…half ministers; half are men and half are women.” The search team includes: Michelle Chahine, an elder from Immanuel Community Reformed Church in Lansing, Michigan, and president of Great Lakes City Classis. June Denny, an elder from Mescalero Reformed Church in Mescalero, New Mexico. She is retired from working in business administration for the U.S. government. Lee DeYoung, General Synod…
…Center where JJ works. He also met with a senior government official in Sicily to highlight the partnership between the Waldensians and the city of Palermo. “While the embrace of the pope was real,” said Gillett, “I hope it’s also a symbol that we can, as a thousand churches in an awful lot of different ways, find a way to…
…to encourage each one “to go out and find a couple of guys and start their own group.” At Rockhills Church, there are many of these groups. This is leadership training and multiplication at the grassroots. Tim Poppen is a member of Sunnybrook Community Church (RCA) in Sioux City, Iowa, and video producer for the Synod of the Heartland….
God at work through kohlrabi, the Called campaign, a volunteer toolkit, church multiplication practices, and local mission. “They have to write a 150-word article on kohlrabi.” —Lance Kraai, farm director at New City Neighbors, on some of the responsibilities of the high school students who work on the farm, which is transforming its neighborhood one student and one vegetable at…
…Lee is married to Sheri; they have four children and 21 grandchildren. Lynn Japinga is professor of religion at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Previously, she served Woodcliff Reformed Church in North Bergen, New Jersey, and at First Reformed in Union City, New Jersey. She has also served as visiting professor at Western Theological Seminary and as interim pastor at…
…help you find the transformation you need.” The celebration also featured videos about how a connection event helped a woman with hearing loss participate in Sunday school at Reformed Church of Syracuse, New York, and how a leadership community helped Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa, build a culture of disciples making disciples. See full synod coverage at www.rca.org/synod. …
…2016 Oakland City Church Oakland, California Organization date: May 15, 2016 Via Church Fresno, California Organization date: May 26, 2016 Water’s Edge Church Blaine, Washington Organization date: October 16, 2015 First Zion Church Hackensack, New Jersey Organization date: November 1, 2015 Iglesia Alas de Aguila of Holland Holland, Michigan Organization date: January 3, 2016 Jamestown Harbor Church Hudsonville, Michigan Organization…
…in his address to the synod on Friday. “I have heard from struggling inner-city churches who are crying out for help and financial support as they serve people who have little or no resources. This is an area we must address as a denomination.” Vermeer proposed creating a structured procedure that would allow for churches to connect across classis and…
Each Saturday, West End Collegiate Church invites people who need mental or emotional healing to gather for food, fellowship, and a discussion on faith. Each Saturday, West End Collegiate Church in New York City invites those who need mental or emotional healing to gather for food, fellowship, and a discussion on faith. It’s called the Saturday Center. While the Saturday…
…the city of Holland. Members of First Reformed who lived west of Central Avenue were asked to become the nucleus of Third Reformed, and so it began with 97 members. Third Reformed’s motto, To Know Christ and to Make Him Known, continues through its involvement in neighborhood outreach, prayer, housing and refugee ministries, and engaging programs and worship. Elaine Tanis…
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