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		<title>LOS RANCHOS PRESBYTERY VOTES</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 16:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The General Assembly made several monumental decisions this past summer; and since then the presbyteries have been voting whether or not to ratify these significant changes. Our presbytery chose to postpone voting on the 3 most controversial overtures from General Assembly.  The reason for this delay was to allow sufficient time for study, and to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=losranchos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13156950&amp;post=494&amp;subd=losranchos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three Votes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends, On May 19th, 2011 the Los Ranchos Presbytery will vote on three controversial issues – Amendment 10-A – whether to to omit the requirement for fidelity in marriage and chastity in singleness from the ordination standards for pastors, elders and deacons nFOG – whether to adopt a new constitution (new Form of Government) for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=losranchos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13156950&amp;post=487&amp;subd=losranchos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Hume &#8211; A PREREFORMATIOIN CALL FOR REREFORMATION -or- HELLO, THIS IS EZEKIEL ON THE LINE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following are some observations people have shared about General Assembly along with a few of my observations. “General Assembly seemed…….. …more like a political convention than a gathering of Christians going about the Lord’s business.” &#8211; - In many ways it was a sort of political convention, but I suppose this is the ‘decently [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=losranchos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13156950&amp;post=479&amp;subd=losranchos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Hume &#8211; WILL BE, ARE or WERE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We WILL BE, ARE or WERE commissioners to the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)?  Fact is, those of us that were commissioned to serve in Minneapolis last week, will remain commissioners for two years, until the 220th General Assembly in 2012.  For the most part, this is just a technicality, but a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=losranchos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13156950&amp;post=474&amp;subd=losranchos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Debra Daly &#8211; GA Reflection #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, apologies for not blogging during GA but it was difficult to find the time &#8212; so kudos to my Los Ranchos colleagues who did!  As I began my time at GA, with a schedule filled with breakfast, lunch and dinner events and committee/plenary work, I realized that being fully present in the moment to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=losranchos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13156950&amp;post=466&amp;subd=losranchos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GA Video Story on Diversity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another fun and inspiring GA Video Story &#8211; this one on Diversity at North Avenue Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=losranchos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13156950&amp;post=451&amp;subd=losranchos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Excerpt from the Pastoral Letter from GA Leaders</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EXCERPT FROM THE PASTORAL LETTER FROM OUR GA LEADERS The assembly also engaged in discussion about significant matters of faith and life – ordination standards, justice and peace in the Middle East, and civil union and marriage, to name just a few. Information on the more than 300 assembly actions is available. Answers to frequently [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=losranchos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13156950&amp;post=438&amp;subd=losranchos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Post-GA &#8220;Pastoral Letter from GA Leaders&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to the first post-219th GA &#8220;Pastoral Letter from GA Leaders&#8220; : Elder Cynthia Bolbach Moderator, 219th General Assembly The Rev. Landon Whitsitt Vice Moderator, 219th General Assembly The Rev. Gradye Parsons Stated Clerk of the General Assembly Elder Linda Bryant Valentine Executive Director, General Assembly Mission Council Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=losranchos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13156950&amp;post=433&amp;subd=losranchos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Yamaguchi &#8211; My Favorite GA Skateboard Evangelism Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the GA meeting we got to meet many wonderful people doing great ministry. We heard stories of effective new ministries. Here is a link to a video of one of my favorite GA stories. It&#8217;s about skateboarders and a First United Presbyterian Church &#8211; maybe a church like yours. Pastor Karen Rogers to her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=losranchos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13156950&amp;post=426&amp;subd=losranchos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Yamaguchi &#8211; First Post-GA Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for your prayers. Those of us at the General Assembly meeting in Minneapolis sensed the Holy Spirit at work among the commissioners, helping people move through difficult issues with grace and respect. The moderator and vice moderator did an excellent job of maintaining decorum, light heartedness, effectiveness, and efficiency. Other news headlines are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=losranchos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13156950&amp;post=417&amp;subd=losranchos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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