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QUICK CALENDAR Jan. 21, CPM @ INP, 10a Jan 30, PW Gathering @Covenant, 9a Feb. 2, COM, Central, 12noon Feb. 9, Council @INP, 10a Feb. 21 & 22, COM Retreat @St. Crispins Feb. 22 - 24, CPM Retreat @St. Crispins Feb. 26 & 27, Stated Mtg, @ Chisholm Trail, Yukon Mar. 25, INP Foundation Mtg @INP, 1:30p
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Mission Yearbook Prayer Sovereign, holy, loving, gracious, Lord God, continue to call us, shape us, equip us, and send us into the world as your witnesses! Bless all who serve you and witness to the grace and peace of Jesus Christ. Open us to your Spirit in new ways and open closed countries to your abundance, your love, and your grace. We pray this in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Jan. 20, 2010
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2010 Directories are being compiled, please contact the INP office if you made changes to personal infomation in 2009.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Motivational Speaker Notice on Leadership, Team-Building and Mentoring Optimist parents, We at the NOC wanted to make you aware of an exciting opportunity to hear one of America's foremost speakers on leadership, team-building, and mentoring right here in Norman! Joe Ehrmann, a former All American football player at Syracuse and All Pro with the Baltimore Colts, will be speaking at the Nancy O'Brian Performing Arts Center at Norman North High School at 7:00 PM January 20th, and the event is free. As a world class athlete with a commanding presence, Joe will appeal to our young athletes. His speaking topics of ethics, team building, mentoring, and living a life based on a commitment to relationships will undoubtedly appeal to us as parents, and speak to the hearts of our kids. Many of you may have seen Joe as featured in Parade Magazine this past year as "The Most Important Coach in America", or as the subject of the New York Times bestseller Season of Life. The cost of this event has been paid by a generous family in our community. There is no admission charge to attend. If you would like to research Joe's work please refer to the web sites www.coachforamerica.com and/or www.buildingmenandwomen.org, or watch this YouTube video clip of the story done on Joe by HBO Real Sports. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQRRGIaZjNs ) Andy Newman
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CENTER FOR FAITH-BASED & NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIPS 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C. 20201 | (202) 358-3595 | [email protected] Grants.gov | Partnership Center Home Helping Haiti Dear Friends, Thank you for your displays of compassion and generosity toward the Haitian people. Please consider forwarding this information to your local members or congregations; however, pleasenote that any outreach is 100% voluntary. Locating Family Members The State Department Operations Center has set up the following number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747. Monetary Donations There are relief organizations accepting contributions for this effort. For those interesting in helping immediately, simply text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill. Or you can go online to identify some relief organizations accepting donations for the disaster relief efforts. You may also prefer to work withatrusted relief organization associated with your faith tradition or your community. Monetary donations are the most effective form of assistance because they allow humanitarian organizations to purchase (often within the affected region itself) the exact type and quantity of items needed by those affected by the crisis. Read about the advantages of monetary donations. Volunteering Volunteer opportunities in disaster settings are extremely rare, and are usually limited to people with prior disaster experience and technical skills (such as health, engineering, etc). To register your skills and experience for a possible volunteer opportunity, go to the Center for International Disaster Information's registration page. For opportunities to volunteer overseas in non-disaster settings, visit Serve.gov. Or read about Volunteers for Prosperity, a volunteer program managed by USAID. Stay Updated You are welcome to sign up for our weekly email updates to receive future updates on Haiti response and US health and human services information relevant to community and faith based groups. Sincerely, Alexia Kelley Director, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Indian Nations Presbytery Announcement Greystone Presbyterian Church Indian Nations Presbytery approved the Relocation of Greystone Presbytery Church to the Deer Creek area of Edmond and the sale of the Church property to the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. The decision and sale was over a year in the making. Greystone will continue to worship at its present location for sometime and will be transitioning to their new location later. Please look for information on Greenstone’ progress in the Wednesday Communique and at future Presbytery meetings. This is a really exciting time for Greystone. The Presbytery offers congratulations and best wishes.
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INP PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN'S GATHERING January 30, 2010 at Covenant Presbyterian Church Registration, 9:00 a.m. Program, 9:30 a.m. North East Entrance of the Church Presentation by Ms. Eveline Steele Churchwide Coordinating Team Member representing Native Americans. Lunch will be at 12:30 p.m. Update on the Synod Gathering in July by Ava Morton The cost is $10.00 Please register by Friday, January 22, 2010
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"Planting New Churches Today" Presented by Rev. Philip Lotspeich Coordinator for Church Growth for the PC(USA)Free Catered Lunch February 8, 2010 Noon Sante Fe Presbyterian Church 1603 North Santa Fe Avenue Edmond, OK Hosted by Greystone Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe Presbyterian Church, and the INP Task Force for New Church Development Rev. Timothy Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, recently wrote that "The vigorous, continual planting of new congregations is the single most crucial strategy for the numerical growth of the Body of Christ, the renewal of existing churches, and the overall impact of that Body on the culture of any city." In a denomination of deteriorating churches and declining numbers, planting new churches shifts the focus from "just staying alive" to actively pursuing vibrant ministries in new and growing communities. As possibilities for relocating existing churches and planting new churches develop in Indian Nations Presbytery, please mark your calendars and join ministers and members throughout the presbytery as we begin to explore "Planting New Churches Today".
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PC News Weekly Summaries - January 11-15, 2010 January 11 'Project Overture': On the road to General Assembly PNS reveals two overtures that will be tracked through the legislative process by Jim Nedelka Special to the Presbyterian News Service NEW YORK - Seven months from today - July 11th - the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will have concluded in Minneapolis. But, in a sense, the commissioners' work in Minneapolis will simply have been prologue to the work ahead of them in their home presbyteries. Part of this work will include presenting the overtures passed at the assembly that require presbyteries' approval for potential ratificationOn Nov. 5, 2009, the Presbyterian News Service announced &&Project Overture. Our plan: to follow, through a series of articles, an overture from conception to the floor of the 219th General Assembly, July 3-10, 2010.We designed the Project Overture articles to be an "education in action" series. Not only is it our hope that this series will help inform the PC(USA) membership of the path of proposed legislation for potential inclusion in the Book of Order, but our additional hope is that they can be a useful adjunct to future Sunday School and Confirmation class lesson plans.And so, the PNS announces the Overture we will be tracking. Actually, we will be tracking a pair of Overtures. [Read more] Forming a lasting partnership North Carolina churches pair with Guatemalan presbyteries to share knowledge, experience both ways by Toni Montgomery Special to Presbyterian News Service STATESVILLE, N.C. - Churches like Mill River Presbyterian Church in Mill River, N.C., are learning that doing mission work abroad not only increases understanding of other parts of the world, but also promotes growth much closer to home. The Rev. Randall Boggs, pastor of Mill River, serves as the chair of the Presbytery of Western North Carolina's Guatemala Task Force, which puts his church at the forefront of the mission work done with the presbytery's Central American partners. "We wanted to avoid that North American attitude of 'We're going to go down there and fix those people,'" Boggs said. "There are strengths and weaknesses on both sides." [Read more]
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January 12 Jin S. Kim is second candidate for GA moderator Minneapolis pastor is endorsed by Twin Cities Area Presbytery by Jerry L. Van Marter Presbyterian News Service LOUISVILLE - The Rev. Jin S. Kim, founding pastor of Church of All Nations in Minneapolis, was unanimously endorsed January 9 by the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area to stand for moderator of the upcoming 219th General Assembly (2010). The Assembly will be held July 3-10 in Minneapolis. Kim joins Elder Cynthia Bolbach of National Capital Presbytery as candidates for the top elected post in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The winner will succeed the Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow of San Francisco, moderator of the 218th General Assembly. Kim, 41, was born in Korea and came to the United States with his family in 1975, grow up in a multi-ethnic environment in Columbia, SC and Atlanta. He holds degrees from Georgia Tech (1990), Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1993), and Columbia Theological Seminary (D.Min., 2005). He is currently moderator of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area, serves as a PC(USA) delegate to the National Council of Churches, and sits on the boards of the Minnesota Council of Churches and the Greater Minnesota Association of Evangelicals. He is also a part of the Jewish-Presbyterian Dialogue and the Special Committee on the Belhar Confession. Kim speaks widely on the renewal of the church at conferences, colleges, seminaries, presbyteries and congregations, both in the U.S. and abroad. He was a preacher at the 2004 and 2008 General Assemblies, is adjunct faculty at Dubuque Theological Seminary and has also taught at Princeton Seminary, Columbia Seminary, and Duke Divinity School, as well as at seminaries in Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Russia, and Korea. [Read more] January 13 Crisis team meets to frame Haiti earthquake response PC(USA) awaits official word on mission workers and New Jersey and Virginia mission team; Atlanta mission team okay by Jerry L. Van Marter Presbyterian News Service LOUISVILLE - The crisis response team of Presbyterian World Mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is meeting at the Presbyterian Center here today (Jan. 13) to assess the situation in Haiti after an earthquake devastated much of the country Tuesday afternoon, killing thousands, injuring countless others and causing billions of dollars of property damage. Of immediate concern is the condition of PC(USA) mission workers in Haiti Sharyn Babe and Mark Hare. The Presbyterian World Mission security team reported late this morning that "Sharyn Babe, the PC(USA) mission worker closest to the earthquake's epicenter, and her husband, Rodney, have been located and we are continuing to monitor their situation. Mark Hare and his wife, Jenny, live about 100 miles from the epicenter. We do not believe the Hares are in danger, but we are seeking to make contact with them." A PC(USA) mission team - from First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta - has reported that they are all safe and unharmed. That group was on La Gonave island, just off the coast of Port-au-Prince. Another group - a 20-member mission team from Lawrenceville (N.J.) Presbyterian Church -arrived in Haiti just hours before the quake for a previously arranged medical mission trip scheduled to run from Jan. 12-17. The group, which included three doctors, was set to travel immediately to the mountain village of Thoman. Initial reports indicate that mountainous areas of Haiti fared better than coastal areas. [Read more]
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January 14 Presbyterian Writers Guild seeking best new author Angell Award goes to best first book by a Presbyterian author by Jerry L. Van Marter Presbyterian News Service LOUISVILLE - The Presbyterian Writers Guild (PWG) is seeking entries for its annual Jim Angell Award. The award has been presented each year since 1996 to the Presbyterian author of the best first book published during the previous calendar year. Nominations are being accepted now for the best first book by a Presbyterian author during the calendar year of 2009. Books may be of any type - fiction, non-fiction, theological, how-to, photos with commentary, poetry, etc. The award was established by the Guild and the family of James Angell, a prolific and respected Presbyterian writer, as a means to recognize and encourage new writers. Entries may be submitted by the author or by others on their behalf. Three copies of the book and a brief statement attesting to the author's current active membership in a PC(USA) congregation or presbytery should be sent to the Angell Award Committee, c/o Nancy Bray, 8209 Canoe Ridge Lane, Denton Texas 76210. Deadline for submissions is April 1, 2010. Questions about the Award or entry process may be directed to Guild President Bill Lancaster, or past presidents Kathy Bostrom, or Cathy Chisholm. [Read more] PC(USA) missionaries, mission groups in Haiti reported safe Presbyterian Disaster Assistance responding to earthquake tragedy by Jerry L. Van Marter Presbyterian News Service LOUISVILLE - Two Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) missionaries in Haiti and mission teams from three PC(USA) congregations that were in the country when the devastating earthquake struck Tuesday (Jan. 12) have been accounted for. The Haitian Red Cross estimated today (Jan. 14) that between 45,000 and 50,000 died in the late-afternoon 7.3-magnitude temblor that struck near the Haitian capital of Port au Prince. Much of the country, particularly areas around Port au Prince are totally destroyed. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has dispatched $100,000 from One Great Hour of Sharing offering funds and issued a special appeal to support ongoing relief efforts. The crisis response team of Presbyterian World Mission is meeting at the Presbyterian Center here virtually around-the-clock. PC(USA) missionary Mark Hare is safe and uninjured. Sharyn Babe sustained leg and back injuries in the quake and has been medically-evacuated to Cuba. Three PC(USA) mission teams who were in Haiti when the quake hit have also reported that they are safe. [Read more]
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January 15 Middle East churches Assembly issues final communiqué FMEEC approves ordination of women; discusses Christian decline in region by Jerry L. Van Marter Presbyterian News Service HARISSA, Lebanon - The 6th General Assembly of the Fellowship of the Middle East Evangelical Churches (FMEEC) has concluded its historic gathering and issued a final communiqué. FMEEC includes Reformed, Anglican, and Lutheran churches in the region. The Assembly met from Jan. 11-13. As reported earlier this week, the Assembly unanimously adopted a statement supporting the ordination of women as pastors by its member churches. The statement was drafted on the spot in response to a report by FMEEC's theology committee, which found no biblical or theological reasons to oppose female ordination. Considerable time was spent at the Assembly discussing the precipitous decline in the Christian population of the Middle East due to political and military conflict, strained Christian-Muslim relations, economic hardship and immigration. In addition to delegates of FMEEC member churches, several representatives of international and ecumenical partners - including the Presbyrerian Cchurch (U.S.A.) - also attended as observers and guests. The PC(USA) was represented by the Rev. Victor Makari, coordinator for the Middle East and Asia Minor in the General Assembly Mission Council's Presbyterian World Mission, and the Rev. Sassan Tavasoli of the Outreach Foundation, a covenant partner of Presbyterian World Mission engaged in global evangelism. [Read more] PC(USA) Middle East caucus condemns Egypt attacks 'Horrified, bewildered and deeply grieved' by attack on Christians by Jerry L. Van Marter Presbyterian News Service LOUISVILLE - The National Middle Eastern Presbyterian Caucus has condemned an attack on Christmas Eve worshipers in Nag Hammadi, Egypt, that killed eight Coptic Christians. The Jan. 6 (Orthodox Christmas Eve) drive-by shooting also killed a Muslim security guard and wounded nine others. Two days later, police arrested three men suspected of carrying out the attack. The full text of the National Middle Eastern Presbyterian Caucus' statement, signed by moderator the Rev. Fahed Abu-Akel and the Rev. Fuad Khouri, chair of the caucus' Peacemaking Committee: A statement on behalf of the terrorized Christian community in Nag Hammadi, Egypt The National Middle Eastern Presbyterian Caucus, moderators and members have been horrified, bewildered and deeply grieved by the violent attack on the Christian Community of Nag Hammadi which took place on January 6, 2010, as the worshipers were leaving the church following their Christmas Eve worship service. [Read more]
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Quake destroys longtime PC(USA)-related hospital Wisconsin mission group is also okay after Haitian disaster by Jerry L. Van Marter Presbyterian News Service LOUISVILLE - As the desperate search continues in Haiti for remaining survivors, confirmation has been received that Hopital Sainte Croix (Holy Cross Hospital) in Leogane - a major focus of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission in Haiti for decades - collapsed in the Jan. 12 quake. The hospital is a ministry of the PC(USA)'s partner church in Haiti, the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti. A medical worker living in Leogane told National Public Radio this morning (Jan. 15) that the 7.3-magnitude quake, whose epicenter was very near Leogane, destroyed the entire city. "There is nothing left standing," she said on NPR's "Morning Edition." The Presbyterian News Service has learned that a fourth PC(USA) congregational mission team - from First Presbyterian Church in LaCrosse, Wisc., was in Haiti when the quake struck. The medical mission team, led by the church's pastor, the Rev. J. Taylor Haley, were scheduled to return to the U.S. tomorrow (Jan. 16), but will remain in Haiti "for at least a few more days," said the Rev. Galen Smith of nearby West Union, Iowa. Three other mission teams that were in Haiti at the time of the quake - from Lawrenceville (N.J.) Presbyterian Church, from Warrenton (Va.) Presbyterian Church and from First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta - previously reported that they were safe and unharmed. [Read more]
Issue: 286 January 18, 2010
THE CASE FOR MULTIFAITH EDUCATION
by Justus N. Baird
As a rabbi who directs a multifaith center in a Christian seminary, I often get asked about multifaith education.People ask me, "What curriculum should I use?" or "How can we teach our students about other religions?" Evenmore often I am asked, "Do you know a Muslim I can invite to speak at our program?" But rarely am I asked,"Why should we be doing interfaith education at all?" A rabbinic colleague of mine put it to me this way: "I justcan't articulate why interfaith is important to focus on," he said. "Other than making sure we can all just getalong, why does this matter?" he asked. Let's be honest: most of us know precious little about our own religioustraditions, so why should we spend our valuable time learning about other faiths?
I do not embrace a "why don't we all just get along" attitude toward interfaith work, and I do not believe thatthe world would be a better place if people of faith would just focus on a few so-called universal teachings fromtheir religious traditions. I do not want there to be one religion in the world; in fact, I think that would be adisaster, and my own understanding of God's will, which is rooted in Jewish tradition and the Hebrew Bible, isthat God doesn't want there to be one religion either.
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