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Volume 69,
Issue 1
News From Our Churches Mr. Wigger is a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hudsonville, Michigan. Young People's Activities The Young People's Societies of Faith PRC in Jenison, MI, this year's host of the annual young people's convention, invited their congregation to a special "get together" on Saturday evening, August 15th, at their church. This "get-together" was intended to show the young people's appreciation for the congregation's support of the recently completed convention.A slide presentation of the convention was shown, as well as video footage taken during the convention. All those with memorable photos of the convention were invited to take them along for viewing as well. Refreshments were served by the young people. Evangelism Activities The September issue of "Closer Look," the newsletter of the Hudsonville, MI PRC, contains an interesting article about an on-going evangelism, project, "Bible for Ghana," written by Hudsonville's pastor, Rev. G. VanBaren. Rev. VanBaren writes by way of introduction that "Eight letters arrived in the mailbox today for the Men's Society from individuals in Ghana. Each letter was a plea for a Bible...."Mr. Tom Spriensma, on behalf of the Men's Society, has been answering these letters. He has sent used Bibles contributed by individuals, extra used Bibles of Hudsonville Church, and Bibles purchased at the Reformed Book Outlet. "One cannot know for certain what happens to these Bibles once they arrive in Ghana. The assumption is that, even if the individual who requested the Bible does not use it personally, it probably gets into the hands of someone who can make good use of it." Rev. VanBaren concludes his article by informing his congregation that in a recent decision their consistory has decided that the collections taken this year in catechism will be used for Bibles for Ghana. This will involve the children directly in this work of distributing God's Word. On Friday, August 28, Rev. Steve Key, pastor of the Randolph, WI PRC, spoke in the auditorium of the Loveland, CO PRC. He was the featured speaker at a public lecture sponsored by Loveland's Church Extension Committee. Rev. Key spoke on the subject, "Proper Christian Self-Esteem." Congregational Activities Around the first of July an announcement appeared in the bulletin of the Pella, IA PRC informing their congregation that their piano needed to be replaced and that donations were being accepted. This announcement appeared each week until August 9, when the congregation was encouraged to begin looking for a good used piano; and then, in the August 23 bulletin, there was a note to notice the fine used piano purchased that week. It is reported to be an improvement both in looks and in sound.In August all the families of the Hudsonville, MI PRC received letters from a Steering Committee asking for their response, by returned postcard, to the question: Would you be interested in forming a new PR congregation in the Georgetown Forest area (a subdivision north and west of Hudsonville)? This committee was formed by Hudsonville's consistory to look into this possibility. Presently Hudsonville is near capacity level, and it is also apparently the Lord's will that Hudsonville will continue to grow, given the large number of young families and young children. Denominational Activities This year's Convocation Service of the Protestant Reformed Seminary saw a near-capacity crowd gather at the Southwest PRC in Grandville, MI on the evening of August 26, to hear Prof. D. Engelsma speak on the topic, "Have You Heard Anything New Lately?"You might also be interested to know that this year seminary has an enrollment of seven students. Five are preparing to serve as PR ministers, and two are studying to become pastors in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Australia. There are also three men who are taking either Dutch or Greek at the Seminary with a view to attending seminary in a year or two, the Lord willing. We extend our congratulations to Rev. and Mrs. Mitch Dick on the occasion of the birth of their first child, a boy, David Anthony, born August 9. On Tuesday, September 1, the day before the convening of Classis West in Loveland, CO, an officebearers' conference was held under the theme, "Shepherding God's Flock." Ministerial Calls Rev. C. Terpstra declined the call he had been extended to serve as pastor of the Grandville, MI PRC. |
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