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FAMILY, YOUTH and CHILDREN's MINISTRIES:
- Block Party (end of summer)
- Kent Fry
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- Children and Worship (4 years - 2nd grade)
- Marcia Floding
- Nursery (infant through 2 years)
- Andy Zoerman
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- Sunday School (3 yrs-12th grade)
- Marcia Floding
- Third's After Supper Club (TASC)
- Kama Karis Jongerius, Marcia Floding
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- Young Disciples (3rd-5th grades)
- Shelly Millen
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- Youth Groups (Middle School and High School)
- Nate Schipper
- Vacation Bible School 2010
- Kent Fry
ADULT MINISTRIES:
- Adult Education
- Kama Karis Jongerius
- Adult Education classes are offered in the chapel from 9:40-10:40 a.m. each Sunday throughout the school year.
- Congregational Care
- Dee Bechtel
- There is a clear Biblical mandate in Galatians 6 concerning Congregational Care: "Bear one another's burdens...do good to all men..." At TRC, we care for one another through CareLine, Parish Elders, Stephen Ministers, and prayer groups. We provide transportation, hospital equipment, sermon tapes, and meals. We organize fellowship events (Pizza Sundays, Mindings, receptions, caroling, etc.), arrange visits in homes and hospitals, and many other things. The coordinator forms a network of communications to enable members of the congregation to receive and give care.
- Evening Worship - VESPERS
- Kent Fry
- Evening Vespers worship occurs in the chapel at 6 p.m. each Sunday throughout the school year. Check the Bulletin for details, found on the Worship page
- Headstart
- Health Ministry at TRC
- Jennifer Boersen
- The mission of the Health Ministry at TRC is to express God’s love and care for all ages, promote health in a holistic manner through prayer, education, support, prevention and providing referrals to resources within the congregation and our community. We are closely allied with the Congregational Care Coordinator and seek to meet the health needs of our congregation spiritually, physically and emotionally.
- L.I.F.T. ( Living In Faith Together) Small Groups
- Katherine Hunsberger
- All believers in the Lord Jesus are members of his body, the church, and members of one another. (Romans 12:3-5) The Small Group Ministry is a resource at Third Church which provides the opportunity for participation in a series of weekly meetings offered from September through November each year. The intention of LIFT is to bring persons together in small groups to become better acquainted and to fellowship in Christ while studying and praying together. The groups meet in homes or at the church. Most are scheduled on Sunday evening or Wednesday evening. LIFT groups are open to members and friends of Third Church. For further information or to register for a LIFT group, please contact Carl or Lucille Schroeder at 616-396-7048 or call the church office at 616-392-1459.
- Men’s Bible Study
- Al Osman
- Special Education Ministry
- Each Thursday evening for more than 25 years we have been host to Special Education Ministries where young adults with special needs are paired with other young adults for a time of fellowship
- Stephens' Ministry
- Barb Van Til
- At TRC, there are over 30 active, trained Stephen Ministers who walk beside assigned members and community folks who are hurting. They are ready to provide confidential, one-on-one Christian care to help during a difficult time. This is a quiet, but powerful, ministry as the Stephen Minister walks beside, listens to, focuses on, and confidentially meets with a person as often as once a week as long as the need persists.
- Sunrise Saints
- Bill Unzicker
- Every Wednesday morning from September to May a group of men meet at the church at 6:30 a.m. After a light breakfast prepared by one of the men, they discuss a chapter in a selected book and then spend time in prayer. New members are always welcome. It is a wonderful time of food, fellowship, discussion and prayer.
- Wednesday Morning Prayers
- Kama Karis Jongerius
- Every Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m., a group meets in the chapel to pray for our church, community, and world. All are welcome to participate.
- Women’s Ministries
- Women’s Ministries of Third Reformed is an organization that strives to unite all women of the church in a fellowship of worship, education and service. Several small groups called “circles” meet each month for Bible study and fellowship. Many service projects are promoted through the circles’ involvement in needs of the church and the community. Throughout the year general programs are held that provide opportunity for spiritual growth, education, worship and fellowship. Through projects such as baking birthday cakes for Hope College students, funds are raised which are then distributed to selected mission projects, local charities and a Third Church need.
- Women’s Prayer Group
- Lucille Schroeder
- A core group of 8 women who meet for prayer on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month at 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel. The group shares a desire for intercessory prayer for our homes, our church, our community, our nation, the worldwide church, and world needs. Participation is open to all women who share the desire for communal intercessory prayer. Contact the church office for further information.
- Young Hearts
- Dee Bechtel
- Six times a year, our senior members and friends meet at the church for fellowship around a noon meal. This is followed by a program that is sometimes entertaining, sometimes challenging and sometimes new and stimulating. The cost of the meal and program is $4.00 and reservations are made by calling the church office.