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Update on Dean Seal
We recieved the following email from the Rev. Dean Seal, who fell ill late last month:
“Thanks so much for your prayers and that of the PTCA. I am out of hospital and at home, sleeping about 18 hours a day.
I was in an induced coma for 8 days- I’m not surre of much else, but [...]
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 [...]
Sexual Misconduct Prevention Training Event Avaialble
There will be a Level 1 training Saturday, October 24, 2009 at a location to be determined.
Registration and a continental breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m. and the class runs to about 3:00 p.m.
There is a $50.00 fee which includes lunch.
Please contact Sandy Gray at ssgray@peoplepc.com to register.
Level 1 training is given to all newly ordained [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]