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February 22, 2012
GAPJC upholds Spahr rebuke for performing same-gender weddings
Pastor conducted 16 ceremonies while they were legal in California
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
Louisville—The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s highest court has upheld the censure of the Rev. Jane Spahr for performing 16 same-gender marriages in California during a time that such rites were legal in the state.
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February 22, 2012
GAMC approves sweeping changes to special offerings
$20 million goal by 2020 set, fall offering will support world mission
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
Louisville—The General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC) today (Feb. 16) approved sweeping changes to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) four special offerings designed to meet a goal of increasing the offerings to $20 million by 2020, nearly double what they took in last year.
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February 22, 2012
Southern Baptists to stick (mostly) with same name
Washington—A task force is recommending that the Southern Baptist Convention maintain its official name but give members of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination the option of calling themselves “Great Commission Baptists.”
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February 22, 2012
Christian communicators celebrate World Radio Day
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February 21, 2012
A new vision for collegiate ministry
Task force outlines ways to reach, love, teach college students
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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February 21, 2012
Paul Simon’s long meandering spiritual journey
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The 2012 Commission on the Status of Women
Published February 22, 2012
The 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women begins on Monday, February 27.
Presbyterian and other participants will arrive in New York over the next few days. The Presbyterian Orientation will take place on Friday, February 24. We will join our partners at the Ecumenical Women's Orientation on Saturday, February 25.
There are a number of places to follow the events - including this blog. Watch the plenary sessions of the Commission on UN Webcast.
Other sources of information include:
- The Ecumenical Women Web page
- Presbyterian United Nations Ministry Facebook page
- Presbyerian Women Facebook page
- Ecumenical Women ...
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Responding to child labor trafficking
Published February 22, 2012
What can we do to address human trafficking – particularly child labor trafficking?
The participants in the Central New York Presbytery Partnership Group seminar at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations identified the following ideas to use in their congregations, schools, and communities:
- Learn about the Presbyterian Human Trafficking Roundtable
- Use Fair Trade products
- Find a list of products from the PC(USA)
- Learn about the PC(USA)’s Global Marketplace
- See Fair Trade USA’s products page - companies listed here are not evaluated by the PC(USA)
- Use Sweat-Free T-Shirts for groups or sports teams
- Support the Presbyterian ...
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Ministry Widgets
Published February 22, 2012
I stopped selling ministry widgets years ago. I know it’s a strange way to start a blog, but have you ever in your ministry felt like you were selling widgets? Have you ever felt like a church or ministry of the church was selling you a widget?
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