August 2006
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Features
An Impossible Dream?
Team Ministry can work well, as two longtime co-pastors attest.READ MOREOnce a year we stand in front of a class of skeptical seniors at Calvin Theological Seminary.
Is God Responsible?
Whom do we blame when bad things happen?READ MORERecently I heard a christian friend talking about the tragic death of her sister.
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Brad’s father regularly offered him advice. Often Brad appreciated it. His dad had helpful insights into a variety of matters.
News
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A new website specifically for Asian Christian Reformed churches is good news for Indonesian, Vietnamese, Laotian, Filipino, Hmong, and C
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To Georgetown Christian Reformed Church, Hudsonville, Mich., Rev. Mark Nelesen of Third CRC, Zeeland, Mich.
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National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) has awarded Fred and Mary Visser its Award for Excellence.
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Protesters stormed the annual meeting of Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) in Ottawa, forcing the Canadian Minister of Immigration and Ci
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Not too many Christian Reformed church communities get to see the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup up close and personal.
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Three weeks into his deployment to Iraq, Army Sgt.
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Harlan Kredit, a member of Third Christian Reformed Church, Lynden, Wash., was inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame in June.
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Ron Van Der Pol, a member of First Christian Reformed Church, Oostburg, Wis., has been included in the 2006 edition of
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Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper praised Denver’s First Christian Reformed Church as a model for his 10-year plan to end homelessness
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Many denominations continue to experience internal strife and even splintering over the issues of same-sex blessing and ordination of hom
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XXXchurch.com, an online ministry to the pornography industry, said it will distribute 10,000 copies of the popular New Testament paraphr
In Memoriam
Rev. Richard M. Hartwell Sr.READ MORE1926 – 2006
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If you’re a kid growing up in the heart of Jersey City, N.J., you usually just get to watch the rich and famous sailing only blocks
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Dean Broersma and Herman teVelde, members of Sunnyside (Wash.) Christian Reformed Church, are working to keep orphans in Zambia in their
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Entering Ordained Ministry
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Rev. Mark Stephenson has been appointed director of Disability Concerns for the Christian Reformed Church in North America.
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Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to classis, a regional grouping of churches.
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Emily Brink
CRC Worship Leader Retires
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Two West Michigan Christian high schools captured state championships this spring.
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As Saigon fell 31 years ago, 57 Vietnamese orphans were evacuated from their war-ravaged country to start new lives in Canada.
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When the annual Missionary Union Tour arrives at New Hope Community Christian Reformed Church, it’s not just another potluck supper
Our Shared Ministry
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As I take up my new responsibilittes as executive director of the Christian Reformed Church, the issue of leadership is often on my mind
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At San Jose (Calif.) Christian School, it’s not a question of whether to teach creation bu
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They’ve worshiped in a school, a community center, even a former funeral home.
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The Christian Reformed Church’s prayer line has a faithful partner.
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God raises up certain people at certain times to do his work.” Jerry Jonker often said this about others, but 36 years ago God call
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Some came wondering if they were called to vocational ministry.
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Calvin College celebrates 50 years on its Knollcrest campus this summer with a variety of events, including a picnic during the annu
Columns
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Your July Banner came late so we could catch you up on the latest news from Synod 2006, the Christian Reformed Church’s annual lead
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As a growing boy I was good at playing marbles in our Detroit neighborhood.
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BULLYING: the word evokes memories in almost everyone who hears it.
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The tuned in editor gave me a mission: read an electronic book and report back.
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Formerly “Q&A,” this column is devoted to answering a broad range of questions relating to Christian faith and life.
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Synod 2006 and Women
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Send your stories and jokes to The Banner at 2850 Kalamazoo Ave.
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A friend, recently and tragically bereaved, wrote me of the tears that came upon her during a chapel service at her daughter’s scho
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Did you ever find money on the sidewalk? Pretty exciting, isn’t it?
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Sometimes when I’m sitting at my computer, my 3-year-old daughter, Mary, climbs onto my lap.
