WALLACEBURG CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

150 Bruinsma Avenue Wallaceburg, Ontario

N8A 5G8 519-627-7845

Website: www.wallaceburgcrc.com phone link 519-627-2323

PASTOR: JOSH TUININGA

josh.tuininga@gmail.com

February 10, 2019

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February 10, 2019

10:00 am: Pastor Josh Tuininga

(*please stand if able)

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering BY God’s Grace *Opening Song: LUYH 603 Shout to the Lord

*God Calls Us Into Worship Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous;

it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.

For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.

The LORD loves righteousness and justice;

the earth is full of his unfailing love. Psalm 33:1-5

*Opening Prayer and Greeting *Praising Our God

LUYH 513 It Is Good to Sing Your Praises

LUYH 610 Lord, I Lift Your Name on High

Growing IN God’s Grace Preparing for Lord’s Supper - PsH 976

Song of Assurance: LUYH 825 Beneath the Cross of Jesus God’s Will For Our Lives

Prayer with the Children

Song of Preparation: LUYH 687 st. 1-3 Father, Long Before Creation

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10 Message: Justice and Wrath

*Song of Response: LUYH 294 st. 1-3, 5 When Asked, Who Is My Neighbor

*Profession of Faith – Apostles Creed

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Going WITH God’s Grace

Congregational Prayer Offering: Wallaceburg Christian School (Tuition Assistance)

*Blessing *Closing Song: LUYH 938 My Friends, May You Grow In Grace

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in the sanctuary for anyone who would like prayer.

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A special welcome to all those who are visiting with us today. We are so glad you are

here. Please join us in the gym after the service for a time of refreshments and fellowship together. May we have a blessed day as we praise our awesome God.

OFFICIATING ELDER:

February 10: Rob Kraayenbrink February 17: Jeff DePooter February 24: Dick Bulsink March 3: Jim Kraayenbrink

NEXT WEEK’S OFFERING: BENEVOLENCE: A fund managed and used at the discretion of the local diaconate to provide financial assistance to those in need.

OFFERINGS: February 10: Wallaceburg Christian School (Tuition Assistance)

Deacons: Mikki Meyer and Lucas DePooter February 17: Benevolence

Deacons: Nick Dykema and Bill DePooter February 24: Chatham Hope Haven

Deacons: Lucas DePooter and Mikki Meyer March 3: World Renew (Canadian Food Grains Bank)

Deacons: Bill DePooter and Nick Dykema

EVENING COLLECTIONS: For the month of February all evening service offerings will

support James Street Ministries.

FAMILY CIRCLE: Our Christian condolences are extended to the family and friends of Judy Dumont. Judy passed away on Monday. Please keep Judy’s loved ones in

your prayers at this difficult time. Continue to pray for all our seniors, those who

suffer illnesses, and those who are lonely or shut-in. May they feel God’s presence in their lives and may He bring healing.

HYMN-SING: Join us for a Hymn-Sing at the Wallaceburg Retirement Residence on Tuesday

Feb 12th at 1:30pm. All are welcome.

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BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS: Congratulations to Karen Kraayenbrink, Linda Lubbers,

Aggie Murphy, Rita Hahn, and Dave Vandendool who will be celebrating their birthdays in the coming week. May God bless your celebrations.

YOUTH GROUP: The Youth Group meets again this Tuesday, February 12th from 7—9 pm for

a regular night. All youth high school age and older are welcome. See you Tuesday!!

NOTE: All parents and youth please meet in the YP Room after the service today to talk about participating in the Coldest Night of the Year Fundraising Walk. Thanks!!

ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING: The Annual Congregational Meeting is coming

up tomorrow Monday, February 11th at 7:30 pm. An information package was put in your mail slots including the Agenda, Financial Statements, the Minutes from last year’s meeting, and

Committee and Ministry Reports. If anyone has any items, they would like added to the

agenda, please speak with the Chair of Council, Dick Bulsink, before the meeting. Council encourages you to attend this meeting to hear about the ways God is moving in our church and

to review and discuss the 2019 Budget. See you there!

COUNCIL MEETING: Council meets this Wednesday, February 13th at 7 pm.

Saturday Morning Breakfast - Join us for a men's breakfast/study.

We are going to aim to meet on the last Saturday of the month. Breakfast starts at 7am in the church. We will be working through the

book "Thirty Virtues that Build a Man" by Vince Miller. This study is open to all men from high school up. So bring your dad, bring your son, bring

your neighbour, bring your brother. But please also sign up so we have

enough food. First breakfast is February 23, 7 am. We aim to be done by 8:30. Sign up sheet outside the office.

COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR: NeighbourLink's annual Coldest Night of the Year event is

almost here! On Saturday, February 23rd you can help NeighbourLink in its work with the

hungry, homeless and hurting in Chatham-Kent. Register to walk anytime now either as an individual or as a team at https://cnoy.org/location/chatham-kent. Pledge and waiver forms can

be printed off on this site (scroll to the bottom and click on “tools & forms”). All walkers need to sign a waiver with walkers aged 17 and under requiring the signature of a parent

or guardian. Everyone will meet at Joshua Ministries on Grand Ave West (the former Pines

Chapel) at around 3:45 pm. The walk begins at 5:15 with a chili dinner immediately following back at home base. If you have any questions, please call the NeighbourLink office at 519-352-

5647. Thanks for your support!

SOUP AND BUN POTLUCK: Join us for a Soup and Bun Potluck after the morning service next Sunday, February 17th. Each family is asked to bring

a pot of soup to share. Buns, drinks, and dessert will be provided. Plan to stay

for lunch and a great time of fun and fellowship together.

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6:30 pm: Pastor Josh Tuininga

Welcome *Call to Worship – Zephaniah 3:14-15

*Opening Song: PsH 48 st. 1-3 Great Is the Lord Our God

*Greeting

Congregational Prayer Offering: James Street Ministries

Prayer of Illumination

Scripture: Zephaniah 1:14-18

Sermon: The Day of the Lord Series: Difficult Texts

*Profession of Faith: Belgic Confession 17

*Blessing

*Parting Song: PsH 547 Fill Thou My Life, O Lord My God

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FROM THE DEACONS: The Deacons will be collecting non-

perishable food and personal hygiene items for the Little Free Pantry. The Little Free Pantry is located by the Dundas Street Bridge. The

focus of the pantry is the slogan of ‘take what you need, share what you can’. There is a great need in our little town. There will be a box

located in the Foyer to collect non-perishable food and personal

hygiene items and we ask that you help us to fill this. This will be an on-going monthly collection, so please share what you can whenever

you can. Family Faith Formation Tip: “In a comprehensive study of relational dynamics in more than

300 families spanning 35 years, family warmth was more correlated with faith transmission than any other relational factor,” say the folks at the Fuller Youth Institute. Take your family’s

“temperature” this week and look for new ways to create a warm, loving, accepting, and

encouraging home environment. (Faith Formation Ministries; crcna.org/FaithFormation)

Inter-Classis Safe Church Conference - All are welcome at the Annual Inter-Classis Safe Church Conference, happening Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 9 - 3:30 at the Waterloo CRC.

This year’s special guest will be Bev Sterk from Lynden, Washington who spoke passionately at last year’s synod about abuse and how to work to prevent it. Other workshops include “Circle of

Grace” Abuse Prevention curriculum, policy and legality, cyber-bullying, and detection and

prevention of suicide. All ministry leaders (pastors, elders, deacons, youth ministry leaders) and those involved with abuse awareness are urged to attend. For further information and

registration visit www.wmott.ca/scc or call Atie Ott at 519-576-0965.

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CLASSIS CHATHAM HIGHLIGHTS

Saturday, February 2, 2019 hosted by Wallaceburg CRC

This was the first meeting of classis with a new agenda format, which followed 4 lenses: 1. Together

we are a spiritually discerning community; 2. Together we have support and accountability; 3.

Together we do ministry; 4. Together we are part of a denomination.

Rev. Josh Tuininga welcomed all and led in opening devotions based on the theme of “prayer”. He

read and reflected on a portion of Revelation 8, followed by prayer.

Part of the new agenda format now includes a time of focusing and reflection on one of our core

values as part of our ministry reflection to open classis. At this meeting we focused and reflected on

the core value of Prayerful Dependence on God. Three churches, London-Good News, Strathroy-

East and Wallaceburg shared the joys and struggles on this value. Following each report another

church, Woodstock-Covenant, Essex and London-Forest City offered prayers for the church that just

reported.

27 or the 28 churches of classis were present, with London-Forest City North sending regrets. 63

delegates were in attendance, including 15 first-time delegates. All first time delegates signed the

Covenant for Office Bearers.

Classis was declared constituted and Rev. Phil Apoll of Mount Brydges-Hope Community and Rev.

Greg Fluit of St. Thomas-Fellowship were seated as Chair and Vice-Chair respectively. Mr. Ron

Middel was seated as the Clerk.

Delegates and guests were encouraged by a number of reports and presentations. At a special

meeting in December, Classis approved that Helena Allan be hired as the new Fanshawe College

Chaplain. Helena attended this meeting and introduced herself to the delegates and a shared her

vision of ministry at Fanshawe. Welcome Helena!

Classis received an update of the activities of our Church Plant Team. They are working towards a

new Church Plant in Leamington this fall. A growing Prayer Team is already in place, and the

delegates took time at the meeting to pray for the future Church Planter, as well as the Church Plant

itself. A Prayer Walk is being planned for Saturday, May 11th in Leamington and all are encouraged

to participate.

London-Talbot Street Church updated classis of their new leadership structure and how they are

active in diaconal work (as they do not officially have the office of Deacon). Some questions remain

about how this structure fits in with Reformed ecclesiology, confessions and church order.

A Classis Chatham Leadership Structure ad-hoc study committee has been meeting for several

months. The committee asks that all churches provide their organizational information to them.

Following a nomination and voting process throughout the day, the following were elected to Synod

2019:

Minister Delegate: Rev. George Lubbers (St. Thomas-First)

Minister Alternate: Rev. John Moelker (Woodstock-Covenant)

Elder Delegate: Pete Weening (Sarnia-First)

Elder Alternate: Elaine Smit (Sarnia-Redeemer)

Deacon Delegate: Nick Dykema (Wallaceburg)

Deacon Alternate: Shirley Baker (Mount Brydges-Hope Community)

Other Office Bearer Delegate: Rev. Phil Apoll (Mount Brydges-Hope Community)

Other Office Bearer Alternate: Rev. Dave VanBerkel (Sarnia-First)

Classis approved a recommendation from the classis Nominations Committee that Jenica Groot-

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GREETERS: February 10: Mikki Meyer, Donna Green, and Rob Kraayenbrink

February 17: Gerald and Linda Lubbers February 24: John and Bertha Kraayenbrink

March 3: Kurtis and Evie Lubbers

COFFEEBREAK NURSERY February 13 February 20

Little Lambs: Evie Lubbers Evie Lubbers Nursery: Judy Foster and Lucia K. Judy Foster and Ken Roche

SUNDAY SCHOOL Feb 10/17 Feb 24/March 3

3yr old/JK/Sk Tara Feddes Celia Baisden

Grade 1/2 Rob Kraayenbrink April Tuininga Grade 3/4/5/6 Beth Kominek Beth Kominek

NURSERY:

February 10 February 17 February 24

Infants Infants Infants Jaclyn Owusu Megan DePooter Kirstie Feddes

Olga DePooter Judy Foster Shirley DePooter Toddlers Toddlers Toddlers

Duncan MacSorley Cyril Peters Brian Kraayenbrink Connor Lubbers Matt Feddes Derrek Griffioen

Mother of the Month for February: April Tuininga

THE KITCHEN:

February 10: Dick and Carolyn Bulsink Bill and Olga DePooter

February 17: Gary and Shirley DePooter

Jeff and Lisa DePooter February 24: Lucas and Nicole DePooter

Casey and Megan DePooter March 3: Nick and Marianne Dykema

Wayne and Joyce Dykema

SOUND and VIDEO ATTENDANTS:

February 10: Sound: Kyle Kraayenbrink Video: Derrek Griffioen February 17: Sound: Jim Kraayenbrink Video: Kyle Kraayenbrink

February 24: Sound: Daniel Kraayenbrink Video: Russell Kraayenbrink March 3: Sound: Brian Kraayenbrink Video: Jeff Kraayenbrink

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Nibbelink and Carolyn Groot-Nibbelink jointly serve in the position of classical Disability Concerns

Advocates.

A Community Action Poverty Simulation is being planned for all of our churches, the morning of

Saturday, March 2nd at Living Hope CRC, Sarnia.

Classis was blessed to hear Church Counselor, Church Visitor, and a number of other reports

throughout the day. We adjourned at 2:58 p.m. to meet again on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.,

DV, at Living Hope CRC, Sarnia.

-- Minutes are available through your church or Ron Middel, Stated Clerk

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PASTA DINNER AND AUCTION: The Wallaceburg Christian School is hosting a Pasta

Dinner and Auctions on Saturday, March 2nd at the Wallaceburg Christian Reformed

Church (150 Bruinsma Ave). Doors will open at 4:30 pm, with dinner being served at 5 pm. We will offer several different types of pasta (chicken alfredo, pasta with red sauce, lasagna and a

gluten sensitive option), plus fixings and dessert. The silent auction will run through dinner, and the live auction begins at 7 pm. This is an opportunity for a night out, so adults only, please.

Cost is on a donation basis; anything over $35 per person is eligible for a tax receipt. Please

contact theschool at 519-627-6013 or admin@wallaceburgchristianschool.com by February 28 to reserve your place, space is limited! Come join us for a fun evening in support

of Christian education.

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SCRIPTURE READERS:

February 10: Pastor Josh Jonah 3 February 17: Lynn Kraayenbrink Jonah 4

February 24: Rob Kraayenbrink Jonah 4 March 3: Pastor Josh Luke 14:25-35

SUNDAY SINGERS: February 10: Henry, Cassandra, Beth February 17: Robert, Olga, Lucia

February 24: Jocelyn, Nick, Linda

USHERS: (Reminder, please help those in need of assistance to their seat)

February 10: Henry Kraayenbrink, Brian Kraayenbrink February 17: Wayne Dykema, Jeff Kraayenbrink

February 24: Alfred Feddes, Derrek Griffioen March 3: John Feddes, Glen Lubbers

ROAMER:

February 10: Matt Feddes Feb 17: John Kraayenbrink February 24: Nick Dykema

March 3: Rob Kraayenbrink March 10: Bill DePooter March 17: Don Snary