First Presbyterian Church of Holland Michigan (PCUSA)

Our January newsletter is available for download. Please click on the link below.

January 2010 Profiles

The Sunday Duties Schedule is now available for download. Click the link below.

January Duties Schedule

Dry household cleaner (Ajax, Comet), hand lotion, liquid hand soap, dish soap.

The Reciprocal Language Partnership pairs native English speakers seeking to learn Spanish one-on-one with native Spanish speakers seeking to learn English. Instruction is given in English and Spanish by an experienced teacher certified in ESL and/or Spanish. For winter 2010, classes will meet at First Presbyterian Church once a week on Thursday evenings and will begin on January 21. To sign up for a class you must come to a bilingual informational meeting at First Presbyterian Church on one of the following dates: Thursday, January 7 or Monday, January 11 at 7:30 pm. Childcare is provided for the informational meetings and the classes. For more information please contact Melissa Roessing, Executive Director, at 392-9022 or by email.

First Sunday after Christmas

Matthew 2:1-12

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Participating in Worship: Rev. Linda Knieriemen, Rev. Matt Webber, Liturgist: Jan Goodwin

If you have a gently used coat, boots, or outer garments that you aren’t currently using, please put them in the large box under the coffee pots in the narthex. We still have a lot of cold weather ahead of us, and there are many in the community who don’t have warm clothes. The items will be given to Community Action House for distribution.

Friday, February 5th at 8:00pm – $13 per person
Dinner at the Curragh at 5:30pm (optional)
See signup sheet in the Narthex.
Make checks out to Chris Urbaniak and give to Sherry Martens.

The Foreigner

Set in a resort-style fishing lodge in rural Georgia, the comedy revolves around two of its guests, Englishmen Charlie Baker and Staff Sergeant Froggy LeSueur. Charlie is so pathologically shy that he is unable to speak. As way of explanation, Froggy claims his companion is the native of an exotic country who does not understand a word of English. Before long, Charlie finds himself privy to assorted secrets and scandals freely discussed in front of him by the other visitors. These include spoiled but introspective heiress and Southern belle Catherine Simms and the man to whom she is somewhat reluctantly engaged, the Reverend David Lee, a seemingly humble preacher with a dark underside. Her younger brother, Ellard, a chubby and somewhat “slow” boy (often thought of as a young Forrest Gump), is a simpleton who tries to teach Charlie how to speak English. Owen Musser, the racist county property inspector, plans to oust property owner Betty Meeks and convert the lodge into a meeting place for the Ku Klux Klan.

Fourth Sunday in Advent

THE HEBREW SCRIPTURE Micah 5:2-5a
THE GOSPEL Luke 1:39-45

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Participating in Worship: Rev. Linda Knieriemen, Rev. Matt Webber, Liturgist: Linda Gebben, Voice of the Angel: Kevin Oswald

If you are considering making an end-of-the-year tax-deductible gift, please think about the Deacons’ Fund, the Capital Endowment or the Mission Endowment. A variety of giving routes is possible.

To encourage customers to be energy smart, the Holland BPW is offering free CFL kits to its residential electric customers.  Mailed directly to the home, this kit contains two 14-watt bulbs that use 77% less energy than a conventional light bulb.  Switching to CFLs not only saves energy and lowers electricity bills, but CFLs last longer -  an average of 12,000 hours, or 11 years. 
 
Supplies are limited so act fast.  CALL TOLL FREE 877-674-7281 OR ORDER ONLINE AT www.efi.org/energysmart.  You’ll need to provide your name, HBPW account number, address and zip code.   Flyers are located in the narthex and on the bulletin board.
 
If you have all the CFLs you need, why not give your kit to a neighbor who is unfamiliar with the energy-saving potential of CFLs?  Let’s spread the word.