Mission Statement To Know Christ-as Savior and Lord To Be Like Christ-by Our Words and Actions To Share Christ-at Home and Throughout the World

Platte Christian Reformed Church

“In All Things, Christ Pre-Eminent”

Pastor Drew Hoekema

520 Wyoming Ave, PO Box 386, Platte SD 57369 Phone: 605-337-3572 Email: plattecrc@gmail.com

Website: plattecrc.org

Sunday, September 15, 2019 9:30 AM Coffee & Prayer Times

10:00 AM Morning Worship Service

11:15 AM Fellowship Hour 11:15 AM Sunday School for K-12th Grades

6:00 PM Evening Worship

September 15, 2019

Sunday Morning Worship

Organist: Kim Lieuwen

Praise of God

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

*Amazing Grace My Chains Are Gone

*Profession of Faith: Apostles’ Creed

Reconciliation with God

Calling and Prayer for Confession

Guide for Thankful Living

Thanksgiving to God

Collection: Dakota Christian School

Offertory Song: Count Your Blessings – CH 786

Pastoral Prayer

Guidance from God

Scripture Reading: Romans 10:1-17 (pg. 1760)

Sermon: Saved [8] - “The Means of the Gospel”

Prayer of Application

Sending by God

*I Love to Tell the Story – CH 444

*Benediction

*Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah – PH 301 (v. 1 & 4)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Please rise as you are able

CH= Celebration Hymnal (Red) PH= Psalter Hymnal (Blue)

September 15, 2019

Sunday Evening Worship

Organist: Kim Lieuwen

Gathering

Hymns Sing

*Invocation and God’s Greeting

*In Christ Alone

*Profession of Faith: Heidelberg Catechism Q/A 65

Learning

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 52:1-10 (pg. 1144)

Message: “A Sight for Sore Eyes”

Sharing

Offering: Dakota Christian School

Offertory Song: Come, All Ye People, Bless Our God – PH 120

Prayers of God’s People

Sending

*Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee – CH 90 (v. 1 & 3)

*Benediction

*Our God Reigns – CH 372

“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after;

that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,

to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple.”

Psalm 27:4

WELCOME: If you are visiting here today, we welcome you

to our worship and fellowship. To God be the glory! And may

we be richly blessed. Please join us after the morning service

for a time of refreshments in the Fellowship Hall.

Children aged 3-5 meet your teacher in the foyer during the

offering this morning for Children’s Church.

Please pause for a moment after the morning service to allow

the children to exit for PreK-6th grade Sunday School.

ABOUT OUR MESSAGES

This morning, we finish the fourth answer to the question of

how you are “SAVED,” that the Spirit converts us to faith in

Jesus. If the Father has chosen people to save and given them

to Christ for redemption, and the Spirit must work in

someone’s life to bring conversion, then does it matter

what we do? Romans 10:1-17 reveals that the Spirit’s method

is “The Means of the Gospel,” a message delivered by ordi-

nary people.

This evening, Isaiah 52:1-10 will focus again on God’s method

of the gospel, which is “A Sight for Sore Eyes”.

TODAY at 2:30 PM, Nursing Home Music Ministry (Care

Center Devotions) will be provided by Group #4. If you are

in this group, you would have received instructions in your

church mailbox.

PRAYERS AND PRAISES

Please be in prayer for Ashley Hansum and Clayton

Vanden Hoek, who plan to be married in our church this

coming Saturday. Praise our God for the joy He’s given

this couple and ask Him to help them fulfill their vows to

one another!

We continue to pray for God to bring warm and dry weather

to our area, and for any families dealing with damage from our

recent severe weather.

A handful of our members are leading the Brothers-in-Blue ministry in the South Dakota State Prison this weekend. Please be in prayer for their faithful testimony to Christ and for His Spirit to open up more hearts to embrace their testimony and follow Him in repentance and faith.

OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS

**Adult Bible Study will begin October 6th after the evening

service. We will be studying the book of James. If interested in

joining, please talk to Gracia Kuipers.

From Council: The Council is seeking nominations for the

positions of Elder and Deacon. Please prayerfully consider

those you feel the Lord would have serve our church for the

next three years. Submit nominations in a sealed envelope with

your name on it and give it to Mike Kuipers or place in his

mailbox!

High School Summer Trip: Current High School students and

parents are encouraged to meet on October 13 following

morning worship in the Family Room to discuss options for a

convention or mission trip in July of 2020. Look for more in-

formation in your mailbox or e-mailbox before then!

We have an opportunity to visit Cornerstone Prison Church

on the Hill in Sioux Falls, on Friday, November 1.

Cornerstone is a CRC church behind the walls. You need to fill

out a Security Check and Waiver Form to enter the prison. The

forms are in Elroy’s mailbox. Put completed forms in his mail

box by Sunday, October 13. Please contact Elroy if you have

any questions, @ 680-2237. Please come to worship and

encourage these men!

AREA ANNOUNCEMENTS

A DCS scrip order will be placed on Tuesday, September 17.

Orders may be placed in Joan's mailbox until Sunday evening

or brought to DCS by 8:30 am on Tuesday. Thanks for using

this means to support Christian education!

You are invited to the 5th Annual Kingdom Boundaries Prison

Aftercare Fall Banquet on Monday, September 16th in Sioux

Center, IA. Please check out the flier on the bulletin board for

more information.

Dakota Christian School will hold its annual Fall Harvest Sale

fundraiser auction on Thursday, Sept 19. Doors will open at

5:00 PM. Pork loin sandwiches, macaroni salad, chips, and pie

will be served for supper beginning at 5:30 PM. The auction

will begin shortly after that. Please come to fellowship and

support DCS!

Make plans to attend the fundraiser for the Amber Dykshorn

family at New Holland CRC on Wednesday, September 25

from 5-7 PM Bring your family down for supper and activities!

We will be serving grilled hotdogs and hamburgers - Free will

donation. There will also be fun for all ages including a dunk

tank, an inflatable, bake walk and kiddie train!

Todd Becker Event: on October 2 from 7-9 PM, the Todd

Becker Foundation, a ministry aimed at impacting youth for

the gospel, will be hosting an event at the Platte Armory Gym.

The Platte Ministerial Association is sponsoring this event, and

former Platte resident Alex Daum works with the foundation.

All are invited to come hear the life-changing Todd Becker

story and hear from band All The Noise – at no cost! We are

requesting that church members pray throughout this month

each evening between 8:30 and 9 PM (set a cell phone alarm!)

for God to change lives through this ministry!

ABOUT OUR OFFERINGS

This week, our offerings will be for Dakota Christian School.

“Dakota Christian School educates children and young people

from the perspective of God’s Word, in the Holy Bible, in all

subjects. We emphasize God’s truth in all areas of life to equip

students for service in our world today and tomorrow.” (from

dchs.net)

Next week, our offerings are for Improvement Fund.

ADVANCE NOTICES

**Tues, Oct. 1- Deacon Mtg @ 6:30, Council Mtg @ 8 PM

**Sun, Oct. 13-Community Youth Pastor Commissioning Service

for Paul Kimball at 6pm. (Here)

**Tues, Oct. 15- Elder’s Mtg.

**Tues, Oct. 29- Deacon Mtg @ 6:30, Council Mtg @ 8 PM

Online Sermons: Want to play back any of our messages? All

audio recordings of our sermons are available at our website:

www.plattecrc.org

CHURCH CALENDAR FOR THIS WEEK

WEDNESDAY

-6:30 AM & 7 AM Men’s Bible Studies

-9:30 AM Coffee Break Women’s Bible Study

-12:00 PM Men’s Lunch Bible Study (Ex. 6:1-27)

-3:45 PM GEMS

THIS WEEK– SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Offerings: Dakota Christian School

Toddler Church: Abby Buitenbos

Nursing Home Visitors: Tami Boltjes

Letters to Kevin Burma: Doug & Jolinda Kaemingk

Valet Attendant: John Kuipers

Ushers: Dennis Kok, Ken Kredit, Paul Krogstad

Sound System: Joel Sybesma Projection: Jeremy Bultsma

Nursery: Amy Van Zee, Jon Vanden Hoek

Greet/Coffee: Randy Pheifer, Lyle Schipper

NEXT WEEK– SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Offerings: Improvement Fund

Toddler Church: Keri Bultsma

Nursing Home Visitors: Dorothy Vander Tuin

Letters to Kevin Burma: Mike & Kris Kuipers

Valet Attendant: Jim Buitenbos

Ushers: Albert Kuipers, Gerald Kuipers, Ian Kuipers

Sound System: Brady Kok Projection: Ken Overweg

Nursery: Pam Veurink, Kalee Dykshorn

Greet/Coffee: Rod Pheifer, Curtis Sybesma

PRAY FOR OUR FELLOWSHIP

Sunday– Missionaries: Ben & Amy Meyer (Grace, John, Luke,

Abraham, Zachariah) Resonate Global Mission– Mexico Monday: Special Grace: Betty Van Zee

Tuesday: Chris, Jodi, Triniti, and Lauryn Kuipers

Wednesday: Henry & Barb Buitenbos, Bailey Kraayenbrink

Thursday: Jim & Vicky Buitenbos, Eli Kraayenbrink

Friday: Cleo & Kathy Bultsma, Alicia Kuipers

Saturday: Jeremy & Keri Bultsma, Gretchen Kuipers

ELDERS AND DEACONS DISTRICTS

NORTH

SOUTH

SOUTH

Anthony Hansum Bob Middendorp N.W. Country

Mike Kuipers Ron Van Zee

N.E. Country

S.W.Country

Keith Sybesma

Ryan Van Zee

Joel Sybesma Curt Pheifer

S.E. Country

Anthony Hansum Bob Middendorp

S.W.Town

Keith Sybesma Ryan Van Zee

Leon Sprik Roy Lorensen

S.E. Town

Darrel Kraayenbrink

Dale Severson

Audio Players Available: For those with physical challenges,

we have two devices available to hear God’s Word at home.

Radio Scanners are available to pick up broadcasts of our

service, and portable electronic devices that play audio

recordings of Scripture are also available. Please see the sound

booth for more info.