For the North End Community Ministry / food pantry visit http://necmgr.org or call (616) 454-1097.
We meet for worship at 214 Spencer Street NE. Directions.
Service begins Sundays at 10:00AM.
It is easy to overlook minor details but details are often not minor—they only appear to be minor. Consider the Passover story in Exodus 12 where we read what initially appears to be a minor detail about sharing. God had sent nine plagues against Pharaoh and Egypt for Pharaoh’s obstinacy in refusing to let Israel…
First Kings 4 tells us that Solomon wrote over 1,000 songs. Two of them are included in our book of Psalms (72 & 127). In Psalm 127 he writes something very interesting: Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays…
Beginning December 13 we’re back to gathering together in our auditorium at 10:30AM. We continue to practice safety measures. Please wear a mask if you’re moving around. Wash your hands frequently. Use the hand sanitizer that is available. Avoid sitting in the pews that are marked as off-limits. When communion served allow the server to…
This is our third—and final!—week online. That’s right: we’re back to the gathered assembly next Sunday, December 13! But today is not December 13. Today we are in our #scatteredassembly. We still worship a God who is worthy of worship, whether we can assemble together or we must stay home. Today is also the second…
Unity without diversity isn’t really unity—it’s sameness. Diversity, whether ethnic or socio-economic or simply diversity of thought will, inevitably, bring conflict. It is impossible for a group of people who spend significant time together to go very long without some form of conflict arising. Apart from the truly rare malevolent intent, such conflict is nearly…