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		<title>“Faith and Science: A Dialogue” Continues in February/March</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How can we reconcile the creation accounts in Genesis with the findings of modern science?


How can we engage in constructive, hospitable dialogue on these issues?


How can we participate in these conversations without fear, following Christ’s model of self-giving love?


These questions have prompted scientists, philosophers, and theologians at Church of the Servant to dig deeper together, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchoftheservantcrc.org/%e2%80%9cfaith-and-science-a-dialogue%e2%80%9d-continues-in-februarymarch</link>
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		<title>Sermon Recordings: 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You should be able to left-click any title, to instantly hear these sermons or service excerpts.  Or, right-click for options to save to your computer or player device. If you want to download them automatically  when they are posted, please subscribe to our podcast. Positive  feedback is great, but please also let us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchoftheservantcrc.org/2012-mp3-sermons</link>
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		<title>COS Seeks Minister of Faith Formation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Church of the Servant is seeking a full-time person to provide leadership and oversight of faith formation ministries for children, youth, and adults. This position requires spiritual maturity, commitment to the Reformed faith, strong pedagogical gifts, ability to recruit and guide volunteers, and capacity to work well with other ministerial staff and teams.
Interested persons are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchoftheservantcrc.org/cos-seeks-minister-of-faith-formation</link>
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		<title>2011 Lessons &amp; Carols</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Church of the Servant&#8217;s Lessons &#38; Carols service is always a special evening. The format is simple: scripture and song. But somehow the combination is profound. We hear scriptures of waiting and fulfillment, sing cherished carols of the season, hear musical styles from hillbilly to highbrow, and experience the variety of voices that make up our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchoftheservantcrc.org/2011-lessons-carols</link>
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		<title>COS Celebrates Secretary&#8217;s 25 Years of Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Church of the Servant honored Ruth Huisman on Oct. 30 for her 25 years of service to the congregation as church secretary. Pastor Jack Roeda noted her many gifts, including her kind, pastoral manner in interacting with those who call or come into the office.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchoftheservantcrc.org/cos-celebrates-secretarys-25-years-of-service</link>
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		<title>Carol Browning Wins the 2011 COS New Psalm Contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Church of the Servant is pleased to announce Carol Browning&#8217;s setting of Psalm 131, &#8220;Help Me Have the Faith of a Child,&#8221; the winner of the 2011 COS New Psalm Contest.
The judges evaluated 57 submissions from all over the world, with styles ranging from metrical to responsorial, from four-part to folk to free form, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchoftheservantcrc.org/carol-browning-wins-the-2011-cos-new-psalm-contest</link>
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		<title>9/11/11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons to use lament in worship is that the Bible shows us that it&#8217;s part of the believer&#8217;s vocabulary. The other reason is to prepare us for days of doubt, the deaths of those we love, and the inevitable times in which evil has a temporary triumph, as it did on September [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchoftheservantcrc.org/91111</link>
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		<title>Scripture reading: it&#8217;s a family affair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Worship at Church of the Servant is an intergenerational event. There are dancers as young as six, orchestra members in middle school, and liturgists who are approaching 100.
Here is an MP3 recording of a father/daughter scripture reading from the September 4 worship service. Todd and Anya Kapitula have clearly taken great care rehearsing their readings. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchoftheservantcrc.org/scripture-reading-its-a-family-affair</link>
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		<title>Greg Scheer Blogs About Ukraine Worship Conferences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greg Scheer, minister of worship, is back in Grand Rapids after leading worship conferences in Ukraine. You can read about his time there at http://mukachevominutes.blogspot.com/. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchoftheservantcrc.org/greg-scheer-blogs-about-ukraine-worship-conferences</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Faith and Science: A Dialogue&#8221; Begins in October</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How can we reconcile the creation accounts in Genesis with the findings of evolutionary and cosmological science?
How can we engage in constructive, hospitable dialogue on these issues?
How can we participate in these conversations without fear, following Christ’s model of self-giving love?

These questions have prompted scientists, philosophers, and theologians at Church of the Servant to dig [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.churchoftheservantcrc.org/faith-and-science-a-dialogue-begins-in-october</link>
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