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96208            News of Presbyteries and Synods 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
MORGANTON, N.C.--"Growing in Grace -- Growing in Peace" is the theme of an 
Aug. 24 conference designed for child-care staff in the churches of Western 
North Carolina Presbytery. 
     The conference, at First Baptist Church of Morganton, is being held in 
conjunction with the presbytery's annual training event that day.  Keynote 
speaker is Olson Huff, pediatrician, children's advocate, author and 
director of the Ruth and Billy Graham Children's Center in Asheville. 
     The conference is funded by the presbytery's Criminal and Social 
Justice Committee, the Presbyterian Peacemaking Offering, the Presbyterian 
Child Advocacy Network and the Office of Social Welfare Organizations in 
the National Ministries Division in Louisville. 
 
DENTON, Texas--Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos will be the 
site of the Synod of the Sun's annual Synod Youth Workshop, July 15-20. 
The theme is "Tales from the Script: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." 
     Keynote speaker is the Rev. John Williams, director of church 
relations at Austin College in Sherman, Texas.  He describes the workshop: 
"We're going to talk about the Bible.  Christians have no trouble agreeing 
that the Bible is the Word of God.  But what does that mean?  What's in 
there?  What difference does any of it make to us? And where do Natalie 
Merchant, the Temptations, and Hootie and the Blowfish fit into the 
picture?" 
 
LOS ANGELES--Pacific Presbytery has commissioned its first-ever 
commissioned lay preacher.  He is Grant Roy Brooks, a member of Bel-Vue 
Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.  Brooks has been commissioned to serve 
the Bel-Vue church for a period of three years. 
 
STORM LAKE, Iowa--On Nov. 16, Prospect Hill Presbytery will sponsor a 
one-day workshop entitled "Building and Leading a Magnetic Church." 
     The workshop, which will explore "new ideas in evangelism and church 
vitality," will be led by renowned church growth consultant Herb Miller. 
It will be held on the campus of Buena Vista University in Storm Lake. 

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