Hello, this is Adam, the intern. Last week, I attended the first OPC Summer Institute Seminar held on Bailey Island in Maine. I was there with five other brothers who were involved in serving in the OPC ministry in some way. Those who attended represented five different seminaries, with two from Westminster Cali, one from RTS in Orlando, another from Mid-America BTS, yet another from Gordon Conwell, and myself, who is from Westminster East (as the two from Westminster West call it; I just call it WTS.). All six of us hailed from different regions of the United States. Quite cool. I got to meet, listen to, and engage in discussions with some of the more well-known OPC ministers who had come out to share some of their knowledge with us, and even after, in the airport, as we prepared to leave back to our homes.

Prof. John Muether and Dr. Darryl Hart are well-known writers and historians of the OPC. Dr. Greg Reynolds is the head editor of the Ordained Servant journal. I was amazed by the amount of knowledge they had of over 80 years of Orthodox Presbyterian history and shared some of the less-known facts that had occurred that shaped the church to be the way it was today, and engaging with some issues that Reformed Theology faces in today’s world with formal seminars and informal discussions. I, once again, was the youngest, with some of the brothers who had attended already married or already engaged in a ministry somewhat. While daunting, it surely encouraged me, since I, at a fairly young age, was experiencing and getting more immersed in Reformed Theology (which was what some of the older brothers regretted, being involved in Reformed Theology in later years rather than earlier). I also got to know the pastors in informal and casual talks with them. (For example, Prof. Muether thinks I’m a Mets fan)

While I won’t bore you with the things I had learned, I will share with you a video of the Atlantic Coast off an island in Maine.

Clear Maine Coast