News & Announcements
September 2010
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Sept. 30, 2010
Parsons letter to Congress supports DREAM Act
Legislation would allow immigrant high school graduates to go to college, work or join U.S. military
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 30, 2010
Season’s greetings
Ohio church sign displayed Ramadan message, demonstrated hospitality, fellowship
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 30, 2010
To abandon peacemaking is to betray the faith, says Philippines church leader
International peacemakers visit U.S. Presbyterians Sept. 24-Oct. 18
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 30, 2010
Women under-reported in global wealth-gap news
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 30, 2010
Mormons catch a glimpse of life in the big leagues
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 30, 2010
Meeting the challenges
Veteran church administrator returns to the joys of small church ministry
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Sept. 30, 2010
Stated Clerk launches “Tilling the Soil”
Parsons’ first weekly video message focuses on ‘elder picking’
From Office of the General Assembly—Communication, Development, and Technology
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Sept. 29, 2010
Lisa Larges moves closer to ordination
By 5-4 vote, synod PJC upholds San Francisco Presbytery’s decision to allow ‘scruple’ to ‘fidelity and chastity’ standard
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 29, 2010
Rabbi warns of 'new intifada' as Palestinian-settler tensions rise
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 29, 2010
Poll finds unbelievers know the most about belief
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 29, 2010
Despite overall membership decline, some good news
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Sept. 28, 2010
Communication, cooperation are keys to Middle East peace, Palestinian Christian says
International peacemakers visit U.S. Presbyterians Sept. 24-Oct. 18
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 28, 2010
Pennsylvania government, religious leaders to honor Native Americans
Reconciliation service to be held at Lancaster’s First Presbyterian Church
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 28, 2010
Foreign bio-fuel projects 'undermine 'African food security
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 28, 2010
Three years on, Creation Museum is evolving
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 27, 2010
Ecumenical leaders from the United States visit Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador
Church groups seek greater cooperation, conversion of military aid to humanitarian assistance in Latin America
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 27, 2010
Mexico 'country of contrast,' says peacemaker
International peacemakers visit U.S. Presbyterians Sept. 24-Oct. 18
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 27, 2010
Romania church leaders say Roma deportations wrong
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 27, 2010
Justice Department: FBI erred in targeting interfaith center
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 24, 2010
Sudan Christians need people more than money, religious leaders say
International peacemakers visit U.S. Presbyterians Sept. 24-Oct. 18
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 24, 2010
Transforming congregations
Conference will ignite, inspire, equip leaders for change
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 24, 2010
U.N. Millennium Development Goals summit gets mixed grades
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 24, 2010
Is burning a Quran an insult or intimidation?
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 24, 2010
Three Presbyterian institutions host bestselling author Eric Metaxas
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Sept. 24, 2010
"The beginning of a new day"
Women's Leadership Institute focused on racial ethnic clergywomen launches ambitious new initiative
From General Assembly Mission Council—Racial Ethnic & Women's Ministries/PW
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Sept. 23, 2010
A bequeath and legacy
Kwanzaa Community Church builds on past into community
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 23, 2010
Reconciliation is ‘compulsion’ for Pakistani religious leader
International peacemakers visit U.S. Presbyterians Sept. 24-Oct. 18
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 23, 2010
Sudanese churches’ leader calls for Obama’s help over referendum
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 23, 2010
Bible study asks, ‘What Would Andy Do?’
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 22, 2010
Presbyterians rally behind San Bruno congregation
SF Presbytery, PDA, others help PC(USA) church cope with death, destruction caused by gas explosion
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 22, 2010
Women’s justice is key church role, African leader says
International peacemakers visit U.S. Presbyterians Sept. 24-Oct. 18
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 22, 2010
Russia’s prisons look to faiths to bring moral guidance
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 22, 2010
Christian women prefer Sunday services to shopping, study says
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 21, 2010
Racing for hunger
Hunger Action Enabler doing Ironman, raising money to feed hungry children
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 21, 2010
Judging movies in Montreal
Presbyterian university professor serves on prestigious ecumenical jury
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 21, 2010
Church grouping says action needed, if one sixth of world hungry
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 21, 2010
Belgian Catholics' abuse plan falls flat with critics
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 21, 2010
Koenig named director of Presbyterian ministry at the UN
From General Assembly Mission Council—General Assembly Mission Council
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Sept. 20, 2010
A child … well, a teenager … shall lead them
Visionary 17-year-old Alaskan leads one-month mission trip to Africa
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 20, 2010
Office of Public Witness touts health care conference call with President Obama
Phone/online event is Sept. 21 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 20, 2010
Indonesian church leaders say attack on its members ‘barbaric’
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 20, 2010
Pope meets with abuse victims, laments ‘shame and humiliation’
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 17, 2010
Small is beautiful
New ‘pastoral residency’ program supports new pastors in small churches
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 17, 2010
Root connection
Trees are good metaphor for Christian life, Keely tells ARMSS gathering
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 17, 2010
Sri Lanka could face 'constitutional dictatorship', warn churches
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Sept. 17, 2010
Outgoing Reformed Christian leader looks back
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Sept. 16, 2010
Congregations caring for creation
New program provides suggestions for earth care, certifies PC(USA) congregations that take action
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 16, 2010
“Go to a land I shall show you”
First class of pastoral residents in the For Such a Time as This program risk serving where there is need
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Sept. 16, 2010
Trust is needed, says Finland’s first female Lutheran bishop
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 16, 2010
Jesus seminar to mark 25 years of questions
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 15, 2010
Workshop to help churches build ‘military ministry’
Greater Atlanta Presbytery endorses soldiers’ spirituality program
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 15, 2010
Kenyan religious leaders want repeal of traditional brews law
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 15, 2010
For Muslims, the bonfire that wasn’t still carries implications
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 14, 2010
Moravians vote to establish covenant relationship with PC(USA)
Churches maintain autonomy and polity, agree to mission cooperation
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 14, 2010
Religion root of homophobia, says Latin American academic
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 14, 2010
German church leaders urge concessions for Christians in Turkey
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 14, 2010
Court rules university wrong to exclude student group
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 13, 2010
Clint McCoy dies suddenly of heart attack
Synod of Northeast executive was at summer cottage
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 13, 2010
Bolbach appoints Middle East Monitoring Group
From Office of the General Assembly—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 13, 2010
Pope to defend religion against rising secularism during British visit
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 13, 2010
Muslims go ‘green’ for Ramadan
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 10, 2010
A time for Christian witness
Theology and Worship wants Presbyterians to respect all neighbors in midst of anti-Muslim rhetoric and now suspended Qur’an burning
From General Assembly Mission Council—Theology, Worship and Education
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Sept. 10, 2010
Striking a balance
Los Angeles churches work together to address new needs of city
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 10, 2010
Hiroshima pan flutes from Palestine olive tree blow peace tunes
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 10, 2010
Muslims wary of closeness between holiday and 9/11
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 9, 2010
Rochester Presbyterian youth featured on CBS special
Sept. 26 television program highlights ‘young people making a difference’
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 9, 2010
Seminary news
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 9, 2010
As Ramadan ends, Muslims seek school holiday
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 9, 2010
Conservative Lutherans form new church body
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 9, 2010
Divine deposits
Monthly column featuring Moderator Cynthia Bolbach and Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons
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Sept. 8, 2010
Court overturns border volunteer's 'littering' conviction
Appeals court says drinking water set out for migrants is not ‘garbage’
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 8, 2010
‘Knit together’
Body of Christ called to unity, not conformity, peacemakers hear
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 8, 2010
Mini-Luthers on Wittenberg market square cause offense to some
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 8, 2010
On other side of church closings, new reasons for hope
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 8, 2010
A call for respect for Muslim neighbors
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Sept. 7, 2010
Remember your baptism
Peacemakers urged to reaffirm baptism, call to peace
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 7, 2010
For Jews and Arabs, a focus on friendship
Israeli teens learn photography, friendship at PC(USA)-supported program
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 7, 2010
Italian Protestants approve same-sex blessings
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 7, 2010
Recession prompts plans to lower high costs of the High Holidays
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 3, 2010
PC(USA)’s Pakistan flood relief nears $250,000
Church, ecumenical partners working together to meet overwhelming need
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 3, 2010
Recovery and relationships
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, PDA documentary airing on NBC explores stories of homeowners, volunteers
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 3, 2010
South Korean church council says rice needed for flooded North
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 3, 2010
Ironman Philip Lotspeich
Coordinator for Church Growth finishes first Ironman, gains spiritual insight into gift of encouragement
From General Assembly Mission Council—Evangelism and Church Growth
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Sept. 2, 2010
Long hand
New York Presbyterian works on handwritten King James Bible
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 2, 2010
Focus on human aspect of Holy Land conflict, says WCC leader
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 2, 2010
Poll: Majority opposes mosque near Ground Zero, sees site as ‘sacred ground’
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 1, 2010
Christian leaders laud Obama's Middle East peace talks
PC(USA)'s Parsons joins Churches for Middle East Peace in statement
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 1, 2010
Notes about people
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 1, 2010
Scottish church official supports decision to release Libyan bomber
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service
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Sept. 1, 2010
Christian counselors claim discrimination over gays
From General Assembly Mission Council—Presbyterian News Service