Mr. Wigger is an elder in the Protestant Reformed Church of Hudsonville, Michigan.
Mission Activities
Wednesday evening, November 4, Revs. B. Gritters and K. Koole left Detroit, MI for a two-week visit to Northern Ireland, the Covenant PRC in Northern Ireland, and our churches' missionary there, Rev. R. Hanko and his family. While there, the emissaries' work was to include preaching, visiting the consistory at least two evenings to conduct church visitation and discuss possible sister-church relations, visiting as many of the families as possible, and spending time with the Hankos to minister to their needs. They planned to return, D.V., on November 18.
Revs. A. denHartog and R. Smit returned safely home in late October from their trip to the Philippines. Thankfully, the areas they visited were spared the brunt of the destructive storms that swept over the Philippines the two weeks they were there. They reported briefly that they were well received wherever they went and they were very impressed by how eager the people are to have the truth brought to them.
In late October Rev. C. Terpstra and Elder Al Rau made visits to Spokane, WA, Loveland, CO, and Alamosa, CO on behalf of our churches' Domestic Mission Committee. Plans called for them to meet with Loveland's consistory and Missionary Rev. T. Miersma to review his labors in the San Luis Valley. Rev. Terpstra planned to preach once both in Spokane and in Alamosa.
While filling the pulpit of the South Holland, IL PRC in mid-October, Prof. H. Hanko also agreed to give a brief informal presentation on the work of our churches in Northern Ireland and Wales. You may remember that he and his wife just recently returned from that area, having spent the past few months laboring in Wales on behalf of our churches and our Domestic Mission Committee.
Evangelism Activities
The Evangelism Committee of the Lynden, WA PRC sponsored a public lecture on October 23 entitled "Reformed Worship," with their pastor, Rev. M. Joostens, speaking. Rev. Joostens planned to consider such aspects of worship as its central purpose, worship in the light of Scripture, and Reformed worship versus contemporary services.
The Bethel PRC in Itasca, IL sponsored a Reformation celebration on October 23 at the Wheaton College Church in Wheaton, IL. Prof. D. Engelsma spoke on the topic, "Justification by Faith Alone, Why Is It Still Important Today?" Bethel considered this an important and timely topic in light of the recent discussions between Evangelicals and Rome on justification. It seems very important today that as children of the Reformation we know and declare the truth of the only way a person can be right with God.
We couldn't let this issue of the "News" go by without passing along our congratulations to the Loveland, CO PRC, which celebrated their 40th anniversary as an organized congregation on October 30. This celebration was marked in part by a Reformation Day lecture by one of their former pastors, Prof. D. Engelsma, speaking on "Celebration of Gracious Faithfulness." Activities around the lecture included a dinner, followed by a program of thanksgiving and praise, with the lecture and a time of fellowship afterwards.
Young People's Activities
In an effort to generate enthusiasm for next summer's young people's convention, the young people of the Hope PRC in Redlands, CA began publishing "The Convention Chronicle" in October, and we pass part of that information on to you, hoping that it will do the same for you.
The site for the convention is the beautiful, 145 acre Camp Cedar Falls, near Angelus Oaks. It includes facilities for basketball, softball, volleyball, tennis, and swimming. The young people also report that after sampling the cooking, the food is as good as that of most conventions.
The conventioneers will be housed in cabins that hold 16 to 24 people. They include bunks, heaters, electricity, and mirrors (very important).
Ministers
We rejoice with Rev. Allen and Crysta Brummel in the birth of a son, Brandyn Trey, born October 27.
Congregational Activities
Our Byron Center, MI PRC addressed a problem that many of us have faced or will face in the future when our children attend catechism on a week night at church. Instead of bringing your children to catechism by 6:45, returning home, and coming back within the hour, why not stay to study God's Word? Byron Center's Men's Society began meeting Monday nights at 6:45 during the catechism class of the evening.
In the latest bulletin from our Bethel PRC in Itasca, IL we find that the roofing of their sanctuary is now complete, with steeple, and the coming week asphalt was scheduled to be poured.
News from Georgetown PRC in Hudsonville, MI also includes reports that brick work continues, with completion of outside work and the start of inside walls. Some floors have been poured, and trusses for the fellowship hall and south wing were delivered in late October.
Denominational Activities
October 29 Rev. D. Kleyn, pastor of the Edgerton, MN PRC, spoke at a Ladies League Meeting in Edgerton on the subject of "Angels."
... conference sponsored by the BritishReformedFellowship (BRF) will meet this summer in Wales as scheduled. There was some question about this because of the necessity recently to find another site for the conference. The dates are July 22-29. The location will be the Cefn Lea Conference Centre south ...
The 4th bi-annual Family Conference of the BritishReformedFellowship was held in Castlewellan Castle near Newcastle in Northern Ireland, July 25-August 1, 1998. The BritishReformedFellowship are to be commended for their fine efforts to provide the conferences that they have planned. I am ...
... Conference in Wales on August 31 to September 2. On the Sunday of August 26 Professor Engelsma preached for the Covenant ReformedFellowship in Lame, Northern Ireland. While there he baptized two children of members of the Fellowship. The Conference itself, held at a beautiful Conference Grounds ...
... 2006 BritishReformedFellowship (BRF) Family Conference at Cloverley Hall in England, and already it is providing information about the 2008 BRF Conference. Speakers and Subjects The biennial general meeting at last August's BRF conference settled upon the speakers for the next conference ...
From the BritishReformedFellowship (BRE), a group committed to the promotion of the Reformed faith in the British Isles, we have received a request to publicize in the Standard Bearer a family conference scheduled for this summer. This we gladly do, both because we are pleased to cooperate with ...
... minister of a Reformed Presbyterian Church in Belfast. And the members of the Covenant ReformedFellowship would no doubt affirm that that's only a beginning. In fact, the emissaries who went to Northern Ireland on behalf of Hudsonville Church and the Mission Committee report that "more than a few ...
... BritishReformedFellowship (BRF) is holding its eighth biennial Family Conference at Cloverley Hall, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, Saturday 5 to Saturday 12 August 2006. The conference theme is "The Five Points of Calvinism." Professors Herman Hanko and David Engelsma of the Protestant Reformed ...
... took place in connection with a conference sponsored by the BritishReformedFellowship (BRF). The BRF is an organization comprised of Reformed believers throughout the UK. Its purpose is to promote the Reformed faith in the British Isles. The men of the newly organized CPRC are also members of the ...
... Rev. Hanko spoke also at several conferences in England, and, while he was there, he would conduct Sunday services as well. At one point last fall, a week of "Gospel Meetings" in Ballymena was followed by a conference sponsored by the BritishReformedFellowship in Morley, England. Looking back, Rev ...
You might think that the biggest news regarding the BritishReformedFellowship's Family Conference is that it occurred at all. But in spite of rumors of its cancellation, it indeed was held this past July 20th-27th. There were 50 souls in attendance: 12 from Northern Ireland, 15 from Cambridge ...
