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29-Jun-95

95220          NEW BIBLE STUDY FOR MEN UNVEILED AT 
               PRESBYTERIAN MEN NATIONAL CONFERENCE 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
DENVER--A new Bible study, designed especially for men, was introduced here 
during the 1995 annual conference of Presbyterian Men (PM). 
 
     The June 23-25 conference, "Lift Up the Cross," drew more than 100 
Presbyterian men from all around the country to listen to national 
Presbyterian leaders, honor leaders with the organization's annual awards, 
elect officers, and share ideas for enhancing the church's ministry with 
men. 
 
     "The Men's Bible Study" was written by noted Presbyterian authors 
William Ramsay and John Purdy.  The new study is currently being 
field-tested in congregations throughout the denomination and will be 
published by Westminster/John Knox Press in January 1996. 
 
     Keynote speaker for the conference was General Assembly moderator the 
Rev. Robert W. Bohl. Other featured speakers during the three-day 
conference were the Rev. Richard Wyatt, synod executive for the Synod of 
the Rocky Mountains, and the Rev. Peter B. Barnes, pastor of First 
Presbyterian Church in Boulder, Colo. 
 
     By electing Richard N. Woodard of Camp Hill, Pa., to the new position 
of executive secretary, Presbyterian Men signaled its intent to become less 
dependent on the national Office of Men's Ministries in Louisville. 
      
     Woodard will be responsible for the oversight of the organization's 
finances, as well as the chartering and rechartering of congregational 
chapters of PM, the development of seminars and conferences and the 
planning of PM board of directors meetings. 
 
     The Rev. Curtis Miller, associate for men's ministries, said, "I hope 
this restructuring of the organization will bring new vitality and 
opportunities to men throughout the denomination as they work in 
coordination with the office in Louisville." 
 
     The group also elected Dale Vandiver of Belleville, Ill., its 
president, and Paul Warburton of Ocala, Fla., its treasurer.  Vandiver 
succeeds Youngil Cho of Raleigh, N.C. 
 
 

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