Trinity Trumpeter April

2014

He is risen!

Let’s Pray! (Grandson of Bob & Jan Hendrick); Mitchell Veele (son of Sherri & Randy VanderWal); Lucas Plitcha (son-in-law of Don & Karen Weersing); Justin Ritsema (grandson of Marcia Ritsema); Josh Yonker (son of Ted and Jill)

IN NEED OF THE PHYSICIAN 11. Health Concerns: Jim Sim-mons, RuthAnn Dekoekkoek, Stu & Shirley Engel, Laura Spangler, Larry Jongetjes, Bea Wallish (stroke), Susie Buikema (pneumonia), Jane Groenevelt (in Florida), Dave Kots (Lee Trowbridge’s brother), Amy Pre-lesnik, Meredith (Diane’s niece—breathing problems), Rob Bui-kema (Fran’s son—stroke, broken ankle), Russ (Katelyn’s cousin—girlfriend practices witchcraft), Paula DeVos’ father—lymphoma, Marsha Jongetjes’ father—broken hip. Sandy (Amy Prelesnik’s cousin—colon cancer). Severe Arthritis: Barry New-man (and recovery from fall), Marcia Ritsema, Jayne Wal-lace. Chronic Pain: Janet Wi-essner, Linda Gerber, Ed De-koekkoek, Jay Hoebeke, Gwen Miles (and eye surgery), Fran Buikema, Melissa Lein, Jill Yonker, Edna Yakes, Gerry VanElzelingen, Dave Trowbridge, Eldon Self. Preg-nancy: Jill Fettes, Annika Brei-mayer, Katelyn Hamstra

COMMUNITY 12. TRC—Finances; Consistory nominations 13. Grand Haven 14. Victims of disaster, both natural and forced

15. Nation—Nation, state, com-munity, churches, schools, busi-nesses, leaders, etc. 16. Loss of Loved Ones: Laura Spangler in loss of husband, John

PRAISE THE LORD! 17. Youth is prayed for! All the names of our youth have been as-signed to our members for prayer! 17. Kevin Lohr’s father recu-perated from heart issue; Steve Kammeraad (Trowbridge’s son-in-law) back home; Amanda (Katelyn Hamstra’s friend) - eye transplant; other eye improving on its own! 18. LisaMarie Davis—has good job! 19. Birthdays & Anniversaries

THE CHURCH 1. Pastor Randy & Family 2. Consistory—Elders and Deacons. 3. Committees: Discipleship (Education) Worship (pianist/organist, praise team, drama, power point/sound/video Mission Teams: World Mission, Home Mission Church Life Community Life (Encouragers) Property Committee Prayer Corner 4. Children/Youth Minis-tries: Children & Worship, Lov-ers of the Lord, Youth Groups: Area 68 & Fusion, Kids Hope, Nursery 5. Other Ministries: Coffee servers, Greeters, Librarian, Custodian, Church Secretary. 6. Small Groups: Salt & Light , Sunday School Guide, Book Club, Keenagers, Roots, 7. Events: Communion, Prayer Chapel 8. Missions—Paradise Bound, Love Inc., Teen Challenge, Western Michigan Theological Seminary, 1st Priority, and Food for the Hungry (Jason & Sonia Musgrave), Tri-cities Ministries

OUR FAMILY IN CHRIST 9. Shut-Ins: Delores Benes—Sierra Home, 16216 Mercury Dr., GH; Lenore Holzinger—1200 Park, GH; Loretta Hoebeke—1015 Wav-erly, GH. 10. Servicemen: Andy An-drakowicz (Grandson of Ed & RuthAnn DeKoekkoek), Tyler Herrington (Grandson of Don Herrington), Arend and Chris Aldrich (Grandsons of Stu & Shirley Engel); Alex Turton

Celebrate! Happy Birthday

3 Emma Jayne Bierman 5 Fran Buikema 8 Pat Nickey

Lee Trowbridge 9 Janet Weissner 12 Andrew Mueller 19 Arlene Bierman 24 Kevin Lohr 26 Alexander Hilderbrand Bea Wallish 27 Kaitlyn Greeno

Happy Anniversary! 12 Larry & Marsha Jongetjes

If you have any prayer requests or praises please call or email Jan

Hendrick (846-3836 or jan-hendrick@prudentialch.com), our

Prayer Corner Coordinator.

Offerings 2-23 $2,549.00 3-2 $3,905.00 3-9 $3,812.00 3-16 $4,403.58 3-23 $3,972.00 Needed for weekly budget: $3,629.00

MAXIMIZED GIVING Don't we all love BOGOs (buy one, get one free)? Right now, donations to the LOVE INC Food Pantry have an opportunity like that. Every Spring, the Feinstein Foundation offers a matching grant to food pantries. Each food item donated is valued at $1 each toward the chal-lenge, matched by an additional $1 from the Foundation. Last week we took 96 items to LOVE INC, pro-viding a bonus of $192 for the food pantry. Way to go Trinity!

EASTER FLOWERS EASTER FLOWERS are available this year for those who wish to give in memory or honor of loved ones. Pick up your order sheet and payment envelope at the Informa-tion Table in the Fellowship Hall. We are offering Lilies $8.50/ea, Tu-lips $6.75/ea, and 6” potted Pan-sies $4.00/ea. The deadline to order is Wednesday, April 9. If you have questions, please contact the church office (842.9084), Mon-day-Thursday between 8am-1pm.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY The Christian Haven Home of Grand Haven is looking for volun-teers for their Auxiliary. The Auxil-iary raises money for many needs of CHH. Representation is needed from each of the area churches. Thank you to Linda Gerber for vol-unteering; one more is still needed. Please give prayerful consideration to becoming a CHH Auxiliary volun-teer for Trinity Church. For more information, please contact Pearlene Teunis (616.842.9202), CHH Auxiliary President.

MAUNDY THURSDAY April 17, 6:15 pm. Jesus’ final mo-ments will be commemorated through music, Scripture, dramatic monologues, and Communion. Visit trc-gh.org for more information. A light meal will be served prior to the service.

MISSIONS Here at TRC we have identified seven missions that we pay special attention to and maintain a con-nection with. These seven missions have been referred to as our “focus missions.” The following is a summary of what has been given to these seven missions from June 1 through the end of February. Food for the Hungry - $2,618.91 Teen Challenge—$1,224.70 Paradise Bound—$738.70 First Priority (M.O.M. for March)—$393.00 Love INC—$1,444.00 Western Theological Seminary—$1,885.75 Tri-Cities Min. (Added 10/13)—$347.00 Each of these missions is a Mission of the Month at least once during the year, sometimes twice. Anyone is able to give to a mission of their choice at any-time using their giving enve-lopes or the M.O.M. envelopes in the pews. Please note that these do not reflect the total amount that TRC has given to missions this fiscal year; these are just our seven focus missions. The Deacons

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING

Monday, April 28, is our annual Congregational Meeting. Please pray for this meeting in the weeks leading up to it, and, members, join us as we look to our next fiscal year. Remember, we need to have a quorum to pass the proposed budget.

BOOK CLUB Watch the bulletin for details.

ANNUAL CLEAN UP Mark your calendars for Satur-day morning, April 26, for our annual Church Cleanup. There's a job for everyone: men, women, and kids! If possible,

Coming up at TRC please bring the following tools/equipment: brooms, rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, and muscles! We plan to begin at 8:30 a.m., and fin-ish by 11 a.m.

MISSION OF THE MONTH The April Mission of the Month is Feed America (Gleaner Truck).

Directory Updates

Please update the following Members:

DeVos, +David (9-24) & +Paula (9-22) a – 9/26 1340 S Ferry St Grand Haven, MI 49417 (616) 510.8755 David: (616) 706.7257 Paula: (616) 514.9653 David: papadave926@gmail.com Paula: praisinpaula@gmail.com

Weersing, +Don (6-20) & +Karen (10-15) a – 9/14 11445 Lakeshore Dr Grand Haven, MI 49417 (616) 847.9858 Don: weersingd@hotmail.com Karen: kwee05@hotmail.com

Wieling, +Shayne (9-4) & +Sheri (2-1) a – 5/18 +Justin (2-8) +Jacob (Jake 6-7) 10734 Whitetail Way Zeeland, MI 49464 (616) 895.6436 swieling@allcom.net

Please add under “Friends of Trinity”:

Louis, Neil (7-4) & Nancy (9-17) a – 7/21 12623 144th Ave Grand Haven, MI 49417 (616) 842.0486 cornelius.louis@intertek.com

Nickey, John (9-20) & Pat (4-8) a – 7/7 13693 152nd Ave Grand Haven, MI 49417 (616) 844.4240 pjnickey@charter.net

mailto:papadave926@gmail.commailto:praisinpaula@gmail.commailto:weersingd@hotmail.commailto:kwee05@hotmail.commailto:swieling@allcom.netmailto:cornelius.louis@intertek.commailto:pjnickey@charter.net

Isaiah 56:7 “For my house will be called a house of prayer.”

Genesis 8:22 “While the earth remains, Seed-time and Harvest, Cold and Heat, Winter and Summer, And Day and Night SHALL NOT CEASE.” GOD ESTABLISHED THE PRINCIPLE OF SEEDTIME AND HARVEST: Seed Faith. Noah’s first acts after the flood were to build an altar and to sacrifice to the Lord. God was pleased and made promises to the human family through the faith of Noah. God also insti-tuted the Law of Seedtime and Harvest (vs22). When God created the first living thing, He gave it the ability to grow and multiply. How? Through the Seed. Your life began by the seed principle. Every act of your life since your birth has oper-ated by the seed principle – springing from good seeds or bad seeds you have sown – whether or

Prayer Corner not you were consciously aware of your seed-planting. The principle continues today. To overcome life’s problems, reach your potential in life, see your life become fruitful, multiplied, replenished (that is, in health, finances, spiri-tual renewal, family, or your entire being), de-termine to follow God’s law of seedtime and harvest. Sow the seed of His promise in the soil of your need. (New Spirit Filled Life Bible – Kingdom Dynamics pg. 16) Come, join us on the 2nd Tuesday of every month – 7:00 P.M. for a time of prayer. The 4th Tuesday of every month– 10:00 A.M. for a Prayer Chapel. You will be blessed and go home rejoicing in the Lord.

Jan Hendrick janhendrick@prudentialch.com Prayer Corner Coordinator Jim & Maria Tate 231-799-0302 tatej22@yahoo.com Prayer Chain

Do you ever wish you could be bolder in sharing

your faith with others? Do you find yourself sweating

or getting tongue-tied when you attempt to talk to

someone about Jesus? Well, evangelization doesn’t

have to be scary. Are you aware that a number of

faith-based movies have either been released or will

be released sometime this year? We would like to

challenge you to use this as an opportunity to invite

individuals who don’t know the Lord or whose spiri-

tual convictions you are unsure of to join you at the

movies. What a great way to get the dialogue

started! Here is a list of movie titles:

Son of God The story of Jesus’ life chronicled from his humble birth to his teachings, crucifixion, and

resurrection. Inspired by the History Channel's hit

2013 miniseries The Bible. In theaters now. God's Not Dead College freshman and devout Christian Josh Wheaton finds his faith challenged on

day one of his philosophy class by atheist Professor

Radisson. Radisson begins class by informing stu-

dents that they must disavow God or face a failing

grade. In theaters now.

Noah Russell Crowe stars as Noah, the most famous ship builder of all time. An all-star cast joins him in-

cluding Emma Watson as Noah's adopted daughter,

Jennifer Connelly as his wife, and Sir Anthony Hop-

kins as Methuselah. Opens March 28.

Heaven is for Real Based on The New York Times best-selling book by the same name, this story fea-

tures a small-town father (Greg Kinnear) who must

find the conviction to share his son's extraordinary

experience. Opens April 16.

Left Behind The movie is based on the first book in the hugely popular series of the same name written

by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. It focuses on the

hours immediately following the “Rapture” when mil-

lions of people vanish, and the ones left behind face

the chaos around them. The movie stars Nicholas

Cage, Jordin Sparks and Chad Michael Murray.

Opens June 19.

Exodus Starring Ridley Scott of Blade Runner and Prometheus, fame directs this epic retelling of the Exodus story. The film stars Christian Bale as Moses

leading the Israelites from the grips of slavery at the

hands of the Egyptian Pharaoh. Opens December 12.

Servants of God If you are unable to carry out your duties

when assigned, please find a sub or trade

weeks with another per-son on the schedule.

Greeters April 6 Dave & Lee Trowbridge 13 Jim & MaryLou VanStedum 20 Don & Karen Weersing 27 Wieling Family

Nursery April 6 Kim Breimayer, Natalie Bremmer 13 Jill Fettes, Autumn Fisher 20 Diane Self, Vicki & Megan Stroud 27 Annika Breimayer, Joseph Bierman

Children & April 6 No Children & Worship Worship 13 Chris Hajdu & Sheri Wieling 20 No Children & Worship 27 Tracy Bremmer & Megan Hajdu

PowerPoint April 6 Ted Breimayer 13 Daniel Bremmer 20 Brandon Greeno 27 Justin Yonker Sound April 6 Matt Miles 13 Paul Bierman 20 Sean Hamstra 27 Tim Wallace

Coffee April 6 Annika Breimayer 13 Carolyn Breimayer 20 ______________________ 27 Bob & Mary Rouwhorst

Read Psalm 136 and write your own, personalized version! Example: When I feel alone, His love endures forever When work stresses me out, and I can’t make sense of any of it; His love endures forever. When my parents tell me how much they love me and when they pray for me, His love endures forever. When I repent and lift my eyes back to the Father, His love endures forever. What would your version of the Psalm say? Will you share it with us? Put your response in Jan Hendrick’s mailbox. Blessings.

Coffee Ministry: There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall for anyone interested in taking a week or two for serving cof-fee. Coffee and cookies are pro-vided. Questions? Contact Jill Yonker: 616-842-9129.

tel:616-842-9129

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

1 6:15pm Discipleship

2 7am Men’s Bible Study 10am Worship Design 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal 8pm Praise Team Rehearsal

3 5:30pm Mission

4 5

6 9:30am Worship 5:30pm Choir Rehearsal

7 8 7pm Prayer Meeting

9 7am Men’s Bible Study 10am Worship Ministry 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal 8pm Praise Team Rehearsal Easter Flower deadline

10 11 12

13 9:30am Worship Palm Sunday

14 15 6:30pm Elders 7pm Deacons 7:30pm Consistory

16 7am Men’s Bible Study 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal 8pm Praise Team Rehearsal

17 6:15pm Maundy Thursday Service

18 Good Friday

19

20 9:30am Worship

Easter

Trumpeter articles due

21 22 10am Prayer Chapel

23 7am Men’s Bible Study 10am Worship Design 8pm Praise Team Rehearsal

24

25 26 8:30am Annual Spring Clean-up

27 9:30am Worship 2pm Ruth Ann DeKoek-koek’s Piano Recital

28 7pm Annual TRC Congre-gational Meeting

29

30 7am Men’s Bible Study 6:30pm Praise Team Rehearsal

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