Bethel Protestant Reformed Church; Roselle, Illinois

This is the Lord’s Day August 29, 2010

“God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause His face to shine upon us; Selah.

That Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations." Psalm 67:1&2

 

Morning

Evening

Scripture Reading: Luke 18:1-30

Sermon Text: Luke 18:18-30
The Rich Young Ruler

 

1. His Problem 

2. Jesus' Uncovering Of It        

3. The Only Solution For It       

Psalter Numbers: 204, 390, 23, 60

Scripture Reading: Revelation 3:1-6

Sermon Text: Revelation 3:1-6

The 7 Churches of Asia (5) Sardis:

Dying Church With A False Reputation

1. It’s Devastating Rebuke

2. It’s Divine Remedy

3. It’s Particular Encouragement

Psalters Numbers: 375, 79, 271, 305

Collections

AM: General, Benevolence

PM: General, Genesis PR School (Lacombe AB)

  Next Wk

AM: General, Benevolence

PM: General, Genesis PR School (Lacombe AB)

Nursery

AM: Sue Poortinga

PM: Judy Reyenga

Next Wk

AM: Mary Van Overloop

PM: Michelle Bult

Pianist

AM: Marge Folkets

PM: Jonathan Lee

Next Wk

AM: Erika Poortinga

PM: Sue Stein

A warm welcome is extended to all who join with us in worship today!

The Order of our Worship can be found on the back of each bulletin.

Cassettes and compact discs of each sermon are available.

For weekly online audio sermons, tune in to www.bethelprc.org or tell a friend!

Reformed Witness Hour: The House Upon A Rock. Matthew 7: 24-27

 

Catechism Materials: Pastor will be handing out introductory notes for the season together with catechism materials to catechumens & parents after the AM service at the Consistory Room.  Instruction is scheduled to begin Wednesday, September 8.

Classis West Meeting: Our pastor and Elder Meurer will be representing us at this regularly-scheduled meeting on Wednesday, September 1 at Hull, IA.  An office-bearer's conference on the subject of Creation will take place on Tuesday.  Among the items on the Agenda will be Faith PRC's overture, directed to us by Synod 2010 to divide our denomination into 3 classes and a proposal from a sister-church concerning the financial support of their pastor's son with special needs.  Remember to keep the delegates of Classis in your prayers.

Adult Bible Study: Mark your calendars!  Our first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 14, 7.30PM at church.  We plan to decide what we will be studying at this meeting and discuss any other matters pertaining to the Society.

Congregational Photograph: Please reserve Sunday, October 3 (note change in date) after the AM service for this.  If you have problems with this date, please let Rev. Lee know as soon as possible.

Reserve Friday, October 22, for a Reformation Day lecture by Rev. Van Overloop at our church premises.  He will be speaking on the topic A Reformed Response to Rome's 'Come Home' Movement and we will be inviting neighboring sister-congregations to attend.

Holland PRC: New trio consists of Candidate Holstege, Rev. Spronk & Rev. Vanderwal

Hope PRC: New trio consists of Candidate Holstege, Revs. Haak & W. Langerak

Edgerton PRC:  Edgerton called Candidate Holstege.   

Trinity PRC: Trinity called Rev. Doug Kuiper.

Wingham PRC: Wingham’s new trio is Revs. Eriks, Haak & Lanning.

Cornerstone PRC: Rev. A. Lanning (Faith) declined the call to Cornerstone.

The Seminary began classes this past week Tuesday.  There are currently 5 students: Joshua Engelsma, Erik Guichelarr, Karl Dykstra, Vernon Ibe, and Francesco deLucia.  The three Senior Students are serving Internships through December (Nathan Decker, Brian Huizinga, and Jon Mahtani).  May the Lord of the harvest bless the instruction unto the preparation of laborer's in His harvest.

Randolph PRC: The 2011 Young People’s convention will be hosted by Randolph PRC.  The convention will take place August 8-12 at the Green Lake Conference Center in Green Lake, WI.  Camping at that location is also available for visitors but is limited and can be reserved a year in advance.  Visit our church’s web site for more details: www.randolphprc.org

Contact Committee: This past Monday, the Lord suddenly delivered Pastor Rinat Fazliev to glory.  Pastor Fazliev led a small house-church in Uzbekistan and has been in contact with the PRC through the Contact Committee for several years.  He had been sick for some time, having been afflicted with a severe kidney disease.  Pastor Dilshod Abdulaev, the other PRC contact in Uzbekistan, conducted the funeral.  Rinat is survived by his wife, Galina, and his two children, Mark (11 years old) and Yana (7 years old).  Let us remember the Fazliev family and the Uzbek churches before our heavenly Father's throne, and may our gracious God give them the hope of resurrection and life in Him who is the Resurrection and the Life.

RFPA: Rev. Herman Hoeksema once wrote that the members of the RFPA “ought to consider it a privilege that, in virtue of their office of believers, they may work for the sending forth of this testimony far and wide; and that they ought to assume their responsibility in this respect” (Standard Bearer Vol.22, p.130). Therefore, the RFPA announces the annual Association meeting to be held on September 23, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. at Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Prof. Hanko will give the key address with reports of the Association officers following. All are welcome and encouraged to attend: current members, interested persons, faithful supporters, and readers.

Thoughts For Contemplation

            “As it is written,There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.” - Romans 3:10-12.

            “The Book of the Dead provided help in entering the After-world.  … (Upon death), the spirit of Isty begins her journey to the other world... Armed with the spells and instructions contained (therein), Isty is admitted to the presence of the 42 gods & goddesses who will judge her.  To prove her virtue, Isty recites The Negative Confession.  Instead of asking forgiveness for her sins, she'll tell the gods all the terrible things she did not do: “I do not do harm to anyone... I had no acquaintance with evil.  I did not do evil... I did not kill... I did not lie to anyone... I did not fornicate... I did not steal... I am pure, pure, pure.” - from an Ancient Egypt exhibit, citing Spell 126, The Book of the Dead.

            “And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?  And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother. And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up...And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. - Luke 18:18-21, 26-27.

            “For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.  Not of works, lest any man should boast.” - Ephesians 2:8-9.