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W elcome and thank you for worshipping with us! We pray that what you hear and experience
here today will speak directly to your heart and that you will feel at home.
Welcome to our visitors and guests! We feel blessed that you have chosen to join us. We would love to
get to know you. Please take a moment to fill out a welcome card and place it in either the collection bag
or the office mailbox. If you are a guest, please do not feel obligated to give during the offering; today
you are our guests. We hope to see you worshipping with us again! Hearing impaired? See one of our
ushers to receive a hearing assistance device during the worship service.
Joining the Church... After attending our services on a regular basis, we hope you are led to a deeper
relationship with this community—one that involves sharing in our covenant with God. Are you willing to
make that commitment? A decision to join any community of faith requires prayer, experience, and
discernment. We welcome everyone who is thinking about joining the church to meet with one of our
pastors in order to pray about and to explore this desire.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
MORNING SERVICE ~ 10:00 am
Today’s Sermon: “The Spirit’s Work Amidst the Church”
Preacher: Dr. Michael Goheen
Worship Leader: Pastor Andrew Beunk
EVENING SERVICE ~ 7:00 pm (in Meeting Hall)
An Evening Series Through the Ten Commandments
“The First Commandment: No Other Gods Before or Beside Me”
Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 34
Pastor Andrew Beunk
Volunteers Today Next Week (July 10)
Greeters 10:00 Guy & Ann Budding, Lieske Van Der Kooi 10:00 John & Teresa Mayhew, Carol Vandemeyden
Ushers 10:00 Alan Pel, Andy Beimers 10:00 Mark Noort, Bill TeBokkel
Nursery Theresa Mayhew, Julie Van Tol
Rebecca Visser, Marissa VanderMey
Keri Oosterhof, Steffany Pel
Dennis Herfst, Jessica Noort
Refreshments Walter Verwoerd Peter Baelde
PowerPoint 10:00 Annette Faber 10:00 Aaron Pel
Sound 10:00 Peter Baelde 10:00 Peter Baelde
Library Gaileen Cox Betty Adema
“A TANGIBLE DISPLAY OF GOD’S RENEWING POWER” Website: www.nwcrc.ca
Office Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 9 AM to 3 PM
Deadline for Bulletin Submissions: Thursday @ 10 AM
8255 13th
Avenue, Burnaby, BC V3N 2G6
Phone: 604.521.0111
Email: [email protected] (general mailbox)
Calendar of Events at New West Church from July 4 to July 10
Wednesday, July 6
7:30 pm Prayer Meeting at Church Room# 204 and Chris de Groot’s
7:30 pm Council Meeting at Church
Thursday, July 7
10:00 am Deadline for Bulletin Submissions
7:30 pm Worship Practice
Sunday, July 10
MORNING SERVICE ~ 10:00 am
Preacher: Youth Pastor Dave Groen
Worship Leader: Dr. Michael Goheen
EVENING SERVICE ~ 7:00 pm
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*If able, please stand
Prelude
Pre-service singing:
Overhead The First Place
Welcome and Announcements
Opening Songs:
Hymn#8 Lord, Our Lord, Your Glorious Name
Binder#37 All Heaven Declares
*Call to Worship
*Song: Binder#16 God Most High
*Prayer of Invocation
*God’s Greeting and Mutual Greeting
*Song: Overhead The First Place
Call to Confession
Prayer
Song: Binder#4 There is a Redeemer
Assurance of Pardon
Song: Hymn#23 The Lord My Shepherd
Thank you for worshipping with us today!
Everyone is welcome to join us in the Meeting Hall (or outside if weather permits)
following the morning service for coffee and fellowship!
Childcare is provided for children ages 0 - 3 years during the morning service in the upstairs nursery.
Children aged 3 through Grade 3 will be invited partway through the service to join in a time of Children’s
Worship. Children aged 3 through grade 3 will first gather in the Meeting Hall for a time of singing, and then
go upstairs to the classrooms, from which parents may pick them up following the service.
Grades 4 through 6 from the Indonesian Evangelical Church Sunday School meet in the Beehive.
Order of Worship
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Offerings
Offerings during the worship service are for New
West Church and local ministries as well as denomi-
national ministries. There may be a designated spe-
cial cause identified below. Please place your offer-
ings into the bag, using your current envelopes if
you have them. There are also envelopes in the pew
if you are a guest or forgot yours at home. Cheques
should be made out to the New Westminster CRC
and should indicate the ministry you are donating
to. All donation dollars and loose change will be
applied to the following second collection:
Today’s Offering is for Christian Education Fund
(CEF). This fund was established by the deacons
shortly after John Knox Christian School was started
in 1955 and is there for families that are members
of the New Westminster CRC. The CEF provides
short-term tuition help to families experiencing fi-
nancial difficulties. Your generous donations help
make it possible for these children to receive a
Christ-centered education.
Next week’s offering will be for Vacation Bible
School. For more information and video of last
year’s VBS, please visit the church’s website: http://
www.nwcrc.ca/church-ministry/vbs/
Thank you for your support of New West Church
and of our various ministries.
Canada Day Weekend! On
Friday we paused to remem-
ber the birth of our nation.
Consider this quote from our
first Prime Minister, Sir John A.
MacDonald, “God and nature
made the two Canadas one—
let no fractious men be al-
lowed to put them asunder.” Unhelpful dualism
aside, MacDonald does acknowledge the hand of
God in forming our country. As we witness much
national unrest in our world, especially in the Middle
East, and as we remember the high price that has
been paid by many for blessings and freedoms that
we can easily take for granted, let us give thanks to
God for our country. We are thankful for stability in
government, for good infrastructure, education,
heath care, and social programs. Let us remember to
pray regularly for our political leaders, civil servants,
and all who contribute to the blessings we enjoy in
Canada. Pray too that Canada will be an instrument
of peace and justice in our world. Hope you have a
happy Canada Day weekend!
Children’s Message & Prayer -Marianne VanDelft
Children Leave for Sunday School
Prayers of the People -Pastor Andrew Beunk
Offering: (please mark clearly)
New West Church and its various ministries
Christian Education Fund
More information on page 7
Sing: Hymn#424 Spirit of the Living God
Scripture Reading: Acts 2:42-47 (pg. 1057 ~ NIV)
Sermon: “The Spirit’s Work Amidst the Church”
-Dr. Michael Goheen
*Song of Response:
*Hymn#417(tune H#319) Filled with the Spirit’s Power
*God’s Blessing
*Parting Song: Binder#62 May the Peace of God
Postlude
Devotional Booklet (Large/Small
Print) for July-August 2011 are
available in front of the sanctuary.
Groundwork: Right with God? The
Bible tells us that in Christ we are
accepted and made right with God,
but how does that work? Can we
ever be sure that we are truly
saved? Join the Groundwork July
10 conversation on Galatians 2:15-21 to find
answers to these challenging questions. Find a
local radio station or listen online at
www.GroundworkOnline.com.
Our Church Family
Please pray for Johanna Meyer. Just over a week
ago she fell in her room and broke her right
kneecap. She continues to experience pain and
discomfort and will be confined to a bed/chair for
several weeks. Pray for peace, patience and healing.
We continue to pray for Margaret Vandop. She
remains in Queen’s Park Care Centre as she slowly
recovers from a severe break in her right arm. Pray
for comfort and peace.
We continue to pray for Rev. Henry and Aileen
Numan as Aileen battles cancer.
“Hello everyone! I have been home from Honduras
now for about a month and it has been at times a
difficult transition back into life here. It was an
amazing trip and I have been deeply impacted by
all the things I learned there. Thank you so much
for supporting me and the entire team financially
and in prayer. We appreciate it so much!”
-Allison Heinen
What’s happening next week?
Lord’s Supper: will be held during the morning
service.
New west news & announcements
Pastor Andrew will be away on vacation from July 9
-15. Following that he will taking a week-long study
leave to attend a seminar at Calvin Seminary called,
“Engaging the Text, Preaching the Word”. Pastor
Andrew will be returning on July 23.
Honduras Ministry Trip is going to
be held on November 13-24, 2011
with a limit of 12 people. We plan to
have a meeting tentatively on Sunday, July 17th
,
after the morning service at Dave and Brittany
Groen's place. We will go over the plans that we
already have and also the expectations over the
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Birthday Blessings This Week
July 4 Billy Do
July 5 Margaret Van Dop
Arie VanderKooi
Fred Noort
Kim Beunk
Kevin Breedveld
Benjamin Zimmermann
July 7 In-Kyeong Kim
July 9 Chris Eyzenga
July 10 Allan Meredith
If we have missed your birthday this week, or you
do not wish to have your birthday shown in the
future, please contact Fera at the office so we can
update your information in our database.
PRAYER CHAIN
If you would like people to pray for you,
please call Willy VanDelft at 604-526-3556.
All prayer requests will be held in confidence.
upcoming months that we must commit to. An
overview handout will be provided and discussed
together. We would love you to come and join us in
this meeting. Got questions?? Please see Mike/
Colleen Hoyer and Dave Groen. Please find more
information and the video of our most recent trip to
Honduras at the church’s website: http://
www.nwcrc.ca/church-ministry/honduras/.
-Mike Hoyer
Vacation Bible School's theme of
“Son Harvest” will encourage the
participants to demonstrate the fruits
of the spirit but also teach them about
rural life! Jam tastings, food growing, vegetable
guessing are just a few of the things in store from
July 18-22.
Can't help during out VBS week? Mark your
calendar now for TUESDAY, JULY 5 at 7 p.m. as
our preparation night at the church. We will be
painting backdrops, preparing crafts, building a few
wheelbarrows and scarecrows and putting together
workbooks. Plan to attend! Registration forms are
available at the church office or you can call Fera to
sign up your children and their friends. Pre-
registration helps us plan for a terrific week. If you
have any questions, please email
Sunday School: As of July 3, there will be no
Sunday School for grades 2 and 3 for July and
August. They will resume again in September.
“From the Deacons”: You may have or not yet
read the letter that was put in your mail slot last
Sunday from the deacons. It’s regarding how the
10/10 Challenge fund is being applied and a
recent refugee development. The document is
posted on the church’s website under the
Members Page with the title of “From the
Deacons”. You must register on the website in
order to access the letter. One of the 10/10 fund
From the Persecuted
Church:
Indonesia: A missionary training school was at-
tacked by mobs consisting of 85 Muslims. They
raided each classroom and dorm room, removing
pictures of Jesus. They commanded the staff to
close down the school. The Muslims were accom-
panied by local polices and soldiers from nearby
military base. Even though the school residents
get along well with the neighbors, Muslims want
to convert the country to Islam. Please pray that
the school can continue training missionaries, and
also for the Christians in the country that they will
remain strong in their faith in Jesus Christ and that
many will join them.
Iran: A Christian man is being held captive in the
infamous brutal “Evin” prison in Tehran. He was
detained during a raid on Christian homes and he
has not been officially charged. His family may
visit him once a week. They had to sell his father-
in-law’s business in order to survive. They don’t
have the means/money to bail him out. Please
pray that he would be freed and that his faith will
remain strong. Even though many Muslims have
come to Christ, the persecution in the country is
still fierce. Many Christians have died while in
prison. Please pray for the leaders that they will be
influenced by the Christians’ faith.
Egypt: As the government gives permission to
rebuild ruined churches, some Muslims have be-
come angry and caused riots. Many clashes have
been happening between Christian and Muslim
groups, causing Christians to flee to Libya for their
safety. On June 12th
, two (2) Christian girls, Chris-
tine (16 years old) and Nancy (14 years old), were
kidnapped on their way to church. Their parents
were very desperate, trying to raise the requested
ransom money of 200,000 EGP. However, when
they went to the kidnappers with the money, they
were told that the girls were already sold to an-
other group, who is asking even more money
which the parents can’t raise. Mostly, in similar
situations, the girls would be married to a Muslim
man and live in a very difficult situation. Please
pray that the girls would soon be released and
pray that the faith of their parents will remain
strong. Please pray for the Christians in Egypt as
some Muslims intend to Islamize Egypt and estab-
lish Sharia law. Lord, have mercy…
In closing, a nice story came from Ghana on how a
young Christian girl made an impact on her sur-
roundings. She is very active in her church and ea-
ger to tell people about Jesus. She regularly
teaches Sunday School and her teaching attracted
two young Muslim girls to sneak in and listen to
the story about Jesus every Sunday. How we see
the power of God’s Words! It’s powerful because It
is alive! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Have a blessed
week. -Willy VanDelft
RAYE POINTS P R
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recipients, the 2nd Street Community School
sent us a “Thank You” newsletter for the
generous donation towards their playground.
You can find the letter posted on the Community
Bulletin Board in the hallway to the Meeting Hall.
Saturday Morning prayer meeting
Please note: The Saturday morning prayer
meeting will “rest” for the months of July
and August due to various vacation
schedules. We look forward to resuming again on
Saturday, September 3.
Community announcements
Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
John Knox Christian School is very
pleased to announce that as of June 30,
2011, which marks the official end of the Capital
Campaign, we have raised $1,512,727 for our new
building! This even surpasses our $1.5million goal.
We are so grateful to God. He has provided for this
Christian school for many, many years, and he
continues to be faithful and gracious to us! Thank
you for your part in helping us reach this goal--
whether through donating money, giving time, or
offering prayers. You continue to bless your school
and your community richly. We know full well that
without the support of our surrounding church
communities, and particularly New West Christian
Reformed Church, we would not be where we are,
so we Thank You!! As a school we promise to
make stewardly use of the gifts we have been given
as we do our best to educate God's children in the
light of his Word. To God be the glory for the
things He has done! -Brittany Groen
Indonesian Evangelical Church would
like to invite you to SedapRasa*, an
Indonesian food fair and family fun day at
John Knox Christian School Gym -
Saturday, July 16, 2011 from 10am - 2pm. Free
admission. Come and taste a wide array of delicious
foods and drinks. Kids are more than welcome. Bring
your family and friends to this exciting event and meet
some new people, too. For information, please e-mail
F e l i x - f m m e s a k @ y a h o o . c o m o r I v a n —
Kom en geniet van heerlijk Indonesisch eten! We are
looking forward to see you there!
*Proceeds of sale will go towards IEC Bible Camp 2011
Volunteer with the CRC - and be
impacted for life! Some of the current
opportunities include a Theological
Educator in Nigeria and a Service & Learning Team
Assistant for the Dominican Republic - both with
CRWM. Additionally CRWRC is looking for an English
Language Facilitator in Cambodia as well as Medical
Volunteers in Tanzania. For these and other volunteer
opportunities, please contact ServiceLink at
[email protected] or visit www.crcna.org/
servicelink.
CRWRC - Thank you Canada! The
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
(CRWRC) would like to thank Canada for all
their support over the past year. Matching
funds from the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA), combined with
contributions from other Canadian Foodgrains Bank
members, enabled us to do $10.5 million in disaster
aid programming this year. In addition, when CIDA
denied our request for funding for community
development programs, Canadians stepped up and
helped us fill the gap through our Harvest Hope
campaign. We currently have less than $5,000 to go to
meet our $825,000 Harvest Hope goal. Thank you!
Newsletter from the Sawyers: Please check out the recent
newsletter (July-August) sent from
Hungaria by Frank and Aria Sawyers. It’s posted on the
Missions Bulletin Board in the hallway to the Meeting
Hall.
International Student ministries
national conference
July 8-12 at Trinity Western University. Plenary
sessions are open to the public. All are welcome to
be encouraged and equipped in developing cross-
cultural relationships. See http://www.ismc.ca/
national-conference/ for more information on times
and dates.
Council
Bulletin Summary of Council Meeting Held June
1, 2011:
- The undated Church Governance document will be
provided to all elders and deacons in September.
- Marianne VanDelft met with council to discuss
Coffee Break. Marianne confirmed that as of the date
of the council meeting no one has showed interest in
taking on the leadership of the Ministry. Marianne
emphasized that Coffee Break is not our ministry, it is
God’s ministry. Thankfulness was expressed for all
the ladies who have come through the Ministry and
this Ministry is sending women back into their
respective churches better equipped for ministry in
their those churches. Council also expresses its
appreciation to Marianne for her 7.5 years leadership
in this Ministry. Council agreed together with
Marianne to let the Coffee Break Ministry rest for a
time. It was noted that some of the women formerly
involved with Coffee Break are now involved with a
Small group. There is always the possibility of
forming small group- ladies only - if there is
sufficient interest. Andrew Beunk offered a prayer of
praise and thanks for this Ministry.
- Council congratulates Marianne VanDelft as the
first New West CRC graduate from the LDN 3 year
course.
- Council compliments the Hospitality group for their
organizing of the Sunday morning, May 29, Nasi
meal with the IEC church.
- Council received a letter from former Pastor, Peter
Sinia, who is working on his doctoral thesis on
Children at Lord’s Supper, requesting permission to
review NWCRC’s Council and Pastoral Elders
Minutes as it relates to the discussions held and
decisions made. Council provided approval for Peter
to review the Minutes as it relates to the topic of
Children at the Lord’s Supper.
- Council wishes to express its appreciation and a
huge thank you to George and Marianne VanDelft
who presented New West CRC with a beautiful book
entitled “The Way to the Cross” which not only
contains pictures but also the sermon topic and
scripture verses for each week in the “Cost of
Discipleship” series. As you may recall, George Van
Delft created the display adding new items each
week until it reached its climax at Easter. Marianne
took pictures of the displays. The book is included
in a link on our church website. Opportunity will
also be available for people to see a hard copy of
the book by signing it out with our church library.
Arrangements are currently being made to provide
the library with the book. Thank you George and
Marianne!
- Sunday School leadership and Pastoral staff will
meet to share thoughts and opinions on Sunday
school and involvement of children in Sunday
school and Worship Services.
- Next Council Meeting will be Wednesday, July 6,
2011.
- If you wish to receive an electronic copy of the full
Council minutes please email the Council Clerk, May
Baelde, with your full name at [email protected]. Hard
copies of the minutes are available at the Church
office.