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December 2016 Issue

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Our Shared Ministry

• A Family Christmas Tradition
• Being the Church
• Celebrating the Old, Looking Forward to the New
• Faithful Waiting
• Gaining a Global Perspective
• Gather at the River
• Learning to Lead
• The Making of a Servant Leader
• Water and Sanitation Bring Better Health to a Cambodian Community

Mixed Media

• Getty Kids Hymnal – In Christ Alone
• Life, Animated
• Love & Hate
• Raymie Nightingale
• Slow Kingdom Coming: Practices for Doing Justice, Loving Mercy and Walking Humbly in the World
• The Confessions of X
• The Lowdown
• Unstuffed: Decluttering Your Home, Mind, and Soul

Columns

• Big Questions: Church
• Big Questions: Ethics
• The Other 6: How to Help a Grieving Person
• Vantage Point: It’s Time to Seek Other Seas
• Reply All: Letters to the Editor: December 2016
• The Other 6: Moses, Deuteronomy, and New Year’s Eve
• Point of View: Punch Lines
• Big Questions: Relationships
• Editorial: Seeing Christmas with New Eyes
• Discover: Stargazing
• Still: Thanks a Lot, Mom and Dad

Features

• Hospitable Neighborhoods
• Our Lady Too
• The Truth about Fiction

News

• Caring for People Who Are LGBTQ
• Church Spreads Joy through Christmas Toys
• Grow Deep, Live Tall: Iowa Church Celebrates 125 Years
• Highlights of 2016 Fall Classis Meetings
• In Memoriam: Rev. Clarence Van Ens
• In Memoriam: Rev. Henry Bouma
• Joanne De Jonge Retires from The Banner After Nearly 50 Years
• Loving Sunnyside Completes 100th Home
• New Affordable Housing Opens in Ontario
• New Friendship Curriculum Expands Inclusiveness
• Niekerk CRC Celebrates 150 Years
• Ontario Family Celebrates Heritage with Baptism Gown
• Retired Pastor Builds Sailboat from Church Pews
• Then and Now: Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Ordination of Women in the CRC
• Wolterstorff: Biblical Justice and Same-Sex Marriage