Written by Mike Verkaik What do you remember from your years of middle school? This is a question I have been asking myself after returning from our third South Africa Kingdom Encounter trip with middle school students from Holland Christian. I traveled there with the principal, Tom Strikwerda, who approached me almost four years ago […]
Have you heard the song by Matthew West, “Don’t Stop Praying?” I actually hadn’t known about it until a few Sunday ago. We were at Haven church in Zeeland, Michigan, and the outreach committee played a video of the song which included a challenge to get God’s children to keep on praying, particularly during this […]
Written by board member Danell Czarnecki. Recently Oceans Ministries board, staff and Bryan and Marc from VTC House, partners of Oceans Ministries, gathered together for a time of prayer seeking to where God would lead us in the next season of ministry. Those gathered were from California, Colorado, Michigan and South Africa. It was good […]
Recently my wife and I had the joy of being in four different churches in four weeks. I can truly say “JOY” because of how the Spirit used each worship experience to paint a glorious picture of what He is up to. There may be many challenges facing the church today, as we hear or […]
Living in South Africa we have come to realize that the game of rugby is synonymous with South Africa. On Saturdays we love cheering on young athletes or gathering for a “watching party” with friends. The other week we attended a rugby birthday party! The highlight was a professional rugby coach teaching the young boys […]
