Presbyterian Record back issues from April 2003:
Debating with grace should be our hallmark. (For the Record).
Apr 01, 2003; ... This month, the federal government will be holding a series of public meetings across the country to consider whether any changes should be made to the laws regarding marriage. It is Parliament's responsibility to legally define what marriage is. Provinces have jurisdiction over marriage ...
Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Residential schools questions The January Record reported in News (Church, Ottawa Initial Agreement on Residential Schools Abuse Claims) an agreement-in-principle between the federal government and the Presbyterian Church regarding a settlement for claims of abuse in church-run Indian ...
Corrections.(Correction Notice)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Due to incorrect information, an error of the sort the Record is happy to report occurred in the February Presbytery Profile. There are 11 Korean students in the Master of Divinity program at Vancouver School of Theology, not six (and 23 Korean ...
A thank-you from Malawi: the blessings of giving and receiving. (From the Moderator).
Apr 01, 2003; ... During our Visit to Malawi last summer, we accepted an invitation to travel north to the tiny village of Ifumbo, a village so far off the beaten path not even church officials from the Synod of Livingstonia had visited in recent memory. If I had fully understood the mode of transportation ...
Is the Bible hate literature? 'Far-fetched,' say some, but others worry Bill C-250 would in fringe on the free expression of religious beliefs.(and related article)
Apr 01, 2003; ... Could the Bible, the foundational document of Western liberal democracies, become hate literature under a proposed federal law? Some Christians, including Presbyterians, think so. They are concerned about a proposal to add "sexual orientation" to the hate propaganda law (Section ...
Badger battered arid flooded: a small Newfoundland community finds itself frozen in time. (Canadian News).
Apr 01, 2003; ... Jerome Paul looked out his bathroom window on Saturday, Feb. 15, in Badger, Nfld., and saw one big rush of ice coming down the river. It was 9 a.m., but his grandson was not out of bed. The young fellow dressed quickly, and the two walked through the water to the Buchans Road, which was ...
Pop spirituality 'biggest threat' to churches. (Canadian News).
Apr 01, 2003; ... Someone browsing the spirituality shelves of a bookstore may represent a greater worry to churches than outright atheists, a leading U.S. Protestant scholar said in Montreal. "The biggest threat within the Christian world is the rise of individualized spirituality' Rev. Martin ...
KAIROS director resigns. (Canadian News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Executive director Patricia Steenberg of KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives has decided not to renew her term. Her resignation is effective Aug. 31, 2003. Launched July 1, 2001, KAIROS brought together under one umbrella group the work of 10 inter-church coalitions, ...
Anglican and United Churches reopen talks. (Canadian News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... The Anglican Church of Canada and The United Church of Canada have begun an ongoing dialogue. These are the first formal conversations between the two denominations since the end of the Plan of Union talks in the 1970s. The meeting took place Feb. 13-16, at Vancouver School of ...
Church council, banks discuss development. (World News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003; ... GENEVA -- The World Council of Churches, noted in the past for its criticism of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, invited officials of the two institutions to its Geneva headquarters to discuss development strategy. "For both sides it was not self-evident to ...
Faith leaders ask Ontario politicians for commitments to poor and vulnerable. (Canadian News).
Apr 01, 2003; ... Ontario faith leaders are asking the three provincial party leaders to make their election platforms reflect the concern of Ontario citizens for people who are poor, physically or mentally challenged, homeless, unable to pay for medical prescriptions, and hungry. In a letter written under ...
Presbyterian museum home to rare library. (Canadian News).(National Presbyterian Museum in Toronto)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003; ... Four hundred and twenty leather-bound books dating from the 17th century to the early 19th century are now being maintained for posterity in the temperature- and humidity-controlled environment of the National Presbyterian Museum in Toronto. Once part of the extensive library of Prof. John ...
Topping to address Presbyterian College. (Convocations).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... The 136th convocation of The Presbyterian College, Montreal, will be held at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul on Thursday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. Convocation speaker will be Rev. Richard Topping, minister of the host church. Mr. Topping will also be the speaker at the graduates lecture ...
Knox to give Van Seters honorary degree. (Convocations).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... The 159th convocation of Knox College will be held at Convocation Hall, University of Toronto, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Heather Johnston, a layperson who has been actively living out her faith through her work in Canada and ...
Anglican primate to address VST graduates. (Convocations).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... The 32nd convocation of Vancouver School of Theology will take place at Kerrisdale Church on Sunday, May 4, at 4 p.m. Most Rev. Michael Peers, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, will be the ...
Wallace new secretary for International Ministries. (Canadian News).(Rev. Ronald Wallace of Lindsay, Ontario)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Rev. Ronald Wallace of Lindsay, Ont., has been appointed associate secretary of International Ministries, Life and Mission Agency. He will fill the position created by the pending retirement of Marjorie Ross, who has been in the position for 11 years. Dr. Wallace served as a ...
New faces at 50 Wynford. (Canadian News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Two clerks have joined the pensions and benefits staff, replacing Nicole De Silva and Jackie Nelson who have moved to other staff positions. Kimberley Evans was office manager for the Toronto law firm of Lafleur Brown, with responsibility for ...
Youth in Mission team to visit Ghana. (Canadian News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... From April 28 to May 15, a team of 14 young adults and two adult leaders will travel to Ghana with Youth in Mission. The team will visit and share with other young people, live in the homes of Ghanaian families and participate in the ministries of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, ...
Can the Scots put humpty dumpty together again? Do they want to? Traditions and history may sink a plan for administrative union of four denominations. (World News).
Apr 01, 2003; ... Thunderstorms are being widely forecast for Scotland this summer as four denominations consider a new proposal for church union. The Scottish Church Initiative for Union outlines how the Church of Scotland, the Scottish Episcopal Church, the United Reform Church and the ...
Reformed leaders make pastoral visit to Christians, Muslims in Baghdad. (World News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003; ... GENEVA--While Iraqis and the world braced for a war many believe is inevitable, a World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) team made a pastoral visit to Baghdad. "Our purpose was to affirm our fellowship with our Iraqi Christian brothers and sisters--and their Muslim ...
Ecumenical studies chair in Rome honours scholar who taught in Canada. (World News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... ROME--For the first time, one of Rome's pontifical universities, which have a special status granted by the Vatican, is to get a chair in ecumenical studies. "We hope to invite guest professors who specialize in ecumenical questions--professors from Italy and abroad, not only ...
Presbyterian minister humanized children's TV. (World News).(Brief Article)(Biography)
Apr 01, 2003; ... NEW YORK -- Fred Rogers, an ordained Presbyterian minister credited with humanizing the often bleak landscape of children's television in the United States, has died of cancer at the age of 74. Mr. Rogers was well-known to millions of adults who, as children, had watched his public ...
Church agency coordinates aid to North Korea as congregations pray for peace. (World News).
Apr 01, 2003; ... While most of the world has had its attention riveted on Iraq over the past few months, the situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) has steadily worsened. Since the end of the Second World War, when Korea was split into two nations, North Korea has suffered ...
Wall around tomb will split Bethlehem. (World News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003; ... JERUSALEM -- Israel is preparing to build a security wall that will divide the birthplace of Jesus on the West Bank, on the grounds that it will safeguard a sacred Jewish religious shrine in Bethlehem. The move will divide Bethlehem's Palestinian areas and is likely to further ...
Bishops pan Belgium's law on same-sex marriages. (World News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... AMSTERDAM -- Belgium has become the second country in the world to legalize same-sex marriages, but the country's Roman Catholic bishops have no intention of changing their opposition to celebrating such marriages in church. "The bishops are not against the approved legal ...
Put Dracula Park plan in coffin, say churches. (World News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... WARSAW -- Romanian churches have welcomed the cancellation of plans for a $32-million-US "Dracula Park" in Transylvania, in the western part of the country bordering Hungary, but warned the government against attempting to relocate the project. "We would support a functioning ...
U.S. Presbyterians face divisive vote at assembly. (World News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Deep divisions over human sexuality have resurfaced in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Some conservatives accuse two top executives of undermining efforts to call a special session of the current 214th General Assembly to enforce a ban on gay clergy who are not celibate. In ...
We are now counted! (P W S Developments).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... "I am now counted," says Apaka, a young woman, full of smiles, who has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. Having completed the sewing course at the Garu Community Based Rehabilitation Centre in Ghana's Upper East District, Apaka is apprenticing to be a seamstress in a ...
Lessons from Gambaga. (P W S Developments).
Apr 01, 2003; ... At the end of January, embarked on my first overseas monitoring trip as a committee member of PWS&D, and my first trip to Africa. Needless to say the trip had quite an impact on me. The people, the PWS&D projects, and the land were all incredible. PWS&D Africa Coordinator ...
A chance to succeed. (P W S Developments).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003; ... Located in Ghana's Upper East District, the Garu Community Based Rehabilitation Centre (CBRC) is helping disabled persons-visually impaired, Left: a visually impaired man with the crop he has grown with support from Garu deaf, mute, physically disabled, or epileptic-learn skills that will ...
Stories of hope from Nicaragua. (P W S Developments).
Apr 01, 2003 ... For over ten years PWS&D has been helping the Community and Family Program of the Institute for Human Promotion (INPRHU) reach out to children in the toughest markets of Nicaragua. PWS&D has supported INPRHU educators who help working children go to school and children at risk find ...
A message of hope. (P W S Developments).
Apr 01, 2003; ... Aboard Kifaru (the Rhino), an ageing and struggling 4X4 Toyota, we pulled into Tabor Hill Conference Centre in Nyahururu, Kenya. After three hours of driving on winding roads, we had finally arrived at this modern, yet unpretentious, site for the Presbyterian Church of East Africa's ...
A village restored. (P W S Developments).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003; ... The residents of the Village of Mavnugram had been living in tents and makeshift huts since the Gujarat earthquake completely destroyed their village on January 26, 2001. The children's school was being held in an open field under a tree. On November 29, 2002, the villagers ...
Making connections: the invisible network surrounding PWS&D. (P W S Developments).
Apr 01, 2003; ... As a graduating student of Knox College, I have been doing my field education placement at PWS&D since October 2002. Processing donations over the Christmas rush gave me a glimpse of the invisible network that actively supports PWS&D. Incredible care goes into ensuring an ...
Christian surfers take to waves in Peru in cleanup bid. (World News).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... LIMA -- Peru's rolling Pacific beckons and scores of surfers head out to ride the waves, considered among the world's best. Others languish on sandy beaches south of the Peruvian capital, downing ice-cold beer, waiting for the surf to pick up. Suffers, it is said, spend every ...
Christian group frosty over devil's chocolate. (World News).(Unilever's Magnum ice-cream line based on seven deadly sins)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003; ... AMSTERDAM -- A new range of ice cream bars named after the seven deadly sins has drawn the ire of a Christian group in the Netherlands. Under the premium brand name Magnum, the ice cream bars come in seven new flavours: vanity, jealousy, gluttony, lust, revenge, greed and sloth ....
Christmas Child Project. (People & Places).(caption)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Pictured with the shoe boxes they were about to fill for the Christmas Child Project (The Samaritan's Purse) are some of the members of the Sunday ...
Women's Association. (People & Places).(caption)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... The Women's Association of St. Andrew's, Cobourg, Ont., surprised Margaret Johns with a cake on the occasion of her 70th birthday. Margaret has been ...
Elgin Pipers. (People & Places).(caption)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... The 125th anniversary of worship in the cu r- rent building of Athelstan Church, Athelstan, Que., took place last ...
Dale Woods. (People & Places).(caption)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... A celebration was held at First, Brandon, Man., to honour two longtime elders. Pictured with Rev ....
Erskine Church. (People & Places).(caption)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Roy and Isabel Lee celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary at a reception held following worship at ...
Morning Ladies Group. (People & Places).(caption)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Rev. Douglas Gordon, minister of St. Andrew's, Fredericton, from 1967 to 1973, is seen with a wall-hanging dedicated in memory of his wife, Marjorie, a longtime member of the Tuesday Morning Ladies Group. The group commissioned one of its ...
Youth group. (People & Places).(caption)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... How many ministers does it take to light a candle? It took three when the youth group of Laurel-Lea St ....
Knox. (People & Places).(caption)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... A Communion table-runner and a wall-hanging were dedicated at Knox, Tiverton, Ont. Taking part in the ...
Sunday school. (People & Places).(caption)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... The congregation of St. Columba, Saint John, held a surprise party for Rev. Donald Wilkinson on the 25th anniversary of his ordination. As well as a cake and gift, Donald was ...
Knox. (People & Places).(caption)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Janey Roberts, a longtime member of Knox, Guelph, Ont., cuts the ...
Evelyn Carpenter. (People & Places).(caption)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... The congregation of First, Chatham, Ont., held a potluck dinner in honour of Rev. Evelyn Carpenter's retirement after 14 years at First, Shown ...
Brandon. (People & Places).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Don Thomson and Glen Milliken were honoured on their 50th ...
Chedoke Church. (People & Places).(caption without photo)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Pictured at a breakfast held at Chedoke Church, Hamilton, Ont., celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Presbyterian Men of the ...
Albert Bridge Community Fair. (People & Places).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... The Friendship Guild of Union Church, Albert Bridge, Mira, N.S., won the prize for most ...
Gospel Couriers. (People & Places).
Apr 01, 2003 ... The Gospel Couriers celebrated 25 years of musical ministry last year. Represented in the group are members from Presbyterian churches in Priceville, Swinton Park, Feversham and Markdale, Ont.; United churches in Rob Roy and Markdale; ...
Dresden. (People & Places).(caption without photograph)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Rev. Andrew Apack Song, his wife, Ruth, and their family were honoured at a supper and ...
Welcome to the Bahamas: a Caribbean congregation shows there is something new under the sun. (Mission Knocks).
Apr 01, 2003; ... The congregation of Lucaya Presbyterian Kirk, in Freeport/Lucaya on Grand Bahama Island, is small but enthusiastic. Although faced with many of the same problems that churches confront the world over--lack of youth, burnout among the faithful, difficulty in securing volunteers and ...
Easter, after a late snow.(poem)(Brief Article)(Poem)
Apr 01, 2003; ... <Pre> Easter, after a late snow. The one spring wind this earth has known Still blows, still breathes the Lover's breath ...
A little seed here, a little seed there: faith must be nurtured in order to grow.
Apr 01, 2003; ... One of the most amazing things to me is my garden in the spring. When I sow those infinitesimal seeds, I scoff, "These will never amount to anything--they're much too small." But, then, a gentle shower comes and, in only a few days, the first ferny sprouts push up. I'm astonished--it's ...
Pastoral epistles from Peter Plymley II.(Column)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Dear Editor: In the dark night of the soul it is always four o'clock in the afternoon in early February, in a grey city well north of the happy climes of travel brochures. J. Paddyngton Bayer was not given to dark nights of the soul, but he suffered through the ...
The land of daffodils: the presbytery of Vancouver Island. (Presytery Profile).
Apr 01, 2003; ... Readers of this column should rest assured it is strictly a coincidence two of the three presbyteries profiled so far have been islands. No presbytery is an island, entire of itself. That said, the subject of this issue's profile encompasses an area recently rated the best ...
Transformed churches: the secret of their success. (Active Evangelism).
Apr 01, 2003; ... Have you, like countless other Presbyterians, ever pondered the causes of membership decline? Have you wondered if there are any secrets to renewed congregational health? Well, so did the 125th General Assembly when it met in 1999. It instructed the Life and Mission Agency to "convene a ...
Certain Women Amazed Us. (Books).(Book Review)
Apr 01, 2003; ... In 1917, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario extended the provincial and municipal franchise to women on the same terms as men. In an article on Canadian Christian Citizenship in The Missionary Messenger (a precursor to Glad Tidings) of July 1920, Ella Mutchmor ...
A Canadian in Trinidad. (Books).(Life and Writings)(Book Review)
Apr 01, 2003; ... Life and Writings by Arthur Charles Dayfoot (Coach House Printing, 2002, $24, 218 pp.) available from the author at 611 -95 Prince Arthur Ave., Toronto, Ont. M5R 3P6. At 88, Arthur Charles Daytbot sees himself at the end of the line of an endangered species. That species, ...
On our doorstep. (Books).(Always Among Us: The Poor in Canada)(Book Review)
Apr 01, 2003; ... Always Among Us: The Poor in Canada edited by Charles Ferguson (World Vision, 1998, ISBN 0-921485-01-08, 98pp). World Vision Canada wants to mobilize individual Christians and church communities to respond to the issues of poverty in our country. The discussion about how to ...
It is finished! Jesus, last words were not whispered in weary defeat but shouted in triumph. (For the Journey: Contemporary Spirituality).
Apr 01, 2003; ... Spring always brings out the carpenter in me. I love to work with wood. I love how wood looks, how it feels and how it smells. I love the way it is so workable. As a kid, I was sure you could build anything with wood. Growing up in a lumber camp, I had an unlimited supply of the best wood ....
Obituaries.
Apr 01, 2003 ... ROSS, REV. DR. JOHN A., 83, passed away February 10, 2003. A celebration of the resurrection was held at Cooke's Church, Chilliwack B.C.,on February 15. John was born in Stayner, Ont. A graduate of the University of Toronto and Knox College, he ministered at Creemore, Ont., a four-point ...