https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:13:25 +0000 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:47:15 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/deacons/practitioners-mercy In a city where we once lived, the telephone service provided an additional feature: customers could dial a number and then listen to a message of cheer, encouragement, or even sympathy—a different one each day. We found that intriguing and we would dial it now and then. Louis Tamminga https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/deacons/practitioners-mercy Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:47:15 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/deacons/deacons-delegated-classis-and-synod Synod 2010 considered some basic questions around the church offices of deacon and elder. Synod was guided by a concern for the revitalization of those offices and how they are to relate to each other. Louis Tamminga https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/deacons/deacons-delegated-classis-and-synod Mon, 04 May 2015 12:44:29 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/deacons/compassion We humans are capable of deep feelings. We can enter into the situations of others. We can sense someone else's grief. Louis Tamminga https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/deacons/compassion Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:41:46 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/deacons/synods-review-three-church-offices For several years now CRC Synods, assisted by several study committees/task-forces, have discussed the church offices: elder, deacon, and minister. In June of this year Synod will have another stab at it. Louis Tamminga https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/deacons/synods-review-three-church-offices Tue, 13 May 2014 15:15:23 +0000