Posts Tagged: bruce reyes-chow

Presbyterian Pillars grow

Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and Robin Pugh have recently become Pillars of the Church.  In April, at Ecumenical Advocacy Days, the office of Compassion, Peace, and Justice announced the formation of the Pillar initiative where people can designate giving towards particular passions, thus helping to sustain them over… Read more »

Reflect, dream and share about the PC(USA)

Have a vision about the future of the church . . . about where and how God is at work in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)? Make a video and share your vision in an online conference called “We Are Presbyterians.” The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, friend of the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations and moderator… Read more »

Pastoral Letter on Oil Spill

As the oil spill continues in the Gulf of Mexico and our prayers are with all those affected by the spill, Bruce Reyes-Chow, PC(USA) Moderator; Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly; and Linda Bryant Valentine, Executive Director of…

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Three ways to follow Philippine election

Here are three sources of information on the election in the Philippines: Kodao Productions will provide daily press releases from the People’s International Observer Mission. They will also include unscreened tweets via Twitter. The Philippine Election Observation Team Facebook page…

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Haiti visit

A small group of Presbyterians will visit Haiti beginning tomorrow. They will meet with the people of Haiti, mission co-workers, Haitian partners, and global church partners. The participants will learn, engage and see first-hand the impact of the earthquake and…

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Pray for Haiti

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has posted a prayer for the people and nation of Haiti as they struggle to recover from the earthquake. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow notes, “Sometimes in the face of tragedy and feelings of helplessness,…

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Respond to Ondoy

Financial gifts to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance will help our sisters and brothers in the Philippines whose lives have been devastated by Tropical Storm “Ketsana,” also known as “Ondoy,” This storm swept across metro Manila and parts of Central Luzon on…

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Press conference marks pastor’s release

We have posted video of the press conference following the release of Pastor Edwin Egar of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. On February 11, 2009, Pastor Egar was abducted. His colleagues flew into action and began working…

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