…Emotional Intelligence? Emotional intelligence is more important than IQ, technology, or strategy when it comes to mission achievement in your family, in your business, or in your community. It’s the ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others and to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships. The Importance of Emotional Intelligence Part 2: Self-mastery Growing…
…everyone there in denial about getting older? We expected the senior parking to be full because the event was called “Aging: Challenges and Opportunities.” The conference was hosted by Disability Concerns, a joint ministry of the Reformed Church in America and the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRC). Disability Concerns helps churches become places where everybody belongs and everybody…
…mission, updates, and ways to pray for missionaries. Note that this newsletter is sent by mail, not email. Breaking Barriers Breaking Barriers is an award-winning quarterly newsletter published by RCA and CRC Disability Concerns that highlights the gifts and challenges of people living with disabilities. Individuals or churches may subscribe to receive the digital version at www.crcna.org/disability. Subscribe and Read…
…one such testimony. Grant helps Friends to Friends Community Church get people in the doors—literally Heavy, formidable doors presented a real challenge to congregants in this church, most of whom have a developmental disability. But a CGF grant helped open the doors to accessibility. “Being part of the Reformed Church in America (RCA) has always been my theological pride to…
…a lot to me.” Have an idea for a local ministry? Local Missional Engagement can help you get started. Email local@rca.org. Watch more of this story on the RCA Today app or at www.rca.org/fellowshipmuskegon. Find the app on the App Store or Google Play. Become a disability advocate and help lead your congregation’s inclusion efforts. Email disability@rca.org to learn more….
…in 2014, a 50 percent increase over the year before. And a coordinated youth mission experience is also underway. High school students from local churches—10 in 2014—serve their own community rather than traveling to make a difference. “The kids do mission work during the day, and then in the evening they go to a Jesus Loves Kalamazoo grill site. The…
…Grace Ann Arbor celebrated five years since its rebirth. The church now has three full-time and four part-time staff. Approved last year, a merger with another RCA church—the former Cross Winds Community Church in nearby Canton, Michigan—gives Grace a second campus. It’s called Grace Canton, and Jon Beyer has transitioned from lead pastor to campus pastor. The Ann Arbor site…
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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…
…networks in their native countries. For example, Classis de las Naciones recently organized their 16th congregation (their first “from scratch” plant) in Sarasota, Florida! This new congregation is part of Vida de Reino, a multi-site church planted by Rev. Fredy Guitierrez. Vida de Reino also has campuses in Colombia and Guatemala, with new campuses coming in Mexico and Venice, Florida….
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