November 2011 Issue

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Our Shared Ministry

• Calvin Program Aids Local Schools
• Calvin Seminary Serves Global Church
• In the Company of Preachers
• New Church Planting Leader Appointed
• Planting Trees in Nigeria
• Sierra Leone Church Keeps Growing
• Telling God’s Story

Mixed Media

• A True Friend
• Book: The Ambition
• Dwelling with Philippians
• Lost in Shangri-La
• Magazine: The Little Christian
• No Place Like Holmes
• Noah Barleywater Runs Away
• On Screen: Of Gods and Men
• Soul Surfer
• The Pastor
• The Wilder Life

Columns

• The Other 6: Boundless Familiarity
• Reply All: Letters: November 2011
• Discover: Living in a Color-full World
• Still: Music of Grace
• Point of View: Punch Lines
• Vantage Point: Selling Ourselves Short
• Editorial: Why Play Favorites?

Features

• Best Youth Ministry Ever!
• Global Warning(s)
• How Should We Read the Bible?
• Women in Ministry: 15 Years Later

News

• Arizona Churches Launch Training Center for Hispanic Lay Leaders
• Back to God Director Passes Away
• Belleville Church Granted Stay on Suspending Pastor
• California ‘Lunch Bunch’ Welcomes All to Sunday Dinner
• Canadian Man Designs Ground Zero Water Feature
• EPA Funds “World’s Most Reformed” Watershed
• For One Michigan Cadet, Camporee Almost Didn’t Happen
• Illinois Church Helps Couples Adopt
• Illinois Congregation Merges with Evangelical Presbyterian Church
• Kalamazoo Pastor First Woman to Lead Ministerial Alliance
• Korean-American Church Helps Kids in L.A.
• Michigan Church Draws Large After-School Crowd
• Michigan Ministry Helps Children with Grieving
• Muslim Teen Comes to Christ, Finds Home in CRC
• Ontario Church Helps Community After Tornado
• Safe Church Policies Applied to CRC Employees
• Texas Church Discusses The Reason for God
• Winnipeg Church Leaders Learn About East Africa Food Rations