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30-March-1999 
99131 
 
    Presbytery And Synod News 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
ANAHEIM, Calif. - On Feb. 21, Los Ranchos Presbytery celebrated its 
innovative "Mission on Our Doorstep" program. 
    The event at Laguna Niguel Presbyterian Church kicked off a campaign to 
complete funding of the program by the time the presbytery hosts the 2000 
General Assembly. 
    Keynote speakers for the celebration were the Rev. John Chandler, 
former Los Ranchos presbytery executive, and his wife, Haroldine. 
 
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Korean Presbyterian Church of Memphis has become the 
newest congregation of Memphis Presbytery. 
    The new congregation, which "nests" in Germantown Presbyterian Church, 
was chartered on Dec. , and its pastor, the Rev. Yoon Sang Nam, was 
installed. He also serves as a campus minister at nearby Arkansas State 
University-Jonesboro. 
 
NEWARK, Del. - New Castle Presbytery has established an international 
partnership with Mujimbayi Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in the 
Congo. The presbytery approved the partnership during its Jan. 30 meeting. 
    Planned activities include visits, exchange sof letters, videotapes and 
other information between congregations of the two presbyteries, mutual 
mission projects, summer youth exchanges, exchanges of skilled people for 
identified needs in the two presbyteries, pulpit exchanges and theological 
dialogue and reflection. 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Rev. Frank Perrin, a veteran of numerous 
governing-body staff positions, has been named interim associate presbyter 
for Louisville Presbytery. 
    Perrin, who began on Jan. 1, will serve until a permanent successor is 
found for Camp Edwards, who served as the presbytery's associate presbyter 
for mission for 14 years until his retirement at the end of 1998. 
 
CHICAGO - The Middle East Task Force of Chicago Presbytery is sponsoring a 
travel seminar to the Middle East April 5-20. 
    The seminar will be led by Robert Worley, a retired professor at 
McCormick Theological Seminary, who now spends part of every year teaching 
at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut.  Highlights of the trip will 
include isits to Christian communities, to projects that work for peace and 
for ecumenical and interfaith understanding, to archeological sites and to 
projects of the Middle East Council of Churches. 
 
MORGANTON, N.C. - The Mexico Mission Team of Western North Carolina 
Presbytery is accepting applications for the presbytery's July 25-Aug. 4 
work/study trip to Puentes de Cristo, the presbytery's partner ministry in 
Mexico. 
    The group will consist of up to 12 people. Organizers are looking for 
people between 16 and 75 years of age. 
 
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - More than 250 people attended a Dec. 4 community 
celebration for survivors of a deadly tornado that swept through Jefferson 
County last spring. 
    The event was sponsored by the Birmingham Interfaith Tornado Recovery 
Group, with money provided by the tornado-relief fund of Sheppards and 
Lapsley Presbytery. The gathering was organized by the Rev. Jim Hayes, the 
pastor of Fairfield Presbyterian Church.  Hayes is also a member of the 
presbytery's disaster task force. 
 
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - As part of its long-range planning process, South 
Dakota Presbytery has designated 1999 an "experimental year" to "test 
possible future changes." A video has been produced outlining the proposed 
changes; congregations are asked to view the video and provide feedback. 
    Three elements comprise the broad outline of the changes: suspension of 
the presbytery's program committees for a year; continuation of the 
ecclesiastical committees, with training of committee members and church 
members to be the focus of presbytery meetings during the year; and a 
division of the presbytery into three regions, which will sponsor regional 
events throughout the year. 
 
HOUSTON-The Central American Partnership Committee of New Covenant 
Presbytery is sponsoring a partnership trip to Guatemala from July 23-Aug. 
1 to further the partnership between the presbytery and Centro Evangelico 
de Estudios Pastorales en America Central (CEDEPCA). 
    The delegation will witness the current social, economic and political 
situation in Guatemala and visit Presbyterian churches, self-development 
and theological education programs of CEDEPCA and the PC(USA). 
 
SUPERIOR, Wis.-Marie Rock has retired as administrative assistant for 
Northern Waters Presbytery after 23 years of service.  A lunch reception 
was held in her honor March 26 and the day was declared "Marie Rock Day" in 
the presbytery. 

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