A Congregation of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church      495 S. Franklin Rd.      Mt. Airy, NC 27030     (336) 783-0779     The Rev. Brenton C. Ferry
Covenant Reformed Officers
“For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you” (Titus 1:5). An Organized Religion! We are a presbyterian church. Presbyterianism is the form of government established in the New Testament. It is grounded on two main principles. First, the church is governed by ordained officers referred to as elders (also called overseers in the New Testament) and deacons. Philippians 1:1 says, “To all the saints who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons.” In 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 Paul explains what the qualifications for elders and deacons are. Elders are responsible for governing the church, and deacons help the elders by overseeing mercy ministries. Second, local churches have standing governmental connections with other local churches for accountability. No church is an island. This is exemplified in Acts 15 when the regional church of Jerusalem had a governmental meeting with the regional church of Antioch. You may read more about Presbyterianism in our denomination’s Book of Church order. You can read it on line, download it in PDF files, or purchase a copy.http://opc.org/order.htmlhttp://opc.org/publications.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1
    Pastor Brenton Ferry is from Niceville, FL.  He received a B.A. in Bible Theology with an emphasis in NT Greek from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.  He received an M.A.R. with an emphasis in Theology, and a Th.M. in Historical Theology from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and its London program. He is an expository preacher.  His regular practice is to preach through books of the Bible verse after verse, paragraph after paragraph.
 
    His hobbies include playing drums, jogging, and hunting with his father.  He and his wife have four children and have lived in Mt. Airy since December of 2000.  Contact:  brntfrry@yahoo.com.
 
Elder Mark Mattson on the left is a General Surgeon who enjoys driving his Mazda Miata through the mountains and working on computers. Elder Mike Shields on the right is a retired Naval officer and principal engineer for YarCom® Inc. Mike enjoys flying and jogging. Presently we have no deacons. Our elders ordinarily meet on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 to pray for the church members and attend to church business. Click here to download an officer training study guide. http://www.yarcom.com/Officers_files/Officer%20Training%20Studyguide.pdfshapeimage_6_link_0shapeimage_6_link_1
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Our Calendar Sunday 10:00 am ........... Sunday School 11:00 am .................... Worship 1:30 pm ......... Fellowship Lunch 2:00 pm ........ Catechism Lesson 2:15 pm ............ Prayer Meeting 2:30 pm ...................... Worship 6:00 pm ... Lexington Bible study Tuesday 6:30 pm ....... Session Meeting** Wednesday 6:30 pm ........ NT Greek Lesson* 7:00 pm ............... Bible Study* Thursday 7:00 pm ......... Catechism Class* * Canceled Nov. - Dec. ** Meets Monthly Our Worship 11:00 am Apostolic Salutation Silent Prayer and Preparation Call to Worship Hymn Invocation & Lord’s Prayer Gloria Patri Vows (Occasional) Scripture Reading Pastoral Prayer Hymn of the Month Reading of the Gospel Sermon Hymn Collection of the Offering Doxology Lord’s Supper (Monthly) Hymn Benediction 2:30 pm Apostolic Salutation Silent Prayer and Preparation Call to Worship Hymn Prayer Your Hymn Selections Hymn Scripture Reading Sermon Responsive Reading Deacons’ Offering Hymn Benediction
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