Ministry Stories

Faces of Faith

I love all kinds of music

"I started playing the piano when I pretended I was having a church service on the farm in Iowa. ....
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Faces of Faith

It’s family

"I love that I can be myself at my church. It's family."
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Faces of Faith

I can either show or express my faith

How do you see God working in your life right now? "Regarding parenting and at my job, there are certain...
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Faces of Faith

Communication is key, and having God in your life.

Dale & Christine, married 31 years, what advice do you have for a young couple? Dale, "Find the right woman, love...
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Faces of Faith

Everyone’s focusing on themselves and their own popularity

What has to change to make the world a better place? "We have to be aware of other people; there's...
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Faces of Faith

I don’t have time for hate and discontent

You haven't stopped moving since I got here, why do you serve like this?  "I don't have time for hate...
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Faces of Faith

One day I got up, started walking to church…

"One day I got up, started walking to church...I went through tough and hard times, sad and happy, and it...
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Faces of Faith

I see a hunger for deep love and relationships

"The world is increasingly secular --they think it's spiritual." What's your heart response toward the human condition right now?  "I see a...
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Faces of Faith

Most meaningful thing life has taught me so far is to cherish all the little things

What do you hope your life is like when you're 76? "A lot better than it is now. It's hard....
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Faces of Faith

We can’t change people

"We can't change people, only God can do that. I'm just here to serve them. The greatest thing life has...
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Natalie Hart

Not really about doing

I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with...
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Natalie Hart

Whether they listen or not

I am sending you to say to them, “This is what the Sovereign LORD says!” And whether they listen or...
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Words of Faith

Currency

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Natalie Hart

Hello, darkness, my old friend

I recently finished reading Learning to Walk in the Dark, in which Barbara Brown Taylor pursues literal, physical darkness as a...
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Words of Faith

Sufficient

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Someone Like You

Leadership Gathering | January 2016

See some of the faces of leaders that gathered together.   Minutes of Classis Grand Rapids South Kelloggsville CRC |...
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New Church

The Pier: December 2015 Update

This month we had 3 couples and 3 single ladies become the shining light of an Advent Candle.  It was...
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Natalie Hart

Thank you, kids, for calling me out

Having children has taught me so much: Rice is easier to clean up if you let it sit on the...
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Natalie Hart

Our first job was to rest

So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female...
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Kelsey Hunter

A Prayer – Lord, we are tired

Lord, we are tired. We look around and all that we see makes us profoundly weary… Tear-filled eyes.  Shattered glass. ...
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Jolene DeHeer

Garden Friends

This last weekend I had an opportunity to attend a convention where I heard Tiger McLuen speak about handling the...
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