Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church. Harrisonburg, Virginia. gettoknowcookscreekpres.com. Our church may be 275-years old, but we are young at heart...and thriving! We are excited about the future of the church and passionate about sharing God's love with others. We have the love, willingness and motivation to execute a vision. We need a leader to bring together the different pieces of the vision and help us implement it. View MIF #23168.AC1. Send PIF to Natalie [email protected] Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church 4222 Mount Clinton Pike Harrisonburg VA 22802 Job Type; Full-time … [Read more...]
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Outpost Blog 16 hours ago
Fully alive in weakness
Shortly after graduating seminary in California, I thought perhaps I would slide into a full-time associate pastor position at a church. I didn’t. Instead, I found myself walking the halls of an emergency department at a level one trauma center in South Carolina. A few months into my hospital chaplain residency, I found myself with my arm around the shoulders of a middle-aged woman as we watched medical staff move through the motions of a futile effort to revive her husband on the fourth floor of the heart tower. At… continue reading... -
Looking into the lectionary 4 days ago
13th Sunday after Pentecost — August 19, 2018
John 6:51-58 Ordinary 20B; Proper 15 We get more about bread this Sunday. John, chapter 6 is long —71 verses long. John 6 is not just long, it is dense, packed with powerhouse stories and sayings. Jesus feeds the 5,000. Jesus walks on water. Jesus says, “I am the bread of life” and repeatedly, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” Jesus talks of eternal life and in this Sunday’s appointed verses we are told to abide in Jesus. Next week we will finally hear from the disciples… continue reading... -
Book Reviews 5 days ago
No Innocent Bystanders: Becoming an Ally in the Struggle for Justice
Shannon Craigo-Snell and Christopher J. Doucot Westminster John Knox Press, 144 pages Reviewed by Angela Williams “No Innocent Bystanders” by Shannon Craigo-Snell and Christopher J. Doucot is a wonderfully practical primer written by, to and for white Christians seeking to become allies in the struggle for racial justice. Tracing the similarities and differences between the struggles for LGBTQ equality and racial justice, the book explores how to be an ally from historical, theological and practical perspectives. Craigo-Snell and Doucot give an excellent crash course in the history of the LGBTQ… continue reading...
Parties in Stamford case had tried to expedite process in order to get a ruling on the merits of the case January 1, 1995 Uncategorized58 views The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission -- in sidestepping the question of exactly how deeply a session should be required to probe into the private life of a gay elder who has acknowledged being in a committed, life-long relationship but has declined to say whether he is sexually active -- has put the question off but has not put it to rest.- Ministering with the Earth January 1, 1998 Book Reviews54 views By Mary Elizabeth MooreChalice. 1998. 226 pp. Pb. $19.99. ISBN 0-8272-2323-4 Ministering with the Earth is a quiltwork, both the on-the-ground activity and Moore's book about so ministering. Moore, professor of theology and Christian education at Claremont School of Theology, is fond of the metaphor, suitably pastoral and feminist.
- Remembered Voice: Reclaiming the Legacy of 'Neo-Orthodoxy' January 1, 1998 Book Reviews57 views By Douglas John HallWJKP. 1998. 145 pp. Pb. $18. ISBN 0-664-25772-0 It was in this order. I first read Tillich's Dynamics of Faith. Riveting. Next came The Courage to Be. Gripping. Then I went back and read the first volume of the Systematic Theology. Things began to make sense. Next came Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality. Positive.
The 223rd GA – July 30, 2018 July 23, 2018 Digital Issues2 comments General Assembly: 538 commissioners from 170 presbyteries gathered for a week in the heat of St. Louis to work in 14 committees, worship, pray, march, discuss and debate. They voted on issues ranging from climate change to mental health, heard about mission around the globe, created task forces and restructured the denomination. The depth and breadth of their work is too big to be contained in these pages, nonetheless this issue gives you a sense of the scope of the decisions made by the 223rd General Assembly. Visit pres-outlook.org/223GA for more...
A priest at every elbow July 10, 2018 Outlook Features1 comment The great Baptist theologian Carlyle Marney used the phrase “a priest at every elbow.” Marney was emphasizing a key theological insight in the theology of Martin Luther and the 16th-century Protestant Reformation: the priesthood of all believers. This was a crucial perception for Luther. It is the vision that all Christians are priests. We are priests to each other.
All Christians are priests
The phrase may sound strange to Presbyterian ears. We are used to knowing Roman Catholic priests and Episcopal priests — and they are clergy. Priests hold a revered place in these traditions. They often wear cle...
Stony Point to receive year-by-year funding from Presbyterian Mission Agency April 26, 2018 Outlook Reporting1 comment CINCINNATI – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board voted April 26 to provide at least a year’s funding to Stony Point Center for capital improvements – and voiced its support of Stony Point as being an important ministry of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
The board’s Stony Point Sustainability Task Force had asked the board to approve spending $3 million over three years for deferred maintenance and capital improvements at Stony Point, a facility of more than 30 acres about an hour outside New York City.
That money, however, would have had to come from Presbyter...
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Presbyterian Mission Agency announces scholarship fund in memory of Katie Geneva Cannon
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — The Presbyterian Mission Agency has created a scholarship fund to honor the name and legacy of the late Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, a pioneer and legend in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Dr. Cannon succumbed to leukemia August 8, 2018. Cannon, a leading voice in the subjects of womanist theology and women in religion and society, was a renowned lecturer on theological and ethical topics and the author or editor of numerous articles and seven books, including Katie’s Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community and Black Womanist Ethics. The scholarship, the Women’s Ministry Fund (E049991), is a fund of Racial Equity and Women’s Intercultural Ministries at the Presbyterian Mission Agency and has been established for women of color to attend leadership development events. The Women’s Ministry Fund supports Presbyterian women of color, clergywomen, college women, and other women with opportunities for leadership and spiritual development as well as … [Read more...]
Critics say pope’s comments are both ‘bold’ and ‘too little, too late’
(RNS) — In his response to a Pennsylvania grand jury report detailing allegations of sexual abuse of more than 1,000 children by Roman Catholic clergy, Pope Francis condemned the abuse as a crime and called the church to solidarity with its victims. “With shame and repentance, we acknowledge as an ecclesial community that we were not where we should have been, that we did not act in a timely manner, realizing the magnitude and the gravity of the damage done to so many lives,” Francis wrote in a letter published Monday (Aug. 20). “We showed no care for the little ones; we abandoned them.” It was a statement some following the Catholic Church’s clergy sexual abuse crisis called “the boldest we have heard from the Vatican” and others, “too little, too late.” What makes the letter different from other statements by Francis and previous popes is that it addresses the Pennsylvania grand jury reportspecifically and not just sex abuse in general, said the Rev. James Martin, a … [Read more...]
Resources available for Theological Education Sunday
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (PNS) — The Rev. Emily Zeig Lindsey, a colleague, Pennsylvania pastor and friend, summed up the importance of theological education beautifully in a video the Theological Education Fund shared in late 2017. “There are people waiting in our pews and in our communities, hungry to learn, and be fed, and waiting for a leader to come alongside them and help with that journey,” Lindsey says. “Seminary prepares you to do exactly that, in many ways, and teaches you to be receptive to the lessons you will learn during ministry.” This year, we celebrate the guidance of these saints and the future pastors of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Theological Education Sunday, set for Sept. 16, 2018, with resources prepared for use in observance of this important day in your own congregation. Resources for Theological Education Sunday All resources, which can be found on the Presbyterian Foundation website, are downloadable. You may print them from these PDF files, or … [Read more...]
WCC honours the legacy of Kofi Annan
(WCC) Calling Kofi Annan a leader with hard-won wisdom and maturity in our time, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary gave thanks to God for Annan's life, which he described as a gift to the United Nations and the whole world. “He will be recalled as the leader who acted to unify and transform the United Nations,” said Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, the WCC general secretary. Tveit added that Annan was a “liberator who by force of his personality inspired the political leaders and grassroots movement to work for just peace in the world.” Photo from the WCC Syria Talks in 2013. Photo: Peter Williams/WCC In her reaction to Annan's death, Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the WCC Central Committee, said, “We thank God for giving us Kofi Annan for 80 years. Through his life and works he has become an icon of just peace and freedom for all human beings.” Abuom said: “We will remember Annan for his strong commitment to just peace and mutual accountability. We have lost … [Read more...]
Sex scandals fester at unhealthy organizations, experts say
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Of all the horrific details contained in the Pennsylvania grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, one sentence stands out: “The main thing was not to help children, but to avoid ‘scandal.'” When sex-abuse cases dominate headlines, a familiar pattern often emerges. If it took place at a large organization — be it a church, a large state university or a group such as USA Gymnastics — misconduct is often covered up in hopes of saving the institution’s reputation, and the money that accompanies it. Why is the role of institutions so powerful? Because they command emotion. They inspire loyalty. And they have established ways of doing things that rev up when problems surface. Perhaps most relevantly, they often have a community built around them, geographically or otherwise. And preserving that community can become a priority — even over something as seemingly fundamental as protecting the youngest among us. In short, when bad … [Read more...]
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