Campus visitation
Holy Spirit revival breaks out on campus. Students descend upon the chapel for worship services that last for days. Classes are suspended for a fortnight to make room for this spontaneous divine visitation.
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GAMC: “Sending Forth” service for mission initiative concludes mission council meeting
LOUISVILLE – For a month this fall, 45 Presbyterian mission co-workers, who live in and work in countries from Sri Lanka to Haiti, will travel the United States, speaking in churches and at seminaries, eating pot-luck dinners, sleeping in the guest rooms of Presbyterians in town after town.
Film in review – “Fame”
“Fame” is the kind of musical that just begs to be re-made. The premise, back in 1980, was to showcase some of the most talented high school students from the New York Academy of Performing Arts, and that movie launched the career of Irene Cara, as well as spawning a television show that lasted several seasons.
GAMC: Committee hears calls for racial-ethnic diversity, heart-felt evangelism
LOUISVILLE – Some years ago, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) made a commitment to raise its racial-ethnic membership to 20 percent by 2010.
Violence escalating in south Sudan, warns national church leader
(ENI) — Violence in southern Sudan is rife, with many women, children, and the elderly among the victims, the new head of the Sudan Council of Churches, Ramadan Chan Liol, has warned.
GAMC: Council approves $101 million budget for 2010; facing questions about long-term revenues
LOUISVILLE — The 2010 budget for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be balanced without more staff cuts, a relief for the denomination’s national staff, which has endured several rounds of layoffs.
GAMC: News service report approved by GAMC executive committee
LOUISVILLE — The Presbyterian News Service is a “high priority and essential function” of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and “offers the most reliable means the church has to get its story out,” a task force studying the news service has reported.
GAMC: Add Belhar to The Book of Confessions, committee recommends
LOUISVILLE – The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) should add the Belhar Confession, written by Christians in South Africa on the themes of reconciliation and repentance, to The Book of Confessions.
GAMC: Review team reports on ways GAMC, advocacy/advisory committees could better work together
LOUISVILLE — What role should advocacy and advisory committees play in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)? And what can be done to improve the sometimes touchy relationship between the General Assembly Mission Council and these committees, which advocate the interests of women and racial ethnic people and for social witness in the life of the Presbyterian church?
GAMC: The latest from the General Assembly Mission Council meeting: Report on Washington office reviewed; no council vote planned
LOUISVILLE – The Washington Office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) “remains poorly understood and supported by much of the church, and a source of controversy within it,” a study group considering the future of the office has reported.
Virginia church mourns murdered pastoral leader
APPOMATTOX COUNTY, VA. ‹ The murdered body of Mark Niederbrock, 50, pastor of Walker¹s Presbyterian Church in Hixburg, Va., was found on Friday, Sept. 17, along with three other bodies.
GAMC: Civil Unions-Christian Marriage committee approves preliminary draft report
LOUISVILLE — The special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Unions and Christian Marriage has unanimously approved today (September 17) a preliminary draft of its report to the 2010 General Assembly – minus any recommendations.
Feature: Palestinians, Israelis broke bread to commemorate 9/11 together
BEIT JALLA (ENI) — Indicating a loaf of sweet braided bread on the table, the Muslim man, asked a group of Jews sharing the meal with him: "Why do you eat only this type of bread at the Sabbath meal?"
Nepal singled out for praise following stance on caste discrimination
GENEVA (ENI) — Nepal has been praised for its boldness by an alliance of non-governmental organizations backed by church groups fighting against caste discrimination in South Asia, which hope its stand will spur similar action from neighbors like India.
Hispanic Caucus task force deals with pressing issues
Group decries lack of Hispanic professors in PC(USA) seminaries
Renowned theologian, ecumenist Lew Mudge dies
Lewis S. Mudge, a scholar and theologian whose breadth of interests and expertise enriched virtually every corner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the global ecumenical movement, died in his sleep Sept. 11 at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He would have turned 80 on Oct. 22.
Fact and fiction: the abortion-reduction bill
(ABP) — We are pro-life evangelical Christians with long records of ministry and scholarship in which we have stood up for the unborn and for a society in which every child is welcomed into life and provided the opportunity to flourish.
GAMC: Marriage and civil unions task force: Consensus …so far
LOUISVILLE – A "Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage" has begun approving sections of its draft report – including a section stating that “civil unions cannot adequately substitute for marriage,” either for those who support same-gender marriage or for those who oppose it.
PASTORS: SERMON HELP
The 2009-10 Year C Lectionary Meditations are now available on the OUTLOOK Web site. Click on “sermon prep” on this home page,..
Task Force report calls news service “essential”; Mission Council to discuss during meeting Sept. 23-25
A task force considering the future of the Presbyterian News Service is recommending that the news service continue as “a high priority and essential function” of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Changing the subject
“Time to change the subject, Pastor. “
Driving the Salvation Army bus: A parable for ministry
The interview was going well as I shared my vision for all that I could offer as the program director for the main unit of the Greensboro Salvation Army Boys’ and Girls’ Club.
Beyond the player piano
When I was on study leave last March, I spent much of my study time in the lobby of the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Ky. Sitting at a desk in an alcove of this elegant lobby, I spent hours each day reading, reflecting, and writing.
Changing, becoming
On Tuesday morning, I got the call that Kennedy had been born and everyone was doing well. At eleven I gathered with family and friends to celebrate Clara Mae’s life as we grieved her passing.
Look the part, or fill the bill?
An open letter to all PNC chairs:
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