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Next Building Fund Offering—June 28 Left to pay: $52,371
Sunday, June 7, 2020 Morning Worship—9:30 a.m.
First Reformed Church, Sully, Iowa Pastor Wayne Sneller
Prelude …………………………………………………………. Rita Vos
Welcome
THE APPROACH TO GOD
*Call to Worship
*Hymns of Praise #250……………………...“Come, Holy Spirit”
#252…………………...“Sweet, Sweet Spirit”
*Worship Prayer
Sacrament of Baptism for Lucy Carolyn, daughter of Aaron & Amber Van Wyk
Apostle’s Creed - I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilot, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the commun-ion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.
Announcements Congregational/The Lord’s Prayer
THE WORD OF GOD
Scripture ………………………………..Nehemiah 4:6-12(pg.396)
Message………...“Practical Faith For an Isolated World”
Pastor Wayne Sneller
THE RESPONSE TO GOD
*Closing Hymn #271…………… “Standing on the Promises”
*Benediction
*Response #625……………………………………………“Doxology”
POSTLUDE ……………………………………………………….Rita Vos
*Congregation will be dismissed by rows *Indicates standing if able * CCLI License # 790003
GIVING AT CHURCH
You can Securely Give Online now at www.sullyfrc.org. Your information is held securely by an SSL encrypted connection. This information will remain pri-vate and will never be given away to third parties, other than to process your scheduled con-tributions. You can also give by mail or our deacons pick up a weekly offering each Sunday morning.
ACH Contributions - ACH Contributions are a convenient way to give directly from your checking account. Contributions are taken out the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month. Stop into the church office to pick up a form.
$176,000
$123,629 Raised since 11/2018
5/31/2020
70% Complete
In case of inclement winter weather the decision to cancel services will be made by 7:30 a.m. for the morning service and 3 p.m. for the evening service. Church meetings will be cancelled if the Lynnville-Sully School can-cels classes or is dismissed early for bad weather. Cancellations will be an-nounced on KGRN, KCCI, WHO TV and www.sullyfrc.org, through our FRC email list and now TEXT ALERTS! SIGN UP for TEXT ALERTS on our website at sullyfrc.org on the home page at the bottom of the page. You will then be notified by a text when ser-vices are cancelled!
807 3RD ST. PO BOX 208 SULLY, IA 50251
PHONE: 641-594-2935 EXT. 1 EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.sullyfrc.org
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/FirstReformedChurchSully/ LIVESTREAM: available at www.sullyfrc.org
Pastor Wayne Sneller // Senior Pastor // [email protected] Jeff Knouse // Youth & Education Director // [email protected] Julie Van Manen // Children’s Ministry Director // [email protected] Deb Van Kooten // Secretary // [email protected] Deb Van Wyk // Secretary // [email protected] Sharla Van Wyk // Bookkeeper // [email protected] Rod Zuidema // Custodian
“And let us not neglect our meeting together,
as some people do, but encourage one another,
especially now that the day of his return is
drawing near.” Hebrews 10:25
WEEKLY SCHEDULES PRAYER REQUESTS
PRAISE This morning we have the privilege of celebrating the baptism of Lucy
Carolyn Van Wyk, daughter of Aaron & Amber Van Wyk. We ask for God’s blessing on this family!
CHURCH FAMILY Conrad Van Maaren continues to be in skilled care at the VA Hospital in
Des Moines for another few weeks. He is still getting the IV antibiotic but is enjoying being able to get out of his room and walk the hall. He would love a phone call as there are no visitors allowed (not even family) and he is quite bored. His phone # is 641-521-4086.
Caleb Johnson, age 11, son of Jennifer (Chuck and Deb Johnson’s grandson) underwent back surgery on Friday, May 29th at the Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City. Surgery went well! Caleb will stay in the hospital for a few days. He will have to wear a brace for 6 weeks, and then have the next 6 months to a year for the bone graft to stabilize. His mom Jennifer thanks the church for their prayers!
Pray for our President, Leaders, Hospital staff, pastors, our sick and shut ins.
The AED Defibrillator is located in the church office on the 2nd shelf on east wall
BABY BLESSING BASKETS: Since March there have been 4 babies born here at FRC!! There are 4 baby blessing baskets set out in the
Gathering Place for our newest little ones: Zayleana Eloise, daughter of Shannon Dunsbergen & Edna Elliott—
born March 23, 2020 Elias Paul, son of Brooke Jansen & Harrison Koenig—born April 15,
2020 Penelope Rae, daughter of Blake & Cathryn Dunsbergen—born
April 19, 2020 Memphis Dean, son of Cole & Shelly Vos—born May 8, 2020.
Our family would truly like to thank each and everyone who reached out to us at the time of Irvin's passing. The words of comfort, prayers offered, cards, gifts and me-morials were overwhelming and such a comfort to us. We will eternally be thankful to God for the extra years he was given and those last days he was able to
spend at home. Thank you and God bless you. Lois Vander Leest, Kent & Mary, Jody & Jeff,
Carol & Denny and families
Sunday, June 7 9:30 am Morning Worship—Pastor Wayne Sneller NO EVENING WORSHIP until further notice 5:00 pm Junior High Bible Study—in the Well 6:30 pm High School Bible Study—in the Well
WORK SCHEDULE FOR June 7 NO NURSERY or CHILDREN IN WORSHIP ACTIVITIES
until further notice. No Ushers needed until further notice
Wednesday, June 10 7:00 pm College Age Bible Study—in the Well Sunday, June 14 9:30 am Morning Worship—Pastor Wayne Sneller—Senior Sunday—we will be honoring our graduating seniors with a rock ceremony 5:00 pm Junior High Bible Study—in the Well 6:30 pm High School Bible Study—in the Well No Evening Worship
INFORMATION
Vacation Bible School Update! Due to the uncertainty surrounding Covid-19 we will not be holding in-person VBS this year July 6-9, 2020, and are postponing it until 2021. The committee is working on other Spiritual Growth options at the moment. To
keep up to date on these options, please visit our Sully VBS Facebook page.
ATTENTION: ALL 3 year old—4th graders CHURCH TO GO - Each family with children 3 years old – 4th grade will be receiving a CHURCH TO GO box filled with faith nurturing ac-tivities for the summer. The boxes, labeled with your family name, are located on a table just outside the church office. Please let Julie know if you would prefer your box dropped off at your home. As you capture a few rays of sun...remember to let the light of the SON shine in your hearts and lives this summer.
MEMORIAL DAY OFFERING: Our offering taken for Memorial Day was in the amount of $3,595. Our General fund giving for the month of May was $38,888.28. Thank you FRC for your faithful giving! God is good!
If you are no longer receiving church emails, and you used to, please contact the church office about this so we can ad-dress the issue.
If you add the following to your contact list, it will prevent church emails from going to your spam/junk folder: [email protected]
SIGN UP for TEXT ALERTS on our website at sullyfrc.org on the home page at the bottom of the page. You will then be notified by a text when services are cancelled!
CHURCH EMAIL UPDATES
“Practical Faith for an Isolated World” Nehemiah 4:6-12
Pastor Wayne Sneller 9:30 a.m. June 7, 2020 When you feel like giving up!
God lets us experience the things that happen in a broken world.
Some of us here today in worship or listening to this message have had setbacks in life and are discouraged.
The story of Nehemiah illustrates both the causes and cures for dis-couragement. This is a story of rebuilding the city wall around Jerusa-lem.
4 Common setbacks that cause discouragement.
1. When something takes __________ than expected this causes ___________. “The workers are getting tired…we will never be able to build the wall by ourselves.” Nehemiah 4:10a When you are tired, you are _____________ to all kinds of things. When you are weary ____________ will attack you. 2. When something is more ____________ than expected this causes ______________. “…there is so much rubble to be moved.” Nehemiah 4:10b Many times ___________ through a career or a marriage or life.
_________________ sets in! “Come, Lord, and show me your mercy, for I feel helpless, overwhelmed, and in deep distress.” Psalm 25:16(LB)
3. When I start to doubt my own __________. This causes a sense of ____________. “…we will never be able to build the wall by ourselves.” Nehemiah 4:10c Examples today – Why did I take this job? Why did I make this
move? Why did I get married? How do you handle __________? How do you handle a
_____________?
4. When the opposition grows __________. This causes ________. “Meanwhile our enemies are threatening to kill us in order to stop this work.” Nehemiah 4:11 If you are discouraged, if you hang out with negative people, if you
listen constantly to negative chatter, it is going to infect you with ____________!
What ____________ fear is causing you to be discouraged? Before you give up do the 3 things Nehemiah did: 1. ______________ whatever is not working? “So I stationed armed guards at the most vulnerable places of the wall…” Nehemiah 4:13 God is saying “You may be doing the ____________ thing; you’re just
doing it the ____________ way.” 2. _________ on God. “Then I looked over the situation….Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious.” Nehemiah 4:14a Many times we get so busy working for God, you’ve ____________
God. 3. ______________ the discouragement. “When I had lost all hope I turned my thoughts once again to the Lord.” Jonah 2:7 What do I remember when I’m discouraged? I remember these
three things. 1. God’s _____________ to me in the past. 2. God’s _____________ to me in the present. 3. God’s _____________ to me in the future!
We are in a spiritual battle. We’re in _______________ every day of our life. We are in a supernatural struggle and Satan is our accuser. His two favorite weapons are _____________ and ____________________. But we have Jesus Christ who has already won the battle for us and who gives us the strength to overcome! Remember to refocus on Him. Amen.
