Top 5 reasons I am looking forward to General Assembly
Over the past few weeks I have met with both the Committee on Local Arrangements (COLA) in Minneapolis and the meeting arrangements staff of the Office of the General Assembly. and while those do not sound like thrilling meetings, I must say, the sweet aroma of our bi-annual gathering is beginning to fill the air.   Sure . . . it is just one giant presby geek-fest and one could argue that it is one more way that we can pretend that we are mor

Presbyterian letter and disaster response to recent tradegies in the Southeast, Indonesia, Samoa and
Over the last week, typhoons, floodings, earthquakes and tsunamis have severely impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in several countries within Asia, the Pacific region and here in the United States. Especially affected have been the countries of Indonesia, the Philippines and both the Independent State of Samoa, American Samoa and the southeastern United States. Your generous gif

GA Youth Task Force seeks your input on "model" youth programs
[image: Youth Trienium 2010]Below is a letter from The Model Programs Team of the General Assembly Task Force on Youth Ministry.   They are seeking input about model programs that are bei

Artistic expressions in worship
[Images: Ann Klingensmith] Last Sunday, as part of a recent Moderatorial itineration, I had the privileged of preaching at First Presbyte

Questions from the church: Unicameral Systems and Youth Elders
As you can tell, my blogging frequency has been slow to say the least.  Band with is pretty full, but I still want to keep getting some stuff out there.  First, if you are interested in what's happening at the General Assembly Mission Council meeting, a few folks are tweeting the meeting.  Please keep in mind that not all of the people using the #gamc are actually there and there is mostly like some pretty spirited conversation and commentary.But for now, I received this note from someone and thought it was a good one to