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June 30th, 2019

6/30/2019

Elk Rapids Bible Church
“Where the UNCHANGING WORD
meets the needs of a CHANGING WORLD”
Pastor Gary Gladfelter 342-8663 or 264-6671
PastorGladfelter@elkrapidsbc.com
elkrapidsbc.com
June 30, 2019
Will we trust the “Unseen” in 2019?
Worship in Introduction
          “Blessed Be the Lord God Almighty” - #62
Worship in Offering
Worship in Scripture – Mark 5:21 – 43
Worship in Praise
          “My Country Tis of Thee” - #807
          “When We All Get to Heaven” - #772
          “Blessed Be Your Name”
          “Be Thou My Vision” - #562
          “Wonderful Merciful Savior”
Worship in Prayer
     “More About Jesus” - #560
Closing – “Ancient Words”
Unsung Servants: Kendra Benak – For doing art work for the Harbor Days advertisement and sponsorship magazine relating to the church! Thank You!

Welcome to our services!
9:00 a.m. – Sunday School
10:00 a.m. – Morning Worship Service
        Prayer Ministry Today: Tom
Next Week: Cheri
Junior Church Today: Kathy A
Next Week: Peggy
T H I S   W E E K
Wednesday, June 26th – Bible Study and Prayer Time – 6:30 pm – “Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.” – Charles Spurgeon
Sunday, July 7th – Church fellowship lunch at Dave and Jan Bellingham’s home. Pam Hall has the signup sheet TODAY so you can let us know what you would like to bring.
The offering last week was $1,285.89: Building Fund - $30.00 and General Fund - $1,255.89.
It is time again to receive nominations for our church officers. The offices are Deacon, Treasurer/Bookkeeper, and Clerk. Please submit your nominations to Pastor or one of our current Deacons. All present officers are eligible for nomination, and others also.
On Your Calendar:
July 14th – Quarterly Business Meeting– Election of Officers.
July 31st through August 3rd Harbor Days – God’s Helping Hands will be with us during that time!
“Christ Jesus never claimed to be self-sufficient or to have a ‘mind of His own.’ Yet no one was freer. He demonstrated the true independence that comes from utter reliance on God. He continually subordinated a personal outlook to the Christ, His spiritual Sonship with God --- and we see the results recorded in the Bible as healing that freed multitudes!”

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June 23rd, 2019

6/23/2019

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Elk Rapids Bible Church
“Where the UNCHANGING WORD
meets the needs of a CHANGING WORLD”
Pastor Gary Gladfelter 342-8663 or 264-6671
PastorGladfelter@elkrapidsbc.com
elkrapidsbc.com
June 23, 2019
Will we trust the “Unseen” in 2019?
Worship in Introduction
          “Mighty Is Our God” - #48
Worship in Offering
Worship in Scripture – Mark 5:1 – 20
Worship in Praise
          “How Great Thou Art” - #147
          “How Great Is Our God”
          “You Are”
          “The Stand”
          “He Hideth My Soul” - #611
Worship in Prayer
     “In Christ Alone”
Closing – “I Exalt Thee” - #31
Unsung Servants: All those who were able to help in the workday yesterday! Thank You!

Welcome to our services!
9:00 a.m. – Sunday School
10:00 a.m. – Morning Worship Service
Prayer Ministry Today: Kathy A and George             Next Week: Tom
Junior Church Today: Jerica                       Next Week: Kathy A
T H I S   W E E K
Wednesday, June 26th – Bible Study and Prayer Time – 6:30 pm – “There is no other place where the heart should be so free as before the mercy seat. There, you can talk out your very soul, for that is the best prayer that you can present. Do not ask for what some tell you that you should ask for, but for that which you feel the need of, that which the Holy Spirit has made you to hunger and thirst for, you ask for that.” – Charles Spurgeon
The offering last week was $1,184.00: Building Fund - $30.00 and General Fund - $1,154.00.
It is time again to receive nominations for our church officers. The offices are Deacon, Treasurer/Bookkeeper, and Clerk. Please submit your nominations to Pastor or one of our current Deacons. All present officers are eligible for nomination, and others also.
On Your Calendar:
July 14th – Quarterly Business Meeting– Election of Officers.
July 31st through August 3rd Harbor Days – God’s Helping Hands will be with us during that time!
So you can see what is happening in the New Testament. Worship is being significantly deinstitutionalized, delocalized, de-externalized. The whole thrust is being taken off of ceremony and seasons and places and forms and is being shifted to what is happening in the heart – not just on Sunday but every day and all the time in all of life. ---John Piper

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June 16th, 2019

6/16/2019

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Elk Rapids Bible Church
“Where the UNCHANGING WORD
meets the needs of a CHANGING WORLD”
Pastor Gary Gladfelter 342-8663 or 264-6671
PastorGladfelter@elkrapidsbc.com
elkrapidsbc.com
June 16, 2019
Will we trust the “Unseen” in 2019?
Worship in Introduction
          “Lord I Lift Your Name on High”
Worship in Offering
Worship in Scripture – Psalm 1
Worship in Praise
          “Victory in Jesus” - #353
          “I’ll Fly Away” - #779
          “The Solid Rock” - #526
          “Onward Christian Soldiers” - #731
          “Amazing Grace” - #343
Worship in Prayer
     “There’s Something About That Name” - #83
Closing – “He Knows My Name”
Unsung Servant: Karen Haspas – for maintaining our outdoor plants this summer. Thank You!

Welcome to our services!
9:00 a.m. – Sunday School
10:00 a.m. – Morning Worship Service
Prayer Ministry Today: Cheri             Next Week: Kathy A and George
Junior Church Today: Karen                       Next Week: Jerica
T H I S   W E E K
Wednesday, June 19th – Bible Study and Prayer Time – 6:30 pm – “If Bible Christianity is to survive the present world upheaval, we shall need to have a fresh revelation of the greatness and the beauty of Jesus . . . He alone can raise our cold hearts to rapture and restore again the art of true worship.” – A.W. Tozer
The offering last week was $1,207.00: Building Fund - $30.00 and General Fund - $1,177.00.
It is time again to receive nominations for our church officers. The offices are Deacon, Treasurer/Bookkeeper, and Clerk. Please submit your nominations to Pastor or one of our current Deacons. All present officers are eligible for nomination, and others also.
On Your Calendar:
July 14th – Quarterly Business Meeting– Election of Officers.
July 31st through August 3rd Harbor Days – God’s Helping Hands will be with us during that time!

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle’s flight,

The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it . . . Dad.

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June 09th, 2019

6/9/2019

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Elk Rapids Bible Church
“Where the UNCHANGING WORD
meets the needs of a CHANGING WORLD”
Pastor Gary Gladfelter 342-8663 or 264-6671
PastorGladfelter@elkrapidsbc.com
elkrapidsbc.com
June 9, 2019
Will we trust the “Unseen” in 2019?
Worship in Introduction
          “Mighty is Our God” - #48
Worship in Offering
Worship in Scripture – Psalm 111
Worship in Praise
          “O God Our Help in Ages Past” - #686
          “It Is Well With My Soul” - #705
          “Cares Chorus” - #627
          “Lord I Need You”
          “He Knows My Name”
Worship in Prayer – “Trust and Obey” - #571
Closing – “Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” - #581
Unsung Servants: All those who brought food for our lunch last Sunday! Thank You!

Welcome to our services!
9:00 a.m. – Sunday School
10:00 a.m. – Morning Worship Service
Prayer Ministry Today: Richard Next Week: Cheri
T H I S W E E K
Wednesday, June 12th – Bible Study and Prayer Time – 6:30 pm – “Oh, without prayer what are the church’s agencies, but the stretching out of a dead man’s arm, or the lifting up of the lid of a blind man’s eye? Only when the Holy Spirit comes is there any life and force and power.” – Charles Spurgeon
Thursday, June 13th – Star Wars RPG – 5:00 pm-10:00 pm.
The offering last week was $2,559.59: Building Fund - $60.00; Deacon’s Fund - $130.00; Special Missions Fund – Helen Squires - $20.00; General Fund - $2,349.59.
It is time again to receive nominations for our church officers. The offices are Deacon, Treasurer/Bookkeeper, and Clerk. Please submit your nominations to Pastor or one of our current Deacons. All present officers are eligible for nomination and others also.
On Your Calendar:
Harbor Days – July 31st through August 3rd – God’s Helping Hands will be with us during that time!
I am but a lump of clay. But in the Potter’s hands I don’t have to stay that way.
I know not of His great design, as He pinches and molds, shapes and refines.
For the vision that He has of me compels Him to move carefully, purposefully, lovingly.
I trust in the Master Potter’s hands, where I am molded and shaped by His perfect plan.
For if He did not care so much for me,
He would leave me but a lump of clay, and not what I could be

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June 02nd, 2019

6/2/2019

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Elk Rapids Bible Church
“Where the UNCHANGING WORD
meets the needs of a CHANGING WORLD”
Pastor Gary Gladfelter 342-8663 or 264-6671
PastorGladfelter@elkrapidsbc.com
elkrapidsbc.com
June 2, 2019
Will we trust the “Unseen” in 2019?
Worship in Introduction
          “Blessed Be the Lord God Almighty” - #62
Worship in Offering
Worship in Scripture – Matthew 13:44 – 58
Worship in Praise
          “Blessed Assurance” - #572
          “Wonderful Merciful Savior”
          “He Knows My Name”
          “Jesus Messiah”
          “I Stand in Awe” - #80
Worship in Prayer
Closing – “Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord”
Unsung Servants: Richard and Wendy Friske – For planting the new plants in front of the church. Thank You!

Welcome to our services!
9:00 a.m. – Sunday School
10:00 a.m. – Morning Worship Service
Prayer Ministry Today:
             Lona and Lodena
Next Week:
Richard
Junior Church Today:
               Shonda
Next Week:
Wendy
Stay and join us for lunch today! Burgers and hot dogs!
T H I S   W E E K
Monday, June 3rd – Women’s Bible Study – 7:00 pm – “Discerning the Voice of God” with Priscilla Shirer.
Wednesday, June 5th – Bible Study and Prayer Time – 6:30 pm – “Beloved, there are heights in experimental knowledge of the things of God that the eagles discerning eye and philosophical thought have never seen . . . God alone can take us there, but the chariot in which He takes us up and the fiery steeds that pull the chariot, are prevailing prayers.” – Charles Spurgeon
Thursday, June 13th – Star Wars RPG – 5:00 pm-10:00 pm.
The offering from last week of $3,643.68 was posted to the General Fund.

“He Knows My Name” by Tommy Walker
            Tommy Walker was asked by his pastor to write a song to go along with his sermon entitled “He Knows My Name.” As the song progressed, Tommy Walker had thoughts that it was one of the worst songs he’d ever written. But in obedience to God, he finished it.
            “The inspiring part of the story is the testimonies of people all over the world that have been touched by my feeble little act of finishing what I started. I’ve had the privilege of telling forgotten people in many parts of the world, both rich and poor, that God knows them and is calling their name, and what a privilege it has been. I recently re-recorded this latest version with producer Ed Cash. We purposely put children’s voices on the new bridge because it echoes the sound of Jerry (a 7 year old orphan Tommy met in the Philippines) and the millions of forgotten children in the world who are not forgotten by God! In the end I turned the song into a prayer saying let the abandoned, nameless, friendless and forgotten say . . . He knows my name! There is nothing more powerful than to know and declare that the God of heaven knows us and loves us.”

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