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Back Issues of Synod Snaps
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Synod Snaps is a weekly electronic source of news from your Synod staff. Through Synod Snaps, our mission is to help presbyteries and congregations stay connected with news of events and opportunities in ministry throughout the Synod. This resource offers a place to share our joys and concerns through prayer, outreach to those in need, and reflection on God's Word. We'd like to encourage you to be an active participant in this resource! If you have anything you'd like to contribute to Synod Snaps, please contact Sarah Peniston at speniston@synodnw.org.
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This Week's Synod Snaps News
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National Council of Churches and Church World Service Convene Annual General Assembly in Denver
Friday, November 14, 2008 (18 reads)
News from the National Council of Churches
Denver, November 12, 2008 -- The annual General Assembly of the National Council of Churches USA and Church World Service convened Tuesday for its three-day annual meeting in the Renaissance Denver Hotel here.
"For one hundred years, we have gathered -- or have been gathered -- by God's grace, not to celebrate our achievements but to give thanks for what God has done, is doing, and will do to tear down the dividing walls of hostility that separate even the followers of Christ," said the Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, NCC General Secretary, in his report to the delegates. "May our time together this week build up the church in love and give glory to our Creator!"
The Rev. John McCullough, Executive Director of Church World Service, reported the agency's response to a busy year of disasters, natural and human, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Haiti, Cuba and elsewhere, sounded a note of hope.
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Presbyterians Today, November 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008 (7 reads)
The November issue of the Presbyterians Today magazine features stories from our Synod. The "Fast Chat" department highlights Army chaplain Terry Cobban of Olympia Presbytery. Terry was seriously injured in a suicide bombing in December of 2007 while serving as a chaplain with his unit in Iraq. In this issue, Cobban speaks about the incident, his year of recovery, and the effect it has had on his life and ministry. Terry is currently stationed in South Korea.
Also in the spotlight, Port Townsend PC's relationship with the people of Santa Elena, a village formed in 1985 by refugees fleeing El Salvador's brutal civil war. Construction is beginning this fall on homes for 16 families. This project has inspired many others to donate, making it possible for them to begin construction without waiting to raise the necessary $65,000.
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Connecting Congregations' Passion with Long-Term Mission
Friday, November 14, 2008 (20 reads)
From PCUSA WORLDWIDE, e-newsletter of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Executive presbyter says that mission networks are the key to sustainable practices
The mission network movement is an effort to connect all the enthusiasm and passion for mission, which is expressed in congregations doing mission trips, with the Presbyterian Church's historic commitment to deep, long-term, sustainable mission work with Christian partners around the world. Mission networks connect the long-term, mature, sustainable model of mission that grounds the work of our professional mission co-workers with the short-term, local, enthusiasm of mission trips. Most important, the mission networks may be the best connection between our congregations and the World Mission offices. There is a new spirit of collaboration, partnership and mutually blowing through our General Assembly, and particularly embodied in the new team, under the leadership of. Hunter Farrell, now assembled to lead the World Mission offices. This spirit is very evident in the growth and support given to our mission networks. We have received and we stand in a glorious heritage of Presbyterian world mission. Get involved! Support World Mission!-Mark England-Krieger, executive presbyter of Carlisle Presbytery.
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Religious Leaders Review Goals for Reducing Poverty
Friday, November 14, 2008 (19 reads)
From PCUSA Worldwide, e-newsletter of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
UN report says rising oil and food prices jeopardize gains of recent years
Seventy-five Jewish, Islamic and mainline, Pentecostal and evangelical Christian religious leaders met in New York in September to review the 2008 report from the United Nations on progress toward reaching its Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for greatly reducing extreme poverty worldwide by 2015.
The group-which included Sara Lisherness, PC(USA) director of Compassion, Peace and Justice; Ruth Farrell, director of the Presbyterian Hunger Program; and Joel Hanisek, director of the PC(USA)'s U.N. Office-reviewed the report and consulted and prayed about the role of religious communities in responding to the continuing global hunger and poverty crises.
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