Registration of Visitors and Members
We would like you to sign the attendance register on the seat nearest the center aisle in each row.  Please sign the pad, pass it down the row and then return it to the center.

Offering

Offertory................. “Partita on Praise to the Lord” setting by Cynthia Goff

*Song of Thanksgiving # 815......................................... “Doxology”

*Prayer of Dedication

*Song # 466............................................ “Jesus, Our Lord and King”

Children’s Message

Bible Reading......................................................... Ephesians 4:8-16

Sermon........................................................ “Christ the Royal Judge”

Sharing of Joys and Concerns

Prayers of the People & Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

 

*Song # 45..................................... “Crown Him with Many Crowns”

*Benediction

Postlude......... “God of Grace and God of Glory” setting by Anna Laura Page

* Those that are able are invited to stand

Announcements

Thank you to our worship participants today – Liturgist: Kathy Schroer; Sermon: Pastor Bob Rook; Organist: Hank Baker; Greeters: John & Carol Hantla; Ushers: Clay & Larie Miller; Nursery: Deb Mastbergen; Next Week: Sherry King

Nursery service is available: The nursery is located to the right as you enter the building. 

Coffee is available in the foyer on the counter enjoy some with a friend or while you make a new friend.

Sunday School for ages 3 – high school is located in the old fellowship hall and youth room.  The music time is for pre-K through 6^th grade immediately following worship.  Please meet in the new fellowship hall.

Sunday School Memory Verse: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 Bible Point: Jesus gives us eternal life.

Sunday School:  TODAY Pastor Bob will be leading the second Sunday school class with a DVD of Reggie McNeal who will talk about "Seeking First the Kingdom."  Reggie will make you think about what it means to BE the church while you enjoy his great sense of humor. Reggie's down to earth style makes him very easy to listen to and he really makes you think about your faith.  Please join us for this great opportunity to learn and grow together!

Sioux City Gospel Mission Poet: Mission poet Steve McMillin will be reciting his poetry during Sunday school on May 4 in the Red Room. The brief presentation will be begin immediately after the service. Steve formerly was a resident of the mission but now lives on his own. He has been reciting poetry during the Sunday morning chapel services at the mission for eight years. Come, spend a few minutes listening to his poetry and find out how God changed his life.

Praise Team meets at 6:30 this evening at St. Mark. New members are always welcome.

Cool Kids Choir will be singing during worship next Sunday with the Chancel Choir.

Chancel Choir meets at 7:00 on Wednesday evenings.

Domestics will meet on Tuesday, May 13.  All ladies are welcome to come help with quilts and to enjoy the fellowship.

Sunday School Children to Sunrise Manor: Children, preschool age to 8th grade, will be singing for Alzheimer's residents at Sunrise Manor May 18, the last day of Sunday school. The children will give the residents spring baskets, mixed with good cheer and lots of smiles. At 10:30 a.m., after sharing in the graduates' reception briefly, all children will gather at the piano in the new dining room to car pool to Sunrise. The group should return to the church by 11:20 a.m. Any parents available to drive please see Carole Johnston today.  

Interim Leadership Team meetings are monthly at 5:30 p.m. the next meeting is, May 21, at St. Mark.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Peace Prayer Team meets from 8:30 - 9:00 every Sunday morning in the youth room. Come, join the group as they pray for members of our church and community who are ill, bereaved, or otherwise in need. Those in attendance may pray silently or aloud. If you have a prayer request please leave it in the church mail box near the nursery. 

2008 Graduations will soon be here!  If you will graduate from high school or post-high school please notify Holli Rook ASAP so we can include you in our spring graduation acknowledgement. A reception will be on Sunday, May 18 which is our last day of Sunday School.

Vacation Bible School: Power Lab is the topic of this year's Vacation Bible School at Peace. Exciting discoveries are waiting to be made during the evening sessions held July 14-17 at St. Mark. VBS, which is for preschool through 5th grade, begins at 5:45 with a light meal and concludes at 8:15. Contact Holli Rook or Deb Van Peursem to volunteer for the VBS Team.

Church Heralds and the spring issue of the RCA Today are available from the ushers.

Peace Pathfinders:  A group of young explorers is forming at Peace. Children who have completed third through 5th grade are invited to attend the week-long event, called Service to Others. Sessions include daily field trips and lunch, from 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  Mark August 4 - 8 on your calendar and plan for your child to attend. Contact Sheila Willson for details or to volunteer.

 

Calling All Summer Lovers, Especially Kids!! Would you like to spend lots of time in the fresh air this summer? Want to go swimming? Play outdoor games? Make new friends? Explore God's Word and his wonderful world? The answer is beautiful Inspiration Hills, only an hour away in Inwood, Iowa. Camps are available for first graders through senior high students, families too. Friends are welcome to attend. Go to inspirationhills.org or call 866/858-3265 to register or for information. In addition, contact Carole Johnston (943-9904 or carolej06@hotmail.com) if you plan on going.

Peace Kids Was Fantastic! A special Thank You from the Education Team to all volunteers for Peace Kids: Your enthusiasm, dedication, creativity, and food during our Wednesday night program, called Rescue 911, are deeply appreciated! Thank you for your time and energy you willingly donated for a successful four-week session for Peace children. A very special thank you to Larry Finley for bringing his restored 1975 ambulance. What a beauty - and the siren was really loud. Awesome is the word for Rescue 911!

The May and June Anniversaries and Birthdays are published on the website so we can celebrate as a family.  If you do not have internet access a hard copy is available on the bulletin board each month as well.  If we miss yours, please contact Larie Miller.

Prayer Corner
Al DeWolf was admitted to Mercy Medical Center for fluid around his heart but also for an infection on his knee.  He under went surgery on his knee after some dialysis treatments which all went well.  The infection was also found in his blood.  On Friday he was moved to the intensive care with low blood pressure and moments of confusion.
Gunner Stanwick had cystoscopy at Mercy on Friday to check into urinary tract problems he is having.  Doctors were able to do a small procedure to help him and he is home doing well.

Ephesians 4:8-16
⁸Therefore it is said, “When he ascended on high he made captivity itself a captive; he gave gifts to his people.” ⁹(When it says, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.) ¹¹The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, ¹²to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, ¹³until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ. ¹⁴We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. ¹⁵But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, ¹⁶from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love.