Ø    Tonight we Welcome Touch of Joy who will be lead us in worship.  Next Sunday morning, Clare Evelyn Williams, infant daughter of Patrick & Dana Williams will be baptized.

Ø    Save March 27 for the annual First & Second CRC’ Pinewood Derby & Dinner. Register for the Derby event and join the fun. Forms are available at the Information Desk.  

Ø    All ladies are invited to Bag Ladies on Tues., the 24^th, at 7 p.m. in the double room. Bring a project to work on. Email Erin at erinensing@hotmail.com if you plan to come or have questions.

Ø    Connections Night on March 4 will be a Spaghetti Dinner, a GEMS Fundraiser. Cost: by donation. Dinner will be served from 5:30-6:15 p.m. Help raise money for the girls of this community to be part of the GEMS ministry. Friends, family, Grandpas and Grandmas --- ALL are invited!  Thank you for your support.   

Ø    Do you have a favorite recipe you’d be willing to share? The GEMS are collecting recipes for a cookbook and would like to include as many as you’d like to submit. Some categories to consider: Quick Cooking, Crockpot Meals, Smoothies, Diabetic and Healthy Delights. In your mailbox you will find a sheet on which to write your recipe. They’ll be collected in the red Recipe Box under the mailboxes. Extra sheets are available there too. Please turn in recipes by May 3 so we can have the book published and ready to sell this fall.  Thank you for sharing your recipes! – the GEMS

Ø    Financial Report – January 2009

Notes from January:
1. General Fund Payments includes $4,000 paid for Ministry Shares.
2. We paid some large Benevolence expenses for members in Jan.
3. Our gas & electric bills for the month were $314 less than in 2008!                                                    

Prayer List

GOD’S FAMILY

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

Ø    Shut-ins, Sick, Recovering: Bern Buhrer, Sally Jaarsma, Kay Klap, Ev Kleinjans, Janet Kleinjans, Marian Lynch, Bernice Piersma, Viola Van Farowe, Gladys Wassenaar, Harold & Julia Kraker, Pres & Muriel Jeurink, Wanda Branderhorst, Ali Knoppers, Esther Potgeter, Wendy Sweezer
 

Ø    Note from Zach & Sharon Segaar-King: By God’s grace, we have arrived safely in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after a grueling twenty hours of airports and airplanes on Tuesday [Feb. 10].  We give thanks for your prayers and support over the last six months of our home service.  Please pray for us next week as we lead a training session for regional church leaders on the OT.  We’ve got a lot of unpacking and preparing to do before then! Thanks for your prayers!  [Read more about their work in Haiti in newsletters placed in your church mailbox.]
 

Ø    Pray for Rog & Harriet Sikma who will be part of a CWRWC Needs Assessment team Feb. 21 – March 7 in Liberty and Montgomery Counties in Texas.
 

Ø    The memberships of Sarah Vanden Berg and daughter Rylee have been transferred to Terra Ceia CRC in Terra Ceia, NC.

Ø    Allendale Christian School News: Paper Drive March 6&7 to collect newspapers & phonebooks. The PaperGator, located on the S. side of school, is available all day, every day to collect catalogs, magazines, office/school paper and junk mail. Enroll now for ACS Preschool 2009-2010. There’s a class for 3-year-olds and also 2-day & 3-day classes for 4-year-olds. For information or forms, please call 895-5108 or go to www.allendalechristian.com.  3 on 3 Basketball Tournament March 28 – All schools invited; register by March 13. Call Jody Ribbens at 895-6016 for details or to become a sponsor of the Tournament.

Ø    Register by Feb. 27 for the Terry Teykl Prayer Conference to receive the discounted price of $30. "The Presence Based Church" and "Divine Stongholds" will be presented on March 7, at Calvary CRC. Need based scholarships are available; call Calvary CRC at 224-0753 for details or see form in mailboxes.

Ø    Family LIFE Center of West Michigan will hold its annual benefit at 7 p.m. on March 5 at Main St. Pub. Tickets ($20 each) are available at the Allendale Library, Family LIFE Center and Keegstra's in Hudsonville.

Ø    Borculo Christian School’s Kids Clothing & Toy Sale of spring & summer items will be 9 a.m. – noon on March. 7.  

Ø    Lamont Christian School will host the Lamont 5K River Run on April 18.  To register, go to www.lamontcs.org or go to the school.

Ø    Right to Life of Holland is sponsoring an Oratory Contest for 9^th-12^th graders on March 17. For details, call Betty at 396-1037.

Ø    The Conference Grounds in Grand Haven would love to be your host for a week of family camping by Lake Michigan. There are activities for all ages: Bible study, Bible school, youth group, beach, pool, and youth center. Openings: Memorial Day weekend, all of June, and the last half of August.  Call 842-4478 to make reservations or for more information, visit www.crcg.org.

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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