Recently added articles from Presbyterian Record:
Rooted and grounded: a new and exciting church, glimpsed at CY09, is emerging from the PCC.(OPINION)(Presbyterian Church in Canada's Canada Youth 2009)(Essay)
Sep 01, 2009; MacLeod, Alex ... Hanging out with a group of 20 teenagers at Canada Youth 2009, I learned a thing or two. For starters, they loved the worship. I had thought the relational stuff would come first by far. I was wrong. At the beginning of our sessions together, each of us wrote down an experience ...
Before the word became flesh.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2009; Moorhouse, Michael ... What a delight the letters are, and how predictable has been the response to Dr. McLelland's March model of the world's major religions compatibly orbiting a central God. No surprise that the level of wrath rose from "rising indignation" in May to lashings of heresy in June. Personally, it ...
Godincident.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2009; Whyte, Wally ... Re How Does Our Garden Grow, May You are to be praised for bringing this to the attention of our church, unwelcome as it will be to so many who seem to be in a state of denial on this subject. Then to my further surprise when I finally got around to reviewing the remainder of ...
Inextricably tied to Jesus.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2009; Craig, Bud ... I received the Holy Spirit in 1979 at age 30 after a heartfelt repentance about the way I was living my life. The experience was like Saul's conversion on the road to Damascus. I was not looking for Jesus or God but was simply saying to God that I was sorry (I did not even know for sure ...
Pontius' puddle.(LETTERS)(Cartoon)
Sep 01, 2009; ... I WORRY ABOUT THE YOUTH OF TODAY. THEY ARE SENSITIVE, COMPASSIONATE, SERVICE-MINDED, ECOLOGY-MINDED AND BACKGROUNDS ...
Frenglish Calvin.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2009; Forsyth, F.H. ... Re Moi je prefere Jean Cauvin, June Letters The letter writer's elaboration indicates he is knowledgeable about the French language in that era (16th century). But if he is so keen to get the French form of ...
Grant a moderator.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2009; Bannerman, N.R. ... Re A Liberal Autobiography, July/August I think your readers would be interested in knowing that Michael Ignatieff's ancestor, Rev. G. M. Grant, born ...
Cake of the Month: St. Andrew's, Bowmanville, Ont., recently celebrated their 175th anniversary.(People & Places)(Brief article)(Photograph)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Cake of the Month: St. Andrew's, Bowmanville, Ont., recently celebrated their 175th anniversary. Celebrations have been taking place throughout the last year, including a Women of the Bible fashion ...
Junior Sunday school children at St. Andrew's, Kamloops, B.C., collected dimes during Lent (taped like scales on fish cards).(People & Places)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Junior Sunday school children at St. Andrew's, Kamloops, B.C., collected dimes during Lent (taped like scales on fish cards). They searched the PWS&D ...
On our website.(People & Places)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Learning about the body of Christ at Calvin, Halifax. Rev. Cheol Soon Park drops in at Fort McMurray. A festival of faith at Nine Mile Creek, P.E.I. St. Andrew's and St. Stephen's, North Vancouver, raise $2,000 for a local charity and then they celebrate a S0th wedding anniversary. Ten ...
Young people along with their mentors, gathered for a photo before a very special celebration at Armour Heights, Toronto.(People & Places)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Young people along with their mentors, gathered for a photo before a very special celebration at Armour Heights, Toronto. On Christian ...
In April, the youth of St. David's, Halifax, with help from their parents, prepared a spaghetti lunch for the congregation, raising $395 for Presbyterians Sharing.(People & Places)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Caption: In April, the youth of St. David's, Halifax, with help from their parents, prepared a spaghetti lunch for the congregation, raising $395 for ...
Indian Youth.(SPOTLIGHT)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Caption: Indian Youth: Abhishek Tomar (not pictured), Deepika Tomar, Deepak Baghel and Jaklina Parmar, from Jobat and nearby villages in Northern India, share a traditional song and dance at ...
Conflict in Afghanistan 'unnecessary': UN conflict expert speaks to national staff.(NEWS)(Remmelt Hummelen)
Sep 01, 2009; MacLachlan, Amy ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT'S WRONG with the war in Afghanistan, Remmelt Hummelen isn't exactly lost for words. A former national church staff person, he thinks Canada's approach is causing problems instead of solving them, focusing on the capital when it's the ...
Afghanistan needs life.(NEWS)(Canadian Council of Churches)
Sep 01, 2009; MacLachlan, Amy ... THE GENERAL SECRETARY of the Canadian Council of Churches, Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton, visited the Canadian Forces base in Kandahar in July, meeting with soldiers and military chaplains as well as the Religious Officer of the Afghan National Army. Though there were many moving ...
Knox explores Dead Sea Scrolls.(Knox College)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Knox College will hold a seminar in October on the Dead Sea Scrolls, which are on display at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto until January 2010. Knox's seminar will discuss how the scrolls have affected modern translations of the Old ...
Short film.(Peter Johnson's 'The Only Possible Outcome')(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; MacLachlan, Amy ... Web guru and former Vine staff person Peter Johnson launched a modest filmmaking career in July when his short film The Only Possible Outcome played at the Mississauga Independent Film Festival. The four-minute and 20-second movie featured his brother, Daniel Johnson and Knox ...
Unusual organ transplant.
Sep 01, 2009; Bolton, Kathleen ... When a Vancouver newcomer wandered into Central Presbyterian last August and asked if he could play the organ, the congregation thought their prayers had been answered. Martin John Stephen Lovelyn, known to his friends as Lovelyn, replaced their Montreal-bound organist the ...
Hymnist, composer celebrated.
Sep 01, 2009; Purvis, C. ... Joseph Scriven, author of What a Friend We Have in Jesus will be celebrated this month in his hometown of Port Hope, Ont. Local churches are planning a number of tours, services, concerts and barbeques to mark the occasion, and a refurbished monument to Scriven will be unveiled. Details ...
Eradicating poverty.
Sep 01, 2009; MacLachlan, Amy ... Churches can be a powerful force when it comes to eradicating poverty in their community, said Stephen Allen, associate secretary of Justice Ministries. "But duplication is a luxury that's best avoided." Rather than rushing to do something, he suggested congregations look at the needs of ...
