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News from our Churches, Sister Churches, and Mission Fields (Please send me news to be included here. E-mail: webmaster@prca.org) |
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Bethel PRC Roselle, IL |
Presentation: Plan now to attend a presentation on the work in the
Philippines by Rev. Smit on Wednesday, June 26 at 7 pm.
Rev. Smit will present the history of some of the work in the Philippines as
well as the most recent developments on this mission field." Bethel's Bulletin Clerk email address will now be changed to bethelprc.bulletin@gmail.com. |
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Byron Center PRC
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Calvary PRC Hull, IA |
May 26 and June 2 Pastor Griess has classical appointment to Doon PRC. Both morning services will be led by an elder. May 26 we will have an afternoon service at 2pm. Rev. J.Laning (Hull PRC) has consented to help us with that service.
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Cornerstone PRC St.John, IN |
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Covenant of Grace PRC
Spokane, WA |
A
fresh newsletter about our congregation is available (May
2013)! Pulpit Supply: This summer, while our pastor takes some vacation, we hope to have Rev. G.Eriks preach for us on July 14, Prof. R.Dykstra on July 28. The newly licensed seminarian, Ryan Barnhill, is scheduled to preach for us on August 11 and 18 while Rev. Kleyn is on classical appointment in Doon. Registration is open for the Western Young People's Retreat to be held July 1-4, 2013, at the Pend Oreille Bible Camp in eastern Washington. Rev. R. Kleyn and Rev. Hanko will speak on the theme: "Put on the Whole Armor of God". Activities include a day of white water rafting! Registration information and forms have been sent to your pastor. You can also request the materials to be sent directly to you by contacting Fred Hanko at fredncathy@juno.com. Beginning Feb.3 our pastor (Rev.R.Kleyn) will be on the Reformed Witness Hour broadcast until the end of May 2013. You can tune in on Sundays with your family at 5pm on KSPO 106.5FM or at 9:30am on KTW AM630. The messages are also archived at www.reformedwitnesshour.org, where you can either read or listen to them. Also, in the coming months we will begin a new radio advertising venture on these same stations. The pastor will record one minute ads on different biblical subjects that will be played on these over stations. Pray for God’s blessing on our witness the radio. |
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Register now for the 2013 Young People's Convention hosted by Crete PRC! The registration deadline has been extended to May 29. Registration forms postmarked after May 29 must include the $25 late fee. Please join us August 12-16, 2013 at Lake Williamson Christian Center in Carlinville, IL for a week of fellowship centered on the theme, "Not Ashamed of the Gospel" Romans 1:16. Visit the convention website for registration forms and additional information. 2013 PRYP Convention
Transportation: (1) All young people and chaperones in need of
transportation from Grand Rapids to the convention must sign up to ride the
buses set up by the Fed Board. To sign up, contact Dave Noorman by email at
conventiontransport2013@gmail.com for more information. Cost is $60 per
person. (2) Transportation Subsidy Request forms are available for download
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From the trio of
Revs. G. Eriks (Hudsonville MI), C. Haak (Georgetown MI), and R. Kleyn
(Spokane WA) the congregation voted May 16 to extend a call to
Rev.G.Eriks.
[From the 1st Reformed Church of Bulacan
Bulletin]: Missionary For the latest news on the mission work in the Philippines, see under the "Berean PRC" location below, or visit the Missions page. |
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Faith PRC Jenison, MI |
Classis East met on Wednesday, May 8 at Faith PRC. The agenda was light and the men completed their work in short order. Rev.D.Overway (Hope PRC) chaired the meeting. A classical appointment schedule for Faith PRC was approved. The September classis is to meet at Byron Center PRC. |
The Evangelism Committee has recently ordered the printing of a new pamphlet, “The Christian Life,” by John Calvin. This pamphlet is made up of chapters 6 through 10 of book 3 of the Institutes and includes chapters on "Scriptural arguments exhorting us to holiness," "Not our own," "Self-denial and bearing the cross," "Aspiring to the future life," and "Rightly using the present life and its comforts." We have printed advanced copies of the pamphlet and placed them in the back of the church for our congregation. Those Evangelism Committees in West Michigan, in the Chicago area, and those churches with delegates to Synod should contact Edgerton PRC (the U.S. distributor - edgertonprc@gmail.com) for orders soon so that Rev.D.Kuiper can take them to Synod.
Edmonton PRC will be hosting a young
adult's retreat on the theme the "The Antithesis in
History." The retreat will be held at the Goldeye Centre
near Nordegg, Alberta from July 29 to August 1,
2013. The speakers will be Rev. J. Marcus and Rev.
T. Miersma. For more information and updates, please
visit our website at
http://edmontonretreat.ca/, join our Facebook page, or
for general inquires contact Kelsey Ferguson,
kferguson@parklandimmanuel.ca. Note that all attendees
from the US will need a valid passport. Registration
will open on Monday, March 11 and remain open until April 30. |
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Be sure to listen to the Reformed Witness Hour each week! Preview the list of April 2013 messages. Read our Spring 2013 Newsletter! New! And check out the statistics from our website and Sermon Audio for March-April of this year!
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The Evangelism Committee continues to provide Holland Rescue Mission chapels the 4th Thursday of odd months. We will also conduct a Bible Study there for 6 weeks in April and May (beginning April 15). Evangelism committee’s
last Bible study is at Holland Mission tomorrow.
Rev. Holstege will lead. We will be leading the
chapel at Holland Rescue Mission this week Thursday at 7 p.m.
Sem.Ryan Barnhill will speak.
All are invited and encouraged to attend. The proposal was approved at the
congregational meeting this past week to allow the Council to develop plans,
contact trades for pricing, and obtain architect drawings for the
“classroom wing” concept that was presented. The proposal to
approve upgrades to our audio system was also approved at the congregational
meeting. |
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Georgetown PRC Hudsonville, MI |
Our Council and congregation are involved with assisting Pastor Paul Raj and the Reformed Christian Church of Vellore, India. To learn about this work, visit our India Outreach page. Read our latest India Mission Newsletter (May 2013)! |
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Did you miss our pastor's (Rev.R.Van Overloop) talk at the first Young Calvinist "Talking Points" Saturday, March 16? You may now listen to "Who Am I... in Christ?" from the link at the Young Calvinists blog. |
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We are the calling church for the "Minister-on-Loan" to the CERC of Singapore. As of the end of November 2012 Rev A.Lanning has begun his official labors in the Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church of Singapore. For more information on this sister church and his labors in her, see their "news" section below, under "sister churches and mission stations".
The Lanning's address is: 148 Bishan Street 11 #06-113 Singapore 570148. Mrs.S.Lanning's blog is singaporelannings.blogspot.com (You may sign up to receive the posts via email if you wish.). Rev.A.Lanning's blog is http://thesingaporeseven.yolasite.com/ |
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Advanced Notice: Reserve Tuesday night, June 25, for a special dinner and a Philippines mission presentation. A congregational dinner will be held which will take the place of our June/July dinners. Special guests will include Rev. Richard and Tricia Smit and their family and the area congregations will be invited as well. The dinner will be held at 6:30 with a Mission Presentation on the Philippines to follow at 7:30 p.m. |
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The Evangelism Committee is preparing for its summer activities at Redland's Market Night. We are asking the members of the congregation to volunteer to accompany a member of the Evangelism Committee to Market Night. Advanced Notice: As part of his furlough, missionary Rev. Richard Smit will be in Redlands on Monday, June 17. That evening he plans to give a presentation on the mission work in the Philippines. More information will follow. |
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Our pastor, Rev.G.Eriks, has received the call from Doon (IA) PRC. Don't forget about the Reformed Book Outlet, a small non-profit bookstore sponsored by three societies of our congregation. It is located in downtown Hudsonville, MI. Visit our website for more information and to learn about our special 25% off sale in May! The Seminary is planning to hold, D.V., a special conference commemorating the 450th anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism this Fall, October 17-19, 2013 - "Our Only Comfort". Hudsonville PRC, which is helping to host the conference, has made a special website to provide information and promote this important event. The site includes a blog where you will find devotions on the "HC". You are encouraged to check out, bookmark, and frequent this website as the plans and preparations continue. And we hope that you will also make plans to attend this profitable conference.
Attention writers who love the Heidelberg Catechism:
A writing contest sponsored by the Protestant Reformed Seminary will be part
of the celebration of the 450th anniversary of this beautiful confession
this coming fall. Generous prizes will be awarded to excellent papers on
assigned topics submitted by writers in five different age categories,
including a category for adult writers this time. For
more information, please
visit the new website set up by Hudsonville PRC,
the host church for the celebration in the fall of 2013.
Don't delay; the due date for all contest entries is Friday, June 28. |
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The Council is proposing the purchase of
a new organ. Details concerning the proposal are going to be
distributed today. A congregational meeting to consider this proposal has
been scheduled for Monday, May 20, at 7:00 p.m. If you wish to listen to the recent lecture Prof.D.Engelsma gave in Hull PRC (Feb.8, 2013), sponsored by the Dordt Bible Study group, click on this title: "The Coming of the Kingdom: Christianizing the World?" |
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The Young Adults Bible Study is currently hosting a video series on child-rearing, entitled “Shepherding a Child’s Heart,” by Tedd Tripp. This will occur in the months of April and May, with most meetings taking place on Thursday nights from 7:30 - 9:00. Pastor Key will chair the meetings and lead any discussion. Members of the congregation are welcome to attend.
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Registration is open for the Western Young People's Retreat to be held July 1-4, 2013, at the Pend Oreille Bible Camp in eastern Washington. Rev. R. Kleyn and Rev. R.Hanko will speak on the theme: "Put on the Whole Armor of God". Activities include a day of white water rafting! Registration information and forms have been sent to your pastor. You can also request the materials to be sent directly to you by contacting Fred Hanko at fredncathy@juno.com. Our congregation hosted the regular meeting of Classis West on March 6, with a special conference on the 450th anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism held on Tuesday, March 5. Visit the special PRCA website page on our Classes for more information. For a report of this regular meeting, including delegates to Synod 2013, click on the Stated Clerk's report (pdf). |
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The Consistory has approved a request from the faculty of the seminary that our Consistory and Pastor oversee the internship of Seminarian Joshua Engelsma. The Lord willing Seminarian Engelsma, his wife Courtney, and children Calvin and Charlotte, will be part of our congregation’s life and fellowship from July 1 to December 31. We look forward to welcoming the Engelsma family into our midst. |
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Providence PRC |
The congregation, at the meeting Tuesday night (May 14), approved spending $4,000.00 with RMD Architects to begin drawing plans for a church building and $5,000.00 with Feenstra and Associates for engineering and site work. The Evangelism Committee is sponsoring a
2-class lecture series "Jehovah's Witnesses: What they Believe and
How to Witness to Them." Dates for the lectures will be Tuesday June
25, and Tuesday July 2. We anticipate meeting at the church
property. More information to come as the time approaches! |
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On May 12 Rev.R.Van Overloop (Grace PRC) announced that he was led to decline the call we had extended to him on April 14. On May 26, Rev.D.Holstege will be preaching for us. On June 2nd & 9th, Rev. T.Miersma (Immanuel PRC, Lacombe) will be preaching. |
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Read the latest newsletter (April 2013) of our missionary, Rev.W.Bruinsma (Pittsburgh PA). |
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Trinity PRC Hudsonville, MI |
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Wingham PRC Wingham, ON, Canada |
Our new website is up and running! Check it out by clicking on our church name to the left! |
| Sister Churches, Mission Stations, and Special Relations of the PRC | Below we include news from the sister churches, mission stations, and special relation churches of the PRC. |
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Pittsburgh PR Mission Pittsburgh, PA |
This is a domestic mission field of the PRC. Southwest PRC is the calling
church for our missionary, Rev.W. Bruinsma. Read the latest newsletter (April 2013) Old Testament Bible Class in Cranberry The Survey of Old Testament History class in Cranberry continues on Wednesday nights in the Cranberry Township Municipal Center. The classes begin at 7 PM sharp since we have the room rented for an hour. We will be meeting in the back room of the Senior/Teen Center. A new schedule will be available for the summer classes. Sit in on our missionary's Saturday morning classes on the Belgic Confession. |
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Berean PRC Manila, the Philippines |
A foreign mission church of the PRC. Doon, IA PRC is the calling church for the two missionaries working in the Philippines, Rev.D.Kleyn and Rev.R.Smit. Their work includes the First Reformed Church of Bulacan and the All of Grace PR Fellowship in Gabaldon, as well as contacts in various areas of the Philippines. Rev.V.Ibe is serving as pastor of the BPRC. Rev. R.Smit and Rev. D.Kleyn will be traveling to Southern Negros Occidental this week Monday through Wednesday May 20-22). They will be conducting classes with a group of pastors there on Monday and Wednesday. On Tuesday they will be giving their speeches in Hinobaan on the theme “The Sovereignty Of God Over All Things.” Read the latest
Philippines mission newsletter
(March 2013). New!
The annual BPRC’s conference was held on April 26. Rev.
R.Smit and Rev. D.Kleyn gave the four speeches concerning “The Sovereignty Of God Over All Things”
(Sovereignty and Creation, Sovereignty and Salvation, Sovereignty and the
Inspiration of Scripture, Sovereignty and the Responsibility of Man). To
read about this conference and to listen to the speeches given,
visit the Kleyn's blog. The Ibe family is currently lodged at the SIL
Manila Guest House (guest house address: #12 Big Horseshoe Drive,
San Juan) until it is possible for them to move into a temporary rental
house in Mecayauan later in this month of July. The rental house in
Mecayauan will serve as temporary housing for several months until a
proposal for permanent and more suitable housing can be considered for
approval by the congregation at a future general assembly meeting. |
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Covenant PRC Ballymena, Northern Ireland |
A sister church of the PRC, established in June of 2007. Rev.Angus Stewart is the pastor. Watch the video of Rev.Stewart's Fall 2012 Reformation lecture: "Martin & Katie Luther: The Reformation of Marriage". Watch the videos of this past summer's British Reformed Fellowship Conference (2012). *Upon request of the Limerick Reformed Fellowship and in consultation with the PRC, the CPRC Council has approved the administration of baptism in the LRF. Visit their website here. Read their latest newsletter (May 2013) New! Schedule of events for the CPRC and its mission labors. Don't forget to read the latest issue of the CPRC News (March 2013) - 2 great articles! |
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Fellowship Limerick City, Republic of Ireland |
A mission station of the CPRC of Ballymena, N.Ireland. Rev.Martyn McGeown is the missionary. Pastor M.McGeown will give a lecture in Porthcawl, Wales this Thursday 23rd May on “Love Your Enemies.”
Upon request of the Limerick Reformed Fellowship and in consultation with
the PRC, the CPRC Council has approved the
administration of baptism in the LRF. Visit their website newly revised here. Read the latest mission newsletter (April 2013) New! |
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Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church
of Singapore |
The full sister church relationship
was approved at the PRC of Synod 2012.
Synod also approved sending a Minister on Loan (MOL) to
labor in the CERS to meet their present need of being without a pastor.
Grandville PRC was appointed as the calling church.
In July of 2012 Grandville PRC's Council formed a trio of Rev. A. den Hartog (Southwest), Rev. W. Langerak
(Southeast), and Rev. A. Lanning (Faith) for Minister-on-Loan to the
CERC.
The Lanning's address is: 148 Bishan Street 11 #06-113 Singapore 570148. Their blog is singaporelannings.blogspot.com (You may sign up to receive posts via email, if you desire.) Listen to Prof.D.Engelsma's recent lectures at the Reformation Day Conference held Nov.10-13, 2012 (total of four). To visit their website click here. The youth ministry of the CERC has its own website here, including their publication "Salt Shakers". Read the latest issue (Jan.2013). |
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Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Australia |
The PRCA has a corresponding relationship with this
denomination in Australia. The EPC celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011. To find out more about this event and other information visit their website. Read Prof.R.Dykstra's editorial on this "Significant Anniversary" in the May 1, 2011 Standard Bearer. |
Last Modified: Monday, May 20, 2013
