Archive for 2008/09


Occasional Help Needed: COS’ Food Ministries

Are you looking for a FUN form of service that you/your family could do together?
If so, maybe COS’ Food Related Ministries are the opportunity for you!
They’re:

task-oriented,
involve others,
are usually kid-friendly,
don’t usually demand much (in terms of mind or body),
require little training, and even when training is necessary, the learning curve isn’t steep.

And [...]

Liturgy Lesson: Worship with Guts

Last week I was talking to a fellow minister of worship. In his church, the sermon dominates the worship service, and we were discussing ways he could help the people move from a warm-up-songs-and-lecture model of worship to a more interactive work-of-the-people model. At one point in the conversation he blurted out an exasperated “What [...]

News from Jessica Bratt, Resident Pastor

Dear friends at COS,
It has been such a blessing to worship and serve with you as a resident pastor through the Transition into Ministry program. My transition into the next chapter of ministry will happen sooner than I had expected, as I have accepted a call to serve the Reformed Church in America here [...]

Installation of Elders and Deacons

Each year in the fall, with the advent of a new ministry year and new elders and deacons on our church council, Church of the Servant celebrates and commissions our leaders, recognizing their calling, asking for God’s blessing to be upon them, as they are installed as His chosen leaders in authority over our congregation.
The [...]

Roger Verhulst

On Thursday morning, September 4, 2008, Roger Verhulst entered heaven and the presence of the Lord. Our prayers are especially with his sons Ken (Kristen) and Derek (Linda) and their families, and siblings Gladys and Ken Verhulst, that our Lord will comfort and bless them. There will be visitation with the family on [...]