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March 2011

A Letter of Support for 10-A

March 30, 2011

Across the church people are working together to spread the word about the merits of Amendment 10-A. In Coastal Carolina Presbytery a letter in support of 10-A was drafted and sent out prior to the March 26th presbytery meeting. Thanks to all who signed the letter and who persevere in hope.

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SPJC Upholds Spahr Conviction for Performing Legal Same-Gender Marriages

March 29, 2011

The Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of the Pacific (SPJC) has upheld the conviction of the Rev. Jane Adams Spahr for performing marriages of same-gender couples during the period of 2008 when such marriages were legal in California.

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Appeal of Jane Spahr Conviction Will Be Heard This Week

March 22, 2011

The Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod of the Pacific (SPJC) will hear the Rev. Jane Spahr’s appeal of her conviction for performing 16 same-sex marriages in California during the period in 2008 when such marriages were legal, and “representing that [these] same sex ceremonies . . . were marriages of persons of the same sex.” The hearing will be held in Oakland, CA, on March 24.

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2011 Covenant Conference!

March 18, 2011

RECONCILING: VOICES, VISIONS, VOCATIONS
Learning to live out the ministry of reconciliation entrusted to us
- in our church, our communities, and our world.

Join us November 3-5, at First Presbyterian, Durham, NC

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Covenant Congregation in the News

March 8, 2011

First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton, one of only five Covenant congregations in Tennessee, was recently featured in the Johnson City Press as a leader in environmental awareness and advocacy.

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Good words from the author of The Good Book

March 3, 2011

Peter Gomes, author of The Good Book and minister of Harvard’s Memorial Church, died this week. His remarks to the Covenant Network G.A. Luncheon in 1999 remain remarkably relevant as we again consider ordination standards.

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