TODAY
Today we celebrate being a part of the Westend family as we have our service at the Christian Reformed Conference Grounds for our Retreat Weekend! Our worship service will be at 10am. Pastor Dan Kroeze will be bringing us a message from Revelation 5, titled He Is Worthy.
The second offering will be for Feeding America.
NEXT SUNDAY
Next Sunday our guest preacher will be Jerome Burton from Coit Community CRC. His sermon title A Short Funeral is from Acts 9:32-42.
The second offering will be for Mel Trotter.
CHURCH FAMILY
A note from the Treasurer: After the Congregational meeting last week I wanted to reiterate that financially the changes that are being proposed for Pastor changes will be a savings to the budget that isn’t included in the current proposal. Some of the savings will be used for pay raises due to increased responsibilities but after that has been completed there could be a substantial savings to the current staffing budget in future years. Please let Nate Verbeek know if you have any further questions. Email: Nathan.verbeek@sbcglobal.net
The Nomination Committee is pleased to present the following list of candidates for consideration to serve on the Council of Westend. Names will be drawn by lot on June 6.
Ad Board Elder (1 needed)
Ralph Wyngarden
Ad Board Deacon (1 needed)
Meg Dushane, Taylor Carroll
Shepherd Elder (3 needed)
Faye Kragt, Teresa Wyngarden, Deb Stapley
Service Deacon (3 needed)
Nick Curnow, Heather Tunell, David Hoekzema, Dave Koets, Staci Carroll
If you feel any of these candidates are not qualified to serve in the position listed, please share your concerns with Doug Stapley, elder chair of the nominations committee.
* 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.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are so excited for the church retreat this weekend! We have fun activities planned all weekend! The Westend Riddler has struck again and stolen the church cookies, so we need you to solve the clues to find those cookies! We also have guessing games, kids games, BINGO and so much more! Come join us for a fun weekend! Hope to see you there!
The CEMC will meet Tuesday, May 25 @ 7:00 PM in the church fellowship center.
Do you like playing cards? The Café group is looking for more people to come play! They meet every Wednesday from 1-3pm in the Café.
CSI 2021 Registration is now open: westendcrc.org/csi-kids-camp/
Dates: June 14, 15, 16. This year’s theme is Anchored: Deepening our faith in God. We are in need of volunteers! Sign-ups are not available online or at the Welcome Center.
There will be no Children’s Ministry on May 30 due to Memorial Day weekend. Nursery will still be available!
ATTENTION ALL FISHERMEN: The Calvinist Cadet Corps is hosting its eighteenth annual fishing tournament to raise funds to support its ministry – helping boys grow spiritually in all areas of life. The fishing tournament will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at Gun Lake State Park in southwest Michigan. For more information, call the Corps office at 616-241-5616 ext 4, or check out the Cadet website under the “Events” tab. Everyone is welcome! Registration forms are available from your Cadet club’s head counselor, or you can register at our website:
www.CalvinistCadets.org. Lunch will be served at noon. Join us for a fun filled day!
Knit and Crochet group is looking for more people to join them! They meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from 9:30am-11:30am in the Café.
Youth group hasn’t been able to do its normal fundraising this year, can you help us out?! We have someone who is willing to make a generous matching donation, so we are wondering if you would be willing to make a donation towards our mission trip to Colorado this year? We are looking to raise a total of $8,000. Please consider making a donation of any amount and that donation will be matched! Donations can be put in the offering box or dropped off at the office. Thank you!
JROCK
COW is coming June 14-17! Registration forms were sent out and are due at the end of the month!
LIFE
Mission Trip to Colorado is July 16-24. Please turn in your registration forms soon if you haven’t already done so!
THIS WEEK
TODAY – 5/23
10:00 AM Morning Worship
12:00 PM Sunday Dinner
TUESDAY– 5/25
7:00 PM CEMC Meeting
WEDNESDAY – 5/26
1:00 PM Cafe
THURSDAY – 5/27
9:30 AM Knit & Crochet
NEXT SUNDAY – 5/30
9:40 AM Morning Worship
