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ANNOUNCEMENTS
WELCOME GUESTS! If you are a guest today, know that we are happy to meet you, and hope you will be blessed by the worship service and our fellowship time afterwards. It is our goal to show you the love and the hospitality of Christ. Welcome! --Please note that childcare volunteers are provided in our wonderful nursery for all of those who are 4 years old and under! Donor records for 2019 now available in the narthex. January Family Promise! Mark your calendars, our next week of Family promise is January 26th - Feb 2. Volunteers are needed to host overnights at the church, load, unload and make meals and other duties. PLEASE SIGN UP TODAY in the narthex. Contact Wendy or Cindy with your questions. Sunday Morning Discussion Group Sunday mornings at 9:15 am “First light: Jesus and the Kingdom of God” Join the discussion as we are led by New Testament Scholars Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan on location as they discuss Jesus in the context of when and where he lived, the rulers of his time as it all impacted his life and message. This multi-session DVD explores fresh insights into Jesus’s life, its challenge to Roman imperial theology, and the relevance for today. Filmed in Hi-Definition across Turkey, Greece and Italy.There is no homework. Each session is unique, so you can participate even if prior lessons are missed. All viewpoints and ideas are respected and welcomed. FEBRUARY 2nd is SOUPER BOWL and SCOUT Sunday! We will be joined by both Troop 282 as well as our Cub Scout Troop in Worship. Please bring Cash and Cans for North Kent Connect CAMP GREENWOOD is currently hiring summer staff! Do you know anyone seeking Summer Employment? Working at camp is an amazing and a life-changing experience. Contact Camp Director Jake Dayringer at 616-754-7258 Week of January 26, 2020 through February 02, 2020 Day TIME EVENT Sunday 26 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Service FAMILY PROMISE Guests ARRIVE Monday 27 10:30 am Free Play Group 7:00 pm Boy Scouts Tuesday 28 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland 1:15 pm J.O.Y. Bible Study 7:00 pm Women’s AA Wednesday 29 8:00 am Women’s Breakfast, Russ’s, 3966 Plainfield 7:00 pm AA Thursday 30 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Bell Choir Rehearsal Friday 31 9:00 am Morning AA Saturday 01 8:30 am Sunday 02 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Worship
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ANNOUNCEMENTS OUR FLOWERS Sunday are in celebration of the sacrament of Baptism. CHURCH KEYS. Do you have a church key you are not using? We have some volunteers, Elders, and Deacons who could use one and we are running out in the church office. Does your family still need more than one? Please turn any unused keys to the office or Pastor Karen. Thank you for all of your service and good volunteer work. January Family Promise! Mark your calendars, our next week of Family promise is January 26th - Feb 2. Volunteers are needed to host overnights at the church, load, unload and make meals and other duties. PLEASE SIGN UP TODAY in the narthex. Contact Wendy or Cindy with your questions. Attention: Souper Bowl Sunday is February 2nd! Bring cans of soup or other canned goods to church! Our Scout Troop 282 will be joining us during worship that Sunday. PRESYBYTERIAN WOMEN’s MEETING (all women who participate at NKPC), will be held after worship on Jan 19. We will be choosing where the money in our treasury will go. Also, Fran is seeking someone to take the torch of being the chairwoman of PW. Please look carefully into your heart and see if this is something that you are being called to do. There are not only local opportunities, there are national PW activities available to us as a group as well. Thank you everyone. Week of January 12, 2020 through January 19, 2020 Day TIME EVENT Sunday 12 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Service Monday 13 10:30 am Free Play Group 7:00 pm Boy Scouts 7:00 pm Facilities & Stewardship Tuesday 14 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland Dr. 1:15 pm J.O.Y. Bible Study 7:00 pm Women’s AA Wednesday 15 8:00 am Women’s Breakfast, Russ’s, 3966 Plainfield Ave. 7:00 pm A.A. Thursday 16 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Bell Choir Rehearsal Friday 17 9:00 am Morning AA Saturday 18 8:30 am Men’s Fellowship Sunday 19 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Worship 12:00 pm Presbyterian Women’s Meeting ANNOUNCEMENTS UNDECORATING PARTY Everyone is invited to help undecorate the church after worship on January 5th. A light lunch will be provided for people who help put our Christmas decorations away decently and in order so that we can easily locate them again for next year! Thank you for all of your help! The Winter Warmth Tree Please help decorate our winter warmth tree for North Kent Connect TODAY with gently used hats, mittens, scarves and other warm items, for delivery to North Kent Connect on Monday, January 6th. Church Keys. Do you have a church key you are not using? We have some volunteers, Elders, and Deacons who could use one and we are running out in the church office. Does your family still need more than one? Please turn any unused keys to the office or Pastor Karen. Thank you for all of your service and good volunteer work. Annual Reports ARE DUE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8th! Guido is pacing the hallways and is tracking the timely submission via email of your reports! He will also check they are in Arial font size 12 with no special characters (i.e. bullet points, images, etc.) All committee annual reports should be emailed to NKPChurch@gmail.com. Thank you! January Family Promise! Mark your calendars, our next week of Family promise is January 26th - Feb 2. Volunteers are needed to host overnights at the church, load, unload and make meals and other duties. Contact Wendy or Cindy for details. Attention: Souper Bowl Sunday is February 2nd! Bring cans of soup or other canned goods to church! Volunteer Schedule The rough draft of the 2020 volunteer schedule is posted in the Narthex. Please check your calendars and make edits and changes now before it is printed and posted. Thank you for all of your excellent volunteer work! Thank you to everyone for your cards, gifts and for a week of vacation to spend some time with my family! --Pastor Karen PRESYBYTERIAN WOMEN’s MEETING (all women who participate at NKPC), will be held after worship on the third Sunday in January, or on January 19 about 12 noon. We will be choosing where the money in our treasury will go, we already have advertised that the profits from the Cookie Walk and the Santa sale will be going to Family Promise. Also, Fran is seeking someone to take the torch of being the chairwoman of PW. Please look carefully into your heart and see if this is something that you are being called to do. There are not only local opportunities, there are national PW activities available to us as a group as well. Thank you everyone, see you on January 19th, immediately after Micki’s postlude. Week of January 05, 2020 through January 12, 2020 Day TIME EVENT Sunday 05 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Service Monday 06 10:30 am Free Play Group 7:00 pm Boy Scouts Tuesday 07 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland 1:15 pm J.O.Y. Bible Study 7:00 pm Women’s AA Wednesday 08 8:00 am Women’s Breakfast, Russ’s, 3966 Plainfield Thursday 09 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Bell Choir Rehearsal Friday 10 9:00 am Morning AA Saturday 11 Sunday 12 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Worship (HANDBELLS PLAY on 1/12) ANNOUNCEMENTS The Winter Warmth Tree Please help decorate our winter warmth tree for North Kent Connect with gently used items, for Delivery January 6th. A note from the NKPC treasurer: The session is the administrator of all of the churches operations, including all financial operations. If you are wondering about something, ask an Elder or the church treasurer and we will find out the answer and get back to you! --Have a question? Just ask! The New 2020 Flower Chart is up. Please sign up for your special dates that you would like to honor someone on. Don't forget to put $20 in the correctly dated envelope along with your message and drop it in the offering plate. Thank you for making our worship space more beautiful every week with flowers! Church Keys. Do you have a church key you are not using? We have some volunteers, Elders, and Deacons who could use one and we are running out in the church office. Does your family still need more than one? Please turn any unused keys to the office or Pastor Karen. Thank you for all of your service and good volunteer work. Annual Reports. It is that time of year to make our list of things to do for the holiday season and New Year. Unfortunately that list must include the NKPC Annual Reports. Guido will again be tracking the timely submission via email of the reports (due on January 8, 2020). He will also check they are in Arial font size 12 with no special characters (i.e. bullet points, images, etc. They should be emailed to NKPChurch@gmail.com. Thank you! January Family Promise! Mark your calendars, our next week of Family promise is January 26th - Feb 2. Volunteers are needed to host overnights at the church, load, unload and make meals and other duties. Contact Wendy or Cindy for details. REFUGIA is a program referred to in our service Sunday. The following is link to a podcast series you may want to listen to relating to the program. https://debrarienstra.com/refugia-podcast/ Pastor Karen will be on vacation December 25th - January 1st. Rev. Laurie TenHave-Chapman of the Rockford Congregational Church is on call for pastoral emergencies at: 616 866-2412 (church) or 616 863-9070. (Thank you for this time with my family! --Pastor Karen) Undecorating Party Everyone is invited to help undecorate the church after worship on January 5th. A light lunch will be provided for people who help put our Christmas decorations away decently and in order so that we can easily locate them again for next year! Thank you for all of your help! Attention: Souper Bowl Sunday is February 2nd! Do you have soup? Volunteer Schedule The rough draft of the 2020 volunteer schedule is posted in the Narthex. Please check your calendars and make edits and changes now before it is printed and posted. Thank you for all of your excellent volunteer work! Week of December 29, 2019 through January 05, 2020 Day TIME EVENT Sunday 29 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Service Monday 30 10:30 am Free Play Group 7:00 pm Boy Scouts Tuesday 31 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland 1:15 pm J.O.Y. Bible Study 7:00 pm Women’s AA Wednesday 01 New Year’s Day no events scheduled Thursday 02 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Bell Choir Rehearsal Friday 03 9:00 am Morning AA Saturday 04 Sunday 05 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Worship ANNOUNCEMENTS
ATTENTION VOLUNTEERS! Laura is working on the 2020 volunteer schedule, posted near the flower chart. Current verified volunteers will rotate forward two weeks so nobody is assigned the same weeks every year. We NEED more regular and substitute nursery volunteers, and have openings for one or two more counters, liturgists, greeters, communion servers, and ushers. Please take a few moments to check out the list and let us know ASAP if you need changes to your tasks or are willing to be added to the list for next year. This church runs like clockwork....but only because of each and every one who steps up to keep it going. Thanks for your willingness to help! The Winter Warmth Tree Please help decorate our winter warmth tree for North Kent Connect with gently used items, for delivery January 6th. Our Christmas Eve Service will be held on Tuesday, December 24th at 7:30 pm. Come and join us as we tell the Christ Story, sing our favorite carols and end with the singing of Silent Night by Candlelight! The NKPC Christmas Party will be held immediately following the Christmas Eve service at approximately 8:15 pm. Bring food to share and celebrate Christmas with your friends! A note from the NKPC treasurer: The session is the administrator of all of the churches operations, including all financial operations. If you are wondering about something, ask an elder or the church treasurer and we will find out the answer and get back to you! --Have a question? Just ask! Pastor Karen will be on vacation December 25th - January 1st. Cara will fill the pulpit on December 29th. And Rev. Laurie TenHave-Chapman of the Rockford Congregational Church is on call for pastoral emergencies at: 616 866-2412 (church) or 616 863-9070. (Thank you for this time with my family! --Pastor Karen) The New 2020 Flower Chart is up. Please sign up for your special dates that you would like to honor someone on. Don't forget to put $20 in the correctly dated envelope along with your message and drop it in the offering plate. Thank you for making our worship space more beautiful every week with flowers! Cookie Walk. A great big thank you to all who made our annual Cookie Walk a big success! This is a Presbyterian Women's project, but it takes a whole church to make it happen and to be a success. Our hats are off to those cookie baker/designers who provided the product! You are truly talented. Thanks also to those who set up the tables, plated the cookies, provided the table cloths, were present before, during, and after the sales event to collect money, pass out boxes, box cookies that did not sell, etc. And don't forget our Pastor, who keeps the sign up to date and accurate and designed the delightful Cookie Walk logo. AND the cleanup crew! We are a church full of talented and willing workers. About half of the funds collected came from donations this year, and if you have the urge to donate, it's not too late. Our PW treasurer is Deb, and she will accept cash and/or checks made out to NKPC Presbyterian Women. Or drop a check in the offering plate, with a cookie walk designation. PW will meet on a Sunday to be announced to decide which mission projects we will fund this year. Focus, of course, was on Family Promise, but we have other causes we also support. Thanks for your help and support! Church Keys. Do you have a church key you are not using? We have some volunteers, Elders, and Deacons who could use one and we are running out in the church office. Does your family still need more than one? Please turn any unused keys to the office or Pastor Karen. Thank you for all of your service and good volunteer work. Annual Reports. It is that time of year to make our list of things to do for the holiday season and New Year. Unfortunately that list must include the NKPC Annual Reports. Guido will again be tracking the timely submission via email of the reports (due on January 8, 2020). He will also check they are in Arial font size 12 with no special characters (i.e. bullet points, images, etc. They should be emailed to NKPChurch@gmail.com. Thank you! January Family Promise! Mark your calendars, our next week of Family promise is January 26th - Feb 2. Volunteers are needed to host overnights at the church, load, unload and make meals and other duties. Contact Wendy or Cindy for details. Week of December 22, 2019 through December 29, 2019 Day TIME EVENT Sunday 22 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Service Monday 23 10:30 am Free Play Group 7:00 pm Boy Scouts Tuesday 24 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland 1:15 pm J.O.Y. Bible Study 7:00 pm Women’s AA 7:30 pm Christmas Eve Service and Pot Luck Wednesday 25 Christmas Day no events scheduled Thursday 26 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Bell Choir Rehearsal Friday 27 9:00 am Morning AA Saturday 28 Sunday 29 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Worship ANNOUNCEMENTS WELCOME GUESTS! If you are a guest today, know that we are happy to meet you, and hope you will be blessed by the worship service and our fellowship time afterwards. It is our goal to show you the love and the hospitality of Christ. Welcome! --Please note that childcare volunteers are provided in our wonderful nursery for all of those who are under 4 years old! OUR FLOWERS today are dedicated to our Family Promise leaders and volunteers. ATTENTION VOLUNTEERS! Laura is working on the 2020 volunteer schedule, posted near the flower chart. Current verified volunteers will rotate forward two weeks so nobody is assigned the same weeks every year. We NEED more regular and substitute nursery volunteers, and have openings for one or two more counters, liturgists, greeters, communion servers, and ushers. We will also be scheduling communion servers. Please take a few moments to check out the list and let us know ASAP if you need changes to your tasks or are willing to be added to the list for next year. This church runs like clockwork....but only because of each and every one who steps up to keep it going. Thanks for your willingness to help! The Winter Warmth Tree Please help decorate it with NEW items such as gloves, mittens, scarves, hats and other warm items for North Kent Connect this Christmas. Delivery Dec 16th in time for their Christmas Store. After Christmas we will decorate it with gently used items, for Delivery January 6th. Our Christmas Eve Service will be held on Tuesday, December 24th at 7:30 pm. Come and join us as we tell the Christ Story, sing our favorite carols and end with the singing of Silent Night by Candlelight! The NKPC Christmas Party will be held immediately following the Christmas Eve service at approximately 8:15 pm. Bring food to share and celebrate Christmas with your friends! Rockford Christmas Celebration Live Nativity and Petting Zoo Everyone is invited on Friday, December 20th as Rockford Celebrates Christmas! Community Christmas Caroling gathers at Rockford Baptist Church promptly between 6:30 and 6:45. Caroling begins at 6:50 pm. Nativity Scene and Petting Zoo located at Speed Merchants Bicycle Shop (E. Bridge and S. Main) Telling the story of Jesus birth begins at 7:00 pm. Free Refreshments for everyone at Rockford United Methodist Church 7:00 - 8:00 pm Pastor Karen will be on vacation December 25th - January 1st. Cara Oosterhouse will fill the pulpit on December 29th The New 2020 Flower Chart will be up on Sunday December 15th. Please sign up for your special dates that you would like to honor someone on. Don't forget to put $20 in the correctly dated envelope along with your message and drop it in the offering plate. Thank you for making our worship space more beautiful every week with flowers. Thank you to everyone who helped with the Cookie Walk, the Santa Claus Girls Gift Delivery and the sale of Kathi's Santas. All of your efforts to raise funds is greatly appreciated! Week of December 15, 2019 through December 22, 2019 Day TIME EVENT Sunday 15 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Service Elder Installation 12:00 pm Deacons Meeting 1:30 pm Matt Peterson Piano Recital Monday 16 10:30 am Free Play Group 7:00 pm Boy Scouts 7:00 pm Facilities & Stewardship Committee Tuesday 17 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland 1:15 pm J.O.Y. Bible Study 7:00 pm Women’s AA Wednesday 18 8:00 am Women’s Breakfast Russ’s 3966 Plainfield 7:00 pm AA Thursday 19 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Bell Choir Rehearsal Friday 20 9:00 am Morning AA Saturday 21 8:30 am Men’s Fellowship Breakfast Sunday 22 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Worship ANNOUNCEMENTS
OUR FLOWERS Sunday are in celebration of the beauty of the Advent season! Meijer’s Double Match only one day left! Friday December 13th , ONLY at Rockford Meijer. If you purchase a Meijer gift card for North Kent Connect in any amount that day, Meijer’s will donate 2x the amount to North Kent Connect. (A $10 donation turns into $30.) This will enable them to purchase food for their clients. Please note: NKPC Annual Congregational Meeting is today after worship. Thank you for participating in this important administrative task. ATTENTION VOLUNTEERS! Laura is working on the 2020 volunteer schedule, posted near the flower chart. Current verified volunteers will rotate forward two weeks so nobody is assigned the same weeks every year. We NEED more regular and substitute nursery volunteers, and have openings for one or two more counters, liturgists, greeters, communion servers, and ushers. We will also be scheduling communion servers. Please take a few moments to check out the list and let us know ASAP if you need changes to your tasks or are willing to be added to the list for next year. This church runs like clockwork....but only because of each and every one who steps up to keep it going. Thanks for your willingness to help! The Winter Warmth Tree Please help decorate it with NEW items such as gloves, mittens, scarves, hats and other warm items for North Kent Connect this Christmas. Delivery Dec 16th in time for their Christmas Store. After Christmas we will decorate it with gently used items, for Delivery January 6th. Sign up today to deliver presents at 9 am on December 14th for Santa Claus Girls! Let Pastor Karen know if you can help. Don't forget to sign up for the Cookie Walk on December 14th. Women's Association runs this traditional fundraiser each year to support our Mission Projects, including Family Promise and Camp Greenwood. Please bring cookies...our loyal following is looking forward to them! THANK YOU to all of you for supporting Family Promise/Interfaith Hospitality Network. We hosted our first two families last week and everything worked well. We have developed a wonderful partnership with our neighboring Tribes church and they pretty much split the duties with us. Flexible schedules during Thanksgiving week was the biggest challenge, but everything worked out well. The good news was that both our guest families got to spend the Holiday with their extended families, and had a warm dinner and a place to sleep the rest of the week. The best news is that at least one of our families has found more permanent housing. We look forward to hosting again the last week in January, probably with all new guests. If you didn't have a chance to participate this last week, please take the opportunity to do so during one of our five 2020 rotations. I guarantee you will feel blessed and grateful for the opportunity to lend a hand to our neighbors. ROCKFORD COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA & BAND CONCERT. Everyone is invited today Sunday, December 8th at 3 pm! This wonderful FREE concert will be held at Rockford High School. Come and join in the community holiday spirit! KENT PHILHARMONIC CHRISTMAS CONCERT. Selections from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky will lift your Christmas Spirits at 7:30 pm on Friday, December 13th at St. Cecilia's Music Center Grand Rapids! Tickets available at the door for $10. Our Christmas Eve Service will be held on Tuesday, December 24th at 7:30 pm. Come and join us as we tell the Christ Story, sing our favorite carols and end with the singing of Silent Night by Candlelight! The NKPC Christmas Party will be held immediately following the Christmas Eve service at approximately 8:15 pm. Bring food to share and celebrate Christmas with your friends! Thank you to everyone who helped decorate the church on 12/1/2019. It looks lovely! Week of Dec. 8, 2019 through Dec. 15, 2019 Day TIME EVENT Sunday 8 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Service 12:00 pm Congregational Meeting Monday 9 10:30 am Free Play Group 7:00 pm Boy Scouts 7:00 pm Facilities & Stewardship Committee Tuesday 10 7:30 am Men’s Breakfast Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland 1:15 pm J.O.Y. Bible Study 7:00 pm Women’s AA Wednesday 11 8:00 am Women’s Breakfast Russ’s 3966 Plainfield 7:00 pm AA Thursday 12 6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Bell Choir Rehearsal Friday 13 9:00 am Morning AA Saturday 14 9:00 am Santa Claus Girls Gift Delivery 9:00 am Cookie Walk Sunday 15 9:15 am Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am Traditional Sunday Worship with Elder Deacons Meeting PASTOR KAREN’S email is Pastor.nkpc@gmail.com or REVKFL@NKP.CHURCH Cell phone is 616-644-5122. Her office hours are Monday - Wednesday 9:30 - 3 pm. Contact her for lunch or coffee! Please remember to wear your name tags. Our new friends and visitors thank you. ANNOUNCEMENTS OUR FLOWERS today are in thanks for all of the people from both North Kent Presbyterian, Scout Troop 282 and Tribes Church who volunteered to help with Family Promise this week. We appreciate and celebrate you and your good work and all of your donations! We had a very successful first experience providing meals and housing for two families! $5,000 Match for Camp Greenwood! DEADLINE is today DEC. 1st. A generous NKPC member has offered matching funds up to $5,000 to inspire other NKPC members to give. Currently $4260 has been donated. Can you help us? You may either make out your check to Camp Greenwood or to North Kent Presbyterian with Camp Greenwood in the subject line. DONATE TODAY! Meijers Double Match takes place on Tuesday, December 3rd and Friday December 13th ONLY those days, ONLY at Rockford Meijer. If you purchase a Meijer gift card for North Kent Connect in any amount that day, Meijers will donate 2x the amount to North Kent Connect. (A $10 donation turns into $30.) This will enable them to purchase food and items for their clients. Christmas Decorating Today. Come decorate with us! On Sunday, December 1st after worship we will not only be putting away our Family Promise supplies, we will be decorating the church for Christmas. Come for a light lunch of sloppy joes and join in the decorating fun. We will un-decorate on Jan. 5th 2020. Note: The Deacons Meeting has been moved to December 15th after worship. Women Who Care of Kent County meet at Blythefield Country Club on 12/5 at 5 pm. This giving circle pools $100 contributions of women together for a common cause in Kent County. Talk to Pastor Karen for details. Attention! The NKPC Annual Congregational Meeting is NEXT SUNDAY, December 8th, after worship. Thank you for participating in this important administrative task. SAVE the DATE! & EAT COOKIES! The Santa Claus Girls Gift Delivery and the world famous NKPC Cookie Walk will be on Saturday, December 14th! Start planning now! Cookie sign up sheets are on the bulletin board in the narthex. ATTENTION VOLUNTEERS! Laura is working on the 2020 volunteer schedule. The plan is to rotate the Nursery volunteers and counters forward two weeks so nobody is assigned the same weeks every year. The current schedule is posted near the flower chart. Please verify that you are willing to continue in your current volunteer jobs and let Laura know if you need to change anything. We will be adding the Communion Servers to the list this year. We NEED more nursery volunteers, and have openings for one or two more counters, liturgists, greeters, communion servers, and ushers. We also need substitutes. Please take a few moments to check out the list and help keep our church running smoothly. The Winter Warmth Tree arrives at NKPC Today, December 1st! Please help decorate it with NEW items such as gloves, mittens, scarves, hats and other warm items for North Kent Connect this Christmas. After Christmas we will decorate it with gently used items! A Memorial Service for Sally and Russ Bullis. The Bullis family were long time members of NKPC who moved to Mission, Texas in their retirement. Most recently they have been living in Cambridge Manor in Grandville near their children as they struggled with memory loss. Russ died on January 28, 2018 and Sally died Nov. 15, 2019. Their family is gathering with friends for a joint memorial service for both Russ and Sally on Sunday, December 1st at 2 pm at Stroo Funeral Home 1095 68th St Grand Rapids. A visitation with the family at Stroo precedes the service at 12:30 pm. Please remember the whole extended Bullis family in your prayers as they grieve their parents. FREE Government Food Commodities are available on Dec. 5th from 9 - Noon at the Rivergrove Retirement Community 5761 Jupiter, Belmont. The PCUSA Christmas Joy offering will be collected on 12/ 15 and 12/22! Week of Dec. 1, 2019 through Dec. 8, 2019 Sunday December 1 9:15 am: Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am: Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am: Traditional Sunday Service w/ Communion 12:25 pm: Christmas Decorating Party Monday December 2 10:30 am: Free Play Group 7:00 pm: Boy Scouts Tuesday December 3 7:30 am: Men’s Breakfast Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland Dr. 1:15 pm: J.O.Y. Bible Study 7:00 pm: Women’s AA All Day: DOUBLE MATCH DAY for North Kent Connect Wednesday December 4 8:00 am: Women’s Breakfast Russ’s, 3966 Plainfield Ave. 7:00 pm: AA Thursday December 5 6:30 pm: Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm: Bell Choir Rehearsal Friday December 6 9:00 am: Morning AA Saturday December 6 Next Sunday December 7 9:15 am: Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am: Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am: Traditional Worship Service 12:00 pm: Congregational Annual & Corporate Meeting PASTOR KAREN’S email is Pastor.nkpc@gmail.com or REVKFL@NKP.CHURCH Cell phone is 616-644-5122. Her office hours are Monday - Wednesday 9:30 - 3 pm. Contact her for lunch or coffee! Please remember to wear your name tags. Our new friends and visitors thank you. OUR FLOWERS today are in celebration of sharing Thanksgiving with our Family Promise guests. J.O.Y. Bible Study meets this Tuesday, Nov. 26th! Join us 1:15 - 2:45 pm! Thanksgiving Potluck! Everyone is invited to join the NKPC potluck on Thanksgiving at 2:00 pm. Bring enough food to share with our Family Promise guests and come celebrate our blessings together. The turkey will be provided, but the rest of the feast is up to you! Sign-up on the bulletin board today! $5,000 Match for Camp Greenwood! DEADLINE DEC. 1st. A generous NKPC member has offered matching funds up to $5,000 to inspire other NKPC members to give. Currently $3880 has been donated. Can you help us? You may either make out your check to Camp Greenwood or to North Kent Presbyterian with Camp Greenwood in the subject line. Let's keep up the good work that God is doing through our camp! Meijers Double Match takes place on Tuesday, December 3rd and Friday December 13th ONLY those days, ONLY at Rockford Meijer. If you purchase a Meijer gift card for North Kent Connect in any amount that day, Meijers will donate 2x the amount to North Kent Connect. (A $10 donation turns into $30.) This will enable them to purchase food for their clients. December 1st Decorating. Come decorate with us! On Sunday, December 1st after worship we will not only be putting away our Family Promise supplies, we will be decorating the church for Christmas. Come for a light lunch of sloppy joes and join in the decorating fun. We undecorate on Jan. 5th 2020. Please note: NKPC Annual Congregational Meeting is December 8th after worship. Thank you for participating in this important administrative task. SAVE the DATE! & EAT COOKIES! The Santa Claus Girls Gift Delivery and the world famous NKPC Cookie Walk will be on Saturday, December 14th! Start planning now! The Cookie Walk sign-up sheet is on the Narthex bulletin board. ATTENTION VOLUNTEERS! Laura is working on the 2020 volunteer schedule. The plan is to rotate the Nursery volunteers and counters forward two weeks so nobody is assigned the same weeks every year. The current schedule is posted near the flower chart. Please verify that you are willing to continue in your current volunteer jobs and let Laura know if you need to change anything. We will be adding the Communion Servers to the list this year. We NEED more nursery volunteers, and have openings for one or two more counters, liturgists, greeters, communion servers, and ushers. We also need substitutes. Please take a few moments to check out the list and help keep our church running smoothly. Please let the church office know ASAP if you need changes to your tasks or are willing to be added to the list for next year. This church runs like clockwork....but only because of each and every one who steps up to keep it going. Thanks for your willingness to help! Family Promise...OK. The pedal is hitting the metal! Anyone who has been waiting to sign up to help, now is the time! Wendy, Laura, or Cindy will be glad to answer questions. You can help by being a host or hostess at meals, by asking the person who has volunteered to do dinner what they need help with, and signing up to be here on Saturday...or any other day on the list...just to see what is needed during that shift. Thanksgiving week requires more volunteers than any other week of the year, so please help share in this Mission opportunity. If it turns out that all of our guests have other plans for a day, which is possible, we will let you know as soon as we know that your service will not be needed. Our thanks to Tribes, which is our support church, for splitting the days and nights with us. Family Promise donation requests are on the board in back of the church. Please take some slips home and bring your donations as requested (some items are fresh foods for our hosting week). If you cannot be here in person this is a great opportunity to contribute. Let's fill the clothes basket! The Winter Warmth Tree arrives at NKPC on December 1st. Please help decorate it with NEW items such as gloves, mittens, scarves, hats and other warm items for North Kent Connect this Christmas. Delivery Dec 16th. After Christmas we will decorate it with gently used items, for Delivery January 6th. Week of Nov. 24, 2019 through Dec. 1, 2019 Sunday November 24 9:15 am: Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am: Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am: Traditional Sunday Service Monday November 25 10:30 am: Free Play Group 7:00 pm: Boy Scouts, who are providing dinner for our Family Promise guests. Tuesday November 26 7:30 am: Men’s Breakfast Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland Dr. 1:15 pm: J.O.Y. Bible Study 7:00 pm: Women’s AA Wednesday November 27 8:00 am: Women’s Breakfast Russ’s, 3966 Plainfield Ave. 7:00 pm: AA Thursday November 28 2:00 pm: Community Thanksgiving Dinner Friday November 29 9:00 am: Morning AA Saturday November 30 Next Sunday December 1 9:15 am: Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am: Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am: Traditional Sunday Service with Communion
PASTOR KAREN’S email is Pastor.nkpc@gmail.com or REVKFL@NKP.CHURCH Cell phone is 616-644-5122. Her office hours are Monday - Wednesday 9:30 - 3 pm. Contact her for lunch or coffee! Please remember to wear your name tags. Our new friends and visitors thank you. ANNOUNCEMENTS OUR FLOWERS today are given in celebration of Pastor Karen's birthday ! J.O.Y. Bible Study meets this Tuesday, Nov. 19th! Join us 1:15 - 2:45 pm! Thanksgiving Potluck! Everyone is invited to join the NKPC potluck on Thanksgiving at 2:00 pm. Bring enough food to share with our Family Promise guests and come celebrate our blessings together. The turkey will be provided, but the rest of the feast is up to you! Sign-up on the bulletin board today! $5,000 Match for Camp Greenwood! DEADLINE DEC. 1st. A generous NKPC member has offered matching funds up to $5,000 to inspire other NKPC members to give. Currently $3850 has been donated. Can you help us? You may either make out your check to Camp Greenwood or to North Kent Presbyterian with Camp Greenwood in the subject line. Both organizations are 501(c) 3 non profits and all contributions qualify as a charitable gift. Let's keep up the good work that God is doing through our camp! Meijers Double Match takes place on Tuesday, December 3rd and Friday December 13th ONLY those days, ONLY at Rockford Meijer. If you purchase a Meijer gift card for North Kent Connect in any amount that day, Meijers will donate 2x the amount to North Kent Connect. (A $10 donation turns into $30.) This will enable them to purchase food for their clients. December 1st Decorating. Come decorate with us! On Sunday, December 1st after worship we will not only be putting away our Family Promise supplies, we will be decorating the church for Christmas. Come for a light lunch of sloppy joes and join in the decorating fun. Please note: NKPC Annual Congregational Meeting is December 8th after worship. Thank you for participating in this important administrative task. SAVE the DATE! & EAT COOKIES! The Santa Claus Girls Gift Delivery and the world famous NKPC Cookie Walk will be on Saturday, December 14th! Start planning now! ATTENTION VOLUNTEERS! Laura is working on the 2020 volunteer schedule. The plan is to rotate the Nursery volunteers and counters forward two weeks so nobody is assigned the same weeks every year. The current schedule is posted near the flower chart. Please verify that you are willing to continue in your current volunteer jobs and let Laura know if you need to change anything. We will be adding the Communion Servers to the list this year. We NEED more nursery volunteers, and have openings for one or two more counters, liturgists, greeters, communion servers, and ushers. We also need substitutes. Please take a few moments to check out the list and help keep our church running smoothly. Please let the church office know ASAP if you need changes to your tasks or are willing to be added to the list for next year. This church runs like clockwork....but only because of each and every one who steps up to keep it going. Thanks for your willingness to help! Family Promise...OK, the pedal is hitting the metal! Anyone who has been waiting to sign up to help, now is the time! Wendy, Laura, or Cindy will be glad to answer questions. You can help by being a host or hostess at meals, by asking the person who has volunteered to do dinner what they need help with, and signing up to be here on Saturday...or any other day on the list...just to see what is needed during that shift. Thanksgiving week requires more volunteers than any other week of the year, so please help share in this Mission opportunity. If it turns out that all of our guests have other plans for a day, which is possible, we will let you know as soon as we know that your service will not be needed. Our thanks to Tribes, which is our support church, for splitting the days and nights with us. Family Promise donation requests are on the board in back of the church. Please take some slips home and bring your donations as requested (some items are fresh foods for our hosting week). If you cannot be here in person this is a great opportunity to contribute. Let's fill the clothes basket! Congratulations Micki! On October 17th & 18th Micki performed poetry of protest with original instrumentals at Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences in Granada Hills, CA! Then on October 25th, she presented her paper, Internality and Legal Rights at GVSU's Philosophy Colloquium and she will be presenting her paper, Just War Theory as Ideological and Combatant Role Confusion at GVSU's Military History Colloquium on Nov 22nd. We celebrate these very significant academic accomplishments with you! Congratulations! Week of Nov. 17, 2019 through Nov. 24, 2019 Sunday November 17 9:15 am: Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am: Bell Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am: Traditional Sunday Service Monday November 18 10:30 am: Play Group 7:00 pm: Boy Scouts 7:00 pm: Session 7:30 pm: Boy Scouts Family Promise Training Tuesday November 19 7:30 am: Men’s Breakfast Mr. Burger, 5181 Northland Dr. 1:15 pm: J.O.Y. Bible Study 7:00 pm: Women’s AA Wednesday November 20 8:00 am: Women’s Breakfast Russ’s, 3966 Plainfield Ave. 7:00 pm: AA Thursday November 21 6:30 pm: Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm: Bells Rehearsal Friday November 22 9:00 am: Morning AA Saturday November 23 Next Sunday November 24 9:15 am: Adult Discussion Group 10:15 am: Choir Rehearsal 11:00 am: Traditional Sunday Service |
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