Lynnwood Orthodox Presbyterian Church

17711 Spruce Way Lynnwood, Washington 98037-7431

	About Us
	Christ-Centered The apostle Paul's preaching was "nothing but Jesus Christ & Him crucified". Christ is the center of the Bible, He is its meaning. Christ in His life, death, resurrection, ascension to heaven, and session on His throne accomplished salvation and brought the long awaited kingdom of God. Justification and new creation life is found in Jesus Christ by faith alone. While avoiding man made legalisms we preach union with Christ in His cross and resurrection as the power for crucifying the flesh and walking in newness of life.
		Biblical "Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly". The Bible is God's inerrant and covenantal Word. Therefore we seek to be shaped at every step by its instruction. This conservative conviction is what led us out of the growing liberal Presbyterian Church to start the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in 1936. We do not mute the voice of God in Scripture by denying its supernaturalism and plain teaching. Neither do we supplant it by looking for new revelations. Yet, we realize that those before us have mined its wisdom, so we bring forth its treasures both new and old.
	Reformed We trace the theological roots of our Biblical beliefs to the 16^th century Reformation. The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger & Shorter Catechisms, written in 1647, contain the system of doctrine which we embrace as Biblical. Herein is found that grand teaching of God's sovereign grace in salvation and the "covenant" relationship between God and man. Adam broke the covenant of works but Christ kept it and bore its curse providing the basis for the covenant of grace. The response to God's covenantal grace of sincerely offering our hearts to God is seen in the design of John Calvin's coat of arms.
		Presbyterian The church exists in the world as an alien colony of heaven; the city of God within the city of man. Presbuteros, Greek for elder, is the source for our Presbyterian church government. A plurality of elders called a Session shepherd the flock. Teaching elders, or pastors perform the ministry of the Word and sacraments. Ruling elders join them to oversee the life and discipline of the flock. Elders also serve the Presbytery (regional church) and General Assembly (the denomination).

	Officers of the Lynnwood Orthodox Presbyterian Church Teaching Elders
	Pastor J. Peter Vosteen, Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology at Northwest Theological Seminary, was born in Buffalo, New York in 1931. Converted while attending Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio, he married fellow student, Winifred Ham, in 1953 and then enrolled at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. He graduated in 1956 and was ordained by the United Presbyterian Church in North America (UPCNA) in Lisbon, New York When the UPCNA merged with the PCUSA in 1958 (forming the UPCUSA), Pete accepted a call to the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) in Emo, Ontario, Canada. The Lisbon congregation subsequently affiliated with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC). For 34 years, Pete served CRC congregations in Canada and the U.S., specializing in reviving dead or dying churches. While pastor of the Lynnwood CRC, Lynnwood, Washington, Pete became very concerned with the drift of the denomination away from full commitment to the Reformed faith. He joined the OPC in 1994 and his consistory followed suit in 1995. His wife Winifred died in 1998 and Pete married Mary Larson in January 1999. Pete is the author of "Pastoral Preaching" in The Preacher and Preaching (1986). His recollection of the classrooms of Cornelius Van Til, Ned Stonehouse, John Murray and Meredith G. Kline is the basis of his life-long commitment to biblical theology and presuppositional apologetics. Pete will continue as pastor of the Lynnwood church while serving on the Northwest Seminary faculty.
	Ruling Elders
	John Higgins	Bob Johnson
	Richard Mason	Ralph Van Winkle
	Deacons
	Jon Larson	Dennis Haveman
	Steve Lorenzini

	Audio Resources
	Sermons
	A King is Born by Pastor Vosteen Isaiah 9:1-7	Suddenly - Angels by Pastor Vosteen Luke 2:1-20
	Blasphemy Against The Holy Spirit by Pastor Vosteen Matthew 12:22-32	Waiting For The Lord by Pastor Vosteen Psalm 130
	Paul's Ministry by Pastor Vosteen Titus 1:1-4	Words by Pastor Vosteen Matthew 12:33-37
	This Wicked and Adulterous Generation by Pastor Vosteen Matthew 12:38-45

	Annual Reformed Conferences
	Tenth Annual Conference Should "Left Behind" be left behind? Session 1: The History and Theology Right Behind "Left Behind" by Adam King Session 2: Israel & the Church: Old & New Covenants by Pastor David Inks Session 3: Is "Literal Interpretation" Biblical Interpretation? by Pastor Rob Van Kooten Session 4: Reading the Biblical Story with Amill Eyes by Pastor Mark Collingridge Session 5: Reading Revelation Rightly by Session 6: The Gospel and the Lordship Controversy by Randy Renquist Sunday Morning: The Seventy Weeks of Daniel by Pastor Pete Vosteen Sunday Evening: The Olivet Discourse by Pastor Bill Renkema Eleventh Annual Conference Suffering & the People of God: Biblical Insights for Troubled Times Session 1: What are Sufferings? by Pastor Mark Collingridge Session 2: 1 Peter: Suffering by Pastor Andy Elam Session 3: Weep With Those Who Weep by Brett McNeill Session 4: Suffering in Ecclesiastes by Marc Renkema Session 5: Psalm 88: Dancing with Depression by Pastor David Inks Session 6: Suffering: Old Covenant & New By Pastor Mark Collingridge Sunday Morning: Job, Paul & Christ By Pastor Mark Collingridge Sunday Evening: 1 Peter 4: Rejoice in Suffering by Pastor Pete Vosteen Twelth Annual Conference Session 1: The Knotty Problem of Christianity and Culture by Dr. Van Drunen Session 2: The Knotty Problem of Christianity and Culture Q & A by Dr. Van Drunen Session 3: The Two Kingdoms in the Old Testament by Dr. Van Drunen Session 4: The Two Kingdoms in the Old Testament Q & A by Dr. Van Drunen Session 5: The Two Kingdoms in the New Testament by Dr. Van Drunen Session 6: The Two Kingdoms in the New Testament Q & A by Dr. Van Drunen Sunday Morning: The Humility of the Kingdom by Dr. Van Drunen Sunday Evening: The Wisdom of the Kingdom by Dr. Van Drunen Thirteenth Annual Conference Life in Christ: Calvin, Union with Christ, and the Struggle for Reformed Theology Session 1: Against Drive-by Theology by Dr. Mark Garcia Session 2: Calvin on Union with Christ: Overview of a Great Idea by Dr. Mark Garcia Session 3: The End Matters: Union with Christ, Good Works, and Eternal Life by Dr. Mark Garcia Session 4: Reformed Theology of Justification: Calvin vs. Osiander by Dr. Mark Garcia Sunday Morning: Perseverance with a Goal Philippians 1:3-11 by Dr. Mark Garcia Sunday Evening: Think this Way Philippians 2:1-11 by Dr. Mark Garcia About the Speakers Dr. David M. Van Drunen (B.A., Calvin College; M.Div., Westminster Seminary California; Th.M., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; J.D., Northwestern University School of Law; Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago.) is the Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at Westminster Seminary California. Dr. Van Drunen, a minister of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a licensed attorney in the state of Illinois, began teaching at Westminster Seminary California in 2001. Prior to this, from 1999-2001, he served as a pastor of Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Hanover Park, IL. Currently he serves on the OPC�s Committee on Christian Education and Subcommittee on Ministerial Training. His present research interests include the doctrines of justification, natural law, and the two kingdoms. The Rev. Dr. Mark Garcia (M.A., Westminster Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is the Pastor of Immanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in West Allegheny (Oakdale), Pennsylvania. He has published several scholarly and eccleesiastical articles and essays, and is the author Life in Christ: Union with Christ and Twofold Grace in Calvin's Theology (Studies in Christian History and Thought; Milton Keynes; Paternoster; 2008). His current projects include ongoing work as a thological researcher with the Westminster Assembly Project as well as research for a major volume on Holy Scripture.

	Directions to the Church
	From I-5: Get off at the 164^th St. exit and go west; down a hill and up a hill passing the Shell station, then turning left on Spruce Way; go one mile to Lynnwood OPC on the left hand side, 17711 Spruce Way.	From 99: Turn east on 168^th St. (there is a Dairy Queen on the corner); in a brief moment you will turn left at the next light and proceed up the hill curving right; at the top of the hill, turn right unto Spruce Way, then one mile to Lynnwood OPC on the left hand side: 17711 Spruce Way.
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Life in Christ:
Calvin, Union with Christ, and the Struggle for Reformed Theology

Lynnwood Orthodox Presbyterian Church 2008 Reformed Conference
March 28-30

There are few things more important in the Bible than the reality of our union with Christ. Indeed, to be in Christ is to have passed from death to life: "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me" (Gal. 2:20).

There are few who have explained the teaching as well as the great Reformer, John Calvin, and there are few who have studied Calvin's teaching on this subject as thoroughly as Dr. Mark Garcia.

The Rev. Dr. Mark Garcia (M.A., Westminster Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is the Pastor of Immanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in West Allegheny (Oakdale), Pennsylvania. He has published several scholarly and eccleesiastical articles and essays, and is the author Life in Christ: Union with Christ and Twofold Grace in Calvin's Theology (Studies in Christian History and Thought; Milton Keynes; Paternoster; 2008). His current projects include ongoing work as a thological researcher with the Westminster Assembly Project as well as research for a major volume on Holy Scripture.

Conference Schedule
Friday, March 28^th:
7:00-8:30 p.m.:	Session 1: Against Drive-by Theology
Saturday, March 29^th:
8:00 a.m.:	Breakfast and Fellowship
9:00-10:15 a.m.:	Session 2: Calvin on Union with Christ: Overview of a Great Idea
10:30-11:45 a.m.:	Session 3: The End Matters: Union with Christ, Good Works, and Eternal Life
12:00-12:50 p.m.:	Lunch Break (food is provided)
1:00-2:15 p.m.:	Session 4: Reformed Theology of Justification: Calvin vs. Osiander
Sunday, March 30^th:
11:00 a.m.	Morning Worship
6:00 p.m.	Evening Worship
Both services will be conducted by Rev. Garcia.

Child Care and Nursery will be available for all sessions!!!

There NO REGISTRATION FEE for attendance at the conference. However, a free-will offering will be taken to cover expenses.

FREE LODGING is also available on a first come, first serve basis. If you are interested please contact our organizer, Benji Swinburnson, at 1-425-397-6165
E-Mail him at bencrit@yahoo.com

	Contacts and Links
		Call Pastor Vosteen at: (425) 743-9157 or E-Mail him.
		Benji Swinburnson is our intern. E-Mail Benji
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About Us

Officers of the Lynnwood Orthodox Presbyterian Church

Teaching Elders

Ruling Elders

Deacons

Audio Resources

Sermons

Annual Reformed Conferences

About the Speakers

Directions to the Church

Contacts and Links