Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1993

30 1993 MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THEration and other matters. They are to be in Japan from April 14 to 2The Commission was responsiblefor the oversight of the followingactivities in 1992:1. The annual Young People's Conference was held at Ayabe, KyotoPrefecture on August 17-19.2. The Fall Church Conference was held on September 23 at the KobeReformed Seminary.3. The Christmas Psalm Program was held on December 19 at theCanadian Academy on Rokko Island, Kobe.4. The Young People's Prayer Fellowship was continued on the firstSabbath of every month under the direction of Lie. Shigeki Komuro.5. Elder Funahashi continues to prepare and distribute the bimonthly"Prayer Wheel" with prayer requests from all of the churches.6. Rev. Leach was the fraternaldelegate to the Reformed Church ofJapan Synod in October.7. The Japan Commission continues to participate in the support of theReformation Translation Fellowship. Pastor Spear has been in charge ofJapanese contributions.Officers of the Japan Commission for 1993 are:Moderator: Shigeru TakiuraClerks: Hirokazu Enomoto and William SterrettTreasurer: Yoshio NittaAuditor: Norihide KomuroThe minutes of the sessions have been examined and found to be inorder. The examination of minutes for the previous year (which had notbeen completed by last year's Synod) has also been completed and therecords found to be in order.Respectfully submitted,William J. Stenett, clerkThe members of Synod divided into small groups for prayer andspent fifteen minutes praying for the work of the presbyteries concludingwith the singing of Psalm 143B, stanza 1.Synod took a fifteen-minute recess at 2:40 p.m.Paul Doriani was introduced to the court as a fraternal delegatefrom the Presbyterian Church in America.The report of the Board of Home Missions was taken up. Items 1and 2 were adopted. Item 3 was referred to the Committee on Finance.Item 4 was referred to the Nominating Committee.