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Covenant Network announces events planned for General Assembly
[5-24-04]

The 216th Meeting of PC(USA) General Assembly will convene on Saturday, June 26th, in Richmond, Virginia, and the Covenant Network will be there with educational events and advocacy leadership from gavel to gavel. We especially encourage all commissioners and advocates to begin by joining us for the Covenant Network Convocation Dinner on Friday, June 25th, at 5:30 p.m. and then attending the Witherspoon Society Commissioner Orientation immediately following at 7:30 p.m.

Friends are welcomed at our Covenant Network Open House in our hospitality suite at the Crowne Plaza on Sunday, June 27th, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Brian Blount will be our Speaker at one of the most popular General Assembly events, the Covenant Network Luncheon on Monday, June 28th, at 12:30 p.m. We extend a special invitation to seminarians, younger pastors, TSADs and YADs to attend a Reception for Young Adults on Monday, June 28th, from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. in our Crowne Plaza Hospitality Suite.

While the tickets for the lunch and dinner can be purchased in Richmond, we recommend buying them early, as these events often sell out. Register online at www.pcusa.org/ga216/registration or call the GA meeting service at 888-728-7228 x2417.

Commissioners, Advisory Delegates, and others who want to learn more about the Covenant Network at G.A. are invited to contact National Organizer Tricia Dykers Koenig by phone at (216) 658-1770 or by email, triciadk@covenantnetwork.org.

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Far From Home introduces people we've lost

Arriving shortly in church offices and presbytery resource centers is a new booklet that brings forward the names and faces of those who have been pushed out of the Presbyterian Church (USA) by our current ordination standards. The Covenant Network is pleased to make Far from Home: Tales of Presbyterian Exiles available to Presbyterian congregations, groups and leaders as an aid to discussion of ordination standards and our common life. Please look for your copy to arrive at your church and plan how to use it with others in your deliberations. Additional copies can be ordered for $1/copy from the Covenant Network office.

Details on the Covenant Network website.



Covenant Network adds resources for advocacy

Two important videos featuring Jack Rogers, Professor of Theology Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary and former Moderator of the PC(USA), are now available for congregations to expand their understanding of what it means to be Presbyterian and Reformed. What Makes Us Distinctive as Presbyterians discusses the roles of the Bible, the Confessions, and the Book of Order and serves well for church officer training. How I Changed My Mind about Homosexuality is a recording of Dr. Roger's compelling presentation given at a recent Conference. Each video is available for $10 + $2 shipping from the Covenant Network Office. In addition to the videos, the Covenant Network is constantly identifying videos, booklets, and expanded web pages of use to congregations and presbyteries. More information on the items listed above and more can be found at www.covenantnetwork.org/resourcetop.



 

Some blogs worth visiting

 

PVJ's Facebook page

Mitch Trigger, PVJ's Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!

You can post your own news and views, or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you.

 

Voices of Sophia blog

Heather Reichgott, who has created this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:

After fifteen years of scholarship and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy, students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and thoughtful community.

 

John Harris’ Summit to Shore blogspot

Theological and philosophical reflections on everything between summit to shore, including kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology, politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian Church in Flushing, NY.

 

John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive

A Presbyterian minister, currently serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton, Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and lightening up.

 

Got more blogs to recommend?

Please send a note, and we'll see what we can do!

 

Plan now for our 2010 Ghost Ranch Seminar!

GHOST RANCH SEMINAR

July 26-August 1, 2010

WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
CONFRONTING THE STRUCTURES OF INJUSTICE

 

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