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May 18, 2025

 

MORNING WORSHIP

Please stand where indicated with *.

 

  Call to Worship:  Psalm 138:1-2

*Songs:  “With Grateful Heart My Thanks I Bring”

               “Ancient of Days”

*Welcome

*God’s Greeting and Greet Each Other

 

*Verse of the Month:  Romans 8:28

*Song of the Month” “His Glory and My Good”

  (Please be seated.)

 

  Call to Confession:  1 John 1:8-9

  Prayer of Confession

 

*Our Assurance:  The Apostles Creed

*Song of Assurance:  “I Believe”

 

  Children dismissed for Children’s Worship.

 

  Morning Prayer

 

  Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:1-15

  Message:  Counterfeit: “Seeing Past the Masks”

  Prayer

*Songs of Response: “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”

                                     “Jesus”

*God’s Parting Blessing

*Parting Song: “The Only Name”

 

  Minister – Matthew Pearce

  Worship Leader – Julie Vander Slik

  Singers – Kate Kuiper, Liz Nguyen

  Accompanist – Laurie Hinken

  Drummer – Cory McCallum

  Sound Technician – Rich Vander Meer

  Live Stream – Michael Becker

 

 

TODAY AT WEST LEONARD CHURCH

Fourth Sunday After Easter – Pastor Matthew today begins a new sermon series: “Counterfeit: Seeing Past the Masks,” today talking about how the apostle Paul dealt with correcting versions of the Christian faith that were just a bit off the real thing.

Tonight – Our Ministry Resident, Cory McCallum, will bring a message from Numbers 13:26 – 14:4, “Keep Moving Forward.” Tonight’s service will be the last time that our congregation will gather for worship on Sunday evenings.

Your offering can be placed in the plates as you leave the sanctuary. Offerings today not designated for another cause will be for Church Operating Expenses this morning and our local Northwest Food Pantry tonight.

Thank you to those helping today:

Greeters:  Mike & Rachel Vander Wall.

Prayer Team: John & Betty Bouwman.

Nursery: Barb DeKorte, Mary Bouwkamp.

Children’s Worship:  Tracy Pearce.

Floating Helper: Ben Wiersma.

 

NEXT WEEK

May 25 – Pastor Matthew will preach at morning worship.,

Offering:  Church Operating Expenses.

Greeters:  John & Betty Bouwman.

Nursery: Barb DeKorte, Mary Bouwkamp.

Children’s Worship: Diane Hamstra.

Floating Helper: Natalie VanderMeer.

Sound Technician: Rich VanderMeer.

 

PRAYER TIME

Join us for our monthly Prayer Time at 11 a.m. today in the lounge. “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself . . . Each day has enough trouble of its own.”  - Matthew 6:33-34

 

ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING

Our annual congregational meeting will be held on Sunday, June 8, after the morning service. The purpose of the meeting is to vote for new office bearers and to approve the new budget. The nominees for elder are Glenn Hudson and Julie Vander Slik. There are two nominees for two positions; this will be a confirming yes/no vote. The nominees for deacon are Ryan Bylsma, Paul DeKorte, Melody Flanders and Robb Wiersma. There are four nominees for three positions—two to be decided by vote and one by lot. We give thanks for each person who has allowed their name to stand for office. If you are unable to attend the meeting, two weeks prior to that date proxy ballots will be available and the proposed budget will be in your church mailboxes

 

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP IS MOVING!

Can you help? After this morning’s service, anyone and everyone who is willing and able is asked to come downstairs to the Children’s Worship room and help us move to the Activity Center for the duration of the boiler project construction. Many hands make light work, and you would be so appreciated by the Children’s Worship teachers!

 

BOILER BRIEF - BRING THE HEAT!

 - Envelopes were in your mailboxes for giving towards the project or you can give through the GIVE tab on our website.

 - Another easy way to help is to donate your empty pop cans (or the monies from returning them). Ask your friends, family, 

   neighbors or workplace to donate theirs as well! A receptacle to receive your can donations is at the ground floor entrance A.

- Also, our faithful piggy bank is patiently waiting near the cookie table to accept your coins to Bring the Heat!!

 

PROPERTIES NEEDS YOUR HELP!

We are prepping for the boiler project in the church basement and will need some help from you to make that happen. We need help with a number of tasks, some of which are:

• Remove and relocate wooden shelving.

• Empty the boiler room.

• Move archival items from the closet in the deacons’ room.

• Transport a large number of spent florescent tube bulbs to a recycling center.

• Remove and discard room dividing curtains.

• Scrap a number of other items.

Can you help? Please? This is somewhat time-sensitive work. If you are willing, call or text Gary Hinken: 616-560-0167.

 

CLASSIS GRAND RAPIDS NORTH

Our local Classis of the CRCNA will meet on May 20 at 4 p.m. at Grant CRC. Our church’s delegates are Pastor Matthew, Elder Linda Rienstra and Deacon Sue Vander Meer.

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GROUNDWORK: EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS FROM GOD

Whether we have them or not, money and possessions are an inescapable fact of life. Join our Groundwork conversation as we study passages like Exodus 20:15-17, Deuteronomy 5:19-21, Deuteronomy 8:7-18, Leviticus 25:23-28; Proverbs 22:9, Ephesians 4:28, and Matthew 5:40-42 to cultivate a biblical perspective on our money and the things we own in this life. Listen now at Groundworkonline.com and subscribe to Groundwork's weekly emails for future episodes. Groundwork is a part of ReFrame Ministries, the media agency of the Christian Reformed Church

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THIS WEEK AT WEST LEONARD CHURCH

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Today, May 18, 2025

             9:30 a.m.                     Morning Worship – sanctuary

            10:30 a.m.                    Coffee Fellowship – upper lobby

            11:00 a.m.                    Prayer Time – lounge – Everyone is invited!

             6:00 p.m.                     Evening Worship – downstairs fellowship room

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Tuesday, May 20

             4:00 p.m.                    Classis Grand Rapids North at Grant CRC

 

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MAY VERSE OF THE MONTH: Romans 8:28

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,

who have been called according to his purpose.

 

MAY SONG OF THE MONTH:

“His Glory and My Good”