Please remember our church family in your daily prayers at mealtimes and during your personal devotions. Continue to remember those young and old with ongoing physical, spiritual, and emotional struggles.
Our family of the
week is John & Ria Jager and we congratulate them as they celebrate their
60th wedding anniversary on March 5th. We give thanks for God’s many blessings
through the years and trust in his goodness in the years ahead. Please keep both John & Ria in your daily
prayers this week.
Grace Vander Veen
is moving from the care facility in Bashaw to one of the new units at the Royal
Oak Village here in Lacombe. We are thankful space was available and she is
closer to her family and support community.
Remember
our missionaries around the world.
Bethel News
Next Sunday, March 10th
we continue in Lent remembering the suffering of our Lord Jesus as he made his way to the cross. We read about Mary Magdalene from Mark 15:40-16:11 and try to “see ourselves as Jesus sees us.” In the evening we will have our annual prayer service, offering prayers to God for his blessing on our work, homes and community. Pastor Mike will lead our worship.
Council nominations
Once again it is time
to consider Council nominations.
This year we have two deacons (Bryan Noordhof and Terry Vandenborn) a Youth
Elder (Wayne Bouwman) and two elders (Wilf Ebens and Paul Prins) completing
their terms. Who is eligible for nomination? All office bearers are given a
minimum two year break between terms of service. Those who are therefore
ineligible are: John de Regt, Henry Eisses, Scott Fraser, August Luymes, Craig
Van Stryland and Darran Vreugdenhil. Women are eligible for the position of
deacon. You do not need to speak with each person you nominate and you can
nominate as many people as you feel are qualified. The district elders will
officially approach people with the appropriate amount of nominations.
The
present Council members are: Wayne Bowman, Bindert de Jong, Rod Duckett,
Wilf Ebens, Henry Geldof, Art Hazelhoff, Pete Heidelberg, Bryan Noordhof,
Gerald Noort, Paul Prins, Peter Prins, Herman Scholing, Andrew Tenbrinke, Terry
Vandenborn, Pastor Mike Vandyk, John van Gyssel, Rod Venhuis, Donald Wildeboer
and Rick Wildeboer.
An actual nomination
form will be given to you today, March 3rd during the offering and
collected as you leave the sanctuary. At that time you fill in the names of
those you feel are gifted to serve. Those who cannot be present today can make
other arrangements to submit their nominations. If you have questions please
contact Peter Prins. We seek the Lord for his guidance in this process. Council
deeply appreciates your prayerful consideration on this matter.
Dutch
Cheese Orders: Today,
in your mailboxes you will find another chance to order Dutch cheese. All
orders must be placed in Wannetta Brander's mailbox by March 10th and
the order will be ready for pick up from church on Sunday, March 24th.
Thank you for your support.
BETHEL YOUTH
Young Peoples
will meet
today after the evening service for a social at Daniel Venhuis’ home.
Young Adults
There will be a Young Adults
Bible study after the evening service today. We will meet here in the church.
There is NO Tuesday Nite Youth
as the leaders will be meeting in preparation of the coming month.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Are you alone in life?
Would you like to meet men & women alike between the ages of 40 to
70 years for fun and Christian fellowship? We are organizing a very active group. Our activities will include hiking, biking, wiener roasts, camping,
movie nights and much more. If you are
interested in joining our active group please call 403-782-7745. Please leave a message if there is no answer.
Is your family experiencing transition due to separation or
divorce?
Come and learn more about
children’s perspectives and effective strategies to move forward. There is a public seminar sponsored by the
Lacombe Parent Link Centre called Effective
Co-Parenting: Putting Kids First to
be held tomorrow, Monday, March 4th from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the
Lacombe Memorial Centre, 2nd floor – Servus Credit Union room. There is no fee to attend. Please RSVP to the Lacombe FCSS at
403-782-6637.
Annual
Membership Meeting of the Burial Society:
All members of the Lacombe Christian Reformed
Burial Society are encouraged to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held
on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. at Woodynook Christian Reformed Church.
Soul Patrol Choir
Dessert Night
Everyone is invited to join the Soul Patrol Choir for an evening of singing
and fellowship, Friday, March 8th at 7:00 p.m. at Woody Nook Church.
Soul Patrol Choir is an un auditioned group of singers from Grade 2-8.
If you are wondering about
joining
the choir, this is a great opportunity to check us out.
The Lacombe
& District Volunteer Link
Annual General meeting will be held on Monday, March 11th at 7:00
p.m. in the College Heights Seventh Day Adventist church. Guest speaker Azalea Lehndorff will speak
about the organization A Better
World. Everyone is invited to
attend. A free will offering will be
taken with all funds going to A Better
World.
THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
LIBYA:
Egyptian Christian
businessman Sherif Ramses manages a bookstore in Benghazi. On February 10th,
he was arrested because he made Christian books available to
Arabic-speaking immigrants who lived or worked in the city. While he has not
yet been charged before a court Sherif has experienced repeated physical
mistreatment while in detainment. Other believers in Benghazi who had in some
way associated with Sherif, have also been recently arrested. Though formal
charges have not been made against any of them, they have all been accused of
proselytizing Christianity. Pray that God
will protect and preserve Sherif and his Christian friends and their families.
Pray also for those in authority, including the officials responsible for
making these arrests. May God pour out His Holy Spirit on the nation of Libya
so many will be brought to repentance and faith in Him!
