September 2009
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Presbybriefs
“Grace Notes” : Rodger Nishioka, Benton Family Associate Professor of Christian Education at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga., will be the convocation speaker for Synod School 2010, which will have “Grace Notes” as its theme. Synod School 2010 dates are Sunday afternoon, July 25, through Friday noon, July 30. Synod School runs at Buena [...]
Moderator’s Report to Presbytery
Rev. Jin S. Kim, the pastor of Church of All Nations Presbyterian in Columbia Heights and also the Moderator of the PTCA for 2009-10 shared his report to the Presbytery at the September 12 Presbytery meeting at First Presbyterian in Shakopee. The report follows:
Evaluations from the July 2009 presbytery meeting were very positive. Our elder [...]
“The Ministry of Reconciliation as Spiritual Fellowship”
Editor’s note: the following is an essay on the Second Great End of the Church and was the basis of a sermon preached by Rev. Kim September Stated Meeting of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area, on September 12, 2009 at First Presbyterian in Shakopee, MN.
For the love of Christ urges us on, because [...]
Events Calendar- September 23, 2009
Alpha Course at Chain of Lakes: Chain of Lakes New Church Development is offering the Alpha course. They are starting with a Celebration Dinner on Wednesday, September 30th at 6:00 p.m. at the Hampton Inn in Lino Lakes, 579 Apollo Drive. The Alpha course provides response to basic questions of faith. Free dinner is offered [...]
Missionary will Itinerate in Presbytery
By Ruth Jones
Kara VanderKamp, recent former PC(USA) missionary educator in Niger, West Africa will be itinerating in the Presbytery of the Twin Cities during the month of October and first week in November. She will be preaching in First Presbyterian in Hudson, First Presbyterian in Rochester, Trinity Presbyterian in Woodbury, North Presbyterian in North St. [...]
Spending the day at Lake Nokomis with Andy Root, Part Two
Below are the reflections of two other participants to the September 19th event at Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church. The theme was ”Does the Church have anything to say to REAL LIFE?”
Pastor Kara Roots notes that 38 people from 11 congregations took part in the event. The following is from Brian Manwarren, an elder at Edgcumbe Presbyterian [...]
Spending the day at Lake Nokomis with Andy Root
By Cyndi Wunder
The following are the reflections of the September 19 event at Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis on the Church in the modern world.
The Promise of Despair, OK, I admit it. I just love this title!! The book isn’t out yet but those in the know will be pre-ordering a copy. The author [...]
Online Registration for Presbyfest 2009 Now Available
Online registration for Presbyfest 2009 is now available. We are trying a new process where you can register and pay for the event online. To find a listing of workshops, please go to the workshops page. To register and also pay for Presbyfest, please go to our registration page. If you would rather download a registration form and [...]
Prayers for Rev. Dean Seal
Rev. Deal Seal, a parish associate at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, is in critical condition at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. According to Rev. Denise Dunbar-Perkins, a chaplain at Abbott-Northwestern, Seal was at the hospital on Thursday evening to pick up perscriptions when he collapsed. During this episode, Dean’s heart had stopped. Currently he is intibated at the hospital [...]
Ministering to the Missing Generation
October 30, 2009 at United Seminary in New Brighton. An all day event featuring the Rev. Carol Howard Merritt, a Presbyterian pastor and the author of Tribal Church and co-host of the God Complex with Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow. The cost is free to authorized members of the Minnesota Conference of the United Church of Christ [...]