Something Special
They start trickling in during September and by the deadline date the file is very thick. Then the fun begins — lots of oohing and […]
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Families Like Ours
Each year I receive lengthy Christmas letters from former friends of mine and it is a little annoying to hear just how very well their lives are proceeding. Here's one example:
Merry Christmas dear friend,
2008 E.H. Johnson recipient named
The 2008 recipient of the E.H. Johnson Award is Mercy Amba Oduyoye of Ghana. The award is named for the late Rev. Dr. E.H. Johnson and is given to someone on “the cutting edge of mission.”
First Woman Elder
The first woman elder of Han-Ca East Presbytery was ordained at St. Timothy's, Etobicoke, on Oct. 28, which also marked the congregation's 11th anniversary. Rev. Dr. Dorcas Gordon, principal of Knox College preached, speaking about God's original intention that men and women work together as partners. From the left: Young Girl Kim (new elder), David Son (associate minister), Si Young Kim (new session member), Seung Ho Cho (Clerk of Session), In Kee Kim (senior minister), Wan Sup Myung (session member), Song Chan Chung (re-elected session member), Soo Jin Chung (associate minister), Hae Duck Yun (new elder), Dorcas Gordon, and Chang Ro Karl (session member).
Amused and concerned
I was amused and concerned by the number of responses in the issues [May, July/August] following Zander Dunn's March letter concerning a metaphorical interpretation of the virgin birth.
God will decide
Calvin Brown's May article is a straw-man argument that paints horns on progressive Christians. Heed the Bible's advice in Acts 5: 38-39: “Leave them alone. For if this idea of theirs or its execution is of human origin it will collapse; but if it is from God you will never be able to put them down and risk finding yourselves at war with God.”
A Winter Birthday
Matthew (2:1-16) and Luke (2:1-20), the Biblical nativity narrators, do not specify the date of Jesus' birth. Still, as Northrop Frye remarks in The Great Code: The Bible and Literature, “The Gospels are not biography.” John (21:25) had already concluded, “And there are many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.”
Comments on PYPS
I appreciate all that the PYPS contributors have to say. Having read each one at least twice, to make sure they were understood, I have comments.
More youth, please
I thoroughly enjoyed the September article on Neil George from St. Columba-by-the-lake, Pointe Claire, Que.
Even more sides
In no way do I wish to detract from Rev. Gordon Williams' accomplishments or ministry, but he was not the first Native minister in the Presbyterian Church.
Moderators in the 60s
In the 60s the moderator was elected from nominations put forward on the floor of General Assembly. Then it seemed good to the spirit and others that the “past” Moderator of General Assembly serve the Church by deputation visits (subject to exigencies).
Moderator the tops
Re Letters, October
Knox, Kincardine, ON
Rev. Jim Weir was minister at Knox, Kincardine, Ont., from 1965 to 1976; part of his 50 years since his ordination to the Ministry of […]
St. Andrew’s, Sarnia, ON
During its year-long 165th anniversary celebrations, which began in November 2006, St. Andrew’s, Sarnia, Ont., received great distinction when its organist of more than 20 […]
St. Andrew’s, Wingham, ON
St. Andrew’s, Wingham, Ont., celebrated it’s 145th anniversary in October with a golf tournament; and here’s the winning team: Ralph Campbell, Merle Underwood, Joel Snell, […]
St. Stephen’s, Ottawa, ON
On February, the choir at St. Stephen’s, Ottawa, welcomed Ottawa’s Swiss choir, The Montagna Singers, who sang during the communion service. Choir director Heather Rice […]
Stonegate Ministry, Etobicoke, ON
There’s mission to their ministry. Stonegate Ministry in Etobicoke, Ont., operates The Outreach Store (the name works on so many levels) which provides good clothing […]
Boularderie, Cape Breton, NS
To move further into the future, the folks of the Knox AMS Auxiliary at Boularderie, Cape Breton, N.S., reenacted the first meeting of the group […]
Kingston, ON
Barb Summers, the new communications coordinator at Presbyterian World Service and Development was guest speaker at the Presbytery of Kingston’s Fall Rally. About 40 women […]
Greenbrier, Brantford, ON
Cake of the month: Jack Ronald is still smiling after 43 years of faithful service as an elder on the session of Greenbrier, Brantford, Ont. […]