“Lessons from a Cistern” Jeremiah 38:2-11; Matthew 5:10-12

Pastor Wayne Sneller 9:30 a.m. October 28, 2018 The media is _________________ on Christians— putting them down and attacking them. The world crucifies Jesus.

1. The reality of ______________. Matthew 5:10-12 “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you….” This is the only beatitude that says ___________! We see a lesson in Jeremiah. His message created __________. Jeremiah 38:2

2. Recognize the ____________ of our persecution. We stand against ____________. “We are not fighting against human beings, but against wicked spiritual forces.” Ephesians 6:12

3. Lessons from the cistern. What do we ____________ around us when trouble enters our life? Refuse to _______________ Explain the _____________ of your strength. “Be happy about it!” Matthew 5:12 Learn from being _______________ Be reminded of whom we ______________ in

4. _______________ our mission. Our faith enables us to have a witness even if our trouble is _______ all the way re-moved. “They pulled (Jeremiah) out (of the cistern)…and was returned…to the palace prison – where he remained.” Jeremiah 38:13 You have a ______________ to the source of your strength. We are able to rise above our circumstances while still having an _____________ in the middle of our being challenged for our faith!

_____________ be bothered about anybody laughing at you for living for Christ. Jesus was very honest. There is a _____________ to be paid for following him! What is your faith _________________ you?

October 28, 2018 9:30 AM

First Reformed Church, Sully Iowa Pastor Wayne Sneller

First Reformed Church Morning Worship * 9:30 a.m. * October 28, 2018

Pastor Wayne Sneller Prelude ……………………………………………………………………………………………….Rita Vos

Welcome

THE APPROACH TO GOD

*Call to Worship

*Hymns of Praise #11……………………………………………………………………...“My Tribute”

#16………………………………“We Praise Thee, O God, Our Redeemer”

*Worship Prayer

Bible Blessing for 3rd Grade— Julie Van Manen

Children’s Message …………………………………………………………………. Julie Van Manen

(3 yr. olds thru 1st grade dismissed for Children in Worship Activities- Legacy Addition basement! Pick

up children after worship in basement by the elevator in the Gathering Place)

Announcements

Congregational/Offertory Prayer

Offertory #45………………………………………………………..“Surely Goodness and Mercy”

THE WORD OF GOD

Scripture …………………………….. Jeremiah 38:2-11(pg.645); Matthew 5:10-12(pg.782)

Message …………... “Lessons from a Cistern” ……………….. Pastor Wayne Sneller

THE RESPONSE TO GOD

*Closing Hymn #52 vs. 1, 2, 3 & 5…………………………“O God, Our Help in Ages Past”

*Benediction

*Response #42…………………………………………………………………………….“Seek Ye First”

POSTLUDE …………………………………………………………………………………………….Rita Vos

*Indicates standing if able *CCLI License # 790003 *There will be a time of coffee and fellowship after the service this morning in the Gather-ing Place fellowship hall. *We Livestream all our services at www.sullyfrc.org to watch online. Our Third Grade Bible Blessing children: Chase Deal * Will Dykema * Brooke Harthoorn * Dayton Mortvedt * Ashton Rozendaal * Brody Schnell * Elizabeth Torres * Mandeesa Vos

FAMILY NIGHT IS IN NEED OF HELP

Donations needed: Please drop off in the Legacy Kitchen Hamburger Peanut butter #10(large) cans of green beans #10(large) cans of peaches Large Cans of Chicken Butter Cake mixes Cream of chicken soup (lg. can) Walmart or Fareway gift cards

IMPACT Youth (6th—8th grade) October 28, 6:00 pm—Anchor Service Faithwalkers (9th—12th grade) October 28, 6:00 pm—Anchor Service

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SMALL GROUPS

Wednesday evenings We begin serving at 5:30 during the school year. Meals for the month of October: Chicken & biscuits, green beans and cupcakes.

6:15 pm Junior High Small Group (6th—8th grade) meet in the Children In Worship area. 6:45 pm High School Small Group (9th—12th grade) meet in the Lighthouse.

We will be doing trunk or treat here in the church park-ing lot, Tuesday,

October 30 from 6—8 pm. Please sign up if you would like to decorate your trunk and hand out candy. If you cannot hand out candy and would like to participate in some way, drop off candy in the church office. This will be a fun time to show the community some love. Sign-up by emailing the church office at frcsully@netins.net

Sunday, November 11, 11 am – Congre-gational Meeting Wednesday, November 14, 5:30 pm – STARS Family night meal. Last night for STARS until January 9. Wednesday, November 14, 6:30 pm El-ders meeting; 6:45 pm Deacons Meeting; 7:30 pm Consistory Meeting. All newly elected elders and deacons are invited to attend.

THANKSGIVING OFFERING envelopes are in your church mailbox. This year our Thanks-giving offering is designated to our Mission Fund. This will be collected at our Thanksgiving Eve Service on Wednesday, November 21 as well as the morning worship service on Sunday, November 25.

New Membership Classes will be held TODAY after the morning worship service. Pastor Wayne will be leading these classes. If you would like to know more about FRC and what it means to be a member in the Reformed Church, please join us in Pastor Wayne’s office.

ADDRESS CHANGES FOR OUR CHURCH DIRECTORY – SUBMIT BY NOVEM-BER 11. Please submit your address & telephone changes needed for the new church di-rectory. You can fill out online at http://sullyfrc.org/resources/church-directory-update/ or call or email the church office at 594-2935 or frcsully@netins.net. We will be putting in email addresses as well. If you would like your email address listed, please let us know!

GIVING AT CHURCH www.sullyfrc.org has a completely new look to it! You can Se-curely Give Online now Your information is held securely by an SSL encrypted connection. This information will remain private and will never be given away to third parties, other than to process your scheduled contributions.

PHASE 2 Pictures: The pictures of the renovation plans are on the church website under the Resources tab at the top of the page. http://sullyfrc.org/resources/phase-2-sanctuary-remodel/ ATTENTION ALL SOUND TECH AND WORSHIP LEADERS—FREE SOUND TRAINING: A sound training will be held on November 3 from 9 AM – 12 PM at Third Church in Pella, IA. There will be coffee and donuts in the morning and lunch will be provided following the conclusion of the training. We will be talking about: · The basics of running sound · The different roles of each instrument · How to make a band sound like a band · How to improve communication between the band/worship leader and the people in the sound booth. · How to develop a sound philosophy for consistency week to week This training will focus on mixing contemporary music in a modern style. We want to invite both, sound people and worship leaders to this event. There will be a detailed breakdown of the days topics coming out next week. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to the church office at frcsully@netins.net. Parking Lot Update: Cement work has started!

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 service. Church meetings will be cancelled if the Lynnville-Sully School cancels classes or is dismissed 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 notified by a text when services are cancelled!

Church Family Paul Hackert has been moved to the Comfort House in Pella, IA. Paul has a caring

bridge site with updates that can be found at https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/paulhackert

Dorothy Van Der Kamp was admitted to the Pella Regional Health Center on Tues-day, October 23 after suffering a stroke. She is in room #2160. She is very weak, but doing well. We pray for strength as she recovers.

EVENING WORSHIP SERVICE TONIGHT AT 6:00 pm in the Gathering Place with Pastor Tom VandeBerg

Scripture: “Acts: The Day God Changed His Address”

Message: “Acts 2:1-41”

Phase 2 (Sanctuary renovation) Financial Package The cost of this proposed project is approximately $600,000. The financing of this project will be accomplished by designating $365,000 of the Veldhuizen gift to the Building Fund and $8,792 from a designated Vande Krol annuity. The current bal-ance of the Building fund ($50,291.78) will be applied to the balance of $226,983 leaving $175,917 as an outstanding balance on the remaining project. We will use funds from the General church account ($175,917) to pay down the difference until funds are raised through our Building Fund to pay back the General account. Bottom line, the congregation is being asked to fund $175,917 of the project. If Phase 2 does not pass, $180,000 still will be paid to the Building fund from the Veldhuizen gift to pay for needed repairs to the current church facility.

Veldhuizen Gift $365,000

Vande Krol Annuity $8,792

Building Fund $50,291

Congregational Responsibility $175,917

Approximate Cost of Project $600,000

DATE SIDE AISLE CENTER AISLE WING

October 28 Nathan Young Doug Maasdam

Jeremy Vander Molen Mitchell Bryan

Jacob Van Manen Tyler Jansen

November 4 Ken Van Soelen Jason Van Zante

Jeff Vander Molen Shawn Huyser

Don Nunnikhoven Kevin Terlouw

October 28 November 4

Dorothy Van Genderen Jennifer Kramer Krystal Van Dyke Riley Terlouw

INFANT & TODDLER

NURSERY

Hollie Nunnikhoven Jamie Dunsbergen Kayla Van Dyke Cheyanne Collins

Parents: Josh & Suzanne Rozendaal Storyteller: Jeff Knouse Leader: Barb Maasdam

CHILDREN IN WORSHIP

Parents: Travis & Karissa Chapman Storyteller: Barb Jansen Leader: Faye Brand

Bryce Doane LIVE STREAM Chad Fikse

Teryl Ver Ploeg PROJECTION Shawn Huyser

Sandy De Jong WELCOME CENTER Nick & Hannah De Penning

NONE Greeter Legacy North NONE

Jerry & Pam Vander Beek Greeter Legacy South Melvin & Shirley Van Genderen

Jeff & Shelly Vander Molen Greeter South Main Dennis & Linda Van Maanen

Irvin & Lois Vander Leest Greeter Wing Scott & Deb Van Kooten

NURSERY INFORMATION: Please contact Hollie Nunnikhoven at sullyfrcnursery@gmail.com if you would be will-ing 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 east corner of the new addition. Children in Worship Activities—3 year old—1st grade are dismissed during the service and meets downstairs (stairway in the Gathering Place by the elevator)

*Guests please stop by the Welcome table to find out more about First Reformed Church! *The AED Defibrillator is located in the church office on the 2nd shelf on east wall

Weekly Calendar at Sully 1st Reformed for the week of October 28—November 4, 2018

Sunday

October 28

9:30 am Morning Worship - Pastor Wayne Sneller—Bible Blessing for our 3rd graders 10:45 am Sunday School for All ages 6:00 pm Evening Worship—Pastor Tom VandeBerg 6:00 pm Anchor Worship in the sanctuary

Monday October 29

6:00 pm Cub Scouts in The Well

Tuesday October 30

6 – 8 pm Trunk or Treat on the East side of the Church NO WOMEN”S BIBLE STUDY—resume next week!

Wednesday October 31

5:45 am Promise Keepers Bible Study 3:30—5:30 pm STARS Afterschool Program. 5:30 pm Wednesday night meals for 6th—12th grade 6:15 pm Junior High Small Group (6th—8th grade) meet in the Chil-dren In Worship area. 6:45 pm High School Small Group (9th—12th grade) meet in the Lighthouse.

Thursday November 1

9:00 am “The Holy Spirit—An Introduction” Bible Study in the Legacy Center—Myra Rozendaal

Friday November 2

7:30 am Prayer Breakfast—all 9th– 12th grade

Saturday November 3

2—10 pm Reunion in the Gathering Place

Sunday November 4

9:30 am Morning Worship - Pastor Wayne Sneller 10:45 am Sunday School for All ages 4:59 pm IMPACT Youth Group (6th—8th grade) 6:00 pm Evening Worship—Pastor Tom VandeBerg 6:27 pm Faithwalkers Youth Group (9th –12th grade)

We want to invite the congregation to our Thanksgiving Service this year as it will be held on Thanksgiving eve, November 21 at 7:00 p.m. Nursery is provided. Each congregational member that attends the service is encouraged to bring an item of food (canned dry good, etc.) that will be collected during the service. A Dessert Fest will follow in the Gathering Place

CONSISTORY Rev. Wayne Sneller, President

ELDERS DEACONS Ervin Arkema (18) Nick Harthoorn (18) Bob Scandridge (18) Jeremy Rozendaal (18) Melvin Van Genderen (18) Rusty Van Wyk (18) Kurt Harthoorn (19) Dan Dykema (19) Chuck Johnson (19) Kendall Jansen (19) Jeff Van Wyk (19) Rod Rozendaal (19) Gerald Droppert (20) Andy Dunsbergen (20) Dennis Dunsbergen (20) Duane Van Rees (20) Mark Scholten (20) Cole Vos (20)

OFFICERS OF CONSISTORY Vice President – Ervin Arkema (18)

Clerk – Kurt Harthoorn (19) Deacon Chairman – Rusty Van Wyk (18) Deacon Secretary – Nick Harthoorn (18)

General/Maintenance Fund Treasurer – Kendall Jansen (19) Ass’t General Fund Treasurer – Duane Van Rees (20)

Mission Fund Treasurer – Jeremy Rozendaal (18) Ass’t Mission Fund Treasurer– Dan Dykema (19)

Youth & Education Director Jeff Knouse

Children’s Ministry Director Julie Van Manen

COMMITTEE CHAIR PERSONS AND CONTACT PERSONS Church Office – 641-594-2935 or email: frcsully@netins.net

Secretaries – Deb Van Kooten & Deb Van Wyk Bookkeeper – Sharla Van Wyk Custodian – Rod Zuidema STARS Coordinator – Julie Van Manen

Newsletter Editor – church office frcsully@netins.net

Christian Education – Gerald Droppert Buildings & Grounds – Rod Rozendaal Calendar Activities – Church office Website Updates – Church office Worship Committee – Pastor Wayne Sneller Welcome Committee – Chuck Johnson Secretary/Custodial – Ervin Arkema Request Shut-in Communion – Rod Zuidema Greeters/Ushers – Bob Scandridge Music Committee – Dennis Dunsbergen Pulpit Supply – Ervin Arkema Service Committee – Deb Johnson Sound System – Donavon De Penning Legacy Kitchen – Shirley Dunsbergen Van Committee – Kendall Jansen “The Well” Kitchen – Barb Jansen Women with Purpose – Elaine Scholten The Well Kitchen Rental Chairman – Lynn Dunsbergen Church Nursery – Hollie Nunnikhoven Fellowship – Kurt Harthoorn Food Committee – Bruce & Lynn Dunsbergen Power Point Projection – Teryl Ver Ploeg 1st & 3rd Sunday Custodian– Donavon De Penning Audio/Visual – Josh Rozendaal Coffee Time Committee- Beryl & Velda Dunsbergen Hospital Equipment–Ralph Van Wyk Kidz Movie Nite –Lynn Dunsbergen Route 45—Justine Wyma

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. All kids in Children in Worship downstairs will be led to opening exercises.

Beginner Department - 3 year old—Kindergarten Lynn Dunsbergen & Cayla Wichhart Opening exercises east side of basement room #8 & 9 3 year olds – Room #9 (Little Lambs) - Hands on Bible—Teach as Jesus Taught

Teachers: Amy Harthoorn & Suzanne Rozendaal Marlene Rozendaal & Lisa Dunsbergen 4 year olds – Room #7 (Zacchaeus’ Treehouse) Hands on Bible—Teach as Jesus Taught

Teachers: Annette Zimmerman & Kara Warrick, Monica Nikkel & Elaine Droppert Pre – Kindergarten –Children in worship area – Room #10 (Builders) Scripture Press: We See God’s Care; We Can Care for Others; We Can Show Thanks

Teachers: Cayla Wichhart, Steph Young, Ryanne Jansen & Cathryn Dunsbergen

Primary Department—1st—4th Grade Primary Department –Dawn Schechinger & Monica Nikkel - Opening Exercises Rm. #6- West side-Kid Connection: Hands & Feet for Creation; Boredom; Is Your Camel Clean 1st Grade – Room # 4 (Lion’s Den) Teachers: Carrie Mortvedt & Dawn Schechinger 2nd Grade – Room #3 (Commandment Center) Teachers: Joni Collins & Julie Van Wyk 3rd & 4th Grade- Room #1 (Creation Station) Teachers: Verlan Brand & Julie Van Manen

Middle School—5th—8th grade ChyAnne & Dylann Huyser (The Lighthouse -opening exercises upstairs above wing) 5th & 6th Grade – The Lighthouse—Scripture Press: God Makes a World; Sin Enters the World; The Flood & Tower Teachers: Nick De Penning, Mel Vos & Tim Vanden Hoek 7th & 8th Grade – The Lighthouse—Dive: What is Being a Christian All About; What’s with All the Rules

Teachers: Bob Scandridge High School—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) Teachers: Ryan Mortvedt - Bible In Life

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES Adult Sunday school – Sunday School Guide – Julie Van Manen’s office Mary Ann Van Maaren, Tammy Sneller, Ryk De Goey, Gary Van Genderen & Bruce Dunsbergen Adult Sunday school –meet in the Legacy Center “Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World” Gary Van Genderen, Ervin Arkema, Jennifer Kramer & Chad Fikse

Sunday Evening Youth Groups

IMPACT Youth (6th—8th grade) - meet at 4:59 pm—Jeff Knouse, Denny & Donna Liekweg, Caden Dunsbergen & Hailey Scandridge Faithwalkers—(9th-12th grade) - meet at 6:27 pm—Jeff & Alison Knouse, Brent & Sandy De Jong & Cale & Kendra Van Wyk

Wednesday Night Small Groups 6th—8th Grade—6:15 pm in the Well—Nick De Penning 9th – 12th Grade—6:45 pm in the Lighthouse—Gerald Droppert