THE WORD OF GOD

*HYMN OF PREPARATION - #558 “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” EVENING WORSHIP OUR CHURCH FAMILY

(Children 3 yrs. old through 2nd grade are dismissed at this time for Kids Own Worship.) THIS EVENING WORSHIP WILL BE COMBINED WITH PILLAR CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH CONGRATULATIONS to HEATHER & JOSEPH DYKHUIS
and will be held at Pillar Church. Rev. Chris DeVos will be preaching on Revelations 4-5 and special music on the birth of HUDSON JOSEPH DYKHUIS born on April
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION 7. Congratulations also to grand parents SCOTT & MARCIA
will be from classically trained pianist, Hope College student and high jumper, John Donkersloot. VLIETSTRA, and great grand parents ADE & JUNE
SCRIPTURE - Romans 8:18-27, pg. 1096. VLIETSTRA.

ROGER MULDER underwent pacemaker surgery on Monday at

SERMON - “Can you hear it? Creation groans waiting for you!” the Meijer Heart Center in Grand Rapids.
PRAYER OF BLESSING KAREN SCHRA underwent an extensive heart test on Thursday.

PRAYERS FOR HEALING CONGRATULATIONS and best wishes to GENE

VANDERWELL & LENORA RIDDER who were happily
PRAYER HYMNS - #629 “Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying” married on Saturday, April 17 at their residence in Freedom
#227 “Rock of Ages Cleft for Me” Village.
#441 “Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling” VICTOR AND DOROTHY KLEINHEKSEL will be celebrating
their 60th wedding anniversary on April 21, 2010. The family
THE RESPONSE TO GOD will be hosting an open house at First Reformed Church, Family
OFFERING Life Center on Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 2-4 in the
afternoon. The family would like to invite everyone to come and
OFFERTORY ANTHEM - “Thy Loving Spirit, Lord, Alone” - George Frederick Handel share this happy occasion with them.
Thy loving Spirit, Lord, alone, can lead me forth and make me free, My bondage break, my
sins disown, and set my heart at liberty. Lord, I believe Thy power doth cure, I know Thy PASTOR PAUL & TINA REYNEN are gone on vacation to
truth and grace shall e’er endure. Come, Savior, come, and make me whole, and lead me to North Carolina this week.
Thy home above, to perfect health restore my soul, to perfect holiness and love. ANYONE INTERESTED IN HELPING with a graduation open
PRINTED BY PERMISSION
C.C.L.I. No. 1052025 house for AMBER TEJEDA, please sign up in Pastor Dan’s
office. It will be Monday evening, May 10.
*DOXOLOGY - #808 “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow”
FOR FURTHER “CHURCH FAMILY” updates, please call the
Prayer Line throughout the week. The local number is 395-3282.
*OFFERTORY PRAYER Out of town members should call 1-866-392-8085. If you have a
prayer concern to be added or changed, or would like to receive
SPECIAL OFFERING - “Special Offering for April - First Church Summer Camp Fund” Prayer Line updates by e-mail please call the church office.

HYMN OF RESPONSE - #271 “Christ Is Coming! Let Creation”

PRAYER FOR THE WEEK
*BENEDICTION
FATHER, IN YOUR WISDOM you have made us dependent on
*POSTLUDE - “Christ Is Coming! Let Creation” - Paul Manz one another, and so we pray for the starving millions in our
(based on The Worshiping Church No. 271) world. Give us true repentance for our greed and selfishness. Em-
power us to make amends as best we can. Help us to find the
ways to share so that no one hungers at the table of life. We ask
A.M. PARTICIPANTS: this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
All of us gathered.
Rev. Dr. Daniel N. Gillett -preaching
Jason Naber -worship leading SPECIAL OFFERING
Sandra Cammenga -worship leading
Keith Walker -trumpet OUR SPECIAL OFFERING FOR APRIL, TO BE RECEIVED
The Chancel Choir THIS MORNING will be to help the children of First attend one
Cheryl VanOss -director of the RCA camps this summer. It has been our tradition to fund
Richard VanOss -organist half the cost of basic camp fees for children attending Cran Hill
or Camp Geneva. The Endowment Fund section designed to help
with this has been overwhelmed the last few years because we
have a great problem of having a HUGE group of young people
growing up in our midst.

WORDS OF THANKS

DEAR CHURCH FAMILY, Thank you for all the assurance in

your prayers and all the many, many blessings you have been to
me. Mary VenHuizen
 CHURCH CALENDAR: ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday, April 18, 2010
TODAY (4/18): NOMINATION/VOTING for the 2010-2011 Consistory slate will take place Sunday, April 25. Please be in
9:30 Rev. Dr. Daniel N. Gillett - Healing Service prayer for this important event. Absentee ballots are available starting TODAY in the church office. All absen-
11:00 Sunday School classes tee ballots must be turned in signed by noon Monday, April 26.
11:00 Property Committee meeting CORNER OF STATE & 26TH STREET
5:30 Senior High Youth Group THIS MORNING, WE WILL HAVE A HEALING SERVICE. The Elders have decided to offer a special ser- (630 STATE STREET, HOLLAND, MI 49423)
6:00 Rev. Chris DeVos at Pillar Church vice of prayers 3 times a year. This has been a very meaningful service in the past. If you would like to “stand
MONDAY (4/19): in” for a friend or loved one, please come forward (or to the narthex) for prayer. There will be three stations at
6:30 Chinese Cooking Class the front and two in the back. The front brick side is all male prayers and the back window side is all female (616) 392-8085
TUESDAY (4/20): prayers. Kleenex are available.
9:00 Women’s Discipleship class www.firstchurchofholland.org
9:30 Spiritual Fitness THE PROPERTY COMMITTEE will meet this morning at 11:00 a.m. in Pastor Dan’s office.
1:30 Staff meeting
6:30 Men’s Basketball LOST AND FOUND ITEMS; Please check the lost and found area for many items left behind over the winter
WEDNESDAY (4/21): The family of First Church welcomes you to our services today. You are our guest and we are glad you have
months. We have coats, shoes, books, toys, umbrellas, hats, mittens and much more. Any winter item left after chosen to worship with us. The following are services available to assist you: barrier-free entrances and
7:15 Men’s Prayer Group TODAY will be donated to Goodwill.
3:30 Care Closet restrooms; an elevator to the lower level; supervised child care for infants and toddlers in our spacious nursery; a
5:30 Bell Choir practice hearing assistance system for use with hearing aids with the t-coils or headsets; pre-kindergarten to fifth grade
THE STAFF IS STARTING A CLASS for anyone who might be interested in asking questions about the Chris- children’s worship bags to aid your child during the service and volunteers who are ready to answer any
6:15 Junior High Youth Group tian faith. We recognize that a safe and fun place to be able to ask ‘any question’ can be an important step as
6:30 Chancel Choir practice questions at the Information Post at the rear of the worship center. If we can be of assistance during the week,
someone is thinking about faith and the claims of Jesus, or maybe just getting ‘grounded’ in the basics. Please please call the church office at 392-8085. If you are looking for a church home, please accept this as an
THURSDAY (4/22): call Pastors Paul, Mary, Dick or Dan if you are interested in being a part of this adventure. We will be meeting
9:30 Moms In Touch invitation to ‘check us out.’ There is ALWAYS A WELCOME HOME for you.
during the Sunday School hour for about six weeks starting this morning. Friends, neighbors, relatives are wel-
6:30 Care Closet #2 come as well.
7:00 Bible Study
7:00 Futures Team meeting MORNING WORSHIP—9:30 A.M.
CROP WALK: The 30th Holland-Zeeland CROP Hunger Walk happens this coming Saturday at Holland Chris-
FRIDAY (4/23): tian High School and Sunday at Beechwood Reformed Church. Remember to bring your envelope front flap and
SATURDAY (4/24): your non-perishable food items. Today is a good day to plant a row of beans for delivery later this year. Together THE APPROACH TO GOD
8:00 CROP Walk at HCHS we are CROP - Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty. PRELUDE - “Sospiri” - Franklin D. Ashdown
2:00 Kleinheksel Anniversary Open House
SUNDAY (4/25): Sospiri is Italian for “sighs”
JR. CHOIR PARENTS: Jr. Choir (1st through 5th grade) will sing Sunday April 25th. Please arrive at 9:15 to
9:30 Rev. Dr. Daniel N. Gillett - Nomination Voting practice in the kids choir room. This is the last time we will sing in church for the season so let's try to get a big
11:00 Sunday School classes group of kids! Thanks! ANNOUNCEMENTS
12:30 Koopmans Piano Recital
2:00 CROP Walk at Beechwood Church ON SUNDAY, MAY 2 we will have the rare opportunity of hearing one of most significant missiologists in the PASSING OF THE FRIENDSHIP REGISTER
5:30 Senior High Youth Group world. Dr. Charles (Chuck)VanEngen will be preaching. He is a professor and missiologist at Fuller Theologi-
6:00 Dick & Carolyn Otterness here at First Church cal Seminary and founder of a graduate school (Ph.D level) for Spanish speakers in Latin America. Not only is MINISTRY MOMENT - “CROP Walk” - Sara VanDoornik
Chuck a visionary, he has an amazing sense of humor and is full of the joy of the Lord. You really don’t want to
miss this one! GREETING ONE ANOTHER
SERVING THE CHURCH TODAY
THE NEXT LOSS & GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP will be Thursday, April 29 at 6:30 p.m. INTROIT - “Fanfare - Call to Worship”
COURTESY GREETERS: (4/18) J. & K. Sundararajan, A.
Sybesma, R. & J. Weersing. (4/25) A. Tejeda, E. & L. Texer, D. CRUSADERS CONCERT---Pastor Dan and his Singing Crusaders Male Chorus will present their annual Spring
& T. Timlowski. Concert here at First Church on Sunday, May 2 at 6:00 P.M. Mark your calendars and use it as an opportunity to SENTENCES
USHERS: (4/18) D. Walkotten, D. Geertman, D. Rumrill, L. invite your church and unchurched friends to a night of great music.
Wisner. (4/25) S. Miller, S. VanHekken, M. DeVries, J. *HYMN OF PRAISE - #263 “Alleluia, Sing to Jesus”
Geerlings. OUR YOUNG ADULT GROUP WILL BE WRANGLING the Art Van Dragon balloon during the Saturday,
ELDERS: (4/18 AM) L. DeVries, R. Nykerk, N. Unema, J. May 8 Tulip Time parade. Visit their Facebook group (1st Reformed Church: Young Adult Outreach Group) for *INVOCATION & SALUTATION
Geertman. (4/25 AM) T. Aalberts, G. Bylsma, C. Kleinheksel, B. details and to sign up. Helpers are needed and spots are going fast!
Carlson. (4/25 PM) B. VanDoornik, M. DeHaan. *THE SUMMARY OF THE LAW
BUS DRIVER: (4/18) D. Rumrill / 399-1292.(4/25) T. Aalberts / NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE, Saturday, May 22, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the parking lot of First
355-0924. Church. To reserve space sign up at the Information Post. We only have space for 25 families. Contact Pastor ANTHEM - “Let All the World In Every Corner Sing” -Tom Mitchell
HALL MONITOR: (4/18) C. Kleinheksel, R. Gorman. (4/25) B. Paul for more information. Let all the world in ev’ry corner sing, “My God and King!” The heav’ns are not too high, His
Carlson. praises there may fly; The earth is not too low, His praises there may grow. Let all the world
NURSERY, AM WORSHIP: (4/18) M. Hoffman, G. Risedorph, MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR AUGUST 15-20 if you are interested in participating in an intergenerational in ev’ry corner sing, “My God and King!” The church with psalms must shout; No door can
E. Buit, E. DeVries, M. Vlietstra, L. Schrotenboer. (4/25) M. work project at Cran Hill Ranch in Rodney, Michigan. Lodging is available for those who do not have camp- keep them out; But above all the heart must bear the longest part. Let all the world in ev’ry
Hoffman, R. Nykerk, C. Griep, L. Larson, B. VanDoornik, T. ers. Please sign up at the information post. You can contact Pastor Paul or Pam Johnson for more details. corner sing, “My God and King!”
Nienhuis. PRINTED BY PERMISSION
NURSERY, SUNDAY EDUCATION HOUR: (4/18) J. Evenson, SEVERE WEATHER POLICY, if a tornado/severe thunderstorm warning or watch is issued (for either Allegan C.C.L.I. No. 1052025
N. Kleinheksel. (4/25) D. Neitzel, K. Ashby. or Ottawa counties) and in effect 1 hour before Sunday service or any activity, that service or activity IS CAN-
DEACON COUNTING TEAM: (April) B. Ashby, M. Bosgraaf, CELLED. (If an all clear is given more than 1 hour prior to service or activity time, then the service/activity will PRAYER OF CONFESSION - Psalm 130, NRSV
R. Buit, C. Kleinheksel. be held.) Watch WOOD-TV8, WOTV-41 or WXSP-TV for closings. Leader: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.
FELLOWSHIP COFFEE: (4/18) V. & D. Kleinheksel. (4/25) Congregation: Lord, hear my voice!
Nienhuis. THE BANNER STORAGE ROOM has been the recipient of many various items which need to find a new Leader: Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
home. If you have placed items in that room, will you please remove them if you wish to keep them. If you have Congregation: If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
any questions, please see Larry DeVries. Leader: But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.
Congregation: I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits
THIS WEEK, THE CARE CLOSET COULD USE YOUR DONATIONS OF: bar soap, laundry detergent,
for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those
and toothpaste. Bring your donations at any time to the bin beside the stairs across from the mail slots. Thank
you for your continued support of the Care Closet. who watch for the morning.
Leader: O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is
great power to redeem. It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
 that if they parent perfectly this will be what will

Education Opportunities For the week of April 18, 2010

SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010
KIDS OWN WORSHIP
Children ages 3 years old through 2nd grade are
dismissed during the Hymn of Preparation, meeting
the teacher at the top of the stairs to proceed
downstairs for a worship experience that is age
appropriate. Parents must pick up their children
immediately following the worship service. Children
will not be dismissed without a parent.
Room Age Group
L2 3 & 4 year olds
L16 K, 1st and 2nd grade
PRAYERTIME FOR PEOPLE
WHO DESIRE PRAYER
Join others in a time of prayer, Sunday mornings
following morning worship in the Prayer Room. (F36,
The “green” room off of the Family Life
Center.) Any questions ask Tina Reynen 786-4815.
happen. In this class we will be debunking this theory
and other myths that tie parents into knots while
raising their children. Good things to know for
parents with children of any age. Regular nursery will
still be available but please feel free to bring your
infant or toddler to class. This class will meet from
11-11:45 to accommodate parents who need to pick
up their children from Sunday School.
PROJECT OPEN ARMS, Facilitator: Sara Blomeling
DeRoo MSW/LLMSW; Project Open Arms Advocate
of Bethany Christian Services in Room L6 Did you
know that James 1:27 is a call to action like no other?
"...but true religion is this: to care for the widow and
orphan in their time of need..." Right now there are
more than 143,000,000 orphans world-wide, and over
6,000 of them live in the State of Michigan. Learn
how you can be a part of God's call to care for the
orphan in many different ways. Project Open Arms
of Bethany Christian Services will help equip and
encourage the Body of Christ in following the call of
the Gospel by raising awareness of the current orphan
crisis and providing education on very tangible ways
to help.

CHILDREN COMING UP… Marlin and Sally Vis, RCA

missionaries to Palestine will be presenting.
Parents, To assist us in serving you and your child’s
best interest and safety during the times that you have
entrusted them to our children’s ministry leaders we CALLING ALL QUESTIONS
ask that each week a parent or designated adult
register/sign in your child and pick up him/her at the “CALLING ALL QUESTIONS” IS A CLASS for
end of class. There will be a check in sheet at the anyone who might be interested in asking questions
entry point of each classroom. Also, Please note the about the Christian faith. We recognize that a safe
time changes! and fun place to be able to ask ‘any question’ can be
an important step as someone is thinking about faith
Room Age Group Time and the claims of Jesus, or maybe just getting
L10 2 & 3 yrs old 11:00–11:45 ‘grounded’ in the basics. We will meet during the
L2 4 yrs old & Kindergarten 10:50–12:00 Sunday School hour for about six weeks starting this
L19 1st – 5th grade 10:50–12:00 morning in the conference room. Friends, neighbors,
relatives are welcome as well.
YOUTH
SENIOR HIGH YOUTH GROUP
Room Age Group Time
L23 6th-8th grade 11:00-12:00 Senior High Youth Group meets on Sunday nights in
L22 9th-12th grade 11:00-12:00 L24 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Lesson: “That’s Amazing.”.
Scripture: 2 Kings 4-5.
YOUNG ADULT
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2010
Room Age Group Time
L13 Post high-20 somethings 11:00-12:00
BELL CHOIR
ADULT
Bell Choir practice: Wednesday nights 5:30 p.m.
COFFEE AND CURRENT EVENTS: Grab a cup of
coffee and join facilitator, Bruce Eckert, in the library
for an informal discussion of current events and their JUNIOR HIGH YOUTH GROUP
relationship to our life and faith.
Junior High Youth Group, meets Wednesday at 6:15
“THE MYTH OF THE PERFECT p.m. Special Event: Craig’s Cruisers. Cost: $10.00.
PARENT” Facilitators: Pastor Mary and Larry
Wisner, in Room L11: For many Christian parents
the most consuming concern is that their children
‘turn out’ - meaning church going, God honoring
adults. They’ve adopted the behaviorist philosophy
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CHANCEL CHOIR

The Chancel Choir will rehearse this Wednesday at

6:30 P.M. in the choir room on the lower level.
Rehearsals are just one hour long. Chancel Choir
membership is open to anyone of high school age or
older who loves to sing God’s praises. Prayerfully
consider joining this year and using your talents in
service to God and the church. If you have any
questions, see Rick or Cheryl Van Oss after church,
otherwise just come on Wednesday ready to have a
good time. We look forward to seeing you.

THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010

MOMS IN TOUCH

Moms of children, infant through Kindergarten and

their children, meet weekly on Thursday from 9:30 -
11:00 a.m. in the nursery for faith and fellowship. All
are welcome.

BIBLE STUDY

The Intergenerational Bible study group meets on

Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. They are studying the book of
Luke. Anyone is welcome.