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Financial vision keeps growing
When George van Beek gave his first $5,000 grant to start the Experimental Fund back in 1981, he wasn't really sure what would become of it.
When George van Beek gave his first $5,000 grant to start the Experimental Fund back in 1981, he wasn't really sure what would become of it.
Recalling 40 years as a military and a hospital chaplain: We love applause, the lift from the clapping of hands from a receptive audience. Once upon a time my parishioners presented me with a set of luggage. Were they trying to tell me something? Was this an ever-so-gentle hint that they had had it with my pastoral leadership? Do you recall this verse?
Christmas is an emotional time. And depending on what has been going on in my life over the year, it is experienced accordingly. Who is around? Who is no longer around? What has been gained? What has been lost? Christmas is a time where the weight and the release of life's fullness is absorbed and processed for me.
Re Our faith demands more of us, October
I was really annoyed to read in October “the cancerous consumerist totalitarianism of the American Empire” in an article by Stuart Coles.
What a joy to see the photos in October: the cover, children, youth, men and women. Thanks for including Something Extra with its fine photos and choices of giving meaningfully. This issue seems to bind our Presbyterian family together. I found David Harris' editorial both insightful and forthright. The edition's arrival days before Thanksgiving weekend provided me additional reasons for thanksgiving.
Re Thank You, Padre, November.
Training Programs Rejected, September, outlined several materials that were deemed unacceptable by our national Christian Education Advisory Committee. I want to clarify that some of these resources are poor (in our estimation), but others are excellent. They just aren't a good fit. For instance, our committee looked recently at an excellent and affordable curriculum called Gather Round. Even though we liked it very much, one of the reasons we did not add it to our chart of recommended curricula was due to liberal references to Mennonite mission projects and we do not want to distract Presbyterians from our own mission endeavours with PWS&D and Presbyterians Sharing.
Candee Clown and Sneaky D. Tective are caught clowning around after they finished presenting a mission skit about saving and sharing water for Mission Awareness […]
Don’t these ministers look great 25 years after their diaconal ordination? The happy occasion was Rev. Susan Clarke’s ordination and induction at St. Andrews, Kars, […]
The burning bush on fire at Knox Calvin, Harriston, Ont.! Perhaps. Or perhaps its those daily prayers that have kept this congregation going for their […]
Knox Presbyterian Church, Westport Ontario participated recently in Doors Open Ontario in September. Pictured are Marnie Henry (wife of Rev. Doug Henry, a previous minister), […]
Contrary to popular belief there is nothing in the Book of Forms forbidding fun, which is precisely what this gang, from Glenelg, Nova Scotia, had […]
What do all of these women have in common? Well, let’s see: they’re all members of Calvin, Abbotsford, B.C. They’re all celebrating the 60th anniversary […]
At the 145th anniversary service for Limehouse, Ont.,, long-time elder Richard Appleyard (centre) was honoured for his 51 years of service with the presentation of […]
In June Knox, Guelph, Ont., counted a few of its myriad blessings: Douglas Pruss, far left, has served for 33 years on the Board of […]
“And when I was sick, did you care for me?” This gang from St. Andrew’s, Wingham, Ont., went to worship one Sunday morning and then […]
Ask any minister and they’ll tell you pastoral visitations, though often blessings, are rarely easy. Pastoral visitations to strangers can be that much more difficult. […]
Rev. David Vincent stands on the steps of St. Giles’, Calgary for the last time as the minister. He retired in August. But, not before […]
Inspired by an article in last December’s Record, Olive Lewis got her friends at Alexandra, Brantford, Ont., to start making teddy bears for children in […]