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New Director sought for Presbyterian Washington Office
[11-23-09]

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"One Door" opens onto all kinds of work opportunities in the PC(USA)

You can now do a PC(USA) job search including mission and volunteer opportunities, as well as ministry openings, in the US and world-wide.
      [9-21-04]
MLP Posts Two Positions: Operations Coordinator and Grant Writer      [8-4-09]

A notice from More Light Presbyterians

More Light Presbyterians now has two job openings. The openings are for a grant writer and an operations coordinator. Both are part-time, contract positions. Deadline for applications is August 14, 2009. To see the position descriptions, click on the links below:
 
bullet    Grant Writer
bullet    Operations Coordinator
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Presbyterian World Mission seeks candidates for international service    [8-12-08]

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission leaders are asking the church to help them identify qualified candidates for international mission service.

“The General Assembly Council developed a budget, which in June was approved by the General Assembly, that enables the church to reverse a 50-year trend of decline in the number of mission co-workers serving internationally,” says Hunter Farrell, the church’s director of World Mission. “We are seeking to increase the number from fewer than 200 today to 215 in 2009 and 220 in 2010.” Currently, 18 mission positions are posted on the Mission Service Recruitment office’s Web site [www.pcusa.org/msr].

They are scattered around the world and call for a variety of skills and gifts. “Both the World Mission staff and our international partners agree that all these positions meet critical needs,” Farrell says. “Our partners have been requesting some of these positions for several years.” The church, however, lacks candidates for some positions and that is why World Mission is asking individual Presbyterians to consider their own call and giftedness for mission service and encourage others to do likewise, he adds.

“Many times people hear a call to service after somebody has affirmed their giftedness,” Farrell says. “I would like Presbyterians to think about individuals who worship in the pew behind them on Sunday mornings, who serve on the congregation’s Mission Committee with them, or who work with them on presbytery projects and in other areas of ministry.”

Some of the openings include:
-A Christian educator/evangelist in the Democratic Republic of Congo
-An English teacher in Indonesia
-A health coordinator in Sudan
-A women’s leadership facilitator in Guatemala

For more information about mission service, email the Mission Service Recruitment office [msr@pcusa.org] or call toll-free (888) 728 7228, x2530.

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Some blogs worth visiting

 

Voices of Sophia blog

Heather Reichgott, who has created this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:

After fifteen years of scholarship and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy, students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and thoughtful community.

 

Witherspoon’s Facebook page

Mitch Trigger, Witherspoon’s Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!

You can post your own news and views, or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you.

 

John Harris’ Summit to Shore blogspot

Theological and philosophical reflections on everything between summit to shore, including kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology, politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian Church in Flushing, NY.

 

John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive

A Presbyterian minister, currently serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton, Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and lightening up.

 

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Plan now for our 2010 Ghost Ranch Seminar!

GHOST RANCH SEMINAR

July 26-August 1, 2010

WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
CONFRONTING THE STRUCTURES OF INJUSTICE

 

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