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Presbyterian Women in the Synod of the Sun found Lyon College in Batesville, Ark., a perfect setting for their spiritual retreat in May 2008.
Women seek the thin places in sacred-ordinary boundary
Posted July 5, 2008, 11:08 p.m.
Staff Report

Presbyterian Women from age 18 to 87 in the Synod of the Sun explored spiritual paths at Lyon College (Ark.), site of the 2008 spiritual retreat lead by Sally Johnson.Read the whole story

Posted in Arkansas News, -Synod Mission & News

The Rev. Cynthia Rigby, W.C. Brown Professor of Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, preached a sermon on humility at a General Assembly 2008 worship service.
Walking humbly? We aren't good at that, Cynthia Rigby says in GA sermon
Posted June 30, 2008, 12:38 a.m.
Staff Report

"The rich need to sit down with the poor and join in the fishing, emptying themselves," Cynthia Rigby said. "We have the opportunity here and now to repent in our complicity in the destructive systems of the world - not because we hate the world, but want to be more fully in it."Read the whole story (1 response so far)

Posted in Schools & Service News, Mission News

A view from the perspective of commissioners during their days of work.
Comfort My People: a new comprehensive statement on serious mental illness
Posted June 28, 2008, 12:07 p.m.
by Erin S. Cox-Holmes

"There is hardly any family or congregation that is not touched by serious mental illness," says the Rev. B. Gordon Edwards (Cimarron Presbytery), who was instrumental in bringing "Comfort My People: A Policy Statement on Serious Mental Illness" to the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for adoption.Read the whole story

Posted in Cimarron News, -National Mission & News

Mary Ellen Summerlin (Mission Presbytery) and Sarah Feltman Hegar (Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary) thought they were only sharing a bus to the San Jose Convention Center, but they had much more in common.
Two Texas travelers share Iowa roots
Posted June 22, 2008, 9:12 a.m.
Staff Report

They thought the only thing they had in common was being Presbyterians trying to find the right city bus to the San Jose Convention Center early Friday morning, June 20. Read the whole story

Posted in Mission News, -National Mission & News

Groups seek greater embrace of ‘Dallas Covenant’
Posted June 18, 2008, 11:33 a.m.
by Presbyterian News Service

Commissioners to the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), June 21-28 in San Jose, CA, will be asked to commend to all Presbyterians a groundbreaking invitation to cooperate and collaborate more effectively as global outreach efforts grow and proliferate.Read the whole story

Posted in -National Mission & News

 
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