https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:05:06 +0000 Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/healing-hearts-transforming-nations There will be a Healing Hearts, Transforming Nations workshop at Fair Havens in Beaverton, ON from April 21-25.  This experience began in Rwanda in response to the horrific 1994 genocide and is now spreading around the world. George de Vuyst https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/healing-hearts-transforming-nations Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/meet-scholarship-recipient-benet-dogonyaro The Multiracial Student Scholarship Fund is one of the strategies employed by Thrive, the CRCNA’s congregational services agency, to develop multiracial congregational leadership in the CRC denomination. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/meet-scholarship-recipient-benet-dogonyaro Fri, 17 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/resources-all-nations-heritage-sunday-2023 Every year churches across the Christian Reformed Church celebrate the multicultural church of Christ during All Nations Heritage Week. This year, the week begins September 24 and culminates on All Nations Heritage Sunday (October 1). Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/resources-all-nations-heritage-sunday-2023 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:02:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/upcoming-blanket-exercise-workshops The Blanket Exercise is a participatory 90-minute workshop that literally walks participants through the history of relationships between Indigenous peoples and other peoples in North America. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/upcoming-blanket-exercise-workshops Mon, 11 Sep 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/join-us-reconciliation-retreat-july-30-august-3-2023 There are a few spots left at the Healing Hearts, Transforming Nations Retreat at Rivendell on Bowen Island. Register today! The retreat runs from Sunday, July 30, through Thursday, August 3. Anne Duifhuis https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/join-us-reconciliation-retreat-july-30-august-3-2023 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/podcast-towards-reconciliation 1Life podcast host Erik Delange sat down with George deVuyst, Joseph Nyamutera, Reggie Smith, and Barbara Pennings for a discussion on the Healing Hearts, Transforming Nations workshop. Anne Duifhuis https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/podcast-towards-reconciliation Thu, 13 Jul 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/scholarship-recipients-host-chapel-service Over 30 people attended the weekly chapel at Calvin Theological Seminary (CTS) on April 26, 2023. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/scholarship-recipients-host-chapel-service Mon, 19 Jun 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/race-relations-scholarships College! The fun . . . the work . . . the money! Where am I going to get the money? Among the many scholarships that students can apply for is the Race Relations Multiracial Student Scholarship. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/race-relations-scholarships Thu, 23 Mar 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/progress-progress “...who despises the day of small things...” (Zechariah 4:10) Reginald Smith https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/progress-progress Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/cultural-intelligence-cq-building-workshop The Cultural Intelligence Building Workshop focuses on concrete skills to improve our ability to act and react in positive ways across cultural lines. The four concrete skill areas include:  Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/cultural-intelligence-cq-building-workshop Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/aim-higher-cultural-understanding Some people seem to complain that there is too much hype about cultural intelligence and its significance. But I beg to differ. Here is how I came to see its value. Neulsaem (Sam) Ha https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/aim-higher-cultural-understanding Thu, 23 Feb 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/charleston-church-shooting-and-suspended-vengeance Dylann Roof wanted to start a war. On June 17, 2015 Roof felt his white race was losing the battle in maintaining the white Southerner’s way of life, the way of life where black people knew their place. Reginald Smith https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/charleston-church-shooting-and-suspended-vengeance Tue, 31 Jan 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/selma-mlk-and-us “We are in Selma to negotiate, to demonstrate, and to resist.” So says Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the film Selma. Shannon Jammal-Hollemans https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/selma-mlk-and-us Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:06:46 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/apply-today-healing-hearts-transforming-nations Are you at a loss for how to handle conflict in your family, church, and community? Reginald Smith https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/apply-today-healing-hearts-transforming-nations Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:16:19 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/rwanda-why-i-changed-my-mind-about-race-relations When I arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, in October 2022, it was in the dark of night after a 17-hour flight from Grand Rapids with stops in Detroit and Amsterdam. Takia, a small-framed young Tutsi woman, found me in the airport. Reginald Smith https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/rwanda-why-i-changed-my-mind-about-race-relations Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:28:18 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/champions-justice-dave-and-susie-lindner In celebration of the 50 years of the Office of Race Relations (ORR), we are featuring the stories of people in the CRC who have been actively demonstrating a passion for multicultural congregations and a commitment to antiracism. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/champions-justice-dave-and-susie-lindner Thu, 19 May 2022 19:55:03 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/standing-racism-gospel-thing-do Jesus came to give life and give it more abundantly. It was a promise he delivered by Crucifixion. Rudy Gonzalez https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/standing-racism-gospel-thing-do Tue, 17 May 2022 13:28:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/what-makes-church-multiracial Lately, I have been reading and researching the movement of multiracial churches in the United States. What makes a church multiracial? Are the music, the reading, and the prayer interpreted bilingually? A choir led by a different ethnic group? Multiethnic food or flags from other countries? Viviana Cornejo https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/what-makes-church-multiracial Tue, 10 May 2022 12:37:31 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/patrick-lyoya-race-and-policing-city-churches This is a special episode of the Antioch Podcast: Conversations About Biblical Antiracsim. Eric Nykamp https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/patrick-lyoya-race-and-policing-city-churches Tue, 03 May 2022 14:00:10 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/meet-scholarship-recipient-yohan-lee The Multiracial Student Scholarship Fund is one of the strategies employed by the Office of Race Relations (ORR) to develop multiracial congregational leadership in the CRCNA. Through bountiful gifts given last year, the ORR was able to award scholarships to ten students for the 2021/22 scho Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/justice-inclusion/racial-reconciliation/meet-scholarship-recipient-yohan-lee Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:12:49 +0000