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- Presbyterians divided on same-sex marriage May 17, 2012Survey shows members, ruling elders oppose same-sex marriage, while teaching elders in favor May 17, 2012 General Assembly Mission Council Contact: Perry Chang Research Services Presbyterians are divided on whether same-sex marriage should be allowed. According to results from the February 2012 Presbyterian Panel survey more members and ruling elders are opp […]Research Services (General Assembly Mission Council)
- Cultivating leadership May 17, 2012Synods work to develop leadership in time of discontinuity May 17, 2012 Special to Presbyterian News Service Toya Richards LOUISVILLE Two synods in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are doing their best to address a burning question plaguing the denomination and greater church alike. “How are we to respond with the gospel in the 21st century when we have a ch […]Presbyterian News Service (General Assembly Mission Council)
- All in the family: a history of splits in the American Presbyterian Church May 17, 2012May 17, 2012 Special to Presbyterian News Service Frederick J. Heuser Presbyterian Historical Society PHILADELPHIA Mark Twain commented that “You never see Presbyterians ranting, shouting and tearing up the ground. You never heard of a Presbyterian going crazy on religion… You never see any of us Presbyterians getting in a sweat about religion and trying to […]Presbyterian News Service (General Assembly Mission Council)
- Evangelicals say it’s time for frank talk about sex May 17, 2012May 17, 2012 Religion News Service Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON The statistics, some evangelicals say, can no longer be ignored. Eighty percent of young evangelicals have engaged in premarital sex, according to a new video from the National Association of Evangelicals, and almost a third of evangelicals’ unplanned pregnancies end in abortion. It’s time to spea […]Religion News Service
- Presbyterian Church of Mexico begins anniversary celebrations May 17, 2012May 17, 2012 Ecumenical News International ENInews Staff Events in honor of the 140th anniversary of the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico begin May 18and will continue for the next several months. Exhibitions, lectures and roundtable discussions are planned, dealing with the history, theology and anthropology of the church, covering the time of the arr […]Ecumenical News International
Please keep Josh Green in your prayers. He is the 31 year old son of one of the parishioners at Sutherland First. Last week he fell 20 feet from a forklift and the bucket fell on top of him. His body is broken in several places: femur, pelvis, shoulder, face, ribs. He had surgery in Denver last week for his broken femur and pelvis. Next week he will have surgery on his shoulder. The rest, the doctors say, will have to heal on their own. Please pray for his healing and for peace for him and his family. Thanks!
Please keep the family of Tressa Wright from O’Neill/Atkinson in your prayers. She was killed in auto accident and was only 17 years old. We all need your prayers. WaynO
Please put my son Jeremy Chafin on your prayer chain he tried to commit suicide and he is going through a very difficult time. He is in Lexington OK.
Please remember Elaine Besthorn and her brother Bert in your prayers. Bert is scheduled for open heart surgery (in Kansas) on Friday and is not a good candidate for the surgery because of complicating factors.
After spending several days in the Norfolk hospital, Russ Barelmann has been moved to the Omaha Medical Center. Please keep Russ in your prayers
Elaine Besthorn, pastor at Cozad, is traveling to be with her brother, Bert Besthorn. Bert is having emergency heart surgery. Please keep Elaine, Bert and his family in your prayers during this time of uncertainty. Thank you.
Please keep Leanne Masters, the baby and her husband Mike in your prayers. Leanne has responded well to medication and expects to go into the hospital next week – if the baby doesn’t come sooner – and have labor induced. She says there will be a baby next week.
Please add Darel and Joan Smith to the prayer chain. Darell was mauled by a bull Saturday evening and is in Creighton University Hospital in Omaha. Joan is our church secretary and clerk of session. Wayne Owens
Please pray for First Presbyterian Church of Perry, OK Their church burned to the ground last night under suspicious circumstances. I and Tom Hoffman from Colorado are the team from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to go be with them this weekend as they worship the first time after losing their building.