The convening church, Cloverdale, declared Classis constituted.

The chairman warmly welcomed all the delegates and acknowledged the presence of a fraternal delegate, Rev. De Boer, from ARPC in the United States.

As part of the memorabilia, the chairman reflected on the passing of Rev. Moesker and Rev. Bosch. He also…

Rev. Gerrit Bruintjes, on behalf of the convening church, welcomed all the delegates and opened the meeting in a Christian manner. After examination of the credentials by the delegates of Jubilee Church, Classis was constituted and those chosen to serve as executive took their positions. The deputies of Regional Synod…

R. Schouten of the church at Aldergrove called the meeting to order and opened in a
Christian manner. He welcomed all the delegates present at the table, as well as the
delegates from the church at Vernon who joined the meeting remotely. He extended a
special welcome to J. van…

The Chairman of the convening church opened the meeting with the reading of Psalm 145 and a brief meditation on this Psalm. We sang Hymn 80 and the chairman led in opening prayer in which he brought the following memorabilia before God’s throne:  

On behalf of the convening church Rev. M. VanderLinde welcomed the delegates and called the meeting to order. He read from John 4:46-54 and requested the singing of Hymn 69:3. 

In prayer the following matters were mentioned: the vacant churches in our classis; the expected arrival of Rev. ten Haaf…