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Diane Dykgraaf

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Friendship CRC in Byron Center, MI
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Program Coordinator for Worship Ministries of the CRC

September 20, 2017
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"I Love You, Jesus"

Kathy took great care in telling her Story Hour children that Bible stories are true. She wasn't sure, however, what impression she was making. But one day a mother of one of Kathy's three-year-olds shared a story from home. 

By Diane Dykgraaf
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