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27-January-2000 
00041 
 
    Retirees to "Celebrate" 
 
    June convention slated for Louisville 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-"Celebration" is the theme for the fourth annual convention 
of the Association of Retired Ministers, Spouses and Survivors (ARMSS), 
June 1-4 here. 
 
    The convention will especially celebrate more than 100 years of 
Presbyterian history in five special areas of ministry, including national 
and worldwide mission, Christian education, and the gifts of women to the 
church over the past century. 
 
    Keynote speaker will be the Rev. John Mulder, president of Louisville 
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, speaking on the future of the church. 
 
    Other convention leaders include former General Assembly moderator the 
Rev. James Costen; noted Presbyterian hymn-writer Jane Parker Huber; Ellis 
Nelson, former Congregational Ministries Division director the Rev. Eunice 
Poethig; the Rev. Syngman Rhee; Raphael Sanchez; the Rev. Margaret Towner, 
first ordained woman minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); and 
Henrietta Wilkinson. 
 
    Retirees selected by the denomination's 173 presbyteries for 
outstanding service to their presbyteries since retirement will be honored 
at the convention. 
 
    More information about the fourth annual ARMSS convention is available 
from the Rev. John I. Rhea at 100 Witherspoon St., Louisville, KY 40202 or 
by phone at (502) 569-5486; or from ARMSS president Bill Clark by e-mail at 
<wmc@peganet.com>. 

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