One of our COMMUNITY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP families has recently moved into a new home and is in need of the following: side tables, ironing board, kitchen table and chairs. If you have any of these items to donate, please call (396-4900) or e-mail (andersons@hope.edu) Sarah Anderson. Thank you! We really appreciate all you do to help the families our church is working with.
November is the month that we collect new or gently used blankets to be given to Community Action House for people who are cold. With the high cost of heating fuel, many more people are keeping their thermostats set very low. Please place your blanket in the tub in the narthex. They will be collected every week so that they will get to needy people right away. If you do not have time to purchase a blanket, just make a donation to the church and clearly mark it Blanket Drive. The Outreach Committee will be happy to do the shopping for you.
MEN’S BOOK STUDY—November 3 at 7:00 pm—The Worst Hard Time.
The congregation is invited to attend “Celebrate the Joy,” a joint concert of three Holland-area choirs to be held Sunday afternoon, November 16, beginning at 4:00 pm at the Basilica of St. Adalbert, 701 4th St NW in Grand Rapids. Participating will be the Evergreen Chorale, the Lake Effect choir, and a Sixth Grade Choir of the Holland Public Schools, Evergreen Commons is offering motor coach transportation to Grand Rapids for a charge of $20; call (616) 396-7100. Free will offering taken, no ticket sales.
PROGRESSIVE DINNER is November 15 at 5:30 pm. Chicken will be served. Cost will be less than $10 per person. We are still looking for hosts for all stages of dinner. Please sign up or contact Laura @ 616 460-2970. If you are not able to host please sign up to bring a dessert or appetizer. Dinner will start at Steve & Terri Borgman’s at the Club House 1331 St. Andrews Dr.
Our November newsletter is available for download. Please click on the link below.
The Monthly Calendar and Sunday Schedule are now available for download. Click the links below.
High School Youth Group Meeting Dates
All Youth Group Meetings are from 6:00-8:00pm
November 2
November 9
November 16
November 23
November 30 No Meeting
Middle High School Youth Group Meeting Dates
All Wednesday Meetings are from 6:00-7:30pm
All Friday Meetings are from 6:00-8:00pm
November 5
November 12
November 19 No Meeting
November 21 Movie Night
November 26 No Meeting
30th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
THE GOSPEL: John 12:1-8
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Participating in Worship: Rev. Linda Knieriemen, Rev. Matt Webber, Elder Ann Meengs, Liturgist: Linda Gebben, Minute for Mission: Sherry Martens
“Where Does It Stop? A Community Forum on Hate and Hate Crimes” will be held Thursday, October 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Crossroad Church, Lincoln Ave. at 12th St, Holland.
The Forum is the result of the recent anti-racism Community Pledge (Not Here. Not Now. Not Ever Again) organized by local diversity groups and churches and signed by some 3,000 people; the Community Unity Potluck in September; and the Lakeshore Summit on Racism Community Action Team.
Representatives of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights will define hate crimes and how to resolve them. Area residents who have experienced racial incidents will speak.