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Jesus Seminar events |
East Tennessee church will host a "Jesus
Seminar on the Road," Nov. 3-4
[10-12-06]Focus will be on faith
communities in the 1st and 21st centuries with an
emphasis on the emerging progressive movement across the country.
The First Presbyterian Church of
Elizabethton will host a
Jesus Seminar on the Road, November 3-4. It will feature
Hal
Taussig of Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and
Perry Kea
of the University of Indianapolis. They will be discussing faith communities
in the first and twenty-first centuries with an emphasis on the emerging
progressive movement across the country. Hal Taussig has discovered that
progressive communities have no overarching national or denominational
leadership and are largely unaware of each other. Yet they have much in
common. He names five defining characteristics of progressive faith
communities: spiritual vitality, intellectual integrity, transgressing
gender boundaries, vitality without superiority, and justice and ecology.
Dr. Taussig is a Methodist clergyperson and the author of
A New Spiritual Home: Progressive Christianity at the Grass Roots. Dr.
Taussig writes that there are "hundreds of thousands of self-confident,
spiritual, open-minded, gender-bended, justice seeking, Earth-loving
Christians." (p. 53) This
Jesus Seminar on
the Road is for anyone who is interested in connecting with other
progressive Christians, starting a progressive church, or learning about
more about the exciting progressive movement of the church in America today.
Register for the seminar
here or contact John Shuck
for more information.
John Shuck, Pastor
First Presbyterian Church
119 West F Street
Elizabethton, TN 37643
johnashuck@earthlink.net
www.1stpres-eliz.org
423-543-7737 |
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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!
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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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