Holland Deacons' Conference

05/07/2024

Remember Dave? Dave has been a committed volunteer at the Community Kitchen for the past three and a half years! Our team recently had the joy of nominating him for the Ability Award through Disability Network, and he was selected as a finalist! This award is given to individuals that embrace leadership, advocacy, engagement & empowerment within the disability community - which is something Dave does each day! He helps train new volunteers that enter the Kitchen, has helped make the Kitchen a more welcoming space for folks of all abilities, and shares passionately about our services. Thank you, Dave, for all that you do for our staff, volunteers, guests, and community!

09/15/2023

“The church does not simply have deacons, but is, by its very nature and calling a diaconate. The call of deacons is to motivate and mobilize the congregation for works of service (diakonia).” From: Diakonia Remixed – Task Force report to Synod 2013 During the past several years of communicati...

06/09/2023

HDC Announces Growing Together Campaign for Brothers & Sisters Homes

The Growing Together Campaign is the first step in bringing the homes and residents of Brothers & Sisters Homes closer together. Right now, three of our five homes are in the same neighborhood. Brothers Home 2 is presently furthest from the three neighboring homes. The other home, while in a di

06/06/2023

How can your church invest in the flourishing of your neighborhood? Come hear an engaging presentation about the City of Holland's Blueprint for Flourishing Neighborhoods (Dec 2022) and consider what assets exist in your area for community collaboration. RSVP below for a free lunch and conversation at Evergreen Commons on July 27 from 12-1:30 pm.

RSVP @ https://bit.ly/BuildingBelongingRSVP

06/02/2023

HDC Seeking New Executive Director

As you might know by now, Jack Kooyman, HDC’s Executive Director, is planning to retire at the end of September. His retirement date is almost exactly ten years from when he first started as HDC’s ED. Among other things, that means we will be looking for a new ED to take his place, hopefully bef...

03/23/2023

Holland and Ottawa County have a long history of welcoming refugees to our community. We are looking forward to learning about the needs and challenges facing refugees today and how we can welcome and show Christ's love to them as God's fellow image bearers.

02/15/2023

Many Christians know they are called to "Welcome the Stranger" and to love their neighbor, but how do and can we do this today with new refugees and asylum seekers coming to our community? If you want to know and better understand this, you will want to read about the following upcoming opportunity.

If you want to better understand how you can support refugees and others who are new to our country, we encourage you to attend an upcoming immigration seminar at Providence Christian Reformed Church on the evening of March 23. Movement West Michigan is facilitating this seminar in partnership

11/07/2022

In our democracy, we believe every vote should be accurately counted, and we follow the law to declare the winner. Election Day is THIS Tuesday, November 8th. Make sure you are ready to use your power and vote at AAPD.COM/WeVote

10/27/2022

Some great learning opportunities for individuals and churches engaging with community. Check it out.

04/25/2022

Brothers & Sisters Homes will be the "Mission of the Month" for the month of May at B2 Outlet Stores. This will be at both of the Holland locations of B2: 1111 Washington Avenue and 12330 James Street. When customers make a purchase during the month of May, they will be asked if they want to "round up" their purchase to benefit Brothers and Sisters Homes. If they choose to round up, these monies will benefit our homes.

03/23/2022

Information about how you can support this year's CROP Hunger Walk on April 23 & 24. https://www.hdccrc.org/news/6aglm5rql4cm840u0eymr1ny2n7d01

03/14/2022

Register from now until March 30 for a significant discount to this year's CRC Inspire event in Chicago, August 4-6.

Inspire 2022 is only five months away! Expo vendors are booking their booths, workshop presenters are putting together their presentations, and worship leaders are beginning to plan the gathering times. We're excited to see things coming together for a great event!