Community Dinner Tonight: TACOS!!! Fellowship Feast: If you did not yet hear, Lori Schriver injured herself quite severly last Saturday. She is still putting together this week's potluck, but she has asked for extra help. On facebook, she posted: "Who would like to help me decorate Saturday evening? Help get things set out on Sunday and assist with cleanup after? It is Pastor John's 40th so let's make it special for him!! Please bring a dish to share to celebrate Pastor John!

July 12, 2026 Proper 10 Announcements Invocation Scripture: Psalm 65:(1-8), 9-13 1 Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed, 2 O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come. 3 When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us, you forgive our transgressions. 4 Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple. 5 By awesome deeds you answer us with del

July 5, 2026 Proper 9 Announcements Invocation Scripture: Psalm 145:8-14 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.9 The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made. 10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your faithful shall bless you.11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power,12 to make known to all people your mighty deeds and the glorious splendor of

Community Dinner Tonight: Mac 'n cheese, pulled pork and salads . Cottage Prayer Meeting Our Cottage Prayer Meetings meet every other Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Our next meeting is July 7th. We meet at New Amsterdam Village 7905 Cottonwood Jenison, MI 49418. Enjoy singing, a time of prayer and fellowship! Hope to see you there! See our poster in the foyer! Prime Timers Prime Time lunch is the first Tuesday of the month. Mark your calendar, July 7, 12:00 Noon at Russ’, 2340 28th

June 28, 2026 Proper 8 Announcements Invocation Scripture: Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18 1 I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens. 3 You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to my servant David: 4 ‘I will establish your descendants forever and build your throne for all

A Note from Pastor Ryan Pastor Ryan is in St. Louis, MO with the Youth Group. He is leading the Bible Study for the teens. Please keep him and those on the Mission Trip in your prayers each day that they will grow in their relationship with God and each other. Michelle Adult Bible Study & Kids Club is still meeting tonight!! No Youth Group . Community Dinner Tonight: Pastor Chrissy's Surprise!! Cottage Prayer Meeting Our Cottage Prayer Meetings meet every other Tuesday at 7:

June 21, 2026 Proper 7 Announcements Invocation Scripture: Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 1 Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.2 Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God; 3 be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all day long.4 Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on

June 14, 2026 Proper 6 Announcements Invocation Scripture: Psalm 100 1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. 2Serve the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him; bless his name. 5 For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever and his fa

A Note from Pastor Ryan This week many of my prayers have been dedicated to next week's VBS. I have been praying in part, because I love VBS. Yes I love the fun of it. I enjoy playing with the kids, I enjoy the decorating and the excitement the week brings. From a strategic standpoint, VBS is great for us as an organization. It is healthy for Christians to serve together. Working together deepens relationships and helps with missional cohesion. Furthermore it shows active fa

June 7, 2026 Proper 5 Announcements Invocation Scripture: Psalm 50:7-15 7 “Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.9 I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.10 For every wild animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.11 I know all the birds of the air, and all that moves in the

A Note from Pastor Ryan This past Sunday we had the joy of celebrating Trinity Sunday with a baptism. like Christians have for centuries, we baptized Asher in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. While Pastor John was preaching in the sanctuary, I got the joy of teaching Children's church where we learned about the Trinity. I took the opportunity to make them "smarter than the adults." by telling them what the Trinity is NOT. We talked about the Trinity is not lik

May 31, 2026 Trinity Sunday Announcements Invocation Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2:4a 1 When God began to create the heavens and the earth, 2 the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God] swept over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Ni

A Note from Pastor Ryan Sunday’s Sermon was a lot. At least it felt like a lot for me to get through. This week I listened again to a lecture by Dr. Willie James Jennings and he points to a word which can be used to summarize God’s movement in the world. He points to how God moves to “joining” people. God creates out of love and joins people in the garden. Humanity runs away, but God still joins them outside of the Garden. Eventually God joins humanity in Jesus who is Emmanu

May 24, 2026 Pentecost Announcements Invocation Scripture: Acts 2:1-21 2 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit g

A Note from Pastor Ryan “We live in a highly sophisticated culture that conspires in many ways, maybe not to kill Christians, but to kill faith, to make faith in Jesus Christ seem puny, unrealistic. So maybe we, too, can be helped by the vision John offers his congregation, to strengthen them against the seductions and coercions of a powerful, impressive, and faith killing culture” These are words from Rev. Dr. Ellen Davis in her sermon “Worship the Lamb.” She’s commenting on

5/17/2026 Ascension Sunday Announcements Invocation Scripture: Acts 1:1-11 1 In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach 2 until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 While staying wit

May 10, 2026 Sixth Sunday of Easter Announcements Invocation Scripture: Acts 17:22-31 22 Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see how extremely spiritual you are in every way. 23 For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and everything

A Note from Pastor Ryan I recently heard someone say, “Disillusionment is a superpower.” It struck me as odd because we usually use that word negatively. However, he pointed out that when we are disillusioned, we are willing to see the truth and not wooed by illusions- things which seem to be true but are not. I heard this not long after reading 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28. (From today’s Book of Common Prayer reading) This passage is a favorite among Nazarenes because we get our

May 3, 2026 Fifth Sunday of Easter Announcements Invocation Scripture: Acts 7:55-60 55 But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 “Look,” he said, “I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” 57 But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him. 58 Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him, and the

A Note from Pastor Ryan God has gone up with a joyous shout— the Lord with the blast of the ram’s horn. Sing praises to God! Sing praises!- Psalm 45:5-6 As I was reading the Psalms for today's reflection, my free associated brain went straight to my teenage years when I would listen to Third Day. They wrote a song called "Sing Praises" (here is the Link) They follow the Psalmist instructions to Sing Praises to God. Singing praises to God is almost always an appropriate