August 22, 2010
10:00 AM

WE ENTER INTO GOD’S PRESENCE
Preparation for Worship
*Call to Worship
I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever;
With my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.
I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;
Your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.  Praise the Lord!
*Opening Praise – 556:1-3, then refrain “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
*God Greets Us
*We Greet Others
*Continuing Praise
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Welcome into Membership – the Joel De Young family
Hear these words of Jesus, an invitation and a promise offered to us all:
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
In obedience to this command, the church baptizes believers and their children.

Our gracious God has always desired to hold his people in a covenant embrace.  The Lord declares over and over, “I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”  Pursuing this deep desire, God called Abraham and Sarah to trust in him and gave a covenant sign to show that they belonged to him.  In baptism God now claims us in Christ, marks us as his own people, and seals our membership in God’s covenant community, the church.  Baptism is the covenant sign that God frees us from the power of sin and death, uniting us with Jesus Christ in his death and resurrection.  By water and the Holy Spirit we are washed clean from sin.  God’s grace in baptism calls us to give ourselves to him in trust, love, and obedience.

From the beginning, God graciously has included our children in his covenant.  All God’s promises are for them as well as for us.  We are to teach them that they have been set apart by baptism as God’s own children so that as they grow older they may respond to him in personal faith and commitment.
Profession of faith
Joel and Jenni, please stand and in the presence of God and his people respond to the following questions:
Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God sent to redeem the world, do you love and trust him as the one who saves you from your sin, and do you with repentance and joy confess him to be Lord of your life?
Do you believe that the Bible is the Word of God, that it reveals Christ and his redemption, and that the teachings of this church faithfully reflect what the Bible teaches?
Do you accept the gracious promises of God sealed to you in your baptism and do you affirm your union with Christ and his church which your baptism signifies?
Do you promise to do all you can, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to strengthen your love and commitment to Christ by sharing faithfully in the life of the church, honoring and submitting to its authority; and do you join with the people of God in doing the work of the Lord everywhere?
Having heard God’s gracious promises to us in Christ, do you desire that your children be baptized?
Joel De Young, what is your answer?
I do.
Jenni De Young, what is your answer?
I do.
With all God’s people, let us together profess our faith in the triune God.
Apostles’ Creed
Parental Vows
Do you promise to instruct Jacob and Kailee, by your words and by your example and with the help of the Christian community, in the truth of the Bible and in the way of salvation through Jesus Christ?
Do you promise to pray for them and to teach them to pray?
Do you promise to nurture them within the Christian community as citizens of God’s kingdom?
Joel and Jenni, what is your answer?
We do, God helping us.
Baptism
Our Lord said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Baptism of Jacob William and Kailee Joelle De Young
God’s Blessing
Welcome
Brothers and sisters, we now receive Joel and Jenni, Jacob and Kailee into Christ’s church and into Valley Church.  Do you welcome them in love, and do you promise to pray for encourage, and help nurture them in the faith?
We do, God helping us.  We promise you our love, encouragement and prayers.
*Song of Welcome – 440 “Children of the Heavenly Father”
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Children’s Time
Prayer of Preparation
Scripture Reading – Deuteronomy 6:1-12
Message – “Family Life:  Parenting”
Prayer
WE RESPOND WITH THANKSGIVING
*Song of Response – 585 “Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds”
The Offerings – First:  General Fund
  Second:  CRWRC
Offertory Prayer
Sharing Joys and Concerns
Intercessory Prayer
WE ARE SENT TO LOVE AND SERVE
Opportunities for Ministry and Fellowship
*Blessed to Serve
Go from here, remembering who you are and to whom you belong.
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
And also with you.  Amen.
*Parting Song – 632 “To God Be the Glory”
Postlude

ANNOUNCEMENTS
This morning we welcome the Joel De Young family into full membership in Valley Church.  Joel and Jenni will profess/reaffirm their faith and Jacob and Kailee will be baptized.  Please join us for the refreshments following the service and welcome them personally as well.
The second offering this morning is for the relief and community development ministries of the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee.  Remember that this agency of the CRC receives no ministry share support and is dependent on the generous offerings of God’s people.  In addition to ongoing programs around the world, there is immediate need for funds so CRWRC can respond to the floods in Pakistan and the drought in Niger.
Monday, 7:00 PM Growth and Renewal Team meets
Wednesday, 6:00 AM Men’s breakfast and Bible study at the Spot
Wednesday, 11:30 AM Women’s luncheon at Cracker Barrel
Thursday, 7:00 PM Council meets

Take note of these plans for starting the fall ministry season.  Sunday, September 12, we will resume the regular worship schedule of Sunday School classes for all ages at 9:15 AM and morning worship at 10:30 AM.  The Fall Festival is planned for the following week, September 19 from 1-4 PM.  More information and sign up sheets for your participation will follow.


NEXT SUNDAY, August 29, 2010
MORNING WORSHIP:  10:00 AM   Pastor Gelder will lead our worship, continuing the observance of “Ordinary Time”, especially “Family Time.”  The focus this week is on “Singleness” based on I Corinthians 7:17/
The final softball game of the season is at 2:00 PM at the KAA field with the St. James team.  This is also the league end-of-season picnic.  See Cheryl De Voe or Janet Crawford for more information.