Does the idea that human beings are created in the image of God gives us the divine ability to create and destroy the world around us? Science gives us this ability, but might it lead to something...
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Posted: 1 year 7 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, practice, religion, Witchcraft, worship
Posted: 1 year 7 weeks
Tagged: church, Clean Energy, climate change
Grand Rapids, Michigan — In July 2022, Grand Rapids-based relief agency World Renew received a grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (...
Posted: 1 year 8 weeks
Tagged: Affordable Housing, california academy of sciences, city commission, City of Grand Rapids, commission night out, community development committee, community outreach, festival, funding, Grand Rapids Public Museum, home-arp, irish on ionia, job training, living worlds, neighborhood investment plan, public safety, Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, st. patrick's day
The City of Grand Rapids Asks Residents for Feedback Regarding Allocation of Federal Neighborhood Investment Plan and HOME-ARP Funds
On Tuesday, the...
Posted: 1 year 8 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, law, religion, Religious Law
Father Kevin Niehoff, O.P., a Dominican priest who serves as Judicial Vicar, Diocese of Grand Rapids, responds:
First, we need to understand the purpose of civil and criminal...
Posted: 1 year 8 weeks
Tagged: Community, community health, functional, healthy lifestyles, Holistic, massage, mental health, nutrition, therapy, wellness, Yoga
The Body, Mind & Solstice event is a community event located in the Creston...
Posted: 1 year 9 weeks
Tagged: #easthillsgr, #volunteers
The East Hills Events Committee, in collaboration with many local businesses, hosts more than 20 special events, concerts, and meet ups throughout the year and we are looking to expand our...
Posted: 1 year 9 weeks
Tagged: #cherrypark, #easthillsgr, #specialevents, #volunteers
The East Hills Events Committee, in collaboration with many local businesses, hosts more than 20 special events, concerts, and meet ups throughout the year and we are looking to expand our...
Posted: 1 year 9 weeks
Tagged: #art
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) will present Art in Bloom from March 24 – 26, a...
Posted: 1 year 9 weeks
Tagged: City of Grand Rapids, community engagement sessions, community master plan launch party, fashion, gr stories, Grand Rapids Public Museum, grand river burial mounds, grand river burial mounds interpretation initiative, Grand Valley State University, harrison park academy, History, KCAD, kendall college of art and design of ferris state university, meijer theater, national civic league, presentations, public health, public safety committee, re: models fashion show and exhibition
Grand Rapids Public Museum to Add Two New Programs to its GR Stories Series
The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) has announced...
Posted: 1 year 9 weeks
The Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition (GGRBC) invites community members to participate in the first-annual Spokes Up city-wide bike challenge. The challenge, which runs from...
Posted: 1 year 9 weeks
Tagged: #SCMC #StCeciliaMusicCenter #SCMCMusicLivesHere #DowntownGrandRapidsEntertainment #Music #Concerts
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) presents the final Chamber...
Posted: 1 year 9 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion
According to the Pew Research Center: Depending on whether religious switching...
Posted: 1 year 9 weeks
Tagged: #easthillsgr #WomenDirectors
Jessica Young has lived in-and-around East Hills since 2005. In 2017, she and her partner bought a historic home in Fairmount Square, one of six sub-neighborhoods in East Hills, where they live...
Posted: 1 year 9 weeks
Tagged: city commission, City Connection, GRCMC, GRTV, lisa knight, Second Ward, starla mcdermott
On Monday, March 6, Commissioner Lisa Knight (of GR's Second Ward) will be in the GRTV studio for...
Posted: 1 year 10 weeks
Tagged: cinema, drama, film, open projector night, OPN, Wealthy Theatre
We'd like to congratulate our last Open Projector Night audience vote winner, Allison Riley and their film...
Posted: 1 year 10 weeks
Tagged: City of Grand Rapids, community projects, community reading initiative, democracy skills program, first ward, fundraiser, grand rapids running tours, GRCC, international women's day, Kent County, kent county community action, lecture, little women, march, pbgr, presentation, request for proposals, rfp, SowHope, supporting victims of domestic violence, walk for warmth, walking tours, Wealthy Theatre, Women's History Month, women's resource center, YWCA West Central Michigan
Numerous Events Celebrating Women's History Month to Take Place in Grand Rapids in March
On Tuesday, the White House issued a...
Posted: 1 year 10 weeks
Tagged: broadway, Broadway Grand Rapids, drama, Musical Theater
On Monday, February 27th, Broadway Grand Rapids announced its 35th anniversary season, which will run from September of this year through June of...
Posted: 1 year 10 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion, scripture, Study
Fred Stella, the Pracharak (Outreach Minister) for the West Michigan Hindu Temple, responds:
While studying the scriptures is highly recommended to devotees, it is not required...
Posted: 1 year 11 weeks
Tagged: 33rd street, bishop dennis j mcmurray way, city code, city commission, city planning commission, commemorative street designation, development project, fire, Grand Rapids, grant, highland park, housing, Kent County Sheriff's Office, lead testing, lead-based paint, michigan department of natural resources, parks and recreation, public health, renaissance church of god in christ, revised brownfield plan amendment
Grand Rapids City Commission Holds Four Public Hearings at Tuesday's Meeting
On Tuesday, February 21, the...
Posted: 1 year 11 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, First amendment, Official Religion, Pluralism, religion, Separation of Church and State, State Religion
Some panelists can point to countries where their religion is the “official” one. There, the line between Church and State is a bit more blurred than here in the US. I’m curious...
Posted: 1 year 12 weeks
Tagged: Black History Month, bridge to our future, City of Grand Rapids, closures, community engagement, community master plan, environmental protection agency, first ward, Grand Rapids Community College, grand rapids community master plan steering committee, Grand Rapids Public Museum, GRTV, holiday, lake michigan filtration plant, launch party, lyman parks jr., president's day, rev. lyman s parks, Second Ward, tassell m-tec, third ward, water pool-ooza, water system
Grand Rapidians Encouraged to Participate in Community Master Plan Process by Attending Upcoming "Launch Party" Events
Next week, the ...
Posted: 1 year 12 weeks
Tagged: #SCMC #StCeciliaMusicCenter #SCMCMusicLivesHere #DowntownGrandRapidsEntertainment #Music #Concerts
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) is proud to bring back Sam Bush and his band to Grand Rapids to perform on March 10, 2023....
Posted: 1 year 12 weeks
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) brings the Emmet Cohen Trio to the Royce Auditorium Stage on Thursday, March 9, 2023. ...
Posted: 1 year 12 weeks
Celebrating Sobriety
On January 17th, 2023, Guiding Light Recovery alumni Kyle, Tyler, Pat, Eric, Nick, Dennys, Scott and Kenan had a chance to formally celebrate reaching one year of...
Posted: 1 year 12 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, First amendment, Official Religion, Pluralism, religion, Separation of Church and State, State Religion
Some panelists can point to countries where their religion is the “official” one. There, the line between Church and State is a bit more blurred than here in the US. I’m curious...
Posted: 1 year 13 weeks
Tagged: assaults, bomb threat, burglaries, continuum of care, courtney myers-keaton, crime, DeVos Performance Hall, distinguished budget presentation award, Eric Winstrom, eureka people, government finance officers association, Grand Rapids, grand rapids area coalition to end homelessness, Grand Rapids Ballet, GRPD, homeless, homicides, hospital, housing kent, James Sofranko, programs, public safety committee, Resources, romeo and juliet, St. Mary's, theft, trinity health, unhoused, Valentine's Day
Grand Rapids Police Department, Grand Rapids Area Coalition to End Homelessness, and Housing Kent Give Reports/Presentations at Tuesday's Public Safety Committee Meeting
At...
Posted: 1 year 13 weeks
Tagged: #SCMC #StCeciliaMusicCenter #SCMCMusicLivesHere #DowntownGrandRapidsEntertainment #Music #Concerts
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) brings dynamic folk singer/songwriter ...
Posted: 1 year 13 weeks
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, Lectionary, religion, scripture, Sermon topics, Sermons
Last week’s responses were mainly written by people from traditions in which there is a strict cycle for reading and preaching. This week we hear from panelists who have no scriptural cycle...
Posted: 1 year 14 weeks
On Monday, February 6, Mayor Rosalynn Bliss will be in the GRTV studio for the February episode of...
Posted: 1 year 14 weeks
Tagged: affordable housing fund board, Black History Month, christopher becker, christopher schurr, City of Grand Rapids, collections, display, dr. delia fernandez, dr. randyl maurice jelks, dr. todd robinson, exhibit, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Public Museum, GRPM, harriet tubman's underground railroad, judge christina elmore, Kent County, kent county 17th circuit court, motion to quash, Museum, newcomers: the people of this place, patrick lyoya, people vs. christopher schurr, request for proposals, streets of old grand rapids, the history of grand rapids in black and brown: a conversation, tuskegee institute, tuskegee slides, tuskegee university
Grand Rapids Public Museum to Display Tuskegee Slides, Highlight Existing Exhibits and Programs in Celebration of Black History Month
On Monday,...