Nov – Dec 2023 | Reformed Herald
I’ve heard there’s a placeOvershadowed by treesWhere black water cascades to the seaAnd leaves fall in grace,Catch the light and the breeze:Falling patterns of shadow and green. Here where I sitThe house creaks in the nightAnd lamps shine discordant with light.The night winds don’t fitWith the steel and black tar,Rattling windows left slightly ajar. Katherine …
The Northern Plains Classis rejoices with great thanksgiving over the installation of two ministers to our body.On Sunday evening, September 10th the Rev. Jimmy John Hall was installed as the pastor of Eureka, SD Reformed Church after the Rev. James Grossmann had left in March to assume the charge in Manitowoc, WI. Jimmy John returns …
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Jean Henri Merle d’Aubigné (1794-1872) was born in Geneva and studied at the University of Geneva in his undergraduate work and as a student under the Faculty of Theology. At the time Geneva was experiencing a spiritual revival from 1813 to 1830 (le Réveil). D’Aubigné was touched by the saving grace of God when the …
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How well do you know God? How do we get to know God? There is one place for us to find these things: The Bible. As a pastor, I presume to tell people what God says and wants. How do we know what is true? The Bereans in Acts searched the scriptures daily to see …
Time keeps passing.Moving into a new year can bring renewed optimism and a sense of new beginnings. People with this outlook see opportunities and a chance to start again. Or it might bring a certain heaviness. Another year is ended, so much still hasn’t been done, and our window of opportunity is smaller than it …
A Report of the South-CentralClassis Meeting Held on October 1-2 George Whitefield once said, in comparing a dead ministry to a living one, that “if ministers are warmed with the love of God themselves, they cannot but be instruments of diffusing that love among others.” The love of God fills the heart and soul of …
Young Adult Reformed Fellowship (YARF) met again in Aberdeen, SD September 8-10. This time we saw 15 attendees, from 5 different churches. (Watertown, Aberdeen, Eureka, Sioux Falls, and Greeley) Attendees arrived Friday evening for some Nachos and Cards at the fellowship hall. After cleaning up, we left for a campfire and smores at the Bowen …
Remembering our Forefathers in the Faith Dear Friends,18 November is fast approaching as I write this newsletter in the midst of another outburst of international turmoil, the global consequences of which are not clear yet. The situation is threatening enough to bring us to a renewed focus on our ultimate hope, which is the coming …
It has been an eventful fall thus far, highlighted by two meetings with pastors exploring the RCUS. On October 26, Covenant East Classis President Dennis Luquette, Welcoming Committee members Wayne Johnson and Rev. Win Groseclose, and Revs. Sam Rodriguez and Ron Potter were privileged to spend four hours with pastors from two original German Reformed …
Our God is immutable! That means He never changes. We know this by His revelation. He says in Malachi 3:6, “I am the LORD, I do not change.” And in Hebrews 13:8, it says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.” Our God never changes; however, we do. Our life is one of …
