Gateway Christian Reformed Church in Merced, Calif., is planting seeds by planting trees.
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Would a church still be a church if there were no regular Sunday service?
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Alger Community Christian Reformed Church in Bellingham, Wash., has a unique outreach through miniature trains and 900 feet of track.
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New England Chapel, a Christian Reformed church in Franklin, Mass., uses empty bowls to help fight world hunger.
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When a disaster of the magnitude of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti strikes, rebuilding just takes time.
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Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to meetings of classis, a regional grouping of churches.
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It often seems like we’re out of balance in our Scripture reading and heavily favor the New Testament and Psalms,” says Katie
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Battling graffiti and taggers seems like a hopeless task in many areas, but Rev. Zeke Nelson is taking a different approach.
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Several years ago, Kevin Roukema attended a “Discover Your Gifts” workshop at New Life Ministries Christian Reformed Church i
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Peter Hileman, a successful trial lawyer in Doylestown, Pa., joined forces with Pam Ramos and others to form a free legal clinic in inner
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What is a peeler? How do you make food at home from scratch?
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When First Christian Reformed Church of Barrie, Ontario, decided to host a conference about the issues facing pre-teen girls, the respons
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New trees are taking root in a Newmarket, Ontario, park, thanks to members of Bethel Christian Reformed Church.
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Nine teens and five youth leaders took the trip of a lifetime to northern Ghana in the spring to help at King’s Village, a Christia
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The congregations of Gateway Christian Reformed Church in Merced, Calif., and Fleetwood CRC in Surrey, British Columbia, have left the bu
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The plants didn’t look like much when distributed in May, but they ended up providing fresh produce for hundreds of struggling loca
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Kendra DeJong, 20, of Immanuel Christian Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa (left), and Katie Nieuwsma, 20, of Bethel CRC in Oskaloosa,
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Ken Johnson, a member of Covenant Christian Reformed Church in North Haledon, N.J., knows from personal experience the problems unemploym
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Leslie Workman, a member of Grange-ville (Idaho) Christian Reformed Church, took down a 200-pound mountain lion while bow hunting earlier
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Mainstage worship, soul-stirring speakers, hug lines—many a Christian Reformed person has fond memories from attending at least one
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Ashley Carlisle, 14, of Tohatchi, N.M., has been named agriculture ambassador by the Intertribal Agriculture Council, a group that promot
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The girls’ basketball team of Immanuel Christian School in Lethbridge, Alberta, won the provincial championship in its division for
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Four girls from Chicago Christian High School broke the Illinois state record while taking first place in the 3,200 meter relay at the St