Celebration Midweek

There are always many things to put in the weekly email. Here are 6 of the top things that you should know this week!

1. Wild Game Dinner - On Saturday, March 16, our Men's group will host our annual Wild Game Dinner. Sign up at the information booth so that we can have enough food prepared. Men and boys of hunting age are welcome. And as always, everyone goes home with a prize!

2. Marriage Seminar - Fifth Reformed Church is hosting a Family Life "Art of Marriage" seminar on Friday and Saturday, March 8-9. Personally I highly recommend it! Cost is $40. Contact Pastor Matt for more details.

3. Next Steps Class - We have a full class! Please pray that we would grow together as a group and discover what our next steps are at Celebration.

4. Prayers - This winter has taken it's toll on the health of many people from Celebration, and many that we know and love. We pray for renewed health.

5. Upgrade: Work Life - It's just a job, right? What if our work was more important than that? Invite a friend to find out how God wants to upgrade our work life! (Ephesians 6:5-9)

6. Who are we? - Someone asked me this week whether we were a "missionary church", one that is specifically geared for people who are not presently associated with any church. My first thought was, "Aren't all churches?" Then I thought that most churches probably aren't. It is more about maintaining the structure than leading people to meet Jesus face to face. May we at Celebration continue to be about ALL people encountering Jesus, whether they attend another church or not!

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Pastor Matt Eenigenburg
Celebration Community Church
1260 W. Sherman Blvd.
Muskegon, MI 49441
www.celebrationmuskegon.com/
www.facebook.com/celebration.muskegon
(231) 571-4137

Here are 6 things to know for this week:

1. Next Steps Class - We have a full class! Please pray that we would grow together as a group and discover what our next steps are at Celebration.

2. Prayers - David: dad with cancer; Steve: neck pain that may require surgery; Matt, Donna, Maddie, Sam: that they may find a church home in Kalamazoo; Holly: severe back pain from shoveling snow; the future of Celebration Church; friends that have walked away from Jesus; marriages that only Jesus can save; unspoken prayer requests from our hearts that only God knows.

3. Marriages - To follow up from the message on Sunday, here is an article that was helpful for me in getting the hang of this idea of Biblical Submission in marriage. http://www.girlsgonewise.com/7-misconceptions-about-submission/

4. Marriage Seminar - Fifth Reformed Church is hosting a Family Life "Art of Marriage" seminar on Friday and Saturday, March 8-9. Personally I highly recommend it! Cost is $40. Contact Pastor Matt for more details.

5. Upgrade: Family - One of the most challenging areas for us is our family life. This Sunday, invite a friend to hear what God wants to do in theirs! (Ephesians 6:1-4)

6. Impact -  I met with some area pastors on Wednesday and again was filled with a desire to be part of a concerted effort to impact Muskegon. Our town is overflowing with so much brokenness and dysfunction. I know that this year we as a church will step up and do our part to bring Jesus to our area of Muskegon. That is what I love about my church!

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Pastor Matt Eenigenburg
Celebration Community Church1260 W. Sherman Blvd. 
Muskegon, MI 49441
www.celebrationmuskegon.com/
www.facebook.com/celebration.muskegon
(231) 571-4137

I Am Getting Married Again!

I am getting married, again!  


Now that has got to get your attention!  Actually, I will be ordained in the Christian Reformed Church and installed as the pastor of Celebration Community Church in Muskegon, MI on Feb 19.  Ten years ago I would have laughed at this.  Even today I chuckle a bit but it is more out of God's goodness to me and his funny way of directing my life.


But, in crafting this ordination service, I realized that an ordination service is in many ways like a marriage ceremony.  There are commitments and promises made between 2 parties with the direct and active involvement of our God.  Like a wedding, many of the words to be spoken at the ceremony seem long and drawn out.  It is necessary to give it some structure and direction.  The bigger picture is that the meaning behind the words and the substance of our hearts is proclaimed.


I know that there will be challenges in the future after this ordination but I need to remember that it is like a marriage.  I need to remain true to the commitments I make and to do everything I can to build this "marriage".  This is the crux of my promise on Feb. 19.  I want to be a man of character who honors his promises to others, lovingly cares for those who are in his care, and most of all finds favor with God.
I make the commitment and promise to Celebration Community Church in the sight of God and his people, that I will do all in my power to have and to hold from this day further, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, to love and to cherish from this day forth.  


I am getting married, again!