Hello everyone. Everything is still going well out here in the good ole south...although its alot harder than I thought taking care of the kids here...they constantly want to go places and play with various neighbors...blah blah etc etc...anyway I am writing to petition your prayers for my father Gary Rehers. As many of you know he has undergone some surgery and just recently had to be rushed to the emergency room, again, due to low blood presure issues...to say the least he isn't in good shape...at all. I feel so helpless out here and with a little over a month before classes start I am going to see if there is a way I can come back to Big Bear, somehow, and see him. Once classes start it could be a year or more before that happens...please keep that in your prayers as well as we don't have the means to make that possible...all in his good will.
Thanks,
Chris
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Sunday, July 02, 2006
First Lord's Day in Mississippi
Good Lord's Day to everyone. We worshiped at First Presbyterian Church for our first Lord's Day in Jackson Mississippi. The residing minister this morning was the Rev. Derek Thomas originally from Wales, Derek Thomas is the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology at the Jackson campus of RTS. After pastoring for 17 years in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dr. Thomas returned to the USA in 1996 where, in addition to his work at the seminary, he serves as the Minister of Teaching at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson.
The service was very delightful. Although a few key elements were missing from the liturgy, IMO - confession and forgiveness of sins, confession of faith, reading of God's Law and How Shall We Now Live. For those that know me a service without these elements would come as a shock and did. Nevertheless, a very Theocentric service to say the least and a solid PCA too boot. Communion is only served several times a year which is a little hard to understand coming from it being served every Lord's Day.
We will be attending this evenings service at First Presbyterian as well. We are not sure where we will be making our church home while we are in Jackson but we thought this would be a good start. We have no plans to transfer our membership from the United Reformed Church to a local PCA, as of yet. But we do trust our Lord will guide us even in this.
To the praise of His great power and might,
Chris Rehers
P.S. Miss the fellowship of His saints in Big Bear and Apple Valley greatly.
The service was very delightful. Although a few key elements were missing from the liturgy, IMO - confession and forgiveness of sins, confession of faith, reading of God's Law and How Shall We Now Live. For those that know me a service without these elements would come as a shock and did. Nevertheless, a very Theocentric service to say the least and a solid PCA too boot. Communion is only served several times a year which is a little hard to understand coming from it being served every Lord's Day.
We will be attending this evenings service at First Presbyterian as well. We are not sure where we will be making our church home while we are in Jackson but we thought this would be a good start. We have no plans to transfer our membership from the United Reformed Church to a local PCA, as of yet. But we do trust our Lord will guide us even in this.
To the praise of His great power and might,
Chris Rehers
P.S. Miss the fellowship of His saints in Big Bear and Apple Valley greatly.
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