome opportunity! If you are in middle school or older and wish to help with VBS, people are still needed to guide the groups from location to location. Help any day or a combination of days. Interested? Come to the brief meeting in the auditorium after this morning’s service. It is for ALL workers and helpers of VBS. Reminder to all leaders and helpers, please be at church by 8:45 a.m. on Monday. Thank you!

Ø    Beautiful Womanhood is a Christian marriage mentoring program designed to strengthen marriages and build community among women. Beautiful Womanhood dinners are held once a month for one year using the Titus 2 concept: older women teaching younger women. Do you want to have incredible influence in your marriage and home? Do you long to discover God’s heart for women? Join us this September for a new season of Beautiful Womanhood with women from our church. The first 12 women to call (newly married through women in their 30’s) will be accepted. Please call Carol Scholten at 895-7497 or Jan Smits at 895-6804.

Ø    The GEMS ministry needs 4 new counselors this fall. If you have a love for girls in 2^nd – 6^th grades and want to be used by God to impact young lives, we’d love to hear from you! Please contact Lonna Driesenga at 892-4808 or Rachael Taylor at 895-9414. 

Ø    Faith Friends begins Mon., Sept. 8 for those interested in publicly proclaiming Jesus as their Savior.  Please fill out a form from the Faith Friends mailbox and return it soon so you can be paired with a mentor. An alternate plan for professing your faith is also available. Contact Lorie DeYoung if you have any questions.

Ø    Do you love working with children ages 5-10?  Prayerfully consider becoming a part of Second CRC’s Church School team. You may teach a class alone or as a team.  Contact Lorie DeYoung, Head of Discipleship Ministries at 895-7649 or Kristina Moelker, Church School Director at 895-5946.

Ø    If you are in 8th grade or older and would like to help out in the Media Center, please call Janet Feenstra at 895-6394. 

Ø    At the July Council meeting, John Konyndyk's name was drawn by lot to fill the open deacon position on the Friendship Team.  John will be installed as a deacon at a future worship service. The Council wishes to thank the men who agreed to have their names available again for this selection process. 

Prayer List

GOD’S FAMILY  

Church Prayer Line: 892-8700 CRC                     Prayer Line: 1-888-CRC-PRAY         

Ø    Missions and Missionaries: Zach & Sharon Segaar-King and family in Haiti; Mississippi Christian Family Services in Rolling Fork, MS; Chaplain Larry Norman and Forgotten Man Ministries; Rob & Betty Wood in Quito, Ecuador, Tracy Schierbeek in Nigeria this summer. Tracy has a blogspot at http://tracysmission.blogstop.com.

Ø    We express our sympathy to the family and friends of Jerry Kraker. He entered his heavenly home on July 20.

Ø   New address and phone number for Reg & Jerene Schierbeek’s family: 1021 Lumina Dr., Jenison, MI  49428. Phone: 608–5272.

Ø    Gladys Wassenaar was admitted to Spectrum Hospital on July 21 with congestive heart failure.

Ø    All ladies are invited to the Christian Reformed Conference Grounds on Wed., July 30, for Ladies Day. It will begin with coffee and donuts at 9:30 a.m. Mary Ver Wys will speak at 10 p.m. and lunch ($6.00) will be at noon. 

Ø    LifeWalk 2008 was a huge success. Approximately $16,000 was raised for the Lakeshore Pregnancy Center of Allendale! Thank you to all churches, sponsors, walkers and church representatives; we could not have done this without all of your support!

Ø    The Family LIFE Center of West Michigan in Allendale, a non-profit, non-denominational ministry servicing pregnant women, is seeking new board members. The board meets usually the second Tuesday of the month.  If you are interested, please contact Board President Lynette Brill at 895-5045 or tbrills@altelco.net.

Ø    Prayer Wave event invitation:  All believers are invited to participate (at no cost!) in any or all of the activities of “Prayer Wave,” July 27-Aug. 3 at Lighthouse Community Church of Allendale.  Of special note are teaching nights Tues., July 29 (7 p.m.) and Fri., Aug. 1 (6:30 p.m.) – childcare provided – and Prayer Walking area churches on Sat., Aug. 2 (7 p.m.) followed by ice cream sundaes.  Brochures with more details are available from the kiosk. The events have been organized to increase our understanding and corporate engagement in prayer.  Questions? call Lighthouse Community Church at 895-4349. 

Ø    The 2008 Sea to Sea Bike Tour is making their way from coast to coast. Come August 17 and support the cyclists at a Rally at Fifth Third Ballpark. Author Shane Claiborne will speak about alleviating world-wide poverty. For details or free tickets, go to events.seatosea.org or call 616-224-0761.

For Your Information:

Ø    Nursery for infants and toddlers is available during both services. Partway into each morning service young children are invited to “Just Between” (for 2 ½ - 3 year olds) in room 122 or “Children’s Worship” (for 3-5 year olds) which meets in rooms 127 & 129.   

Ø    Sermons: Outlines, if used, are available on the carts in the back of the auditorium. Bibles are there also. Previous week’s sermons can be obtained at the Information Desk in CD format or can be accessed at the church website: www.2ndcrc-allendale.org.   Click Here to go to the Sermon page.

Ø    For those with special needs: The entire facility is barrier free. Large print bulletins are available at the Information Desk. The auditorium is equipped with a hearing loop. If you have a hearing aid, please set it to “T” for better hearing during the service. The best reception is at the center of the auditorium.

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