Diaconal Outreach and Ministry Resource List
Ministry | Explanation of Ministry | Contact Person |
| Reformed Church World Service | Responding to natural and human related disasters worldwide. | Betty Voskuil
616/698-7071 1-800-968-3943 |
| Reformed Church Mission Services | An outreach mission which coordinates missionary outreach in the USA and across the world on behalf of RCA congregations. | Roger DeYoung
616/698-7071 1-800-968-3943 |
| Reformed Church Volunteer Services | Placing individual and group volunteers in ways to serve depending on your gifts, training, personal circumstances and the time you can give. | Jay Harsevoort
616/698-7071 1-800-968-3943 |
| Access | (All County Churches Emergency Support System) A network of area congregations working together to help meet needs in our community. | Marcia DeHollander
616/774-2175 |
| The Other Way Ministries | Working along side urban neighbors, building a community of hope, extending the love of Christ | Rev. Lou Roossien
616/454-4011 |
| Westown Jubilee Housing | A Christian community development ministry of the RCA serving the west side of Grand Rapids | Rev. Dick TerMaat
616/458-4841 |
| Grand Rapids Deacons' Coordinating Center | A ministry to equip and support RCA deacons as they seek to lead their congregations in demonstrating the love of Jesus Christ through ministries of mercy, service and outreach. | Julie Ploeg
616/532-2428 |
| Kid's Hope USA | One church, one at risk elementary school child who needs a friend and one hour (a mentoring program between an elementary school and a church | Becky Bullis 616/534-0436 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Building houses in partnership with God's people in need | Cheryl Moelhoek 616/774-2431 |
| Heartside Ministries | A ministry to serve the needs of the homeless and marginalized persons living in the Heartside neighborhood. | Rev. Barb Pekich
616/235-7211 |
| Servant's Community | An RCA urban ministry | Jeffrey Peterson
616/451-2418 |
| PARA | Refugee resettlement program | Jotham Ippel
616/224-7540 |
| Marketplace Ministries | Christian counseling center located in Breton Village Mall with a "walk in any time" counseling structure. | Rev. Rick Eschenberg
616/949-4911 |
| Alongside Ministries | A ministry that cares for pastors and missionaries | Rev. John Smith
269/671-4809 |
| Words of Hope | A ministry reaching the world's unreached by radio. | Randy Bohl
616/459-6181 |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | Outreach ministry for the poor and homeless of Grand Rapids | Rev. Tom Layman
616/454-8684 |
| God's Kitchen | A ministry who provides meals to the poor and homeless | 616/454-4110 |
| Degage' Ministries | A ministry that reaches out to the poor and dispossessed of the Heartside Neighborhood by being a safe harbor where friendships are formed and community begins. | Jim Steenbergen
616/454-1661 |
| Clancy Street | An RCA urban ministry | Rev. Carol Faas
616/235-2195 |
| Guiding Light Mission | A non-profit, Christian organization that meets the needs of the homeless and hungry of our community | Chico Daniels
616/451-0236 |
| Servant's Center | A ministry of transitional housing for poor and homeless | Don Tack
616/293-6286 |
| First Call for Help/United Way | Community resource for needs | 211 |
| Pregnancy Resource Center | Pregnancy testing and counseling, maternity/baby clothes and supplies, referral for medical care, social service and adoption, abstinence presentation for schools and churches | Jim Sprague 616/456-6873 |
| Forgotten Man Ministries | A ministry that brings together inmates, chaplains and layworkers in the study and ministry of God's Word | 616/784-4620 |
| Second Harvest Gleaners Food Bank | Charity food programs working to help end hunger in West Michigan | John Arnold 616/784-3250 |
