Author: Roy Janssen

GS 2007 Article 16 – Address by the Fraternal Delegates from the URCNA Reverend John A. Bouwers, who also spoke on behalf of his fellow delegates, the Reverends James Folkerts and Lou Slagter, brought fraternal greetings on behalf of the URCNA. He addressed synod on various matters which are of mutual concern and which also…

GS 2007 Article 15 – Reopening At 8:00 o’clock synod reopened in plenary session. The meeting sang Hymn 15:1 and 3. The chairman welcomed Rev. Paulin Bédard as a delegate of l’Église réformée du Quebec.

GS 2007 Article 14 – Adoption of the Acts — Day 1 The proceedings of Day 1, as recorded in Articles 1-12, were reviewed and adopted as part of the Acts of Synod. The meeting then adjourned for committee work.

GS 2007 Article 13 – Opening Devotions and Rollcall The chairman called the meeting to order. He read 1 John 2:1-14 and spoke a few words about that passage with the theme of light, especially the Lord Jesus Christ who is the Light. We sang Psalm 97:1 and 6 followed by prayer. Rollcall was held.…

GS 2007 Article 12 – Closing Devotion and Adjournment Synod met in plenary session for the closing of the day. Brother DeBoer led in closing devotions from Psalm 93. The meeting sang Hymn 42:1, 2 and 8 followed by prayer. The chairman adjourned the meeting.

GS 2007 Article 11 – Delegates of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) Rev. Jong-soo Lim of the Presbyterian Church of Korea addressed the meeting. On behalf of his fellow delegates, the Reverends Tae Chun and Sung Bok Kim, as well as observer Jung Gyun Kim, he brought fraternal greetings to the Canadian Reformed Churches.…

Article 10 – Reopening Synod reopened in plenary session. We sang Psalm 36:2. The chairman noted that all delegates were present.

GS 2007 Article 9 – Agenda of Synod The following Agenda was adopted 1.       Opening on behalf of the convening church 2.       Examination of the credentials 3.       Information from the convening church 4.       Election of the officers 5.       Constitution of synod 6.       Adoption of the agenda 7.       Setting of time schedule 8.       Incoming mail 8.1  …

GS 2007 Article 8 – Mail received 1)      Letter of greeting and elucidation from the FCC – added as Agenda item 8.1.q and given to Committee 3 2)      Corrections to appeal from Mr. T. Kingma – given to Committee 1 3)      Report on inspection of archives by Burlington-Waterdown – added as Agenda item 8.2.i and…

GS 2007 Article 7 – Late Submissions Seven letters from several churches arrived late. Nevertheless, the executive recommended that these letters be accepted since 1) the submissions of Winnipeg were submitted before the deadline but were held up in the mail, and 2) the report for the fifth professor came a little late to the…