Inprint Summer 2013

InPrint a publication of the presbytery of the twin cities area

Summer 2013

The PTCA Is...

Thoughts on the Identity and Future of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area

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Words from the Editor

InPrint

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In This Issue

6.13 In:Focus– The PTCA Is...

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In:Focus

In:Spire

Our Spiritual Walk

The PTCA Is...

10 In:sights

29 In:Form

Mission and Ministry

News and Resources

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In:Volve

Missional Stories

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The PTCA Is...

In:Focus

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In:Focus

What’s the Identity of the Presbytery of the Twin Cites Area?

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In:Focus

Photo courtesy of iStockPhoto.

Connectionalism: The Presbyterian Way

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Remembering Presbyfest

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In:Focus

The PTCA is…an Opportunity

Many Members...One Body

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In:Focus

Called to Live Out our Mission

The PTCA at a Glance 26,500 26,000 25,500 25,000 24,500

Total Membership

24,000 23,500

23,000 22,500

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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In:Sights-Views on Mission and Ministry

“Well done, good and

Remembering “Mr. PTCA,” Ward Sessing

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In:Sights-Views on Mission and Ministry

d faithful servant…”

“My friends, thank you for allowing me to walk with you on this journey. My prayer and Charge…is for your continued leadership and example of building unity in community.

May God bless you and keep you always. Amen.”

Ward Sessing, Final Address as Moderator of Synod of Lakes and Prairies -January 2009 inprint/presbytery of the twin cities area/ summer 2013 11

In:Sights-Views on Mission and Ministry

“The Story Behind Our Quiet Room”

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In:Sights-Views on Mission and Ministry

“Gentle But Clear”

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The History of the PTCA’s Disability Concerns Ministry

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Disability Concerns Webpage Updated 

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In:Volve-Missional Stories

Westminster-Minneapolis Helps Break the Cycle of Homelessness

Nicollet Square.

Three PTCA Leaders Named Collegeville Institute Fellows

From left to right: Megan Gage-Finn, Joann Lee and Lucy Mungai.

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In:Volve-Missional Stories

NEWSLETTER TITLE • Spring/Fall 20XX

PTCA Pix

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Three PTCA Churches Plan ‘Hospitality Houses’ to Open in ‘14

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ing: Ruling Elder and Moderator Barbara Lutter congratulates Teaching Elder Betty Raitt for five years of perfect Presbytery Meeting attendance. 2. Also during the meeting, PCUSA Mission Worker Kurt Esslinger speaks to the Presbytery about mission, the Young Adult Volunteer program and his up coming move with his family to South Korea. 3. Teaching Elder Paul Moore participates in Ice Cream eating contest. 4. At the May Stated Meeting, Ruling Elder Barbara Van Loenen looks on while Ruling Elder Barbara Lutter speaks to the Presbytery.

5. Participants converse at Wired Church Forum at Bryn Mawr PC in Minneapolis. 6. People take part in Wednesday evening Summer Service at WestminsterMinneapolis.

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Photo by Tom Northenscold

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In:Volve-Missional Stories

From gardens to pantries

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Presbyterians Unite to Grow Vegetables for Food Shelves at First, South St. Paul

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In:Volve-Missional Stories

The brother-sister duo wanted to create an organization that helps children learn how to become fit and stay that way for life. At the same time, the children hoped to help the under-served in the community and throughout the US by providing humanitarian aid in the form of medical funding, sports equipment funding, and by providing swimming lessons to those children who could not otherwise afford them.

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In:Volve-Missional Stories

NEWSLETTER TITLE • Spring/Fall 20XX

Tri To Change the World One father + Two kids + One Triatholon = Helping kids near and far.

By Susan Moody

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In:Volve-Missional Stories

After participating in two youth triathlons that summer, Rob and Emma realized something: triathlons are fun.

About Tri to Change the World

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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk

NEWSLETTER TITLE • Spring/Fall 20XX

Youth Ministry Does not exist

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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk

Our youth rooms, youth camps, youth services, youth directors and youth outreaches all show that we have been more than willing to prop up this madeup cultural category called adolescence.

The church is not only guilty for helping legitimate this cultural category but also for helping create it in the first place.

You could say that the church is to blame.

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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk

What might happen if we (the church) included them (youth) as adults, expected them to act and participate as adults? If our local congregations began (even if it was only on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings) treating young people as adults, it might have huge ramifications on the rest of society.

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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk

Pain.

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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk

Dayton Avenue has a “Messy Church” (And that’s okay.)

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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk

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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk

highlights the unofficial stated meeting highlights of the presbytery of the twin cities area Find out what happened at Presbytery meetings by reading this short summary.

Download the latest issue at www.presbyterytwincities.org /highlights/

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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk Laying a Foundation with God’s Love: Building Schools and Changing Lives

Children in Niger prepare for school.

Presbyterian Women Meet in Rochester for Spring Gathering

School bags were given out at PW Spring Gathering.

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In:Form-News and Resources

Presbytery SDOP Committee Looking for Racial-Ethnic Members

Around the presbytery

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In:Form-News and Resources

Presbyterians Join in Critical Conversations about Sex Trafficking

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In:Form-News and Resources Grant

Love God. Love neighbor. Let God take care of the rest.

This is the heart of Christ’s message – and good news for the church today. Come to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Big Tent event and discover for yourself how putting God’s first things first can bring rebirth and renewal to your church.

For more information go to: www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/bigtent

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In:Form-News and Resources In the Resource Center DVDs

Books -

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In:Form-News and Resources Transitions

5-Year Ordination Anniversaries

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Taize Cross Available for Worship

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In:Deed-Final Thoughts

An Unusual (But Holy) Sunday Morning

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In:Deed-Final Thoughts Meet the 2013-14 PTCA Moderator and Vice Moderator The Rev. Dr. David Colby

Thomas J. Ruter

Moderator

Vice-Moderator

Upcoming Events

Connect w/PTCA

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