By Doug Dinkins – Our community of Holland has an all-volunteer workshop called PET (Personal Energy Transportation).  Mostly made up of retirees, these folks manufacture small three wheel vehicles for children around the world who have lost the use of their legs. This was started downtown where the building owner not only provided free space for … Read More

By Connie Amaya – I was blessed today! The worship service was wonderful and powerful at the same time.  I appreciated our pastor’s dedication to make “ONE LORD, ONE CHURCH” a reality in this community!  How important it is to keep up the good work and “do not faint” for in due time we will … Read More

By Priscilla Lopez – The Holland police were called and I fled the scene. Living in a domestic relationship for a couple years took its toll on me.  I’d had enough of the harassment but instead of calling out to my Lord, I took it into my own hands. I must say this was a … Read More

By Ellorie Kenyon – When I was in seventh grade, five years ago, my mom suffered a life-altering injury. My family and I had decided to go ice skating one night, and suddenly, while we were skating around the rink my mother fell down, and a loud “CRACK!” could be heard resonating throughout the rink. … Read More

By Ryan Cotton – When I first came to Holland, alone, I chose West Core as my initial home to live, work, and play.  I enjoyed being in such an active neighborhood, right in the middle of what was happening in Holland.  Later, when my wife Karen joined me, we moved to the adjacent Washington School neighborhood. Together with … Read More

By Anonymous – Moving into the heart of downtown Holland from our comfy, country dream home that we built 24 years prior and raised our family in was not easy to say the least.  We were, however, very excited to see what God had planned for us as we really felt a calling to do this! While … Read More

By Dayna Beal – Remember the weather last winter? Did you try to ride your bike in it?  On a very snowy night as I was driving through the neighborhood, I saw a man struggling to push his bicycle through the snow on the side of the road as cars were roaring by and splattering … Read More

By Dwight Beal – The day before the city “fall clean-up” last November, I realized that I had a lot of work to do, and there was no way I could do it all by myself.  Raking, pruning, sweeping, dragging… it was more than one human could accomplish in an afternoon.  I whispered a weary … Read More

By Harv and Lolly Vanden Bosch – Our neighbor, Casey, (84), lived alone.  He was very reclusive, fearful, and distrustful.  His house was filled with books, clothing, old mail, art work, and things he fancied from area dumpsters.  It became increasingly apparent that he was in need of more care.  Three neighbors who watched over … Read More