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John Tory, leader of the Ontario Conservative party, has revived a five-year-old debate on faith school funding. Tory was quoted in February after a policy conference saying, he is "completely and totally committed" to addressing "the fairness issue for independent schools. The issue of fairness more starkly presents itself when you are dealing with faith-based schools as opposed to others."

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The Order of Diaconal Ministries of The Presbyterian Church in Canada will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2008. During those 10 decades, members of the Order have made an important contribution to the work of the denomination, including Christian education, pastoral care and social ministries. Diaconal ministers serve across Canada and around the world.

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ENI – A new inclusive German Bible intended to do justice to women, Jews and marginalised groups has been criticized. "A Bible in the German language has to be sensitive about racism and ethnic discrimination because of the Shoah," said Luise Metzler, who has raised funds for the project in which 52 translators are translating the original Hebrew and Greek.

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ENI – The Presbyterian Church (USA) has cut more than 100 positions in the most radical church restructuring in more than a decade.

posted on June 1, 2006 in Presbytery Profile

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We're excited about the future and to make room for people to come and worship and to come to Christ,” said Rev. Sabrina Caldwell, associate minister at Oakridge, London, where nearly 600 people come to worship. The Presbytery of London's largest congregation, which already has two Sunday services and a contemporary Saturday evening service, is looking to expand its doors. “The more the merrier!”

posted on June 1, 2006 in Music

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The Far Country

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ENI – Anglican Bishop Nelson Onono-Onweng has called for immediate action to bring an end to 20 years of violent conflict in his northern Uganda diocese which civil society groups say is one of the worst war zones on the planet, worse even than Iraq.

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The Record's Amy MacLachlan was the big winner at the annual Canadian Church Press awards in Winnipeg in May, taking three awards for three 2005 articles. She won first and third prize in the magazine news story category, for a story on bullying she wrote for Glad Tidings and for a piece on Sharia laws in Ontario. She received another first place in the narrative category for her Israel travelogue in October. The judge noted, "It addresses many of the fears of would-be travellers and shows how open and caring she found the people to be."

posted on June 1, 2006 in Mission Knocks

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It's -13 C on a Saturday morning and most streets in downtown Chatham, Ont., are quiet.

posted on June 1, 2006 in Books

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The End of Words: The Language of Reconciliation in a Culture of Violence, Richard Lischer, Eerdmans.

posted on June 1, 2006 in For the Journey

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When I was about seven I befriended a huge brilliantly colored black and orange caterpillar. It looked like a lively fat jujube with hair. Grandma told me it would change into a butterfly. I could just imagine how big, beautiful and brilliantly coloured a butterfly it would be. With Grandma's help and the aid of a gallon pickle jar, I soon had a terrarium with the caterpillar suitably ensconced. Grandma talked me into keeping the thing in our screened porch instead of the bedroom I shared with my teenage aunt, who if memory serves me correctly, wasn't that keen on bugs and spiders.

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General Assembly: June 4th–9th, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ont.

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Reuben St. Louis, the youth in mission coordinator for the church is launching his first CD on June 10th at Knox, Waterloo, Ont. A freewill offering that night will be sent to Presbyerian World Service and Development's Towards a World Without AIDS campaign. For more information: www.reubenstlouis.ca.

posted on June 1, 2006 in For the Record

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Stories are the heartbeat of human civilization. Philosophy, politics and economics may define an age academically, but our heart and soul go to Hector, Hamlet, Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina. • So too, the most popular parts of the Bible are the stories of Moses and Joshua, the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan, whose tales of plagues and crumbling walls, of sin and redemption move us in ways far beyond the complexities of Pauline theology, however important it may be.

posted on June 1, 2006 in Grieving

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Sympathy cards poured in after my husband died, some from people I didn't even know. The phone rang constantly, visitors were at the door and I felt surrounded by a cocoon of love and caring.

posted on June 1, 2006 in Features

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Knox College, The Presbyterian College, Vancouver School of Theology

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Krystal MeyersEssential Records

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The Gospel According to The Simpsons, Mark Pinsky, Westminster John Knox Press.

posted on June 1, 2006 in Speaking Up

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“It's the theology, stupid!” What if it is? What if our diagnosis of the ills of the church — shrinking numbers and diminishing expectations, based on changes in social norms, charges of irrelevance and outdated sermons and liturgy and music — misses the heart of our problem: theology, doctrine, what we believe?

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A Long Eclipse: The Liberal Protestant Establishment and the Canadian University, 1920-1970, Catherine Gidney, McGill-Queens University Press.