Event 01 ~ 19.10.2010
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Event 02 ~ 06.06.2010
"Making His Words our way of life...
By Growing Closer
Going Deeper
Reaching Wider..."
Winter Weather
As a reminder, when schools in Oak Harbor are closed, all FRC events for that day as well as the main office will be closed.
Sunday Morning
Worship Times:
9:00a & 10:30a
Upcoming Events
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Growing Closer...Through Fellowship Ministries
The main focus of the Growing Closer team is fellowship, or "Koinonia." Koinonia means:
1.) Close association involving mutual interests and sharing: association, communion, fellowship, close relationship.
2.) Attitude of good will that manifests an interest in a close relationship: generosity, fellow-feeling, altruism.
Ministries Include:
Free Food Wednesdays- Every Wednesday night we open the church doors of FRC and our kitchen and serve somewhere around 150-200 people from our church and our community.
Sonshine Visitors- Every week two women from our church take an entire day and visit with those from our church and our community who are not able to otherwise "get out."
Coffee time on Sundays- After both services we serve coffee, tea, and goodies hoping to nurture conversation between old and new friends alike.
Women's Christmas Party- Every December anywhere between 80-100 of FRC's women gather and enjoy encouragement in faith from a guest speaker and a wonderful evening of fellowship.
Porch Visitors- Anytime someone visits our church, if they sign their name in our welcome folder, someone from our church welcomes them later that week with a smile and a plate of goodies to say "hello."
Potlucks- Among the best meals anywhere, an FRC potluck is a way of encouraging new and old relationships.
Funeral Receptions- When someone from our church or community passes away, we do our best to care for the family that grieves. One of the ways that we do that is by hosting a funeral reception so family and friends have a place to grieve well.
Date Night- On the third Friday of every month we open our church nursery and encourage husbands and wives to enjoy a date, without concern of the care and welfare of their precious children.
Acts 2:42 " They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship (Koinonia), to the breaking of bread and to prayer."
Going Deeper...Through Spirital Formation
Education Ministries Include:
Adult Sunday School- we are currently offering three adult Sunday School classes. One at 10:30a and two at 9:00a.
Children's Sunday School- We have Sunday school to nurture and encourage the young and emerging faith of our children. The first class is offered to preschool children and grade levels continue through High School classes.
Kid's Club- On Wednesday nights after "Free Food Wednesday", while activities for all ages are offered, we host a Kid's Club ministry. Singing, Crafts, snacks and stories are among a few of the
activities, all to encourage the faith of children up to age 9.
Home Groups- On the first and third Sundays of the month, small groups from FRC meet in homes around the community. The purposes of our
Home Groups ministry are three-fold:
1.) To connect people in smaller communities of faith
2.) To provide a place and people for visitors to connect more personally and relationally to folks from FRC.
3.) To deepen our faith through content of a study.
Ladies Bible Studies- "Women of the Word"- On Wednesday morning and Mondays evening,ladies from FRC meet in small groups to share life and deepen faith.
Nursery Ministries- Every Sunday morning, Wednesday morning, during Home Groups and various other ministry nights, our nursery is available for children between the ages of 0-3. It is a clean, safe and nurturing place where our children are loved and cared for,
Block Party & Outdoor Service-we host an outdoor service. It's a way for us to welcome and encourage our neighbors and community members to enter into the worship life of our congregation.
Vacation Bible School- "VBS" has long been a wonderful opportunity for us to serve the young families of our community. For one week every
summer we welcome children of all ages into our church to learn about Jesus, to sing songs, play games, enjoy crafts, and establish relationships with peers and adult leaders.
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Worship Ministries Include:
Sunday Worship- We have two worship services, 9:00am and 10:30am.
The 9:00 service has often been called "traditional" and worships primarily with hymns and praise songs with the aid of a piano and organ. The 10:30a service, often called the "contemporary" service is led by a worship team and worships primarily through singing of songs and hymns.
Choir- During the Fall, Winter and Spring seasons
our first service is blessed to have a participating adult choir.
Worship Team- Our worship team, primarily used during the second service, is made up of hosts of instrumentalists and vocalists as well as technologically skilled people
Reaching Wider...Through Missions Ministries
Outreach
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Missions:
FRC SUPPORTED MISSIONS/MISSIONARIES:
Free Food Wednesdays Resume Jan. 4th!
MONDAYS
9:30a Mother's Day Out (Begins 9/12 & 9/15)
11:00a Prayer Time (Begins 9/6)
4:00p Middle School Bible Study
TUESDAYS
11:00a Prayer Time
WEDNESDAYS
9:30a W.O.W. Ladies Bible Studies
5:30p Free Food Wednesday
5:30p Nursery Open
6:15p Kids Choir
6:15p Kids Praise Team
6:30p Kids Club
6:30p Catechism
6:30p Preschool
6:45p OCF
THURSDAYS
9:30a Mother's Day Out
6:00a Adult Choir
7:00p Worship Team
SUNDAYS
9:00a First Service
10-10:40a Sunday School Preschool-5th Grade
10:30a Second Service
10:45-11:30a Children & Worship Ages 4-10
6:00p HS/MS Youth Group
Health Workshop "How to Talk to Your Doctor
Congregational Meeting, Jan. 22nd, 6:00p
Noel was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, and a neighboring town, Flushing. He was baptized and came to faith as a United Methodist. Growing up, he was heavily involved in music and academics. Noel met his wife, Heidi, in the music department at Hope College. Graduating with a double major in music and philosophy, Noel worked as a case manager and a church music director before he and Heidi moved to Pasadena, California, where he completed his Master of Divinity and began a PhD in preaching and the arts at Fuller Theological Seminary. In November 2010, Heidi gave birth to their twin son and daughter, Jude and Hazel. Having served for several years as a worship and music pastoral assistant in Southern California, Noel was ordained a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the PC(USA) in July 2011 upon his call to become Minister of Worship and Discipleship at FRC. Noel and Heidi are excited to be living in the Northwest and joining a vibrant community of believers in Oak Harbor. They are expecting a baby girl in March of this year.
Jon and his wife, Kristyn, were both born and raised in Holland, Michigan, each graduating from Holland High School and Hope College. Jon graduated in 1999 with chemistry major and a biology/Spanish minor(s). Kristyn graduated in 2001 with an education/language arts composite major. Jon has since received an M. Div from Western Theological Seminary and is currently working on a Masters of Theology from Regent College in Vancouver, B.C. Jon and Kristyn have three daughters: Lydia, Tabitha and Miriah! Jon and Kristyn are eager to participate in proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ in this community and the world with First Reformed Church.
Check out Pastor Jon's Blog by Clicking Here>>
You may contact Pastor Jon
by calling 360-675-4837
or by email: jon_frcoh.org
"We have been on a whirlwind adventure across the country courtesy of the US Navy and feel blessed to call FRC our family and Whidbey our home. I graduated with a dual major in Special Education and Elementary Edcation and have a Masters in Teaching & Curriculum. I am passionate about Children's Ministries and feel blessed to be a vital part of influencing the lives of our young children growing up to know and love the Lord. I have an amazing husband, Nate, and two boys, Connor & Cooper who fill our lives with love and laughter. Our daughter, Jennie-Flore, is seven months old and we are patiently waiting to bring her home from Children of the Promise in Haiti."
You may contact Janelle at janelle_frcoh.org
Amy was raised in Boise, Idaho where her dad was planting a church. Jake was born and raised in Oak Harbor. Amy and Jake meet while attending Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. Amy graduated in 2008 with a Psychology degree and Jake graduated in 2009 with a degree in Sociology with a concentration in Criminal Justice. After college they married and moved to Oak Harbor Washington so Jake could work for his dad. Jake also currently is a volunteer fire fighter with the Oak Harbor Fire Department and is an Assistant Baseball Coach at Oak Harbor High. The Jansen’s love to be outdoors trying new adventures and perfecting the adventures they already know, whatever they are doing a coffee is most likely in their hands. They are very excited to be walking, talking, growing, laughing, encouraging, and just being with the youth in this community alongside First Reformed Church. "
You may contact Jake & Amy at: amy_frcoh.org or jake_frcoh.org
Lee is a retired Senior Chief Petty Officer with over 20 years experience in counseling and leading others. He is working on his Masters in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage & Family Therapy at Bradman University. A Member of FRC since 2006, he is passionate about introducting NASWI service members to life with Christ.
You may contact Lee at: lee_frcoh.org
Joann Hoover was born and raised in the Midwest. She and her husband Mike (retired Navy) had two boys. They are, Jim, who died as a young man and Richard, who is married and with his wife has two children. Joann graduated from Evangelical Hospital School of Nursing in Milwaukee Wisconsin and has worked in varied areas in hospital nursing, such as labor/delivery, pediatrics, other specialty areas and geriatric settings in long term care, as well as supervisory positions. Retiring three years ago from Island Hospital in Anacortes, she was the Community Health Resources Coordinator, which entails working with the community to know and understand their health care and the resources to assist them. She became interested and took the training in Parish Nursing during that time hoping to begin such a program at FRC. This is coming to fruition through the Health Ministry developed at FRC this year. Joann hopes to promote HEALTH with this ministry at FRC through the following:
Health advisor
Educator of health issues
Advocate/resource person
Liaison to health and community resources
Teacher of volunteers and developer of support groups
Healer of body mind spirit and community
(Canadian Association for Parish Nurse Ministry - 2005)
You may contact Joann at: joann_frcoh.org
Amy was raised in Boise, Idaho where her dad was planting a church. Jake was born and raised in Oak Harbor. Amy and Jake meet while attending Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. Amy graduated in 2008 with a Psychology degree and Jake graduated in 2009 with a degree in Sociology with a concentration in Criminal Justice. After college they married and moved to Oak Harbor Washington so Jake could work for his dad. Jake also currently is a volunteer fire fighter with the Oak Harbor Fire Department and is an Assistant Baseball Coach at Oak Harbor High. The Jansen’s love to be outdoors trying new adventures and perfecting the adventures they already know, whatever they are doing a coffee is most likely in their hands. They are very excited to be walking, talking, growing, laughing, encouraging, and just being with the youth in this community alongside First Reformed Church.
"It's hard to believe that I have been working at FRC since the summer of 2007. (Time flies when you love your job!) While I am originally from Connecticut, I am happy to have called Whidbey Island my home for the past 5 years. I am currectly a student at Liberty University working on my degree in Psychology with a focus on Christian Counseling. Each day I thank God for the oppourtunity to interact with the members of FRC as well as new visitors, and the oppourtunity to serve God and the Church through the management of the office. I also enjoy the opportunity of teaching Sunday School here at FRC! If you don't see me in the office, you will probably find me at Starbucks, studying, or hiking in the woods or on the beach!"
You may contact Kayleigh by calling 360-675-4837 or by email: kayleigh_frcoh.org
"What I like most about my job is knowing that God's children will be able to Worship and learn about God in a clean and healthy environment, which fufills my purpose in the living and active body of Christ. My hope is to inject the Holy Spirit into the younger generation using skateboarding and other extreme sports as a tool or an instrument in the furthering of God's Kingdom."
You may contact Gene by emailing: gene_frcoh.org
Our Call:
By the grace of God the Father,
the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
for the glory of Jesus Christ,
we the family of God
at FRC in Oak Harbor,
seek to be the very presence
of Jesus Christ
in the world.
Statement of Faith:
1.) We believe in one God, creator of heaven and earth, who always existed in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
2.) We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary. We believe in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His death on the cross as a payment for our sins, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory as Lord of Lords, and King of Kings .
3.) We believe in the Holy Spirit as one who lives in believers enabling them to live a Godly life.
4.) We believe the Bible to be the inspired Word of God. God inspired the writers so that their message was His message, accurate, authoritative, authentic, and reliable.
5.) We believe that salvation for lost and sinful human beings is found only in our Lord Jesus Christ. This salvation, comes by the renewing power of the Holy Spirit in a person's life.
6.) We believe in a final resurrection at the end of time when every person will bow before God and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.
7.) We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Be sure to email the office if you would like to receive our newsletter by mail, or if you have something that you would like to contribute!
First Edition Newsletter
Every month, we publish a newsletter that contains important announcements, upcoming events, interesting articles and various other information. To make our communication effective with others, we have a blog dedicated to posting all of the newsletter's content. To visit our newsletter blog, click here.
January 2012 First Edition.pdf
January 2012 Calendar.pdf
We encourage you to check out our podcast on iTunes, where you can listen and download all of our sermons. Just search "First Reformed Church Oak Harbor" in the podcast section! Or if you would like to listen to the sermons directly from their website, please Click on music note below!
Mother's Day Out Program
Our Mother's Day Out program takes place here at the church on Mondays and Thursdays from 9:30a-1:30p. This program is designed to give parents a safe and nurturing environment for their children while they are left able to have a"day out."
Please email mdo_frcoh.org if you are interested in signing up!
VBS Registration Form 2011.pdf
Facilities Request Form 2.pdf
Sports Camp Registration 2011.pdf
Liability Release Agreement - Medical Treatment Authorization - Sept 2010-Aug 2011.pdf
Health Ministries Questionnaire.pdf
Please visit our Staff Page to get a closer look at the members of the FRC Staff!
Ready or not here it comes, 2012! New goals are made, high hopes in the air, this year is the year that _____ is finally going to be accomplished. I’ll check back with you in a couple weeks to see how these goals are going. Last year my goal was to live my life simply to the lyrics of my grandmother’s favorite song, Give Me Jesus. My family spent last new years singing this together when she passed away. I encourage you consider the lyrics as you start thinking about New Year resolutions. As we live in between the seasons of remembrance and looking forward to what is to come let us not forget to abide in what is right now, You can have all this world, Just give me Jesus.
Blessings,
Amy Jansen, Youth Director
Calendar of Events:
Every Sunday night 6:00-7:30pm : high school Youth Group
Every Monday at 4:00pm: Middle School Bible Study
Every Wednesday night 6:30-7:30pm: High School Bible Study and Middle School Youth Group.
January 4th—Regular activities begin again
January 10th—Deadline for signing up for Winter Retreat
January 21st—Service project with InterFaith Coalition, 10a
Reminder: February 17—20 is the Winter Retreat!
If you have a question or concern for the FRC Office staff, please fill out the form below and your message will be sent to the main office. Thank you!
Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 9:00a-5:00p
(Tuesdays Closed from 12:00p-1:00p for Staff Meeting)
Fridays: 9:00a-1:00p
Closed Saturday & Sunday
Event 02 ~ 29.05.2010
