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11-August-1998 
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    Nominations Deadline Approaching for New 
    Task Force on Changing Families 
 
    by Julian Shipp 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-The deadline for nominations for the Advisory Committee on 
Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) Task Force on Changing Families is Sept. 1. 
Persons interested should contact their local presbytery for a copy of the 
full prospectus of the task force, which also includes a nomination form. 
 
    The prospectus on the new task force was mailed to the denomination's 
presbyteries on April 12. 
 
    Authorized by the 209th General Assembly, the task force will include 
up to 12 persons. According to the Rev. Belinda M. Curry, ACSWP associate 
for policy development and interpretation, the task force's purpose is to 
examine the issues of changing families and changing social structures that 
affect families, particularly focusing on the effects of the changes on 
children. 
 
    Curry said the task force will work for two years, during which time it 
will develop a new policy statement with principles and recommendations to 
strengthen the church's ministry to contemporary families in both the 
church and society in the 21st century. 
 
    The task force will reflect the rich diversity of the PC(USA) and will 
also, according to Curry, "pursue its work with the understanding that 
there is a variety of families, including nuclear families, blended 
families, families with adopted children, single parents, families 
reflecting different racial and cultural backgrounds, faith traditions and 
so forth." 
 
    The task force is scheduled to conduct its first meeting in November 
1998. There will also be two to three meetings each in 1999 and 2000, 
including a synod consultation in November of 2000. ACSWP will then submit 
the task force's policy statement to the 213th General Assembly (2001), 
which will act on the document. 
 
    Comments on the task force prospectus and nomination forms should be 
sent to Belinda M. Curry, 100 Witherspoon Street, Room 3042, Louisville, KY 
40202-1396. Curry can also be reached by phone at (502) 569-5813 or by fax 
at (502) 569-8034. Electronically, her address on PresbyNet, the 
denomination's computer communication system, is Belinda Curry; or via 
E-mail at Belindac@ctr.pcusa.org 

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