Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1997 - Rparchives.org

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3. Thomas Houston teaches high school Spanish in the Lancaster
supports the mission church there, and preaches occasionally.
4. Jonathan Leach serves as Chaplaincy Program Director at White Haven
Center, a residential care facility serving over 350 Pennsylvanians with mental
retardation. The Center is operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Public
Welfare. He also serves as chaplain in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard
and as a ruling elder on the temporary governing body of the Hazleton Area
mission church.
The following men are students of theology under care of Atlantic Presbytery:
1. Mr. Michael Lydon (Broomall RPC);
2. Mr. Scott Rocca (Lancaster RPC mission church).
Atlantic Presbytery maintains fraternal relations with our brethren the elders of
the American Presbyterian Church.
Presbytery's Family Camp held at White Lake in conjunction with the St.
Lawrence Presbytery features Dr. Richard Ganz speaking on the topic of "Take
Hold of Your Life: Lessons from the Psalms." It will be held August 9-17, 1996.
Officers of Atlantic Presbytery are Dr. William Edgar, Moderator; Mr. Charles
Leach, Clerk; and Mr. Glen Chin, Treasurer. The Cambridge session serves as Ad
Interim Commission. Our corrected roster is in the hands of Synod's Clerk. Our
membership is accounted for and travel assessment paid in full.
Rejoice with us, brethren, that the Lord Jesus Christ is reigning in the affairs of
men and nations for the covenant blessing of His church!
Respeafully Submitted,
Jonathan B. Leach, Clerk, Atlantic Presbytery
REPORT OF GREAT LAKES-GULF PRESBYTERY
"The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless "us"; he will bless the house of
Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless them that fear the
Lord,"both" small and great." (Ps 115.12-13) This is the testimony of the Word
of God, and we in the Great Lakes-Gulf Presbytery have much experience of God's
blessing through this past year. With the Psalmist at the opening of Psalm 115 we
say, "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy
mercy, and for thy truth's sake." (Ps 115.1)
The mission church, Evansville RPC in Evansville, IN, has had a very trying year.
Many of you have kept current with the deep afflictions they have borne. One
family mourned the loss of an infant daughter. The minister's wife has carried the
burden of two benign, yet dangerously located, brain tumors. These hardships
have sapped some of the energy of this promising little group, yet not all. They
continue to grow in numbers and spirituality. They hope soon to begin elder
orientation classes and, if the Lord is pleased, to be a fully organized congregation
by the end of this year. Presbytery is excited that there are works in different
degrees of development and exploration in Iron River and Lansing, Ml, Elkhart,