SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE, AUGUST 21, 2016

KINDERHOOK REFORMED CHURCH - REV. RUDY VISSER, PASTOR

“To Know Christ and to Make Him Known”

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

  Following worship today, all are invited to enjoy fellowship and refreshments at the Lemonade Stand hosted by Sally Heimroth on the front lawn of the church.

Thanks to today’s ushers, Jim Baker, Max DiOrio, Merrill Johnson

Thanks to today’s greeter(s), The Welcome Family

 Preschool nursery available downstairs.

Guest Organist, David Smith

  9 A.M.  CELERATION OF WORSHIP

  Prelude                                Prelude in G major, op. 37/2                    F. Mendelssohn

  Welcome, Announcements, and God's Greeting

Drawing Near to God

*Call to Worship  Hymn #118                                                                    We Will Glorify

  Morning Prayer

  VBS Song

  Vacation Bible School Litany (Responsive)

You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. Psalm 139:1

       Indeed God Knows me!

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 1 John 5:14

       Indeed God Hears me!

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. Psalm 28:7

       Indeed God Strengthens me!

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into   

the world that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9

       Indeed God Loves me!

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.  Matthew 28:19-20

       Indeed God Sends me!

  VBS Song

Coming before God’s Open Word

  Blessing on the Word proclaimed                       

  Scripture                                                                                   Jonah 2:1-10 (pp. 654-55)

  Message                                                                      “With Shouts of Grateful Praise”

  Prayer of Thanks

Celebrating God

  Solo, Deborah Spaulding, soprano

   “O rest in the Lord”  from Elijah             F. Mendelssohn

  Offering/Offertory                                        Improvisation in the style of Mendelssohn

  Doxology #809                                                    Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

 Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise him all creatures here below.

Praise him above ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

*Offertory Prayer (Unison)

Lord God, we present ourselves and these gifts for your service.   Use us and these offerings to spread, both near and far, the gospel of hope that is in Jesus Christ.   Amen.  

  Pastoral Prayer, and The Lord’s Prayer

*Prayer Hymn #538                                                                       I Need Thee Every Hour

*Benediction, Blessing, and Response Hymn           My Friends May You Grow in Grace

  My friends, may you grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior.

My friends, may you grow in grace, and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.

 To God be the glory, now and forever, now and forever, amen. (2x)

  Postlude                              Fugue in G major, op. 37/2                          F. Mendelssohn

~PRAISE GOD FOR KRC’S 2016 VBS “DEEP SEA DISCOVERY” OUTREACH.~

93 registered youth and teenage helpers participated and were spiritually blessed at KRC's Vacation Bible School which was so beautifully and successfully presented this past week! Praise to God also for Patti Varga and the 20 adults who assisted so faithfully in planning and implementing this exceptional outreach program.

~NOTE FROM OUTREACH MINISTRY~

The KRC Outreach Ministry will be collecting redeemable cans and bottles from August 1 to September 30, 2016, at the Kinderhook Transfer Station on 9-H.  All money received will benefit the Stop Hunger Now drive.  Please save your items for our "bin with a banner" located near the transfer station office, or call Tana (518-495-3621) if you need assistance.

Dear Friend,      

       In just a few days, I will be in Albany for the Decision America Tour prayer rally. Will you and your church be there to stand with me at the Capitol?      

       We must continue to share the Good News and take a stand for religious freedom and God’s truth. That’s why I will be in Albany—and every other state capital in 2016. Our nation needs to turn to God, and it begins with His people, the church. We must confess our sins as individuals—and as a nation—and call on God to heal our land (2 Chronicles 7:14).

       I hope you will join us at the Capitol and invite others to come with you—bring your children or fill a van from your church. Even if you have to drive across the state, it will be worth it to stand together and pray for our nation at this critical time. 

Sincerely,
Franklin Graham

For more information on this event, please contact Tana Thompson by August 20 at

tanastrome@gmail.com

All are warmly welcome to attend and receive the healing love of Jesus Christ.  You need not identify as an alcoholic, addict, or codependent; be part of any twelve-step group; follow the steps; or identify as Christian.  Come, and bring a family member, friend, neighbor, or acquaintance. Anonymity is respected.  Prayer for the healing of any affliction is also available.  Call Father Tom Malionek at 518-755-9716 with any questions. 

HAPPY AUGUST BIRTHDAY!

Sara Schubert (3^rd), Jim Dunham (7^th), Floyd Haber (11^th), Carly Rippel (13^th),

 Dolly Petith (18^th), Alan Dick (24^th), Suzy Nieman (27^th,), Jean Hurst (27^th)

Melissa Welcome (28^th), Thomas Carroll (28^th), Erika Johnson (31^st)

REMEMBER TO THANK & PRAISE GOD FOR 

• Pastor Rudy Visser, our Spirit-filled minister and leader of vision, and for the Christ-centered messages God gives to Pastor each and every Sunday for the spiritual nourishment and growth of our church family.
• the Visser Family, now home safely from a good vacation on the Cape.
• the inspirational ministries of our guest preachers, Perry Jones, Tom McCrossan, John Bowen, and others who lead worship at KRC from time to time.
• those men and women who have served or are now serving our country, and those who have sacrificed their well-being and lives for the peace & liberties we enjoy.
• the good news that Jay Rippel is recovering well from recent knee surgery.
• the good report that a friend of Claudia and Arnie March is doing well following a recent golf-ball injury.
• the good report that Virginia Rothermel is doing well. Ginny thanks the congregation for the cards and messages of encouragement she received, and she hopes to be back in church soon!
• Baby boy, Corvus Alanson Niver-Moore, who was welcomed by his parents, Heather and Ryan Niver on July 27th.  Grandparents are Ron and Caryn Moore. Mother and Baby Corvus are doing fine, with Corvus weighing in at 8 lbs 14 oz and 21 inches long.
• His provision for all of our basic life needs, and the wonderful ways God shows His love to us, especially during difficult times.
• the many dedicated and hard-working friends and members of the Kinderhook Reformed Church Family who serve on Consistory, ministries, and committees; teach Sunday School; lead Youth Group, Bible studies, and prayer group; organize special events; prepare food, serve, and clean up for coffee hours, receptions, and dinners; and who always offer whatever support they can to those in need.

 PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS OUR MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES

Dave and Char Alexander, RCA missionaries, Taiwan;

Alight Pregnancy Center, Hudson

Perry Jones and Capital City Rescue Mission, Albany

Compassion International, KRC-Sponsored Children:

Evelin Chuquinia, 15, Bolivia              Giulbert Muguna, 18, Kenya

Alex and Fran Knauss, Trans-World Radio

Maureen Menard, Youth with a Mission

Dick and Carolyn Otterness, RCA missionaries, Hungary

Brian and Bea Post, Wycliffe Bible Translators

Seth and Melissa Rogati, missionaries, Young Life Ministry, St. Thomas

Betty Ann Stedwell, Christar International Mission

REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR

• those who do not know Christ or who are struggling in their faith journey. Pray also that God will provide opportunities for us to witness for Jesus, and give us the courage and winsome words needed to make the most of these opportunities.
• Rev. Paige Convis, KRC’s new associate pastor, as she fulfills her ministerial duties as full-time pastor to the Muitzeskill and Stuyvesant Reformed Churches.
• KRC ministries, programs & projects and those planning & administering them: KRC’s Consistory; KRC’s administrative ministries; Adult and Children’s Sunday School; KRC’s Youth Group; VBS; KRC’s small group ministries; Bible studies; Community Prayer Group; 1st Friday, and other outreach programs. Pray especially for the Stop Hunger Now fundraising campaign and upcoming meal-packing event in the early fall. 
• our state, national, and world leaders, that God will grant them the leadership skills, wisdom, and the personal protection needed to govern effectively and safely. Pray especially that God’s hand will direct our nation’s upcoming Presidential and other government elections.
• our military men & women, their families, and friends, that they may know God’s presence, protection, and peace.
• victims world-wide suffering natural and other hardships and tragedies: famine, earthquakes, and other climate-related disasters; economic instability; poverty, hunger, and poor health; political oppression, unrest, terrorism, war, displacement.
• those grieving the death of loved ones, especially the Jensen and Borelli families and friends grieving the death of Ron Jensen, brother-in-law of John and Jane Dean, who passed away earlier this week from renal failure.  
• those who, even after many years, still hurt from the void left by loved ones who have passed on from this world. 
• all who have suffered and struggled with significant recent loss of any kind.
• reassurance, peace, and dignity for loved ones nearing the close of this life.     
• those caring for the elderly, displaced, disabled, or ill.
• Paul, being treated at Walter Reed Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, for a serious brain injury suffered during a marine training accident. Remember also Paul's wife, Emily, during this uncertain time, that she will know God's reassurance and peace.
• those awaiting test results or surgery; recovering from surgery, injury, or illness; or chronically ill: Steve, brother-in-law of Sara Schubert; Jay Rippel; Fred Borelli; Mark; Virginia Rothermel; Vicki Smith; Maggie; Art Gross; Angie Rivera; Susan Clause; Stacey Baker; Harriet Stockhoff; Ruth Edge; Merrill Johnson; Jean Skipper; Floyd Haber; Alan Dick; Paul Varga; Liz Carroll; Laurie Maul.
• Ann, diagnosed with breast cancer.
• Jill, diagnosed with throat cancer.
• others battling or recovering from cancer or in hospice care: Donna Scalera; Jay; Ron Dick; Steve; Dorothy Wheeler; Baby Szafran; TJ Vooris; Judy Alvarez; Leonard Blish; Carol, Elize Visser’s sister-in-law; Marlene.
• those facing challenges, stressful circumstances, and difficult decisions: Greg Clause Jr. as he renews his college studies this fall; Martha; Laurie; the Lamont Family; Donna and Jason; Amber, granddaughter of Erika and Merrill Johnson; Don and Phyllis Tymeson; Harry Sturgill; the alarming wave of new, young heroin addicts; those facing the challenges of a higher level of education or seeking a career; Vince Beaudoin; Libby Little -  copies of Libby’s latest newsletter, which includes official announcement of her engagement, are available on the back table.
• those who are traveling, especially Ted and Dawn Tuttle, traveling to Iowa.
• residence-bound KRC family, Murray Leonardson; Joan Van Alstyne; George Clowe.

~STEWARDSHIP UPDATE~

This past Sunday, our weekly offering was $2,343 compared to our weekly need of $3,000! Regular contributors are asked to “double up” on their giving if they miss a Sunday, and Stewardship Ministry urges that everyone give prayerful consideration to how they might adjust their giving to help keep income at a level that will meet daily operating expenses.   

Inspired by the abundance with which the Lord has blessed us,

 let us continue, as his faithful stewards, to be ever mindful of the need

 to maintain a weekly offering sufficient to cover our commitments.

                                              ~2016 CLASSIS ASSESSMENT~

General Synod:     $53.71   (Up $1.98 from 2015)

Albany Synod:       $29.00   (Unchanged from 2015)

C.  G.   Classis:        $  6.22   (Down $1.07  from 2015)

          2016 TOTAL PER MEMBER:        $88.93

                          (Up $0.91 from 2014)

• Fall course offerings and registration information for The School for Christian Living and Serving, a ministry of the Mid-Hudson and Orange Classes
• Information on “Taking Care of Our Fathers and Mothers: Preventing, Identifying, and Addressing Elder Abuse in Our Communities,” a conference sponsored by Common Ground Dispute Resolution September 13 at Columbia-Greene Community College