8 More Things You Should Know

Here is a thought for the day: There is a great connection between prayer and the Bible in our private devotions. Here is an often quoted expression: "When I pray, I speak to God. When I read the Bible, God speaks to me." May that help you to maintain and even grow your quiet time with God!

1. National Day of Prayer - This Thursday, May 1 - Here are 2 options for you to be involved with praying with our nation.  Hope to see you there!

- Noon Prayer Rally at Muskegon County Building

- Evening Prayer Rally at 7:00PM - It will take place at the GVSU Renewable Energy Center, 200 Viridian Drive in Muskegon.

2. Church Clean Up/Work Bee, THIS SATURDAY at 9:00AM - YOU are needed to help do some Spring cleaning both inside and outside of Celebration. Stay as long as you can!

3. The Small Group with No Name will meet this Sunday, May 4 after church.

4. Adult Ed Sunday School at 9:00AM! - The class will be studying various Psalms!

5. New Pictorial Directory - Before Sunday, send Pastor Matt or Sandy Ring: a picture of your family, your address, phone number(s), and an email address you check regularly. We will take a picture for you if you have no current pics. We want to have this completed before the summer begins!

6. Sunday - Do you dread opening the door just to find the Jehovah Witnesses? Don't be alarmed! We are going to look at the big differences between them and Christians and how you can connect with them. Also, we are singing a newer song this Sunday, "Where I Belong". Click on the link below to watch it on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he32vwlKQPY&feature=youtu.be

7. Congregational Meeting - May 18 - We will select elders and deacons as well as the revisions in our church bylaws. If you would like a copy of the bylaws with their proposed revisions, contact Pastor Matt. Otherwise you may pick up a paper copy at the info booth.

8. Prayers - Please pray:
- For Brenda Grabinski as her leg has an infection.
- For great things to happen as the country prays on Thursday, May 1 the National Day of Prayer. Also pray for those who will attend the Prayer Rallies that it is not the number of people who are praying but what God will do through the people who are praying.
- For Fred Schossau's brother, Greg, he is diagnosed with bone cancer, stage 3. They also found a blood clot near his heart and are working on that issue. He has a tumor on his kidney.
- For the family of Marquis Gresham, the high school boy who was killed in Muskegon Heights this past week. Please pray for us to wake up to the gun violence in our community and pray for the Gresham family with this sudden loss of their teenager.

- For Jim & Jan Anderson, friends of the Baird's. Jan was diagnosed 5 years ago with cancer & was given 5 years at the most. She's now passed 5 years & latest test results/prognosis is 2 to 6 months. Pray for the family and all those who minister to them.
- For our nation which seems divided and in turmoil. Pray for our leaders that God would open their eyes for the needs of the people.




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Pastor Matt Eenigenburg
Celebration Community Church
1260 W. Sherman Blvd.
Muskegon, MI 49441
www.celebrationmuskegon.org
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(231) 571-4137

Day 1

We are going to send out a prayer reminder for each day during our 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting. May this be helpful to you as you seek God's presence today.

Thursday – May 2 – Pray for our leaders in local, state, and federal governments. May they be servant leaders of integrity and godly character. May they seek to bring God’s “Kingdom come to earth as it is in heaven.” May we obey them as people sent by God to lead our governments.

"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people." - Proverbs 14:34
"When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan." - Proverbs 29:2

"Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” - Matthew 20:26-28
"Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God." - Romans 13:1

Midweek Highlights!

Here are some highlights for the middle of the week. Just a heads up: there are a ton of prayer requests and praises at the end of the email. If you are too busy to bring them before God now, save the email and pray about them at a better time. Thanks!

1. Moving! - Dave and Leslie Zimmerman are moving to their own home tomorrow! If you are available to move some boxes, meet at 2258 Henry St at 2PM tomorrow, Thursday. It is directly across the street from the Tradewinds car lot (SE corner of Henry and Hackley). Park in the back of the white house next to the car fix-it place. Call Dave at 231-720-9917 for more info.

2. Offering Collectors - We are putting together a schedule of students and adults that would collect the offering each Sunday. The big idea is to help students see Celebration as their church and to help adults see their role in the lives of our children. Contact Matt or Kathy Meyer if you would like to be involved. 


3. Sunday we will talk about what happens when we pray. We will use Acts 12 as our framework. We also look forward to Thursday, May 2, the National Day of Prayer and the start of our 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting. Sign up for your one hour timeslot at church. We have so much to pray about! Thankfully we have a great God who hears and answers our prayers!

• Pray for Joyce DuRose (Steve’s mom). She is having health problems. 
• Pray for Classis that meets at church Thursday, tomorrow.
• Pray for Derrick and Sabrina Busch, nephew of Tim and Nancy Bosma. Sabrina had a procedure to help her carry a baby to term but has just suffered another loss of a child. 
• Pray for Makenna Hentschel she is doing well and is home but there are some concerns with the infection on the incision line.
• Pray for Josh Commans (boyfriend of Kadence Ribbens) he is very ill and is entering into finals exam week.
• Prayer of praise!! Justin Schut’s wife Samantha was able to find a job while Justin finishes school.
• Pray for Jesslyn Thebo and Max Nicoles as they were in a car accident that totaled Jesslyn’s car. They are sore but okay. 
• Pray for Cheryl Ferguson as she travels to visit Jenna.
• Pray mighty prayers of mercy and blessing over our country, our community and our church.
• Pray for the leadership at Celebration as they make decision to move forward. Pray for God’s mighty hand to guide them and that they seek his will.
• Pray for the release of two churchmen and for a cessation of violence and persecution in Syria. Bishop Yohanna Ibrahim of the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo was kidnapped on Tuesday, April 23, on his way back to Aleppo from the Turkish border. He went there to bring back Bishop Boulos Yazaji of the Greek Orthodox of Aleppo. The news received is that an armed group stopped the car and kidnapped the two bishops and killed the driver. Bishops Ibrahim and Yazaji are well known as agents of peace and justice, not only for Christians in Syria but for all the Syrian people.

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Pastor Matt Eenigenburg
Celebration Community Church
1260 W. Sherman Blvd.
Muskegon, MI 49441

www.celebrationmuskegon.com/
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(231) 571-4137