October 2012 Issue Table of Contents Social Witness at the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 220th General Assembly Opening Editorials “Caution and Commitment” by Chris Iosso “Young Adults: Will We Stay?” by Patrick David Heery The Young Adult Perspective “Stay with Us” by Emily Morrell “Paralyzed” by Rachel Helgeson “Gears, Forks, and
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On the Peace Discernment Interim Report By Sara Dorrien View and Print as PDF. Nestled quietly within a jam-packed week of hotly debated issues ranging from divestment in companies profiting from the occupation of Palestine to marriage equality for same-sex couples, The Interim Report from the Peace Discernment
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Why the PC(USA) 220th General Assembly Voted Against Divestment By Robert Trawick View and Print as PDF. The General Assembly has come and gone, and amidst much sound and fury, we now face the task of reflecting on what we have done and who we are now. From
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Same-Sex Marriage at the 220th General Assembly By Rev. Aimee Moiso, 2012 Teaching Elder Commissioner and Moderator for Committee on Civil Union and Marriage Issues View and Print as PDF. In the two months since the 220th General Assembly concluded in Pittsburgh, I’ve had difficulty framing my experience
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Financial Anxieties Block Justice Overtures at General Assembly By Joann Haejong Lee, 2012 Teaching Elder Commissioner and Moderator for Committee on Immigration Issues View and Print as PDF. I grew up in a working class family of immigrants. Even though my parents worked twelve hours a day, six
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A Young Presbyterian’s Reflection on General Assembly By Emily Morrell, 2012 Young Adult Advisory Delegate (YAAD) View and Print as PDF. My presbytery is small, tiny, actually. In fact, after serving on my presbytery’s youth council for four years, with a stint as moderator, I’m pretty sure I
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By Laura Phillips, Ruling Elder and Moderator for the Committee on Peacemaking and International Issues View and Print as PDF. As a rookie commissioner and committee moderator for the Peacemaking and International Issues committee (not the Middle East), I came to the 220th General Assembly eager to listen,
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What You May Not Have Heard About By Nancy Ramsay, 2012 Teaching Elder Commissioner and Moderator for the Committee on Social Justice Issues View and Print as PDF. This summer, I had the privilege of moderating the Social Justice Issues Committee of the 220th General Assembly. Not surprisingly
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The Why and Will We Questions First By Chris Iosso, Unbound General Editor View and Print as PDF. Who cares about the General Assembly and who cares about the denomination as an institution? Those questions are posed, often by those dissatisfied with the outcomes of particular votes, against
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Two Contrasting Narratives of What Happened at the General Assembly Reveal a Critical Generation Gap By Patrick David Heery, Unbound Managing Editor View and Print as PDF. Talk to enough social justice-minded Presbyterians and you’ll likely hear two distinct interpretations of the 2012 PC(USA) General Assembly. Narrative One:
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