At her congregational meeting on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, Southwest PRC (Wyoming, MI) voted to extend a call to Rev. G. Eriks (Hudsonville PRC).
May the Lord give clear guidance to this servant of Christ as he considers this call.
At her congregational meeting on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, Southwest PRC (Wyoming, MI) voted to extend a call to Rev. G. Eriks (Hudsonville PRC).
May the Lord give clear guidance to this servant of Christ as he considers this call.
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For this first Lord's Day in December 2016 we may present the following news items from our PRC congregations, the Philippine mission field, and our sister church in Singapore:
This Wednesday Rev. Bleyenberg will be leaving for Franklin, PA, at the request of the Domestic Mission Committee and spending five days there exploring a potential mission field. The DMC has other ministers scheduled for upcoming months as well. There is a core group of a few families in Franklin who desire the true preaching of the Word, together with the possibility of other families in the area who might be interested. Rev. Bleyenberg will be visiting with these families as much as possible and preaching for them on Sunday. He'll be returning next Monday, the Lord willing.
And from our sister church in Singapore (Covenant ERC) we find this special note re their missions in India and the calling of E.Singh to serve as her missionary:
There will be an Extra Congregational Meeting next Sunday, 11 December, immediately after the morning service, for the purpose of voting whether to call Emmanuel Singh as our missionary to India. The agenda, including the proposed budget for Emmanuel’s support, will be distributed to the congregation today. Let us prayerfully consider the important matter before us, trusting that God will send forth men of His choosing to proclaim His Word. The tentative schedule for Emmanuel’s call is as follows:
Sunday, 4 December – Agenda for ECM distributed
Sunday, 11 December – ECM to vote whether to call Emmanuel
Sunday, 1 January – Emmanuel answers CERC’s call on or before this date
Sunday, 8 January – Emmanuel is installed in CERC as our missionary to Kolkata
A delegation of the Contact Committee of the PRCA will be visiting the Philippines from December 15-27, the Lord willing. The delegation will consist of Prof. R. Dykstra and Rev. G. Eriks. The main purpose of their visit is to continue discussions with our PRCP churches regarding a sister church relationship between the PRCP and the PRCA. Meetings with all the PRCP office bearers have been scheduled for both Saturday, December 17 and Saturday, December 24, to be held in Maranatha PRC at 9:00 am. The delegates will also preach on their two Sundays here according to the following schedule: December 18 -Rev. Eriks preaching in the Berean PRC and Prof. Dykstra in Provident Christian Church. December 25 -Rev. Eriks preaching in the PRC in Bulacan, and Prof. Dykstra in Maranatha PRC.
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Jubilee Women's Ensemble – Come Let Us Adore Him
Eric and Crista Phelps – Child of Wonder
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Matt Fisher – Glorious Christmas
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First PRC of Grand Rapids, MI and the Reformed Witness Hour Committee announce the messages scheduled for December 2016 on the RWH radio program.
Rev. Wilbur (Bill) Bruinsma (Pittsburgh PRC) continues his four-month service for the RWH program with some special end-of-year messages, and a special Christmas Day message.
You are encouraged to listen to these important messages and to let others know about them too. Help spread the word about the Reformed Witness Hour, celebrating in 2016 its 75th year of broadcasting the truths of God's sovereign particular grace!
To find a station in your area, visit the RWH website. Or visit the RWH Sermonaudio channel.
December 4, 2016 - The Benefits of Fearing Jehovah, Psalm 25:12,13
December 11, 2016 - Man’s Place in God’s Creation, Psalm 8:5,6
December 18, 2016 - Remembering the Creator in Youth, Eccles. 12:1
December 25, 2016 - The Ruler from Bethlehem, Micah 5:2
For this final Lord's Day of November 2016, the following PRC news items may be mentioned:
The India Delegation (Joel and Ellen Bruinooge, Rev. Doug Kuiper, Ike and Phyllis Uittenbogaard.) has returned home safely after a busy and productive two weeks of preaching, teaching, visiting, encouraging, and enjoying the saints of God in the PRCV of Vellore. We thank God for their faithful service! We rejoice in seeing growth in grace and knowledge of our Savior in our brothers and sister in Christ in India. And we have received richly through our fellowship with them. For more information on this trip and the work of the delegation visit Georgetown PRC's homepage and Facebook link.
Delegation meeting with the Consistory of Vellore PRC
After careful consideration Rev. C. Griess declined the call to serve as home missionary (extended on Oct.9) .
On November 22 the congregation voted to extend a call to Rev. R. Kleyn (Covenant of Grace PRC - Spokane, WA) to serve as third missionary to the Philippines.
The Council has formed a new trio from which to call a pastor (Rev. A. denHartog to retire at the end of the year). It consists of Revs. G. Eriks (Hudsonville PRC), C. Griess (Calvary PRC, HUll, IA), and R. Kleyn (Covenant of Grace, Spokane, WA). The congregation plans to vote on December 7, 2016.
Rev. A. Brummel (Heritage PRC, Sioux Falls SD) is considering her call (issued Nov.20).
The following PRC congregational and mission news may be noted from Sunday November 20, 2016:
A group India Bible study picture.
Grace Foster Home children gathering for their program Friday night.
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