Before the Covid pandemic began, our outreach team had discussed hosting a movie and dinner fellowship event at our church. Our plan was to invite a small group of neighborhood outreach contacts to come for … Read More
Sex Trafficking is real and it is everywhere
If you would like to educate yourself and learn how to protect those you love, and most importantly help make a difference in your community, please join us, 3:00pm Saturday, April 23, 2022 at … Read More
A new program called Teen Cuisine
In early February, The Dock Ministries launched a new program called Teen Cuisine. Led by instructors from the Michigan State University Extension Program, Teen Cuisine is an introductory class for middle and high school students … Read More
Waiting for answers to prayers
The gift of prayer is one of God’s rich, rich blessings. The opportunity to enter the presence of the sovereign God of the universe who delights in our coming is truly mind-boggling. And the gift … Read More
His Enough is Enough
As we enter the season of Lent, many of us consider what we can give up for Lent. A few years back, I tried to give up pride and last year I tried to give … Read More
A Love Filled Vacuum
Written by Rev. Chris Bouma, Pastor at Ideal Park CRC I have recently been making my way through Stephen Hawking’s book, “A Brief History of Time” (thank goodness it is the illustrated edition!) One discussed … Read More
Lent-choosing life everyday by confessing my sins
Lent is here, again. And once again I’ve struggled to come up with something to give up for these 40 days. But inspiration struck Sunday evening during a sermon on confession: this Lent, I am … Read More
God with Us
This advent, our theme was God with Us. The entire series encouraged our church to invite someone to join us for our Christmas Eve service. We worked diligently to redecorate our sanctuary with Christmas trees … Read More
As family she never had
Volunteers “Melanie” and “Sara” were strangers until they were introduced to “Trudy.” Trudy was referred to VIS nearly two years ago for a ride to an appointment, which is how she met Melanie. Over time … Read More
Prayer as relationship
Written by Jolene DeHeer, Classis Prayer Coordinator. I would like to begin by getting you thinking through these questions. How would you finish this sentence: “Prayer is____________”? Or what three words would you use to … Read More
