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Brief Notes, Dec. 2013

December 01, 2013

News /  Congregational News 

Title: Brief Notes, Dec. 2013 Date: Dec. 1, 2013 Births Blackwood, Elsie Jeralyn, Oct. 16, to Zachary and Flo Blackwood. Grandparents are David and ...


Elements of the Lord’s Supper

December 01, 2013

Kids Page 

Memorize “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Cor. 11:26). Learn • ...


The Top 10 Editorials of All Time

October 01, 2013

Viewpoint 

Though I didn’t watch this year’s Emmy Awards show, I know it was controversial. The show changed the way it memorializes TV stars and staff who ...


A Happy Anniversary

October 01, 2013

Congregation of the Month 

FULTON, N.Y., RPC Location: Fulton, N.Y. Organized: 1994 Presbytery: St. Lawrence Members: 23 communicant; 19 baptized Pastor: Nicholas ...


Romans

October 01, 2013

Theme Articles 

An Introduction to Romans Chapters 1–11: Doctrinal Section Chapters 12–16: Practical Section We can accept this division of the book for the ...


My Dashboard Experience

October 01, 2013

Theme Articles 

My car’s dashboard provides all kinds of indicators pertaining to the car itself and my driving. It provides information about how the car is ...


Is Vocation Integral or Incidental?

October 01, 2013

Theme Articles 

Work matters. God makes that clear. Even before the Fall, He gave human beings vocation. There was work to be done on the face of Earth in and through ...


The Spiritual Gift of Discouragement?

October 01, 2013

Gentle Reformation 

Some people in the church seem to have the spiritual gift of discouragement. It seems that all they ever do is discourage others. Truthfully, we are ...


By Land and by Sea

October 01, 2013

Interviews 

Most believers realize that a Christian’s purpose is to spread the word of God and lead others to His love, but few are called to travel the world ...


History of a Clueless Convert

October 01, 2013

Testimonies 

I was raised Episcopalian. Although the gospel was imbedded in the liturgy of my church, it was not clearly preached. As a child, I thought that the ...


A Joyful Mother of Children!

October 01, 2013

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm 113 Psalm Category: Public praise to God Central Thought: The God who is lifted up is also the God who lifts up. Key word: Praise (vv. 1, 3, ...


Understanding Parables

Dennis J. Prutow | October 01, 2013

Learn & Live 

Last time we discussed that metaphors are implied comparisons. Psalm 100:3 declares, “We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.” Note the ...


Geneva Across America

October 01, 2013

Agency Features /  Geneva College 

Whenever I stopped to think about the fact that I was in the process of biking 3,700-some miles across the country, it was pretty mind blowing,” ...


In Memoriam: William Ward

October 01, 2013

News /  Congregational News 

Ward, William L., born Dec. 10, 1947, to Harold and Margaret Elizabeth (Beth) McMillian Ward. He died surrounded by his family on Mar. 1, 2013. He ...


Brief Notes for Sept./Oct. 2013

October 01, 2013

News /  Congregational News 

Births Cosens, Grace Katherine, Aug. 3, to Eric and Rachel Cosens. Joins brother Nathaniel and sisters Natalie, Ariel, Alyssa, Liberty, and ...


Passover & the Lord’s Supper

October 01, 2013

Kids Page 

Memory Verse “When I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt” (Ex. ...


RP Congregations Around the World

July 01, 2013

News /  Denominational News 

In the spirit of the recent Synod, which received encouraging reports of home and global missions, as well as reports of many opportunities to ...


The Dust Bowl and the Fish Bowl

July 01, 2013

Viewpoint 

The devastating dust storms of the Dust Bowl era of U.S. history were caused, in large part, by the mechanized plowing of vast ranges of prairie grass ...


Testimony of a Mid-Term Missionary

July 01, 2013

Agency Features /  Global Missions 

I know this story is a little odd. God transformed me from a teenager in western New York hoping to run a horse farm to a 25-year-old completely sold ...


Synod 2013

July 01, 2013

Agency Features /  Synod 

The gavel dropped on the 182nd Synod of the RPCNA the evening of June 24. About 150 delegates gathered from across North America and even around the ...