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
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Sept. 30, 2010
Season’s greetings
Ohio church sign displayed Ramadan message, demonstrated hospitality, fellowship
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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
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Sept. 30, 2010
Women under-reported in global wealth-gap news
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Sept. 30, 2010
Mormons catch a glimpse of life in the big leagues
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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
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Sept. 29, 2010
Rabbi warns of 'new intifada' as Palestinian-settler tensions rise
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Sept. 29, 2010
Poll finds unbelievers know the most about belief
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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
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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
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Sept. 28, 2010
Foreign bio-fuel projects 'undermine 'African food security
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Sept. 28, 2010
Three years on, Creation Museum is evolving
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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
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Sept. 27, 2010
Mexico 'country of contrast,' says peacemaker
International peacemakers visit U.S. Presbyterians Sept. 24-Oct. 18
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Sept. 27, 2010
Romania church leaders say Roma deportations wrong
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Sept. 27, 2010
Justice Department: FBI erred in targeting interfaith center
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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
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Sept. 24, 2010
Transforming congregations
Conference will ignite, inspire, equip leaders for change
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Sept. 24, 2010
U.N. Millennium Development Goals summit gets mixed grades
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Sept. 24, 2010
Is burning a Quran an insult or intimidation?
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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 Presbyterian Mission Agency—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
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Sept. 23, 2010
Reconciliation is ‘compulsion’ for Pakistani religious leader
International peacemakers visit U.S. Presbyterians Sept. 24-Oct. 18
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Sept. 23, 2010
Sudanese churches’ leader calls for Obama’s help over referendum
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Sept. 23, 2010
Bible study asks, ‘What Would Andy Do?’
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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
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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
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Sept. 22, 2010
Russia’s prisons look to faiths to bring moral guidance
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Sept. 22, 2010
Christian women prefer Sunday services to shopping, study says
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Sept. 21, 2010
Racing for hunger
Hunger Action Enabler doing Ironman, raising money to feed hungry children
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Sept. 21, 2010
Judging movies in Montreal
Presbyterian university professor serves on prestigious ecumenical jury
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Sept. 21, 2010
Church grouping says action needed, if one sixth of world hungry
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Sept. 21, 2010
Belgian Catholics' abuse plan falls flat with critics
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Sept. 21, 2010
Koenig named director of Presbyterian ministry at the UN
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Presbyterian Mission Agency
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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
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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
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Sept. 20, 2010
Indonesian church leaders say attack on its members ‘barbaric’
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Sept. 20, 2010
Pope meets with abuse victims, laments ‘shame and humiliation’
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Sept. 17, 2010
Small is beautiful
New ‘pastoral residency’ program supports new pastors in small churches
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Sept. 17, 2010
Root connection
Trees are good metaphor for Christian life, Keely tells ARMSS gathering
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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
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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
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Sept. 16, 2010
Jesus seminar to mark 25 years of questions
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Sept. 15, 2010
Workshop to help churches build ‘military ministry’
Greater Atlanta Presbytery endorses soldiers’ spirituality program
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Sept. 15, 2010
Kenyan religious leaders want repeal of traditional brews law
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Sept. 15, 2010
For Muslims, the bonfire that wasn’t still carries implications
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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
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Sept. 14, 2010
Religion root of homophobia, says Latin American academic
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Sept. 14, 2010
German church leaders urge concessions for Christians in Turkey
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Sept. 14, 2010
Court rules university wrong to exclude student group
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Sept. 13, 2010
Clint McCoy dies suddenly of heart attack
Synod of Northeast executive was at summer cottage
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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
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Sept. 13, 2010
Muslims go ‘green’ for Ramadan
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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 Presbyterian Mission Agency—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
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Sept. 10, 2010
Hiroshima pan flutes from Palestine olive tree blow peace tunes
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Sept. 10, 2010
Muslims wary of closeness between holiday and 9/11
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Sept. 9, 2010
Rochester Presbyterian youth featured on CBS special
Sept. 26 television program highlights ‘young people making a difference’
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Sept. 9, 2010
Seminary news
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Sept. 9, 2010
As Ramadan ends, Muslims seek school holiday
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Sept. 9, 2010
Conservative Lutherans form new church body
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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’
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Sept. 8, 2010
‘Knit together’
Body of Christ called to unity, not conformity, peacemakers hear
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Sept. 8, 2010
Mini-Luthers on Wittenberg market square cause offense to some
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Sept. 8, 2010
On other side of church closings, new reasons for hope
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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
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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
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Sept. 7, 2010
Italian Protestants approve same-sex blessings
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Sept. 7, 2010
Recession prompts plans to lower high costs of the High Holidays
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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
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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
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Sept. 3, 2010
South Korean church council says rice needed for flooded North
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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 Presbyterian Mission Agency—Evangelism and Church Growth
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Sept. 2, 2010
Long hand
New York Presbyterian works on handwritten King James Bible
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Sept. 2, 2010
Focus on human aspect of Holy Land conflict, says WCC leader
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Sept. 2, 2010
Poll: Majority opposes mosque near Ground Zero, sees site as ‘sacred ground’
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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
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Sept. 1, 2010
Notes about people
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Sept. 1, 2010
Scottish church official supports decision to release Libyan bomber
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Sept. 1, 2010
Christian counselors claim discrimination over gays