Under the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, the Reformation Society of Western N.Y. is holding monthly study meetings with various pastor speakers at a rotation of church hosts.
“We are excited about providing another year of enrichment for pastors and churchmen in the Reformed tradition to sharpen and grow together,” said Reformation Society of Western N.Y. pastor chair, Rev. Dave Theobald, who also serves as minister of Grace Baptist Church in Dansville.
The group of pastors, church leaders, and laity meets at 10 a.m. on the second Thursday of each month from September through June. Along with each lecture, the meetings also include prayer, singing, Scripture reading, group discussion, and fellowship often followed by lunch together at a local restaurant. For information, visit https://www.facebook.com/RefSocWNY.
2021-2022 events are:
•September 9 – Pastor Brandt Hammack of Bergen Evangelical Presbyterian Church will speak on “Preaching that Transforms” at Evangelical Church of Fairport.
•October 14 – Mr. Dick Russell of Grace Baptist Church in Dansville will speak on “Ecumenical Ministries: Permissible? Possible? Helpful? Hurtful?” at LeTourneau Center in Rushville.
•November 11 – Elder and Worship Leader Mitch Bedzyk of Emmanuel Community Church in Elmira will speak on “‘Hashtag Theology’: Social Media and the Local Church” at Grace Baptist Church in Dansville.
•November 14 – Participating churches of the Reformation Society of Western N.Y. will host pulpit exchange during Lord’s Day worship (Sunday) with participating preachers.
•December 9 – Pastor Kevin Kisler of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Rochester will speak on “Unavoidable Likeness: Becoming What We Worship” at Emmanuel Community Church in Elmira.
•January 13, 2022 – Pastor Michael Welch of Rushford Baptist Church will speak on “Modern Gnostics: A Biblical Response to the LGBTQ Iteration of an Ancient Heresy” at Webster Bible Church.
•February 10, 2022 – Pastor Jim Luckey of Evangelical Church of Fairport will speak on “Discipleship and the Imagination: Walking by Faith and not by Sight” at Christ Church of Clarkson in Brockport.
•March 10, 2022 – Pastor Matthew Fletcher of Webster Bible Church will speak on “COVID-19 and the Church: A Retrospective” at Hunt Baptist Church.
•April 14, 2022 – Pastor Kevin Maloney of Grace Road Church in Rochester will speak on “Christians and Conspiracy Theories” at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Greece.
•May 12, 2022 – Pastor Matt Bedzyk of Emmanuel Community Church in Elmira will speak on “A Bride Prepared: Justification by Faith and Judgment by Works” at Faith Fellowship Church in Clarence.
•June 9, 2022 – Pastor Tony Bartolucci of Christ Church of Clarkson will speak on “Worldview Matters: Essential Elements of a Christian Worldview” at Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Bergen.
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