Covenant Protestant Reformed Church
Ballymena
Rev. Angus Stewart
Lord’s Day, 6 January, 2008
"Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving,
and honour, and power, and might,
be unto our God for ever and ever" (Rev. 7:12)
Morning Service - 11:00 AM
The Gathering of the Church
Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 21; Zechariah 8
I. Its Source
II. Its Scope
III. Its Result
Psalms: 46:1-7; 109:25-31; 102:16-21; 107:1-9
Evening Service - 6:00 PM
The Gathered Church
Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 21; Zechariah 8
I. Its Blessedness
II. Its Names
III. Its Calling
Psalms: 84:4-12; 110:1-7; 36:5-11; 48:1-9
For audio cassettes of the worship services or CDs of the sermons, contact Sean Courtney (cprcaudiostore@yahoo.co.uk)
CPRC website: www.cprc.co.uk
Quotes to Consider:
T. V. Moore on Zechariah 8:11-12: "The faithfulness of God to his Church and people in the past is a guarantee that He will not forsake them in the future, and an encouragement to go forward in the great work of erecting the spiritual temple, of which this material temple was but the outward symbol. Let our hands be strong in this great work, by remembering the fact that God has ever been faithful to his promises in the past, and therefore will continue to be faithful to them in the future."
Announcements (subject to God’s will):
The Standard Bearer, the Beacon Lights, and the Protestant Reformed Theological Journal are all on the back table.
A sign-up sheet for the congregation dinner is also on the back table. It is scheduled for Friday, 18 January, at 7 PM at the Leighinmohr Hotel.
The second offering this morning will be for our building fund.
Catechism Classes: Monday, 5:00 PM at the Murrays Monday, 6:30 PM with the Campbells at the manse Thursday, 7:00 PM at the Hamills
The Council will meet Monday evening at 7:30 PM at the manse.
Women’s Bible Study meets this Tuesday, 8 January, 10:30 AM at the Murrays.
Francesco De Lucia returns to Italy on Wednesday. We wish him the Lord’s blessing as he finishes university and makes plans to move here in March.
Midweek Bible Study will be held on Wednesday, 7:45 PM, at the manse. We continue with II Timothy 2:22ff. on perilous times in the last days.
The church visitors, Elder Jim Holstege and Rev. Daniel Kleyn with his wife Sharon, arrive on Saturday morning, 12 January. Anyone interested in having them over for dinner on one of the Sundays, contact Mary Stewart.
Offerings: General Fund - £594.30.
The Reformed Witness Hour next Lord’s Day (8:30-9:00 AM, on Gospel 846MW), is entitled "Now No Condemnation" (Romans 8:1).
Upcoming Lectures: 17 Jan., Rev. Kleyn, "Living Antithetically In A Technological Age," in Limerick. 1 Feb., Rev. Stewart, "Lessons from the Reformation for Today," in S. Wales.
Website Additions: 12 Italian translations (including works by Theodore Beza, Jonathan Edwards, Gordon Clark, Homer Hoeksema and Rev. Hanko), 1 Ukrainian translation (chapter 3 of Saved by Grace) and 1 Chinese translation ("TULIP" by Prof. Gritters, done by Nancy Chia from Singapore) were added.
PRC News: Rev. Laning (Hope, MI) received the call to be missionary in the Philippines. Rev. Haak (Georgetown, MI) received the call to Calvary PRC.