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General Assembly 2004
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Covenant Network announcements |
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.
Click here for
more details.
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.
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Got more blogs to recommend?
Please
send a note, and we'll see what we can do! |
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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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