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The Sequel to “Three Cups of Tea”—the Greg Mortenson Story
Jerene Mortenson has every right to be proud. Her son Greg co-authored best-seller “Three Cups of Tea“, recently received the Star of Pakistan, (that country’s highest civilian honor) and is also a nominee for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Not bad for a former self-proclaimed ‘dirtbag mountain climber’ who after a brush with death 16 [...]
Bruce Reyes-Chow to Visit PTCA!
Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, the Moderator for the Presbyterian Church (USA) will give the sermon at a joint World Communion Sunday Service at Randolph Heights Presbyterian in St. Paul at 10:30am. Edgcumbe Presbyterian in St. Paul and Lake Nokomis Presbyterian in Minneapolis are joining with Randolph Heights to worship together at this special event. Pastor Matthew Robbins-Ghromley and the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Conversation on the Future of the Church
Has church become an irrelevant institution or an insincere ritual, disconnected from people’s real lives? Or can the church REALLY enter into suffering, be a place of belonging, and speak of hope in the midst of reality?
September 19 will be a day of theological conversation for church leaders and regular people, from all faith perspectives. [...]
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 [...]
Does the Church Have Anything to Say About Real Life?
The following post is from Matthew Robbins-Ghormley, pastor of Randolph Heights Presbyterian Church in St. Paul.
For the last year or so, I’ve been meeting weekly with three other pastors of smaller Presbyterian churches here in the Cities. We get together to read the Bible together, specifically the texts we’ll be preaching, and to talk together [...]