Ministry Stories

As we enter the season of Lent, many of us consider what we can give up for Lent. A few...

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

This advent, our theme was God with Us. The entire series encouraged our church to invite someone to join us...

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

About a year ago I was connected with a lady who had recently rededicated her life to Christ, but was...

Monroe Community Church (MCC) moved into a new ministry space in August of 2021. One of the things we noticed...

Thanks to the Lord in Comunidad Cristiana Internacional CRC, on December 12, a special service was held where three adults...

At Christmas, residents at Raybrook Manor blessed 70x7 Life Recovery with a gift drive! We received wrapped shoeboxes full of...

"Our pastor told me once that faith is like turning a dimmer switch so light gradually fills a room, and...

Written by Rev Ed Visser (Based on the "Seven Realities of Experiencing God" from Henry Blackaby's book, Experiencing God.) Genesis...

Written by Jolene DeHeer One can almost breath in the excitement and expectation of new prospects, new resolutions, new hopes,...

Diaconal Ministry Report by Craig Van Hill After becoming aware that some of our students did not have their own...

Written by Rev. George Vink Although not all of our children and grandchildren were present to enjoy “family time,” on...

Written by Jolene DeHeer Classis Prayer Coordinator Have you ever felt you just don’t know what to pray? Whenever I...