July 2008 Issue

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Our Shared Ministry

• Canadian Church Opens Arms to Refugees
• Church Cluster takes root in Seattle
• Dear Reader
• Reaching out in the Middle East
• Reflecting on Synod
• Seminary Honors Vocational Mentors
• Young Adults. . .

Mixed Media

• iCarly: 2 C or Not 2 C

Columns

• Cabbages and Kings: Baby Baptism
• Big Questions: FAQs
• Editorial: Follow the Lead
• Still: The Calf in the Grass
• Discover: The Great Honeybee Mystrey

Features

• A Farmer’s Perspective
• Candidates for the Ministry 2008
• Getting Past Good Intentions
• Helicopter Parents

News

• 350,000 Brothers and Sisters
• Adviser Joins Mentors at Synod
• Candidates for Ministry Welcomed
• Celebrating Family Ties
• Centered on God’s Love
• Contemporary Testimony Revision Adopted
• CRC Cuts Formal Ties to Dutch Church
• Director of Chaplaincy Retires
• Faith Alive Director to Retire
• Faith Formation Committee Reports
• Female advisers to Synod 2008
• Form of Subscription Sent Back for More Work
• Former Calvin President Visits Synod
• From Cell Block to Synod
• Hello from Nigeria
• Highs and Lows of a Historic Synod
• Home Missions Director to Retire
• IN MEMORIAM: Rev. Howard A. Sponholz
• IN MEMORIAM: Rev. Mark Roger Van’t Hof
• Joel’s Joshing
• Ministry Associate Role Still Under Review
• Ministry Share for 2009
• More Like Santa, Less Like Scrooge
• New Living Translation OK’d
• New Name for Back to God Hour
• New Prof Appointed to Seminary
• Partners in Zambia
• Pastor-Church Relations Director to Retire
• Pastor-Church Relations Gets New Director
• Plea from South Africa
• Resolution on Zimbabwe
• Small Step for Preventing Abuse
• Synod by the Numbers
• Synod Is in the Genes
• Synod's Sargeant at Arms
• The ethnic advisers to Synod 2008
• The executive officers of Synod 2008
• The largest group of cyclists
• Women at Synod Still a Sensitive Matter
• Women Make History at Synod