Sunday, November 21, 2021 Morning Worship—9:30 a.m.

Jeff Knouse

Opening Song……… “Oh Praise the Name”……….Praise Team *Welcome & Call to Worship THE APPROACH TO GOD *Songs of Praise ………………………………………………….“As We Gather” ………………………………………“How Great Is Our God” *Worship Prayer Children’s Message ……………………………….Gerald Droppert 3 yr. olds thru Kindergarten dismissed for Children &

Worship Activities- Legacy Addition basement! Announcements/Congregational Prayer THE WORD OF GOD Scripture ……………………………………… John 18:33-38(pg.879) Message: ……“The King of Your Heart” …….. Jeff Knouse THE RESPONSE TO GOD *Closing Hymn ……………………………….. “Oh Praise the Name” *Benediction *Response ……………………………………“How Great Is Our God” POSTLUDE …………………………………………………..Praise Team *Indicates standing if able CCLI License # 790003

*Children’s activity bags are available in the south coat rooms & wing. *Offering Boxes are at each of the door entrances—your Sunday offering can be placed in these! *Coffee time will be served in the Gathering Place this morning! *The back 5 rows of chairs on both sides of the sanctuary will be reserved for parents with young children

Pastor Tom VandeBerg can be contacted via email at tvandeberg52@gmail.com or the church office at 641-594-2935 ext. 1. He will be in the office on Tuesday and Thursday during the week. He also has a church mailbox located in the church office.

807 3RD ST. PO BOX 208 SULLY, IA 50251

PHONE: 641-594-2935 EXT. 1 EMAIL: frcsully@netins.net WEBSITE: www.sullyfrc.org

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/FirstReformedChurchSully/ LIVESTREAM: available at www.sullyfrc.org

Interim Pastor// Pastor Tom VandeBerg// tvandeberg52@gmail.com Jeff Knouse // Youth & Education Director // jkfrcsully@gmail.com Julie Van Manen // Children’s Ministry Director // julievmfrcsully@gmail.com Deb Van Kooten // Secretary // frcsully@netins.net Deb Van Wyk // Secretary // frcsully@netins.net Sharla Van Wyk // Bookkeeper // sharlafrcsully@netins.net Rod Zuidema // Custodian

NURSERY INFORMATION Please contact Trisha Vander Molen or Kaila Harssalaar at trishavk@hotmail.com or kswank15@outlook.com if you would be willing to help out with this ministry! Nursery alert pagers are available in the nursery at check-in!

A nursery is provided from birth to age 3. Our nurseries are located right next to the Welcome Center located on the south west corner of the sanctuary.

Children In Worship Activities—3 year old—Kindergarten are dismissed during the service and meets downstairs (stairway in the Gathering Place by the elevator)

The AED Defibrillator is located in the church office on the 2nd shelf on east wall

Cookies will be served in Children in Worship for 3 yrs.—Kindergarten

In case of inclement winter weather the decision to cancel services will be made by 7:30 a.m. for the morning service and 3 p.m. for the evening activities. Church meetings will be cancelled if the Lynnville-Sully School cancels classes or is dis-missed early for bad weather. Cancellations will be announced on KGRN, KCCI, WHO TV and www.sullyfrc.org, through our FRC email list and now TEXT ALERTS! SIGN UP for TEXT ALERTS on our website at sullyfrc.org on the home page at the bottom of the page. You will then be noti-fied by a text when services are cancelled!

GIVING AT CHURCH You can Securely Give Online now at www.sullyfrc.org. Your infor-mation is held securely by an SSL encrypted connection. This infor-mation will remain private and will never be given away to third parties, other than to process your scheduled contributions. You can also give by mail or our deacons pick up a weekly offering each Sunday morning.

ACH Contributions - ACH Contributions are a convenient way to give directly from your checking account. Contributions are taken out the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month. Stop into the church office to pick up a form.

WEEKLY SCHEDULES PRAYER REQUESTS PRAISE We extend our congratulations to Brandon & Andrea Vos in the healthy

birth of a daughter, Maren Jeanne, born Tuesday, November 16. Every-one is doing great!

BABY BLESSING BASKETS: There is a baby blessing basket set out in the Gathering Place for our newest little one: Maren Jeanne, daughter of Brandon & Andrea

Vos born Tuesday, November 16.

Thank you so much! 80 SHOEBOXES FOR KIDS AROUND THE GLOBE!! We are overjoyed at the impact that these shoeboxes will have on kids all across the world. Check out some of the highlights from our Operation Christ-mas Child project on Facebook—https://www.facebook.com/frcyth/ 14 of these boxes were packaged by our STARS Afterschool Program kids!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: The STARS Afterschool program is in need of substitutes that can be called upon in case a leader or helper are sick or can’t make it for the week. Please contact Julie Van Manen at julievmfrcsully@gmail.com. Children in Worship is seeking two Leaders and one storyteller starting in January. The Leader welcomes the kids, leads memory work and activities. The storyteller is responsible for telling a story in the sequence of the year long curriculum.

POINSETTIAS - If you would like to give a poinsettia in memory of a loved one or would just like to share a plant for the holidays, please fill out an order form located in the church office & online at www.sullyfrc.org. The cost is $8. The deadline for ordering is Sunday, NOVEMBER 28 and Karna Ver Ploeg will pick the poinsettias up. Any time after Christmas you may pick up the poinsettia to enjoy at home or share with a friend. Any questions call Karna Ver Ploeg at 641-891-9560 or contact the church office!

The entire Sunday School department has a goal to raise $1,500 for a spe-cial Christmas offering to Build a Home for a Family in Haiti (although building two or more homes would be great!) through Samaritans Purse. After hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters families and, at times, whole communities are left with damaged or destroyed homes. The offering for this project began Sunday, November 7 and will conclude Sunday, December 12.

VALET PARKING begins December 5 - This service will be available at the south car port door only. You may drive your vehicle to the car port where a valet attendant (church volunteer) will park your vehicle. If you would like to help out with this ministry, please contact the church office 594-2935 ext 1 or frcsully@netins.net.

Sunday, November 21 9:30 am Morning Worship— Jeff Knouse 10:45 am Sunday school for ALL Ages 12:00 pm Droppert gathering in the Well 5:00 pm IMPACT Youth Group (6th—8th grade) in the Well 6:00 pm “The Power of Knowing God” Bible Study—Gathering Place 6:30 pm Faithwalker Youth Group Wednesday, November 24 7:00 pm Thanksgiving Eve Service—Pastor Tom VandeBerg Nursery: Lisa D, Jennifer K & Conner D Livestream: Josh R Ushers: Joel VW, Caden D, Ken VS & Kurt H 8:00 pm Thanksgiving Dessert Fest—dessert and refreshments provid-ed! Bring your family and enjoy some dessert and fellowship after the ser-vice. Thursday, November 25 11:30 am Rental in the Well Sunday, November 28 9:30 am Morning Worship– Pastor Tom VandeBerg 10:45 am Sunday school for ALL Ages 12:00 pm Rental in the Well 5:00 pm IMPACT Youth Group (6th—8th grade) in the Well 6:30 pm Faithwalker Youth Group

LOOKING AHEAD Saturday, December 4, 11—1 pm—Faithwalkers Soup Dinner in the Gathering Place Sunday, December 12, 9:30 a.m. —Sunday School Christmas Program during the morning worship service! WORK/SERVICE TRIP being planned for 2022. If you would be interest-ed in going on a work trip next year, we will be having an informational meeting by the Welcome Center after the morning worship today. If you can not attend, but would like to find out more information about this, please contact Gary Van Genderen at gdvangen@netins.net.

OFFERING

OFFERING for the week of November 14………………....$8,886.75 THANKSGIVING OFFERING envelopes are in your church mailbox. This year our Thanksgiving offering is designated to our Mission Fund. This will be collected at our Thanksgiving Eve Service on Wednesday, November 24 as well as the morning worship ser-vice on Sunday, November 28 by placing your offering in the boxes located at the entrances.

South parking lot update: Progress continues on the parking lot. Only a few more pours and it will be complete! Care Team Ministry Opportunity Our organized care ministry at FRC consists of the pastor, elder/wife, elder/deacon, deacon teams and the commissioned care teams. We are looking to expand our care teams. If you have the gifts of shep-herding, mercy, hospitality, wisdom, counseling & intercession please prayerfully consider being a part of this ministry. Responsibili-ties will consist of providing care to their assigned families. e.g. wor-ship contact, fellowship, need care, e.g. death, birth, sickness, cele-bration of life, milestones. Contact Pastor Tom or the church office at 641-594-2935 or frcsully@netins.net

INFORMATION

November 21 MORNING

SCHEDULE November 28

Shaleah J, Kaila H Jager H

SPECIAL HOLIDAY LESSON

NURSERY

CHILDREN IN WORSHIP

Suzanne R, Nicole D Aubrey H Parents: Madison & Trisha H Storyteller: Jeff K Leader: Lorna C

Ruth R Nick DP

PROJECTION LIVESTREAM

Shawn H Bryce & Katelyn D

Side: Dwayne M Jeremy VM Center: Kevin VW Wing: Allen S

USHERS

Side: Cody K Gale H Center: Don N Wing: Brandon D

FAMILY NIGHT DONATIONS: Please drop off in the Legacy Kitchen

Hamburger #10 lb. green beans Pretzels Butter White corn syrup Whole frozen strawberries Cool Whip Walmart or Fareway gift cards

MORNING SCHEDULE

Consistory Notes – November 17, 2021

The meeting opened with scripture and prayer by Pastor Tom VandeBerg. He read from 1 Corinthians 12 and his medi-tation was entitled “Everyone Has a Gift.” The first order of business was to elect the executive committee for 2022. Elected as vice-president – Gary Van Genderen; Clerk –

Scott Van Kooten; Deacon Chairman – Tim Dunsbergen; Deacon Secretary – Nick De Penning. Treasurers and assis-tant treasurers: General Fund – Blake Dunsbergen; Assis-tant General Fund – Nick Harthoorn; Mission Fund – Brad Rozendaal; Assistant Mission Fund – Coltin Collins.

Ordination and installation of these offices will take place at the December 26 morning worship service.

Possible dates for a consistory/staff supper are January 10 or 17. Care teams assignments will be made at our next meeting.

At this time newly elected members were dismissed and our meeting returned to its regular agenda

The deacons reported: October giving: General: $35, 064.29; Mission: $3,353.00;

Sunday School: $147.85; Building: $14,761.81 A report from Building and Grounds was given about the

parking lot progress. The deacons discussed salary increases. They discussed

giving the Children’s Ministry Director five more hours a week and revise the contract to show a total of 20 hours per week with salary to increase accordingly. A 3% across the board raise was approved for the Youth Minister and the support staff.

For Information only: Classical Assessments for 2022 are $31,344.00.

Brad Rozendaal has been hired for snow removal. A new refrigerator has been purchased for the kitchen in

the Well. The elders reported that: The Christmas service this year will be Christmas Eve, Fri-

day, December 24 at 5:30 p.m.

Aaron and Amber Van Wyk requested approval for baptism of their son, John Will Van Wyk. Baptism is set for Decem-ber 5, 2021.

An Evening worship evaluation survey will be sent out to the congregation via the church website or a hard copy to be filled out and returned on November 28 and December 5.

Other business consisted of: Building and Grounds reported the south parking lot is al-

most complete. Lines for the parking lot will be painted in early 2022.

Christian Education reported Children in Worship will need two leaders and one storyteller beginning in January 2022.

Newly elected elders and deacons drawn by lot on Sunday, November 7, 2021:

Elders: Ervin Arkema, Brent De Jong and Joel Jansen Deacons: Tyler Harsselaar, Nick Harthoorn & Josh Ro-zendaal The Auditor for 2022 is Jerry Kunce. A committee is being formed to investigate leaving the

RCA. The Pastoral search committee met with Pastor Tom Van-

deBerg on November 11, 2021. Those on our search com-mittee are: Dennis Dunsbergen, Chr., Jerry Vander Beek, Duane Van Rees, Shirley Dunsbergen, Faye Brand, Ervin Arkema, Becky Rozendaal, Dawn Schechinger & Blake Dunsbergen.

Gary Van Genderen will have a work trip meeting on No-vember 21, 2021 after the morning worship to see if there is interest for a work/mission trip in 2022.

For the consistory, Pastor Tom

“The King of Your Heart” John 18:33-38

Jeff Knouse 9:30 a.m. November 21, 2021

Today is Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday of the church calendar year where we celebrate that Jesus is King over all things.

Jesus uses the phrase, “of your own accord…” And that word accord can be translated as, “an agreement made in the heart.” So really Jesus is ask-ing Pilate this question:

Who is the __________ of your ___________? “As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.” -Proverbs

27:19 NIV Every person’s heart is ____________ by something. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” -Matthew

6:21 Any time that we get _____________, it means that our ______________ is being challenged. Pilate is closing off his heart to Jesus, because if Jesus is King, then Pilate loses _____________. “My kingdom is not of this world,” has multiple meanings

1. Outside of just the worldly realm 2. It’s not like the world

“For this purpose I was born…” The path to the _________ has to go through the ______________. “For this purpose I have come into the world.” Our King’s desire is to ___________ to us, to be ________ us, to ______ us. Jesus is a _____________ King. So here’s my question: Who is the King of your _____________? “Jesus cannot simply be liked—you either must reject Him utterly or

crown Him King of your life.” -Timothy Keller By realizing that Jesus, the King of all Kings, __________ himself, we must in turn empty all the ___________ taking up space in our hearts so that Jesus may take His rightful place as the King of our lives.

Sunday School — 10:45 a.m. *All those 3 years old—Kindergarten please go to room # 8 & 9 located on the southeast side of the basement.

*All those in 1st—5th grade go to room #6 on the southwest side of the basement.

God’s Little Wonders - 3 year old—Kindergarten Rebecca Rozendaal & Cathryn Dunsbergen Opening ex-ercises east side of basement rooms #8 & 9

We will begin here with singing and then walk with their teachers to their rooms. All classrooms are marked with the teachers name and names of students on the outside of each door.

3 year olds – Room #9 (Little Lambs) - Hands on Bible:

Teachers: Amy Harthoorn & Hollie Nunnikhoven, Skyler Young & Lisa Dunsbergen

4 year olds – Room #7 (Zacchaeus’ Treehouse) - Hands on Bible

Teachers: Liz Harthoorn, Kayla Henkle, Shaleah James & Elaine Droppert

Kindergarten –Children in worship area – Room #10 (Builders) - Imagine

Teachers: Monica Nikkel & Lysandra Newell

All kids in Children in Worship downstairs will be led to opening exercises. **3 yrs.—Kindergarten will have cookies during Children in Worship—1st—5th will be served cookies before opening exercises.

Faith Seekers—1st—5th Grade (west side of basement) Dawn Schechinger—Opening Exercises Rm. #6- West side—We will begin singing here and

then go to their individual classrooms.

1st Grade—Room #4—(Lion’s Den) - Imagine Teachers: Emily Larson & Carrie Mortvedt

2nd & 3rd Grade – Room # 3 (Commandment Center) - Wonder Teachers: Joni Collins & Hannah De Penning

4th Grade- Room #1 (Creation Station) - Marvel Teachers: Katelyn Beyer & Julie Van Manen

5th Grade—Room # 11 (Trailblazers) Children in worship area—Marvel Teacher: Eloise Vos

Middle School— Youth With Heart 6th—8th grade Nick De Penning—Superintendent (The Lighthouse -opening exercises upstairs above wing)

6th—8th Grade – The Lighthouse— Dive—Year 1

Teachers: Nick De Penning, Mel Vos & Tim Vanden Hoek

High School— Souls Ignited 9th—12th grade 9th & 10th Grade – The Well (west side of basement)

Teacher: Kurt Harthoorn—Heidelberg Catechism

11th & 12th Grade – The Well (east side of basement)

Teacher: Ryan Mortvedt - Right Now Media *All 6th—8th grade classes are held upstairs in the Lighthouse (area above the wing)

*All 9th—12th grade classes are held in The Well (northwest side of the basement)

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES Adult Sunday school –meet in the Legacy Center—All adults are invited to join! Bible Study—Apostle’s Creed

INSTRUCTIONS NOTE: The 5th grade will now be meeting downstairs! If you haven’t attended a Sunday school class or you are new to FRC this year, you are invit-

ed to join a class! Your children can be picked up at 11:30 a.m. each Sunday. An offering will be collected each Sunday. This is a great way to teach kids how to tithe.

YOUTH GROUP INFORMATION 5:00 pm IMPACT Youth Group meets in the Well (basement) open for all 6th—8th grade! 6:30 pm Faithwalkers Youth Group meets in the Well (basement) open for all 9th—12th grade EVERY Friday morning at 7:30 am for 6th—12th grade—Prayer Break-fast—Donuts and milk before school—meet in the Gathering Place

Julie Van Manen, Children’s Ministry Director Jeff Knouse,

Youth & Education Director