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March 17, 2008 |
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March 17, 2008 |
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Rev. Dr. Donald W. Bracken Dies Longtime Pastor of
The
Rev. Dr. Donald Bracken, 76, Pastor Emeritus of Frederick Presbyterian
Church, died after a long illness Sunday afternoon at Rev.
Bracken spent the most pivotal years of his ministry – from 1965 to 1985 –
serving as pastor of Frederick Presbyterian Church and its surrounding
community. Under his guidance, the church showed continuing interest in the social
concerns of the "wider parish" – opening its building to make room for
the city’s first community daycare center, social welfare offices and literacy
council meetings. As a champion of
social causes, Rev. Bracken was instrumental in organizing chaplain programs
at the local jail, hospital, Frederick Rescue Mission and the newly-organized
Senior Citizens Fellowship Center. He
helped sponsor the first meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous in Rev.
Bracken answered the call to ministry as a youth in his native After
20 years of service to the Presbytery of Baltimore, Rev. Bracken accepted a
call to minister in In
addition to his wife of 48 years, Rev. Bracken is survived by a daughter, the
Rev. Dr. Kimberly Long of |
Inside this Issue Take
Note/Act Now § Clerks of Session Meetings § Children’s Ministry § Christian Educators Luncheon § Youth Rally § § Clergy Get-Away § Spring Gathering of Presbyterian Women § Lenten Art Exhibit § Lochearn Prayer Breakfast § Earth Day § Landscape Survey § Presbyterian Women Summer Retreat § Board of Pensions § Reading the Quran § Ecumenical Institute of Theology |
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Robert Turberville (Bob) has joined the Presbytery of
Baltimore as Director of Development. Bob has 25 years of fundraising
experience having most recently worked as Executive Director for
the American Red Cross in Hudson County New Jersey. He also
has been the Director of Development for four different |
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Praise & Prayer Please pray for the health and recovery
of Rev. Robert
Jewett, Rev. Ted Lawson, Rev. Gene Ackerman and Rev.
David Harris. Contact Information The Presbytery of Phone: 410-433-2012 or 800-511-0087 Office E-mail: office@baltimorepresbytery.org Website: www.baltimorepresbytery.org To
Unsubscribe: Call or email Roger Evans Also on the Presbytery of Find past issues of Tidings at: http://www.baltimorepresbytery.org/midweekmail.html.
See new Church Announcements at: http://www.baltimorepresbytery.org/announcements.html |
Take Note/Act Now Annual Meetings for Clerks
of Sessions,
click Clerks. A
workshop entitled, From Urgency to
Action: Effective Ministry with Children will be held 11:30am on May 10th
at Second Presbyterian Church. For details, click Children’s
Ministry. Click training
for details on upcoming Youth
Leadership (April 12th) and Elder (March 29th) workshops
sponsored by the Presbytery. Christian Educators, professional and
volunteer, are invited for a time of networking, idea and resource sharing Educator’s Luncheon at noon on Mon.,
April 21st at Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church in A
Presbytery of Applications
are now being accepted for the Robert
F. and Rosa M. Ferguson Student Scholarship Fund. The fund provides $5,000 to a high school
student who plans to attend an accredited college or university. The deadline
is May 15th. For more information, click Ferguson. Clergy Get-Away: Theological
Reflection on the New Form of Government facilitated by Cynthia Bolbach of the GA
Form of Government Task Force. May 7th thru 8th. For
details, click, Get-Away.
The
Spring Gathering of the Presbyterian
Women in the Presbytery of Baltimore will be held 9am to noon on Saturday
April 19th at Kenwood Presbyterian Church. Registration Deadline is April 12th.
For more information call 410.668.4664. Church Notices Woods Memorial Presbyterian
Church is
featuring the Lenten art exhibit, “Seeing The Savior: Images From The Life Of
Christ.” The exhibit will be displayed until Easter Sunday, Mar. 23rd.
For gallery hours and more information, click Exhibit. Lochearn Presbyterian Church’s senior connection will
sponsor a prayer breakfast
entitled “Maintaining Our Lenten
Blessings” at 9am on Sat., April 19th at the church. The event
features guest speaker LaJerne Cornish
of Trinity Presbyterian Church. The cost is $15 per person. For more details
call 410.944.4478. Synod and General
Assembly Items Celebrate
Earth Day on Sunday, April 20th.
For more information click, Earth
Day Looking
for information cited in the U.S.
Religious Landscape Survey from the Pew Forum? Then visit: http://religions.pewforum.org/ The
Presbytery Women of the Mid-Atlantic
Synod will host its summer gathering June 12th-15th
at the The Board of Pensions announced a 3.8% experience
apportionment increase in retirement benefit. You
could link it to http://www.pensions.org/library/publications/newsletters/boardbulletin/spring2008/BB_spring2008.pdf Other Items and
Events The
The Ecumenical Institute of
Theology
offers graduate theological education to qualified men and women from
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Peter Nord, Executive Presbyter |
Bill Millen, Associate Executive |
vbrown@baltimorepresbytery.org |
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Deb Milcarek Associate of |
Jane Johnson |
Bob Turberville Interim Director of Development rwalters@baltimorepresbytery.org |
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Director of Public Policy |
Judi Forrester Coordinator of Financial Services |
Roger Evans Coordinator of Information Services revans@baltimorepresbytery.org |
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Coordinator of Resources |
Deborah I. Greene Coordinator of Communications dgreene@baltimorepresbytery.org |
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