Rein retired after 22 years of faithful service. In 1999 Pastor Kurt A. Hutchens began his ministry at Shalom. Staff, values, vision, mission and a new model for ministry have beem implemented to help better vision our ministry for the new millennium and to better equip us to reach out to the growing community we serve with the gospel of Jesus Christ. A grant from the ELCA so that we could expand our ministry team. A new Director of Music Ministry and a Director of Youth and Family Ministries as well as other support staff was hired.
Plans are underway to begin a Shalom Christian pre-school.
There are also plans for a Phase II building addition. As joyful followers of Jesus Christ our values, mission, and vision are the driving force behind our service here at Shalom. Our values, missions, and vision help us decide what we are going to do to serve God and other people, and how we can best utilize the resources that God has entrusted to us. What we believe The Bible is the inspired Word of God relevant and applicable to daily life issues. Jesus is Lord and Savior.