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C’67 Litany

November 9, 2002

Litany for the Church (Based on the Confession of 1967)   Susan Ashton Conference Manager, Covenant Network, and Minister Member of San Francisco Presbytery 2002 Covenant Conference Closing Worship, November 9, 2002 One: Life is a gift to be received with gratitude and a task to be pursued with courage. All: By the power of the [...]

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Reconciliation Matters

November 7, 2002

Reconciliation Matters: C67 Now and Then  John Wilkinson Pastor,Third Presbyterian Church Rochester, New York  Address to the 2002 Covenant Conference November 7, 2002 II Corinthians 5:16(RSV): From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him [...]

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Confessions Litany

November 7, 2002

Litany for the Church  John Wilkinson Pastor, Third Presbyterian Church Rochester, NY 2002 Covenant Conference Opening Worship, November 7, 2002 One: We confess and acknowledge one God alone, to whom alone we must cleave, whom alone we must serve, whom alone we must worship, and in whom alone we put our trust. (Scots Confession, 1560) [...]

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Christ and Culture Revisited

November 2, 2001

Jack L. Stotts President Emeritus, Austin Theological Seminary Address to the 2001 Covenant Conference November 2, 2001 In 1949, a little over fifty years ago, the late H. Richard Niebuhr, then professor of Christian ethics at Yale University, gave the alumni lectures at Austin Seminary. The theme of those lectures and the title of the [...]

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Guided by the Confessions

November 6, 1998

1998 Covenant Conference   Guided by the Confessions: A Conversation Over Time Cynthia Campbell November 6, 1998 [Précis] Since Reunion in 1983, the Presbyterian Church (USA) has been a “confessional church,” living with a Book of Confessions.  This collection was originally developed by the United Presbyterian Church (USA) with the adoption of the Confession of 1967, [...]

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