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Note #9076 from PCUSA NEWS to PRESBYNEWS:

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Jan. 18, 2006

Notes about people

by Jerry L. Van Marter

	The Rev. Jack L. Moore, a former columnist for Presbyerian Survey
(now Presbyterians Today) who entered the ministry in 1960 after a career as
a sportswriter and editor, died on Jan. 5 of Alzheimer's disease. He was 85.

	Born in DeKalb, MS, Moore attended Mississippi State University and
graduated - after a stint in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II - from
Mississippi Southern College, now Southern Mississippi University. A lifetime
honorary member of the Big Eight Conference Sportswriters Association, he
gave up his journalism career in 1957 to enroll at Austin Presbyterian
Theological Seminary.

	Moore pastored churches in Alpine and Dallas, Texas, and also
organized several churches while serving as evangelist/organizing minister
for Northeast Texas Presbytery in the former Presbyterian Church in the
United States. Between 1972 and 1979 he put his journalistic talents to work
as a columnist for Presbyterian Survey. His column was titled, "In a Mirror
Dimly."

	Moore is survived by his wife, Carolyn Silver; six children, Pam
Moore Barron, Michael Moore, William S. Moore, James L. Moore Jr., Suzanne
Morgan and Judy Bohardt; seven grandchildren and two great-granchildren. A
memorial service was held at Round Rock (TX) Presbyterian Church on Jan. 16.

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	Philip E. Jenks  has been named director of interpretation for the
National Council of Churches (NCC). He succeeds Sarah Vilankulu, who retired
last month after 30 years on the NCC staff. 
 
	Jenks will respond to requests for information from the general
public; write and edit official reports, public statements and feature
stories; oversee the preparation of displays, brochures and marketing
materials; develop and manage content for the NCC Web site; and serve as
editor of EcuLink. 

	For 18 years, Jenks served as chief communications officer for
American Baptist Churches. He spent eight years as communication officer for
the U.S. office of the World Council of Churches. He also has been a
political and business reporter and a journalism professor. During much of
2005, he was the NCC's interim director of media relations.  

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	  On March 6, Korey Lowry will join the staff of the PC(USA)'s
National Ministries of Leadership and Vocation as associate for certification
and Christian vocation. He will run the denomination's certification process
for Christian educators and coordinate a new church-wide effort to promote
Christian vocation among young people.

	  An ordained Presbyterian elder, Lowry graduated from Kearney State
College in Nebraska, the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in
Richmond, VA, and Florida State University. He has served since 1993 as
director of Christian education at First Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee,
FL. 

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	Zambian-born John Nduna, an internationally known relief and
development worker, has been named head of the Geneva-based Action by
Churches Together (ACT) International, beginning April 1. 
 
	Nduna is now director of Church Ecumenical Action in Sudan, which
operates out of Nairobi, Kenya. He previously worked as the Africa appeals
officer for ACT, a global alliance of churches and related agencies -
including Presbyterian Disaster Assistance - that works to save lives and
support communities in emergencies. 
 
	Nduna graduated from the University of Zambia and attended graduate
school in Hyderabad, India.

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