FRC Extended (First Reformed Church): Recent Episodes
First Reformed Church (FRC) - Orange City, Iowa
Going beyond Sunday morning, this podcast features Stories of God's Faithfulness, Moments in Missions, Ministering through Music, and other programs produced by First Reformed Church in Orange City, IA.
This year as the Advent candles are lit, we will get glimpses of how we are reaching out into the world. In our final Christ candle we see how Christ mends the broken places in our lives making them better than before they were broken.
This year as the Advent candles are lit, we will get glimpses of how we are reaching out into the world. This week we see how LOVE is evident in Cambodia.
This year as the Advent candles are lit, we will get glimpses of how we are reaching out into the world. This week we see how PEACE is evident in our connections in Compton.
This year as the Advent candles are lit, we will get glimpses of how we are reaching out into the world. This week we see how HOPE is evident in our connections to Haiti.
The lights we built in June have made it to Ukraine! Sara Van Zee and Drew Nonnemacher provide an update on the lights' journey and the hope they provide in war-torn areas.
This is the final week of our reading through 1 Corinthians. Follow along as Amanda Haverdink reads 1 Corinthians 15 and 16 to prepare for Sunday's message.
Follow along as Allie Haverdink and Pastor Mark Haverdink read 1 Corinthians chapters 3 & 4.
Our Blueprints: God's Design for the Church sermon series begins by exploring unity among the believers in Corinth. Teaching text: 1 Corinthians 1 & 2
Ukrainian refugee Alina Vlasenko shares her family's experiences during the Russian invasion in February 2022.
In this episode, Alli Haverdink and April Beaver share ways to communicate with your significant other. They explore three things you should discuss before marriage, how to fight with your spouse, and what it means to have open communication.
In this Bonus Sermon Content, Tom Hydeen and Lyle Lundgren talk about what it means to love your neighbor and how loving your neighbor ties into our study of the Ten Commandments.
Discussion Questions:
1) Read Matthew 22:36-40. Why do you think Jesus placed such importance on loving your neighbor?
2) What do you think Jesus meant when he said to love your neighbor as yourself? What are some ways you typically treat yourself better than others? Are there times you treat other people better than yourself?
3) Who is your neighbor? Everyone? Only people who live near you?
4) When do you find it the most difficult to love your neighbor?
5) What are some practical ways we can love our neighbors?
6) Read Luke 10:25-37. What point do you think Jesus was trying to get across in this parable?
7) How do you feel that loving your neighbor fits with the tagline of our sermon series - Unchained: God's Vision for True Freedom?
View our Unchained message series at https://frcoc.org/unchained.
This bonus sermon content talks about how we can love God, teach our kids to love God, and how loving God breaks chains in our life.
Discussion Questions...
1) Read Mark 12:28-34 and Exodus 20:1-17. What commandments talk about loving God? What commandments talk about loving your neighbor?
2) What are some ways we can love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength? In what ways do you love God?
3) How can we teach the younger generations to love God with all their heart?
4) When is it easy to love God? When is it hard? Is there anything you do to keep loving God when it is hard?
5) This sermon series is about being Unchained - Finding true freedom through the commandments. How do you think loving God can bring freedom?
View our Unchained message series at https://frcoc.org/unchained.
Sara Van Zee is joined in the studio with Jerry Dykstra. Jerry shares how the Wheelchair Ministry started in Orange City and how we can partner with this ministry to get wheelchairs to children around the world.
Think you know all there is to know about the Ten Commandments? You might be surprised…
Discussion Questions:
When did you first hear of the Ten Commandments? What was your reaction?
Has your view of the Ten Commandments changed since you first heard of them?
What did you find the most surprising in the information Pastor Tim shared in this video?
What questions/wonderings do you have about the Ten Commandments? What are you hoping will be shared in this sermon series about the Ten Commandments?
Sara Van Zee talks to 4 Northwestern Seniors about the development of Impact 180, an afterschool program for middle school and high school students in Orange City. The conversation includes ways that we can help make this ministry a success.
Emily Fischer shares her heart about finding balance and partnering with the Holy Spirit in raising kids. "We should be encouraged that we as parents don’t have to protect our kids from the world alone, but simply be with them as they find Jesus in each chapter in this broken world."
Get to know the Orange City area youth pastors as they get to know each other in this experimental video podcast. Topics include our background, churches, children, and what we would do if we didn't do youth ministry.
Director of Missions, Sara Van Zee, sits down with Pat Dirkse, the pastor of the City Church of Compton. Pat shares how he decided to go to Compton, what life is like living in one of the most dangerous cities in America, and ways we can partner with him and his ministry.
See more information about The Lab at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgb6bUE5gNw.
Suzanne Haverdink shares her story of losing her mom to cancer at a young age and how, years later, she realized she was stuck in her grief.
Suzanne is the wife of Pastor Mark Haverdink and mom to Allie and Eli, who are young adults attending Northwestern College.
Today's guest is Sarah Kuiper. She is the Director of Children and Family Ministries at First Reformed Church and has a heart for kids with special needs. In this episode, Sarah shares how God stirred her heart for children with special needs, how special needs have impacted her own family, and the ways our church is ministering to families with special needs children.