Minnesota Covenant Congregations Preparing for General Assembly – Part II
Nine Covenant Congregations will be volunteering at the upcoming 219th General Assembly, alongside sister congregations from the three hosting Presbyteries. Part I, posted last month, featured four of these Covenant Congregations. In Part II, we celebrate five more dedicated and diverse churches.
Sign the Uganda Declaration
Sign the Uganda Declaration against criminalizing persons because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
40 Days of Preparation for GA
Join the Association of Executive Presbyters in prayer as General Assembly approaches.
COME UP HERE WITH US
A sermon preached by Rev. Glenda Hope, at Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, on the 40th anniversary of her ordination to professional ministry, which occurred in that church on May 17, 1970.
Goals for the 219th General Assembly
The Covenant Network Board of Directors has issued a statement articulating its top priorities at the 219th General Assembly (2010).
Declaring a Departure
Blessings on the recently-Reverend Abigail King Kaiser, who was ordained to the ministry of the Word and Sacrament by the Presbytery of Cincinnati, having been examined and approved, with a departure from G-6.0106b, by the Presbytery of San Francisco. Read Abby's powerful Statement of Departure.
Church Unbound
Theological dialogue, reaching out across barriers, and the health of the Church are concerns of the Covenant Network; therefore we call attention to the Church Unbound Conference, August 11-14 at Montreat.
Commissioner Convocation Dinner
Looking to make a difference "toward a church as generous and just as God's grace" at this summer's General Assembly? Don't miss the Friday night Commissioner Convocation Dinner!
The Good News About Doubt
"...most of our days are not lived on Easter Sunday, nor are they lived in the valleys of Good Friday. If we’re honest, most of our days are spent living here, in a post Easter world where because of the resurrection everything is supposedly different, and yet when we look around us, far too little of the things that need to be different, are different."
Second Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN and Middle Tennessee Chapter
"Celebrating Our Covenant Congregations" features Second Presbyterian Church of Nashville, and the Middle Tennessee Covenant Network chapter.
Amending G-6.0106b
Twelve overtures to amend G-6.0106b will be on the agenda of the 219th General Assembly (2010).
Complaints Continue
The careful and prayerful processes used by presbyteries seeking to follow the authoritative interpretations issued by the last two General Assemblies have been met with resistance by opponents of the ordination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.
Building a School in Liberia
Another installment of "Covenant Congregations in the News": Read about the school that Noble Road Presbyterian Church is building in Liberia - and consider helping move the project to the next stage!
Marriage and Covenant
Some reflections on the minority report submitted by three members of the Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage.