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  January 2004  
             
  Jan. 8 ‘Souper Bowl' will score big on Feb. 1
Organizers kick off 2004 anti-hunger campaign, tackle $4 million challenge
 
     
 
  Jan. 9 Orthodox celebrate Christmas
Russian patriarch hails church ‘renaissance’
 
       
    College News  
       
    Nominees sought for PC(USA) justice ministry awards
Honors to be handed out during PHEWA’s GA fete
 
       
    Start me up
PPC equips new pastors with free resources
 
       
    Churches leaders hail thawing India and Pakistan relations  
       
    Hundreds pay tribute to Dick Baldwin at Memphis memorial service  
       
    PDA sends $100,000 to Iran to aid quake survivors
Church appeals for financial support of continuing relief efforts
 
       
    California pastor will run for stated clerk
Bob Davis says he aims to ‘change the ethos’ of the PC(USA)
 
       
    4 special offerings said to shine
Prospects for a new one are iffy, suggests task force chair
 
     
 
  Jan. 12 Home sweat home
Woman and family are behind the 8 ball in Kilometer Seven
 
       
    Ed Gehres continues to improve; doctors cautiously optimistic  
       
    Worship service marks WCC’s focus on violence in the U.S.
Calendar of events to be announced
 
       
    Centre won’t be campaign-debate site  
     
 
  Jan. 13 Notes about people  
       
    College-ministry writers to vie for new prizes
Feb. 20 is deadline for ‘Campus Ministry Touched Me’ contest
 
       
    Relief agencies face long haul in rebuilding Iranian city of Bam  
       
    Conservative Episcopalians rally on eve of new ‘network’  
       
    Credit where credit’s due
Christian lending agency topped new-investment goal for ’03
 
       
    Wes Baker, former COEMAR head, dead at 80  
     
 
  Jan. 14 Men overbored
Refugees have too much time, too little work, too few options
 
     
 
  Jan. 15 Not so moderate
Commenting on ‘Plan for Colombia,’ Andrews pulls no punches
 
       
    Episcopal dissidents plan widespread ‘disobedience’  
       
    Christian leaders in Pakistan threaten protests after killing of pastors  
       
    Not the same old story
Presbyterians Today needs help in finding ‘40 under 40’
 
       
    PC(USA) helps prepare future professors for China  
     
 
  Jan. 16 Fire-fighting ‘hunks’ helping hospice
Rosalie Potter memorialized with fund-raising calendar
 
       
    Peacemaking Conference expands to embrace justice concerns
Hunger, environment, economic justice added to slate
 
       
    Reviews mixed for PC(USA) commercials
Some say TV spots take too long to identify the denomination
 
       
    Notes about people  
     
 
  Jan. 20 Looking forward to preserving the past
Task force charting the future of Presbyterian Historical Society
 
       
    Flying Lessons
A message to the Presbyterian Church (USA) from the moderator
 
       
    National Council of Churches joins in $15 million voter registration drive  
       
    Trade agreements and alternatives to globalization discussed at North American churches’ consultation  
       
   

Moderator will host online ‘chat’ Feb. 12
Andrews eager to share mission stories in hourlong Web event

 
     
 
  Jan. 22

Foundation receives $6.8 million gift
Grocery heir’s bequest was ‘in the pipeline’ for half a century

 
     
 
  Jan. 23 New WCC leader Kobia says interfaith dialogue a top priority  
       
    Episcopal dissidents formally launch new ‘network’  
       
    Notes about people  
       
   

U.S. ecumenical delegation denied visit to Guantanamo detainees
NCC continues to press for detainees’ due process rights

 
       
   

In the valley of the shadow Photo album icon
Colombian churchman fights to live well despite death threats

 
       
    Where is the moderator?  
       
   

‘An experience of God’
Bold ideas, actions are keys to church transformation,
speaker says

 
     
 
  Jan. 26

Transformation doesn’t come easy
Fixing a broken congregation takes patience, energy and tools

 
       
   

Nobody’s favorite
Various ‘parents’ of ‘Transforming Families’ paper are treating it like a stepchild

 
       
 
  Jan. 27

ACSWP hails private-prison resolution
Booklet includes GA policy, background and study materials

 
       
    Notes about people  
       
   

3 Pakistani terrorists sentenced
Muslims convicted of killing 4 in attack on Presbyterian hospital

 
       
 
  Jan. 28

Help celebrate self-help
PC(USA) plans tribute to program that gives poor people a leg up

 
       
   

“That all may have life in fullness” (John 10:10)
A call to Bible study in preparation for upcoming GA, WARC gatherings

 
       
   

Leaders cite progress in new Christian ecumenical coalition
Broad-based group aims to be ‘up and running’ by May 2005

 
       
   

24 self-help projects funded
SDOP disburses $401,000 at home and abroad

 
       
    Corrections  
       
 
  Jan. 29

Trusting God’s vision
Church transformers credit openness to Spirit, love of neighbor

 
       
   

Kirkpatrick renominated for 3rd term
Nominating committee says incumbent stated clerk ‘has served Christ well’

 
       

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