Thanks to the generosity of a geographically diverse group of supporters, Room for All is grateful to announce a $50,000 matching challenge to help sustain and expand our ministry in the coming year. Read all the details here!
GROUNDED, GATHERED, and GRATEFUL: A STATEMENT TO THE BODY OF CHRIST IN THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA May 23, 2018 Delegates to the 2018 General Synod of the Reformed Church in America will be called upon to weigh and vote on matters that will signal and affect the future of this denominational communion, together or…
DetailsAt the initiative of Lee De Young, RCA General Synod President, representatives of Room for All and The Gospel Alliance met in Holland, Michigan in March. Lee De Young and Interim General Secretary Don Poest also attended. The 2-day meeting was facilitated by Jim Herrington, founder of Faithwalking. The report of that meeting has now…
DetailsAlong with many in the Reformed Church in America, Room for All mourns the death of Rev. Ed Mulder today. No doubt there will be many tributes in the days to come, tracing Ed’s humble roots in Minnesota, his call to ministry and ordination to the office of Minister of Word and Sacrament in the…
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I need to let go. Not give up. Just…let go. I was 30 years old when I first attended an inclusive worship service in 1989. I doubt the memory of that experience will ever fade. It hasn’t yet even though I’m nearly doubled in years. I wept. Uncontrollably. As hard as I tried to gather…
Details“I came to see the great unmet hunger in welcoming congregations, across the ecumenical spectrum, for songs that proclaim the limitless love and radical welcome of God.” Singer-songwriter David Lohman has taken a step forward in satisfying that hunger with today’s release of his first album, “Fling the Church Doors Open Wide: Songs of…
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Last week, two people I haven’t seen in some time contacted me. Both of them had very similar requests (purely coincidental). They each needed a member of the LGBTQIA community to interview for a school project. The first friend contacted me on behalf of their high-school aged child, who was completing an assignment for a…
DetailsDo you shop at Amazon.com? Thanks to one of our supporters for suggesting that we enroll in the Amazon Smile program! From now on, when you want to shop at Amazon, simply log in to amazon smile with this link instead, to designate Room for All as your charity of choice to receive 0.5%…
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“…With Gilligan, the Skipper too, a millionaire and his wife, a movie star, the professor and Mary Ann, here on Gilligan’s Isle….” This list of names is, of course, a portion of the well-known theme song for the 1960’s show Gilligan’s Island. Something of a “sleeper classic,” the show featured a delightfully predictable premise: what…
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