November 8, 2020
TODAY
Today concludes our Mission Emphasis week. Our guest preacher will be Jerome Burton from Coit Community CRC.
The second offering box will be for Christian Education.
NEXT SUNDAY
Next Sunday Pastor Kory will begin a new series titled Plot Twist. The sermon from Genesis 37-45 will be Joseph.
The second offering box will be for Benevolence.
OUR CHURCH FAMILY
We extend our sympathy to the VerBeek family as they grieve the loss of Ralph earlier this week. We pray for God’s peace and comfort for the family.
We pray for all those in our community who have been impacted by Covid-19. We are especially mindful this week of Marv and Carol DeHaan after Marv spent some time in the hospital and of Jim and Ruth Padilla DeBorst, our missionary partners in Costa Rica, who were diagnosed with the virus.
We praise God that Mark Koning’s most recent round of scans all came back clear.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Earlier this week, a message was sent out about a special congregational meeting to vote on a proposal to upgrade our audio/visual system. The request is for up to $20,150 – this is the combined cost of an audio upgrade and a video upgrade.
New Office Hours! The office will now be open Monday-Friday 9am-3pm.
We would like to welcome our new administrative assistant Nichole Quigley! Nichole is bringing many years of administrative assistant experience to our church staff. Her family has been attending Westend for just over a year. Please join us in welcoming her to the team.
If you are interested in your child participating in this year’s Children’s Christmas program, please fill out the form below by Sunday, November 8. In order to follow the church guidelines and keep everyone safe, we will not be able to add any additional children to the program after November 8. We are creating a Christmas program around the number of participants so we need to know our numbers by November 8.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejSmEybU2PcgB_QO3kCM-ccwkYPQz4OkmbdjV3ghyCJ3VKBQ/viewform
The Youth Group will once again sell frozen homemade apple pies. You can purchase a full-sized pie for $10 or a mini pie for $5. Please email your order to bmyers@westendcrc.org or fill out the form that can be found at the Connection Center. Pies will be made with strict sanitary procedures so you can be confident that they will be both safe and delicious! Perfect for the holidays!
If anyone is willing to mask up and help make apple pies we would love any extra help- even if it’s just for a little while! We will be making pies Friday Nov. 20 from 3-6pm and Saturday Nov. 21 from 9-1pm. Please let Brian know if you’re interested in helping out with this fun event!
We plan to update the Westend address/phone directory. Have you moved since the last one was printed? Do you need to update your email or cell? Please send updates to the church office: office@westendcrc.org.
THANK YOU
We would like to give a huge thank you to Rose Dykstra for her years of dedicated service as our church secretary! Rose is retiring and she has been such a huge blessing to our church staff and family!
The Christian Education Ministry Committee would like to thank all who supported the burrito fundraiser this year! Almost $1,100 was raised to support families who need help with the tuition of Christian Education.
YOUTH
JRock – Broomball this Friday! We will meet at Westend at 6:30 and head over to Griff’s Ice House to have some fun slip sliding on the ice playing broomball. It’s like hockey without the skates! We will grab some ice cream when we are done and finish up at 9:30pm.
We will meet again Sunday, November 22 from 3:45-5:30.
LIFE – Join us this Sunday from 6-8pm as we discuss just how loved we are by God and how that shapes our identity.
We will be making apple pies again this year. We can use all the help we can get so please reserve Friday, November 20 and Saturday November 21 to help with that if you are able!
Join us for Broomball on Saturday November 28th! We will meet for pizza at the church at 6:30pm and wrap up at 9:30pm
afterLIFE- Join us for Broomball on Saturday November 28th! We will meet for pizza at the church at 6:30pm and wrap up at 9:30pm
THIS WEEK
TODAY – 11/8
9:15 AM Morning Prayer Time
9:45 AM Morning Worship
6:00 PM ExtremeLIFE
MONDAY– 11/9
7:00 PM AD Board
TUESDAY – 11/10
6:30 PM Divorce Care
WEDNESDAY – 11/11
6:30 AM Men’s Bible Study
8:00 AM Men’s Life – New Beg
FRIDAY – 11/13
6:30 PM JRock Activity
NEXT SUNDAY – 11/15
9:15 AM Morning Prayer Time
9:45 AM Morning Worship
6:00 PM LIFE
* Prayer Line * 453-2288 *
Our prayer line is always available
to take your prayer requests,
or to listen to prayer updates.
After the recorded message,
you may leave your prayer needs
for our intercessors, who will pray for you.
Identifying yourself is optional.
VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE
Today, November 8
Nursery:
Staci Carroll
3’s & 4’s:
Tyler Harms
Greeters:
Larry Maat, Larry Meringa
Ushers:
Christy Prins
Next Sunday, November 15
Nursery:
Holly Milanowski
3’s & 4’s:
Bethany Hoekzema
Greeters:
Ushers: