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Amendment A resource packet |
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Material for the debate on
Amendment 01-A
[11-14-01]
The Witherspoon
Society is making available a packet of materials to aid our church in
the debate on Amendment A.
You may want to
share them with others in your Presbytery.
You may order one
set from us and make your own copies, or order as many as you need.
The packet will
include 12 pages of the Fall 2001 issue of Network News,
along with pieces from the Summer 2001 issue. Most of the material has
been posted on this web site, but we want to offer in more easily
accessible (and share-able!) form. (In print, just in case you've
forgotten about that.)
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Contents
The Amendment
 | The text of Amendment 01-A, with rationale |
| A rationale from Scripture and the Book of
Order and Book of Confessions |
The basic issues
| How can we help our church move forward? |
| How shall we talk about Amendment A? by the
Rev. Dr. Gene TeSelle |
| A way to respect our tradition, and to
retore honesty and conscience, by Douglas Nave |
| On deciding who's "in" and who's
"out" -- a personal perspective by Etta and Harry
Smith |
| Ordination and the Church, by Richard Hong |
| Conscience and connectionalism, by Dr. Eric
Mount |
| On Open Letter from GA commissioners |
Biblical considerations
| Common Ground for an Uncommon Day, by
Charles Myers |
| A review of Robert Gagnon's The Bible
and Homsexual Practice |
| The Whole Bible for the Whole Human Family:
A statement by Presbyterian Bible professors |
Wider perspectives
| The Church We Are Called to Be, by the Rev.
Dr. Jack Rogers, Moderator of the 213th General Assembly |
| Mission Priorities for the 21st Century:
Beyond conflict over sexuality, by Jane Dempsey Douglass |
| Pastoral counselors consider sexual
orientation |
Other considerations
| A session responds to another session's
condemnation of Amendment A |
| "Beloved, Let us Respect One
Another," by Elder Gordon Shull |
| Witherspoon Society responds to open letter
from "Moderates" |
| Additional resources |
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To
order contact:
Doug King
Phone: (651)
731-4885
Cost:
$5.00 for first copy; $3.50 for each additional copy.
Please
be sure to send
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and complete mailing address |
| a phone
number or e-mail address in case of questions |
| the
quantity you need |
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a check to Witherspoon Society. |
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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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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Witherspoon’s Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, Witherspoon’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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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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