In response to the recent shootings of black men and of police officers, Madison Square Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich. held a service of lament on Tuesday, July 12.
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Have you commented on, liked, or shared something your church is doing lately?
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Approach Bethany Christian Reformed Church in Bellflower, Calif., on weekday mornings this summer and you will see a swarm of kids shooting hoops, or designing experiments, or creating masterpieces.
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Angela Reitsma Bick won the 2016 Word Guild award for profile/human interest category for her op-ed article, “Every Moment Holy,” published in December 2015.
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Canada’s Anglican Church has provisionally voted to amend its rules to allow clergy to celebrate same-sex marriages, a day after it narrowly defeated the measure.
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Lots of churches hold carnivals to invite the community for fun and fellowship. But Mountainview Christian Reformed Church in Grimsby, Ont., encourages its members to bring mini-carnivals to their own front lawns
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Volunteering at a homeless shelter. Serving food in a soup kitchen. Tutoring kids during an afterschool program at an Arab-American school.
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Two Christian high schools from western Michigan won state championships in their respective sports recently.
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Synod 2016, the annual general assembly of the Christian Reformed Church, ended on June 17. But for some, the pain evoked by the same-sex marriage debate continued to reverberate.
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On June 10, Charlottetown Christian Reformed Church used fine art to raise cash for Solomon’s Porch, a local outreach center that ministers to those who are marginalized or who struggle with addiction.
In Memoriam: Rev. James Alvin Bultman
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"In Our View"READ MOREThe issue of homosexuality will continue to be divisive in the Christian Reformed Church, much as it has been in so many other denominations.
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Thanks to a $150,000 grant, a food pantry in Prospect Park, N.J., is becoming a food co-op, a retail grocery store owned by its volunteers.
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John Muyskens, a 2015 graduate of Calvin College, was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize in the National Reporting Category.
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Twenty men at the Newton (Iowa) Correctional facility were baptized in May following an annual spiritual retreat weekend called Brothers in Blue.
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Teens and adults of Alger Park Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Mich. continued their work in the Dominican Republic long after they returned from a mission trip.
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It was an evening of celebrating excellence in Christian education and recognizing teachers who go beyond teaching to nurture character and a community of care for others.
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Pieter VanderLeek, a member of Willoughby Christian Reformed Church in Langley, B.C., loves to walk.
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While most Coffee Break Bible studies close up shop for the summer, the programs at Elmhurst (Ill.) Christian Reformed Church continues on
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Creationist Christian tourists may soon flock to the Ark Encounter, a literal vision of Noah’s story in Genesis come to life in July as a theology-packed tourist attraction in Williamstown, Ky.
In Memoriam: Rev. Wilmer Roy Witte
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More than three years after the murder of Tim Bosma and after months of court testimony, a jury in Hamilton, Ont., found Dellen Millard and Mark Smich guilty of first-degree murder.