First PRC, Grand Rapids and the Reformed Witness Hour Committee announce the messages scheduled for May 2014 on the RWH program. Rev.Rodney Kleyn, pastor of the Covenant of Grace PRC in Spokane, WA, plans to finish his series on the book of Job and then also give a special Ascension Day message. Below is the schedule, which you will also find attached in pdf form.

Missionary-pastor Daniel Kleyn recently participated in a special conference hosted by the Provident Christian Church in Marikina, the Philippines. He made a special post about it on his blog, which included several pictures. You are encouraged to visit that post here, while learning about the basics of the conference here.

This past Thursday (April 17) was a public holiday in the Philippines.  Provident Christian Church in Marikina, one of the churches we are working in, decided to have an outreach conference that day.  The people invited many friends and family.  Some of the members did this by handing out copies of the pamphlet, "Knowing The True God" by Rev. Houck with an invitation to the conference tucked inside.  In God's providence, several visitors attended.

The audience consisted of many from PCC as well as several visitors.

The following related news items taken from two recent church bulletins contain significant information about the activities of two of our pastors, and so are posted here for the benefit of our members. May we remember to pray for these men and their wives as they travel and conduct these busy labors on behalf of their respective churches. May God be pleased to make these labors fruitful for the good of our churches and our sister churches.

From the SW PRC (Wyoming, MI) bulletin:

At the request of Covenant Protestant Reformed Church in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, the Council has released Pastor den Hartog for a three-week trip to Northern Ireland this spring. 

Pastor den Hartog will be filling the pulpit of Covenant Protestant Reformed Church while Rev. Stewart will be traveling to Australia and to Singapore to discuss the possibility of a sister-church relationship between Covenant Protestant Reformed Church and the Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church of Singapore. Rev. Stewart will also be giving a series of speeches for Covenant Church while in Singapore.

Our pastor will be giving three speeches and also traveling to Limerick where Rev. Martyn McGeown is the missionary.  Pastor and Sherry plan to leave Grand Rapids on April 17 and return home on May 6.

And from the Covenant PRC (Ballymena, NI) bulletin:

Rev. Angus & Mary Stewart leave tomorrow (April 14, 2014), for our pastor to speak at an EPC family camp in Tasmania (17-21 April), preach at Brisbane EPC (27 April) and lecture and preach in Singapore (29 April - 6 May). May the Lord watch between us when we are absent one from another (Gen. 31:49).

Rev. M.McGeown will speak in S. Wales this Tuesday on “The Christian as Prophet, Priest and King.” Please remember this witness in your prayers.

Rev. & Sherry den Hartog arrive this Friday. Rev. den Hartog’s schedule is:
Sunday, 20 April, preaching in the CPRC
Wed., 23 April, CPRC lecture on “The Importance of the Historical Adam”
Sunday, 27 April, preaching in the LRF (Rev. McGeown in the CPRC)
Monday, 28 April, LRF lecture on “Living in Perilous Times”
Fri., 2 May, CPRC lecture on “The Role of the Father in the Christian Home”
Sunday, 4 May, preaching in CPRC

On Sunday April 6, it was announced in Doon (IA) PRC  that Rev.B. Huizinga, pastor of Hope PRC, Redlands, CA, had declined her call sent on March 20.

On Sunday April 13 the Council of Doon PRC  announced a new trio from which to call a pastor. It is made up of Revs. D. Holstege (Holland, MI), N. Langerak (Crete, IL) and C. Spronk (Peace PRC, Lansing, IL). 

The congregation will vote at a special meeting Sunday April 20.

Special Banner made for the PRCP organizational meeting.

The organizational and first meeting of the new federation of the Protestant Reformed Churches in the Philippines (PRCP) was held this past Wednesday, April 9, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in Valenzuela on the north side of Metro Manila.

NOTE: For more information and pictures, visit this post on the Kleyn's blog.

The Consistories of the Berean PRC and the First Reformed Church of Bulacan, led by pastors Vernon Ibe and John Flores (front center).

At this meeting, the Berean Protestant Reformed Church (where Pastor Vernon Ibe serves) and First Protestant Reformed Church in Bulacan (where Pastor John Flores serves) were united together formally and officially in a special ceremony, followed by a regular business meeting in which many details of organization were treated, in addition to some regular business (Official report is still to come).

The "Declaration of Agreement" signed by all the offcebearers.

Berean PRC and First RC Consistories with our two missionaries, R.Smit and D.Kleyn (back right).

We rejoice with our brothers and sisters in the Philippines and pray that God will richly bless the Protestant Reformed Churches in the Philippines.

Group picture with visitors to the PRCP organizational meeting.

Note: These pictures were sent in by Missionary-pastor R.Smit, for which we thank him.

The fourth issue of "Reformed News Asia" has been released by the Christian Literature Ministry of our sister church in Singapore, the Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church, and this issue too is filled with informative and edifying content (for information on Issue #3, click on this link)!

Worthy of special mention is the fact that this issue contains the fourth set of devotions on the Belgic Confession by various PRCA ministers, covering Articles 13-14 on the doctrines of God's providence, and on the creation and fall of man. Written by Revs.A.den Hartog and D.Holstege, these devotions on the BC take you through the month of April (April 2 - May 6) You will find great spiritual profit in using these devotions.

In addition, the newsletter also contains information about the CLM's pamphlet and book ministries and about activities going on in the CERC. You will want to read about the recent visits of CERC young people to the Philippines, to fellowship with the young people of the Berean PRC.

To receive your own digital copy of this newsletter and those to come, visit the Christian Literature Ministry page at the CERCS' website and click on the subscribe button. There you will also find a downloadable digital copy of the devotional booklet for April. Or see below for the attached pdf.