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Print In Summer 2013Summer 2013
The PTCA Is...
a publication of the presbytery of the twin cities area
Thoughts on the Identity and Future of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area
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Words from the Editor
Print In
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In This Issue
6.13 In:Focus– The PTCA Is...
4
In:sights
In:Focus In:Spire
In:Volve
The PTCA Is...
Mission and Ministry
Missional Stories
Our Spiritual Walk
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29 News and Resources
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14
In:Form
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In:Focus
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In:Focus
What’s the Identity of the Presbytery of the Twin
Cites Area?
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Photo courtesy of iStockPhoto.
Connectionalism: The
Presbyterian Way
In:Focus
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In:Focus
Remembering Presbyfest
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The PTCA is…an Opportunity In:Focus
Many Members...One Body
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In:Focus
Called to Live Out our Mission
The PTCA at a Glance
22,500
23,000
23,500
24,000
24,500
25,000
25,500
26,000
26,500
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Total Membership
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In:Sights-Views on Mission and Ministry
“Well done, good and faithful servant…”
Remembering “Mr. PTCA,” Ward Sessing
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In:Sights-Views on Mission and Ministry
“Well done, good and faithful servant…”
“My friends, thank you for allowing me to walk with you on this journey. My
prayer and Charge…is for your continued leadership and example of building
unity in community.
May God bless you and keep you always. Amen.”
Ward Sessing, Final Address as Moderator of Synod of Lakes and Prairies
-January 2009
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“The Story Behind Our Quiet Room”
In:Sights-Views on Mission and Ministry
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“Gentle But Clear” The History of the PTCA’s
Disability Concerns Ministry
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In:Sights-Views on Mission and Ministry
Disability Concerns
Webpage Updated
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In:Volve-Missional Stories Westminster-Minneapolis Helps Break the Cycle of Homelessness
Nicollet Square.
Three PTCA Leaders Named Collegeville Institute Fellows
From left to right: Megan Gage-Finn, Joann Lee and Lucy Mungai.
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NEWSLETTER TITLE • Spring/Fall 20XX
In:Volve-Missional Stories
PTCA Pix
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1. At May Stated Meet-ing: Ruling Elder and Moderator Barbara Lut-ter congratulates Teach-ing Elder Betty Raitt for five years of perfect Pres-bytery Meeting attend-ance. 2. Also during the meeting, PCUSA Mission Worker Kurt Esslinger speaks to the Presbytery about mission, the Young Adult Volunteer program and his up coming move with his family to South Korea. 3. Teaching Elder Paul Moore participates in Ice Cream eating con-test. 4. At the May Stat-ed Meeting, Ruling Elder Barbara Van Loenen looks on while Ruling Elder Barbara Lutter speaks to the Presbytery. 5. Participants converse at Wired Church Forum at Bryn Mawr PC in Min-
neapolis. 6. People take part in Wednesday even-ing Summer Service at Westminster-Minneapolis.
Photo by Tom Northenscold
Three PTCA Churches
Plan ‘Hospitality Houses’
to Open in ‘14
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From gardens to pantries
In:Volve-Missional Stories
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Presbyterians Unite to
Grow Vegetables for Food
Shelves at First, South St.
Paul
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In:Volve-Missional Stories
The brother-sister duo wanted to create an
organization that helps children learn how to
become fit and stay that way for life. At the
same time, the children hoped to help the
under-served in the community and
throughout the US by providing humanitari-
an aid in the form of medical funding, sports
equipment funding, and by providing swim-
ming lessons to those children who could
not otherwise afford them.
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NEWSLETTER TITLE • Spring/Fall 20XX In:Volve-Missional Stories
Tri To
Change the
World One father
+ Two kids
+ One Triatholon
= Helping kids near and far.
By Susan Moody
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In:Volve-Missional Stories
After participating in two youth tri-
athlons that summer, Rob and Emma
realized something: triathlons are
fun.
About Tri to Change the World
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NEWSLETTER TITLE • Spring/Fall 20XX
In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk
Youth Ministry Does not
exist
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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk
Our youth rooms, youth camps, youth
services, youth directors and youth out-
reaches all show that we have been
more than willing to prop up this made-
up cultural category called adolescence.
The church is not only guilty for helping
legitimate this cultural category but also
for helping create it in the first place.
You could say that the church is to
blame.
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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk
What might happen if we (the church)
included them (youth) as adults, ex-
pected them to act and participate as
adults? If our local congregations be-
gan (even if it was only on Wednes-
day nights and Sunday mornings)
treating young people as adults, it
might have huge ramifications on the
rest of society.
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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk
Pain.
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Dayton Avenue has a “Messy Church” (And that’s okay.)
In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk
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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk
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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk
highlights the unofficial stated meeting
highlights of the presbytery of
the twin cities area
Find out what happened at Presbytery meetings by read-
ing this short summary.
Download the latest issue at www.presbyterytwincities.org
/highlights/
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In:Spire-Our Spiritual Walk Laying a Foundation with God’s Love: Building Schools and Changing Lives
Children in Niger prepare for school.
Presbyterian Women Meet in Rochester for Spring Gathering
School bags were given out at PW Spring Gathering.
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Presbytery SDOP Committee Looking for Racial-Ethnic Members
Around the presbytery
In:Form-News and Resources
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In:Form-News and Resources
Presbyterians Join in Critical Conversations about Sex Trafficking
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In:Form-News and Resources
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Grant
In:Form-News and Resources
Love God. Love neighbor. Let God
take care of the rest.
This is the heart of Christ’s message – and good news
for the church today. Come to the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.)’s Big Tent event and discover for yourself how
putting God’s first things first can bring rebirth and
renewal to your church.
For more information go to:
www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/bigtent
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In the Resource Center
DVDs Books
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In:Form-News and Resources
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Transitions
Taize Cross Available for Worship
In:Form-News and Resources
5-Year Ordination Anniversaries
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An Unusual (But Holy) Sunday Morning In:Deed-Final Thoughts
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The Rev. Dr. David Colby
Moderator
Thomas J. Ruter
Vice-Moderator
Meet the 2013-14 PTCA Moderator and Vice Moderator
Upcoming Events
In:Deed-Final Thoughts
Connect w/PTCA
