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I don’t see it very often, this little treasure of mine. I keep it in an old jewelry box with so many large pairs of earrings from the 90s and lots of gaudy Christmas jewelry I must have worn in the past. The treasure is from the 60s and early 70s – a pin from Sunday School at Calvin Church. It has four pieces, designating my attendance for four years. (Did I lose a few pieces? I was there for more than four years!) The first piece has a cross, a crown, and the words “Christi

My parents grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, and they both came from Christian families. For them, church was one of the only activities outside of school. On Sundays, they went to church in the morning, had Sunday school right after the morning service, and went to church again in the evening. One day a week after school, they went to church for catechism class, which was another hour or two. My dad also took piano lessons during the week, but my mom’s parents were small busin

The Kids Club held an egg-cellent event on Wednesday, January 15, with a thrilling Egg Drop competition that had everyone on the edge of their seat! The night was filled with creativity, laughter, and a bit of mess as kids worked in groups to design the safest and most innovative egg-carrying contraptions. The challenge : The event was divided into three rounds, each more challenging than the last. In the first round, the kids were given five items (only recyclables, tape, an