Bulletin – December 2, 2018
Hamilton Christian Reformed Church
December 2, 2018
Our Church Calendar:
Today: December 2 – First Sunday of Advent
9:10 am ~ Prayer Time (Pastor Jake’s office)
9:30 am ~ Morning Worship Service –
Worship Leader ~ Rev. Jacob Porter
Offerings ~ HCRC Ministries and Building Fund
Noisy Offering ~ Love INC Christmas Project
Sunday School ~ Pre-K – 4th Grade
Story: Luke 2
Fellowship Time follows the morning service
4 – 5:30 pm ~ Coffee with the Pastor – parsonage
6 pm ~ Advent Carol Sing – Hamilton Reformed Church
Offering: Love INC
Monday, December 3
6:30 pm ~ Executive meeting
7:15 pm ~ Elders meeting
Tuesday, December 4
10 am ~ Ladies Guild Bible Study – lesson 3
Wednesday, December 5
7 am ~ Prayer Time in the sanctuary
6:30 pm ~ GRACE 360 Youth Group
6:30 pm ~ Bible Study – The Mission of Jesus
Sunday, December 9 – Second Sunday of Advent
9:10 am ~ Prayer Time (Pastor Jake’s office)
9:30 am ~ Morning Worship Service
Worship Leader ~ Rev. Jacob Porter
Offerings ~ HCRC Ministries and Building Fund;
Noisy Offering ~ Love INC Christmas Project
Sunday School: Pre-K – 4th Grade
12 noon ~ Prayer Partner Potluck – fellowship hall
6 pm ~ Evening Worship Service – Hamilton Reformed –
Worship Leader: Rev. Adam Van Der Stoep
Requested & Expanded Announcements
December 2, 2018
Thank you church family for your donations to the Love INC Food and Personal Needs Pantry. Your donations helped to stock the shelves for the clients we serve.
Thank you church family for your generous hearts with the Thanksgiving Offering. We give praise to God.
Evening Service will be held at Hamilton Reformed Church at 6 pm. Mr. Jack Ten Cate will lead the Advent Carol Hymn Sing. Join in in singing the songs that share the Christmas message. A special offering will be received for Love INC.
Ladies Guild Bible Study will meet on Tuesday, December 4 at 10 am in the fellowship hall. We will discuss lesson 3, The
First Christmas. Our bible study will conclude on December 18 with lesson 4.
Grace 360 Youth Group will meet on Wednesday, December 5 at 6:30 pm in the youth room. We will have a lesson on Social Media from Colossians 3:16-17. Remember to think of a dessert to make for the Dessert Bake-off on December 12 for the fellowship dinner.
Bible Study will meet on Wednesday, December 5 at 7 pm in the fellowship hall. We will view the DVD, The Mission of Jesus, with the discussion following. We will also meet on December 19 and continue this study on January 16.
Prayer Partner Potluck will be held on Sunday, December 9 at noon in the fellowship hall. If you have signed up to pray
for a child / youth this school season you are invited to come and share a meal and connect with the child / youth whom you are praying for. Families of the Prayer Partners are welcome to this meal. Please bring a hot and cold dish to share; tableware and beverage will be provided.
Small Group Bible Study will meet on Tuesday, December 11 at 7 pm. We will discuss lesson 3, The Grace Through Faith.
Fellowship Night will be held on Wednesday, December 12 in the fellowship hall. A Christmas meal (ham, mashed
potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and dessert) will be served from 5:30 – 6:30 pm followed by the congregation meeting. The GRACE 360 Youth Group will be having a Dessert Bake-off to top off the meal. The youth members will each be creating various desserts for you to enjoy and judge. You will be able to cast your vote by giving a monetary donation for the best dessert. The proceeds will be for the mission trip in 2019 to Colorado.
Congregational meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 12 at 6:30 pm. At this meeting the general budget for 2019 will be discussed and voted on. Prayerfully consider this budget of our church. All professing members, 18 years and older, are encouraged to attend this meeting. If you are unable absentee ballots are available from any elder.
Boy’s Cadets ~ We will meet on Wednesday, December 12 at 6:30 pm. We will have a special Christmas night. Meet at the clubhouse.
Christmas Cards for our missionaries and home church family may be placed in the Christmas mailboxes December 1 – December 12. The boxes are located in the fellowship hall. Take time and send Christmas greetings to each one.
Christmas Card Volunteers are needed to deliver Christmas cards to our home church family. If you would be willing to deliver a package of cards and bring Christmas greetings to some of our church friends let Lori know in the office.
Baby Basket ~ Let’s give a loving welcome to little Lucy Noelle Vander Bok. The baby basket is out today and December 9 and 16 so that we can shower Lucy with a warm church family welcome through our cards and gifts.
Missing from the church kitchen is the electric can opener and the 2-cup measuring cup. If you used these items from the church kitchen please return them. Also if you borrow any items from the church please contact the church office before taking them from the church.
Church Kitchen ~ If you are not sure what something is used for in the kitchen, please do not throw it away. The test strips are used to test the PH level of the sanitize water, which is required by the Health Department, are missing. These strips are very expensive to replace. Please help us out with this policy.
GATE After School Program is expanding and needs volunteers. Currently the GATE serves 6th – 8th grade students on
Tuesdays and Thursdays, but in January they will be open on Monday afternoons for 5th grade students. With the expanded hours we need new faces to add to the volunteer team. If you are interested in volunteering contact the GATE director, Cassie Alderink at thegateministry,117@gmail.com.
The Jesse Tree ~ A Family devotional and craft for Advent. Enjoy a fun and informative Advent activity to go along with
December’s Today devotional. You can download the devotional and Christmas ornaments at backtogod.net/downloads.
Is Your Heart Ready ~ Advent starts today. Is your heart ready? Celebrating Christmas isn’t a day, it’s a season. Orient your Christmas season with Advent devotions from World Renew and the CRC Office of Social Justice every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, starting tomorrow. This year’s devotional series titled Holy Impatience will explore doing justice in a world that belongs to God, a world where so many people are marginalized and oppressed, with a holy impatience both celebrating glimpses of the kingdom and eagerly yearning for what is to come. To sign up, go to crcna.org/advent.
Webinar: Helping That Helps (at Christmas and beyond) ~ During Advent, helping people in need is on our minds as
church families. Helping that Helps (at Christmas and beyond) is a one-hour webinar that explores alleviating poverty while helping rather than unknowingly harming, people who struggle financially. Learn practical strategies to overcome local and global poverty and injustice. Join Wendy Hammond (World Renew) and Andrew Ryskamp (Diaconal Ministry Initiative) on Wednesday, December 5 at 1 pm. To register, go to http:/bit.ly/helpingwr.
Advent Family Faith Formation ~ Teach Us to Pray, published by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship is a wonderful
resource for family worship. If you’re looking for a meaningful way to celebrate Advent at home, the Advent section of this book is available as a free download at tinyurl.com/CICWAdvent. Each day’s page includes a Bible reading, questions to talk about, prayer ideas and more. (Faith Formation Ministries; crcna.org/Faith Formation)
Kid’s Korner ~ Do you know why Liz has been kicked out of baseball camp? Find out the real reason on this week’s Kid’s
Korner. Check out the Advent Calendar and Devotional at www.kidscorner.net.
A Savior Foretold ~ We find the first talk of a Savior and the first indicator of Christmas while Adam and Eve are still in
the Garden of Eden. Join Groundwork in the study of Genesis 3:14-15 to allow the context from which God’s promise of a Savior emerges to broaden our understanding of Christ’s birth. Listen at GroundworkOnline.com.