The Psalms are there for a variety of reasons. Psalm 88 is there to remind us how to respond when we are in the darkest places.

Seminarian and Pastoral Care Associate, Chad Boorsma, leads our service. The Scripture passage is Psalm 88.

The line we walk as Christians divides our life here on earth and the kingdom of Heaven. In this sermon, we are taught what giving to God what is His looks like in contrast to giving back to the government.

We continue our Epiphany series "Window on the Word. Rev. Mike Hoogeboom leads our service. The Scripture passage is Matthew 22: 15-22.

We hear from Steve Mulder, regional director for the Climate Witness Project of the Christian Reformed Church and his granddaughter Annika. Steve focuses on the impact of the climate crisis on subsistence farmers in Kenya and Uganda and what they are doing to mitigate and adapt. Join us to hear his stories about the people he met while visiting Kenya and Uganda and why we in Grand Rapids should take an interest in what is happening.

In this sermon, we see how wealth and the kingdom of heaven conflict. The center of wealth is working, achieving, having, and getting. But the center of the kingdom of heaven is self-sacrificial love.

We continue our Epiphany series "Window on the Word. Rev. Peter Jonker leads our service. The Scripture passage is Matthew 19: 16-26.

Cleansing rituals are a far cry from our experience. However, the cleansing ritual we discuss is intimately connected to the forever enemy, death. The Israelites combatted death with ashes. How do we?

Rev. Peter Jonker leads our service. The Scripture passage is Numbers 19.

Dr. Amanda Benckhuysen, CRCNA Director of Safe Church Ministry, uses a case study to discuss what it would take for a person who experienced abuse to feel safer in a church, specifically LaGrave.

Jesus clears the temple with zeal. Do we want to know the zealous Jesus? Does it make us uncomfortable?

We return to our Epiphany series "Window on the Word. Rev. Kristy Manion leads our service. The Scripture passage is John 2:13-22.

As a group, we find someone to put all the blame on. Through the rage, that person is put out from the group. Christ takes on all of the rage and becomes our scapegoat.

Rev. Peter Jonker leads our service. The Scripture passage is Leviticus 16:6-22.

Author, speaker, prayer mobilizer, Jolene DeHeer, leads our discussion on joy. Joy is hard to find these days. Jolene offers three topics of discussion: understanding what joy is and is not, roadblocks to joy, and ways to embrace joy even in the hard times.

When we look at the world, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the darkness. We can lose ourselves in that darkness. However, God is light. That light is in the world.

Guest minister, Rev. Duane Kelderman, leads our service. The Scripture passage is Psalm 36.