Holy Week Update

How are you preparing for the celebration of Jesus' death and Resurrection?  Post your thoughts at https://www.facebook.com/celebrationmuskegon.    

1. Noteworthy Events
- THURSDAY, Maundy Thursday service at Forest Park Covenant, at 7:00PM.

- FRIDAY, Good Friday Service at Queen Esther Church, 7:00PM.  We will be going through the 7 last sayings of Jesus.

- SATURDAY, Easter Egg Hunt & Pancake Breakfast

- NO Adult Sunday School this Sunday.

- Easter Breakfast, 9:30AM at church.

- Vision Team Meeting, 6:30PM at church.

2.  Youth Ministries
- NO Youth Ministries at Calvin Church tonight.
- NO High School Youth Group at Calvin Church on Sunday.
- April 19, GEMS Sunday

3. Sunday - How easy is it to miss the meaning of Easter in our lives?  The bunnies, eggs, and candy sometimes hide it.  Invite a friend to our service to look at "Pictures of Easter".  (Jeremiah 31:33-34)

4. Building Project Update - Occasionally we will post pictures on the church Facebook page of the progress in remodeling our building.  Remember to keep the project in your prayers.

5. Prayers  

- Pray for wounded hearts that God would bring healing.

- Pray for David Zimmerman as his Uncle Mike died today.

- Pray for Cassie Workman on the death of her grandfather last week.

- Pray for Rev. Stewart on the death of his granddaughter.

- Pray for Jim Espinoza as he has hand surgery planned for April 27.

- Pray for a safe trips to visit family over the Easter Break.

- Praise God for all of the blessings he gives you every day.  

- We thank God for the success of the Wild Game Dinner, and we pray that God touched the hearts of those who came to Celebration for the dinner.

- Dick and Sue DeBoer thank God for healing their granddaughter who was released from DeVos Children's Hospital recently.

- Pray for the families of the plane crash victims.

- Many people gave thanks to God for the blessings received from the Praise Team.  

- Pray for our guests the past few weeks.  May God help them along their journey to grow closer to him and to his people.

- Pray for Kim Rhodes' daughter who had surgery last week and is recovering.
- Pray for Sandi Walsh's mom that physical therapy would heal her knees so she won’t need surgery.
- Pray for the incarcerated men and women in our nation. 
- Pray for Harold West's friend who has stage 2 pancreatic cancer
- Pray for Bill Essenberg during his week of residential treatment.
- Pray for the unspoken problems in our lives that we need God's guidance and direction to resolve.
- Pray for relational conflicts to be resolved and peace to be restored.
- Pray for Roger Doctor and Duane Blohm who are recovering from recent surgeries.
- Pray for Celebration's construction project, that it will go smoothly, that we might have enough volunteers to help keep costs down, and that it may be used well for God's Kingdom.
- Pray for Patti Lacy as she awaits her knee surgery in April

- Pray that God will use us all to serve others, and that He will put us where He wants us to be.
- Pray for self-control in all areas of our lives.  "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but of love and power and self-control." (2 Tim.1:7)
- Pray for the events of Holy week that people will have their faith strengthened

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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