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Crisis Care, Assessment & referral Course at United
In this course we will explore three different kinds of crises – mental illness, addiction, and domestic abuse – and the potential role of the pastor in assessment, crisis intervention, referral, and ongoing supportive care.
Presbybriefs-10/08/09
Here are the latest news briefs:
Register for the 2009 Annual Tentmaking Conference:Doing Ministry With Muddy Feet will be held Oct. 30-Nov. 1, at the Center for Development in MinistryUniversity of Saint Mary’s of the Lake, 1000 East Maple Ave., Mundelein, Ill. Conference leaders include: Lea McCloud, MATS, President of Alternative Gifts International; Fr. Frantz Cole, Development [...]
Looking for 40 and Under Members of PTCA to take Survey
How is the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area doing when it comes to communications? What can be improved? What’s missing? Please take part of in the 2009 Communications Survey and let your voice be heard. Deadline for the survey is the close of business on Thursday, August 27.
We would especially like to hear from [...]
Events Calendar for August 25, 2009
Do you have an event you’d like to publicize? Please send it to Dennis Sanders at communications@ptcaweb.org .
Presbybriefs – August 25, 2009
Welcome to Presbybriefs, where we find out what is going on congregations in the PTCA, the presbytery and the wider church. Here are the stories for August 25.
Macalester LEEDs the Way : When Macalester College decided to invest in a new home for the Institute for Global Citizenship (IGC), a program to educate and engage [...]
Remembering David Droog
With gratitude for service and faith in his salvation, we report to you the passing of the Rev. David Droog from this world to God’s eternal kingdom on Tuesday, July 14. David lost his battle with cancer after a valiant effort over a number of years. David just recently resigned his position as Interim Pastor [...]
Veteran’s Prayer Service @ Central Presbyterian
Prayer Service
Honoring and Remembering
Fallen & POW/MIA Heroes
Central Presbyterian Church
500 Cedar Street, St. Paul, Minnesota
Saturday June 13, 2009 – 9:00 a.m.
As part of the Minnesota Honors Vietnam Era Veterans celebration, special time has been dedicated for the families of our fallen heroes and POW/MIA heroes to join together for an inter-faith prayer service. This service [...]
Preaching, Teaching and Leading from Hope: A Series For Clergy and Lay Leaders
gain resources for preaching and teaching on hope in daunting times
explore the subject of hope for its inspiration, practical application and biblical foundations
receive suggestions for the use of poetry in sermons and classes
Sponsored by: The Graduate School of Liberal Studies and The Office of Church Relations at Hamline University
All classes meet from 9 a.m. [...]
Pool of available ministers mismatched to churches’ needs
From Presbyterian Outlook:
Numbers don’t show everything, but sometimes the big statistical picture can help explain some churches’ leadership matching dilemmas.
Marcia Clark Myers – who is director of the Office of Vocations for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and whom Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly, has given a shout-out for the way her statistical [...]
No bread, no wine, but a sacramental beer
By admin on August 12, 2009
Gordon Stewart is the Pastor of Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church in Chaska, MN. This article originally appeared on Minnesota Public Radio .
Sometimes having a beer is a sacramental act. The president and vice president of the United States having a beer with Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and police Sgt. James Crowley, at [...]
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