“There are a lot of people in this world who have such a better quality of life because they were given a wheelchair”—volunteer Roger Feekes, Bethel CRC in Sioux Center, Iowa.
Community Snapshots
Lighter hearted news from the Christian Reformed Church family. Send your suggestions to news@thebanner.org.
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With a celebration of immigrant congregations from over a dozen nationalities now worshiping under the Christian Reformed umbrella, churches in the Greater Los Angeles area marked the legacy of the CRC’s oldest institution, Calvin Theological Seminary.
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After 107 years, the original sanctuary of New Holland (S.D.) Christian Reformed Church, will come down in May, making way for a larger construction to house the church.
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Calvin Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley, Iowa, has been “exalting God through loving worship for 75 years.”
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Emo (Ont.) Christian Reformed Church hosts a pancake breakfast during its town’s Spring Fever Days to raise funds for “worthy local causes.”
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A Worthington, Minn.,-based aviation training program for missionary pilots found support and available housing for its students in an unused parsonage.
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The community of Lynden, Wash., was invited to a 28-hour-long hymn singing marathon April 6 to 10.
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Are board games part of your potlucks? Maggie Peckford of Williamsburg (Ont.) CRC says they’re helpful for including “people like me who find it hard to engage in a conversation.”
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As Volunteers in Service in Kent County, Mich., marks 40 years, it encouraged 40 days of individual acts of service during Lent.
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Office of General Secretary staff member Catheryn Jo’s recent trip to The Loving Church in Tucson, Ariz., surprised her with a sense of peace—“something I had never quite felt in other homeless communities.”
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Exeter (Ont.) Christian Reformed Church hosted its city’s ‘Coldest Night of the Year’ walk, advancing the cause of vulnerable support services across Canada.
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New Life Christian Reformed Church in Abbotsford, B.C., builds connections over small-group meals with “Let’s Do Lunch” Sundays.
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Ninety-six-year-old organist Mildred “Millie” Meyer has been playing for Bunde Christian Reformed Church in Clara City, Minn., for 82 years.