Ministry Stories

After having worked for several months imparting the Word of God once a week to a group of construction workers...

I don’t think I leave a diaconate conversation without hearing about the struggle deacons face regarding helping vs. hurting, enabling...

He makes all things new! The Dock Ministries stands to testify that we serve a faithful God who does all...

When I came to college in 2018 here at GVSU, I felt that I was alone and maybe I could...

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son...

The First Quarter at 70x7 Life Recovery-Grand Rapids Program Center started with record high participants coming to our Change class!...

This is going to be a little different than my usual reports. God has been moving this ministry to have...

Before the Covid pandemic began, our outreach team had discussed hosting a movie and dinner fellowship event at our church....

In early February, The Dock Ministries launched a new program called Teen Cuisine. Led by instructors from the Michigan State...

The gift of prayer is one of God’s rich, rich blessings. The opportunity to enter the presence of the sovereign...

Written by Rev. Chris Bouma, Pastor at Ideal Park CRC I have recently been making my way through Stephen Hawking’s...

Lent is here, again. And once again I’ve struggled to come up with something to give up for these 40...

Volunteers "Melanie" and "Sara" were strangers until they were introduced to "Trudy." Trudy was referred to VIS nearly two years...

Written by Jolene DeHeer, Classis Prayer Coordinator. I would like to begin by getting you thinking through these questions. How...