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.

Shepherd’s Pen (Page 45)

Thank God It’s Friday

It is vitally important for humans to praise God. It is the truest thing a created being can do. To praise God is to proclaim the characteristics and qualities that make him great. Since his perfections are infinitely great, praising him for them is the truest thing a created being can do. Failure to praise…

Thursday: help needed

In Second Corinthians 1 Paul tells the Corinthian church that when he was in Asia he and Timothy had been so afflicted that they “despaired of life itself” (2 Cor 1:8). While they felt as though they would die from the affliction, he says this was so that they would not rely on themselves “but…

Let’s Wednesday Like Epaphras

In his letter to the Colossians the apostle Paul calls out a member of their church: Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. Colossians 4:12 ESV Epaphras…

Tuesday is praise-day

As we spend time in prayer today, let our mouths be filled with praise. As the psalmist wrote many centuries ago, our God is great and greatly to be praised. Greatly to be praised—not adequately to be praised and certainly not barely to be praised—greatly to be praised! “I will extol you, my God and…

Monday prayer guide

I saw this online yesterday: “Those born in the year 2000 turn 36 years old this year.” While the math doesn’t work, it sure feels like it! With the newly-released federal guidelines recommending social distancing be extended until April 30, in a few weeks they will turn 75. Today, let’s pray for those who are…