Zion E-News 2-20-25
/in News, Uncategorized /by ConnieZION E-NEWS 2-19-25
AS WE GATHER in person for Worship each Sunday at 9:30am the service can also be viewed on our website at zionreformed.online.church and streaming on our YouTube channel.
SERMON SERIES:
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN NOTES: Our Capital Campaign is underway, with a goal of raising $300,000 by May for needed building repairs and updates. Would you consider a gift to help us? Checks or pledge cards can be placed in the box in the narthex, or gifts can be made online through Breeze. Thank you for helping us prepare our building for the next season of ministry.
PRAYER REQUEST: Continue to pray for those in our congregation who deal with ongoing health issues.
DONATIONS of the following items (full size – not travel size) are needed for the Personal Care Pantry and can be placed in the box in the narthex marked “pantry donations”. Laundry Soap, Bar Soap, Dish Soap, Disposable Razors, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothpaste, Paper grocery bags, Deodorant, Tampons, Maxi Pads, Paper towels (1 or 2 pack) and Toilet paper (1-4 pack).
ZION’S PERSONNEL & Administration Team, with the support of Consistory, has approved a job description for a new Director of Youth Ministries at Zion. The open position is in the process of being posted and a Search Team has been formed. Search Team members include: Marcia Pratt (Lead Pastor), Adam Eriks (Chair of P&A), Tom MacGraw (Middle School Leader), Kim Schultz (High School Leader), Jacki Deiter (parent), Erin Eriks, Ryan and Austin Kwiatkowski (teens). Please join us in prayer for this process and for the person the Lord will lead to us.Marcia Verbrugge’s thyroid surgery went well and she is recovering at home.
IF YOU are interested in learning more about sponsoring a student at Casa del Maestro, the ministry run by our mission partners Albino and Sandy in Peru, please connect with Pastor Marcia for more details.
IF YOU need help, either with food, personal care items, or financial needs, please contact Austen DeHaan, our chair of deacons, and he can help connect you with the appropriate resources at Zion. His e-mail is austin331@gmail.com and his phone number is (269) 762-9748
WE CONTINUE to thank God for his provision of all of our needs and the generous support of our congregation with their time, talent, and resources.
2024/25 YTD Budget: $437,687.42
2024/25 YTD Contributions: $384947.54
Giving Last Week: $6,273.73
Capital Campaign Donations received to date: $195,731.00
Capital Campaign future pledges: $32,000.00
Zion E-News 12-12-24
/in Uncategorized /by ConnieZION E-NEWS 12-12-24
AS WE GATHER in person for Worship each Sunday at 9:30am the service can also be viewed on our website at zionreformed.online.church and streaming on our YouTube channel.
ADVENT SERMON SERIES:
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN NOTES: Our Capital Campaign is underway, with a goal of raising $300,000 by May for needed building repairs and updates. Would you consider a year-end gift to help us? Checks or pledge cards can be placed in the box in the narthex, or gifts can be made online through Breeze. Thank you for helping us prepare our building for the next season of ministry.
THREADS UPDATE: December 3 was our latest shopping day at Threads. It was a festive day with racks of Christmas clothes in the boutique, Christmas music playing, cookies and fudge and hot chocolate to taste, and a gift wrapping station.
We had 8 new families shop with us on that day! Here are the totals for Dec 3:
- 64 Families Shopped at Threads
- 219 People Received Clothing
- 1,160 Clothing Items were given away
- 138 Accessories (shoes, purses, gloves, hats, etc) were given away
- 59 Families shopped in the PCP Store
A HUGE thank you to those of you who baked goodies and brought hot chocolate for the Threads families. This was such a thoughtful idea, and the families thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated all the goodies!
We continue to covet your prayers for this ministry and for everyone involved in it. We specifically ask for prayers for Trinity, a 19 year old who will be having surgery on December 9 to remove a 32 inch cyst from her abdominal area. Pray that it will be successfully removed, that her reproductive organs won’t have to be removed, and that it is not cancerous.
Also, please continue to faithfully pray for the 3 moms who are battling cancer and undergoing chemo treatments, and for the husband of one of our volunteers who is also battling cancer and having chemo treatments.
Thank you for your prayers and for your continued support of this ministry! All praise and glory to God! ~Jill Austin
HIGH SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PARTY this Sunday. Meet at the Erik’s house at 12:00 PM. Lunch will be provided. Don’t forget your white elephant gift!
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PARTY will be at church Sunday from 5:45-7:15 with pizza, drinks and christmas treats provided. Bring a white elephant gift (something from home). We have tons of fun games planned!
CHRISTMAS CARD DELIVERY SERVICE: The Middle School Youth are once again offering a holiday card delivery service! Now through December 22. you can place your cards in the big post office box in the narthex and the youth will sort them and place them in the appropriate church mailbox. In exchange for this service, we ask that you leave a donation in the jar on top of the box to support the students with retreat and/or mission trip costs. Thank You!
JOIN US on Sunday, December 22 at 4:30PM for a special Candlelight Service and Live Nativity’s. We would like to have sugar cookies with decorating supplies, along with hot chocolate to enjoy after the service. If you’d be willing to help make that happen, please connect with Angie.
DONATIONS of the following items (full size – not travel size) are needed for the Personal Care Pantry and can be placed in the box in the narthex marked “pantry donations”. Laundry Soap, Bar Soap, Dish Soap, Disposable Razors, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothpaste, Paper grocery bags, Deodorant, Tampons, Maxi Pads, Paper towels (1 or 2 pack) and Toilet paper (1-4 pack).
IF YOU need help, either with food, personal care items, or financial needs, please contact Austen DeHaan, our chair of deacons, and he can help connect you with the appropriate resources at Zion. His e-mail is austin331@gmail.com and his phone number is (269) 762-9748
WE CONTINUE to thank God for his provision of all of our needs and the generous support of our congregation with their time, talent, and resources.
2024/25 YTD Budget: $322,505.25
2024/25 YTD Contributions: $253,079.44
Giving Last Week: $7,197.73
Zion E-News 10-17-24
/in Uncategorized /by ConnieZION E-NEWS (10-17-24)
AS WE GATHER in person for Worship each Sunday at 9:30am the service can also be viewed on our website at zionreformed.online.church and streaming on our YouTube channel.
FOR THE next couple of months, there will be road construction on 36th Street between Kenowa and Canal. While you can drive on 36th currently, the driveways into Zion are affected. Please plan to enter the parking lot from the north side, off Fair Meadow.
PRAYER REQUEST: Continue to pray for those in our congregation who deal with ongoing health issues.
DISCOVER ZION CLASS: Would you like to learn more about Zion? Pastor Marcia will be leading a Discover Zion class on Sunday morning, November 3rd after the worship service. Brunch will be served. This is a great place to hear about Zion’s mission and vision, meet the ministry staff, and find out ways to get connected further in our community. If you are interested in becoming a member at Zion, we will share what membership looks like here as well. To RSVP, please email Pastor Marcia at mpratt@zionreformed.org.
PRAYER REQUEST: Continue to pray for those in our congregation who deal with ongoing health issues.
SENIOR FRIENDS: Pastor Marcia and Angie would love for you to join them On Thursday morning, Oct. 24th at 10:00AM for some coffee and conversation at Zion. Not sure if you are a senior? You decide! All are welcome.
DISCOVER ZION CLASS: Would you like to learn more about Zion? Pastor Marcia will be leading a Discover Zion class on Sunday morning, November 3rd after the worship service. Brunch will be served. This is a great place to hear about Zion’s mission and vision, meet the ministry staff, and find out ways to get connected further in our community. If you are interested in becoming a member at Zion, we will share what membership looks like here as well. To RSVP, please email Pastor Marcia at mpratt@zionreformed.org.
CHURCH-WIDE BIBLE MEMORY: Led by our children, who regularly memorize Scripture for “Say It” days, we will be working together on a church-wide Bible memory challenge this fall. Our text is Philippians 2:1-4 from the New International Version: “Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”
THIS FALL as part of our Serve with Dignity intergenerational learning opportunity we will be hosting a church-wide Morning of Service on Sunday, October 27th. We will begin in the sanctuary at our normal service time of 9:30 AM, and will open our time together with a song, meditation, and prayer. We will then spend the rest of the morning serving together! EVERYONE is welcome to join us for the Morning of Service, even if you are not signed up for the Serving with Dignity class. We will have options available for all ages and abilities.
CANDY DONATIONS NEEDED: We are participating in a
Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 26th from 11 am – 1 pm that our neighbors at Western Michigan Comprehensive Treatment Center are sponsoring.
We are anticipating a large number of children and we want to make
sure we have enough candy to share with all Trunk-or-Treaters!! If you would like to donate candy and help make this a ‘fun’tastic’ event for kids in our community you can place your donation in the blue tub in the narthex. Thank you!
ZION’S YOUTH GROUPS will be joining the rest of the congregation at the Serving with Dignity Class on Sundays from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, with dinner to follow (this means no traditional middle school or high school youth group meetings, rather, we are shifting all 6th-12th graders to this full congregation course).
DONATIONS of the following items (full size – not travel size) are needed for the Personal Care Pantry and can be placed in the box in the narthex marked “pantry donations”. Laundry Soap, Bar Soap, Dish Soap, Disposable Razors, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothpaste, Paper grocery bags, Deodorant, Tampons, Maxi Pads, Paper towels (1 or 2 pack) and Toilet paper (1-4 pack).
IF YOU need help, either with food, personal care items, or financial needs, please contact Austen DeHaan, our chair of deacons, and he can help connect you with the appropriate resources at Zion. His e-mail is austin331@gmail.com and his phone number is (269) 762-9748
WE CONTINUE to thank God for his provision of all of our needs and the generous support of our congregation with their time, talent, and resources.
2024/25 YTD Budget: $230,361.80
2024/25 YTD Contributions: $180,935.60
Giving Last Week: $7,482.73
CHURCH-WIDE BIBLE MEMORY: Led by our children, who regularly memorize Scripture for “Say It” days, we will be working together on a church-wide Bible memory challenge this fall. Our text is Philippians 2:1-4 from the New International Version: “Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”
THIS FALL as part of our Serve with Dignity intergenerational learning opportunity we will be hosting a church-wide Morning of Service on Sunday, October 27th. We will begin in the sanctuary at our normal service time of 9:30 AM, and will open our time together with a song, meditation, and prayer. We will then spend the rest of the morning serving together! EVERYONE is welcome to join us for the Morning of Service, even if you are not signed up for the Serving with Dignity class. We will have options available for all ages and abilities.
CANDY DONATIONS NEEDED: We are participating in a Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 26th from 11 am – 1 pm that our neighbors at Western Michigan Comprehensive Treatment Center are sponsoring. We are anticipating a large number of children and we want to make sure we have enough candy to share with all Trunk-or-Treaters!!
If you would like to donate candy and help make this a ‘fun’tastic’ event for kids in our community you can place your donation in the blue tub in the narthex. Thank you!
ZION’S YOUTH GROUPS will be joining the rest of the congregation at the Serving with Dignity Class on Sundays from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, with dinner to follow (this means no traditional middle school or high school youth group meetings, rather, we are shifting all 6th-12th graders to this full congregation course).
DONATIONS of the following items (full size – not travel size) are needed for the Personal Care Pantry and can be placed in the box in the narthex marked “pantry donations”. Laundry Soap, Bar Soap, Dish Soap, Disposable Razors, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothpaste, Paper grocery bags, Deodorant, Tampons, Maxi Pads, Paper towels (1 or 2 pack) and Toilet paper (1-4 pack).
IF YOU need help, either with food, personal care items, or financial needs, please contact Austen DeHaan, our chair of deacons, and he can help connect you with the appropriate resources at Zion. His e-mail is austin331@gmail.com and his phone number is (269) 762-9748
WE CONTINUE to thank God for his provision of all of our needs and the generous support of our congregation with their time, talent, and resources.
2024/25 YTD Budget: $230,361.80
2024/25 YTD Contributions: $180,935.60
Giving Last Week: $7,482.73
Zion E-News 10-10-24
/in News, Uncategorized /by ConnieZION E-NEWS (10-10-24)
AS WE GATHER in person for Worship each Sunday at 9:30am the service can also be viewed on our website at zionreformed.online.church and streaming on our YouTube channel.
FOR THE next couple of months, there will be road construction on 36th Street between Kenowa and Canal. While you can drive on 36th currently, the driveways into Zion are affected. Please plan to enter the parking lot from the north side, off Fair Meadow.
PRAYER REQUEST: Continue to pray for those in our congregation who deal with ongoing health issues.
DISCOVER ZION CLASS: Would you like to learn more about Zion? Pastor Marcia will be leading a Discover Zion class on Sunday morning, November 3rd after the worship service. Brunch will be served. This is a great place to hear about Zion’s mission and vision, meet the ministry staff, and find out ways to get connected further in our community. If you are interested in becoming a member at Zion, we will share what membership looks like here as well. To RSVP, please email Pastor Marcia at mpratt@zionreformed.org.
CHURCH-WIDE BIBLE MEMORY: Led by our children, who regularly memorize Scripture for “Say It” days, we will be working together on a church-wide Bible memory challenge this fall. Our text is Philippians 2:1-4 from the New International Version: “Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”
THIS FALL as part of our Serve with Dignity intergenerational learning opportunity we will be hosting a church-wide Morning of Service on Sunday, October 27th. We will begin in the sanctuary at our normal service time of 9:30 AM, and will open our time together with a song, meditation, and prayer. We will then spend the rest of the morning serving together! EVERYONE is welcome to join us for the Morning of Service, even if you are not signed up for the Serving with Dignity class. We will have options available for all ages and abilities. If you want a T-Shirt you must register TODAY! You can register for the Morning of Service by clicking here.
OUR NEIGHBORS at Western Michigan Comprehensive Treatment Center have invited our church to participate in a Trunk or Treat that they are sponsoring on Saturday, October 26th from 11 am – 1 pm and we are considering being involved in this – if you would be interested in helping to do a trunk, or volunteering to hand out treats by a trunk, or donate treats to hand out, please let Angie Walker know by October 13th.
ZION’S YOUTH GROUPS will be joining the rest of the congregation at the Serving with Dignity Class on Sundays from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, with dinner to follow (this means no traditional middle school or high school youth group meetings, rather, w
e are shifting all 6th-12th graders to this full congregation course).
FIRST REFORMED CHURCH in Grandville invites you to a Women’s Conference called Flourish-Refresh, Restore, Thrive on Oct 19 from 9am-noon at the church. The event includes a charcuterie food table, workshops, some fun activities, and various resources. Workshop Topics include: Self Care, Parenting Adult Children, Difficult Conversations, Faith Formation for Children & Families, and Aging Faithfully. Registration is open (just $5 a ticket at the door). Registration link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EA9A82AA3F58-51393951-flourish
DONATIONS of the following items (full size – not travel size) are needed for the Personal Care Pantry and can be placed in the box in the narthex marked “pantry donations”. Laundry Soap, Bar Soap, Dish Soap, Disposable Razors, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothpaste, Paper grocery bags, Deodorant, Tampons, Maxi Pads, Paper towels (1 or 2 pack) and Toilet paper (1-4 pack).
IF YOU need help, either with food, personal care items, or financial needs, please contact Austen DeHaan, our chair of deacons, and he can help connect you with the appropriate resources at Zion. His e-mail is austin331@gmail.com and his phone number is (269) 762-9748
WE CONTINUE to thank God for his provision of all of our needs and the generous support of our congregation with their time, talent, and resources.
2024/25 YTD Budget: $218,843.71
2024/25 YTD Contributions: $173,450.87
Giving Last Week: $9,480.73
Benevolent Fund: $794.00
5-9-24 E-News
/in News, Uncategorized /by ConnieZION E-NEWS (5-9-24)
AS WE GATHER in person for Worship each Sunday at 9:30am the service can also be viewed on our website at zionreformed.online.church and streaming on our YouTube channel. We will also rebroadcast a version of the service on WCET at noon on Friday and 10:30AM on Sunday. The service will continue to be available on YouTube to view at your convenience.
AT THE ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING Mark Gazan and Andrew Moore were elected to the office of Elder and Jacquie Knott and Josh Sanders were elected to the office of Deacon. These new officers will be ordained and installed on Sunday, June 2. The 24/25 Budget was approved at $598,941.19.
MISSION TRIP SHAREHOLDER information has been placed in your church mailbox. As a Shareholder, you will be matched up with one student and commit to praying for them before, during, and after the trip. Shareholders are given copies of the pre-trip devotionals written by the students, are contacted by their student before the trip, receive a postcard from their student during the trip detailing what they have been doing, and are invited to a Celebration Lunch after the youth-led mission trip service on July 14. If you would like to partner with our youth and support their summer mission trip to Washington DC by becoming a MISSION TRIP SHAREHOLDER place your completed registration card and payment in the jar on the table in the narthex or turn it in to the church office by May 12, 2024. Extra registration cards are on the information table in the narthex.
THREADS UPDATE: We were very busy at the Threads’ shopping day on Tuesday. The number of families that we served during the past 2 months has DOUBLED in comparison to April and May of last year! Unfortunately, the needs in our community are huge, but it is such a blessing that Threads / Zion can provide help for some of these needs. All of the families that shop at Threads truly appreciate the assistance and love that they receive.
Here are the numbers from Tuesday, May 7:
61 families shopped
191 people received clothing
939 pieces of clothing were given away
105 accessories (shoes, purses, jewelry, etc) were given away
51 families used the PCP Store
13 haircuts were given between 4:00-7:00
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for this ministry and for all of the provisions You supply it with. All Glory and Honor to YOU!
SUMMER is a great time to try out new ways to serve at Zion! It is also the time of year that people who are looking for a church home tend to visit and we want them to feel welcomed! We all know that first impressions are important! Our First Impressions Team needs volunteers to make coffee, serve as an usher, greeter, or help at the child check-in station. All of these tasks are very easy, require minimal time commitment and you can pick your own schedule! Click here to sign up through Sign-Up-Genius or call Connie in the church office at 616-534-7533 ext. 3 and she can help you with scheduling! To sign up to provide cookies please contact Debbie Coke at (269) 680-5490.
SAY IT DAY #6 is this Sunday, May 12. Kids who can say this verse to their teacher will be able to choose a prize from the treasure box.
Preschool – 2nd Grade: “Yours, Lord is the kingdom, and you are exalted as head over all.” 1 Chronicles 29:11b CSB
3rd-5th Grade: “Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to you. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and you are exalted as head over all.” 1 Chronicles 29:11 CSB
DONATIONS of the following items (full size – not travel size) are needed for the Personal Care Pantry and can be placed in the box in the narthex marked “pantry donations”. Laundry Soap, Bar Soap, Dish Soap, Disposable Razors, Shampoo, Conditioner, Toothpaste, Paper grocery bags, Deodorant, Tampons, Maxi Pads, Paper towels (1 or 2 pack) and Toilet paper (1-4 pack).
IF YOU need help, either with food, personal care items, or financial needs, please contact Tom MacGraw, our chair of deacons, and he can help connect you with the appropriate resources at Zion. His e-mail is thomas.m.macgraw@gmail.com and his phone number is (616) 315-7938.
WE CONTINUE to thank God for his provision of all of our needs and the generous support of our congregation with their time, talent, and resources.
Fiscal Year 2023/24 Budget: $565,604.55
Fiscal Year 2023/24 Contributions: $541,721.78
Giving Last Week: $19,763.73
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Worship Time: Sundays at 9:30 am
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4457 36th Street
Grandville, MI 49418
Phone: (616) 534-7533