Author: Roy Janssen

GS 2010 Article 124 – Hymn: We Come O Christ to You 1.          Material 1.1        Letters from Ancaster (8.3.J.46), Attercliffe (8.3.J.25), Carman East (8.3.J.3), Chilliwack (8.3.J.14), Neerlandia (8.3.J.23), London (8.3.J.30), and Winnipeg-Redeemer (8.3.J.41, Appendix 3). 1.2       SCBP Report, Section Four, 10.3.II.1 (8.2.j). 2.         Observations 2.1        Some of the churches objected…

GS 2010 Article 123 – SCBP: Music Notation and Melodies for Hymns of the Book of Praise 1.         Material Letter to General Synod from the SCBP, February 2010 (8.2.j.v). Part A Technical matters Part B Two significant improvements  re: alternate melody for Hymn 31 (currently 26)  re: new melody for Hymn 46 (currently 37). 2.        …

GS 2010 Article 122 – SCBP: Revision of Current Hymns 1.          Material 1.1        Letters from Guelph (8.3.J.4), Grand Valley (8.3.J.10), Chilliwack (8.3.J.15), Owen Sound (8.3.J.20), Willoughby Heights (8.3.J.24), Attercliffe (8.3.J.25), Burlington-Ebenezer (8.3.J.26), Taber (8.3.J.27), Winnipeg-Redeemer (8.3.J.41, Appendix 2). 1.2        SCBP Report, Sections Three, and Six, 13.10 (8.2.j). 1.3        L etter from…

GS 2010 Article 121 – SCBP: Proceeding with the Revised Psalms 1.         Material Letters from Grand Valley (8.3.J.9), Coaldale (8.3.J.11), Calgary (8.3.J.17), Burlington-South (8.3.J.18), Edmonton-Immanuel (8.3.J.19), Willoughby Heights (8.3.J.24), Attercliffe (8.3.J.25), Burlington-Ebenezer (8.3.J.26), Taber (8.3.J.27), Surrey (8.3.J.29), Abbotsford (8.3.J.37), WinnipegRedeemer (8.3.J.41), and Aldergrove (8.3.J.42). 2.         Observations 2.1        The thirteen letters from the churches listed…

GS 2010 Article 120 – SCBP: Improving the Revised Psalms 1.          Material 1.1       Letters from Orangeville (8.3.J.5), Grand Valley (8.3.J.9), Winnipeg-Grace (8.3.J.12), Carman East (8.3.J.13), Chilliwack (8.3.J.16), Willoughby Heights (8.3.J.24), Attercliffe (8.3.J.25), BurlingtonEbenezer (8.3.J.26), Surrey (8.3.J.29), Abbotsford (8.3.J.37), Lincoln (8.3.J.38), and Winnipeg-Redeemer (8.3.J.41). 1.2       SCBP Report, Section Two, 8.0 (8.2.j). 2.         Observation…

GS 2010 Article 119 – SCBP: Appointments 1.          Material 1.1       Letter church of Langley (8.3.J.31). 1.2       SCBP Report, Section One, 7.0 (8.2.j). 2.         Observations 2.1        Langley suggests that the SCBP “be mandated to seek out more people with poetic abilities to help in subsequent revisions and editions of the Psalter.”…

GS 2010 Article 118 – SCBP: Involvement of Dr. N. H. Gootjes 1.         Material SCBP Report, Section One, 7.2 (8.2.j). 2.         Observation The SCBP notes that since March 2008, Dr. N.H. Gootjes has been unable to participate in the committee’s activities due to illness. 3.         Considerations 3.1        Dr. Gootjes offered his resignation in February…

GS 2010 Article 117 – SCBP: Correspondence from Churches 1.         Material Report SCBP, Section One, 6.0 (8.2.j). 2.         Observations 2.1        The committee has served as the address to which correspondence regarding the Book of Praise could be directed. 2.2        The committee requests that the mandate to receive, scrutinize and evaluate the contents of…

GS 2010 Article 116 – SCBP: Corporate Status 1.         Material SCPB Report, Section One, 5.0 (8.2.j). 2.         Observation The committee has maintained its status as a corporation; all necessary documents for this purpose have been kept up to date. This also includes filing the Annual Income Tax forms with Revenue Canada. This is a legal…

GS 2010 Article 115 – SCBP: Contact with the FRCA 1.          Material 1.1       SCBP Report, Section One, 4.0 (8.2.j). 1.2       Letters from Grand Valley (8.3.J.9) and Coaldale (8.3.J.11). 1.3        Acts of Synod Legana, Article 42, VI (Final Acts on the FRCA Website). 2.          Observations 2.1         A couple of churches…