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12-October-1999 
99334 
 
    Tentmakers Schedule Annual Conference 
 
    Presbyterians to Meet Jointly with Episcopalians 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-"Mission and Maintenance: Tentmakers and Mission Beyond the 
Sanctuary Walls" is the theme of the annual conference of the Association 
of Presbyterian Tentmakers. 
 
    The conference will be held Nov. 5-7 in Federal Way, Wash., midway 
between Seattle and Tacoma, and is co-sponsored by the National Association 
for the Self Supporting Active Ministry (NASSAM) of the Episcopal Church. 
 
    Tentmakers are ministers who serve in church-related positions but who 
derive all or most of their income from outside employment. 
 
    A brochure on the conference states: "This last year of the millennium 
we tackle the age-old issue of mission versus maintenance.  Most tentmakers 
are painfully aware of the tension that can rise in a church over the 
issues of resources and ministry.  Tentmaking, as a ministry life-style, 
directly confronts these challenges to the church." 
 
    Keynote speakers are the Rev. Lynn Longfield, executive presbyter for 
Olympia Presbytery and a veteran tentmaker, and Phil Aspinall, a Church of 
England priest who works as a safety officer in the chemical industry. 
 
    Worship leader is the Rev. Jim Lawton, a tentmaking pastor in Rhode 
Island. 
 
     A new element in this year's conference is an exploration of how 
tentmakers can be mutually supportive of each other between annual 
conferences.  The exploration will be led by the Rev. Bill Dodge, a 
tentmaker and retired professor and software engineer from Albany, N.Y., 
and the Rev. Brian Crosby, a member of the Iona Community from Vancouver, 
B.C. 
 
    More information about the Association of Presbyterian Tentmakers 
annual conference is available from the Rev. John Hasenjaeger, tentmaker, 
university teacher and conference registrar at 724 Van Buren Street, Oregon 
City, OR 97045; fax (503) 650-6659. 

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