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3-March-2000 
00106 
 
    Children's Art Selected for "Year of the Child" Exhibits 
 
    Selected works will appear in planning calendar, traveling exhibitions 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-More than 150 works of art by young Presbyterian artists 
have been selected for inclusion in a number of exhibits that will 
highlight the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) "Year of the Child" mission 
emphasis beginning this summer. 
 
    The art works were selected from 1,800 entries submitted to the Mission 
Interpretation and Promotion Office of the Congregational Ministries 
Division here to help the denomination focus on the special gifts and needs 
of children as expressed in visual arts as part of the "Year of the Child." 
 
    Thirteen works of art, selected by a denomination-wide panel, will be 
featured in the upcoming 2000-2001 Presbyterian Planning Calendar. 
 
    Traveling exhibits will take two forms.  One exhibition of forty-five 
art works in a large framed exhibit of children's art will travel to 
twenty-four different congregations around the country for a two-year tour 
after being unveiled at the upcoming 212th General Assembly in Long Beach, 
Calif.  The exhibit is entitled "Whoever welcomes this child...welcomes 
me." - An Exhibition of Children's Art. 
 
    Four smaller exhibits, each containing 25 matted works of art, will 
travel to other congregations during the same time. 
 
    Featured artists in the Presbyterian Planning Calendar are MacKenzie 
Ebbers, 6, Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, Seattle; Gabrielle Spence, 10, 
Temple Terrace (Fla.) Presbyterian Church; Ben Deacon, 17, First 
Presbyterian Church, Gallatin, Tenn.; Lesley Fuller, 6, St. Andrews 
Presbyterian Church, Tucker, Ga.; Elizabeth Morrison, 13, Danville (Ky.) 
Presbyterian Church; Kelly Clark, 17, First Presbyterian Church, Mesa, 
Ariz.; Alanna Teague, 14, Park Church, Beaver, Pa.; John Gillette, 9, First 
Presbyterian Church, Niles, Mich.; Bruce Spigener, 11, First Presbyterian 
Church, Anderson, S.C.; Ann Losher, 13, Chapel Hills Presbyterian Church, 
Dallas; Melanie Hess, 7, Laguna Niguel (Calif.) Presbyterian Church; Lori 
Defnet, 7, Poolesville (Md.) Presbyterian Church; and Hannah 
Eichenberger-Gay, 5, Grace Presbyterian Church, Plano, Texas. 
 
    The itinerary for "Whoever welcomes this child...welcomes me" is: 
 
June 24-July 1, 2000: 212th General Assembly, Long Beach, Calif. 
July, 2000:           Presbyterian Center, Louisville, Ky. 
August, 2000:         Providence Presbytery, Rock Hill, S.C. 
September, 2000:      First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, N.C. 
October, 2000:        Mission Presbytery, San Antonio, Texas 
November, 2000:       Palo Duro Presbytery, Lubbock, Texas 
December, 2000:       Middle Island Presbyterian Church, Ridge, N.Y. 
January, 2001:        Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, Seattle 
February, 2001:       Church of the Palms, Sarasota, Fla. 
March, 2001:          Second Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, Mo. 
April, 2001:          Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, N.Y. 
May, 2001:            Highlawn Presbyterian Church, Huntington, W.V. 
June, 2001:           Westminster Presbyterian Church, Piqua, Ohio 
July, 2001:           United Presbyterian Church of Sackets Harbor, N.Y. 
August, 2001:         Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, Augusta, Ga. 
September, 2001:      First Presbyterian Church, Conrad, Iowa 
October, 2001:        First Presbyterian Church, Plymouth, Mich. 
November, 2001:       Woodstown Presbyterian Church, Woodstown, N.J. 
December, 2001:       First Presbyterian Church, Topeka, Kan. 
January, 2002:        Park Hill Presbyterian Church, North Little Rock, Ark 
February, 2002:       Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, N.C. 
March, 2002:          Carmichael Presbyterian Church, Carmichael, Calif. 
April, 2002:          Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago 
May, 2002:            United Presbyterian Church, Clarion, Iowa 

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