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Note #8579 from PCUSA NEWS to PRESBYNEWS:

04530
December 3, 2004

Notes about people

by Jerry L. Van Marter

	Michael R. Walker, a Ph.D. candidate and teaching fellow at Princeton
Theological Seminary, has been named executive director of Presbyterians for
Renewal (PFR). He begins his new work Jan. 3, succeeding the Rev. Joe
Rightmyer, who retired earlier this year.

	Walker, who received his B.A. in religion from Hampden-Sydney (VA)
College and his M.Div. from Princeton, has focused his doctoral studies on
the history of doctrine, particularly Reformation studies. He also serves as
associate for seminary ministry at Anchor Presbyterian Church in Wrightstown,
PA.

	"Our denomination is wrestling with its own identity," Walker said
upon his appointment Dec. 1, "yet PFR is well positioned to expand its
partnership with our denomination, offering a distinctively evangelical
vision with wide appeal."

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The Rev. George F. Pope has been elected executive director of the Medical
Benevolence Foundation (MBF). He assumes his new position Jan. 1. Pope has
served as an MBF trustee since 1999 and as treasurer the last two years.

Formerly pastor of Community Presbyterian Church in San Marino, CA, Pope has
also served congregations in Michigan and Illinois. He graduated from Alma
(MI) College and Princeton Theological Seminary and holds a D.Min. from San
Francisco Theological Seminary.

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	When she needed a contemporary role model in the field of religion to
write about in her new book on American heroines, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey
Hutchison (R-TX) chose Marj Carpenter, former director of the Presbyterian
News Service and former General Assembly moderator.

American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country also includes
profiles of  historical figures such as Amelia Earhardt, athlete Babe
Didrikson Zaharias, artist Mary Cassatt, and Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, who
laid the groundwork for Catholic parochial schools in the United States.
Contemporary role models include Sally Ride, Condoleezza Rice, Madeline
Albright, Barbara Walters, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Nadia Comaneci, Elizabeth
Dole and Beverly Sills.

	Carpenter and several other of the book's subjects were honored
during a luncheon in New York on Nov. 8, sponsored by HarperCollins, the
book's publisher.

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	The Rev. G. Lee Hinson-Hasty has been named coordinator for
theological education and seminary relations in the Congregational Ministries
Division in Louisvlle.

	Hinson-Hasty, who is currently director of church relations at St.
Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, NC, will be responsible for
advocating for and developing support for the mission of theological
education in partnership with the Committee on Theological Education, the 10
seminaries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and the PC(USA)'s governing
bodies.

	A graduate of Wake Forest University and Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary, Hinson-Hasty is currently a doctoral candidate at
McCormick Theological Seminary. He begins his new work at the Presbyterian
Center in Louisville on Jan.17.

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	Bellewood Presbyterian Homes for Children, based in Louisville, was
recently named one of nine national recipients for a $1.2 million grant from
the U.S. Department of Education to fund  a mentoring program for homeless
youth in Louisville called Project THRIVE. The project offices will be
located at Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church.

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