…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….
…classis wants to know more, contact Terry DeYoung by email (tdeyoung@rca.org) or phone (616-541-0855) so that he can connect you with one of the individuals listed below. Follow Disability Concerns on Facebook! If you wish to support the ministry of Disability Concerns, you can do so through the Reformed Church in America or the Christian Reformed Church in North America….
…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…
…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…
…days was a source of great comfort and hope for them. What we were really dishing out was the hope of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Light of the World—which is way more than a bottle of water and a can of beans.” In anticipation of future storms, the church is working to become a sustainable site for disaster response….
…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…
…belonged to an adult woman of African descent, whom Dr. Singletary named Nana. The church held a memorial service in her honor at the site of disinterment. These findings gave the task force and church enough evidence to move forward with a proposal to memorialize the burial ground. In September 2017, the New York City Council unanimously approved a plan…
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,…
…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,…
…of their community. “There is a great deal of excitement of the possibilities and freedom to be the church in Ada,” says Mara Joy Norden, The Community’s other copastor. Since 2009, The Community’s parking lot has been the site of the seasonal Ada Farmers Market, at no cost to the township. “The re-location of our farmers market to this location…
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