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154 MINUTES OF THE 1997 SYNOD OF THE Donald Cassell Matt Filbert Tom Zasadny Bill VanSciver Brian Coombs Mathew Dyck Aaron Goerner Mark Goerner Mathew Kingwood Philip Markert Andrew Stringer Kiernan Stringer Shigeki Komuro MINISTERS INSTALLED Kenneth Orr John McFarland ELIGIBLE TO PREACH Andrew Stringer Gt. Lakes/Gulf Midwest Midwest Midwest St. Lawrence St. Lawrence St. Lawrence St. Lawrence St. Lawrence St. Lawrence St. Lawrence St. Lawrence Japan ADDENDA Los Angeles Christ Our King Respeafully submitted, Louis D. Hutmire, Stated Clerk 3/8/96 3/9/96 BOARDS OF SYNOD REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PUBLICATION Once again our praise and thanks go to our sovereign God, who in his mercy and love has exercised his providence in our personal lives and in the life and work of this board. YOUTH MINISTRIES Virtually the entire work of Jim Pennington as Co-ordinator of Youth Ministries has been devoted to the planning and implementation of the 1996 International Conference, to be held on the Calvin College campus, July 26- August 1. Beginning January 1, 1996, Jim, in cooperation with the Allegheny congregation, assumed an additional quarter time to direa the program coordination of the conference. The planning has moved ahead through the first five months of this year, but not without difficulties. The securing of staff and the establishing of a viable program is never an easy task. Under the policy established by the Board in 1995 and effected by the statement of philosophy for denominational conferences,all staff appointees, speakers, seminar leaders, discussion leaders and teachers had to meet with Board approval. Although there occurred some
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA 155 differences about the precise interpretation of this policy, and despite difficulty in fleshingout the program, the Board came to a working agreement which has enabled the Program Co-ordinator and his staff by June, 1996, to complete virtually the entire conference program. For this we give thanks to God. As of June more than 1,000 persons have registered for the conference. From October to the present, the Program Co-ordinator has kept the denomination informed of the progress being made by means of the Witness and the Conference Advance. A matter of some concern-the securing of able and willing counselorshas not proven to be an ongoing problem, and for that we rejoice as well. We are pleased with the appointment of youth co-editors for the Witness, Maro Adjemian and Catherine Magill. Their contribution, as seen in the Witness, gives evidence of a wise choice on Jim's part. Furthermore, the youth ministry project, "Spring Mission 1996, Washington, D. C, proved to be successful as well. In all these matters the work of the Co-ordinator of Youth Ministries, despite times of discouragement and frustration, has been exemplary. The Church should be aware of how much is demanded of him and how little time has been allotted him to accomplish significant goals, particularly in a conference year. CROWN AND COVENANT PUBLICATIONS The Church's ministry through our publications office continues to give us great encouragement. Over 3,500 clothbound psalters (8th ed.) were sold in 1995. The Book of Psalms for Singing continues to be our biggest seller. The 1995 figure represents an increase of about 2,100 psalters over the previous year. The sale of the Trinity Psalter numbered 2,200 in 1995 and 820 more by March, 1996. In addition, to date, more than 500 copies of the blue words-only edition have been sold. Currently, the editors are redesigning a Song Leader's edition of this psalter. Work continues on a number of other projects, including a 12-session series of video tapes featuring Dr. Clark Copeland, entitled Revelation as Covenant. A third New Song CDis now available. A variety of tapes remain successful sellers. COVENANTER WITNESS In the fall of 1995 the Board authorized the purchase of the Risograph, a major piece of equipment which we felt would enable the publications office to print their entire output, with the exception of the Book of Psalms, in house, therefore effeaing genuine savings for the office and ultimately, the denomination. The Risograph is essentially a "hybrid of a photocopier and an offset press" and interfaces with the computer. Calculations showed that the savings made by using this equipment, particularly in the printing of the Witness, could pay for the Risogaph within fiveyears. Moreover, this calculation did not take into account the probable income which could be made from the printing and the sale of other materials, normally let out to other printers. Consequently, the Board, in a special October meeting, authorized our borrowing $50,000 from Synod's Board of Trustees to purchase this equipment.
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