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180 MINUTES OF THE 1997 SYNOD OF THE 1995. Pastor Bruce Backensto was installed in the Geneva congregation on October 4, 1995 and Pastor Dan Kepple was installed in the Manchester congregation on November 3, 1995. The presbytery would covet your prayers on behalf of all our congregations, but especially these three with their newly settled pastors. The Presbytery has four special concerns within our bounds. 1. First Beaver Falls petitioned the presbytery to designate it a "Special Outreach Effort" of the Presbytery. Mr. Keith Black has been called by the Geneva Congregation as part of this effort. Itis expected that He will be installed July 18th, 1996. 2 sc 3. The presbytery would continue to seek the prayers of God's people on behalf of the Anchor and Trinity congregations in the Washington, D.C. area. The core group of each is seeking the blessing of God to build them up and add to their number those the Lord would have them minister to. 4. The South Hills area of Pittsburgh is an area that the Pittsburgh congregations are exploring as a possibility for establishing a new work. We have two theological students under our care. Both Mr. Tom Gray and Mr. Joe Griffo are completing their final year at the Seminary. Mr. Gray is in the midst of his Licensure exams and hopes to complete these by the spring. Mr. Griffo was just taken under the care of presbytery this past spring, after completing two years at R.P.T.S. While Joeis well known to the Seminary community heis relatively new to the presbytery as a whole. He will be caretaker at the Seminary for the coming year while completing his studies and taking his Licensure exams. Two of our men, Pastor John McMillan and Pastor Willard McMillan, supplied the pulpit of the Glenmanus (Portrush) Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland, thus enabling their pastor, Andrew Stewart of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland, to serve in the Trinity congregation in Cyprus. One of our members Pastor William Sterrett has indicated his acceptance of the Trinity (Cyprus) Congregation's call to serve as their pastor. Pastor Sterrett plans to move to Cyprus in the summer of 1997. Please pray for him during this transition. Kelly Moore continues to serve as a Chaplain with the U.S. Army and is currently serving in Panama. Since the last meeting of the Synod we have had 2 regular meetings in the fall and spring. Our next scheduled meeting is to be held at the R.P. Home on November 8 and 9th. Due to the international Conference there will not be a presbytery family camp at Laurelville this year. Our representative to the Geneva College Board of Corporators is Al Miller. Our representative to the Home Mission Board is Dean Smith. Respectfully submitted, Robert Schmidtberger, Clerk
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA 181 REPORT OF ATLANTIC PRESBYTERY The Atlantic Presbytery has met twice in the past year: on June 17, 1995 in Beaver Falls, PA during Synod's annual meeting and again on April 4-5, 1996 at Broomall, PA. We are thankful to our Almighty and Everlasting Father for sustaining our six established congregations and three mission churches over the past year. Five of our six established congregations receive pastoral care from their own teaching elders: Broomall, PA; Cambridge, MA; Coldenham-Newburgh, NY; Elkins Park, PA; and White Lake, NY. Our Ridgefield Park, NJ congregationis without a pastor. Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church, a mission church in Middletown, NY, receives pastoral care from Rev. Leverne Rosenberger, church planter. Our mission churches in Hazleton and Lancaster, PA are without pastoral leadership except for that provided by their temporary governing bodies. The Broomall congregation receives the pastoral ministry of Dr. William Edgar. His sound preaching and teaching are continual encouragement to the congregation. The congregation is also encouraged by the number of adherents who attend regularly. We hope to see many come to full membership. The congregation is blessed with the many children that God has entrusted to us, and we continually pray for their growth in grace and faith in Christ. Broomall continues its close liaison with the Lancaster outreach work in supplying preaching and support families. Broomall looks forward to the April 13, 1996 congregational meeting for the election of elders and deacons, and looks for God's guidance in that important meeting. The Cambridge congregation receives the pastoral ministry of Mr. James Kern. The congregation celebratedits centennial during the first week in July. Dr. Bruce Stewart, who began his ministry here, preached at the observance and on the following Lord's Day. Many former members and brethren from sister congregations came for the celebration or sent greetings and added much to the event. The congregation is grateful toall those who worked hard to make the centennial an enjoyable time of thanksgiving to God and fellowship with one another. We are also thankful for new members and adherents who have come into our midst over the last year. However, the congregation has been discouraged by difficulties with some members who have abruptly left the church in a manner inconsistent with their membership vows. We continue to seek God's grace in advancing the work of His Kingdom as we enter our next century of ministry. The Coldenham-Newburgh congregation welcomed Mr. Charles Leach asits pastor on October 27, 1995. The congregation looks forward to growth in unity, developing effeaive ministry to the community this year. Concerns about members negligent in attendance, outreach, and financialobligations require constant prayer. The Elkins Park congregation receives the pastoral ministry of Mr. Tony Cowley. The ministry of the Gospel continues faithfully as well as outreach to the north of
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