FAITH COMMUNITY CRC INVITES YOU to join them in celebrating the arrival of their new pastor, Rev. KC Vande Streek. Installation will take place on Sunday, February 24 at the 10:00 a.m. service at Faith Community. We would welcome and appreciate representation from your congregation.
Classis Hudson will meet in regular session on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at the Sussex Christian Reformed Church in Sussex, NJ. The agenda is available here.
Councils of churches in Classis Hudson are reminded that the deadline for submitting Paramus Fund grant requests for the coming year is December 1, 2012. Application forms may be found here.The Paramus Fund was created in 1980 from the remaining assets of the former Paramus Christian Reformed Church, which closed in 1976. The Fund provides grants each year for “ministry and church programs” within the congregations of Classis Hudson. It is administered by the Classical Interim Committee and the Treasurer.
Northeast Community Transformation (NECT), the diaconal ministry of Classis Hudson, and partner Mercy Vision will co-sponsor a conference on “The Good Deeds of The Gospel” featuring Dr. Ron Sider, noted author, speaker and founder of Evangelicals for Social Action.The event will be held Saturday, December 1, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Cedar Hill Christian Reformed Church (422 Cedar Hill Ave, Wyckoff).Dr. Sider will lead two plenary sessions articulating the application of the Gospel to ministries of community development and justice. There will be several workshops including “Working with Our Communities for the Common Good” led by NECT Director Al Santino.Admission is $15 and is available on-line.Mercy Vision is a coalition of Korean-American churches in northern New Jersey with a mission that aligns with NECT, working together to bring resources for community development ministry.
The CRWRC 50th Anniversary Service scheduled for this Sunday evening has been postponed due to Hurricane Sandy. It will be held on Sunday, November 25 at 6:00 p.m. with ethnic snacks and Paterson’s famous Guernsey Crest Ice Cream at 5:00 p.m. at Covenant CRC.Andy Ryskamp, the US Director of CRWRC/World Renew, will be with us and there will be an update on our response to the Hurricane.Please continue to pray for and serve our neighbors as you are able.
World Renew (formerly CRWRC), in conjunction with the council of Faith Community CRC in Wyckoff, invites all friends of CRWRC to celebrate the 50th anniversary of that organization at a special event to be held at Faith Church (530 Sicomac Ave, Wyckoff) on Sunday, November 4. There will be a time of fellowship, ice cream, and global desserts to be held in the Barn beginning at 5pm, with a worship service to follow at 6 pm. Mr. Andy Ryskamp, the director of World Renew, will be speaking and showing some videos celebrating what God has done.Children are encouraged to come with their families to this celebration. We anticipate a dynamic time of worship, prayer, reflection and looking ahead to what the Lord has done and will be doing through CRWRC.