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Witherspooner Ann Euston reports on the 2003 PHEWA conference:
Exploring a multiethnic church in good company
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| PHEWA biennial
conference set for San Antonio in January 2003
Social welfare ministries conference will focus on
liberation theology
by Jerry L. Van Marter, Presbyterian News Service
LOUISVILLE -- October 18, 2002 -- [posted here
10-25-02] The 2003 biennial social welfare ministries conference of the
Presbyterian Church (USA) is set for Jan. 23-26 in San Antonio.
The theme of the conference ---- sponsored by the
Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association (PHEWA) in
cooperation with the National Ministries Division -- is "God is
About To Do a New Thing," taken from Isaiah 43:19.
The conference is designed to network Presbyterians
who are active in social welfare and justice ministries, to share
information about those ministries and to provide skills training for
those who want to be more involved. The program will include worship,
Bible study, keynote presentations, workshops and site visits to
projects in the San Antonio area.
Keynote speakers are Fr. Virgilio Elizondo, director
of programming of Catholic Television of San Antonio and professor at
San Antonio's Mexican American Cultural Center, and the Rev. James Noel,
associate professor of American religion at San Francisco Theological
Seminary. Elizondo is considered to be the father of United States
Hispanic Theology, a branch of Latin America-originated liberation
theology. Noel, a former PHEWA board member and president, will address
liberation theology from a Reformed perspective.
Worship will be led by the Rev. Trina Zelle, a pastor
from El Paso who won the Witherspoon Society's Andrew Murray Award in
1999 for her work in Sierra Blanca Presbytery with immigrant women along
the Mexico-New Mexico border.
Workshops have been planned that deal with such issues
as healing from school violence, building unity across cultural lines,
emerging health issues, civil resistance/disobedience, prophetic witness
in the 21st century, globally conscious worship and church-based
community organizing.
Founded in 1955, PHEWA is a membership organization
linking 11 issue-specific networks: Community Ministries and
Neighborhood Organizations, Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence
Network, Presbyterian AIDS Network, Presbyterians Affirming Reproductive
Options, Presbyterian Association of Specialized Pastoral Ministries,
Presbyterian Child Advocacy Network, Presbyterians for Disabilities
Concerns, Presbyterian Health Network, Presbyterian Network on Alcohol
and Other Drug Abuse, Presbyterian Serious Mental Illness Network and
the Urban Network of Congregational Leadership.
For more information and registration materials,
contact conference facilitator Joan Thompson by phone at 888-728-7228,
ext. 5082 or by email at jthomso@ctr.pcusa.org.
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| PHEWA conference set for January 23-26,
2003 on the theme, "God is About to do a New Thing"
[7-3-02]
January 23-26, 2003 - "God is About to do a New
Thing"
Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association
(PHEWA) Social Welfare Ministries Biennial Conference in San Antonio, TX
Come and explore the connection between our reformed
tradition and theologies of liberation and gain insights into how to
sustain ourselves spiritually for the long journey. Site visits to local
ministries are scheduled as well as time to enjoy the vibrant culture of
San Antonio.
For information call Terri Gilmore at 1-888-728-7228 x
8100; tgilmore@ctr.pcusa.org
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