Fuller Avenue Christian Reformed Church JUNE 2016 situation and report to the passage from our sermon on is the newsletter of the Fuller Life Administration Committee. is used 7 May 1. “Samuel” Fuller Avenue Christian Reformed Bob Zwiers agreed to chair the is used 4 times times, “Lord” Church Finance Committee. A and is used 3 times. “Eli” 1239 Fuller Avenue, SE member is considering the A blast from the past- the Grand Rapids, MI 49506 position of Treasurer. used ? “Fuller Life” font was years ago. Published monthly, except July After reading the article, Who Barb Straatsma, editor Gets to Sing in the Kingdom Connie Scheurwater, member in by Ruth King Goddard about focus articles church congregations around May Council Report Freda Rufli, collating, circulation the world experiencing a and mailing. By Barb Straatsma, Clerk growing trend of participation in congregational Barb opened the Council On the cover: At our last worship singing, the Worship meeting by reading Nelle Study meeting, Women’s Bible Committee met to discuss this Vander Ark’s devotional, Susan Lucasse introduced the article and focus on vocalists Being Salt and Light, from the term, “wordle”. A wordle is a and decided on a trial period book, and My Heart I Offer word cloud or word text which using 2 vocalists for the first prayed. has been created on a set of songs in the worship computer into a visual pattern service to make it a more Finance The April Fuller – of words the more frequent a – hospitable singing Ministries Fund receipts were word is used in a text, the environment. $25,000. Our first quarter larger it is displayed in the receipts are unusually low, wordle. Our cover is an At a special Council meeting below 75% of budgeted. The example of a wordle. The text on April 24, Jim Krosschell Finance Committee will meet is I Samuel 3:8-10, the introduced Barbara Bjelland to and look at our financial
Fuller Avenue Christian Reformed Church JUNE 2016 Fuller Life is the newsletter of the Fuller Avenue Christian Reformed Church 1239 Fuller Avenue, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Published monthly, except July Barb Straatsma, editor Connie Scheurwater, member in focus articles Freda Rufli, collating, circulation and mailing. On the cover: At our last Women’s Bible Study meeting, Susan Lucasse introduced the term, “wordle”. A wordle is a word cloud or word text which has been created on a computer into a visual pattern of words – the more frequent a word is used in a text, the larger it is displayed in the wordle. Our cover is an example of a wordle. The text is I Samuel 3:8-10, the passage from our sermon on May 1. “Samuel” is used 7 times, “Lord” is used 4 times and “Eli” is used 3 times. A blast from the past- the “Fuller Life” font was used ? years ago. May Council Report By Barb Straatsma, Clerk Barb opened the Council meeting by reading Nelle Vander Ark’s devotional, Being Salt and Light, from the book, My Heart I Offer and prayed. Finance – The April Fuller Ministries Fund receipts were $25,000. Our first quarter receipts are unusually low, below 75% of budgeted. The Finance Committee will meet and look at our financial situation and report to the Administration Committee. Bob Zwiers agreed to chair the Finance Committee. A member is considering the position of Treasurer. After reading the article, Who Gets to Sing in the Kingdom by Ruth King Goddard about church congregations around the world experiencing a growing trend of in congregational worship singing, the Worship Committee met to discuss this article and focus on vocalists and decided on a trial period using 2 vocalists for the first set of songs in the worship service to make it a more hospitable singing environment. At a special Council meeting on April 24, Jim Krosschell introduced Barbara Bjelland to participation