Archive for March, 2010
We’re on WordPress!
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
After years of blogging happily on Blogger, we’ve moved to WordPress, the king of blogging platforms. This free, open source, endlessly customizable program enables us to use more advanced categories and tags, thumbnails for posts, plugins, and other possibilities that make WordPress so cool.
Tags: Blogger, blogging, church websites, Web, websites, Wordpress
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A Spiritual Formation Retreat
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Following the model of Jesus, who often “went off to a solitary place and prayed” (Mark 1:35), Calvin Christian High School teacher Scott De Young organized a spiritual retreat weekend at The Hermitage in Three Rivers, Michigan, for students and faculty from his school. Scott writes, “If you’re somewhat unfamiliar with the idea of spiritual [...]
Tags: highschool, prayers, reflection, retreat, spiritualformation
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Visit to New Community Fourth Reformed Church, Holland, Michigan
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Posted by Betty Grit An energy and enthusiasm filled the sanctuary of New Community Fourth Reformed Church in Holland as worshipers gathered on a sunny March morning. The worship service would be entirely bilingual in English and Spanish. Music, prayers, Scripture and the sermon would be in both languages to engage people of both cultures. [...]
Tags: Betty Grit, Grants, Holland, Michigan, New Community Fourth Reformed Church
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Ancaster Book Group – Second Meeting
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Book Groups We invited 34 book groups across the U.S. and Canada to meet and discuss The Church of All Ages and its implications for their worship, and to share their notes here. Learn more Report from Jeff Klingenberg’s book group in Ancaster, Ontario: Storming, Norming, Performing Forming a book club during the Fall season [...]
Tags: bgancaster, Book Groups 2009, Church of All Ages, intergenerational
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Ancaster Book Group – Third Meeting
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Book Groups We invited 34 book groups across the U.S. and Canada to meet and discuss The Church of All Ages and its implications for their worship, and to share their notes here. Learn more Report from Jeff Klingenberg’s book group in Ancaster, Ontario: Adjourning As the colours of Fall gave way to the gray [...]
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