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March 26, 2008
Notes about people
The Caribbean and North American Area Council of the World Alliance of Reformed Churchs (CANAAC) and its related Caribbean and North American Council for Mission (CANACOM) have elected two Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ecumenists to key leadership positions.
At their recent meetings CANAAC re-elected the Rev. Neal Presa, pastor of Middlesex (NJ) Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth Presbytery as its convenor, and CANACOM elected the Rev. Tricia Lloyd-Sidle, a PC(USA) mission co-worker in Cuba and the Caribbean, as its chairperson.
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More Light Presbyterians has named Michael J. Adee its executive director and field organizer. He has been serving as national field organizer for the PC(USA) affinity group since May of 1999 and was a volunteer for eight years before that. He currently resides in Santa Fe, NM.
Adee, who earned his Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Communication at Louisiana State University,has worked as a college professor in Louisiana, Kentucky and Ohio, a hospital and hospice chaplain, bereavement counselor, campus minister, diversity consultant, tennis coach and a missionary/relief worker in Zimbabwe, Africa.
More Light Presbyterians works with PC(USA) congregations and other groups to advocate for the full inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Presbyterians in the church, including their ordination as church officers.
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The Rev. Mac Turnage, a retired Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor, theological educator and author, died March 19 at an Atlanta hospital.
After serving pastorates in Charlotte and Houston, Turnage served on the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia from 1971-1980. He and his wife, Anne, co-authored the books, More Than You Dare to Ask and Grace Keeps You Going: Spiritual Wisdom From Cancer Survivors, telling the story of Anne’s battle with cancer, from which she remains cancer free.
In addition to his wife, Turnage is survived by a daughter, Lynn who is Christian educator for Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, and two grandchildren, Catherine and Elizabeth. A memorial service will be held at Central church on March 30.
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Paul N. Yakota, an acclaimed educator and Presbyterian elder, died March 18 in suburban Los Angeles at age 86.
A graduate of the University of Southern California, Yakota and his family were relegated by the U.S. government to an internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II. Yakota later became what is thought to be the first Japanese-American public school principal in the country.
Yakota was an active volunteer in civic and church life — at First Presbyterian Church of Downey, CA — until the day of his death. He was also a longtime leader in Presbyterian Men. |
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