The Banner

The event was sponsored by the classis education committee.

De Moor casts a vision for the future in his last address to synod as editor of The Banner.

When it was time to toss an empty water bottle at Synod 2015, finding a blue recycling bin was a challenge. (Synod is the annual leadership meeting of the Christian Reformed Church.)

Synod 2015 decides not to “instruct and admonish consistories”

Boot bridged the CRC’s leadership gap for four years.

Despite lack of details, delegates approved moving forward sweeping changes.

Richard Muller, Bob De Moor, Joel Boot, and Andrew Ryskamp honored for service to the CRC.

Andrew Ryskamp is retiring after 41 years with World Renew.

Carol Bremer-Bennett comes to World Renew from Rehoboth Christian School in New Mexico.

Busy Hands group at Brockville, Ont., church, sews special quilts for people with dementia.

Communal worship and prayer were accompanied by opportunities for individual prayer.

Covenant CRC of Winnipeg, Man., hosts church picnic and invites the community.

Executive director’s statement expresses support for encyclical and ways the CRC is engaging in creation care.

Synod 2015 reinstates the practice of having women advisors when fewer than 25 women are delegated.

The committee studying religious persecution and liberty instructed to put more “pop” in their report.

They appreciate the process and want to share in it.

Ethnic advisor Caleb Dickson has busy coffee breaks.