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4025 Knapp St. NE

Grand Rapids, MI 49525 616 363-5078 www.knappchurch.org

Connect with us on Facebook: “Knapp Street Reformed Church” “Knapp Street Care Page”

Staff

Contact / leave messages for staff on main office phone at (616) 363-5078 or email them at (first name)@knappchurch.org .

Rev. Les Wiseman (616) 648-6214 cell Karen Breuker Connections & Facilities Coordinator Cindy Hubble Administrative Assistant Stuart Jonas Custodian Ryan Strehl Director of Music & Arts Deb Waldron Director of C.E. & Kids Hope USA

Consistory Executive Team

President – Rev. Les Wiseman Vice-President – Cathy Millard

Deacon Chair – Stephen Beckett Clerk – Brenda Brizzolara

Zone Care Elders and Deacons

A – De Y Bob Monsma (E) Eric Rice (D) Dec – G Tammy Slater (E) Stephen Beckett (D) H – L Ted De Young (E) Kelly Van Duinen (D) M – Q Brenda Brizzolara (E) Ron Huizinga (D) R – T Ken Marsh (E) Jon Lodden (D) U – Z Cathy Millard (E) Chad Millard (D)

Order of Worship December 25, 2016 – Christmas Day

Opening Song

Welcome & Greeting

Christmas Reading

Songs of Worship

Offering

Congregational Prayer

Scripture: Luke 2:1-7 Message: “The Star of Bethlehem” Rev. Les Wiseman

Communion

Closing Song

Announcements

Benediction

Welcome to Knapp Church! Sunday Worship at 9:30 AM

Sunday School classes for all ages available. See details below.

Childcare is available during worship on the lower level.

Nursery for infants until 2 years old in room 17

Little Lambs for age 2 thru Preschool in room 1

Walk Out Worship (WOW) for Kdg thru 2nd

grade

Little Lambs & WOW excused during the worship service on specified Sundays

Following worship…

Please join us for fellowship and refreshments in the multipurpose room.

Elders and deacons are available for prayer and fellowship in Pastor Les’s office following the service.

Connection Cards are available in the pews to communicate change of address/ phone, desire for ministry involvement, prayer concerns, etc. You may place them in the offering plate or give to Pastor or an elder.

Need prayer/ counseling during the week? Please contact Pastor Les or your zone elder listed on the back page of this bulletin or in the church directory.

Sunday School Classes Pre-K thru 5

th grade singing at 11:00 before class time in Room 18

Pre-K/ Kdg Joedy Beckett Room 10 Grades 1-3 Melanie Brighton Room 7 Grades 4-5 Jan Vergouwe Room 8 Grades 6-8 Amy Wiseman & Jessica Slater Room 16 High School Tammy Slater Lounge Men’s class Scott Waldron Room 15 Video class (adults) Dale Millard Room 9

Serving in Hospitality & Children’s Ministries This Sunday: Next Sunday:

Greeters: Dawnlynn Suttorp Anne Williamson

Scott & Deb Waldron Gene & Diane DeRuyter

Ushers: Joel V, Larry V, Norm VS Scott B, Dan B, Dave D

Coffee (cookies): Dale & Cathy M (Patti M) Vern & Denise N (Anne W)

Nursery: Nursery & LL combining Erin VV & Katie H

Little Lambs: [Leaders TBD at time of printing] Mary J & Addison B

WOW: No WOW today No WOW next Sunday

Greeters and nursery workers are especially encouraged to wear name tags.

Financial Summary: To meet General Fund budget per Sunday: $5,041.67 Last Sunday’s General Fund received: $7937.50

YTD General Fund 2016 budget for Jan - Nov: $240,319.82 YTD General Fund Received as of 11/30/16: $219,371.74 YTD General Fund Expenses as of 11/30/16: $227,299.52

Prayer Concerns

Avequin family – pray for the sale of their home in France

Jon Beckett – finishing up with chemo; pray for a full recovery

DeBoer family – health concerns

Mary De Young’s friend, Don Kieling, had extensive cancer surgery

recently and is facing a very long recovery.

Evonne Doctor—having 4 weeks of radiation treatment

Driesengas’ friend, Bill, with terminal prostate cancer, spreading to back

& pelvis now; pray for his salvation

Pam Dykehouse’s sister, Patti, recovering from having second hip

replaced Dec. 20th

Margaret Lutke at Sentinel Pointe

Gail Monsma’s mother, Ruth Bolyard, recovering from a mini-stroke

Jack Proos’s neighbor, Fred Gaines, recovering from cancer surgery

Skrobots’ extended family – many are having serious health issues and

hospitalizations and there is a lot of travel within the US and abroad; pray

for God’s healing touch and safety in their travels

Dawnlynn’s sister, Dawn – pray for her lung cancer not to return;

currently, she is fighting an infection & needs prayer for answers for the

side effects she’s been having

Sam Suttorp—recovering from leg bypass surgery

Larry Timmers- still recovering from eye surgery and a bout with

pneumonia

THANK YOU to all the youth that went caroling at Ambrose Ridge Apartments. The people there really enjoyed it and were very appreciative.

Phone Prayer/ Info Chain: These people with email (left side) call the people

signed up for the phone chain (right side). If you would like to be added to either the email or phone chain, please call Cindy in the office Mon. thru Thurs. at 363-5078. Cindy H → Treva G Dodo T → Shirley G Dawnlynn → Mary Doane Mary Beth → Marion Carol H → Evelyn J Jan V → Margaret L Loie J → Nancy T Tammi Sh. → Lorraine S

This Week…

Monday 7:00 Men’s Basketball Wednesday 6:00 Worship Council meets

6:30 Prayer 7:00 Praise Team Practice Saturday 1:00pm Men’s Basketball Next Sunday No Sunday School / Loose Change for Heartside Min.

Christmas Worship Schedule [Nursery provided] Christmas Eve Service at 10:00pm

Christmas Day (Sunday) at 9:30am

New This Week…

The church office will be closed Monday and Tuesday this week. If you have an urgent matter, please call Pastor Les.

General Announcements

2017 Giving Envelopes: Those of you with 2016 envelopes will have the same number for 2017. You can find the envelope box in your narthex mailbox and it is already signed out for you. All others may sign up for a number on the narthex table, and take the corresponding box. The envelope system is necessary to get a year-end receipt for taxes. Just a reminder that TODAY is the final Sunday to include 2016 giving on your 2016 receipt.

Consistory…

Classis meetings: Jan. 17, Feb. 21, and Mar. 21 - Classis will vote on the same sex marriage recommendation at the March meeting, so it’s imperative that we have all available elder/deacon reps at the March meeting to cast our vote.

Training for new elders & deacons: Sat., Jan. 7 from 9:30-12:00.

Next Consistory meeting will be Jan. 10th (postponed from the 3

rd).

WANTED: Prayer Warriors— Anyone willing to pray for Knapp Church, please see Tammy Slater.

Employment Opportunities at Knapp Church: It is with great sadness that we are coming to the close of a wonderful chapter here at Knapp Church. We will soon be saying farewell to our longtime Administrative Assistant, Cindy Hubble. Cindy will officially be finished by the 6th of February. It is our hope to have a person in place by mid-January so that appropriate training can happen. The position is part-time (25-28 hours per week). Office administration experience and skills are required. If you know of any qualified candidates, please have them send their résumé to the church office, care of the executive committee.

Membership Class on Feb. 5 – Interested in joining the Knapp Church family? See Pastor Les for more details about membership.

Discipleship Ministries

YOUTH: Winter Jam is January 8th. The cost is $10. Students will meet at

the church at 4pm. Jessica and Amy can be contacted for further info.

Sunday School Collection will go toward the program this year to raise awareness of teen bullying and suicide. Please use the small white envelopes in the pews and put your class/ teacher’s name on it.

Adult Sunday School – [NO CLASSES TODAY!!] Join us Sunday mornings after coffee for one of our three Adult Bible studies. Our men’s class continues with their discussion on the movie God's Not Dead. Dale Millard's class

is walking through the Holy Land with Ray Vander Laan.

Connecting Within and Reaching Outward

Spring Break Plans? Although it seems a long way off, plans are underway for another Spring Break Family Mission Trip the week of April 1 – 8. We will be serving Martin Luther Lutheran Church in sunny Youngstown, OH. The “family” is God’s family and open to all ages. We would love to have you join us. Please contact Brenda Brizzolara, Pam Dykehouse, Marc or Kerri Feikema, or Scott or Cindy Rollenhagen with any questions.

Dressember- Jenna, Hope, Ashley and Amanda are participating in “Dressember” by wearing dresses every day this month. They are doing this to raise money and awareness to the injustices of human trafficking. To support the girls' efforts, please donate to their team. Visit dressember.org and click the donate button, choose 'donate to an individual'. Search their team, dress 4 justice, and contribute!

These are a few of my favorite things - Our book is filling up! Thanks to

those who’ve already filled out a sheet. Please take a look through the book on the back table, and read over some of them, especially to surprise someone with their favorite holiday treat!! If you have not done so, please turn in a Favorite Things sheet to Karen—extras are on the table by the book. “Be known by God, known by one another, known by our love.”

Cereal Boxes for the Apparent Project, a non-profit that empowers the poor in Haiti. Haitians use the cereal boxes to make beautiful beaded jewelry to sell through Market Haiti. Please drop the cereal boxes in the basket next to the table in the narthex. See Dawnlynn S. with any questions.