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Resources for dealing with the
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Resources on the Web
[9-12-01]
The PC(USA) web site is providing helpful
information in these harrowing days. At http://www.pcusa.org/crisis/
you'll find the pastoral letter from Jack Rogers, Cliff Kirkpatrick
and John Detterick. (It's also here on
the Witherspoon site.)
There is also information on providing
disaster assistance, and worship
resources.
Turn to the web site of the National Council of
Churches at http://www.ncccusa.org/
for information on Church World Service and a call to prayer issued by
the NCC.
Thanks to Linda Post Bushkofsky, of the Synod of Lakes and Prairies,
for pointing to these resources.
Can you suggest other good sources of prayers,
channels for action, or anything else?
Please send a note!
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Statement Calls for Prayer, Unity, Practical Actions In Wake of Attacks
[9-12-01]
We join all in our nation and world in shock and anger
at Tuesday's horrific chain of attacks on the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon, claiming yet-uncounted innocent lives. In particular, we hold
the families of the victims in our prayers. We acknowledge the grief,
sense of vulnerability, loss and fear that result from these attacks. We
condemn these vicious attacks in the strongest possible terms.
Even as our national sites are under attack, we call
on all people to manifest the best of our national spirit. At such a
time as this, we must hold together. We call on people of faith to reach
out to one another. We especially urge churches, synagogues, mosques and
other houses of worship to join in prayer and practical help. We must
stand united against the temptation to retaliate against innocent
persons.
We can all pray. We can respond to calls for donations
of blood and other practical assistance. In this the worst attack on
U.S. territory since Pearl Harbor, we must turn our eyes to the God of
us all. In Psalm 23, we are promised God's care even "in the
presence of our enemies." May God guide us in these days of pain.
The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Edgar
General Secretary, National Council of Churches
The Rev. John L. McCullough
Executive Director, Church World Service
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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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