“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…” (Matthew 28: 19). For two years at CCI (Comunidad Cristiana … Read More
Record high participants coming
The First Quarter at 70×7 Life Recovery-Grand Rapids Program Center started with record high participants coming to our Change class! Following the CEO retirement of Tim Koning in December 2021, in February 2022, 70×7 welcomed … Read More
Explore Alpha and Run Alpha sessions
What is Alpha? You can check out the Alpha USA website here – About — Got Questions – Try Alpha (alphausa.org) but simply put, Alpha is a safe way for people with questions, doubts, and disbelief … Read More
Team Jabez’s wider impact
This is going to be a little different than my usual reports. God has been moving this ministry to have a wider impact outside the local Grand Rapids area. Since the pandemic started, we had … Read More
Hosting a movie and dinner fellowship event
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