Inprint Summer 2013

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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

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In This Issue

6.13 In:Focus– The PTCA Is...

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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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In:Form

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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

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24,000

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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

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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

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