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6-November-1998 
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    Registration Deadlines Set For 
    Speakers at NNPCW Hearings 
 
    by Alexa Smith 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Individuals and groups intending to speak during January 
hearings to review the denomination's National Network of Presbyterian 
College Women (NNPCW) need to register to do so between Nov. 11-18. 
 
    Hearings on the network will be under way during the afternoon of Jan. 
11, the first day of the next meeting of the General Assembly's Work Group 
to Review the NNPCW, according to a statement just released by the work 
group. 
 
      The docket will be developed on the basis of written requests only. 
 
    Requests to speak must be postmarked or faxed between the dates of Nov. 
11-18.  All requests should be sent to the Office of the Executive 
Director, attention: Neva Newlin.    The mailing address is 100 Witherspoon 
St., Rm. 5407-A, Louisville, Ky.  40202-1396, and the fax is 502-569-8080. 
 
    The review is the outcome of a dispute that erupted during the 210th 
General Assembly in Charlotte when critics of the NNPCW charges that some 
of the group's resources violate provisions of the denomination's "Book of 
Order." A publication entitled, "Young Women Speak: Issues for Study by 
College Women," was singled out in particular, since critics charged that 
it portrays homosexuality as an appropriate Christian lifestyle, a position 
that runs counter to the denominational policy.. 
 
    The Assembly withdrew funding and official sponsorship of the NNPCW, 
but after a demonstration by it's backers, restored it for one more year 
while the work group reviews "the resources, publications and programs" of 
the group.  The work group is due to report at the next General Assembly 
and to make recommendations about future funding of the network. 
 
    Hearings will open at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, with presentations by the 
two groups most vocally opposed to the NNPCW.  Voices of Orthodox Women 
will speak from 1-1:30 p.m., followed by a 1:30-2 p.m. presentation by the 
Presbyterian Lay Committee. The review group will ask questions from 2-2:30 
p.m. 
 
    Groups supporting the NNPCW's work will give testimony from 2:30-3:30 
p.m., including the NNPCW Coordinating Committee and Justice for Women, 
followed by questions from the review group. 
 
    Individual testimonies will be delivered from 4:30-6 p.m., with 
five-minute time slots.  Slots will docketed based on the date of the 
receipt of the written request. 

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