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In San Antonio, some Methodist and Presbyterian congregations join Baptist congregations to support the work at the <br />"Medical Special Needs" shelter for huricane evacuees. The shelter is run by Baptist Child & Family Services. Meals for multiple shelters are prepared in the kitchen of Trinity Baptist Church Tri-Points facility with the help of the disaster relief ministry of Texas Baptist Men.
Presbyterians experience Hurricane Gustav: Church roof torn off, "FISH Camp" sustains minor damage
Posted August 29, 2008, 10:43 a.m.
Staff Report

Last update: 5 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008 — Volunteer Village at Luling, La., suffered only minor damage. This article will be updated as often as new reports are obtained. Read the whole story (2 responses so far)

Posted in -Disaster Response, South Louisiana News, Mission News, New Covenant News, -Synod Mission & News

Hurricane anyone?
Posted August 28, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
by Shane Whisler

We'll have updates right here on PNNews.org...Read the whole story

Posted in -Disaster Response, South Louisiana News, Mission News, -National Mission & News, -Synod Mission & News

Jorge Lara-Braud shown in the church, El Buen Pastor, were he served as pastor in Austin, Texas. This photo was part of a feature story in the Austin American-Statesman.
Jorge Lara-Braud, pastor, theologian, fighter for the poor dies at 77
Posted July 8, 2008, 11:17 a.m.
by Jerry Van Marter

orge Lara-Braud, 77, a Presbyterian lay pastor, theologian and social activist who devoted his life to improving the lot of the marginalized and oppressed, died June 22 after a fall near his home in Austin, Texas. Read the whole story

Posted in Mission 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, 0:38 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

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

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