DID YOU KNOW? As we near the end of the year, the deacons would like to remind the congregation that Shalom has a brokerage account that can be used to donate stocks, bonds, or mutual funds directly to Shalom. The benefit of donating money this way is that you get the full tax deduction, but you won’t incur any capital gains taxes like you would if you sold the security on your own. Please contact a deacon or Dawn at the church office for more details. CHILDREN'S MINISTRY DIRECTOR (CMD) POSITION AVAILABLE - The CMD will be primarily responsible for the day-to-day direction of Shalom’s ministry to children 5th grade and younger. The CMD will assist the Children’s Ministry Team in coordinating ministry to children with the Youth Ministry Team and the Adult and Family Ministry Team as part of a comprehensive staff ministry and in fulfillment of the Children’s Ministry Team mandate. This position is scheduled for 25 hours a week, which may vary depending on the seasonal workload. Please contact Dawn in the church office to request the full job description. If you have questions about the position, please contact Pastor DeYoung or Eric Aasen, Council President. If you are interested, please send a cover letter, resume, and three professional/personal references to office@shalomcrc.org.

THIS WEEK’S ACTIVITIES

Wednesday 6:30 pm Outreach Team Meeting

Children’s Ministry Team Meeting 6:45 pm Cadets 7:00 pm High School Youth Group Saturday 8:00 am Furniture Mission Serve Day 9:00 am Sharing Christmas Distribution Sunday 7:45 am Stephen Ministry Supervision 9:00 am Worship Service 10:15 am Kid Zone Program Practice 6-10th Sunday School Catechism 4:30 pm Christmas Caroling and Potluck

Middle School Youth Group Caroling

Monday 7:00 pm Friendship Ministry Tuesday 9:15 am Coffee Break 6:30 pm Adult and Family Ministry Team

Meeting

The calendar of events is available at http://www.shalomcrc.org/resources/events/

Web- www.shalomcrc.org

Phone # - 605-371-1597

The calendar of events is available at http://www.shalomcrc.org/resources/events/

Web- www.shalomcrc.org

Phone # - 605-371-1597

We encourage any members or prospective members who may have a need for pastoral care or counseling to contact Pastor DeYoung, their Community Group Elder, or Deacon. If necessary, they will direct you to a resource that will best meet your needs. All requests will be kept confidential. Community Group lists are available on the on the Shalom website at www.shalomcrc.org under Resources/Member Resources/Church Directory. HERO Group – Abel HERO Group – Moses Elder: Brooke Heethuis Elder: Heath Oberloh Deacon: Wil Zobel Deacon: Jaci Schaap

HERO Group – Noah HERO Group – Gideon Elder: Darwyn Sprik Elder: Brett Erickson Deacon: Marilyn Van Zanten Deacon: Pam Ten Napel

HERO Group - Isaac HERO Group – David Elder: Dan Breen Elder: Scott Vanden Bosch Deacon: Davee Connell Deacon: Chris Dieleman

HERO Group - Jacob HERO Group – Samuel Elder: Verlyn Van Beek Elder: Jeff Brands Deacon: Jen De Jong Deacon: Travis Netten

Pastor Kyle DeYoung

Office #: 605-371-1597 ext. 21 Email – pastorkyle@shalomcrc.org

CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS office@shalomcrc.org 371-1597

SHALOM Christian Reformed Church

Growing in Christ

Showing God’s glory

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

VISION: Shalom will be a covenant family leading people to a growing union with Jesus Christ and showing the glory of God.

MISSION:

We invite everyone to cultivate a vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ, celebrate in worship, care for and encourage each other, and communicate Christ to the world.

DEADLINE FOR WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS is Wednesday by 8:00am.

Pray for Kathy Banyai’s cousin, Mark Swedlund as he has been battling bladder cancer. Recent biopsy results were not as he had hoped. He will go to Mayo for more tests on December 9 and will also begin chemo.

Continue to pray for Linda Vis in her battle with cancer.

We rejoice with Zach and Molly Erickson in the birth of their son, Brett Daniel, born Thursday, November 21. He was early at 37 weeks, weighing 7lbs 11oz. Molly and baby are all doing great.

Joshua Bierma will be going to Minneapolis for a heart catheterization procedure this Friday, December 6. Please pray for no unexpected illness that would postpone the procedure. Also pray for peace for us as we await the results. The results of this procedure will determine if we can move forward with removing his IV at the end of the month. Please pray that the results will be favorable for this! It's hard to even fathom what life could be like without his IV. Thank you for your prayers! -- Mark, Aleta, Katelyn, Austin, and Josh

Pray for Joe and Kristin Bosman’s sister-in-law, Heather Bosman, who was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in August. Heather will have a follow up PET scan/MRI on Wednesday, December 4. Please pray that the chemo and radiation is working.

CHRISTMAS CAROLING & POTLUCK – Congregation you are invited to join us THIS Sunday, December 8, as we Christmas carol at designated locations in our area. We will be caroling to some of the elderly of Shalom at different nursing homes and retirement communities in the area. They will all be indoors! Meet at church at 4:30pm to be sent out to carol, and then we will join back at church at 6pm for a fellowship potluck. To properly organize the caroling locations, we do ask that you sign up ahead of time. Please do so by today Wednesday, December 4 by clicking here: http://bit.ly/33M4oZa LADIES DINNER OUT – Looking to expand your culinary pallet or try a new restaurant in Sioux Falls? Then join us for dinner Thursday, December 12. Dinner will be at Inca Mexican Restaurant located at 3312 S Holly Ave. Space is limited so please sign up before December 11 by clicking here: https://goo.gl/ev2PmB We will be eating at ethnic, non-chain restaurants in Sioux Falls, so if you are unable to make it this time, join us next time. All ages are welcome. If you have questions, please talk to Sarah Lieuwen. SENIOR AND FRIENDS - We will be meeting in the First CRC activity center on Saturday, December 14 at 10am. A catered brunch will be served at no charge. For reservations and/or cancellations, please call Joyce Christians at 351-9294 by noon on Monday, December 9. A musical program will be provided by Jacob Shoup, a local Christian artist and youth leader. The program will consist of variations of Christmas music, well known carols, and some possible audience participation.

KID ZONE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM PRACTICE continues this coming Sunday. This is our final practice before the program next week! CHILDREN AND WORSHIP will meet this Sunday, December 8 and will not meet on Sunday, December 15. Please check the Service Assignments section below for weekly greeter assignments. THE JANUARY-MARCH 2020 NURSERY SCHEDULE has been completed. You will find a paper copy in your church mailbox with your date(s) highlighted. Thank you to all of our volunteers!

NURSERY CHRISTMAS EVE - the nursery will be open for use, but it will be unstaffed. LOST AND FOUND – If you are missing items, please check the Lost and Found box on the shelf in west entrance of the narthex.

ADULT AND FAMILY MINISTRY Sarah Lieuwen, AFM Director slieuwen@shalomcrc.org 371-1597 X 22

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY Travis Noteboom, Children’s Ministry Team Leader

FACILITY Har Dirksen, Facility Manager hdirksen@shalomcrc.org 351-2300

PRAYER REQUESTS office@shalomcrc.org 371-1597

OUTREACH SIGN-UPS – All Outreach volunteer opportunities and sign-ups are listed under the Outreach portion of our website www.shalomcrc.org. Please contact Brendon De Boer if you have any questions. FURNITURE MISSION – Our next opportunity to serve at the Furniture Mission is December 7. There are many different jobs to be done: going out with delivery trucks for home deliveries and pickups, assisting clients at the Furniture Mission who come in to pick out their furniture, answering phones, and general cleaning. We meet at the Furniture Mission at 8:00am on each respective Saturday that we serve, and we are finished by 11:00am. To run the mission successfully each month, we are in need of 12-14 volunteers. Follow the sign up directions above to join in! MISSION HAITI – We will have 15 individuals from our church participating in our trip to Haiti in January. Please be in prayer for the preparation of all the hearts, minds, and bodies that will be traveling to not only represent our church, but to be the hands and feet of Christ and learn about Him while staying with our brothers and sisters in Ti Riviere. WORKERS ON WHEELS – Shalom’s assistance is needed for the vulnerable seniors in our community this winter! Val Lietz is the Director for Workers on Wheels and they have a program called “Adopt a Sidewalk” where volunteers help seniors with snow removal throughout the winter season. Currently, we have over 50 homeowners on our needs list and more are calling in each day. We only have enough volunteers committed to cover 20 homes! The volunteers need to have the snow removed within the City Ordinance time frame of 48 hours after the snow event for their assigned homeowner(s). Homeowners are assigned by the zip code or home/work address designated by the volunteers so you can literally be helping your neighbors and maybe even your church members in the 57103 zip code area. If Interested, please contact Val at her email address: vlietz@activegen.org or call at 605-333-3307. FRIENDSHIP – We still have lots of opportunities to get involved and serve those who are in need of a spiritual mentor and friend! Email Brendon De Boer at Friendship@shalomcrc.org if you are curious, have questions, or are ready to get involved. “PEACE, PEACE” CHOIR PEOPLE - If anyone is interested in helping lead “Peace, Peace” for the Christmas Eve/Candlelight service, we will be meeting on Sunday, December 22 following the service to do a few run throughs. HOLIDAY SERVICE SCHEDULE –

Christmas Caroling and Potluck – Sunday, December 8 at 4:30pm (see AFM announcement)

Children’s Christmas Program – Sunday, December 15 at 9:00am

Candlelight/Christmas Eve Service – Tuesday, December 24 at 5:00pm RECENT SERMONS are available on the Shalom website or by clicking the following link http://www.shalomcrc.org/resources/sermons/

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP – will be meeting on Wednesday, December 4, from 7:00 – 9:00pm. We will also be serving pizza from 6:30 –

7:00pm, so be sure to come a little earlier before we begin our worship and testimony night!

CATECHISM – will meet on Sunday, December 8, following the morning service.

SUNDAY SCHOOL – will meet on Sunday, December 8, following the morning service.

DRINKS - If you would like to donate pop or water to the youth group, please feel free to put them in the kitchen and write “Youth” on it.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

YOUTH GROUP – will be meeting on Sunday, December 8, at 4:30pm to go caroling and will return to church at 6:00pm to have supper together. Please sign your child and/or your family up using this link, so we can gauge how much food to plan for: http://bit.ly/33M4oZa

SUNDAY SCHOOL – will meet on Sunday, December 8, following the morning service.

DRINKS - If you would like to donate pop or water to the youth group, please feel free to put them in the kitchen and write “Youth” on it.

YOUTH MINISTRY Bryan Langfitt, Youth Director blangfitt@shalomcrc.org 371-1597 X 23

OUTREACH Brendon De Boer, Outreach Director bdeboer@shalomcrc.org 371-1597 X 26

712-441-6708

WORSHIP Danielle Schouten, Worship Director dschouten@shalomcrc.org 371-1597 X 24

FAITH FELLOWSHIP WEEKEND - Friday, January 17 – 6:00-8:00pm and January 18 & 19 – 7:15am-4:00pm each day. The theme for the weekend is “Year of Grace” based on Titus 3:3-8. Join us for worship, large group talks, and small group discussions. The deadline for signing up is Monday, December 30. We would be happy to have you join us for part of the weekend or all of it. If you would like more information or to sign up, please contact us at office@cornerstonepcsd.org or call 507-215-3670. Thank you for considering this wonderful ministry opportunity! CENTER OF HOPE –

The Clothing Ministry at the Center of Hope is in desperate need of men's coats and hoodies. If you have more than you need for the winter season, please consider donating coats and hoodies to the Center of Hope.

The Center of Hope needs Front Desk volunteers! Front Desk duties include greeting guests when they walk into the Care Center, ringing up purchases at the register, answering the phone, inviting guests to our Bible studies, and encouraging our guests to walk in step with the Spirit. We would love to have you be a part of our volunteer family.

CHRISTMAS CHORAL CONCERT is Friday, December 6, 7:30pm at Dordt University. It will feature Bella Voce (women’s chorus), Canons of Dordt (men’s chorus), and Concert Choir. The choirs will explore a wide range of repertoire for Christmas to commemorate and marvel at the great mystery and wondrous gift of the birth of Christ. Highlights include Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols for choir and harp, Christmas spirituals, works by Kim André Arnesen, and a few humorous moments including “The Twelve Days After Christmas.”

THIS WEEK’S SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS

Offerings: Shalom Christian Education Assistance Ministry Video Engineer: Bryan Santema Sound Tech: Katelyn Bierma Pianist: Cindy Santema Library: Aleta Bierma, Julie Ledeboer Nursery:

9:00 Infant: Jim & Sheri Malm 9:00 Toddler: Dan & Kristin Breen, Zach Bentz

Children & Worship: Leader Heath Oberloh Greeters Brent Vander Griend, Stephanie Dieleman

Refreshments: Ed & Rose Ligtenberg Open Close: Jared Kuik Ushers: Carl Bootsma, Al Punt, Ross Schaap 1st Impression: Joe/Kristin Bosman, Matt & Jenny Nelson, Sara Mulder, Luanne Wuestewald

NEXT WEEK’S SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS

Offerings: Furniture Mission Video Engineer: Steve Connell Sound Tech: Mark Bierma Pianist: Christmas Program Library: Pam Ten Napel, Shirley Burgers Nursery:

9:00 Infant: Josh & Danelle Schneider 9:00 Toddler: Alex Overweg, Cindy Nieuwendorp, Sydney Schaap

Children & Worship: No Children & Worship Refreshments: Kevin & Garn Kuiper Open Close: Jeremy Mulder Ushers: Carl Bootsma, Al Punt, Ross Schaap 1st Impression: Joe/Kristin Bosman, Matt & Jenny Nelson, Sara Mulder, Luanne Wuestewald

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