Peace
Reformed Church News, May 1, 2008
Vol
VI -- No. 18
Sunday,
May 4, 2008
8:30-9:00 am - Peace Prayer Team
9:15
am: Worship - Pastor Bob Rook
Theme: Apostles’ Creed
Series
Scripture: Various
Sermon: Christ the King and
Judge
10:20-11:15 am:
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,
May 11, 2008
8:30 -9:00 am – Peace
Prayer Team
9:15 am: Worship –
Pastor Bob Rook
Theme: Apostles’ Creed Series (Pentecost)
Scripture: Various
Sermon: The Holy Spirit
10:20-11:15 am
– Sunday School - Memory Verse: “He who has the
Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” Bible Point: We can find life in Jesus
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!
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 carole06@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 011, 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!
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.
Peace Pathfinders:
A group of young explorers is forming at Peace. Children who have completed third
through fifth grade are invited to attend the week-long event, called Service to
Others. Sessions include daily
field trips and lunch, from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm. Mark August 4 -8 on your calendar and
plan for your child to attend.
Contact Sheila Willson for details or to volunteer.
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 pm with a light meal and concludes at
8:15. Contact Holli Rook or Deb Van
Peursem to volunteer for the VBS Team.
The
Peace Prayer Team meets from 8:30 - 9:00 every Sunday morning in
the youth room. Come and 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
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 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. Com,
spend a few minutes listening to his poetry and find out how God changed his
life.
Ron Piper
will be in Sioux Falls speaking at
Sioux Falls
Christian High
School on three different occasions, Saturday, May 3
at 7 pm; Sunday May 4 at 10 am; Sunday, May 4 at 3 pm. Tickets are free and are available
through First Reformed Church in Sioux
Falls
Gospel
Mission: Members of Peace Reformed
Church are conducting the 11:00 service May 4 at the Sioux City Gospel
Mission, 301 West Eighth
Street.
Peace conducts the service every other week. Here is an opportunity for you to
share love with men, women, and children in our city who desperately need an
extra smile and ray of hope.
Everyone is welcome. For
more detail, please contact Carole or Terry Johnston (943-9904)
Never Underestimate the
Power of a Positive Woman study group - at 6:00 p.m., meeting every
other Wednesday night. The next meeting will be May 14. They will meet at St. Mark The class will last through spring and
is open to new members at any time.
See Sheila Willson for details.
Cool Kids Choir
will be singing during worship on May 11 with the Chancel Choir.
Sunday
School Mission: The Sunday School offering
for the months of March, April, and May will go to the children of our
missionaries in Africa, Jeremy and Susan
Beebout. This special love gift from Peace children will
help Lydia and
Eliza adapt to life in Niger by providing some personal
wants and needs. If you want to give to this effort and do not attend Sunday
school, just drop an amount designated to the Beebouts in the offering
plate. Peace Sunday school children will be communicating with the
family by exchanging pictures and letters by e-mail. Will you help us
support our RCA missionaries, who are giving their all to carry God's Word and
love to Africa, with a special
gift? Please share with your children the special meaning of
the Sunday school offering during these three months. In
addition, members of the congregation may directly contact the
Beebouts with words of support by e-mailing them at jesubeeb@yahoo.com.
Calendar:
May 1 – 6:30
pm – Siouxland Youth for Christ
Banquet
May 13 –
6:30pm – Domestics
May
18 – Last Day of Sunday
School
May 21 – 5:30 pm
– Interim Leadership
Team
Praise Corner:
- A new baby, Josie Lynn
Kempter, was welcomed into the family of God by baptism on
Sunday
If you have items you
would like included in the “Praise Corner” please send them to hjbilsland@cableone.net or call
255-9225.
Thanks!
Birthday’s this
week:
May 1 – Dale Parker,
Lauren Solomon
May 2 – Ryan
Cassens
May 3 – Neil
Bartholomew, Wilson Huitink, Kristin Simpson
May 7 – Barry Meylink,
Hannah Ott
Anniversaries this
week:
May 1 – Craig and Jodie
Solomon
May 4 – Brent and Lori
Plantage
Church
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