Vol 98 Issue 14

Dear saints in the Protestant Reformed Churches, Church visitation Due to Covid-19 and its regulations, the CPRC did not have church visitation by a delegation from the PRC for the last two years. Thus it was especially good to welcome back Prof. Barry Gritters and Elder Sid Miedema (January 5-14). Like all arriving in the UK in January, the two men had to quarantine on arrival until they received a negative covid test on day two. We had planned to have our congregational dinner at a local restaurant while our American visitors were here but, sadly, we had to cancel...

Created to Care: God’s Truth for Anxious Moms, by Sara Wallace. P&R Publishing Company, 2019. 158 pages. Softcover. $15.99. Reviewed by Cherith Guichelaar, pastor’s wife and mother in Randolph, WI. I find that the words “what if” are two slippery words. A mother’s back can bend weary by the load of “what ifs”: What if our child continues to struggle academically? What if the cancer treatments fail? What if our wayward child doesn’t repent? What if our child never finds a spouse? What if I am failing as a mother? What if, what if, what if—the devil is delighted when...

PRC news (denominational) On March 16 Hudsonville PRC extended a call to Rev. D. Kleyn, currently missionary to the Philippines. On March 20 Doon PRC also called Rev. D. Kleyn from their trio of Rev. J. Holstege, Rev. D. Kleyn, and Rev. J. Smidstra. Grace PRC’s Council formed a new trio on March 20, from which the congregation voted on April 10: Prof. B. Gritters (PRC Seminary) and Revs. N. Decker (Grandville PRC) and D. Noorman (SW-PRC). Seminary News: By the time you read this, seminary will have only a few weeks left in its second semester, then exams. The...