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Written by Mike Ferguson, Special to Presbyterian News Service
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:00 |
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BEND, ORE. — Mark Yaconelli has a hard-won reputation helping youth pastors and leaders to find new ways to disciple young people. But late last week before a crowd of about 90 people attending Cascades Presbytery’s annual summer conference, Yaconelli’s focus was on a far older concept — Sabbath-making and Sabbath-taking. |
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Written by Jerry L. Van Marter, PNS
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Monday, 21 July 2008 19:10 |
LOUISVILLE — The World Council of Churches (WCC) is seeking five young people ages 18-30 to serve as interns in the ecumenical organization’s Geneva, Switzerland, headquarters from February 2009-January 2010.
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Written by Erin Dunigan, OUTLOOK correspondent
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Monday, 21 July 2008 15:17 |
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Hope but also work for justice and peace participants were admonished in the final evening’s session of the Peacemaking Conference held July 15-19 in Orange, Calif. |
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Written by Jack Haberer
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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SAN JOSE — Gradye Parsons was elected Stated Clerk on the first ballot at the 218th General Assembly meeting June 27. |
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Written by L. Scanlon, Outlook National Reporter
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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SAN JOSE — In a vote reflecting how divided the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continues to be, the 218th General Assembly recommended June 27 by a narrow margin that the denomination change its constitution to remove the impediments that have been disallowing the ordination of sexually-active gays and lesbians. |
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Written by L. Scanlon, Outlook National Reporter
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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SAN JOSE — Just hours after voting to recommend that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) change its rules to make it easier for gays and lesbians to be ordained, the 218th General Assembly on June 27 turned down an overture that would have changed the definition of marriage in the church’s constitution, to say that marriage is between “two people” rather than between a man and a woman. |
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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June 28, 2008 To Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. |
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Written by L. Scanlon, Outlook National Reporter & Kate Pate, Outlook GA correspondent
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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SAN JOSE – The 218th General Assembly sent a proposed revision of the denomination’s Form of Government back for more work – with a report to come back to the next General Assembly in 2010. |
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Written by John A. Bolt
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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(PNS) Mark McCalla, pastor at Highlawn Church in Huntington, W.V., died of a gunshot wound June 19 in a homicide. |
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Written by Sharon K. Youngs, Presbyterian News Service
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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SAN JOSE — The official 2007 statistics for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) were released June 20 by the Office of the General Assembly on the convening day of the 218th General Assembly. |
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Written by Erin Dunigan, Outlook GA Correspondent
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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SAN JOSE — “It is no accident that the Committee on Peacemaking and International Issues takes so much time,” said outgoing Stated Clerk Clifton Kirkpatrick. |
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Written by Mike Ferguson, PNS
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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SAN JOSE — By a 5-to-1 margin, the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on June 27 approved “A Social Creed for the 21st Century,” exactly 100 years after the “Social Creed” of 1908 spoke to the harshness of industrial life at the turn of the last century. |
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Written by Katie Pate, Outlook GA Correspondent
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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A Church Growth and Christian Education Committee recommendation to produce human development resources for adolescents was approved by the 218th General Assembly June 25 after deliberations that included passionate, personal arguments for and against the creation of what was expected to take form as a new curriculum. |
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Written by Jack Haberer, Outlook Editor
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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SAN JOSE – Commissioners to the 218th General Assembly voted to begin a four-year process to retranslate parts or all of the Heidelberg Catechism. After defeating a minority report that would have left intact the translation that was added to the Book of Confessions in 1967, the commissioners approved the plan of retranslation by a vote of 436 to 280. |
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Written by L. Scanlon, Outlook National Reporter
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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SAN JOSE – The question of how Christians can witness to their faith in an interfaith world is never easy — and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is hoping to provide guidance in that through a new ecumenical policy statement. |
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Written by Jack Haberer, Outlook Editor
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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SAN JOSE – They had to endure some scolding, but the General Assembly Council (GAC) and the Presbyterian Foundation seem to have found a path for resolving future disputes over the disbursement of funds — disagreements that, during the meeting of the 218th General Assembly, slid messily out into public view. |
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Written by Dee H. Wade, PNS
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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SAN JOSE – The Rev. Byron Wade, pastor of the Davie Street Church of Raleigh, N.C., was confirmed as vice moderator of the 218th General Assembly on June 25. In his address before the Assembly, Wade demonstrated the hope and enthusiasm he has for the church of Jesus Christ. He answered the installation questions while the one who chose him for his new role, GA Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow, looked on. |
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Written by Emily Enders Odom, PNS
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Monday, 21 July 2008 00:00 |
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Near the end of her remarks at the Presbyterian Writers Guild (PWG) luncheon June 26, Marj Carpenter said, “I like to write so much that I feel sorry for people who never get to write.” |
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Written by Erin Dunigan, OUTLOOK correspondent
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Friday, 18 July 2008 20:53 |
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Using computer troubleshooting as a metaphor for spiritual “troubleshooting,” |
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Written by Jerry L. Van Marter, PNS
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Friday, 18 July 2008 14:26 |
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LOUISVILLE — The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC), the official publisher for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has unveiled a new management team following the confirmation of Marc Lewis as president and publisher. |
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Written by Erin Dunigan,OUTLOOK correspondent
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:12 |
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“Sowing Mustard Seeds: Working for God’s Justice — Confronting Poverty” is the theme of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Conference that began Tuesday (July 15) in Orange, Calif. The conference, being held on the campus of Chapman University, concludes July 19. |
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Written by Jack Haberer, OUTLOOK editor
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 22:01 |
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So, 250 Presbyterians gathered at a beautiful mountain retreat – provided by co-sponsor, the Montreat Conference Center. |
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Written by Jerry L. Van Marter, PNS
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 22:00 |
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LOUISVILLE — The three top leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have sent a follow-up letter to the one they issued immediately after the recent 218th General Assembly, asking Presbyterians “to continue to celebrate with us good news of our General Assembly and of our Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).” |
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Written by Jack Haberer, OUTLOOK editor
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:35 |
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Radical engagement with the other: Church Unbound day 3 |
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