Palmdale Presbyterian Church, located in Melbourne, Florida is seeking a Stated Supply Pastor. The Church has a dedicated and experienced group of elders, deacons, and staff who can manage the business of the Church and needs an experienced pastor to act as the spiritual leader. The pastor should be able to lead a meaningful and engaging worship service, provide congregational care through visits and counseling, and participate in the life of the church through personal contact and fellowship activities. Please view the MIF #03946.AA2 for more information or contact Donald Cross at Palmdale Presbyterian Church, 684 N. Harbor City Blvd, Melbourne, FL or e-mail dcross01@bellsouth.net. … [Read more...]
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Outpost Blog 21 hours ago
What boxed wine taught me about community
This week we asked our bloggers to consider their experience of alcohol and church. Here are their reflections. Boxed wine gets a bad rap. Perhaps you see those rectangular packages lined up on the shelves of your grocery store and envision young adults drinking too much. Or you may wonder why on earth someone would rather drink their wine out of a bag (which, as it turns out, holds the wine inside the box) instead of a bottle. I too used to not get the point of wine in a… continue reading... -
Outlook Reporting 21 hours ago
Eileen Linder on generosity and giving to the church
Eileen Lindner wants churches to talk about money. Specifically: about the immense transfer of wealth that’s coming as the Baby Boomer generation passes away, and about the recognition that younger people are developing new patterns of charitable giving. Eileen Linder Lindner is a retired Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor and a sociologist of religion who formerly served on the Way Forward Commission. She now has contracts to do research for the boards of the Presbyterian Foundation and the Presbyterian Mission Agency on generational giving trends. And what she’s discovered has convinced… continue reading... -
Editorials 2 days ago
Bumper sticker theology
The bumper sticker on the car in the Chick-Fil-A parking lot read: “Heaven has walls, hell has open borders.” Google tells me that sometimes the slogan is more specific, noting a gate and a strict immigration policy. Often a sentence at the end admonishes the reader: “Let that sink in.” Indeed, let all of this theology sink in. I am wary of any and all theology proffered on hats, mugs, memes and the like. In my experience, God’s will, character and plans do not lend themselves to being summed up… continue reading...
Parties in Stamford case had tried to expedite process in order to get a ruling on the merits of the case January 1, 1995 Uncategorized86 views The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission -- in sidestepping the question of exactly how deeply a session should be required to probe into the private life of a gay elder who has acknowledged being in a committed, life-long relationship but has declined to say whether he is sexually active -- has put the question off but has not put it to rest.- Ministering with the Earth January 1, 1998 Book Reviews86 views By Mary Elizabeth MooreChalice. 1998. 226 pp. Pb. $19.99. ISBN 0-8272-2323-4 Ministering with the Earth is a quiltwork, both the on-the-ground activity and Moore's book about so ministering. Moore, professor of theology and Christian education at Claremont School of Theology, is fond of the metaphor, suitably pastoral and feminist.
- Remembered Voice: Reclaiming the Legacy of 'Neo-Orthodoxy' January 1, 1998 Book Reviews74 views By Douglas John HallWJKP. 1998. 145 pp. Pb. $18. ISBN 0-664-25772-0 It was in this order. I first read Tillich's Dynamics of Faith. Riveting. Next came The Courage to Be. Gripping. Then I went back and read the first volume of the Systematic Theology. Things began to make sense. Next came Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality. Positive.
Hands and Feet initiative gains traction and picks up speed July 2, 2019 Outlook Features2 comments What does it look like when more than 1,000 Presbyterians come to a city for the biannual General Assembly? How can they make a positive impact on the community where they hold the meeting? How can they “be the church” when gathering for a week?
These are the questions that drove the start of the “Hands and Feet” initiative at the 223rd General Assembly in 2018. Under the leadership of stated clerk J. Herbert Nelson, the assembly in St. Louis became a pilot program in rethinking and recreating the ethos of the gathering by partnering with local churches and organizations to make a positive im...
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom August 14, 2019 Book Reviews1 comment David W. Blight
Simon & Schuster, 912 pages
Reviewed by Donald W. Shriver
A great life deserves a great biographer. In Yale historian David Blight, Frederick Douglass has one.
Born into slavery in Maryland, Douglass’ life spanned the tumultuous years of 19th century America (1818-1892). At age 11, he began to listen carefully to the reading of the Bible aloud by Sophie Auld, wife of his owner Hugh Auld, who warned her of the dangers of that gift.
“There will be no keeping him,” said Hugh, once he hears of that ancient liberation of Hebrew slaves a...
“Late we come” — The Presbyterian Outlook and Southern Presbyterians on race August 7, 2019 Outlook Features1 comment Speaking at the March on Washington in August 1963, Eugene Carson Blake, stated clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (UPCUSA), began with an apology to Martin Luther King Jr. and others gathered: “We come and late we come.”
Blake, who had recently been arrested in a demonstration to integrate a Baltimore amusement park, spoke the truth. With notable exceptions – African Americans, some other people of color and numbers of prophetic whites – Presbyterians did come late to the struggle for civil rights for all Americans. Nationally, most Presbyterians may have come tardily to the move...
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Trump: Any Jew voting Democratic is uninformed or disloyal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Showing a fresh willingness to play politics along religious lines, President Trump said American Jews who vote for Democrats show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.” Trump’s claim triggered a quick uproar from critics who said the Republican president was trading in anti-Semitic stereotypes. It came amid Trump’s ongoing feud with Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, who are Muslim. Trump has closely aligned himself with Israel, including conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while the congresswomen are outspoken critics of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. Tlaib is a U.S.-born Palestinian American; Omar was born in Somalia. “Where has the Democratic Party gone? Where have they gone where they are defending these two people over the state of Israel?” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday (Aug. 20). “I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a … [Read more...]
Trump steadily fulfills goals on religious right wish list
NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump assumed the presidency, conservative religious leaders drew up “wish lists” of steps they hoped he’d take to oppose abortion and rein in the LGBTQ-rights movement. With a flurry of recent actions, Trump’s administration is now winning their praise for aggressively fulfilling many of their goals. Mat Staver, president of the legal advocacy organization Liberty Counsel, said Trump has fulfilled about 90% of the goals on a list that Staver and other conservative leaders compiled. “In the first two years of his administration, he’s achieved more than all of the presidents combined since Ronald Reagan,” Staver said. “He’s been the most pro-religious freedom and pro-life president in modern history.” One of the most dramatic steps — hailed by conservatives and decried by liberals — came this week when the Department of Health and Human Services implemented a new rule for the federal family planning program known as Title X. Planned Parenthood, long … [Read more...]
What boxed wine taught me about community
This week we asked our bloggers to consider their experience of alcohol and church. Here are their reflections. Boxed wine gets a bad rap. Perhaps you see those rectangular packages lined up on the shelves of your grocery store and envision young adults drinking too much. Or you may wonder why on earth someone would rather drink their wine out of a bag (which, as it turns out, holds the wine inside the box) instead of a bottle. I too used to not get the point of wine in a box. I live in Virginia, home to hundreds of wineries that together sell more than half a million cases of wine each year. Supporting local grape growers and winemakers seems like the right thing to do. But then I met my neighbors. And now, when I look at boxed wine, I see church. When I moved to Richmond, Virginia, more than three years ago to begin seminary, I was placed in an off-campus apartment complex with some other number of seminarians. An on-campus housing shortage sent us out into what some … [Read more...]
Eileen Linder on generosity and giving to the church
Eileen Lindner wants churches to talk about money. Specifically: about the immense transfer of wealth that’s coming as the Baby Boomer generation passes away, and about the recognition that younger people are developing new patterns of charitable giving. Lindner is a retired Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor and a sociologist of religion who formerly served on the Way Forward Commission. She now has contracts to do research for the boards of the Presbyterian Foundation and the Presbyterian Mission Agency on generational giving trends. And what she’s discovered has convinced Lindner of this: Pastors and mid councils need to know more about changes in charitable giving, and need easily accessible tools to give guidance when Presbyterians are ready to donate to the church. Here’s some of what she would like church leaders to know. Wealth transfer is impending The exact amount will depend on a number of factors – including how the stock market performs – but Lindner says … [Read more...]
Races, faith traditions come together during moving ceremony remembering those enslaved
(OGA) People of many races and representing several faith traditions gathered Tuesday to commemorate Angela, the first African to arrive in the American Colonies 400 years ago for the purpose of enslavement. Put on by Simmons College and held at St. Stephen Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., the Angela Project Liberation Ceremony included moving responsive reading in which white people acknowledged and apologized for sins during the slavery era (1619-1865), the Jim Crow period (1877-1969) and their aftereffects (1970 to the present). In turn, black people in the crowd — some who had entered the church in chains, reading brief accounts of people who’d been enslaved — responded by forgiving and then repenting of hatred and unforgiveness for any number of sins committed by whites, including kidnapping, tearing families apart, violently depriving blacks of their voting rights, crafting the theological rationalization of black inferiority and dehumanization, disinvesting in the black … [Read more...]
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