Category: CanRC

GS 2013 Article 5 – Housekeeping Matters After receiving a proposal from the officers of synod the following was decided: 1.         Presence on the Internet: Synod will publish the Acts of Synod on the church website as they become available. However, as the Acts are adopted, Synod will decide whether there are any decisions which…

GS 2013 Article 4 – Reopening Synod reopened in plenary session. The assembly then sang Psalm 1:1.

GS 2013 Article 3 – Election of Officers and Constitution of Synod The following officers were elected to serve synod for its duration: Chairman: C. Bouwman Vice-chairman: J.D. Louwerse First Clerk: P.H. Holtvlüwer Second Clerk: R.A. Schouten On behalf of the convening church, Dr. Pol declared synod constituted. The elected officers took their places. Rev.…

GS 2013 Article 2 – Credentials The credentials were examined and found to be in good order. All the primary delegates were present and signed the attendance list. From Regional Synod West: Ministers: R.J. Eikelboom, J.D. Louwerse, R.A. Schouten, W.B. Slomp, A. Souman, W.M. (Bill) Wielenga Elders: R.J. Buist, S.H. DeBoer, R. de Haan, C.…

GS 2013 Article 1 – Opening of Synod On behalf of the convening church, Dr. Andrew J. Pol called the meeting to order. He requested all who were present to sing Psalm 133 and then read from Romans 12:1-13. After giving a meditation on this passage he had the assembly sing Hymn 49:1-4 and then…

GS 2016 Article 131 – Close of GS 2016 On behalf of the members of GS 2016, the vice-chairman expressed sincere gratitude to the Rev. R. Aasman, who served so capably as chairman to make this the shortest synod of the CanRC in recent times. The chairman then proceeded to speak some closing remarks. He first…

GS 2016 Article 130 – Concluding Matters Censure as per CO 34 The chairman stated, with thankfulness to the Lord, that censure as per CO 34 was not needed. Instead, he gave thanks that a good spirit of cooperation was evidenced throughout Synod. Opportunity was given to the members of Synod to speak on this…

GS 2016 Article 129 – Synod Guidelines 1. Material 1.1    Letter from the Dunnville CanRC organizing committee (5.1) 2. Observations 2.1    The organizing committee of the Dunnville CanRC brings the following to the attention of Synod: 2.1.1     “All electronically submitted documents to Synod should include a file name that makes it distinguishable e.g. The file…

GS 2016 Article 128 – Appeal of Burlington-Fellowship re: GS 2013 Art. 128 1. Material 1.1    Appeal from the Burlington-Fellowship CanRC (8.6.5.1) 2. Observations 2.1    GS 2010 Art. 177 Rec. 4 states, “That Synod decide to sustain the appeal of Burlington-Fellowship against Article 10, Appeal 1, Ground c of Regional Synod East 2008” was defeated.…

GS 2016 Article 127 – SCBP (Standing Committee for the Publication of the Book of Praise) 1. Material 1.1    Report of the Standing Committee for the Publication of the Book of Praise (SCBP) (8.2.9) 1.2    Supplementary Report of the SCBP (8.2.9.1) 1.3    Letters from the following CanRC: Abbotsford (8.3.8.3), Toronto-Bethel (8.3.8.4), Tintern-Spring Creek (8.3.8.5), Lynden-Vineyard…