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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

 

 

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at 712-239-5192.