By Allison A Anderson During the first week of November I had the opportunity to attend the Covenant Network conference at First Presbyterian church in Durham, NC with Danny and Laurie. Having never attended a conference such I was glad when they said unto me: as this, I knew it would be special. Covenant Network, [...]
December 1,2011, World AIDS Day (WAD), is a day of awareness and action in the struggle to eradicate AIDS. The theme this year is Getting to Zero and our dream is ZERO new infections, Zero discrimination, and Zero AIDS-related deaths. We must continue to be sacred activists against a deadly epidemic that still infects 2.7 [...]
The May Presbytery meeting was interesting, to say the least! Lots of standing votes, discussion, and variety of opinion. Also had a lot of new things happening. Our new Moderator, Dr. Gwendolyn Magby, was installed and ably moderated the meeting with the help of the members of Presbytery and a wireless communication connected to the [...]
My dear Riviera Family and friends, Ten years ago, begrudgingly, I walked through the doors of Riviera Presbyterian Church and was transformed by the graceful and powerful witness of Riviera’s people and Pastor, Laurie Kraus. Shortly after, I became a faithful member in the Presbyterian church USA; A miracle within itself. God opened my eyes [...]
A Pastoral Letter for Riviera Presbyterian, Miami from the Rev. Dr. Laurie A. Kraus And clerk of session, Michele Ready May 10, 2011 Dear Riviera family of faith, This evening, the Presbytery of Twin Cities became the 87th presbytery of the PCUSA to adopt Amendment 10-A into the Book of Order, making it church law. [...]
My dear Riviera Family and friends, Ten years ago, begrudgingly, I walked trough the doors of Riviera Presbyterian Church and was transformed by the graceful and powerful witness of Riviera’s people and Pastor, Laurie Kraus. Shortly after, I became a faithful member In the Presbyterian Church USA; A miracle within itself. God opened my eyes [...]
Below is a link to the website that has information regarding the voting on 10A. There are other cool links and stories in this page as well. If you click on the link for the Presbytery vote count you will be taken to the spreadsheet with all the voting information. If I’m not mistaken,there are [...]
Here’s an interesting debate on Proposed Amendment 10A, which concerns gay and lesbian ordination in the Presbyterian Church. Former PUP Task Force colleagues Mike Loudon and Mark Achtemeier have found many areas of agreement in their consideration of issues within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) However, on the issue of ordaining gays and lesbians, they take [...]
Presbytery Friends, Presbyterian Outlook is holding discussion concerning Amendment A. The vote for this Amendment is scheduled for the upcoming Presbytery meeting November 20, 2010 in Palm City: Mike Loudon and Mark Achtemeier Bring Their Case About the new Amendment A – which will set aside the “fidelity-in-marriage or Chastity-in-singleness” standard for ordination. Colleagues and [...]
