FRC Extended (First Reformed Church)

This year as the Advent candles are lit, we will get glimpses of how we are reaching out into the world. This week we see how JOY is evident in our partnership with Ukrainian refugees.

In June 2025, a multigenerational team from our church traveled to Compton, California, to serve alongside our ministry partners there. Together they installed turf, renovated a bathroom, poured concrete, and took on many other projects to bless the church and its neighborhood.This video shares your team’s time in Compton, their heartfelt reflections on what God showed them during the trip, and a special thank you from the church in Compton.

What does it really look like to plant churches in communities with no gospel presence? In this interview, Sara Van Zee sits down with Ken Neevel, Vice President of Development and Communication at Multiplication Network, to discuss how their global ministry equips local leaders to start healthy, sustainable churches. Hear powerful stories from Panama to Mexico and learn how our church in Orange City is making a lasting impact in places like Haiti, the Caribbean, and Mexico through strategic partnerships, modular training, and a commitment to gospel-centered multiplication.👥 Learn how indigenous leadership, cross-denominational collaboration, and verified accountability are transforming communities for Christ—one church at a time.

Our time in Guaymas, Mexico, showed how God works through relationships and discipleship to grow His church. We witnessed the passion of local pastors for sharing the gospel and their dedication to planting churches. Discipling children and families is transforming the community, and partnerships like ours with the Kingdom Network are strengthening ministry efforts. Despite language barriers, Christ’s love united us.

This year as the Advent candles are lit, we will get glimpses of how we are reaching out into the world. In our final Christ candle we see how Christ mends the broken places in our lives making them better than before they were broken.