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12 hrs ago | Detnews.com - Schools

Calvin students help revive Panama island's bakery

A bakery on Isla Tigre in Panama is back in operation, thanks to help from 11 Calvin College students.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Worldwide Faith News

Ecumenical Body Sends Letter to South African Churches

Ecumenical Body Sends Letter to South African Churches Nov. 6, 2009 -- The Executive Committee of the Reformed Ecumenical Council has sent a letter to the South African members of the REC and of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches concerning and clarifying the status of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa related to the union of the REC ...

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, Grand Rapids, MI, Grand Rapids Metro,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Worldwide Faith News

CRC Experts Reviews Honduras.Situation

Kurt Ver Beek, a professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI., and advocate for peace and justice in Honduras, is hopeful that true democracy can finally come to Honduras following a military coup and political developments in June that forced the country's president Manuel Zelaya to leave by plane to Costa Rica, Ver Beek said in a press ...

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Travel, Honduras Travel, Grand Rapids, MI, Manuel Zelaya,

Wed Nov 04, 2009

WTKG-AM Grand Rapids

Calvin Professor, Students, Form "Healing Children of Conflict"

A new organization to help children who are the victims of wars involving the U.S. has been formed in metro Grand Rapids.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids, MI

Mon Nov 02, 2009

MLive.com

New West Michigan group seeks to provide medicial help to kids from battle zones

For many Americans, the damages of war remain unreal, involving anonymous victims in distant lands, said Bert de Vries, a Calvin College professor who helped start Healing Children of Conflict.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Family, Kids

Sat Oct 31, 2009

MLive.com

Homosexuality provokes Calvin, Hope, Aquinas to consider balance...

If you want to stimulate passionate conversation on Christian college campuses these days, just drop the H word: homosexuality.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Hope College, Wedding, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Milk

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Campus Life

The Litmus Test

Trustee ban on "advocacy of homosexual practice and same-sex marriage" stirs up Calvin faculty.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Religion News Service

Calvin College agrees to further study ban on homosexual advocacy

Calvin College leaders say they will take more time to study how its policy on homosexuality relates to academic freedom.

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Towleroad

Michigan College Bars Dustin Lance Black from Forum on Sexuality

Hope College in Holland, Michigan has barred Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black from speaking at a forum on sexuality, according to the school paper, The Anchor : "Hope College's Sexuality Roundtable's request to host Hollywood screenwriter Dustin Lance Black as a speaker on campus has been denied by the college administration.

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Related Topix: Hope College, Grand Rapids Metro, Holland, MI, Grand Rapids, MI

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Grand Haven Tribune

New pastor installed at Fruitport CRC

The congregation of Fruitport Christian Reformed Church recently welcomed the Rev.

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Related Topix: Fruitport, MI

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Guest commentary: Time to clarify the stance of Christian evolutionists

Uko Zylstra is the dean for natural sciences and mathematics at Calvin College. A recent Grand Rapids Press article caused a stir because of its focus on how local colleges and universities, including Christian colleges, teach science and how they reconcile scientific theories, such as evolution, with a belief in God as creator and sustainer of the ...

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Related Topix: Biology

Fri Oct 23, 2009

KIII

Christian College and Homosexuality; Pets after Rapture; Notre Dame...

Calvin College professors are urging school trustees to withdraw a memo calling for adherence to the Christian Reformed Church's stance against homosexuality and gay marriage.

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Related Topix: End Times, Gay/Lesbian, University of Notre Dame, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology

Thu Oct 22, 2009

KXMD-TV Williston

Update on the latest in religion news:

NOTRE DAME-PRESIDENT Notre Dame trustees elec4 Jenkins to a second term as president Notre Dame trustees also approved a resolution expressing their "respect and full confidence" in Jenkins, saying he has nurtured an environment where "the Catholic faith and intellectual tradition are celebrated and lived." Jenkins faced widespread criticism las4 ...

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Wedding, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology, Vicksburg, MS

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Worldwide Faith News

Plantinga to Step Down as President of Calvin Theological Seminary

Plantinga to Step Down as President of Calvin Theological Seminary Oct. 14, 2009 -- Rev.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area honors youth leader, giving couple

Mike Goorhouse completed his freshman year at Calvin College in 2005 then got an internship at the Council of Michigan Foundations.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Management, Grand Haven, MI, Non-Profit

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Lansing State Journal

Area Digest

GRAND RAPIDS - The Lansing Community College men's cross country team finished 11th and the women's team 12th of 25 teams in the Michigan Intercollegiate Championships last weekend at Calvin College.

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Related Topix: Lansing, MI, Lansing Metro, Michigan, Holt, MI, Okemos, MI

Mon Oct 12, 2009

WisInfo

Dodge County News

Residents are reminded that Waupun and Alto area Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts from Troops 747 and 711 and Pack 3777 will be hanging food collection bags on doorknobs Saturday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Waupun, WI, Dodge County, WI, Education Etc., Wisconsin, Fox Lake, WI

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Small donations add up to big help for ACCESS food drive

Liz Reimink did not realize how much poverty is in the Grand Rapids area until her Calvin College nursing classes sent her to schools and churches to help with health screenings.

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Related Topix: Wyoming, MI

Thu Oct 08, 2009

MLive.com

Calvin College plans Grand Rapids ride to boost bike use

It probably won't match the bicycle-clogged streets of Amsterdam, but Calvin College leaders expect more than 100 riders to pedal from the campus to Rose Parks Circle on Friday to show their support for Dutch heritage and boosting bike use in cities.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids, MI

Wed Oct 07, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Calvin College shifts Homecoming weekend to fall

Among the great discoveries I made when I moved from New York to the University of Missouri was this lesson: People care about college football, and Homecoming is a big deal.

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Related Topix: University of Missouri

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