September 2008 Issue

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Our Shared Ministry

• A Bit of History
• Alarming Statistics and Messages of Hope
• Book Offers Model for Caring
• Chinese Good News
• Gift Benefits Disaster Ministry
• Hispanics and the CRC
• Pastor Pablo's Dream
• Real Ministry
• Seminar Offers Preaching Tools
• Take Time to Listen
• Watch Out for Miracles

Mixed Media

• A Wii Glimpse of the Future

Columns

• Still: Come to the Quiet
• Big Questions: FAQ's
• The Other 6: Help, My Child Left for College!
• Reply All: Letters: February 2011
• Cabbages and Kings: Of Death and Grace
• Discover: Perfect!
• Editorial: When We’ve Run Out of “Cabbages”

Features

• Meeting God at the Shack
• Questions for Christian Schools
• Where in the World (of Work) Have All the Reformers Gone?

News

• 1000 Soldiers Worship at Fort Knox
• 800 for VBS
• Alaska Church Meets Teens at the Mall
• Arizona Church Ministers at Public School
• Bike Tour Fundraising Felt Like “a Miracle”
• Bringing the Bible to Boarders at Skate Church
• Calls Accepted
• Canadian CRC Calls for Action on Abortion
• Choir Fest in Massachusetts
• Church Is More Than Just a Tenant
• Denver Celebrates Bike Tour
• Indiana Church Celebrates 100 Years
• Iowa Girls Win Programming Prize
• Lessons from the Congo
• Lightning Stikes Minnesota Church
• Presbyterians Move to Allow Gay Clergy
• Prison Ministry Drops Recidivism Rate
• Project Canefire Connects Churches
• Rev. Elco H. Oostendorp
• Rev. John Morren
• Rev. Sidney Newhouse
• Runners Embrace AIDS
• Serving the Church While Serving Time
• Teens Repair Tornado Damage
• Workplace Chaplaincy a Ministry of Friendship