Consistory Notes

As is their duty, the men of Consistory met on Wednesday evening, April 9^th to consider the various executive concerns of Leidy’s Church. Among those items reviewed and, in some instances, acted upon are the following:

§ Peter Martindell addressed the issue of husbands loving their wives in the devotional remarks. From God’s institution of marriage as recorded in Gen. 2:21ff through various examples of failure contained in the Bible (think David and Bathsheba) through exhortations such as that in 1 Cor. 7:3-5 for unselfish love to the great synopsis found in Eph. 5:22-33, Peter taught that husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the church. He indicated men ought to treasure their wives, telling them of the same, and thanking God for them.

§ Though the Building Committee will not meet until later in April, the building project continues to move forward through the various engineering, administrative, and design stages appropriate to this point in time. Later this month the entire site plan will be submitted to the Township Planning Commission for preliminary consideration and review. According to Building Committee chairman Dana Gehman, the budget for the project still seems on target. Ron Moyer called the men of Consistory to keep this matter much in prayer, both for timeliness in administrative matters and for the necessary funds to be received in a timely fashion as well. We still need to raise $2,000,000 prior to breaking ground.

§ The Consistory congratulated Pastor Andrew on his family’s recently purchased home in Harleysville. Rootage, we trust, is taking place.

§ Pastor Myers reported that training for A/V technicians is slated for a Saturday later in the month. As a note of praise, he also relayed information concerning recent happenings with EE teams. Through faithful witnessing and telling of the gospel, several folk have prayed to receive Christ.

§ Brian Shoemaker reported on behalf of the Mission Committee that plans for SLMT continue apace. There is still room for 10 or 12 more persons, ideally. Also, Chris Tawney will be serving with the Bucks County Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) this summer and raising support for that effort.

§ The Care Committee reported plans are in place for a new photo directory to be published. It is hoped that pictures can be taken by early summer and the directory in the hands of congregants by early fall.

§ The Church and Community Committee has arranged for State Senator Rob Wonderling to be the speaker in the Issues and Answers Class on June 1^st. He will address how legislation is initiated and moves through the various processes before becoming law. Of course, he’ll take other questions the class may want to raise as well.

§ Consistory nominations will be on the docket at the May meeting, so Ron Moyer urged the prayers be lifted up concerning that matter.

§ The recent Creation Conference which our church helped support reached some 2,000 persons through various venues, including nearby Christian schools and colleges. Also, the movie Expelled was commended for our viewing edification.

Following a time of intercessory prayer, the meeting was adjourned at 9:06 p.m. by the unison praying of the Lord’s Prayer.