Bulletin: 1 May 2011
Saturday, April 30th, 2011The bulletin for this Lord’s Day is available here as a PDF.
The bulletin for this Lord’s Day is available here as a PDF.
Audio from the Sabbath School class of 24 April 2011 is available here. In this class we continue our review and discussion of the American amendments to the Westminster Standards.
The Lord’s Day sermons for 24 April 2011 are available below and on the Sermons page. 24 April 2011: Rev. Gary N. Roop AM Sermon: Revelation 16.4-16 PM Sermon: Habakkuk 3.16-19
The bulletin for this Lord’s Day is available here as a PDF.
Audio from the Sabbath School class of 17 April 2011 is available here.
The Lord’s Day sermons for 17 April 2011 are available below and on the Sermons page. 17 April 2011: Rev. Gary N. Roop AM Sermon: Revelation 16.1-16 PM Sermon: Habakkuk 3.8-15
Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord;
We have been back in Uganda now for 2 1/2 months, and have 2 months left to go before we move back to the states. It has been quite a whirlwind of activity thus far, and here are a few highlights and prayer requests.
We’ve been visiting each of the OPCU congregations that we have worked with over the past 8 years, saying “goodbye” to each of them. It has been both tearful and joyful. One particularly joyful experience was to be able to say “goodbye” to the congregation in Kama on the same day it was being particularized as a congregation. This little mission work had been developing for 2 years, and on the day that we visited, we were privileged to take part in seeing 10 adults make their public profession of faith, and two Ruling Elders and 2 Deacons ordained. A number of others have transferred from the “mother” congregation in Bukonde, to make a congregation of about 25 in a predominately Muslim area.
The Mbale presbytery of the OPCU held a “farewell” dinner for the Proctor family as well as Brian and Dorothy Wingard on April 2nd. This was an extremely sweet time of fellowship and a time of rejoicing in how the Lord has matured this group of men over the years. It is impossible to describe the enormous strides these brothers have taken, but suffice it to say that for the past two years or so, I have returned from each presbytery meeting encouraged and strengthened in my love for the brothers and my thanksgiving to Christ Jesus for His gracious work through and in them.
One particular evangelistic story, I simply must relate:
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p>About a month or so, I met a young Muslim lady whose father is a very prominent businessman in town. In the course of our conversation, she told me “you know, there’s not much difference between Islam and Christianity – both tell you to do good things, and both tell you about angels and God and stuff like that. The only real difference is Jesus.”
The bulletin for this Lord’s Day is available here as a PDF.
The French Confession (1559) Article XXV — Pastors Necessary to the Church And forasmuch as we are not made partakers of Christ but by the gospel, we believe that the good order in the church, which was established by His authority, ought to be kept sacred and inviolable; and, therefore, that the church cannot subsist […]
Audio from the Sabbath School class of 10 April 2011 is available here. In this class we continue our discussion of biblical principles of Christian civil ethics, particularly in relation to the love and care the civil magistrate ought to show toward his people within the bounds of his God-given authority and station. We also […]