This Week's Bulletin
HANCOCK CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
May 15, 2022
Welcome to worship at Hancock CRC! Today is a day in which we worship the Lord, hear from His Word, and fellowship with His saints. After the service, please join us downstairs for refreshments and fellowship!
GREETING:
Daryl and Nancy Dosdall
Next Sunday:
Darrell and Cheryl Walton
SERVING REFRESHMENTS:
Daryl and Nancy Dosdall
Next Sunday:
Darrell and Cheryl Walton
USHER:
Brian Bolluyt
Next Sunday:
Kevin Blair
LIBRARIAN FOR MAY:
Lori Bolluyt
NURSERY:
Parents with infants and small children are welcome to use the church nursery. Further assistance will be provided upon request.
CHURCH CALENDAR:
Today, May May 15, 10 A.M.:
Pastor David Dick will lead the service. The special offering will be for Future Building Improvement.
11:00 A.M.:
Congregational Meeting after the morning service.
7:00 P.M.:
Baccalaureate Service at the Hancock School Gym. Pastor David will be preaching.
Wednesday, May 18, 6:30 – 7 A.M.:
Weekly prayer meeting in the church basement.
Thursday, May 19, 6:30 P.M.:
Men’s Fellowship Night in the church basement. This is the last one for the spring; we will be taking a break for the summer months, and resuming in the fall.
Next Sunday, May 22, 10 A.M.:
Pastor David Dick will lead the service. The special offering will be for Lakeside Cemetery.
6:00 PM:
Sunday Evening Bible Study. We will be looking at Lesson 17: The Divided Kingdom.
OUR CHURCH FAMILY:
Deb Newhouse has resumed chemo treatments. Please continue to pray for her and Pastor Harrison.
Please pray for all of those in our community who have been affected by the recent storms. Pray that the Lord would provide repair and restoration to everyone in need.
Please pray for those graduating from high school this week, especially those who have been involved with our church through Catechism and Youth Group: Alexis Benson, Sebastian Felix, Carlee Hanson, Rylee Hanson, Jordan Hausmann, Alexa Meierding, Cora Millette, Tori Pahl, Dallas Walton.
Continue to pray for Linda Shank, Dave Evink, Murray Foss, Marla Miller, the elderly, those with ongoing health issues, and those grieving the loss of loved ones.
BIRTHDAYS:
May 21:
Mason Ver Steeg;
May 22:
Bella Ver Steeg
REQUESTED ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Everyone is welcome to the open house in the church basement on Saturday, May 21, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m., honoring Alexis Rae Benson on her graduation from Hancock High School.
The church library is moving out some old books, which are in some boxes by the table in the foyer. Please look through the boxes by June 1, and take any books you would like!
Upcoming Special Offerings
May 29 – Nellie DeJager Fund
June 5 – Church Education
Schedule for May/June 2022
Thursday, May 26, 6:30 P.M.:
Women’s Fellowship Night in the church basement. This is the last one for the spring; we will be taking a break for the summer months and resuming in the fall.
Sunday, May 29, 11:00 A.M.:
Ray and Angie De Lange will be giving a presentation on their ministry after the morning service. A potluck will follow. Please bring a hotdish or salad. Drinks and ice cream sundaes will be provided. A ‘star’ cookie table will be set up for the kids to frost their own cookie. Circle #1 is asked to serve.
Friday, June 3, 10:00 A.M.:
Ladies’ Bible Study. We will be studying Lesson 3: Called to Trust in the Faithful God. Tuesday, June 14, 7:30 P.M.: Council Meeting. Roger Evink will serve refreshments.
Highlights of the May Council Meeting
1. The May Council Meeting was held on May 9, 2022.
2. The Treasurer’s Report for April 2022 was reviewed and approved.
3. Pastor David gave a report of his work and visits. Council asks that you keep Pastor David and his family in your prayers.
4. Pulpit supply is being worked on for June 12 and July 17.
5. The Education Committee will have a meeting this summer to order new material for the next educational year, and to prepare for Vacation Bible School.
6. Council decided to print 40 copies of the free Easter Hymnal provided by Getty Music for use in worship services.
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Canons of Dort, MPOD 2, Article 7
For it was the entirely free plan and very gracious will and intention of God the Father that the enlivening and saving effectiveness of his Son’s costly death should work itself out in all the elect, in order that God might grant justifying faith to them only and thereby lead them without fail to salvation. In other words, it was God’s will that Christ through the blood of the cross (by which he confirmed the new covenant) should effectively redeem from every people, tribe, nation, and language all those and only those who were chosen from eternity to salvation and given to him by the Father; that Christ should grant them faith (which, like the Holy Spirit’s other saving gifts, he acquired for them by his death). It was also God’s will that Christ should cleanse them by his blood from all their sins, both original and actual, whether committed before or after their coming to faith; that he should faithfully preserve them to the very end; and that he should finally present them to himself, a glorious people, without spot or wrinkle.
