Anneke Branderhorst receives Courage to Teach award from Tolerance Minnesota.
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Ferrysburg CRC students rock their way toward more than $4,000 for a summer mission trip.
Free program helps those who can’t access conventional education.
Hundreds turn out to hear the testimony of Justin Obriecht.
IN MEMORIAM: Rev. John Petersen
May 7, 1919 – January 29, 2013Ken Vander Wall displays nearly 5,000 pairs of shoes to draw attention to the second-largest crime in the world.
Creston CRC in Grand Rapids plants apple trees on Easter morning.
Jasper Hoogendam plans to pedal 10 percent of his ride on a unicycle.
Major renovation at First CRC in Hamilton preserves architectural heritage.
Pasadena school is the first Reformed college to be accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
3,300 grave markers represent the number of people who have died in gun violence since the Newtown massacre.
KidREACH mentors help kids with homework and also read the Bible and pray with them.
South Dakota prison ministry results in changed lives.
Diversity in Leadership Planning Group II asks Synod 2013 to authorize $1 million over two years to implement recommendations.
Three students from Toronto District Christian High meet with Jim Flaherty to advise him on budget issues.
IN MEMORIAM: Rev. John De Pater
October 15, 1923 – March 1, 2013The Banner takes home five awards from Associated Church Press annual convention.
Members used placards to show the transformation Christ has made in their lives.
William Vander Wilp and his men’s group celebrated a recent birthday at a blood donor clinic.
Bibs made by members of Silver Spring CRC go to children with special needs.
Jim Lane thanks 60 area CRC volunteers for helping their neighbors.