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January 7, 2018 Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.
Better Than Luck Pastor Don Pipers's sermon will be based on Hebrews 13:7-16.
Today
Nursery: The Nursery is available downstairs for children (newborn–age 3) during the morning service. Children’s Church (ages 4-10) meets today.
Greeters
Teachers and helpers will be in the lobby area to meet you.
Today
Karen Heys Tim Vanden Bos
Next Week
Karen Heys Mike Vedders
Sunday School and Catechism classes will meet after the morning service and will dismiss by noon. All children from K-Grade 12 are invited! Congregational Table Talk with the Pastor Search Team (PST): We will have an opportunity to hear from the Pastor Search Team and learn about how the process has been going, and how they arrived at the point of inviting Dan and Grace Claus for a formal candidate visit next week. After the service at 11:15 a.m. Multi-Purpose Room We'll also be able to ask questions of the PST with regard to Dan's background, his strengths, the areas in which he will provide a good fit with us, and any other questions that are important to consider.
Next Week
Message: Reverend Dan Claus will be our guest speaker next week as a pastoral candidate. His sermon, "Life in the Spirit" will be based on Acts 1:6-8. We look forward to what he has to say to us. Q&A Session: Immediately following the service, we will move directly into a Q&A session with Dan. Community Meal: After we have concluded the Q&A session, we will move to the MPR to enjoy a delicious community meal together with Dan and Grace Claus.
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Welcome Center January
Jonathan & Erika Bakker
February
Ken & Carla Hoekzema
Coffee Set-Up January
Tim & Julie Vanden Bos
February
John DeKoekkoek Steve DeKoekkoek
Coffee Clean-Up Today
Ed & Denise Einfeld
Next Week
Debbie Mercado
Nursery (Newborn - age 3) Today
Chris Kredit Kelly Vedders Linnea Bakker
Next Week
Kathy Martin Kendra Buist Geneva Boersema
Children’s Church (ages 4-10)
Today
Paul DeKoekkoek Carissa Nyland Ed Einfeld Peter Boersema
Next Week
Leslie Dempsey Renita Korf Drew Bakker Kyle Einfeld Dylan Vedders
For more info, contact the Church Office
SHORELINE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH January 7, 2018
Prelude Welcome Call to Worship
Lamentations 3:21-23
* Great Is Thy Faithfulness
* God’s Greeting
#556 Pastor Don Piper
* Praise & Confession
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
God of Grace
Prayer Assurance
Sacrifice of Praise / The Lord Reigneth
Prayer and Offering
Local Operating Budget
Children ages 4-10 may be dismissed for Children’s Church Congregational Concerns & Prayer Hearing of God's Word Scripture Passage Hebrews 13:7-16 Message Better Than Luck Celebration of the Lord's Supper Institution & Prayer Receiving the Bread & Cup Songs of Response Here Is Love, Vast as the Ocean Benevolence Offering
Ken Oordt Pastor Don Piper
Pastor Don Piper
Local Church
* Be Unto Your Name * Announcements * God’s Parting Blessing * Closing Song
Pastor Don Piper Days of Elijah
Postlude Prayer Support: The Pastor and Elders are available at the front to pray with and for you. Coffee and Fellowship: Please join us in the Foyer for coffee and fellowship. * Please stand if you are able Offering schedules are available on the table in the foyer 206.364.3021 office@seattlecrc.org
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
The January Series You are invited to the Calvin College January Series, which features lectures on a variety of timely and thoughtprovoking topies. Each lecture will be shown through a live feed from Calvin College and will cover topics ranging from millennials and faith, restorative justice, confident pluralism, radical generosity and so much more by top experts in their fields. Every weekday from January 3-23 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. The live feed at SCRC will be one of more than 50 remote webcast sites across the continent, joining a daily audience of about 3,000 people a day. For information on the speakers and topics, visit the January Series website at https://calvin.edu/january-series/ speakers/. Note from the Elders Due to Pastor Randy Rowland's continuing health struggles, as well as his need for further treatment and procedures, the Elders have decided to grant him a paid medical leave through March of this year. Randy will not be able to preach for us monthly as he has done, but he will provide leadership development and pastoral care for us as time and energy/health permit. Please pray for healing and strength to be restored to Randy at this time.
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NEXT WEEK - Pastoral Candidate Visit and Q&A Session Reverend Dan Claus and his wife, Grace, will be visiting Shoreline CRC in order to lead us in worship, and offer us a chance to meet them. Immediately following the service, we will move directly into a Q&A session with Dan. After we have concluded the Q&A session, we will have an opportunity to enjoy a delicious community meal together downstairs in the MPR. This will provide an informal way to get to know Dan and Grace more personally as we fellowship with one another. Community Meal The congregation is invited to our next community meal. Sunday, Jan. 14  12:30–1:30 p.m. Multi-Purpose Room This will immediately follow the Q&A session with Pastoral Candidate Dan and Grace Claus. Delicious soup will be provided, so please bring a salad or a dessert to share with others. For more info, contact the Church Office
Mark Your Calendars - This Week Sunday, January 7 11:15 a.m.
Congregational Table Talk with Pastor Search Team
Multi-Purpose Room
Monday, January 8 9:30 a.m.
January Series Simulcast
Sanctuary
7:00 p.m.
Men's Bible Study
Council Room
7:00 p.m.
Women's Monday PM Bible Study
Rooms 201-202
7:00 p.m.
Missionary Support Team Meeting
Room 206
Tuesday, January 9 9:30 a.m.
January Series Simulcast
Sanctuary
Wednesday, January 10 9:30 a.m.
January Series Simulcast
Sanctuary
3:00 p.m.
KidReach Tutoring
Shoreline Christian School
7:00 p.m.
Cadets Boys' Club - Merit Badge
Fellowship Hall
7:00 p.m.
GEMS Girls' Club - Badge Night
Foyer, 201-202, 206, Council Room
7:30 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal
Sanctuary
Thursday, January 11 9:30 a.m.
January Series Simulcast
Sanctuary
9:30 a.m.
Women's Thursday AM Bible Study
Rooms 201-202
3:00 p.m.
Sanctuary Interior Team Meeting
Council Room
6:30 p.m.
Handbell Choir Rehearsal
Sanctuary
Friday, January 12 9:30 a.m.
January Series Simulcast
Sanctuary
DATES TO REMEMBER January 14 January 16 January 17 January 20
Pastoral Candidate Visit and Q&A Community Meal Council Meeting Outreach Team Meeting ALIVE Youth Group Pastor Search Team Meeting Couples' Club
206.364.3021  office@seattlecrc.org
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Getting Connected We encourage you to get connected with a community group for fellowship and mutual support. It is far too easy to simply come to church on Sunday and then slip out. We want to get to know you better, so join us! If you would like more information about any group, please contact the Church Office.
Cadets (Boys grades 3-6) The goal of Cadeting is to help boys grow spiritually in all areas of life—devotional, mental, physical, and social. The Cadets meet most Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall during the school year. GEMS (Girls Everywhere Meeting the Savior) This club for girls in grades 3-6 meets on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. in various rooms at church. Our activities include Bible lessons, praise/worship, badges, crafts and other fun things. ALIVE Youth Group (JH and HS students) This year, we are combining our JH and HS students in a group called ALIVE (always living in view of eternity). We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, unless noted otherwise. Our next meeting is on Wednesday, January 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room. Couples' Club (for Couples of All Ages) This group meets one Saturday evening per month from October through May. Our next meeting will be on Saturday, January 20 at 6:30 p.m. Host: Rich & Alyce Bakker Helpers: Ken & Carla Hoekzema Dan & Chris Kredit
Sunday Afternoon Bible Study (Adults all ages) This group of adults meets once a month in various homes every third Sunday from September through May. Our next meeting is Sunday, January 21 at 3:00 p.m. We will continue in our study by Dale Larsen entitled, "Growing Older and Wiser." Men’s Bible Study The Men’s Bible Study meets most Monday evenings at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Room. We will resume this week in our study of Zechariah. All men are welcome, so please join us! Women’s Monday PM Bible Study The Women's Monday Evening Bible Study meets most Monday evenings at 7:00 p.m. in Rooms 201-202. We are using the study Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver. We invite women of all ages to join us. Contact Carla Hoekzema (206) 793-6965 if you have any questions. Women's Thursday AM Bible Study Join us on Thursday mornings at 9:30 a.m. in Rooms 201-202 as work through our study, Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver. This includes video introductions and lessons for this 12-week study. We invite women of all ages to join us!
Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25 (NLT)
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For more info, contact the Church Office
Notes
January Celebrations Our next "Celebration Sunday" will be held on Sunday, January 21 when we will celebrate our honorees with a cake reception after the morning service. Birthdays: 1/4 Eric Buist 1/4 Chris Kredit 1/5 Joe Clem 1/6 Jim Miller 1/6 Carissa Nyland 1/7 Laurie Dykstra 1/7 Louise Ekins 1/8 Judy Corning 1/8 Ted Hettinga 1/9 Herb Reynolds 1/10 Sena Van Heyningen 1/14 Jared Johnson 1/14 Boaz Lien 1/15 Thera Anema 1/15 Gerry Beatty 1/15 Bill Odgers 1/18 Jana Boersema 1/18 David DeKoekkoek 1/20 Jay Faber 1/20 Carla Hoekzema 1/21 Kevin Stratton 1/22 John DeKoekkoek 1/23 Ronda Johnson 1/23 Asher Johnson 1/28 Roy Stanley 1/28 Sue Visser Anniversaries: 1/2 Harris & Audrey Donnel 1/2 Doug & Kathy Martin 1/2 Brandon & Linda Burr 1/2 Gregg & Lisa Boer 1/5 Ray & Angie DeLange 1/8 Greg & Alice Sundy If you have a special day in January that we might have missed, please let us know. You may contact the Church Office by phone or email to provide the needed information. Thank you!
206.364.3021  office@seattlecrc.org
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Shoreline Christian Reformed Church is a gospel and grace-centered
community learning how to follow Jesus. We belong to a broader community called The Christian Reformed Church. What does this mean? We call ourselves… Christian… Because we belong to Jesus Christ and want to be his followers.
Reformed…
Church…
Because we’re part of the historic branch of the Christian church that follows the teachings of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation, who struggled to return Christianity to its biblical roots. Because God has called us to be a fellowship of his people in the world.
14555 25th Ave NE Shoreline, WA 98155 206-364-3021 office@seattlecrc.org www.seattlecrc.org
Interim Pastors: interimpastors@seattlecrc.org Council 2018: council2018@seattlecrc.org (includes Pastors, Elders, Deacons and Office Administrator) Pastor Search Team: pastorsearch@seattlecrc.org Bookkeeper: bookkeeper@seattlecrc.org Bulletin Deadline: Noon on Thursdays Bulletins are now available on https://issuu.com/seattlecrc.org/stacks If you want to “follow” us, you can set up your own account in order to be notified when a new bulletin is published. By clicking on “share,” you can also download them to your computer to save and print, if you like. PowerPoint Announcements Deadline: Noon on Thursdays If you want to submit a request for an announcement slide, please email our PowerPoint Team at sea1p@seattlecrc.org ELDERS Eric Buist Wayne Clousing (ending in March) Clarence Deelstra Steve DeKoekkoek Ken Oordt Tim Vanden Bos (ending in March) Eric van der Giessen
DEACONS Carol DeKoekkoek Laurie Dykstra Ed Einfeld Dale Fakkema Dora van der Giessen