September 16, 2007

SUNDAY WORSHIP

Scripture Reading: Romans 5: 1-11; 18-21 (Scripture Reader: Christina Vander Pol)
Message: "A Real Human Life" (Pastor Steve)
Offering: Unity Ministries
Lead Worshiper(s): Bryan DeGroot

Welcome to Unity Church! "This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. O LORD, save us; O LORD, grant us success. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless You. The LORD is God, and he has made his light shine upon us. With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. “ Psalm 118:24-29

Join with us in celebrating the King of kings and the Lord of lords - Jesus Christ! Give thanks for His enduring love in our lives and His daily goodness to us!

The Weekly Calendar

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Today (3rd Sunday):
10:00am: Morning Worship
Children ages 3-preK and k-1 will be invited by announcement to go to Children’s Church.

Monday:
7:00pm: Friendship Class, at Willmar CRC. ~Fun night

Wednesday:
4:45pm: Worship Planning Meeting
7:00pm: Men’s Jail Ministry
7:00pm: Youth Group, Grades 7-12 at Rock on 8th
9:00: Worship Team Practice

Thursday:
7:00pm: Gospel Class

Next Sunday (4th Sunday):
8:45am: Gospel Class
9:00am: Sunday School, grades 2-12
10:00am: Worship

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Sunday, October 7
Area Wide Disability Awareness 25th Anniversary Celebration

Sunday, November 11
CRC “Rededicating” 150th Anniversary Combined Worship at Willmar Evangelical Free Church

Unity Church Announcements

SRYG

Solid Rock Youth Group this Wednesday night. 7-9 p.m. for grades 7-12th. See you there - feel free to bring a friend.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

This is a time of sharing a meal, fellowship, and fun! We had a great time last year and would like to try it again. Here’s how it works: you can sign up as a host or attendee. The host will provide the place, beverage and meat. The attendee will provide one (or two) part(s) of the meal (salad, dessert, potato, or vegetable and bread, this will be assigned). The fun part is that no one knows who is coming to dinner. The host only knows the number of attendees. The attendees will find out who their host is on Sunday morning, September 30th, but they will not know who else is dining with them. This is a family affair, your children and teenagers are invited to come along with you. You should have a sign up sheet in your mailboxes. There are extra sign up sheets on the back table. Sheets need to be turned in by TODAY! You will get your assignment in your mail box September 23. If you have any questions please contact Megan Taatjes.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

CMCS Fall Retreat

Parents and friends of CMCS are again planning a retreat for our high school students at Lake Geneva Christian Center, on September 21-23 and we need your help. Will you pray for the weekend, that God’s Spirit may move in the lives of those attending this retreat? We are greatly in need of financial help, so we can keep the cost affordable to the students. If you would be willing to help in this area, please send your donations to CMCS marked “retreat fund”. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Celebration of Life Concert

Hope pregnancy center is sponsoring a Mark Schultz concert for our annual Celebration of Life on Thursday, October 11, 2007, 7:00pm at the Evangelical Free Church of Willmar. Tickets are selling fast, you can purchase a $10.00 general admission ticket at Good News Book Store in Willmar or by calling Hope Pregnancy Center at 1-320-235-7619. See you at the concert!

Annual Ham Dinner

Sunday, September 23 at 11:00am - 1:00pm WOW! Is it really that time of year again? Renville United Methodist church is having their ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT juicy ham (with our famous horseradish and raisin sauce) dinner with real mashed potatoes and ham gravy, green beans, dinner rolls and cranberry–jello salad. And for dessert….. A piece of pie, your choosing! Take-outs are available! Adults/ $8.00, ages 5-12/ $4.00 and under 5 is free. Everyone is invited.

FRIENDSHIP MINISTRIES

Monday night Friendship Class has 60 eager students registered. They have lost 5 Mentors from last year and have increased our students by 10. If you are able and willing to be a Mentor, call Helene Dykstra. Our starting dates are September 17, October 1, 15,29, November 12, 26. We meet from 7pm-8pm. If you travel south later, we can still use you to start with. Thank-you

Will & Estate Planning

Do you find the area of Wills and estate planning confusing? Do you know that there are other Christians ready to help simplify it all for you? Don Long from Barnabas Foundation is ready to help you. He will be in our area October 9-11, 2007.The purpose of Barnabas Foundation is to help Christian individuals and families implement thoughtful stewardship decisions in tax-wise estate planning. This service is available to you at no charge because of the foundation’s 200 member charitable organizations. If you don’t have a Will or it hasn’t been recently updated, give Barnabas Foundation a call toll-free at 1-888-448-3040 to schedule an appointment to meet with Don. We will be happy to help you with your estate planning needs.

OCTOBER 7 AREA COMBINED DISABILITY AWARENESS SERVICE

The Area Christian Reformed and Reformed Churches are inviting all to an
evening of Encouragement, Praise and Worship at First Prinsburg Christian Reformed Church, October 7 at 6:30 pm. Rev. Mark Stephenson will be our guest speaker. He will encourage us who live with a disability and challenge the church body on how to respond to those with special needs. Disability Concerns is celebrating their 25th anniversary. It is a synodically established office responsible for raising consciousness in the churches of the needs and gifts of people with disabilities, and for seeking the full participation of people with disabilities in the life of the churches. The offering will go to this ministry. We welcome all to this service; fellowship and coffee will be served afterwards.

GEMS Fundraiser

The Prinsburg GEMS club is selling Papa Murphy’s Take N Bake pizzas. The Papa Murphy’s pizza wagon will be in Prinsburg at First CRC on September 28, 2007 from 4:30 to 6:30pm. We are collecting orders ahead of time and then you will be able to pick up your pizzas with out any hassle. All pizzas come in the family size. Order forms are found in your mailboxes here at church. If you did not get one there are extra’s on the information table. All orders must be prepaid. Please make checks out to: Prinsburg GEMS club. All your orders need to be turned in to Joyce Marcus or Pat Groen by September 23. You can put your order form in their box. If you are unable to pick up your order at the designated time on September 28 contact Rae Jean Bulthuis or Melanie Post to make other arrangements.

Free Fall Clothing Exchange

Harvest Community Church of will mar is sponsoring a Free Clothing exchange. The Free Clothing exchange will be held Friday, September 21st, 11am to 4pm and Saturday, September 22, 9am to 12 noon at the Harvest Community Church in Willmar. Your donations will help make the Clothing Exchange a success and a real blessing to many families in our community. However, you do not need to make a donation in order to come and take items. Everything is FREE!! Take what you can use to meet the needs of your family.