Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1997 - Rparchives.org

REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA 195
member of the organizing team in the Orange County Ministry; Robert McMillan
retired and Is residing in the Home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has asked for
his membership to be transferred to the Presbytery of the Alleghenies. Charles
Chao continues to some extent to serve in the Reformation Translation Fellowship.
Continue to pray for us as we minister in the diversity of the Pacific Coast.
Respeafully submitted,
Paul M. Martin, Clerk
REPORT OF ST. LAWRENCE PRESBYTERY
The St. Lawrence Presbytery has met 7 times since last reporting to Synod:
June 16, 17, 19, 20, 1995, during the meetings of Synod in Beaver Falls; July
14, 1995, in Walton, New York; October 17, 1995, in Rochester, New York,
and March 12,1996, in Almonte, Ontario.
The Presbytery now has eleven congregations and one mission station, eight of
which have pastors. The Presbytery grew from 783 members to 830, an increase
of 47.
The Lochiel congregation will be celebrating their 150th Anniversary this year
and have completed scraping and repainting their church building. Students from
Ottawa Theological Hall gave some relief last summer to elder Brian Brodie who
has been preaching for the past 11 years. Though some outreach efforts continue
in the Montreal area, the members are actively involved with the Lochiel
congregation.
Fulton, the newest congregation in the Presbytery, is considering the need for a
different place to meet when they have grown a little more. They have a
systematic theology class on Sabbath evenings and a Bible study on Tuesday
evenings.
The Syracuse congregation has completed a new addition with numerous
classrooms and office space to help accommodate their growing congregation.
They now have evening worship in three locations and are seeking the Lord's
direaion on how to expand their ministry to the North and the East of their
present location .
The Rochester congregation is hoping to be able to have a pastor in the near
future.
The Almonte congregation is in a period of transition since their elders resigned
last summer and the pastor resigned at the end of September. Tom Burns and
Jack Morton were installed as elders on February 25 and they hope to have a new
pastor in the near future. Students from Ottawa Theological Hall have been
providing much of the preaching the last few months.
The Ottawa congregation is making good use of their new building and is
continuing to grow. The Bible studies to the East of Ottawa are doing well and it is
hoped that a new work may eventually develop in that area. It is also hoped that a
new work may be started in the Toronto area in the near future.