From the churches - March 2016


1. The Synod of Groningen
The Acts of GS Groningen 2014-2015 are now available, both in book-form and digitally via internet.

Deputies for Contacts with Churches Abroad
Br. Joh. Houweling, Rev. C. Koster, Rev. S. de Marie, br. A. van der Net.
Secretary: Rev. C. Koster, dsckoster@gmail.com

The next General Synod will be held DV early in 2018.
The convening church for this synod will be DGK Berkel & Rodenrijs / Bergschenhoek.
Secretary: scriba@gereformeerde-kerk.nl

2. On Saturday 30 January 2016, br. M.A. Sneep was ordained by Rev. P. van Gurp as Minister of the Word in De Gereformeerde Kerk (DGK) at Groningen.
On Sunday 31 January he held his first sermon as minister.

3. The next League Day will be, DV, on 21 May 2016. This will be held in Dalfsen.
4. The students’ society continues to meet on a regular basis and the attendance is good.

5. We would like to again make mention of the recently published brochure ‘Marriage in the Lord’, written by Rev. S. de Marie. This translation of ‘Het huwelijk in de Here’ is based on a series of articles that were published in ‘De Bazuin’ in 2008 and emanated from a marriage course given by the author in Zwolle.

6. We would also like to again mention that a second outline on church history is being written, titled ‘Terug naar het Woord’ (‘Back to the Word’) by br. T.L.Bruinius, which describes the church history from 1944 to 2003, recent church history that is educational for young and old.

7. News about the new church building at Berkel & Rodenrijs / Bergschenhoek.
The building of the church commenced in June 2015. After the building company went bankrupt in October 2015, a new start was made in February 2016 and we hope that the building will be completed in September 2016.