E.T. Thompson Award presented to Rada at Outlook’s General Assembly lunch
PORTLAND, Ore. The board of directors of the Presbyterian Outlook Foundation selected Heath Rada as the recipient of the 2016 Ernest..
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Transformative unraveling: Why I got inked
by Kerra Becker English Far from love the Heavenly Father Leads the chosen child; Oftener through realm of briar Than the meadow..
About people (from the June 6, 2016 issue)
Anniversaries Shandon Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C. celebrating 100 years Valley Creek Presbyterian Church, Selma, Ala. celebrating 200 years Ordinations Kara Smith-Laubenstein, to..
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