Kinderhook Reformed Church

Kinderhook Reformed Church, April 29, 2018

 “To Know Christ and to Make Him Known”

 

Rev. Rudolph Visser, Pastor

Welcome visitors! Please fill out a visitor’s pew card and place it in the offering plate.

 

 

8:30 A.M.  CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP

 

  Announcements, The Lord’s Greeting, and Morning Prayer

*Morning Praise

  Scripture Reading                                                                                                     John 15:1-8

  Message                                                          “Branches Bear Fruit, They Don’t Make Fruit”

  Prayer of Thanks

  Offering and Prayer of Blessing

  Intercessory Prayer

*Closing Hymn and Benediction

 

 

10:00 A.M.  CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP

 

Following worship, all are invited downstairs for refreshment and fellowship.

Thanks to today’s ushers, Greg Clause Jr, Jim Dunham, and Gary Leggett.

Thanks to today’s greeter, Joy Bertram.             

Nursery facility available downstairs.

 

  Prelude                                                     As the Deer                                     Martin Nystrom

“As the deer panteth for the water, so my soul longs after you.

You alone are my heart’s desire, and I long to worship you.”

  Welcome and Announcements

 

  Drawing Near to God

  Call to Worship  (Responsive)

Christ says: I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. What do you say? 
       Christ is the vine, we are the branches. Shelter us! 
Christ says: You have been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. 
       Christ is the vine, we are the branches. Prune us! 
Christ says: Abide in me as I abide in you. 
       Christ is the vine, we are the branches. Sustain us! 
Christ says: Apart from me you can do nothing. 
       Christ is the vine, we are the branches. Save us! 
Christ says: Ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 
       Christ is the vine, we are the branches. Alleluia! Amen.  

*Hymn of Praise #86                                                                       We Come, O Christ, to You

 

Allowing God to Shape Us

  The Law of God Matthew 22:34-40

  Affirmation of Faith  (Responsive)                                                 Based on 1 John 4:7 - 21

God is love and love is of God!
       Therefore, let us love one another.
God is love; if we know God, we love as God loves us.
       God’s divine love was revealed through God’s Son, Jesus Christ.
God loves us and wants us to abide in that love.
       If we love one another, God lives in us and God’s love is perfected in us.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.
       We love because God first loved us.  Thanks be to God! Alleluia. Amen.

 

Coming before God’s Open Word

  Prayer of Blessing upon Our Children (Unison), and Invitation to Sunday School

Blessed Jesus, make your presence known to these children; live within them and be with them always; through every task and challenge of life, may they cling to you, experience your strength, and become productive disciples in your kingdom.  Amen. 

  Prayer for Illumination

  Scripture Reading                                                                                                     John 15:1-8

  Message                                                          “Branches Bear Fruit, They Don’t Make Fruit”

  Prayer of Blessing

*Prayer Hymn of Response (Insert)                                                                              As the Deer

 

 

Celebrating God, His Care, and His Abundance

Offering and Offertory          Leaning On the Everlasting Arms          Hoffman/Showalter

“What a Fellowship, what a joy divine, leaning on the everlasting arms”

*Doxology #809                                                    Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

*Offertory Prayer  (Unison)

Gracious God, you are the vine grower and we belong to you. Thank you for carefully tending us, especially in difficult times. You provide what we need in order to grow as disciples of Jesus. Help us to abide in him, the true vine. May these offerings and our lives bear much fruit and bring glory to you. We pray in Jesus’s name. Amen. 

  Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer

*Prayer Hymn #540                                                                                  Take Time to Be Holy

*Blessing & Benediction

  Response Hymn (Insert- Verse #1 only)                  God Be with You ‘Till We Meet Again

  Postlude

 

 

We’re all searching.  Sometimes the search is easy: simply type a question and the answer pops up.  But sometimes our questions are complicated, and the answers are difficult to see and harder to articulate.  How do we discover and examine the truths that give meaning and purpose to life?  Adam Hamilton believes that some powerful answers are contained in the Apostles’ Creed, an early statement of foundational Christian beliefs.  Let’s break the Apostles’ Creed down and together make sense as it pertains to our daily questions!  *The Wednesday Evening Bible Study on the Book of Acts will meet immediately following the Apostles’ Creed study.*

 

 

Thanks to all who came recently to have their photos taken for the new KRC Church Family Directory.  We hope to have the new booklets in June! 

*If you did not have a photo taken with Lifetouch, but have a current photo we can use, please email a digital copy (in a high quality format) to the church office at: krc@fairpoint.net.  This process will incur an additional cost by Lifetouch, so we are requesting a $10 donation to support this fee* The deadline is TODAY Sunday, 4/29

 

 

 

Tens of thousands of CROP Hunger Walkers are committed each year to building a hunger-free world.  For nearly half a century.  CROP Hunger Walks have ensured that more people worldwide have access to nutritious, sustainable food sources.  From combatting droughts in Nicaragua to providing agricultural training in Indonesia to stocking shelves in hundreds of food pantries across the US, CROP Hunger Walks help end hunger by raising funds to support local food programs and the international anti-hunger work of Church World Service.  This year's walk is on Sunday, May 6, and will step off at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Kinderhook.  The walk will still wind around the village of Kinderhook, but it will be a little shorter, making it more do-able for more people.  KRC is once again invited to stand with its neighbors in our community who rely on food-assistance programs, and to partner with and support families worldwide struggling in the face of grinding poverty. CROP WALK committee chair this year is Beegee Ropollo (biroppolo@gmail.com, 518-320-6232).   KRC's contact person, Patrice Lyons, is prepared to pass along all necessary CROP WALK 2018 information to the KRC family and friends, and encourages our participation in this year's effort. 

                                                                                                         

CLASSIS ASSESSMENT 2018

Each member’s share of this year’s classis assessment has been set at $94.68 (Up $6.18
from last year).  All who are able to do so are encouraged to offer, over and above regular
giving, their share of this support.  The full share does not have to be given at one time,
but may be given in as many increments as are convenient. If offered weekly, that’s just
$2.71 per week for the remaining weeks (35) in this year. Please clearly designate all
contributions, “Classis Assessment.” 

 

 

 

 

 

 THANK-YOU FROM CAPITAL CITY RESCUE MISSION~

Dear Kinderhook Reformed Church,

I'm delighted to tell you that you helped raise over $50,000 for our women's programs at our 7th annual Hearts of Hope fundraiser this past weekend! These are much needed funds to continue God's work in transforming the hearts and lives of the women and children he entrusts to us.

Thank you for your compassion for women and children!

Perry Jones

Executive Director

 

 

*                                                 CHURCH FAMILY MAIL-CALL                                                            ~

Please be sure to check for mail in the office ‘KRC Family Mailbox’, when you submit reimbursement requests or are a member of a church committee.  The following people currently have mail waiting for pickup:  Joy Betram, Jim Dunham, Patrice Lyons,

 Johnathan Pratt, Janet Smith

 

 

Non-perishable foods always popular at the Pantry are evaporated milk; coffee; sugar; boxed cereals; pancake mix; syrup; jelly; canned meats, fruits, and vegetables; spaghetti/spaghetti sauce; mac & cheese; dinner helpers; apple sauce; juice; cake and brownie mixes. Donations may be placed in the collection containers available in the entryways of the church. Although we have collected empty egg cartons in the past, the Pantry is no longer in need of these items.

 

HAPPY APRIL BIRTHDAY!

 

 

 

 

     The Stuyvesant Reformed Church “Stitchers” will be meeting the third Saturday of every month from 10 am to 12 pm.  They will be prepared to do any light mending -buttons, hems, torn seams, patching, etc. - that members of the community may need done.  Free-will donations will be accepted in lieu of payment.

     On the fourth Saturday of every month, from 11 am - 1 pm (please note time change), SRC will offer a soup-and-sandwich lunch consisting of a limited number of soups and a limited number of sandwiches.  Free-will donations will also be accepted.