Special Services

Maundy Thursday Service:
Hope in the Darkest Hours
Selected Scriptures (Service Notes)
Music Playlist for the Service is below.
Pastor Kevin Morris
April 6, 2023

The Church Ordinances We Observe
Selected Scriptures (Service Notes)
Pastor Jerry Birkholz
February 12, 2023

Funeral Service for Melvin Kruizenga
Live-stream video from Bakken-Young available here.
December 3, 2022

Sam Slobodian (BIEM) and Ukrainian Pastor Eugene Buykos

A Special Service with guest speakers Sam Slobodian of Baptist International Evangelical Ministries (BIEM) and Ukrainian Pastor Eugene Buykos and family
Selected Scriptures (Service Sheet)
Pastor Jerry Birkholz
September 25, 2022

Audio begins with Pastor Jerry offering our pastoral prayer, then the Buykos girls singing, followed by Sam Slobodian giving an update on BIEM’s ministry, an overview of the situation in Ukraine by Pastor Buykos, and a brief message on faith from God’s word by Pastor Buykos.

Second audio file begins with Pastor Jerry discussing his connection with Sam Slobodian, then ends with the closing prayer.

Third audio file is the Question-and-Answer time held during the Sunday School half-hour.

Church Covenant

A Special Focus on Our Church Covenant: Observing the Two Church Ordinances
Selected Scriptures (Sermon Notes)
Pastor Jerry Birkholz
August 7, 2022

Resurrection Celebration 2022

A Special Resurrection Celebration: The Reality of the Resurrection
Selected Scriptures (Sermon Notes)
Pastor Jerry Birkholz
April 17, 2022

Good Friday 2022

A Special Good Friday Service: Jesus, the Lamb of God
Selected Scriptures (Sermon Notes)
Pastor Kevin Morris, Ken Hunt, Duane Moore, and Pastor Jerry Birkholz
April 15, 2022

Palm Sunday 2022

Faces in the Palm Sunday Crowd:
Whose Sandals Fit You Now?
Selected Scriptures
Pastor Kevin Morris (Sermon Notes)
April 10, 2022

New Year’s Service with Communion
“What Can We Expect God to Do in 2022?”
Pastor Jerry Birkholz (Sermon Notes)
Jan 2, 2022

Christmas Candlelight Service 2021

“Joseph: A Different Perspective on Jesus’ Birth”
Pastor Kevin Morris
Candlelight Service, December 22, 2021

“A Thanksgiving Heart Test”
1 Chronicles 17
Pastor Kevin Morris (Sermon Notes)
November 28, 2021

“Glorifying God Through Giving Thanks”
Psalm 50 and 1 Thessalonians 5
Pastor Jerry Birkholz (Sermon Notes)
November 21, 2021

“How Should We Now Live?” – Pt. 2
2 Corinthians 5
Pastor Jerry Birkholz (Sermon Notes)
November 14, 2021

“How Should We Now Live?” – Pt. 1
2 Corinthians 5
Pastor Jerry Birkholz (Sermon Notes)
November 7, 2021

“How Should We Then Live?”
Reformation Sunday
Pastor Jerry Birkholz (Sermon Notes)
October 31, 2021

“The Church and Its Identity” (Acts 2)
How does the church define itself?
A service of Communion and Baptism
Pastor Jerry Birkholz (Sermon Notes)
February 7, 2021

Christmas 2020

“Experiencing God’s Peace” (Psalm 23, Isaiah 53, Romans 5, Colossians 2)
Ken Hunt, Duane Moore, Isaac Karpenske, and Pastor Kevin Morris
(Order of Service)
November 8, 2020 – Communion Service

“How to Respond in Times of Social Upheaval” – Romans 13
and
“Examining the Soul in Unprecedented Times” – Romans 11
Pastor Jerry Birkholz
Special Video Service – June 7, 2020

A Special Maundy Thursday Worship Guide
April 9, 2020

“A Promise Made – and Kept” – A Special Communion Service
Matthew 26, Hebrews 9 – 10 [PDF of Service]
Pastor Kevin Morris
July 7, 2019