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
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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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In:Focus
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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“Gentle But Clear”
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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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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Dayton Avenue has a “Messy Church” (And that’s okay.)
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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
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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
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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