Communiqué

April 20, 2014

2450 85th Street, Byron Center, MI 49315

Phone: 616-878-9768 • Fax: 616-878-0940 • Prayer Line: 616-878-0101

Email: office@firstbyroncrc.org • Website: www.firstbyroncrc.org

Service Times: Sundays at 8:30/10:45 am and 5:00 pm

Prayers | Praises

CLUB SANDWICH (ages

40—60ish)

•Save the date! Detroit Tigers

ballgame, Satur-

day, June 14, 4:00

pm game time.

PROFESSION OF

FAITH CLASS A Profession of Faith class begins Sun-

day, April 27, at 3:30 pm in the council

room. This class will meet for three

consecutive Sundays, April 27—May

11. RSVP to Pastor Jonathan, jbrom-

head@firstbyroncrc.org or 878-9768.

SMALL GROUP DIS-

CUSSION

We are inviting all small

group leaders and others

interested to come for a time of feed-

back and discussion on our small group

program. The meeting will be held be-

tween the two morning services on April

27 (the usual Adult Education time slot)

in the sanctuary.

Pray—Christian sympathy is expressed to

Elmer & Leona Miedema; Mike, Lori,

Brandon & Tyler Ezinga; Jeremy &

Melanie Miedema family; Tim & Katie

Miedema family; and Kurt & Katie Ezinga

family in the death of their son, brother,

and uncle, Ken Miedema, Tuesday, April

15.

Pray—Marv Post had hip surgery last

week and is receiving therapy at Mary

Free Bed.

Pray—Bev Smit had knee replacement

surgery Wednesday, April 16, and has re-

turned home.

Pray—Sadie Tiggleman continues in the

neonatal unit at Spectrum’s DeVos Chil-

dren’s Hospital. If you care to follow her

progress, go to carepages.com. Sign in to

sadietiggleman (all small letters, no

spaces)

Pray— Keep Al Bruursma, Anita Collins &

Steve Schreur in prayer as they manage/

treat their cancer.

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING

The annual Spring Congregational Meet-

ing to elect elders and deacons will be

held on Sunday, April 27, immediately

following the evening service. The nomi-

nees for the office of deacon are (4 to be

elected): Tom Boomsma, Ben Brouwer,

Mike Bultje, Ryan Burgess, Chris Prins,

Jeff Twiest, Mike Wolf, Grant Zondervan.

The nominations for the office of elder (4

to be elected): Dean Doornbos, Mike Ez-

inga, Alan Howerzyl, Kraig Keegstra,

Steve Longstreet, Lee Lubbers, David

Scholten, David Troost. Absentee ballots

with instructions are available at the

signup table in the lobby. Please return

them to the church office mail basket by

the office window. Also at this meeting,

the Christian Education budget for the

2014-2015 school term will be presented.

LEISURE GOLFERS

Men, if you like to play

golf but aren’t interested

in being involved in

league golf, there is a

small group of golfers (14) that play 9-

holes on Wednesday mornings at the

Pines Golf Course. Eight of the men (Ed

Gates, John Haaksma, Marv Ilbrink, Chad

Roedema, Ron Springvloed, Ken VanDe-

Griend, Marv VanSweden, and Lee

Wassink) are from First Byron CRC. The

start time for April and May will be 9:00

am. Beginning in June we’ll move the

start time to 8:00 am. If interested, con-

tact Marv Ilbrink, 878-3060.

FRESH PAIRS, MAY 10, COOK OUT @

PASTOR TOM &

SHERI’S, 2600

MEADOWRIDGE BYRON CENTER

The congregation is cordially invited to

witness the marriage ceremony of Janelle

Fryling and Greg Turner on Saturday, April

26, at 3:00 p.m. in our church.

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP

Children’s Worship is in need of card

boxes. Please bring donated boxes to the

church office. Thank you!

ALL CHURCH HAMBURG FRY

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP!

Next Sunday, April 27, following the evening service and after the congregational

meeting, Church Life will be grilling hamburgers. Families of 5 or more please bring

a side dish AND a dessert; couples and families with less than 5 bring a side dish OR

a dessert. Bring your own table service. Drinks are provided. Sign up at the table in

the lobby or online, firstbyroncrc.org today!

HEALTH MINISTRY MEETING will

meet next Sunday, April 27, at 4:00 pm in

the basement room.

WEATHER POLICY

To check if church ser-

vices are cancelled due

to weather, watch

WOOD-TV (channel 8),

listen to WOOD-radio (1300 AM), or go

online to woodtv.com.

If a tornado WATCH or WARNING has

been issued and is in effect within one

hour before the start of any church service

or meeting, that service/meeting shall be

cancelled.

YOUTH GROUP

PARENT’S NIGHT

Our second Parent Dessert is coming up this week on Thurs-

day, April 24, at 7:00 pm at Matt and Jan Burgess' home

(1898 Conifer Ridge)! Our time will be focused on the world

of sports and extracurricular activities that our students par-

ticipate in and how they make an impact on our students and

families. We'll also briefly revisit our technology discussion

from last time.

STUDENT MINISTRY INTERN

As a youth ministry we will be starting a

brand new student ministry internship this

summer. Our first intern will be Nathan

Groelsema! Nathan will be helping out in

various ways with Pastor Jonathan

throughout the summer. Nathan will be-

gin his internship sometime in mid-late

May.

CHURCH PROPERTY UPDATE & OPPORTUNITY

As noted in a recent Communique, the church has now pur-

chased all four of the targeted properties north of church. We

will now enter a phase of moving or tearing down three of

those homes. Those homes are on 85th Street directly north

of the church. The fourth home, purchased from First Re-

formed Church, will remain at its current location for the next

two years. The Lewis family who owned the 2425 –85th Street

property required that location for living as part of the sale of

their home. After two years, the fourth home will be taken

down, as well, for additional parking.

Before taking down the three homes, we are offering two of

the homes, 8497 Byron Center Avenue and 2435—85th Street,

for potential movement to the highest bidder. For the next

three weeks, starting Monday, April 14, and ending Friday,

May 2, any church member may submit a sealed bid for either

of the two properties. The winning bidder would be responsi-

ble for moving the home off the property at their expense by

July 31, 2014. Official bid sheets are available in the office,

along with keys if you would like to see either home. If we do

not receive any bids by May 2, we will list the homes on the

MLS Realtor website for outside bidding. If we have no bids by

May 31, we will begin taking down the three homes. The short

-term plan is to create temporary parking in those open

spaces for the 2014 fall and winter church season. The official

parking lot expansion project is targeted for spring of 2015.

Apr 20 AM Benevolence PM Christian Education Apr 27 AM Christian Education PM Missions

April Offering Schedule

April

Bulletin Announcements due in the office by 10 am

Mon 21 Tue 22 Wed 23 Thur 24 Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 7:00 pm Cadets Birthday: Colton Keegstra Madison Potgeter Samantha Seeley Aaron Snyder Anniversary:

7:00 pm Elders Meeting Birthday: Ruth Doornbos Julie Kalmink Stella Maas Anniversary:

9:00 AM Leisure Golf @ the Pines Birthday: Marv Honderd Steve Tiesenga Anniversary: Ron & Carol Tjepkema

7:00 pm Youth Group Par-ent Dessert Birthday: Claire Boomstra Olivia Boomstra Kinsey Brinkert Esther Howerzyl Don Langerak Kathy Rietberg Anniversary:

5:30 pm Cadet Campout Birthday: Rachel Clousing Anniversary: Steve & Judy Schreur

Cadets return 1:00-2:00 pm Birthday: Rachel Hoekman Anniversary: Matt & Mari DeJonge

8:30/10:45 am Service 5:00 pm Evening ser-vice After evening service: Congregational Mtg Hamburg Fry Youth Group Birthday: Anniversary: Jeff & Holly Twiest

Serving next Sunday 4•27•14

Greeters PM: North Entrance: Bill & Terri DeBoer South Entrance: Jake & Thereasa DeHaan

Librarians: AM Marilyn Dykwell (1) Megan Visser (2) PM Karin VanKammen

Children’s Worship: 8:30 AM Dorie Boomsma, Carlie Boomsma 10:45 AM Lisa Kooyer, Amanda Pluger, Diann Fisk

Nurseries: 8:30 AM Greeter: Ashley Burgess Infant: Tracy DeYoung, Sheri Springvloed, Kaysey Sterk, Stephanie Springvloed Toddler: Amelia Broekhuis, Tricia VanDyke, Seth Broekhuis, Karissa VanDyke, Krysten VanSolkema 10:45 AM Greeters: Sue Jonker, Ashley Koll Infant: Gayla VanderMolen, Ruth Grasman, Laura Grasman, Claire Boomstra Toddler: Stephanie Woudwyk, Missy Haverdink, Nicole VanOyen, Abby VanderPloeg

Little Lambs/Wee Worship: 8:30 AM 2’s—young 4’s Phyllis Witte, Sydney DeYoung, Sara VanSolkema 10:45 AM 2’s Julie Boomsma, Jaxon Ward, Savannah Boomstra 10:45 AM 3’s—young 4’s Stacy Goeman, Brynna Morren, Lindy Morren

Nursery: PM Greeters: Cherie Zondervan, Jess Wiers Infant: Lisa DeVries, Stephanie Fredricks, Emily Kalmink, Krista VanSledright Toddler: Sherry TeHennepe, Charise Bos Jerad Bos, Reese Bos

You are invited to join the staff in a time of prayer each Monday, 10:45 am.

CADETS & SCRAP METAL

The Cadet Club is always collecting

scrap metal as an ongoing fund raiser.

You may drop off metal near the dump-

sters at church or contact Don Postma

(878-0149) for larger items.

Cadet Calendar

April 21: Pinewood Derby Prep Night

April 25-26: Cadet Campout at Cadet

Campgrounds for counselors and cadets

only. Meet at church at 5:30 pm. We will

return around 1:00—2:00 pm Saturday.

April 28: Pinewood Derby Night

May 5: Meeting (Auction)

BIBLE LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE

If you are interested in being a representa-

tive for our church for the Bible League,

please call Joanne Marvin, 269-793-7606.

COMMUNITY

Byron Center Christian School’s Grand-

parents and Special Friends Day will be

Friday, April 25. The 5th—8th grade pro-

gram will begin at 8:15 a.m. in the East

Campus gym. The Young Fives—4th grade

program, also in the East Campus gym,

will begin at 9:45 a.m. Lunch will be

served to our Grandparents and Special

Friends anytime between 11:30 a.m. and

1:00 p.m.

Byron Center Christian School Auction

will be Saturday, April 26, at the East Cam-

pus gym. We have some fabulous items

up for bid! Look for the booklet to be

online at bccs.org by the beginning of this

week or check facebook. Catered dinner

5:00—7:00 pm. Live auction at 6:45 pm.

The Singing Hims invites you to the 38th

annual Celebration of Praise Sunday, May

4, 7:00 pm at Calvary Christian Reformed

Church, 3500 Byron Center Ave, Wyo-

ming. Freewill offering.

Host a student from Hungary who will be

attending South Christian High School

2014-2015. Pannonia Christian Educa-

tional Exchange program provides stu-

dents of Hungarian Reformed heritage the

opportunity to live, study, and worship in

Christian communities in the greater

Grand Rapids, Michigan area. We are

looking for a family to host a female stu-

dent. Contact Julia Nagy, 616-455-3139 or

Lois Craven, 616-724-6399.

Byron Community Ministries is in need of

spring/summer clothing of all sizes and

types. Bring donations to them Monday—

Thursdays, 9:00 am—5:00 pm.

Byron Center Widow’s Group is going to

the movies! Join us Tuesday, April 29, for

dinner and a movie. Call Byron Commu-

nity Ministries, 878-6000, for details. In-

vite friends.

Byron Community Ministries golf outing,

Monday, May 5, 1:00 pm @ Railside. Call

878-6000.

South Christian High School invites you to

join us as we honor June Atsma and Bob

Blacquiere with a retirement coffee. The

event will be held in the media center at

SCHS on Wednesday, April 23, from 9:30

a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Celebrate with us by

writing a note or email to thank them for

their hard work and dedication to SCHS.

Notes can be mailed to the school office

at 160-68th Street SW, Grand Rapids, MI

49548 or sent by email to

sdevries@schs.org.

New Life Thrift Store Anniversary Cele-

bration Open House Join us to celebrate

the 10th Anniversary of the New Life Thrift

Store, Monday, April 21, 6:00 pm to

8:00pm. Location: 4669 S. Division Ave.

“The Dock” is located in the back section

of our prior stores building. Dinner, appe-

tizers and dessert will be served. This spe-

cial evening is open to all past and present

volunteers of the stores.

The Church T-Shirts and Sweatshirts have arrived and will be ready to be picked up at the church starting Wednesday, April 23. Please stop by and pick them up in the lobby.

GRADUATION PICTURES

If you are graduating from high school or

college this spring (or did in December),

please submit a picture to the church

office or place in the basket by the office

window by April 27. Include name and

institution graduating from on the back

of the picture. Thank you!

TIESENGA UPDATE

Steve Tiesenga will be stateside in a few

weeks and the Tiesenga family is looking

for 3 laptop computers in good working

condition that their children could use

with their computer curriculum for the

next school year. If you can help with

this, email Steve at

steve.tiesenga@iteams.org.

CHURCH T-SHIRTS ARE IN!!