September 2010
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Features
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If your church has been around for a while, you’re probably familiar with the struggle to keep a particular ministry alive.
A Day in the Life of a Child with Autism
One child in 91 falls somewhere on the autism spectrum. But many churches don’t know how to minister to kids with autism and their families.READ MOREWhen I started teaching special education in 1984, one child in 10,000 was diagnosed with autism.
Koreans in the CRC
One ethnicity, much diversityREAD MOREKorean immigrants have established more than 3,500 churches in North America; as of 2009, 105 of those congregations were part of the Chr
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Have you ever walked into the middle of a heated conversation near its conclusion?
News
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Vacation Bible school at The Tapestry Christian Reformed Church in Richmond, British Columbia, went green this year.
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Steven Brennan, a 5-year-old from Calgary, Alberta, biked 22 kilometers (13.6 miles) to raise money for earthquake survivors in Chile.
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Gateway Christian Reformed Church in Merced, Calif., is planting seeds by planting trees.
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Recognition was not what Gordy VanHaitsma had in mind when he started the Read to Ride program in his Grand Rapids, Mich., neighborhood.
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New England Chapel, a Christian Reformed church in Franklin, Mass., uses empty bowls to help fight world hunger.
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Despite it being gardening season, a group of West Coast gardeners chose to attend a conference rather than get out in their gardens.
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When a disaster of the magnitude of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti strikes, rebuilding just takes time.
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May 1, 1930 - April 7, 2010
Rev.
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Nearly 50 Korean leaders in the Christian Reformed Church attended a Healthy Churches Seminar in San Bernardino, Calif., as part of the S
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A women’s prison isn’t the most likely setting for a ladies’ tea, but that’s where the women of CrossPoint Christ
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Twelve members from New Hope Christian Reformed Church in Bangor, Maine, helped to spruce up the Downeast Elementary School in town.
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Bolstered by a back brace and leg braces, Mary Pensyl testified at a July outdoor worship service about her gratefulness to members of Mo
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It’s not the same old song and dance for Step of Faith Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., whose recent Hip Hop Festival drew 500 guests
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Would a church still be a church if there were no regular Sunday service?
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When Rev.
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Alger Community Christian Reformed Church in Bellingham, Wash., has a unique outreach through miniature trains and 900 feet of track.
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Fifteen teens from Living Hope Community Christian Reformed Church in Fox Lake, Wis., spent a cold night sleeping in cardboard boxes and
Columns
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Relationships
Q My husband and I spent our entire careers devoted to Christian day school
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Septembers have scared me ever since Ma, back in the old country, marched me off to “Kleuterschool” (kindergarten).
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Most of us spend the majority of our waking hours working, whether at home, at school, or in the workplace.
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In 1963 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Youth Conventions
I was disappointed to see that the traditional Youth Unlimited conventions (still “YCF” to me) are
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Having witnessed a crime, a young boy was called to testify in court.
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My husband and I have recently taken up a hobby that has most of our friends and family thinking we’re crazy.
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Friday night is the highlight of our family’s week because Friday is “Family Movie Night.” In the last three years, we&
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Fall is on its way. Soon lots of trees will shed lots and lots of leaves.
Our Shared Ministry
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Just before he died, Alunsyah testified that the Listener Community Bible studies had made an eternal difference in his life.
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Janela’s deep brown eyes tell a forceful, poignant story. She’s 8. Her mom is dead.
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The first five months of The Network saw over 40,000 visits. And people aren’t just reading, they’re talking about ministry!
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There’s an ancient proverb that goes like this:
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Despite the afternoon heat, Iissa makes his way though his village, stopping at every residence.
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A new multicultural church in East Waterloo, Iowa, is reaching out to Waterloo’s young people, as well as to poor and chronically u
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A Caucasian woman entered the pharmacy to get her prescriptions filled.
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Christian Reformed World Missions has started field-testing its new Educational Care program with schools in Kenya, including St.
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Being a student at Calvin Theological Seminary (CTS) means a busy life full of classes and assignments, mentoring groups, preaching servi
