Monthly Capital Campaign – The December capital campaign is for Open Door Ministries. Open Doors originated in 1955, when a young Dutchman started smuggling Bibles to the persecuted Christians in Communist Europe. He became known as Brother Andrew, and his work led to more than six decades of support for the persecuted church. Open Doors purpose is to strengthen and equip Christians around the world who are facing persecution and discrimination because of their faith in Jesus Christ and to encourage their involvement in world evangelism by: providing Bibles and literature, media, leadership training, socio-economic development, and through intercessory prayer; Preparing the body of Christ living in threatened or unstable areas to face persecution and suffering; Educating and mobilizing the body of Christ living in the free world to identify with threatened and persecuted Christians and be actively involved in assisting them. We will take the offering in support of this ministry on Sunday, December 28th.
Elder and Deacon Election – At the congregational meeting this month, Joseph Osinga was elected as our new elder and Klaas Schievink as the new deacon. We will have a special installation service for our new council members on Sunday, January 4th.
Choices Clinic Baby Bottles – Start saving up your coins! We will be handing out the baby bottles from Choices Clinic in the middle of January!
New Online Giving Option – We are pleased to announce that we will now be utilizing Tithe.ly as an option for online giving. This platform provides a convenient and secure way to contribute to the ongoing ministry of our church. An email was sent out this week with more information on how to use this service. You can also scan the QR code below to give digitally.
Nursery Announcement – The worship committee would like to remind everyone that only children aged 4 and under are recommended to be dropped off in the nursery for morning worship services. This will help with congestion in the nursery due to there being a lot of 0-4 aged kids in there. They are also working on some extra activities that the preschool-aged kids can work on during the church hour to allow the babies and toddlers to more freely move around and play.
Children’s Christmas Program – Join us this Sunday evening at 6:00 pm for our annual children’s Christmas program. There will be refreshments following the program.
Christmas Day Worship Service – Join us this Thursday, December 25th, at 11:00 am as we celebrate the birth of our Lord with a special Christmas Day service.
2026 Education Classes – We would love for you to join us in the new year in one of our many Bible study classes to fellowship while furthering our knowledge of the Bible. Sunday school classes will begin Sunday, January 11th, and we have classes for Pre-K to adults. Wednesday family night classes will begin on January 14th, with the adults continuing their study of the book of Matthew. Ladies Coffee Break is every Thursday, starting back up on Thursday, January 15th, and they will be doing a Life Guide study on Listening to God.
Every month we take a second offering on the 4th Sunday of the month to benefit a local or international ministry.
Listed below are our 2025 monthly capital campaigns. Click on each ministry's name to be taken to their website to learn more about them.
January - Choices Clinic & Life Resource Center
February - World Renew Disaster Relief Services
March - Brady Miller Benefit
April -Rehoboth Christian School
May - Horton Family Guatemala Missionaries
June - Partners Worldwide
July - Mission India
August - Backpack Buddies of Erath County
September - Resonate Global Uganda Missionaries - Anthony and Sara Sytsma
October - Erath County Humane Society
November - Classis Rocky Mountain Church Plant Kadosh Emmanuel
December - Open Doors Ministry