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192 MINUTES OF THE 1997 SYNOD OF THE The Stillwater Congregation also had the pleasure of touching base with t Mexico Project. The young people stopped in Stillwater on their way home and spent several hours in a community canvas. From those contacts the congregation had several opportunities to go back with Bible Studies. They also hosted the late Dr. Greg Bahnsen both in an evangelistic meeting on the campus of Oklahoma State University and in a conference "Interface with the World", in which they were seeking to equip and challenge Christians to confront competing worldviews and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They praise God for answered prayer that the Lord would send them out to minister in their community. The Topeka congregation plans to move into their new building at 33rd and Auburn Road by August of 1996. God continues to show great unity and patience as they have been in months of transition during this time. Pray for direaion in this new beginning in their 108th year in Topeka. The Washington RPC gives thanks and praise to God for His evident blessings in our congregation during the past year. We have eleaed, ordained and installed three deacons by God's grace. These are the firstdeacons that this congregation has ever had! They are godly men who clearly meet the Biblical requirements for this office, and they have a real heart for the ministry of mercy. We have also continued to hold English as a Second Language classes for local Hispanic immigrants, and we rejoice in the opportunity to make contacts among members of this growing community. We have some tough challenges, but we are rejoicing in the evidence of spiritual growth among many members of the congregation. We welcome you to pray with us that God would continue to enable us to be faithful inall things to His glory. The Westminster, CO Congregation desires to be faithful in discipling the members it now has and in reaching out evangelistically to the unsaved. Ron Garcia has headed up a sports program in which many participate. Lew Flowers and the building committee are moving toward presenting the congregation with a plan to put a new building next to the present church house. We thank God for forty visitors attending a Friends Day service in April. The new work in Wichita, KS took a step forward at the fall '95 meeting of Presbytery. A Commission was appointed to oversee the start of a Mission Church. They anticipate receiving aid from the Home Mission Board in 1997 and from the commitment of the local group are now seeking a pastor to be on scene by September. There are seven households which faithfully participate in the worship services three times a month. The other week of the month, several of these families travel to Sterling to be a part of the service there. The Presbyteryis thankful for the hard work and guidance given by Denny Prutow and the chairman, Mark England. The Winchester congregationis once again thankful to our Lord for His mercies to them during 1995. Pastor Finley has served diligently in the congregation, faithfully proclaiming God's Word to His people. Highlights for the year include
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA 193 the receiving of 17 individuals into communicant membership, and the electi two elders and two deacons. A major concern for the congregation is the care and upkeep of an aging church building. Goals for the future include continued outreach in the community, and working with the youth within the congregation. Please continue to pray for them in these endeavors. Respectfully submitted, R. Bruce Parnell, Clerk REPORT OF THE PACIFIC COAST PRESBYTERY June 16, 1996 Dear Fathers and Brothers, With thanksgiving to God for His abundant mercies we report the ministry of Jesus Christ in the Pacific Coast Presbytery. There are five congregations under our care and one mission station. Our Annual meeting was a particularly eventful meeting for the Presbytery. That meeting was preceded by an eventful meeting called by the Ad Interim Commission for the purpose of examining Pastor Kenneth Orr to determine whether he was eligible for a call to the pastoral ministry in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. He had met several times with the commission either individually or through assignments with members of the Ad Interim Commission. At the meeting November 3 and 4, 1995, of the Ad Interim Commission in Los Angeles, all the settled pastors of the Presbytery, except one, plus the stated supply of the San Diego Congregation, Robert Tweed, were present and there was at least one ruling elder present from each congregation except for one for the examination of Mr. Orr. Following a very thorough examination the work was sustained and Mr. Orr was declared eligible for a call within the denomination. Mr. Orr comes from the Presbyterian Church in America. He had last served the congregation in Glendale and was familiar with the Los Angeles Congregation. More recently he has been employed as a teacher in a Christian school in Pasadena. He had worshipped some with the Los Angeles Congregation and had preached several times for them especially since the retirement of Dr. James D. Carson. He has served the Great Commissions Publications as a seminar instructor. The Los Angeles Congregation soon called him as pastor. The call was judged a regular gospel call by the Presbytery; it was duly passed on to him and he subsequently accepted the call. The date for installation was set for Friday, March 8, 1996. Last Fall the Orange County Commission extended a call to John McFarland to be the organizing pastor of the new Orange County, California, work. Mr. McFarland expressed his intention to accept the call upon the completion of his work. His work at the seminary was completed in November 1995. The date for his examination was set for Friday, March 8, 1996, in Los Angeles. Assuming
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