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The Ark, next to the De Banne shopping centre, is a meeting place for everyone. The space is used for various meetings, a meditation group, a language café and choir rehearsals. Every Thursday, the Ark is used as a distribution point for the Food Bank and the Social Grocer is also open.

Founded in 1974 as a Dutch Reformed parish church. Hall church with side rooms, without tower. Strikingly situated on a pond amidst greenery. Until 1996, members of the Dutch Reformed Churches in the Netherlands also attended church in this church. Currently (summer 2010) there is a discussion about closing the church building due to the merger of two districts of the PKN Maassluis. The last PKN church service was held in De Ark on 26 September 2010. The Reformed Immanuel Church (1955, BT Boeyinga) has been the Protestant church of Maassluis since Sunday 3 October 2010. The De Ark building has now become a Dutch Reformed church.

Reformed church centre De Ark is the church building for the parishes six and seven of the Reformed Church of Ede. It was built in 1981 in the Veldhuizen district and is completely detached. On 17 December 1981, the church building was put into use in a service led by Rev. T. van 't Veld and Rev. H. Nap. The name of the church refers to Noah's ark. That is why a memorial stone has been embedded at the entrance to the church with a text that refers to this: 'Go thou and thy whole house into the ark'. For the construction of the building, a temporary church was used that could accommodate 350 people. This was a wooden building that had been purchased in Huizen in 1969. It was no longer needed there because the Reformed Zenderkerk had been completed. Volunteers from Ede demolished the building in Huizen and rebuilt it in Ede in a part of the Veldhuizen district, which was not yet built up at the time. For the establishment of parish 6 in the Veldhuizen district, parish five was divided. The emergency church was put into use in April 1969 in a service led by Rev. A. den Hartogh, the minister of parish 5 and Rev. Noordegraaf, the minister of the new parish.

On May 2, 1992, the new Reformed center, which was then named 'De Ark', was put into use.

Built as Dutch Reformed Church. Now a church of the Protestant Community of Oude Mijnstreek.

Built in 1966 as a Reformed Church. Modern church with freestanding high tower. After partial demolition of outbuildings in 2003 new construction. The Reformed Church (Liberated) worshipped in the hall of De Ark from 1969 to 1973.

Characteristic Reformed church building with roof turret. The Ark is now a church of the local PKN, the Protestant Community.

Built as Reformed Church Liberated De Ark (1965, A. de Ruiter). The congregation first met at Wilhelminaplein 2. The church building was expanded in 1993. After ten years, expansion was again necessary. The church hall was doubled in size, the hall was enlarged and a consistory/meeting room was added. On 31 January 2004, the church was put back into use. (51-04)

Reformed Church from 1923 to 1996. Samen-op-Weg Church from 1997 to 2004. Protestant Church (PKN) 2005 - present.

In January 2005, construction began for the Centrum district on a new PKN church (formerly NH) on the corner of Krommeweg/Laan van Welhorst. The Centrum district started in the De Schoof school. That was demolished and the De Schoof shopping centre is now located there. After that, the GK could be used until it grew so much that double services were held and there was no more room for the Centrum district. The Centrum district now holds church services in the Dorpskerk. The new church is expected to be ready in January 2006. Then the Dorp district can once again use the Dorpskerk entirely and the Centrum district will have its own church.