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Southwest Church has extended a call to Rev. G. Vanden Berg of Oak Lawn. Rev. J.A. Heys, of South Holland has declined the call which had come to him from our Loveland Church. Rev. B. Woudenberg also has declined the call which be had received from the church in Kalamazoo. The Radio Committee of the Reformed Witness Hour announces that the radio broadcasts sponsored by the Protestant Reformed Churches in America can now be heard over Radio Station W.N.A.X., Yankton, South Dakota (570 on the radio dial). The listening audience residing in several of the Western States, including North and...

The Adams St. School Spring Concert, sponsored by the ninth grade, was given April 27 at First Church. The program featured the school choir under the direction of Miss Hulda Kuiper, accompanied by Miss Lois Schipper at the piano. The audience was welcomed by a very young duo, Debra DVries and James Kuiper. Between groupings the choir was assisted by a brass quintette which rendered two numbers, and by an acrostic presented by children, from grades 3 to 6, and by an organ solo, Handel’s Largo, by Don Moelker.

February 5, 1960  Rev. H. Hanko declined the call from Randolph as did Rev. C. Hanko his call from the congregation of Hull. Edgerton is happy to announce that Rev. B. Woudenberg has heeded her call to come over and help her. Further plans have not as yet been made public. 

Our Missionary now conducts Sunday morning services at Tripp, South Dakota. The service is at 10:30, following a 9:30 Sunday School session for all ages. Rev. Lubbers also conducts mid-week services there on Wednesday evenings, continuing his series of sermons on the Heidelberg Catechism. The Missionary has also announced two Thursday evening services to be held in Scotland, South Dakota, on May 11 and 18, with the first two questions and answers of the Catechism as sermon material.

Rev. H. Hanko, of Hope Church has received a call from our church at Doon. The Adams St. School All-Purpose Room was the scene of intense activity for several evenings in December. The clothing drive for the Christians in Jamaica, as reported last month, met with an overwhelming response! All of the churches in Classis East and the two western churches in Illinois participated in this “ministering unto the saints.” The Deacons of First Church, according to the Mission Committee’s directive, worked several evenings folding and packing the gifts, which were of very good quality. Used summer clothing had been...

Contribution of the Program Committee of the Reformed Witness Hour: During the month of February, D.V., Rev. H. Hoeksema hopes to continue his series of radio broadcasts with messages based on the first Epistle of Peter. The messages of Feb. 4 and 11 are entitled, “Born Again” (chapter 1 vss. 22 and 23), in which the truth is proclaimed “that regeneration is in no sense of the word the work of man, but only and absolutely the work of our Sovereign God.” Sunday, Feb. 18, an explanation of I Peter 2:1, 2 will reveal the “Desire for Spiritual Nourishment” of the newborn saints....

Feb. 19, 1960  The congregation at Hull has named the following trio from which to elect a man they shall call to come over and help them: Revs. G. Van Baren, M. Schipper and. R. Veldman. 

The 1961 Synod is history. The immediate effects of the meeting were felt in all our churches; with the exception of Lynden, perhaps. Pulpit supplies were arranged and rearranged, with reading services and two and three-way pulpit exchanges not uncommon. The result of Synod’s decisions upon the denominational life of our churches is not yet known, except that we will keep the $5,000 radio station in Monaco for transmitting our European radio broadcasts. The entire report will be in the Year Book, of course, which you will all want to read. 

March 5, l960  The congregation at Hull has extended a call to Rev. R. Veldman of Southeast Church in Grand Rapids, from a trio which included Revs. G. Van Baren and M. Schipper. 

Report July 20, 1961 of Classis East meeting, July 5, at Hudsonville, Mich.: Rev. R. Veldman led in the opening devotions, and declared Classis properly constituted after the credentials of the delegates had been accepted. All the churches of Classis East were represented by two delegates except Creston, which had only one.