Bulletin Board

Ø     Tonight’s service will be a combined service at First Allendale CRC at 5:30 PM. Pastor Harold Veldman will be preaching and an offering will be received for Love INC.

Ø     Families in need of Christian School tuition assistance, please contact Derk Dodde either in person, by email at derkdodde@gmail.com, or by phone at 299-5854 to get a form. Forms will need to be turned in today.

Ø     Ladies, come join in prayer at church tomorrow at 9 AM for this once a month gathering.

Ø     Prayer Intercessors meet this Wed., morning at 10 AM at church. If you have never been before, join us for an hour of prayer. All prayer needs welcomed.

Ø     Next Sunday morning new Council members will be installed.

Ø     The Prime Timers will have a Hamburg Fry at the Roon’s on Fri., June 11, at noon. If you are 55 or older we would like to have you come for food and fellowship. Please call Ida Roon at 895-6246 for reservations.

Ø     The Coffee Break/Story Hour Ministry will begin their 32^nd year in Allendale this fall and is in need of nursery helpers and children’s leaders. Please pray for this ministry. Call Sarah Weaver at 389-7521 or Carol Gulker at 895-6321 if you’d like to be involved.  

Prayer List  / God's Family

Ø     Church Prayer Line: 892-8700

Ø     Groups and Ministries: Adult Bible Studies, Cadets, Children’s Worship, Coffee Break/Story Hour, Connections Night, Council, Church School, Music Ministries, Kids Hope USA, SOS, Youth Group, Just Between, GEMS, Prime Timers, Prayer Groups

Ø     Our sympathy to Reg & Jerene Schierbeek and family. Jerene’s mother, Ann Byma, entered her eternal home on May 20.

Requested Announcements

Ø     A host family or couple is needed for a foreign GVSU student for about a month this summer. He wishes to stay with a family to improve his English speaking skills. Room and board payments would be made. For more information, please contact Dave Weemhoff at 534-4809 or DWbiker@aol.com as soon as possible.

Ø     “Leave a Legacy”  “I have fought the fight…finished the race…kept the faith”  2 Tim 4:7.  Leave a legacy by participating in Lakeshore Pregnancy Center’s 16^th annual LIfeWalk on Sat., June 19.  Walkers from last year helped LPC share God’s Truth and love through 6,498 client visits!  Please contact Rachel Boers or visit the LifeWalk table in the church lobby for a pledge form and start making a difference today!

Ø     Camp Geneva has a 25 passenger bus for sale. Call Facilities Director, Jack VanSlooten, at 886-9063 for details.   

Ø     Men of Grace will host a hymnsing/concert June 13 at 7:45 PM in Lamont CRC to bid farewell to director Brenda Oosterhouse. Refreshments will be served between the evening service and the concert. Everyone is invited to join in a time of fellowship and singing.

Ø     Christian Reformed Conference Grounds News: Camping openings - X-Week, June 5-12, $150 camping for the week, membership included; limited pool and store hours; no Bible School or Bible Study and openings June 12-19, "Family Sports Camp", reduced camping rates, Visit www.crcg.org for more information. On Sat., June 12, The Singing Crusaders, a group of 65 men, will be in concert. Dinner will be available from 5-6:30. Please call 616-842-4478 for details.

Ø     Allendale Community Church will hold a Yard/Craft Sale and Silent Auction from 9 AM to 2 PM on June 5. To reserve a spot, call Caroline at 895-4057 or Judy at 875-7843 by June 2.  A donation of $10 per spot will be asked which includes two lunches. Donations will go to ACC Feeding America Fund.  Volunteers that day are appreciated. To learn about becoming a partner of ACC Feeding America, email acchurch@altelco.net or go to their Facebook page ACC Feeding America.

Ø     Employment Opportunities: (1) Full-time Program & Marketing Assistant for Geneva Camp & Retreat Center. A description and application details are available at www.campgeneva.org.  Deadline for applications: June 18. (2) Year round, part-time Development & Marketing Administrator for the Conference Grounds. For more information, call 842-4478 or email ministry@crcg.org. (3) Part-time Director of ATLAS, a Christ-centered adult mentoring ministry at City On A Hill in Zeeland. Contact atlas@coahm.org or go to www.atlasgroupltd.org.

Ø     The "Reformed Mission in an Age of World Christianity”  Conference occurs just prior to the merger assembly of the Reformed Ecumenical Council and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches at Calvin College. Its goal is to deepen Reformed Christian ideas and partnerships among ministry and higher education leaders. Go to: http://www.calvin.edu/go/rcc for information and registration. Register online until June 4. Walk-up registration in the Van Noord Arena will start June 15.

Ø     All children entering grades 2^nd through 8^th are invited to Lamont Art Camp June 14-18 from 8:15 - noon at Lamont CRC. On Fri., the 18^th, at 5:30 there’ll be a picnic supper, art show, and program featuring the campers’ talents.  To register, go to www.lamontcrc.org and find all the pictures and information.