Meet Our New Guest Blogger!

We welcome guest blogger Rev. Clayton Spronk, pastor of Peace Protestant Reformed Church in Lansing, IL)! Rev. Spronk will be blogging for us several times a month, taking us first through a brief study of Richard Smit's newly released book, The Fruit of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Look for his first post to appear on our blog on Monday, July 1! Click here for more information.

The following is the summary report of the second clerk of Synod this year, Rev. Clay Spronk. We thank him for this contribution and the pictures. The pictures of the committees of Synod that follow were taken by Mr.Don Doezema, Stated Clerk of Synod. This report is also attached here in pdf form.

Group Picture - the whole body of Synod, including special guests:

Officers of Synod:

Rev.G.Eriks, Vice-president; Rev.K.Koole, President; Rev.D.Kuiper, 1st Clerk; Rev.C.Spronk, 2nd Clerk

Committees of Synod:

Committee I: Prof.B.Gritters, J.Lenting, N.Kleyn, Rev.W.Langerak, Rev.D.Kuiper

Committee II: P.Vander Schaaf, Rev.R.Van Overloop, A.Bylsma, Rev.C.Spronk, Prof.R.Dykstra

Committee III: J.Decker, Rev.J.Laning, J.Regnerus, Rev.K.Koole, Prof.R.Cammenga 

Committee IV: H.Langerak, L.Uittenbogaard, Rev.S.Key, Rev.C.Haak

Committtee V: G.Van Baren, D.Terpstra, Rev.A.Brummel, Rev.G.Eriks 

Special Delegates from Sister Churches: Elder Lee Kong Wee (Covenant ERC Singapore) & Rev.M.McGeown (Covenant PRC, N.Ireland)

Synodical delegates rising to assent to the Public Declaration of Agreement with the Three Forms of Unity.

The following is the summary report of the second clerk of Synod this year, Rev. Clay Spronk (picture to the left). We thank him for this contribution and the pictures. This report is also attached here in pdf form. 

The additional pictures that follow were taken by Mr.Don Doezema, Stated Clerk of Synod. We also thank him for this faithful labor.

Below: Sem. Josh Engelsma sitting for his oral Dogmatics exam. (For live-stream video of this examination, follow this link.)

  
Missionary-pastor W.Bruinsma addresses Synod on behalf of Eastern Home Missions.

Missionary-pastor M.McGeown addresses Synod on behalf of the Covenant PRC in N.Ireland.

      
Elder Lee Kong Wee addresses Synod on behalf of our sister church in Singapore, Covenant ERC.

Hope PRC's able audio-visual technician, Dave Jessup, at his post.

Rev. James Slopsema preached his farewell sermon in First PRC (Grand Rapids, MI) on Sunday evening, June 29 after which he begins his emeritation (retirement), effective July 1. Pastor Slopsema has served the PRC for nearly forty years in various congregations since 1974. We express our thanks to Rev. Slopsema for the years of his faithful  ministry and service, and we give thanks to God for continuing to give us such men of integrity and spiritual convictions.  May the Slopsemas know the Lord's rich blessings in the years ahead (taken in part from Gandville PRC's bulletin).

On July 13, First PRC plans to call from a trio of Candidate Joshua Engelsma, Rev. C. Haak (Georgetown PRC) and Rev. C. Spronk (Peace PRC, IL).  

Faith PRC (Jenison, MI) plans to call from a trio of Candidate Joshua Engelsma, Rev. C. Haak and Rev. R. Van Overloop (Grace PRC), also on July 13.

 Doon PRC also announced a new trio on June 29: Candidate Joshua Engelsma, Rev.G.Eriks (Hudsonville PRC), and Rev.J.Marcus (First PRC, Edmonton). The congregation will vote on July 13, D.V.

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.

On Sunday June 2, 2013 Faith PRC voted to extend a call to Rev.C.Spronk, currently pastor of Peace PRC in Lansing, IL. He plans to answer this call by June 30, 2013.

On Sunday, June 30, 2013, Rev.Clayton Spronk announced that he was led to decline the call extended to him from the Faith PRC of Jenison, MI. Rev.Spronk is currently pastor of the Peace PRC of Lansing, IL and begins serving on July 1 (through Dec.31, 2013) as mentor for the Seminary internship of Joshua Engelsma.

On Sunday morning, May 18, 2014, Rev.C.Spronk, pastor of Peace PRC (Lansing IL) announced that he was led by the Lord of the church to decline the call which came to him from Doon (IA) PRC on April 20, 2014.

Pastor Spronk was ordained and installed in Peace PRC in September of 2007.