So, an iman, a rabbi, and a Presbyterian minister met in a parking lot…
To be precise, they met on the afternoon of Sept. 11 in the parking lot of the Islamic Center of Boulder (Colorado) along with 150 members from local Muslim, Jewish, and Christian faith groups. They congregated to commemorate, celebrate and cross-pollinate with an organized “Walk for Peace and Solidarity.”
Staff at the Presbyterian Center gathered today to give thanks to God for the life of Cynthia Bolbach, moderator of the 219th General Assembly (2010). Bolbach, a proudly Ruling Elder from National Capital Presbytery, died Dec. 12 after a nearly yearlong battle with cancer. She was 64.
Haiti’s poverty and problems run far deeper than the damage done by the recent earthquake, said General Assembly Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow after his recent visit to the island nation.
“What I knew intellectually, but saw now with my own eyes, was that Haiti’s poverty and problems were not just because of the earthquake,” he said. “Much has to do with global policies toward Haiti, and the decades of how we have not treated Haiti well.”
Reyes-Chow cited as an example how the United States has pushed Haiti to change its tariffs on rice. As a result, the country …
The Rev. Eric G. Nielsen, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Eau Claire, Wisc., has been unanimously endorsed by Northern Waters Presbytery to stand for moderator of the upcoming 219th General Assembly, July 3-10 in Minneapolis. The presbytery took its action May 6.
He joins three other candidates for the Assembly’s top post — the Rev. Jin Kim of Minneapolis in the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area; Elder Cynthia Bolbach of Washington, D.C. in National Capital Presbytery; and the Rev. Maggie Lauterer, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Burnsville, N.C. in Western North Carolina Presbytery.
Nielsen, who …
National Capital Presbytery has unanimously endorsed the first candidate to stand for moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The assembly will be held July 3-10 in Minneapolis.
Elder Cynthia Bolbach, 61, is a lawyer and member of First Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Va.
“I feel called to stand for Moderator to help our church — proud inheritor of the Reformed tradition — discern how best to proclaim the timeless Gospel message to a 21st century world that is multi-cultural and religiously pluralistic,” Bolbach said in a presbytery press release.
She has leadership …