TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH September 2019

Connections

SAMUEL’S BLANKETS

Meet Samuel Started in 2015 at age 9, Samuel wanted to do something to help the homeless stay warm in the winter.

He set out with a mission, with each year growing more and more, people from all over joined together to

help him and support his cause. Samuel knows that blankets get dirty and damaged when exposed to the

elements after a while and wants to make sure those who need them will have one every year.

2015 Goal: 200 Blankets Collected 320

2016 Goal: 400 Blankets Collected 906

2017 Goal: 800 Blankets Collected 1,626

2018 Goal: 1800 Blankets Collected 2,585

2019 Goal is yet to be announced, but we are collecting at drop box locations!

This kid has a mission and a heart for the homeless, and has grown beyond Kalamazoo all of the way to

Holland. Help Samuel meet his goal. Deposit your new or like-new blankets in the drop box located at

Trinity beginning September 8. We will be collecting blankets through Thanksgiving.

You can meet Samuel in person on Sunday, September 8 during our worship service.

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With the beginning of the church program year, we are pleased to announce our next hymn sing. Join with

friends and family at 6:00 PM on Sunday, September 15 for an evening of song. Deb

Koopmans will be at the organ and John Taylor on the grand piano. Plan now to come and

raise our voices together in praise to God. The offering will support the work of Samuel’s

Blankets. A time of fellowship with pie and coffee following.

Mark your calendar for the next hymn sing that is being planned for December 1, the first

Sunday of Advent at 3:00 PM. Please note the time change.

It’s been amazing to spend eight months this year walking through the book of Genesis. We’ve marveled at God’s creation, God’s gracious gifts and God’s amazing faithfulness to God’s promises. As we come to the fall, we are eager to continue our walk through scripture into the book of Exodus.

If Genesis is the book about beginnings – of seeds being planted and promises being sown – Exodus is the book about identity. In Exodus, God’s people are called. God’s people are liberated and empowered. God’s people learn who this God is… and God begins to shape them into the people they were called to be.

We will be journeying through Exodus together from September all the way through the end of the year, and we pray that God will use our time in this powerful book to call us… to liberate and empower us… to show us more of who God is… and to shape us into the church we are called to be, here in the time and place God is meeting us.

Join us on the journey, beginning September 8th!

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NEWS FROM PASTOR DEB YURK

THIRD THURSDAY SENIOR BREAKFAST Thursday, September 19 at 9:30 am., join Pastor Deb at Bob Evans on 24th St. for good food and good conversation with good friends. Don’t know many folks at Trinity? It’s a great opportunity to get to know each other better. (It’s also a great opportunity to invite a friend). Sign up today in order to reserve your place at the table!!! If you need a ride, please indicate that on the sign up sheet.

Looking Ahead: Thursday, October 17

Annual Thanksgiving Dinner - November 14 at noon

Christmas Breakfast Potluck - December 19 at 9:30am

WEDNESDAYS AT 10:00 at the Theater at Appledorn West

Residents of Appledorn West are invited to join Pastor Deb on Wednesday morning,

September 11 in the 3rd floor Auditorium for a 6 week video study on the Miracles of Jesus.

We will be digging deeper into the historical and cultural background and how the

biblical text is as relevant today as when it was written.

Sept 11 A Bleeding Woman (Mark 5:21-34)

Sept 18 Water to Wine (John 2:1-11)

Sept 25 Feeding the 5,000/Walking on the Water (Matt 14:15-33)

Oct 2 A Canaanite Woman (Matthew 15:21-28)

Oct 9 The Cursing of the Fig Tree (Mark 11:12-21)

Oct 16 The Ten Lepers (Luke 17:11-19)

TUESDAYS AT 10 BIBLE STUDY BEGINS SEPTEMBER 10!

Join me in the Connection Café at 10am for a video study of Nabeel Qureshi’s

book, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, “ a powerful story of the clash between Islam

and Christianity in one man’s heart – and of the peace he eventually found in

Jesus”. Please sign up at the information table. Please indicate whether you would

like the companion book and Pastor Deb will put one in your mailbox. There is no

charge for this study.

Sept 10 Understanding Muslims

Sept 17 Testing the New Testament

Sept 24 Coming to the Crux

Oct 1 Jesus: Mortal Messiah or Divine Son of God

Oct 8 The Case for the Gospel

Oct 15 The Truth About Muhammed

Oct 22 The Holiness of the Quran

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FIRST AID/CPR/AED TRAINING AT TRINITY

Saturday, September 14

8:30 am – 4:00 pm.

If you would like to serve as a first responder at Trinity, you must

be certified. The day will begin with a light breakfast at 8:30am,

with the class beginning at 9:00am sharp. Lunch will also be

served. There is no charge for this training but participation is

limited to 9 people. Sign up at the information table if you are certain you can

make it on the 14th. If you are interested in being certified but are unavailable

in September, we will schedule a second class at a later date. If you have any

questions, please contact Red Cross Volunteer, Dianne Moker.

Cover to Cover Book Club will begin September 26 and will be held the 4th Thursday of every month through May. We have one spot left in our group of 12. If you like to read but more importantly would like an excuse to meet with a remarkable group of humans, please join us. The list of books is on the information table.

Congregational Meeting

Sunday, October 20 Immediately following the morning worship service.

Your vote is important. Please join us as we elect our

elders and deacons, vote on our 2020 budget and

celebrate what God is doing at Trinity.

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Chad Vanden Bosch, ASM’s Africa Director and RCA Missionary, is coming to Michigan this month!

It's been over three years since Chad has been able to leave Mozambique. While his trip here will be very brief (and unfortunately without Dara and their girls), you are invited to an informal evening with Chad on September 6. You’ll have the opportunity to talk with Chad and hear a personal update on the Vanden Bosch family and the ministry in Mozambique.

Here are the details:

• WHERE: Audio Scripture Ministries' Holland office, 760 S Waverly Rd, Holland, MI

• WHEN: Friday, September 6 from 5-7 PM

• WHAT: Chad will share at 6 pm about the ministry and the soon-to-be-sent 40 foot shipping container, and we’ll enjoy a relaxed time of food, fellowship and prayer for the Vanden Bosch family

This will be an evening you won’t want to miss! Please feel free to share this invitation with other people you know who might be interested and let Audio Scripture Ministries know you are coming.

God is doing wonderful things through His Word using the Vanden Bosch family and their teams in Mozambique. Thank you for your continued prayers and support for Chad, Dara, their family and the ASM teams in Mozambique!

Volunteer Opportunity

We are in the process of updating our health and

safety policies. If you would be willing to read and

edit the current policy, we could use your input.

Most of the communication will be done via email

with a meeting expected before the final draft is

submitted to consistory for approval. Please

contact Pastor Deb or Pastor Phil if you would like

to be part of this project.

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Men’s Wednesday Morning Bible Study

Among the creeds and confessions recognized by the Reformed Church, the Heidelberg Catechism is one of the oldest written as a teaching tool for young people, a guide for preaching and a form of confessional unity among early Protestant Churches in Germany. Many adults remember studying this and memorizing many of the 129 questions and answers which outline beliefs of the Protestant

faith. Those who have not grown up in the Reformed tradition may have heard reference to this confession in worship, but are not familiar with its specifics. The Wednesday Morning Men’s Bible Study will be working through the catechism beginning September 11. Meeting time is 6:30-7:30 allowing those who need to be to work by 8:00 the opportunity to start the day with a study of faith. Those with more flexible schedule can choose to join in breakfast at Marlena’s. We meet in the church office workroom and the coffee pot will be ready. See Bill Van Auken if you are interested in a study book that accompanies our lessons. Have a non-Trinity friend whom you think might be interested? Invite them along.

Who: Men who want to join other guys in a study of faith

What: Study of the Heidelberg Catechism

When: Wednesday mornings 6:30 beginning September 4

Where: Trinity Church office workroom

How: Set the alarm and show up

Why: We all need to keep growing in our faith

Discipleship 201 Class

What does it mean to be a Disciple of Jesus? How do you be a Christ-follower when you can’t see Him? I was baptized as a baby; what’s all this talk about being “born again”? Isn’t being “filled with the Spirit” only for Pentecostals?

These and other life-changing questions are what we’d like to talk about and study in the Fall class, Discipleship 201. Whether you’ve been in the church for decades or you’re new in your faith journey, you are welcome! It will be part of our Midweek Wednesday program for the first quarter of the fall semester. We start Wednesday, September 11. Y’all are welcome!

John and Diane Taylor

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Sept 1 Worship & Communion 9:30am

Sept 2 Finance Team 7pm

Sept 3 Praise Team Practice 6:15pm

Sept 4 Staff Meeting noon

Sept 5 Community Connections Team 7pm

Sept 8 Worship 9:30am Middle/High School Youth 5pm

Sept 9 Lady Tough Fitness 6:30pm Consistory 7pm

Sept 10 Adult Bible Study 10am Praise Team Practice 6:15pm

Sept 11 Men’s Bible Study 6:30am Bible Study @ Appledorn W 10am Staff Meeting noon Care Closet 3:30pm Family Dinner & Activities 6pm WOW After Hours 8pm

Sept 12 Women of the Word 9:30am

Sept 14 CPR/First Aid/AED Class 8:30am

Sept 15 Worship 9:30am Middle/High School Youth 5pm Hymn Sing 6pm

Sept 17 Adult Bible Study 10am Praise Team Practice 6:15pm

Sept 18 Men’s Bible Study 6:30am Bible Study @ Appledorn W 10am Staff Meeting noon Family Dinner & Activities 6pm WOW After Hours 8pm

Sept 19 Third Thursday Senior Breakfast 9:30am Women of the Word 9:30am

Sept 22 Worship 9:30am Middle/High School Youth 5pm

Sept 23 Lady Tough Fitness 6:30pm Worship Life Team 7pm

Sept 24 Adult Bible Study 10am Praise Team Practice 6:15pm

Sept 25 Men’s Bible Study 6:30am Bible Study @ Appledorn W 10am Staff Meeting noon Family Dinner & Activities 6pm WOW After Hours 8pm

Sept 26 Women of the Word 9:30am Cover to Cover Book Group 7pm

Sept 29 Worship 9:30am Middle/High School Youth 5pm

September Birthdays Sandra Coverstone 9/1 Robin Dryer 9/16 Loren Verburg 9/23 Audrey Behrmann 9/3 Steve Lundy 9/18 Marsha Myaard 9/24 Josh Reyes 9/4 Shirley Vereeke 9/19 Lillie Delgado 9/25 Kara Bruursema 9/5 Teresa Harrington 9/20 Jeff Myaard 9/25 Layla Shull 9/7 Karon Kauffman 9/20 Mary Verburg 9/27 Noah Brandt 9/12 Neil DeBoer 9/21 Beth Borgman 9/28 Phil Quinn 9/12 Karen Brandsen 9/22 Judy Mulder 9/29 Jim Spoor 9/15 Simon Garza 9/22 Harold Dirkse 9/30

September Anniversaries Dick & Anita Boss 9/8 Elwood & Marge Rycenga 9/23 John & Penny Houting 9/12 Doug & Dawn Schurman 9/24 Dan & Kim Schrotenboer 9/19 John & Diane Taylor 9/28 Arlon & Lucy Jongekrijg 9/20

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Trinity Reformed Church 712 Apple Avenue Holland, MI 49423

Phone: (616) 396-6526

www.trinityrc.org info@trinityrc.org

2019 TRINITY CONSISTORY

Elders

Jim Allen

Gregg Harper

Bob Koning

Dan Kruithof

Sharon Kruse

Jan VanAuken

Deacons

Kevin Brower

Neil DeBoer

Amanda Eckermann

Rob Harrington

Steve Lundy

Ed Prince

TRINITY STAFF Rev. Phil Quinn, Co-Pastor/Director of Children, Youth & Young Adult Ministries phil@trinityrc.org Rev. Deb Yurk, Co-Pastor/Pastor of Senior Adult Ministry & Care deb@trinityrc.org John Taylor, Worship Arts Director john@trinityrc.org Hope Ward, Assistant Treasurer hope@trinityrc.org Barb Long, Secretary barb@trinityrc.org

Ministry Team Chairpersons Hands in Service Bill VanAuken billvanauken@att.net Discipleship Stewardship Paul VanderStarre pvanderstarre@sbcglobal.net Community Connection Sandy Bedard bedard@hope.edu Worship Life Ruth Klungle klungle875@yahoo.com

Consistory Officers 2019

Vice President - Gregg Harper

Consistory Clerk - Sharon Kruse

Classis Delegate - Dan Kruithof

Treasurer - Kevin Brower

Chair of Deacons - Rob Harrington

Benevolent Deacon - Amanda Eckermann