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In This Issue Coming Events ................................ 2

Pictures Needed ............................. 2

Adult Education ............................. 3

Christian Unity & Congregational

Life ...................................................... 4

Finance Report ............................... 5

Music Team ...................................... 5

Children’s Ministries .................... 6

Youth News ...................................... 7

Women’s Ministries ...................... 7

Living Green .................................... 8

New Members ................................. 9

Thank Yous .................................... 10

Church Family News ................... 11

Bilingual Bible Study .................. 13

International Students .............. 13

Volume25 Number 1 February

2019

2 | 3rd Generation December/January Newsletter | A Publication of Third Reformed Church

ANNOUNCEMENTS Worship Visitors Breakfast Worship Visitors Get Acquainted Continental Breakfast will take place on

Sunday, February 17 at 9:45 a.m. in the Church Office area. This will be

led by Pastor Kent and Pastor Angel. This is particularly for people who

are interested in information about the church or considering member-

ship in the church.

Bunco The Fellowship Committee is organizing a bunco night on Friday, February

15 at 6:45 p.m. Please bring a finger food to share. Sign ups will begin

February 3.

Upcoming Events at Third Wednesday, March 6 Ash Wednesday Service 12:10 p.m. at Third Re-

formed Church

Friday, March 8 All Church Retreat Begins at 6:00 p.m. at Camp Geneva

Sunday, March 10 One service at 11:00 a.m.

Thursday, April 18 Maundy Thursday Service 7:00 p.m.

Friday, April 19 Good Friday Service 12:10 p.m.

Saturday, April 20 Easter Egg Hunt 11:00 a.m.

Thursday, April 25 Young Hearts Program & Dessert 1:00 p.m.

Saturday/Sunday April 27 & 28 Crop Walk

Thursday, May 23 Young Hearts Luncheon 12:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 26 Summer services begin one service at 10:00 a.m.

Worship Themes for February In the Season of Epiphany

“Epiphanies” Sermon Series for Janu-

ary, February and Early March 2019

The Season after the Epiphany invites us

into a series of epiphanies where we are

able to see the presence of God in the

face of Jesus Christ in new and surpris-

ing ways. We open ourselves to new

insights, new understandings, and new

ways. In the synagogue and on the level

plain, Jesus proclaims release, recovery,

and liberation; and we are encouraged

to strive, live, and grow into the people

God intends. Signs abound that some-

thing important is being done by God,

and by those who trust in and work to-

ward God’s ways. In keeping with the

whole of Luke’s gospel, those ways are

revealed as seeking justice for all. This

season the many epiphanies conclude

on a mountain where the veil between

the ordinary and holy mystery is lifted.

The glory of God transforms the mo-

ment. We are ready to continue the

journey into Lent.

Sunday, January 27

Jesus opens the scroll at the synagogue

at Nazareth

“Illumined by Scripture”

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10;

*Luke 4:14-21

(continued on page 3)

Pictures Needed By Mark Walvoord

As part of the 150th anniversary of Third Church, a book has been

written on the history of the church from 1992 up to 2018. Our church

archives has pictures from this time period, but many members of

Third have taken good pictures of our church and especially the activi-

ties of the congregation over this period of time.

If you have good quality pictures of any Third Church activities over

this period and would be willing to “loan: them to the church for possi-

ble use in the printing of the book, please write your name and a brief

description of the picture (continued on page 13)


Bible Study, “The Presence of the Fu-

ture-The Book of Revelation and the

Life of Discipleship Today”

Led by George Hunsberger & Pastor

Kent Fry

This class engages a biblical book that

announces itself as “The Revelation of

Jesus Christ.” The book by Bruce

Metzger, Breaking the Code: Under-

standing the Book of Revelation will

accompany us on this journey.

Adult Spiritual Formation Class will

meet each Sunday morning in the Cen-

tennial Room on the lower level. This

class is participatory, experiential and

rooted in scripture as we talk about

ways we practically live out our faith

in Christ.

Chapel Class

February 3

“Latin America: Geography and Histo-

ry ”

Roberto Venegas

Roberto is from Costa Rica, and is a

Calvin College graduate who works at

Crossroads Multicultural Ministry.

He’ll help us better understand

Latino/a people by educating us on

the history and geography of Latin

America.

February 10

“The Story of La Roca Church”

Pastor Jose Pacheco

Congregations get started in many

different ways. The RCA has its own

“formula” for church starts. Hear of a

different way of planting a congrega-

tion. This class will be held in the Fel-

lowship Hall.

February 17

“Clearing Up Misconceptions about

Immigration”

Kate Kooyman

Kate Kooyman works for the Christian

Reformed Church in their Social Jus-

tice office. She will address how immi-

gration happens, differences between

immigrants, and who is not able to

come at all.

February 24

“The History of Immigration in the

U.S.”

Kate Kooyman

Kate returns for a second session to

offer a window into the history of im-

migration in our country, to share an

overview of what’s happening today,

and ways to advocate on behalf of

immigrants.

Adult Education

Adult Education classes begin at 9:45 a.m.

(continued from page 2)

Sunday, February 3

Jesus Preaches at the Synagogue at

Nazareth

Pastor Janelle Lopez-Koolhaas

Jeremiah 1:4-10; *Luke 4:21-30

Celebration of the Lord’s Supper

Sunday, February 10

The Surprising Catch of Fish

Pastor Kama Jongerius

Isaiah 6:1-8; *Luke 5:1-11

Sunday, February 17

Luke’s Sermon on the Plain

Pastor Kent Fry

Jeremiah 17:5-10; *Luke 6:17-26

Sunday, February 24

The Law of Love

Pastor Kent Fry

Genesis 45:3-11; *Luke 6:27-38

Sunday, March 3 Transfiguration

Sunday

11:00 a.m. Message by the Drama

Group for Northwestern College

A One Hour play about the life of mis-

sionary nurse, Arlene Schuiteman,

who is Milly Ten Brink’s Sister. (More

information in the near future)

The Northwestern Drama group does

a tremendous job of bringing scripture

and the Christian faith to life!

8:30 AM Worship with Communion

“Jesus Revealed” Pastor Kent Fry

Exodus 34:29-35; *Luke 9:38-36

*asterisk denotes lead scripture pas-

sage for Seasons of the Spirit—

integrating worship and Sunday morn-

ing education for children, youth, and

adults.


There is much

that we can be

thankful for as

we move into

the calendar year

2019. The budget

of last year was

running a pro-

jected deficit of

$50,000 in the

second week of

December 2018, but we can report

with joy and thanksgiving that the

church finished the year with greater

revenue than expenses increasing

slightly the cash reserves heading into

2019. “Praise God from whom all

blessings flow.” Jeff Beird reported

this to the congregation on Sunday,

January 20.

The Advent and Christmas season

worship theme was developed by Pas-

tor Kama Jongerius around the

“Senses of Advent,” which was well

received in terms of creative liturgy,

participation of various genres of mu-

sic and instruments, and the involve-

ment of youth and families. The edu-

cation and worship staff was fully de-

ployed in liturgy and preaching. Bor-

rowing from the world of basketball,

we utilized a full-court press. Feed-

back was that this was very meaning-

ful for the worship of the congrega-

tion. During early winter, we will prob-

ably go to a half-court press and then

in Lent back to a more full court press.

We have a number of new families

worshiping with us on Sunday morning

and involved in the start-up of the

Wednesday midweek program. They

are communicating joy with worship,

appreciation for the cultural diversity

and inclusion in the congregation, and

the creative children and youth minis-

tries of the church both on Sunday

and Wednesday.

Pastors Angel and Janelle and the

Wednesday night Bible Study are ex-

ploring a worship service in Spanish

once a month on a trial basis for those

who desire to worship in Spanish. The

Wednesday Bible Study is asking our

congregation to enter into a time of

prayer and discernment. We are

thankful for the ministry that Angel

and Janelle are doing in our midst

bearing much fruit.

No doubt with creative and energetic

worship and ministry we are going to

find in the life of our church communi-

ty that there will be a diverse variety

of spiritual backgrounds and life expe-

riences. One of the themes of the Sea-

son of Epiphany is unity in the body of

Jesus Christ based on I Corinthians

chapter 12: “Now there are a variety

of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there

are a varieties of services, but the

same Lord.”

I find as I serve at Third Church that

the generations in the church do not

approach the Christian faith in an

identical way. And within a particular

generation there is not uniformity of

opinion and practice. As we practice a

winsome inclusion of people from

different backgrounds and spiritual

experiences we will find for example

issues such as, “Can you bring coffee

into the sanctuary?” For some this

actually is a symbol of hospitality and

inclusion, while to others it may indi-

cate a frivolous attitude toward prayer

and worship.

We have worked together in worship

to bridge liturgy and classical worship

with the needs of our children and our

youth. The worship committee has

made a great deal of progress, but it

may be as we reach out beyond white

ethnic culture that we will not be able

to meet the spiritual needs of people

who come from Latino culture. The

Spirit will guide us and give us wis-

dom.

As some of us grow older, hopefully

we have a new generation of leader-

ship (and we do) who will have differ-

ent ways of doing things. They may

have fresh and new ideas for fellow-

ship events or how and what we eat

or how to do congregational care or

small groups.

A beautiful expression that comes out

of the Protestant movement, often

attributed to John Wesley goes like

this: In essentials, unity; in non-

essentials, liberty; and, in all things,

charity. I believe this spiritual formula

or summary of Christian practice and

attitudes could help us as we move

forward together with a sense of cele-

bration and unity.

Christian Unity in Congregational Life By Pastor Kent Fry


While the year-end numbers are still

being adjusted, I am happy to report

that our overall financial performance

improved significantly during the final

two months of the year. On Septem-

ber 30, we reported an operating defi-

cit of more than $120,000. Because of

your gifts, we were able to eliminate

this deficit and show a small surplus of

about $2,000 as of 12/31/18.

We did not draw from funds available

from the Future Fund to achieve this

surplus. We made all planned contri-

butions to our property reserves and

made a further contribution of $5,000

to shore up our Technology Reserves.

In addition, the balance in our oper-

ating account stood at more than

$270,000 as of 12/31/18, up $44,000

over 2017 and the highest level as far

back as we can recall. This cushion

should allow us to adequately cover

our expenses through the first quarter

of 2019.

Operating expenses for the year were

$34,000 higher than budget and

$65,000 higher than 2017. The over-

age is mainly due to our staffing ex-

penses and investments made in our

facilities. At the same time, giving ex-

ceeded budget by more than $40,000

but was still $37,000 less than in 2017.

2017 was a remarkable year, especial-

ly as it relates to year-end giving. On

the reserve side, we added about

$5,700 in income.

Offsetting the good news cited above,

will be decreases in our investment

and endowment accounts due to do a

year-end sell off in the equity markets.

We anticipate the decrease to the re-

ported value at year-end to be approx-

imately $110,000 or about 10%. Some

of this lost value has likely been re-

stored over the past three weeks due

to the strong performance of the fi-

nancial markets.

The numbers reported above may

change a bit over the next several

weeks as we update our endowment

fund balances and continue to finalize

our 2018 expenses. However, I do not

anticipate significant adjustments.

Overall, I would report another strong

financial performance for Third Church

during 2018. We are thankful for the

conscientious work of our staff and for

your generous contributions.

As always, if you have any questions,

please do not hesitate to contact me.

Finance Report By Jeff Beird, Treasurer

Music Team News By Linda Fulton

To all those who have graciously

shared your musical talents with us in

worship, a huge “thank you” from the

Music Team. Your efforts have en-

hanced our worship services!

And for those of you who might be

considering when to volunteer your

talents in worship, there are still 48

Sundays remaining this year! One of

them could be your Sunday! If you

need help selecting music, contact any

one of us on the Music Team – we’re

here to help!

Linda Strouf, Jason Divozzo, Linda Ful-

ton, Jenny Walvoord, Andy Lunn, Rob

Lunn


Children’s Ministries

LIFT Children’s Program Winter 2019

Jesus’ Beatitudes This winter the children of LIFT (Life In Faith Together) are study-

ing Jesus’ Beatitudes. The Preschool-1st Grade children will travel to the artic and have “Tacky the Penguin” guide them through the Beatitudes. Our 2nd – 5th Grade children will head to the beach for “Surf’s Up” to meet the Beati-dudes and discover Jesus’ plan for our lives. Whether you head to the cold artic or the warm beach, we will all have a “blast” learning from the words of Jesus! Don’t miss the fun! Wednesdays this winter: 5:30-Dinner; 6:00-Community Praise; 6:15-7:30-program.

Special Upcoming LIFT Events

Wednesday, February 27 Swimming Event at Holland Aquatic Center

Wednesday, March 6

Annual Talent Show for All Children (6:45-7:30) Everyone is invited to join us!

If you have any questions about our Children’s Wednesday evening program, feel free to contact Joyce Fry at ([email protected])

Children’s Ministry Teams Developing

It is soon time to begin planning for two special programs for the children of our Church and community: our annual Easter Egg and Holy Treasure Hunt (scheduled for Saturday, April 20) and our summer Vacation Bible School (Dates soon to be announced). We are looking for individuals who would be willing to serve on teams to plan and imple-ment these exciting, outreach programs. Please contact Joyce Fry (392-1459; [email protected]) for more information or if you are interested in becoming involved.

Our Offerings to God

The children of Third Reformed Church have been

growing in their faith this year. As part of their faith re-

sponse to God’s love for them, they are now participat-

ing in these special mission projects.

Sunday School Offerings: The children’s Sunday

School classes are again participating in two projects

this year, one local and one global. Each month the

children will be encouraged to bring non-perishable

food items for our “Third Sunday for Hunger” program.

In addition, the children chose to give their monetary

offerings this year for “Mobility Worldwide”. This local

non-profit charitable organization’s mission is to build

and provide mobility carts to help needy children una-

ble to walk due to birth defects, debilitating illnesses or

injuries (often from land mines), to be mobile.

Worship Center Offerings: Our Worship Center offer-

ings will once again go towards supplying materials and

leadership training for “Children and Worship” centers in

Japan, Mexico and South Africa. Partnering with sever-

al RCA missionaries working in these countries, it is our

hope that more children will come to know the love of

Jesus, through the “Children and Worship International

program”.


Youth News By Hunter Brumels

Youth Programing is back in full

swing after a restful, and much

needed Christmas Break! We are

excited to begin middle school and

high school youth groups, as well as

Sunday school on Sunday mornings!

During the month of January, stu-

dents will be focusing on 2 Corinthi-

ans 9:6, “The point is this: whoever

sows sparingly will also reap sparing-

ly, and whoever sows bountifully will

also reap bountifully”.

We will be taking a look at what it

means to cultivate our minds and

hearts towards God, and the signifi-

cance that this has in our relation-

ship with Christ. Please continue to

pray for the youth at Third as we

dive into God’s word this semester!

Third Reformed Church Women's Ministries By Gretchen Munroe, Betty Voskuil,

Co-Presidents

We Are so thankful for the generous

donations and knitted gifts our congre-

gation adorned our Giving Tree with

this past Christmas season!

***

It took two laden trips to the Commu-

nity Action House to deliver the

mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, sweat-

ers, socks and underwear so kindly

hung on our little tree! And they were

cheerfully received.

Blessings to all you benefactors and

gifted knitters in our midst!

We go forward into 2019, curiously

studying Paul’s book of Ephesians, and

of course, taking care to deliver birth-

day cakes to Hope students, and sup-

port local places of need in our com-

munity. We helped spread a little deco-

rative cheer this season giving poin-

settias to the staff. All women of Third

are welcome to join a Bible study

group. Information and directories are

in the office. Our next WMTRC board

meeting is February 11 at 4:30 p.m.

**VOLUNTEERS NEEDED**

Line servers, dishwashers, and

kitchen help, as well as substi-

tutes for these jobs are needed

for the Community Kitchen min-

istry of The Community

Action House.

PLEASE CALL: GRETCHEN

MUNROE 298-8156

(24 OZ. COTTAGE CHEESE-SIZED

CONTAINERS ARE ALSO RE-

QUESTED FOR LEFTOVERS!)

Miquel Fuentes

will present a cel-

lo recital followed

by Valentine’s

treats on

Thursday,

February 14

at 2:00 p.m.

The church bus

will pick up at

1:30 at Freedom

Village and else-

where if

requested.


Living Green By Mark Faga

We talk a lot about reducing our foot-

print in “Living Green. “ And I get a lot

of my information from the web via

Earth911 which I encourage everyone

to follow. Not all of the information

works here in West Michigan as most

of Earth911's information comes from

out west. California deals heavily in

recycling as do other western

states. Michigan has a ways to go to

become as active in recycling as other

states but that's not to say we aren't

doing our part. There's always more

we can do and a lot of what I do is to

remind you all of things you probably

already know or do but these things

bear repeating.

So as we begin 2019 (can you believe

it?) let's talk once more about how to

save money and reduce our foot-

print......

1) Doggie bags, to go box-

es....leftovers are great for the kids

after date night or for lunch the next

day but how about those contain-

ers? Are they good for the

earth? This is something that will take

some planning and a change in life-

style but can be done. When you go

out to eat and just can't finish your

meal, of course you should take it

home. But instead of just asking for to

go containers from the restaurant,

start bringing your own. They won't

mind at all. And here's the kicker, if

we all do that our meals might actually

get a little cheaper. You see, all of

those “to go” containers are not only

bad for the environment they cost

money and that money is passed on to

the consumer, same with the condi-

ment packages and the plastic

ware. Just say no or give it back to

them.

2) We've talked about saving water at

home but let's revisit that one as

well. If you don't already let your toi-

let "mellow" (no need to flush every

time) then it's a good time to start,

especially at night. And I'm sure

you're all brushing your teeth regularly

but are you turning off the water while

you're brushing them? Are you using

the same glass every day for your wa-

ter or juice? No need to get a clean

glass every time, that's for sure. As

kids, our parents put our names on

our glasses, one for each of us, and we

left them handily on the windowsill

over the sink. And do those jeans or

shorts really need to be washed after a

days use? Being mindful of little

things like these will add up to big sav-

ings over time.

3) The dryer is the second biggest

consumer of power we have in our

house next to the refrigerator. We

can't live with warm milk or wilted

veggies but we can use the dryer less

often by air drying as much as we can,

and, your clothes will last longer as air

drying is much less damaging to the

stitching and fabric.

4) Phantom power use is a real thing

and can be eliminated. Remember

that all of your devices continue to

draw power even when turned off, so

don't just turn them off but unplug

(especially if you're not home for an

extended period of time). Power

strips work great for this as you can hit

one button for several devices. And as

always, turn off any lights that aren't

being used.

5) And finally several other things that

you can do to save money and de-

crease your footprint at the same

time.....

-print sparingly and always print dou-

ble sided where you can

-buy the highest level of post-

consumer recycled paper whether it

be toilet paper or notebooks there's

really no reason to buy virgin paper

anymore

-try to avoid buying anything unneces-

sary for 1-2 weeks

-ride the bus, carpool, bike or walk

As promised in our last issue here are

two more items from the HGTV's arti-

cle on "How long do things last?"

G = gum....from 12-18 months when

kept at room temp. Extreme heat or

cold can dry your gum out.

H = Hot water heater....for a tank wa-

ter heater up to 12 years and for a

tank less water heater up to 15

years. This figure includes annual

maintenance by a professional who

can flush out sediment and check the

anode rod that helps control corro-

sion.


Welcome to Our New Members

Bruce and Carol Bassett: Bruce and

Carol moved to the historic district

from Grayslake, IL. They were mem-

bers of the Wildwood Presbyterian

Church where Pastor Kent’s son Andy

and his wife Lindsey are active mem-

bers of the congregation. Carol is in-

terested in social justice ministries and

getting involved in the Holland area

beyond the life of the church. She has

already gotten involved in HASP and

the DeWitt Tennis Center. Bruce just

recently retired from a firm in Illinois.

In the fall, he had been commuting

from Chicago Monday through Thurs-

day. Bruce is an avid reader, particu-

larly history, and he has taken up a

new hobby-cycling on Saturday morn-

ings which includes a number of Third

Church members.

Hunter Brumels: Hunter is the youth

director at Third Church and transfer-

ring his membership from Christ Me-

morial. While directing the youth,

Hunter is a distance learning student

studying for a Master of Divinity at

Western Seminary. In early January

Hunter was on the southern border

learning about immigration, and he

will give a presentation with Young

Hearts this spring. Hunter is heading

up a new program at Third Church

called Generation Spark which creates

a one on one relationship between 18-

24 year olds and empty nesters, two

generations that are most inclined to

drop out of Christian community.

Hunter has already worked on getting

acquainted with our college students,

besides his regular work with middle

school and high school youth.

Cathy Dykema: Cathy has been at

Third Reformed Church about as long

as I have been at Third Church (Pastor

Kent). She never formally became a

member of the congregation even

though her husband Dale is a mem-

ber. I have worked with Cathy on any

number of projects including Vacation

Bible School and deploying her won-

derful gift of painting. It was the His-

panic Ministry that led Cathy to say, “I

want to be a member of this congre-

gation.” Cathy has been learning

Spanish the past two years at Hope

College and other educational institu-

tions and has been directly involved in

welcoming immigrants to the life of

our church community.

Dan and Nancy Lori: They live north

of town and appreciate the worship

life and style of Third Reformed

Church. Nancy comes out of a

Protestant mainline background and

Dan is Roman Catholic, coming to us

as an Associate Member. They have

owned businesses throughout their

working career and have grandchil-

dren in Texas and North Carolina.

They have lived in many different

states but decided Holland would be a

good place to retire having lived a

number of years in the Upper Peninsu-

la of Michigan. Nancy has already

gotten involved in Women’s Ministry,

and Dan has had a total immersion in

the Book of Revelation, one of our

Sunday morning studies.


We wish to thank the congregation

for prayers, visits, flowers, cards, and

food during Lois’ long illness and

after her death on 12 December

2018. Lois enjoyed frequent visits

from pastors and staff as well as

many members of the congregation.

These demonstrations of kindness

were important to her and an en-

couragement to us, her local family.

Thanks to all!

Charles Hunt

Kathy Shumaker & Tom Shumaker

We are deeply grateful for the

prayerful, loving expressions of sym-

pathy and comfort from the Third

Church family following the loss of

our son Jeff. We also thank you for

the set of lovely cards with scenes

from the exterior of Third Church

that arrived to comfort us and re-

mind us of the blessed ties that bind

us to Third across the miles and heart

to heart in prayer.

With love and deep appreciation,

Elly & Tony Muiderman

(now in Eugene, OR)

To the many of you who have been

graciously supportive of my recent

recuperation from surgery go my

sincere thanks for the prayers, the

pastoral visits, the cards, the calls,

the flowers and the value of having

medical equipment for loan. While

missing the warm nearness of a phys-

ical presence with you, I have appre-

ciated worshiping electronically each

Sunday thanks to the benefits provid-

ed by Ken and Rob, an experience so

very rewarding as second-best. The

Advent series has been especially

meaningful, as I participated with

hymnal and previous week’s bulletin

in hand. If you haven’t had the op-

portunity, try watching the delayed

broadcast on Channel 24 each

Wednesday or Friday. I look forward

to rejoining you physically.

Gratefully,

Peg VanGrouw

Dear Third Church Family,

Thank you so much for the holiday

décor, delivered to us by Amanda

Dykhouse. It brightens up our home

for the Christmas season. Thanks,

also, to the carolers who filled our

front porch with lovely songs on De-

cember 16.

Gus & Barb Feenstra

Thank you to the organizers of the

yearly Mindings, to the Care Elders

who deliver them and to the many of

our congregation who shop or make

these carefully chosen gifts. There

isn’t anything quite like Mindings—

unique, special and so appreciated.

We loved the visit and the delivery

from our Care Elder as well as the

lovely gift. Thank you Third Church!

Bob & Jan Benningfield

To My Friends at Third Church:

I certainly wish to express my deep

appreciation for so many thoughtful

gestures after my car accident and

hospitalization in Texas.

I thank y’all so very much for every

single card, letter and note. I thank

you for continuing prayers and good

wishes for my older son, Cal, who

grew up in and was married in Third

Church, and his wife, Mary, when

their home burned on New Year’s

Day.

I have appreciated every single

phone call, and several rides to Hol-

land Hospital when I could not drive

myself...and the visits from my el-

ders, Joyce and Katherine. My thanks

also to the carolers who braved the

cold to come to my home. The pray-

er shawl, lovingly knit by a skillful

Third Church friend, is astonishingly

soft and so warm when I take a rest

to elevate my injured leg. We always

say that the members of TRC are lov-

ing and caring and I have experi-

enced that love and care in abun-

dance. Thanks so much to everyone.

I will request, please, that prayers

continue for my son and his wife, as

they continue to put lives together

after fire.

With gratitude to all,

Cynthia Baine De Maagd

Thank you to the thoughtful person

whose minding our family received.

The delicious chocolate candy was

shared with our family at Thanksgiv-

ing and I look forward to planting

and growing the pansy pots once the

weather is a little warmer.

(continued on page 11)

Thank You


Birthdays/Anniversaries (birthdays 80 years plus/anniversaries 50 years plus)

Steve & Dawn Vander Ark January 30 50 years

Address/Phone Changes Alma Reyes, 124 W. 13th St., Holland, MI 49423

Bill & Sarah Unzicker, 145 Columbia Ave. #715

Maria Urrea, 276 W. 14th St., Holland, MI 49423

Jeff & Vicki Voskuil, 14667 Hunter’s Trail, Holland, MI 49424

New Members:

Bruce & Carol Bassett, 113 W. 11th St., Holland, MI 49423, 847-471-9151

Hunter Brumels, 509 Washington Ave., Holland, MI 49423. 834-1822

Dan & Nancy Lori, 14060 Phoenix Place, Holland, MI 49424, 505-220-2281

Sympathy to Janet and Roger DeYoung in the death of Janet’s mother, Helen Wickens,

on December 19.

Kathy Thornhill in the death of her mother, Joyce Martinus, on December

23.

Kathy and Fred Van Tubbergen in the death of Kathy’s brother, Daniel

Bakker, on December 23 in Vancouver, WA.

Doug, Stacy, Benjamin & Kaylie, Jordan, Raechel and William Kamphuis

and Kim McDonough in the death of their father and grandfather, Frank

Kamphuis on December 26.

Bea Rozeboom in the death of her husband, Cal, on December 29.

Sandy and Erv Ter Haar in the death of Sandy’s brother-in-law, Larry Bak-

ker, on January 9, in Florida.

Bill and Barb Moreau in the death of Bill’s father, Robert “Bud” Moreau,

on January 11 in Greensboro, NC..

Pray for Frank Pettinga

Walter Thome

Jill Slenk

John Nordstrom

Deb Lokers

Eileen Resch

Roger Rietberg

Julie Charlton

Larry Sue

CHURCH FAMILY NEWS


Thank you, also, for the comforting

words of sympathy after our 18 year

old great-nephew and my cousin

passed away in December.

Gratefully,

Cathy and Jim Vander Meer

A warm thank you to friends at Third

Reformed Church for your thoughts

and prayers, cards, visits, and messag-

es on the passing of Janet’s mother,

Helen Wickens. A special thank you to

the knitting ministry for the beautiful

prayer shawl. While we miss her dear-

ly, your kindnesses have been a great

comfort during this time.

Fondly,

Janet and Roger De Young

Dear Members of Third Reformed

Church,

It is with great thankfulness and ap-

preciation what the church did for my

brother’s, Calvin Rozeboom, funeral.

Thanks to the minister for his

heartfelt message, to the organist and

those who served refreshments. A

thoughtful and caring church means a

lot to a grieving family.

May blessings be yours as you stand

as a lighthouse in your community.

Sincerely,

Myra Renkema


ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

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volume 25 number 1


Bilingual Bible Study Is Grow-ing Pastor Janelle Lopez-Koolhaas

If you’ve walked by the library area on

a Wednesday evening, you may have

noticed a growing group gathering

there! The Wednesday Bilingual Bible

Study has been growing in numbers as

well as in relationships with God and

each other. We have had the joy of

welcoming many new friends from the

community, both Spanish and English

speakers.

Perhaps you too have been wondering

about a new group or class with which

to study Scripture, or perhaps getting

to know new people at Third? You

are invited to join the Bilingual Bible

Study Group on Wednesday during

the LIFT education hour (6:30-7:30

p.m.) You do NOT need to know

Spanish to attend-- all written materi-

als are always provided in both lan-

guages, and our conversations are

adapted and translated as needed so

that all participants are included.

This semester we will continue to

study the Gospel of John. Pastor An-

gel will continue to lead the discus-

sion, and both Angel and Janelle will

lead the group in prayer. We welcome

newcomers and drop ins if you would

like to join us as you are able!

I remember as a kid watching the

Jetsons, a cartoon prime time program

about the future. Well the Jetsons are

more than here. It is amazing to be

able to Skype with Lubna in Karachi,

Pakistan! Kim DeJongh does this regu-

larly, and Pastor Kent every other

month.

Lubna reports an increased number of

students at the St. Thomas Theological

College. There has also been an in-

crease in the number of women stu-

dents since Lubna returned to Paki-

stan. Lubna teaches Old Testament,

and this semester she is also teaching

Mission and Evangelism and Interpre-

tation of the Bible. Luba also works

with leadership development of wom-

en in the local church.

She has been encouraging us to work

on a project for homeless boys in her

hometown, and we are submitting the

proposal to the Reformed Church to

support as a denomination.

One of the themes of Third Reformed

Church in the past several years has

been to enter into the joys and strug-

gles of the world church. Please pray

for our international students at West-

ern Theological Seminary: Lal-Nun

from Myanmar, and Juliet Nabatanzi

from Uganda as they begin the second

semester in their Masters of Theology.

We will have both students partici-

pating in Sunday morning worship,

hopefully in the coming month.

Skyping with Lubna in Pakistan and Our Interna-tional Students from Western Theological Seminary By Pastor Kent Fry


(the event, and the year and date in

which it took place and bring it to the

church office.

We need pictures of all types of activi-

ties (church outings like the annual

congregational retreat, S.O.S. work

trips over the years, events such as

special Christmas and Easter events,

and especially any pictures of church

staff, educational events, LIFT activi-

ties, women’s ministries, new church

programs and events, etc.) For repro-

duction in a book they must be of

good quality.

Pictures will be returned to you

whether they are used or not. Thank

you for any help you can provide with

this project.


Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

**Sunday Morning

Education Schedule

9:25-TRC Singers

9:45-Sunday Morn-

ing Live

9:45-Children’s

Choir

9:45-Education for

Adults

10:00-Children’s &

Youth Education

**Wednesday Night

Schedule

5:30-LIFT Dinner

6:15-LIFT Chil-

dren’s Classes

6:15-Middle School

Youth Group

6:20-Sanctuary

Choir

6:30-LIFT Adult

Classes

1

10:00-Women’s Prayer Group

2

3

8:00-Matins Choir

8:30-Worship Ser-

vice

**Sunday Morning

Education Schedule

11:00-Worship

Service 4:45-Carillon Choir

7:00-Senior High

Youth Group

4 5

9:30-Staff Meeting

6

6:15-Men’s Bible

Study

6:30-Sunrise Saints

8:00-Wednesday Morning Prayers

**Wednesday Night

Schedule

7

7:00-Special Educa-

tion Minitries

8

5:30-Parents’ Night

Out

9

10

8:00-Matins Choir 8:30-Worship Ser-

vice

**Sunday Morning

Education Schedule

10:00-TRC Ringers

11:00-Worship Service

4:45-Carillon Choir

7:00-Senior High Youth Group

11

1:30-Miriam Bible Study

4:30-Women’s Min-

istries Board Meet-ing

12

8:30-Ruth Bible Study

9:30-Staff Meeting

10:00-Hannah/Elizabeth Bible

Study

12:00-Lydia Bible Study

7:30-Outreach Team

13

6:15-Men’s Bible Study

6:30-Sunrise Saints


1:30-Rachel Bible

Study

**Wednesday Night

Schedule

14

7:00-Special Educa-tion Ministry

15

10:00-Women’s Prayer Group

6:45-Bunco

16

17


vice

**Sunday Morning

Education Schedule

11:00-Worship

Service 12:15-Third Sunday

Pizza Lunch

4:45-Carillon Choir 7:00-Senior High

Youth Group

18

7:00-Martha Bible Study

19

9:30-Staff Meeting 6:30-Deacons’ Meet-

ing

6:30-Governing Elders’ Meeting

7:15-Governing

Board Meeting

20


6:30-Sunrise Saints


**Wednesday Night

Schedule

21

7:00-Special Educa-tion Ministries

7:00-Worship Com-

mittee

22

9:00-Newsletter Assembly

23

24


vice

**Sunday Morning

Education Schedule

10:00-TRC Ringers

11:00-Worship Service

4:45-Carillon Choir

7:00-Senior High

Youth Group

25 26

9:30-Staff Meeting 5:15-Christian Edu-

cation Committee

27


6:30-Sunrise Saints


**Wednesday Night

Schedule

28

7:00-Special Educa-tion Ministries

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