January 2023

Sean Folkerts has ministered with North America Indigenous Ministries in the Maskwacis community in Alberta since 2016. Now Woody Nook Christian Reformed Church in Lacombe has commissioned him Minister of Evangelism and Discipleship in Maskwacis.

Holland (Mich.) Christian High School won the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 championship, and Western Michigan Christian High School in Norton Shores, Mich., took home the Division 4 title.

Gateway Community CRC in Abbotsford, B.C., received an award, and Sonlight Community CRC in Lynden, Wash., recognized lasting positive impact after a year of aid toward flood relief.

Though it couldn’t be described as an easy job, Dee Recker says she has loved the work and it has “been a gift” to meet and work with people who dedicate their time to the service of the Christian Reformed Church.

The men’s cross-country team from Dordt University, in Sioux Center, Iowa, won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship in November, a first for the school.

Shirley De Vries, formerly director of Information and Technology for the Christian Reformed Church in North America, and Scott DeVries, a project manager for building congregational connection, have accepted roles as CAO and director of synodical services.

Western Christian High School in Hull, Iowa, won the 2022 Class 2A state championship for girls volleyball and holds three state records.

The former CRC director of Chaplaincy and Care, who died in 2017, has been inducted into the Michigan Military and Veterans Hall of Honor because of his “lifelong efforts to increase awareness of post-traumatic stress and ‘moral injury in war,’ and to assist veterans suffering from it.”

Starting from a connection between friends and an affinity in Reformed theology, 38 Venezuelan churches are in the process of joining the Christian Reformed Church in North America via Classis California South.