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Every Friday our business manager Alex Kalsbeek sends out his update on the work accomplished for that week. At the top of that update he always includes the mission of the RFPA. That mission reads as follows: Our mission is to glorify God by making accessible to the broadest possible audience material that testifies to the truth of Scripture as understood and developed in the Reformed tradition. That mission is always in the forefront of the minds of the staff, and the board has kept that mission in front of us as well as we have worked for you this...

With the permission of our Editor-in-chief, the undersigned has been instructed by our Convention to give a report in our Standard Bearer, concerning the latest activities and undertakings of our youth as they are organized into various Societies. We sincerely thank our Editor for this allotted space. Our first National Convention of Young People’s Societies was held August 2 and 3, in the auditorium of our South Holland Church. A year ago the desire was expressed by members of the South Holland Society to unite more closely the young people’s societies, and immediately a committee was appointed to study the...

On April 11 the ministers of Classis East held the first meeting of their newly organized Ministers Conference. Taking a lesson from the past the organization has adopted a setup different: from the previous conferences which were organized only to pass out of existence after a few meetings. We may remember that the previous meetings were held after a day of busy classical activities, when some of the delegates were eager to spend a few quiet hours with relatives and friends, others had to hurry off to their trains. Now, however, we have an all-day meeting the day before Classis,...

Last year’s Synod of the Protestant Reformed Churches instructed the Contact Committee to come to Synod 2016 with a detailed and grounded recommendation about revision of the Psalter. Synod did not express herself on whether the Psalter should be revised, but asked the Contact Committee to submit a proposal which could be considered at Synod 2016. The subject of Psalter revision arose about five years ago when the Free Reformed Churches (FRC) approached the PRC asking whether our churches would be interested in joining them, along with other denominations who use the Psalter, in updating the Psalter. At that time...

It seems customary that the secretary of your board make an annual report at this our annual meeting, and so it is now that I again must make a review or take stock of the activities of your board for the past year.

The Board welcomes all members present as well as those of you who are viewing through the webcast. This is our first time attempting a webcast, and we look forward to your feedback. It is our desire that interested parties in all areas of the country may benefit from this annual meeting. We are thankful to all of our patrons whose support is shown by your attendance here and by your financial support of the Special Education Association. More importantly, we are thankful for the prayers to our heavenly Father, who has in His infinite wisdom gra­ciously given us many...

Report of Western Ladies’ League  The spring meeting of the Western Ladies’ League of the Protestant Reformed Churches was held at Doon, Iowa, on the afternoon of April 26, 1957. 

On the evening of April 26, 1956, the spring meeting of the League of Ladies’ Societies of the Protestant Reformed Churches was held. We were privileged to meet in the auditorium of the First Protestant Reformed Church of Grand Rapids.

The spring meeting of the Ladies’ League of the Prot. Ref. Churches was held on the afternoon of April 13. The meeting was opened by singing Psalter No. 298 and 356, after which our President, Mrs. H. Veldman, read I Peter 3 and led us in prayer. A word of welcome was extended to all the ladies gathered at our Doon church. The secretary then read the minutes and the treasures report was given. The president then introduced the speaker, Rev. J.A.

Again we have had the God-given opportunity of gathering together as true Christian mothers and wives of the Prot. Ref. Churches of the Middle West. We met in the Doon Church auditorium, April 23, for an afternoon session. The meeting started by singing a few Psalter numbers. Our president, Mrs. H. Veldman, read Psalm 89, then opened with prayer, and also extended a word of welcome to a well-attended audience.