Youth and Young Adults
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 [...]
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 [...]
Send a Kid to Camp: Scholarships for Clearwater Forest
It is our goal at Clearwater Forest that no camper who wishes to camp will be denied due to financial limitations. Last year over 200 scholarships were given totaling nearly $16,000. At least one of every four campers in our summer programs received financial assistance to attend camp. We all know that there are many [...]
Faith and Reason for Hope in “The Culture of Disbelief”
From Presbyterian Outlook:
This morning as I was on my treadmill doing an imitation of a hamster in pursuit of lower cholesterol scores, I listened to NPR’s “Morning Edition.” Among many items was a letter from a listener who dismissed a story from the previous day about “Fatwa shopping” a phenomenon that is occurring among some [...]
Faith in Flux
From the Pew Forum on Relgion and Public Life:
Americans change religious affiliation early and often. In total, about half of American adults have changed religious affiliation at least once during their lives. Most people who change their religion leave their childhood faith before age 24, and many of those who change religion do so more [...]
Scholarship Available for College Juniors and Seniors
College juniors and seniors: Apply now for the Student Opportunity Scholarship for a chance to receive up to $3,000 towards your studies. You may be eligible if you are seeking a bachelor degree with emphasis on the missions of PC(USA) in the following disciplines: Education, Health Service/Science, Religious Studies, Sacred Music or Social Service/Science.
Applicants must [...]
MOTUS Worship
MOTUS Worship: An ExtemporeBlitzkriegGuerillaFlashMob Worship Gathering
Friday, April 17
7:30- 9PM
Lutheran Church of the Reformation, St. Louis Park
All of a sudden, we’re a church, you and I.
On Friday, April 17th, let’s just get together and worship Jesus. Sound good?
Who Are We?
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Our congregation will only exist for one night, but it will be made up of people of [...]
An Opportunity to Help Women Seminarians
An Opportunity . . .
Helping Women Seminarians
“Each friend represents a world within us, a world not born until they arrive;
and it is only by our meeting that this new world is born.” (Anais Nin)
April 25 is Blue Bowl time. In the 1950’s, Lillias Anna Joy had a thought, did something about it, and [...]
Jeff Foels Featured in GAC Newsletter
Linda Valentine, the Executive Director of the General Assembly Council, has a monthly email that details the work of the GAC. In this issue, Jeff Foels, an inquirer in the PTCA is featured. Below is the story.
Louisville, Ky., March 18, 2009 – A self-professed “polity geek” with an inquiring mind for all things [...]