Jack E. de Graaf. Trowel & Sword. Jan/Feb 1985 Preamble: In 1995 Rev. John Westendorp looked back through old Trowel & Sword magazines to see what had been written about back then. Ten years earlier T&S reported on a New Zealand Elders conference and the wide variety of topics discussed make for interesting reading. ItContinue reading “New Zealand Elders Conference Labour Weekend 1984”
Category Archives: Worship
Why Do We Need To Go To Church Twice?
Rev. Allan Quak. Trowel & Sword. September 1999 Preamble: Our world is changing; our world has changed. The same is true of the Church – our Church. A mere 25 years ago Rev. Allan Quack wrote passionately about the need for believers to attend church twice on Sundays. Today, in most churches, this is noContinue reading “Why Do We Need To Go To Church Twice?”
What About The Pew Sitter (2)
Kieth V. Warren. Trowel & Sword. June 1981 Preamble: This is part two of last weeks article. What About The Pew Sitter (2) I read a story the other day of a theological student who had been asked to take a service somewhere. When he stepped into the pulpit a neatly lettered sign caught hisContinue reading “What About The Pew Sitter (2)”
What About The Pew-Sitter?
Kieth v. Warren. Trowel & Sword. May 1981 Preamble: Forty-four years have passed since Kieth Warren wrote this, the first of two articles on preaching. Has anything changed? We can confidently predict that there will be many sitting in the pews today who would answer “NO” to this question. Perhaps after this article was writtenContinue reading “What About The Pew-Sitter?”
‘And A Little Child Shall Lead Them’
Mrs. Jean Sietzema-Dickson. Trowel & Sword. March 1992 Preamble: How often do we stop and actually think about what we do in our worship services? Is attendance just a part of our weekly activities where we turn up, go through the same routine week after week and then go home again. Has it become aContinue reading “‘And A Little Child Shall Lead Them’”
Letters To Keith (Introduction)
Rev. J.W. Deenick. April, 1992 Preamble: Even after retirement Bill Deenick was not one to let the grass grow under his feet. Over a twelve month period he wrote a series of “letters” on Renewal and Worship to a fictional person whom he called Keith. Although it had been suggested that he publish the lettersContinue reading “Letters To Keith (Introduction)”
T&S Revisited 