Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church

Announcements

• Delightfully Calumet Drive Through Holiday Light Display

  

  Open Friday thru Sunday in December 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. (including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day)

  Admission is a can food donation. Donated food will be distributed to Calumet County food pantries. Monetary donations also accepted.

  This event is a joint venture of fourteen civic organizations in Calumet County that to present a drive-through Christmas light show choreographed to holiday music. Fourteen 150-foot displays with various themes boasting over 140,000 lights can be viewed while driving through the northern portion of the Calumet County Fairgrounds.

• Shoebox Processing Center in Aurora, IL. Friday, December 3rd

  Friday, December 3rd working 12 to 3 p.m. The processing center is in Aurora, IL, we will be gone all day. Youth and adults ages 13 and up are invited to join us. Permission slip completed by a parent/guardian is required for all youth. Forms are on the narthex counter and church website. 

  For more info or to sign up contact Pastor Marc, Jeanne or Brenda Van Daalwyk.

• Youth Group 5th - 8th Grade - November 28th, 5:30 to 7:45 p.m.

  

  Youth Group meetings will be held at the home of Bob & Brenda Van Daalwyk. Address:  N6939 Irish Road – Hilbert.  Brenda will have supper prepared for all those in attendance.

  We invite our youth and their friends to join us at these youth group meetings.  Our Youth Groups are open to all area youth.  It is not necessary to be a member of Peace E & R Church to join the Youth Group.

• Youth Group Christmas Caroling - Sunday, December 12th @ 3:00 p.m.

  Our youth groups will go out together for caroling. We will end the afternoon the Officials Den Bowling Alley for pizza. 

  Please consider donating Cookies for caroling.  Cookies maybe brought to the church on Sunday, December 12th.

  For additional information, please contact Pastor Marc, Jeanne Axelrod or Brenda Van Daalwyk

• Election of New Consistory Member in January

  Thank you, Dennis Schwalbe, for serving our church as a Deacon on the Consistory for the past six years. 

  We will elect a new member to the consistory at the annual meeting on January 23, 2022.   If you are interested in serving on our church Consistory, please contact a current Consistory Member or Pastor Marc.

  Additionally, Whitney Ziegler is up for reelection to a second term as a church Elder.  Whitney currently holds the office of Secretary on the Consistory.

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  By Laws – Section XIII. Elections, Article 1.

  A majority vote cast at the annual congregational meeting shall elect members of the consistory.  They shall be elected for a term of office of three years.  One Elder and one Deacon are to be elected each year.  All elections shall be by ballot.  To be eligible for any office in the congregation, the candidate shall have been a member of the congregation for at least 1 year and must be 21 years of age or over.

• Additional Pianist/Organist

  We are looking for an additional person to play the piano and/or the organ for worship services, please contact a consistory member for more information.  

• Sound/Video Booth Volunteers

  Additional volunteers are needed for the sound/video booth during services. We would like to have two people in the booth at each service. Training and written instructions are provided.

   

  Duties include login to our service live stream programs, display PowerPoint presentations of the announcements and service on the computer, adjust video camera from the preset panel. Play music video that is uploaded if requested.

  Contact Jeanne Axelrod to help.

• Confirmation Classes - Wednesdays @ 6:15 pm

  Confirmation Classes for youth in 7th and 8th grade are held on Wednesday evenings 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 

  Information about our Confirmation II classes is available on this website under the Bible Lessons tab.

  • Confirmation Class Syllabus 
  • Weekly Class Study Lessons
  • Bible Application Lessons
  • Sermon Study Questions

• Devotion Lessons in Deuteronomy - Monday thru Friday @ 9:00 a.m.

  We invite you to join Pastor Marc in a study of the Book of Deuteronomy. Pastor Marc addresses a new chapter each day on his Facebook page at 9:00 a.m. Monday thru Friday.

  You may view these posts anytime at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/potterpastor

  Past lessons for Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers may be viewed on Pastor Marc's YouTube Page: Marc The Bible Teacher   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTY1swc_aYQUwGm6TJ-b6A/videos

   

• Women’s Bible Study & Book Club - Tuesday's at 6:30 p.m.

  

  Ladies join us for a relaxing evening of fellowship as we study of the book ~ Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan for Serious, Specific, and Strategic Prayer, by Priscilla Shirer.

  This book study is led by Nancy Schwalbe. 

  You will need to purchase the book for this study if you did not preorder one.

• The Book of Signs Study - Thursday's @ 7:00 p.m.On Hold until Dec. 2nd

  

  Join us in our study of - "The Book of Signs: 31 Undeniable Prophecies of the Apocalypse"

  This study is conducted via Zoom and led by Sheri Walber. Each week we will cover a chapter from the book.

  For a link to join this group, please contact the Sheri Walber or Jeanne Axelrod thru Facebook messenger.

  A Link to order the Book is below.

  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078522954X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1&fbclid=IwAR1ChsQcwtbuNUgAg8XmalmDStaoglR8vpksrqKXVCaurasrz_mEI6w8rQU

• Philippians Bible Study - Friday's @ 3:30 p.m. - Starting December 10th

  Join us for Bible study on Friday afternoons at 3:30 p.m. as we examine the book of Philippians.

  This study is conducted in person at church and via Zoom link.  For a link to join via Zoom, contact Pastor "Marc Axelrod" through Facebook messenger.
  
  Printed copies of the Philippians Bible Study questions will be available at church and on this website under "Bible Lessons"

• Saturday Breakfast & Bible Study Group - 7:00 a.m. on select Saturdays

  Join us for breakfast, fellowship and Bible study.  We meet at 7 Angels in Chilton on select Saturdays.

       Dates:  September 25th - October 9th and 23rd - November 13th

  Pastor Marc will bring printed copies of the study questions with him to the breakfast.

• Youth Group 9th - 12th Grade - January 9th, 5:30 to 7:45 p.m.

  Youth Group meetings will be held at the home of Bob & Brenda Van Daalwyk. Address:  N6939 Irish Road – Hilbert.  Brenda will have supper prepared for all those in attendance.

  We invite our youth and their friends to join us at these youth group meetings.  Our Youth Groups are open to all area youth.  It is not necessary to be a member of Peace E & R Church to join the Youth Group.

• The Voices of Peace Music Ministry - CD & Cookbook

  

  Help support the Voices of Peace music ministry and mission work by purchasing their new CD “All is Well” and/or cookbook “The Good News and Good Food”.  Cost is $15 each.

  You may order cookbooks and CD’s from Bud & Carolyn McAtee at 920-756-3830 or email:  bud.mcatee@gmail.com