The Witherspoon Society held its award luncheon on Sunday June 22 where it presented the Andrew Murray Award to Clifton Kirkpatrick “in grateful recognition of his good spirited ministry as stated clerk, his commitment to ecumenical partnerships,
SAN JOSE – This was a first for a Presbyterian General Assembly: an opening worship service (Sunday morning, June 22) held simultaneously in two locations in Silicon Valley, linked by the power of technology.
SAN JOSE — Minutes after being elected moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Saturday night, June 21, Bruce Reyes-Chow said during a press conference he was eager to get back to his hotel room.
A same-sex wedding made possible by a recent California Supreme Court decision was held June 21 at the conclusion of the More Light Presbyterians’ traditional reception and dinner during the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
After First Church, Palo Alto, Calif., received the More Light Presbyterians’ Inclusive Church Award, two of its members, Derrick Kikuchi and Craig Wiesner, received the National More Light Presbyterians David Sindt Leadership Award.
SAN JOSE — Four Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) new church developments — two in California and one each in Pennsylvania and Oregon — have been named winners of the 2008 Sam and Helen Walton Awards, it was announced June 21.
SAN JOSE — From near and far, recent and past, they gathered for the World Mission Personnel and Alumni Reception Saturday night, June 21 at the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly meeting.
PNS/SAN JOSE — For Joey Lee, the new executive presbyter for the Presbytery of San Jose (www.sanjosepby.org), it is appropriate that the presbytery is welcoming the 218th General Assembly with the theme of Micah 6:8.
The board of directors of The Presbyterian Outlook has awarded its 2008 Ernest Trice Thompson Award for church leadership to Clifton Kirkpatrick, an ecumenical leader who has served as stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for the past 12 years.
Hundreds of More Light Presbyterians filled the ballroom at the Marriott Hotel Saturday night for their traditional General Assembly Reception and Dinner. Once the dinner plates had been cleared, and the cake was eaten, it began to look like the reception was almost over. But the marriage ceremony had not yet begun.
SAN JOSE - Surrounded by about 40 colleagues, friends and family members, Joseph D. Small was honored at a gathering of his peers June 20. Small was presented a Festschrift, a book of collected theological essays honoring Small’s achievements and leadership in the field of ecclesial theology.