For the month of October on the Reformed Witness Hour Missionary-pastor Wilbur Bruinsma (Pittsburgh, PA) will be doing a series of messages based on Isaiah 40. Below are the titles of the four messages. Attached is also a special flyer with this information on it. Be sure to check out the RWH website for the station locations and times - and be sure to listen in each week for these edifying messages!

October 6, 2013 - Rev. W.Bruinsma

"Waiting Upon Our Everlasting God" - Isaiah 40: 27-28

October 13, 2013 - Rev. W.Bruinsma

"The Shepherd of the Covenant" - Isaiah 40: 10-11

October 20, 2013 - Rev. W.Bruinsma

"The Omnipotent and Omniscient God" - Isaiah 40: 12-14

October 27, 2013 - Rev. W.Bruinsma

"Jehovah Weighs the Nations" - Isaiah 40: 15-17

Dearest Salt Shakers' Readers,

The much anticipated SS 22 is finally out! We thank God for the writers for this issue of Salt Shakers who labour hard in the word of God. We also thank you readers who pray for us and constantly encourage us in the production of this magazine.

So what is inside this Salt Shakers issue?

#Psalm23, #SistersinChrist, #Judges, #SharingtheGospel, #HistoryofERCS, #BenefitsofCovenant, #ConfessionofFaith, #BelgicConfession #ScriptureisGod’sWord, #ReflectingonRDC2012, #Backsliding, #Father’sHandywork, #SisterChurchNews

Enjoy and keep reading! Visit the "Salt Shaker" page to download and read this latest issue!

Please also take note of a very important announcement below!

CERC Annual Reformation Day Conference - The Kingdom’s Inheritance Rediscovered!

25 & 26 October 2013

8pm (25/10) & 10am (26/10)

Salvation Army (William Booth Corps)

Speaker: Pastor Andy Lanning of Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church

Details at facebook.com/ReformationDayConference

All are invited!

For the King,

Josiah Tan

On behalf of the Salt Shakers Committee

From their new trio of Revs. R. Kleyn (Covenant PRC, Spokane), W. Langerak (SE PRC, Grand Rapids, MI), and J. Marcus (First PRC, Edmonton) Doon PRC extended a call to Rev.R.Kleyn on Sunday, Sept.15. He plans to answer by Sunday, October 6.

On Sunday, Sept.15, 2013, Rev.C.Griess of Calvary PRC in Hull, IA announced that he had declined the call extended to him from Faith PRC (Jenison, MI) on August 26.

RFPA Annual Meeting 

September 19, 2013  |  Georgetown Protestant Reformed Church  |  7:30 p.m.

Save the date for the RFPA Annual Meeting! This year's keynote address will be given by Rev. Brian Huizinga, pastor of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Redlands, California. Rev. Huizinga will present

Encouraging the Next Generation to Read

"Reading has a significant place in the covenant of grace as an instrument of God for the fulfilling of His promises," said Rev. Huizinga. "We must share the conviction that reading sound, spiritually edifying literature cannot disappear among us, lest a generation arise which know not the Lord nor the works which He has done for us.What can we do to help promote such reading among the next generation?"

This topic of encouraging young people to read comes on the heels of a report from the RFPA that at present only 64% of Protestant Reformed households subscribe to the Standard Bearer.Additionally, at various Christian conferences throughout the year it is commonly and alarmingly reported by others that young people today do not read sound, spiritually edifying literature. 

Stick around after the speech to hear more about the work of the RFPA and enjoy refreshments and fellowship with our Association members, authors, and fellow readers!

P.S. The audio of the meeting and speech is now available at the RFPA's Sermonaudio page. Visit and listen to this outstanding speech! Be inspired to read well!

P.S.S. Video is also now available of the speech in three (3) parts on YouTube: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3

Pastor John Flores and elder Reden Zuniega (First Reformed Church of Bulacan) will be visiting the Protestant Reformed Fellowship in Albuera, Leyte (PRFA) this coming weekend, the Lord willing. They will be gone from Friday (September 20) through Tuesday (September 24). May the Lord keep them safe as they travel and give them an enjoyable and profitable time among our fellow believers in Albuera, using the time for the encouragement of the members of the PRFA there.

The next 7M pastors’ class is scheduled to meet on Monday, September 23 in Batasan Hills.

Rev. Smit and Rev. Kleyn will be travelling to southern Negros Occidental this week to teach Reformed doctrine and Reformed church government to a group of 8 pastors there. To learn more about this work and see pictures of the last visit to this area, see this recent post on the Kleyn's blog.