Aurora Reformed Church

Aurora Center, SD

Bulletin: January 25, 2026

OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH & SERVICE THIS WEEK

SUNDAY:  9:00 AM Service- Brad Veurink

WEDNESDAY:  7:00 PM Vision Team Meeting (with LeRoy Boender)

 

Birthdays: Trish Dykstra (29th)

 

Prayer Needs:

*Rodney Olivier will be starting radiation- chemo treatments for stage 2 Colorectal Cancer. Please keep him in your prayers.

*Margie Van Genderen is home and healing.

*Danielle Sprague (Julie Dykstra’s cousin) is undergoing treatment for colon cancer.  She is the daughter of Les and Marilyn VandenBos and the granddaughter of the late Orville and Adeline VandenBos. 

*LeeAnn Veurink (Brad Veurink’s sister) had a stroke and her left side is currently lame and she is in rehabilitation center for therapy to hopefully bring back some movement.

*Dan Veurink (Brad Veurink’s brother) is battling cancer and currently going through chemo treatments.

*Alvin Feenstra is at Firesteel Healthcare center in Mitchell.

*Pauline Tolsma is at the Parkston Nursing Home.

*Dorothy Vreugdenhil is at the assisted living in Corsica.

*Please keep in your prayers all our local firefighters, EMT, police officers and military. 

 

Mission we support: Living Stone Prison Church, Diamond Willow Ministries (Ft Thompson SD), Center of Hope (Sioux Falls), Navigator Ministries (Colorado Springs), Freedoms Gate Church, Eagle Nest Life Center (Wanblee SD).

 

I would like to thank everyone for their prayers. It was very much appreciated.
-Margie VanGenderen

 

UPCOMING CHURCH & COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Communion will be held on the morning service of February 1st, 2026.

We will be updating our church directory.  A directory information sheet is in your mailbox.  Please fill out any information that you wish to have included on your page and place in Norvil/Twila's church mailbox once completed.  If you do not have any corrections or additions to your previous page, please note that on the form and return it anyway!    Extra copies of the forms are on the back table if you need one.  Thank you!!

Ballots have been collected and counted and it was voted to have the Soup Supper donations evenly distributed between Aurora Reformed Church, Diamond Willow, and the Stickney EMS (to help defray the cost of training for the EMT’s). We want to thank you again everyone for your generous support to the Soup Supper. It is GREATLY appreciated.

Sunday January 25 Bethel Church of Platte will be hosting "A Night of Worship" featuring: Dillon & Molly Dehaai, Winston & Renae LaJesse, and Corbin Davis. Guest Speaker: Evangelist/Church Planter Jeremiah Frey. Everyone is invited to come early for our FREE Prime Rib & Pork Rib Dinner Party. Dinner at 6pm. Worship from 7-8pm.

Stickney Community Youth Group is hosting a "soup"er bowl lunch on Sunday Feb. 8 from 11:30am-1pm at the Stickney Community Building.  Youth will be serving  a variety of soups along with a sandwich, bars/cookies.  Money raised will be used to help with costs of Rocky Mountain High coming up this summer in Estes Park Colorado.  We appreciate your support.  

Save The Date! Women’s Retreat at New Hope Christian Camp, Saturday, April 18th featuring Chris Bordewyk as speaker. More information to follow. http://www.newhopechristiancamp.org for more information.

 

Vision Team Meetings
Discussion on looking at the future of the mission, vision, and the future of the church. “Who are we and where do we want to go?” Meetings will be held in the fellowship hall. If you desire to come but would like or need a ride, please contact one of the consistory members.

Dates of the meetings:

 

Kids in the Word Schedule

 

 

WORSHIP SERVICE
Prelude
Welcome
 Announcements
Call to Worship
Prayer
Congregational Greeting
Congregational Worship
#387 “O to Be Like Thee!”
#452 “Make Me a Blessing”
Children’s Message
Special Music
Olivia VanGenderen
Scripture
Psalm 13
Message
“A Heart Cry”
Responsive Hymn
#47 “God Will Take Care of You”
(Offertory)
Benediction
Closing Doxology
“Gloria Patri”
Postlude

 

 

Preaching Schedule:

Greeter List:

Special Music:

Organist Schedule:

Sound System Schedule:

**If you need an announcement or a prayer need listed in the bulletin or started on the prayer chain

please contact Sammie Prien at aurorareformedchurch@yahoo.com

All announcements need to be in by Thursday evening.

 

Consistory Members

Elders -- Mike VandenHoek (VP & general treasurer), Loran Dykstra, Robert Punt (clerk)

Deacons -- Beau VanGenderen (building), Aaron DeHaai (missions), Danny Prien