Author Archive: Executive Presbyter

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Why This? Why Now?

Why This? Why Now?

| January 24, 2012 | 7 Comments

At our Presbytery meeting of January 14th, we got a look at the draft of a “Gracious Separation” policy for Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area. This document is a work in progress.

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Musings on the Fellowship

Musings on the Fellowship

| September 10, 2011 | 2 Comments

Executive Presbyter Chaz Ruark shares his thoughts on the recently concluded meeting of the Fellowship of Presbyterians.

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Lessons From a Little Church

Lessons From a Little Church

| June 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

Change comes, relentlessly and continually, yet things remain remarkably the same.

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"It Has All Happened So Fast…"

"It Has All Happened So Fast…"

| April 28, 2011 | 0 Comments

Find out how you can help storm victims in Alabama and Georgia.

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Press, Presbytery and Privacy

Press, Presbytery and Privacy

| March 4, 2011 | 6 Comments

Executive Presbyter Chaz Ruark talks about a recent Presbytery event reported a local newspaper.

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Deciphering NFoG

Deciphering NFoG

| February 4, 2011 | 1 Comment

EP Chaz Ruark helps folks understand nFOG (New Form of Government).

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Don't Look Now, But It's Happening!

Don't Look Now, But It's Happening!

| January 28, 2011 | 7 Comments

EP Chaz Ruark talks about Civility and the January Presbytery Meeting.

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We Fearlessly Follow the Holy Spirit Into a Changing World: Values

We Fearlessly Follow the Holy Spirit Into a Changing World: Values

| November 2, 2010 | 5 Comments

In the second of a series of blog posts on the Proposed Strategic Plan for the PTCA, Executive Presbyter Chaz Ruark talks about values.

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Now is the Time

Now is the Time

| May 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

The biggest item that now looms on the horizon calls for all of us Presbyterians in the Minnesota/Wisconsin area to step up and volunteer for General Assembly.

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"Our new child has arrived"

"Our new child has arrived"

| February 11, 2010 | 0 Comments

“If we don’t give birth to new things, where are we headed? To extinction.”

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