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2009 News Archive |
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January 2009 |
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Jan 5 |
[ENI] Still room at the inn as Congo’s poorest offer war displaced shelter
[RNS] Church leaders appeal for cease-fire in Gaza
[WCC] Colombian people want and deserve peace, ecumenical delegation says
PC(USA) Mission Yearbook launched in new formats |
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Jan 6 |
[RNS] Fund raises money for gentiles who sheltered Jews during Holocaust
[CWS] Church leaders urge Obama to drop Cuba travel restrictions
Religious coalition presses for start of new policy era
Flip-flops and cowboy boots
New church in Santa Barbara Presbytery bridges the old and the new |
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Jan 7 |
[RNS] Calif. court ruling may impact church property fights Supreme court rules in favor of Episcopal Church over breakaway church
[ENI] Many injured can’t be reached, says Gaza hospital director
Stated Clerk issues statement on Gaza-Israel crisis
Parsons: ‘all violence in Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank must stop’ |
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Jan 8 |
[ENI] Christmas stays peaceful in India's uneasy Kandhamal, fears linger
[RNS] Poll: No evidence that recession pulls people into pews
WARC issues call to prayer and action for Gaza
Kirkpatrick and Nyomi: ‘none of the violence is acceptable' |
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Jan 9 |
[ENI] Sally Ann rings a new bell with ‘plastic’ donations
[RNS] Some Afghan women say death by fire is only choice
Prayer for a New Year
A monthly column for the church by the stated clerk
Faith leaders call for raising minimum wage
Living Wage events link MLK dream to end poverty wages |
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Jan 12 |
[RNS] Icon exhibit hints at thaw in U.S.-Russian relations
[ENI] Once whites-only South African church has first synod with blacks
Writers Guild seeking new authors for award
Jim Angell Award honors best first book by a Presbyterian author
PDA launches humanitarian aid appeal for Middle East
Prayers, donations sought to help relieve suffering |
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Jan 13 |
[RNS] N.Y. court rules for Episcopal Church in property fight
[ENI] Church-backed hospital hit by Israeli missile in Gaza
Notes about people
Sister act
PC(USA) clergywoman embraces contemplative life as a Benedictine |
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Jan 14 |
[RNS] Bush legacy to be shaped by faith-based programs
[ENI] Polemics about Gaza call papal Holy Land visit into question
Jeffrey Lawrence named publisher of Presbyterians Today
New Yorker brings business and pastoral ministry experience to new job |
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Jan 15 |
[RNS] Groups seek executive order banning torture
[ENI] Church groups warn about ‘collapse’ of Sudan peace pact
PC(USA) encourages participation in National Day of Service
Web site connects volunteers to events across the nation
Can a small, failing church take on Ike and win?
Clothing ministry revitalizes Texas congregation in hurricane’s aftermath |
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Jan 16 |
[RNS] Presidential church choice sends political, spiritual messages
[ENI] UC-Santa Barbara to examine religion’s impact on global human rights
‘Vision, Virtue, and Vocation’
Authors of new Social Creed press social justice agenda with Obama
Stepping closer to the dream
Presbyterians walk for justice on Martin Luther King’s birthday
Heavy fire destroys Portland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Community's only mainline Protestant church considered a huge loss |
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Jan 21 |
[RNS] Obama refashions America's old-time (civil) religion
[RNS] With Warren and Lowery, Obama sends signals about religious outreach
[ENI] President Obama prays before and after inauguration
Parsons, Valentine, Reyes-Chow attend National Prayer Service
2009 Week Of Prayer For Christian Unity is Jan. 18-25
Focus this year is on Korea |
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Jan 22 |
[RNS] Christian Churches Together lobbies Obama on poverty
[ENI] Theologians converge on Brazil to envision a sustainable world
Parsons, Valentine, Reyes-Chow attend National Prayer Service
Presbyterian News Service gets new reporter
Lifelong Presbyterian Bethany Furkin starts Feb. 2 |
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Jan 23 |
[RNS] Evangelicals, progressives announces common agenda
[ENI] Gaza ‘full of blood and grief,’ says church hospital head
[RNS] Obama’s prayer service reflects new push toward diversity
The light shines in north Africa
A PC(USA) missionary letter from Ethiopia |
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Jan 26 |
[ENI] Christians should repent for ecological damage, global forum told
[RNS] Religious leaders praise Obama directives on torture, Guantanamo
ACSWP seeks moral voice in economic reconstruction
Fledgling “Global Oikonomics Project” aims at ‘well-being of all’
XLIII = XX
Souper Bowl of Caring celebrates 20 years of service |
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Jan 29 |
[RNS] Pope’s current controversy obscured by longer vision
[ENI] Pope’s current controversy obscured by longer vision
[ENI] World church leaders welcome election of Kirill as Russian Patriarch
Ecumenically-minded new Russian Orthodox Church leader praised
Presbyterian Men schedule national conference
Annual gathering is April 17-19 in Denver
‘Through the waters’
Sue Youngsook Yon is among PC(USA)’s first Korean-American Certified Christian educators |
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Jan 30 |
[RNS] Anglicans set to consider rival North American church
[ENI] Faith groups hail recognition of ‘right to food’ as hunger weapon
ACSWP ponders impact of Obama’s election on church’s social witness
Expects PC(USA)’s voice to be better heard by new administration
John B. Evans dies at 79
North Carolinian was pastor, educator, booster of theological education |
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