April 2009 Issue

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Our Shared Ministry

• Calvin College News
• CRC Prayer Guide Encourages a Heart for Ministry
• Creating Healther Pastors
• Dear Reader
• God’s Treasures
• Tiny Packages With Satin Ribbons
• Working Together
• “Reframe Media” To Reach Expanded Audience

Mixed Media

• Books on the Big Screen

Columns

• Big Questions: FAQ's
• Vantage Point: Fear Not the Teenagers
• Still: Holy Failure
• Reply All: Letters: February 2011
• Reply All: Letters: February 2011
• Reply All: Letters: February 2011
• The Other 6: Mentoring Blessings
• Point of View: Punch Lines
• Discover: The Most Amazing Control Room in the Universe
• Editorial: Who Teaches the Profs?

Features

• Comforted in the Darkness
• Does Your Church Have the Right to Exist?
• How Carefully God Watches
• The Not-So-Cloistered Walk

News

• 125 for Roseland
• Banner Pals Celebrate 50 years
• Colorado Kids Build Farm
• Delivering More Than Furniture
• Digging in to Feed Others
• Financial Peace Comes to Rock Valley
• Going the Extra (100) Miles in New Mexico
• IN MEMORIAM - Rev. Jeffrey D. Voorhees
• Lucas CRC Celebrates 125th
• Massachusetts Church Opens Teen Center
• Mexican Seminarians Help Spanish-speaking Inmates
• Ontario Author Shines Light on Child Refugees
• Putting Cancer to Rest
• Raising the Roof in Nicaragua
• Synod, Budget Both High on CRC Board Agenda
• Washington Students Learn “Vertical Habits”
• World News: Church Stops Signing All Marriage Licenses
• World News: CRC Australia Helps with Melbourne Fire Disaster
• World News: Hispanic Christians Rally for Immigration Reform
• World News: Presbyterians to Study Civil Unions
• World News: Religious Broadcasters Brace for Uncertain Future
• World News: The Shack Author Speaks at Trinity