PROVIDENCE LEADERSHIP 2024-2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tim Breems Paul Buikema Chair
INVESTING IN MINISTRY By Chair Paul Buikema
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others.” 1 PETER 4:10 (NIV) When we invest our finances, we keep an eye on returns. Many of you, like Henry & Kathy Schroth who you will meet later in this issue, have invested
Ed Damstra III Dave DeGraff Ted Feenstra Ken Hoving Vice Chair
Karen Huizenga Secretary/Treasurer Patti Jabaay Arnold Koldenhoven Gary W. Leo Rob Petroelje Darren VanEssen Asst. Secretary/Treasurer David Voss Dr. Eric Woo Kyle Yonker BOARD OF GOVERNORS Jacob Groenewold Chair Don DeGraff Justin Kats Bastian Knoppers
in Providence. They are two names on the long list you’ll find in this magazine of people who chose to invest in seniors by supporting our ministry. The returns of that investment are in the residents who are thriving and programs that are growing. We also make investments of our talents. You’ll read about a resident who invested in the lives of students on the mission field and of outstanding staff honored at our Hallmark of Caring event. We’ve seen the fruits of our labors together as we attained Assisted Living licensure in Indiana, as Providence Hospice reached a new level in We Honor Veterans designation, or in the beautiful Arbor Walk at Park Place of Elmhurst that earned ArbNet designation. What about that most precious of commodities: time? As you read you’ll meet some of our residents who invest their time in the lives of Bethshan residents (a mutual benefit, I may add) and Zeeland students who invested their time beautifying our Michigan campus. You’ll see women from Palos Heights CRC invest their time bringing game time and fellowship to Victorian Village. Of course, you’ll enjoy meeting Dewey, a Royal Park Place resident and centenarian, who spends his time cultivating his health and sharing his love of God with all who meet him. And, finally, we must visit the bittersweet retirement of Providence CEO Rich Schutt, who has invested all that he is into this non-for-profit since he was 15 years old, working as a custodian at one of our communities and continuing to this day modeling a servant’s heart in leadership. His entire professional career has been spent enhancing the lives of those he serves. We see the returns of his investment on the faces of each of our residents, and we know that all he has given to Providence through the years will continue to show fruit for years to come. We thank him, and we thank all of you, for choosing to invest in our ministry.
Dave Larsen Bruce Leep Dick Molenhouse
Cal Tameling Don Van Dyk Richard Van Hattem Dr. Eric Woo Liaison to Board of Directors
Robert Workman William Zandstra
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