W elcome and thank you for worshipping with us! We pray that what you hear and experience

here today will speak directly to your heart and that you will feel at home.

Welcome to our visitors and guests! We feel blessed that you have chosen to join us. We would love to

get to know you. Please take a moment to fill out a welcome card and place it in either the collection bag

or the office mailbox. If you are visiting, please do not feel obligated to give during the offering; today

you are our guests. We hope to see you worshipping with us again! Hearing impaired? See one of our

ushers to receive a hearing assistance device during the worship service. Church Pamphlets are available

in front of the sanctuary providing you with more information about our church..

Joining the Church... After attending our services on a regular basis, we hope you are led to a deeper

relationship with this community—one that involves sharing in our covenant with God. Are you willing to

make that commitment? A decision to join any community of faith requires prayer, experience, and

discernment. We welcome everyone who is thinking about joining the church to meet with one of our

pastors in order to pray about and to explore this desire.

Sunday, APRIL 1, 2012— The SIXTH Sunday of Lent

MORNING SERVICE ~ 10:00 am

Today’s Sermon: Lent Series—The Last Seven Words

The Sixth Word: “Father, into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit”

Preacher: Dr. Michael Goheen

Worship Leader: Pastor Andrew Beunk

EVENING SERVICE ~ 7:00 pm (in Sanctuary)

“Journey to the Cross”

Gloria Dei Chorale

“A TANGIBLE DISPLAY OF GOD’S RENEWING POWER” Website: www.nwcrc.ca

Office Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 9 AM to 3 PM

Deadline for Bulletin Submissions: Thursday @ 10 AM

8255 13th

Avenue, Burnaby, BC V3N 2G6

Phone: 604.521.0111

Email: office@nwcrc.ca (general mailbox)

He will lead you through unfamiliar territory. He will turn the darkness into light before you and make the rough places smooth.

These things I will do, says the Lord; I will not forsake you.

Once again, I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you,

who directs you in the way you should go. You are not alone,

you are engraved in the palm of My hand!

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Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, thank God.

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Calendar of Events at New West Church from April 2 to April 8

MONDAY, Apr 2 7:30 pm Gloria Dei Chorale Meeting at Church

TUESDAY, Apr 3 10:30 am

7:30 pm

ESL Class at Church

Student Dynamics Leaders Meeting at the Groen’s

WEDNESDAY, Apr 4 8:45 am

7:30 pm

Connect Meeting at Church

Council Meeting at Church

THURSDAY, Apr 5 10:00 am

1:00 pm

6:50 pm

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

7:30 pm

Deadline for Bulletin Submissions

Prayer Meeting at Church, Rm. 204

GEMS Meeting at Church

Cadets Meeting at Church

Alpha Meeting at John Knox

Worship Practice at Church

FRIDAY, Apr 6

7:30 pm

CHURCH OFFICE IS CLOSED—Good Friday

Good Friday Tenebrae Service with Lord’s Supper

SATURDAY, Apr 7 6:00 am Korean-English Morning Prayer Service

SUNDAY, Apr 8 10:00 am

7:00 pm

MORNING SERVICE ~ Easter Sunday:“A New Word: Peace be with You”

Preacher: Pastor Andrew Beunk Worship Leader: Dr. Michael Goheen

EVENING SERVICE ~ Easter Sunday

*If able, please stand

Prelude

Pre-Service Singing: Overhead We Give Glory

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

Sing: Overhead Hosanna! Hosanna!

Prayer of Invocation

*Sing: Hymn#378 Hosanna, Loud Hosanna

Hymn#375 All Glory Laud and Honour

*Greeting of the Lord/Mutual Greeting

*Song of Worship/Adoration:

Overhead We Give Glory

Binder#5 In Christ Alone

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession

Assurance of Pardon

Sing: Hymn#482:1,2,3 Man of Sorrows, What a

Name

Thank you for worshipping with us today! Everyone is welcome to join us in the Meeting Hall

following the service for coffee and fellowship.

Childcare is provided for children ages 0 - 3 years during the morning service in the upstairs nursery.

Children aged 3 through Grade 3 will be invited partway through the service to join in a time of Children’s

Worship. Children aged 3 through grade 3 will first gather in the Meeting Hall for a time of singing, and then

go upstairs to the classrooms, from which parents may pick them up following the service.

Grades 4 through 6 from the Indonesian Evangelical Church Sunday School meet in the Beehive.

Order of Worship

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*Sing: Binder#9 How Deep the Father’s Love for Us

Children Leave for Sunday School

Prayers of the People Irene Kraay

Offering:(please mark clearly)

New West Church and its various ministries

Christian Education Fund (CEF)

More information on page 6

Prayer of Illumination

Scripture: Luke 23:44-49 (p.1024)

Sermon: “Father, into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit”

-Dr. Michael Goheen

Prayer of Response

*Song of Response: Hymn#384 When I Survey the

Wondrous Cross

Overhead Jesus, All for Jesus

*God’s Blessing

*Doxology: Hymn#408 Rejoice the Lord is King

Postlude

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MISSION STATEMENT “We are a community called to be a tangible display of God’s power in Christ Jesus to bring unity and

healing to all dimensions of human life.”

MINISTRY PRIORITIES

Hospitable Community

As a tangible display of God’s renewing power,

we extend His hospitality by:

Involving ourselves in the lives and needs of

one another and our neighbours.

Inviting our neighbours to follow Christ with

us.

Warmly embracing one another and our

neighbours.

Multi-cultural Community

As a tangible display of God’s power to bring

unity, we seek to express the rich diversity of

God’s family.

Discipling Community

As a tangible display of God’s restoring power,

we establish ministries that will equip all of us

to follow Jesus in every area of life.

Praying Community

As a community dependent on God’s

empowering presence, we devote ourselves to

communal and individual prayer that delights in

His presence and persistently petitions Him to

act in our world.

Our Church Family

We give thanks and praise to God for a life filled

with His blessings, providing for us in all our needs

and circumstances, as we celebrate 55 years of

marriage on Good Friday, April 6, 2012.

-Walter and Sylvia Verwoerd

We extend our condolences to George and

Marianne Vandelft and the extended Vanderniet

family. Joop Vanderniet died peacefully early on

Friday morning as he was called to be with Jesus. We

thank the Lord for sustaining the family during these

last months and pray that he will continue to

surround them with his grace and peace.

We thank the Lord for the safe arrival of the

Honduras team back to Vancouver in the early

hours of Friday morning. We are grateful to God for

answered prayer and look forward to hearing further

reports from the team.

Mike Hoyer returned from Pakistan for a brief stay

last week. The work in the region of Islamabad goes

well. Living with high security has taken some

getting used to for Mike. Mike are away for a

planned trip now, but in a few weeks he will be

returning to Pakistan until mid May. Pray for the

ongoing relief efforts in this region.

Please remember Johanna Beunk, Ken deJager, Jake

Koole, Johanna Meyer, Chris Eyzenga, Gerrit Kasteel,

Margaret and Len Van Dop, and others in our church

family who are shut-in, or experience illness and

daily hardships. Pray that God will encourage them.

Also, pray for their caregivers and thank the Lord for

His faithfulness and pray for His strength to fill them.

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What’s happening

TODAY

GLORIA DEI CHORALE: Presents "Journey to

the Cross" with sacred selections, scripture readings

and congregational singing. Please join us THIS

EVENING here at NWCRC at 7 PM.

IN YOUR MAIL SLOT: The upcoming

Congregational Meeting’s agenda and attachments

are given in each member's church mail box today.

Please take it along to the meeting on

Wednesday, April 11. You can obtain the soft

copy of our agenda and attachments at our church

website Members' Area www.nwcrc.ca or contact

Fera in the office at office@nwcrc.ca.

WHAT’s HAPPENING

NEXT SUNDAY

EASTER SUNDAY: Pastor Andrew Beunk will be

preaching on “A New Word: Peace be with You” ~

John 20:19-23 in the morning service.

New west Church

GOOD FRIDAY EVENING SERVICE (APRIL

6): will be held this Friday at 7:30 PM at the

Church. During this Tenebrae service (Service of

Shadows) we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper.

Pastor Andrew Beunk will be preaching on the

Seventh Word: “It is Finished”, part of the Lent

Sermon Series: The Last Seven Words.

CONNECT: Will be resuming weekly

meetings with drop-in times 8:45—11:00

AM starting Wednesday April 4. Men are

welcome to stop by too!

Volunteers Today Next Week (Apr 8) Good Friday (Apr 6)

Greeters 10:00 Hank & Renie Van Ryk

Willy Van Delft

10:00 Guy & Ann Budding

Hank Verwoerd

David & Felixa Banning

Ushers 10:00 Al Pel, Mark Noort 10:00 Roy Duke, Alex

DeGroot

Fred Noort, Andy Beimers

Nursery Julie VanTol, Rita Pongracz,

Betty Adema, Cassandra

Noort

Rebecca Visser, Hettie Van

Belle, Olivia Noort

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Sunday School:

Pre School

K—Gr. 1

Gr. 2—3

Cindy Deanna, Kelsey Heinen

Yuli, Courtney Deanna

Annette, Paige Deanna

Cindy,Kelsey Heinen

Annita, Courtney Deanna

Annette, Paige Deanna

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Refreshment Andre Van Ryk Daniel Kim -

Sound Tech. 10:00 Daniel Zwart

Michael Hofman

10:00 Derek Breedveld

Pete Baelde

Daniel Zwart

Powerpoint Annette Faber Aaron Pel Colleen Beunk

Library Gaileen Cox Betty Adema -

Offerings

Offerings during the worship service are for New West Church and local ministries as well as denomina-

tional ministries. There may be a designated special cause identified below. Please place your offerings

into the bag, using your current envelopes if you have them. There are also envelopes in the pew if you

are a guest or forgot yours at home. Cheques should be made out to the New Westminster CRC and

should indicate the ministry you are donating to. All donation dollars and loose change will be applied to

the following second collection:

Today’s Offering is for Christian Education Fund (CEF). This fund was established by the deacons

shortly after John Knox Christian School was started in 1955 and is there for families that are members of

the New Westminster CRC. The CEF provides short-term tuition help to families experiencing financial

difficulties. Your generous donations help make it possible for these children to receive a Christ-centered

education.

Next week’s Offering will be for Diaconal Benevolence. Your gifts help the deacons to provide assis-

tance to people within our own church family as well as the local community whenever the need

arises.

Thank you for supporting New West Church and these various ministries.

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PRAYER CHAIN

If you would like people to pray for you,

please call Grace Mellema at 604-524-2483 or submit

your prayer request via our website at:

http://www.nwcrc.ca/care/prayer-line/.

All prayer requests will be held in confidence.

NEW BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY: "Things we couldn't say" by Diet Eman

with James Schaap. A dramatic account

of Christian Resistance in Holland during World

War II

"Traveling through Grief" by Susan Zonnebelt-

Smeenge

"Against the Wind" by Bodie and Brock Thoene

"Affirming the Apostles' Creed"

"Living Justice" a gospel response to

justice by ICS

"The Book of Negroes" by Lawrence Hill

E.S.L.: is taught every Tuesday

morning from 10:30 to 12:00 noon.

We have room for more students in case

you or someone you know could benefit

from this program.

“SENIORS SJOELBAK SOCIAL”: is held Friday mornings from 10:00

AM until no later then 1:00 PM in the

Meeting Hall.

NOTE: We won’t have the Seniors Sjoelbak Social

this coming Friday, April 6. We will be back again

on the following Friday, April 13.

COMMUNITY

UNION GOSPEL EASTER MEAL: will be

held on Saturday, April 7. Donations like coffee,

canned food, meats, and money are highly

appreciated. You can drop the donations in the

UGM’s bin beside the mail slot. Please contact

Klazina Noort at 604-524-0874 or

dklnoort@shaw.ca if you have any questions.

DO YOU LIKE TO GOLF? Cascade Christian

Counseling is having its annual charity golf

tournament. Set aside Friday, May 11, 2012 for

an afternoon of golf, dinner and door prizes. This

event is a fundraiser for Cascade and will be held

at ROYALWOOD GOLF COURSE in Chilliwack. Tee-off

1:00 PM. For more information or to register, please

call the Cascade office (Surrey) 604-585-1411,

(Abbots ford ) 604 -854-5413 , o r emai l

info@cascadechristiancounselling.com

Join the excitement! Tenore, the GMA award-

winning Christian tenors, are coming to New

Westminster Christian Reformed Church en route to

performing at the Prime Minister’s Prayer Breakfast

in Ottawa! Join us May 10 at 7 PM for a special

hymn sing concert. Tenore is reviving the old hymns

and bringing them back to life. “How Great Thou Art”,

“It is Well with my Soul”, “The Lord’s Prayer”, and

more: 3 stunning tenor voices joined by you on the

choruses. Tenore will thrill you with their heartfelt

renditions of these beloved gospel songs and the

great classical hymns of our Christian faith.

ADMISSION: is by free voucher available at the

NWCRC office (available now). Vouchers will go fast.

Don’t miss out! A free will offering will be taken the

night of the concert. Please contact Fera at the

office, for the vouchers and they can be placed in

your mail slot or picked up. Check the “Community”

Bulletin Board for the Tenors’ bio.

Apr 1 Valerie VanderVelden

Bryn Van Ryk

Apr 2 Felixa Banning

Apr 5 Stephen Vandermey

Apr 6 Angela Wolff

Natalia Baelde

Leonard Noort

Apr 7 Jessica Noort

Apr 8 Yolande Noort

Nuno Mundenge

If we have missed your birthday

this week, or you do not wish to

have your birthday shown in the

future, please contact Fera at the

office so we can update your

information in our database.

RAYE POINTS

P R The Persecuted Church:

Eritrea: The Orthodox Alliance

Church’s leader is in prison and needs prayer. His

health is deteriorating as he is diabetic and doesn’t

get the medical care that he needs. The situation in

Eritrea is very bad for Christians. 2,000 to 3,000

Christians are in prison. Some of them are placed in

metal shipping containers where there is no light,

fresh air, and toilet. Many have fallen sick. Pray that

the Lord will protect them and that the government

will become Christians.

Nigeria: Suicide bombers arranged by Boko Haram

and Al Qaeda have been attacking Nigerian churches

and many people have been killed. They want to get

rid of Christians and implement Shariah Law all over

Nigeria. Military personnel are also involved in killing

Christians. There have been reprisal attacks against

the Muslims, making the situation very serious there.

Yet, in the Northern part, several prayer groups exist.

They pray and sing praises to the Lord for hours. Pray

that the Lord will bless them and that the Muslims will

turn to Jesus. Pray for the missionaries there, and for

their safety.

Pakistan: We have heard about the blasphemy law

and that several Christians are being put in prison due

to false accusations. Pray for these people. Yet, in

some areas, there is revival led by an evangelist who

went there and led the people to Christ. The Lord

blesses her work. Mosques were emptied and used

for churches instead. Praise God for this and pray that

it will spread to other areas.

Many come to the Lord through house fellowships in

Europe, Portugal, Romania, and Belarus. Praise the

Lord that Christianity is growing.

Pray for Syria, Egypt, China and Sudan where

conditions are becoming worse for Christians. Let’s

not forget our brothers and sisters who suffer so

much, yet, they are praying for us. Thank God for all

that is being done by missionaries all over the world

and CRWRC. Have a blessed week.

Willy Van Delft