Vandermeer was also my religion teacher at grch . I always thought sunshine should be named "Sonshine". Thoughts prayers!
" Established in 1923, Sunshine has been at four locations in northeast Grand Rapids. The current facility was built in 1989 under the leadership of Pastor Lew VanderMeer, who left the congregation in 1991.
The congregation, which once had more than 2,000 professing members, currently has 667 members and an average worship attendance of 412, according to a 2015 entry in the Christian Reformed Church's website...."
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2016/08/christian_reformed_congregatio.html
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PRAYING FOR MY BELOVED CRC MEMBERS & CALVIN COLLEGE et al to NOT ACQUIESCE TO FAR-LEFT LIBERALISM TO TRY TO BE ‘COOL’:
JESUS SAID: “I pray not that thou should take them out of the world, but that thou should keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
And for their sakes ..."