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Washington Flood Relief Efforts
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 (120 reads)
Responding to the damage left by the Storm
(Picture by Steve Ringman, The Seattle Times)
Last week's storm and resulting flooding have left thousands in our area in need of assistance. Federal, state and church agencies are working to provide immediate and long term assistance for those who have lost their homes and possessions.
Please read the following article from Olympia Presbytery Executive, Lynn Longfield to see how you and your congregation can help with the disaster relief efforts.
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Tim Dearborn Featured in Nov. 30, 2007 Presbyterian News Service Story
Friday, December 07, 2007 (91 reads)
Tim Dearborn, featured here, is a member of our Presbytery, formerly on staff at UPC, and former chaplain at SPU, among other things. This story may be seen here:
http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2007/07777.htm
November 30, 2007
Partnership means justice, mission pastors told
World Vision leader says get serious or stop using the term
by Jerry L. Van Marter
Presbyterian News Service
LOUISVILLE — Presbyterians engaged in mission around the world have to either take the concept of partnership seriously or stop using the term altogether, a World Vision leader told 150 participants in the annual gathering of the Association of Presbyterian Mission Pastors here Nov. 29.
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Janelle & Mike McCarty, PC(USA) Missionaries to Ethiopia, Available to Speak in Churches in February, 2008
Friday, December 07, 2007 (10 reads)
 Janelle and Mike McCarty, who are from Renton, have been our missionary teachers and administrators in Ethiopia for the past two years at the Bethel Evangelical Secondary School, Gidada Bible Institute, and the elementary school. They will complete their tour of duty in February and will be home then. They would like very much to tell their story and that of the Ethiopian Education Fund which is set up to support those three schools.
If your church is interested in scheduling the McCarty's to visit, please contact Rev. Richard Steele:
phone number: 206-728-2324.
e-mail: Ersteele211@aol.com
Find out more about the McCarty's:
http://www.pcusa.org/missionconnections/profiles/mccartym.htm
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White River Presbyterian Church Receives Congregational Transformation Grant
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 (145 reads)
White River Presbyterian Church of Auburn, Washington, founded in 1867, is the oldest congregation is the Presbytery of Seattle. After nine difficult years stretching from 1996 to 2005, WRPC found themselves with declining membership in a changing neighborhood and a mission statement they still believed. The mission of White River Presbyterian Church is to disciple all people through commitment to prayer, worship, study, care, and outreach. Despite the decline, per-member pledging increased in from 2004-2006, so there were still signs of life and hope.
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Valentine issues appeal for missionary support
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 (98 reads)
This story may be seen here: http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2007/07789.htm
Three candidates ready to go but need funding by Dec. 15
by Jerry L. Van Marter
Presbyterian News Service
LOUISVILLE — Three fully-trained Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission workers are ready to depart for their assignments but lack the funding to go.
General Assembly Council Executive Director has sent an appeal to the church seeking the $212,000 that is needed to deploy Denise England to Egypt, Carol Dolezal-Ng to Lebanon and Kathy Reeves to Switzerland.
All three have been validated for service through the Mission Initiative: Joining Hearts & Hands, a five-year, $40 million campaign to raise funds for new overseas missionaries and for church development in this country, particularly new racial ethnic and immigrant congregations.
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Waiting
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 (108 reads)
by Rev. Ben Lindstrom, Southminster Presbyterian Church
In the Christian year there are two seasons centered around Waiting . The season of Lent and the season of Advent.
As Christians we believe learning how to wait and what to wait for are important lessons in our spiritual journey. We Christians realize we have to wait for everything in this life that is really worth waiting for. We wait to be born. We wait for love to touch us. We wait for life to grow. We wait for God's fullness to come.
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WJK to Launch New Study Bible & Groundbreaking New Lectionary Commentary Series
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 (0 reads)
  Westminster John Knox Press has announced plans to publish two innovative new products in 2008 for preachers, teachers, and laypeople in the ecumenical Christian church. The Discipleship Study Bible (June 2008) will be the first new NRSV study Bible in five years, and a new twelve-volume lectionary commentary series coedited by David Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor, Feasting on the Word (July 2008), will offer a helpful and unique perspective to preachers.
Cokesbury is handling the subscriptions and retail orders through its stores, catalogs, and web site.
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