Getting to know people and caring about the issues that impact them is incredibly powerful kingdom work. Moving from unsure to on fire for the city By Maggie Rohweder I grew up with mixed messages about the city of Detroit: “Don’t go there alone, or at night, or unless you really have to.” And yet my family would talk about…
…RCA from its beginning in 1628 to the present. Holland, Michigan (3 Volume Set): From Dutch Colony to Dynamic City, by Robert Swierenga. Holland, Michigan: From Dutch Colony to Dynamic City is a fresh and comprehensive history of the city of Holland from its beginnings to the increasingly diverse community it is today. In Peril on the Sea: The Forgotten…
…during the ’60s and ’70s was great! Just ask anyone who lived in the city also known as “Silk City,” “P-Town,” and “Brick City.” They’ll glow when speaking of the Fabian Theater, Eastside Park, the Great Falls, shopping downtown, Garret Mountain, and Costello Pool (named after Paterson native Lou Costello of the great comedy duo Abbott and Costello). The Paterson…
…2796 4 6 3 4 Totals 69 12265 (19%) 24 (13%) 27 (18%) 15 (17%) 18 (17%) REGIONAL SYNOD OF THE MID-ATLANTICS Delaware-Raritan 26 1683 4 4 2 2 Greater Palisades 41 1641 4 4 2 2 New Brunswick 26 1736 4 4 2 2 Passaic Valley 35 1711 4 4 2 2 the City 10 1274 4 3 2…
…As we drove further into St. Thomas, off the island’s tourist coast, the devastation became more apparent. Many of the houses and buildings had no roof—not even a blue FEMA tarp—and were in much of the same condition as the hurricanes had left them. It was as if the reconstruction efforts halted at the edge of the tourist city, and…
Cultivate has announced its 2019 volunteer sites, including a new site in Chicago. Cultivate has announced its 2019 volunteer sites, including a new site in Chicago. Young adults are also able to serve at returning sites, which include Jamaica and Nebraska for summer sites; Nicaragua, South Africa, United Kingdom, and New York City for year-long sites; and Romania, Nebraska, California,…
…event to help get the word out to as many people as possible. If you live in the area of an event but don’t receive a direct invitation, please consider this your invitation! Registration is encouraged for each event to give the site hosts an approximate number of attendees for planning and set-up purposes, and to provide accommodations for people…
…1660. She earned her M.Div. and D.Min. from New Brunswick Theological Seminary. She is the founder of the PUSH (Pray Until Something Happens) movement and is the founder of Harlem’s African Burial Ground Task Force, through whose work the City of New York is now planning to establish a memorial site, cultural museum, and affordable housing site in that area….
…This site has a long list of helpful resource websites dealing with all aspects of restorative justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics (www.bjs.gov): This site contains a wide variety of prison statistics. The Sentencing Project (www.sentencingproject.org): The Sentencing Project was founded in 1986 to provide defense lawyers with sentencing advocacy training and to reduce the reliance on incarceration. Since that time,…
On Friday afternoon, General Synod delegates celebrated the work of church multiplication within the RCA, including 16 multi-site plants that have been started over the last eight years. (A multi-site plant is started by a congregation that adds a new campus to expand its ministry.) RCA coordinator for Church Multiplication Tim Vink and church planters from several regional synods shared…
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