I will exalt You, my God and King,
and praise Your name forever and ever.
I will praise You every day;
yes, I will praise You forever!

Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure His greatness.
Psalm 145:1-3
June 23, 2022


Volunteers In Service is looing for a part-time person to manage bookkeeping through QuickBooks and donor donations through Salesforce. This includes donation processing and acknowledgements, as well as managing donor reports. This person works closely with the Executive Director and is 8-10 hours per week. For a complete job description Click Here. For questions, or if you are interested in applying, contact Bernita Tuinenga at btuinenga@visgr.org.

Deacon Orientation Training
Sign Up Today!

This training is for new deacons or current deacons that may want to have a refresher on what the role of the deacon is about.


All trainings are from 6:30pm-8:30pm unless otherwise noted.

There is no cost to attend but registration is requested to assure we have enough materials. Dates and location below:

Monday, August 15--Brookside CRC
Wednesday, August 24--Friendship CRC
Tuesday, August 30--Beckwith Hills CRC
Thursday, September 15--Daytime 1-3pm--Providence CRC


To register click here

If you have any questions please contact Bernita at btuinenga@visgr.org or Suzanne at sreinink@visgr.org
Can You Help?
VIS receives many serving opportunity requests. If you are able to assist
with these requests, please let us know.
Thank you!
1) Bible Study Friend  
Glory is a lonely isolated senior looking for a female friend who will visit and study the Bible with her.
Location: Division and MLK (Franklin Street))
(Contact David at dlundberg@visgr.org or call 459-7500 if you can help).  

2) Friendship
Marsha is 71 and has dementia. She lives with her husband who would like to get out 1x/week to play golf.
Location: Stauffer and 44th Street SE
(Contact Rosemary at rtymes@visgr.org or call 459-7500 if you can help)

3) Phone Friend
Ann is a lonely and isolated senior looking for someone to call her and chat.
(Contact Rosemary at rtymes@visgr.org or call 459-7500 if you can help)

4) Phone Friend
Sue is 61 and lives in an Adult Foster Care home. She would like to have a phone visitor.
(Contact Rosemary at rtymes@visgr.org or call 459-7500 if you can help)

5) Light Houskeeping
Calvin is 60 and disabled. He needs help with vacuuming, mopping floors, cleaning the kitchen and bathrooms.
Location: Near Pinery Park in Wyoming
(Contact Rosemary at rtymes@visgr.org or call 459-7500 if you can help)
6) Painting
Christel is 73 and needs the exterior of her mobile home painted before she receives a notice from the park. She is able to pay for the paint.
Location: Kentwood, Grand Village Mobile home park. (Contact Rosemary at rtymes@visgr.org or call 459-7500 if you can help)

7) Yard Work
Camilla is 69 and has a lot of leaves that need to be raked.
Location: Sparta
(Contact Rosemary at rtymes@visgr.org or call 459-7500 if you can help)

8) Yard Work
Melinda is 69 and needs the sidewalk edged, a corner of her lawn weed wacked as the mower can't get in there, and needs stones put down.
Location: Comstock Park Dr. near Pine Island Dr. and 131.
(Contact Rosemary at rtymes@visgr.org or call 459-7500 if you can help)
VIS has many more opportunities to serve than are listed in this newsletter. For more information contact Debbie Jones at dbjones@visgr.org