FRC Calendar

📸YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

Book ‘Em, Danno (the TV show quoted is…?). Our ace Special Investigative Reporter has cracked the case - the next Wed. Nite Family Meal is slotted for Feb. 12! Sources close to the kitchen confirm the headliner is none other than spaghetti, french bread, salad, brownies and ice cream (this is ground breaking investigative reporting at its finest). Circle the date, folks, and hustle over to frcoostburg.org to get your name on the list. 

Something’s Brewing for Feb. 23. We know it. We’ve heard bits and pieces down the hallways of FRC. We think it involves friendly competition. Laughter. Fun. An afternoon, perhaps at a school, and for all ages. Mark your calendar. We’re sending our Investigative Reporter into action. You can trust us, if we hear the word “torte” or “pie” we’ll break into your regularly scheduled programming. 

Take Me Home, Country Roads (the songwriter is…)?  Verse 1: Almost heaven, Camp Manitoqua. West Illinois, camping among the farmlands. Life is young there, younger than the trees…ok, ok, so we’re not John Denver. But we had you wondering about our mental state this week. Camp Manitoqua is June 22 - 27! IT’S TIME TO REGISTER your campers (current 3rd - 7th graders)! Online parents click HERE. Otherwise go to frcoostburg.org. First of two $140 deposits due March 3rd. Registration deadline is Feb. 16th but we strongly suggest you don’t delay or you’ll risk the Editor writing “verse 2”...

Leaving, on a Jet Plane…(yeah, there is absolutely no explanation for our affinity to John Denver songs this week)... Anyway,the Bible Backroads class was pushing 30 participants last week. There’s still room to join the adventure as we leave Oostburg enroute to history, geography, archaeology, and powerful messages with our Drive Thru History guide, Dave Stotts, who’s taking us through some backroads in the gospel of John. This study meets after the morning service on the northside of the Fellowship Hall. Grab your coffee, a cookie and stop on in.

T-1 Week… until the launch of the Sunday late afternoon Bible Study on Apologetics at 4 pm on February 2nd! Don’t let the topic of Apologetics scare you. It’s an opportunity for us to learn how to defend and explain our faith when people raise hard questions or criticisms. Join us for this exciting journey in faith, logic, and exploration. Let’s answer the tough questions together and grow stronger in what we believe! 💡✝️

⌚Fifth graders, Looking forward to seeing you this afternoon at 12:30 PM for our Frozen Fairways outing! Please sign-up online (if you didn’t already), bring your form, and dress warmly!! ❄️⛸️

Guys - the Men’s Prayer breakfast is this Sat., Feb. 1 at 6 AM! Come check it out at Judi’s. Great food and fellowship. Go to frcoostburg.org to register or, it’s perfectly fine to just come without registering! Pastor Brian will give up his chair but likely not his food…

📰📢SERVE OPPORTUNITIES  

Become an ACCSC Today. That’s After-Church Cookies & Coffee Serving Team. It’s quite easy. It’s fun. Sign-up today cause you don’t want us writing song lyrics next week about cookie and coffee serving, right? Simply email Joan Dykstra at opadykstra@wi.rr.com or text/call Joan at 920-226-0312.

In Search of “Reformed Rebuilders” … We’re looking for individuals that would consider taking a trip to Rock Valley, Iowa to help them rebuild after last year’s devastating floods. Quite a number of you have connections to Rock Valley and we’d love to have you come along. We are told there is work for ALL HANDS. And, we would love a few more individuals knowledgeable in the skilled trades arena as well. We’re hoping to hold an informational meeting soon.  Please sign up HERE if you are interested in hearing more about this opportunity.  

Children's Ministry Families, did you realize there’s only 141 days until the start of VBS on June 16?! Mark your calendars for four afternoons of fun, and start praying for the planning process and those who will lead. Perhaps you could pray about joining the fun and serving during VBS! It takes a huge team to bring VBS to our kids - this is an excellent investment of your time.

🤠WEEKLY ROUND UP

👓There’s upwards of 5 pairs of glasses in the Lost & Found …we suppose they haven’t been retrieved because you’re having trouble seeing? Come take a look at the lost & found table (or squint really hard)!

☑️Our Christian sympathy to Mike & Sandy Soerens and family on the passing of Mike’s sister, Beth Kuiper, earlier this week. And to Charlene Schreurs and family. Charlene’s brother-in-law, Don Schreurs, passed earlier this week as well.

🔢The January 19th attendance was 304 and the offering came in at $9,333. The Jan/Feb special offering to-date stands at $1,153. You may choose your recipient - either Pastor Elijah and Living Hope or Love INC’s Refugee Resettlement program (or give to each one)! And speaking of Refugee Resettlement, the family from Venezuela that our FRC team is supporting is doing wonderfully. They are in intense English courses, and many cultural immersion courses. They have become experts at navigating the bus system (that can be scary when everything is posted in English). They are in shock that weather can get this cold (pray their body will adapt to this climate more quickly)! And, they’re working on the job application process. If anyone has leads on local companies that employ native Spanish-speakers who are learning English, please let any Deacon know asap! Thank you for your support to-date!

SAVE THE DATE - Sun., June 1st 

A 175th Anniversary Celebration FRC’ers Won’t Want to Miss! 
Great food, inflatables, the infamous ga ga pit, family photo booth, lunch, musical acts, and more! ‍‍

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The Special Offering options for January & February are Pastor Elijah (Living Hope Uganda) and Love INC’s Refugee Resettlement program. If you have a preference for your donation, simply mark your envelope. Undesignated monies will be split between the two.