Creston Administrative Coordinator
Creston Church is a nearly 100 year old congregation in the Creston neighborhood of northeast Grand Rapids. The congregation is marked by a commitment to its urban neighborhood and to its neighbors. We value the economic and racial diversity of our community, and we desire to live in right relationship with God, each other and creation. The congregation is comprised of about eighty active adult members, nearly sixty regular attenders, and about thirty children, from infant to 12th grade. We value holistic faith formation for youth and adults alike, and have embodied this commitment in recent years through developing ministries such as small groups, monthly community dinners, community gardens and supporting the start of an urban farm.
Posted in: Setting Up an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program
The article you link requires a subscription to read it. Could you summarize the conclusions of the article about how to weigh the decision of whether or not a church should purchase an AED?
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Posted in: Rooted: Does Your Church Have a Community Garden?
Creston CRC in Grand Rapids, MI is home to the Carman Street Community Garden, which is in the midst of its fifth season. It's origin was a wonderful ecumenical collaboration with an intention for inclusion. It has been a wonderful means of community building and planting spiritual seeds with our neighbors. It was featured in the Banner back in 2011: http://www.thebanner.org/news/2011/08/community-gardens-promote-inclusion-in-michigan.
We have also helped to start an Urban Farm which offers fresh vegetables in the midst of an urban food desert, and employment and discipleship for local youth: http://newcityneighbors.org/ministries/farm/