9 November 2011

Presbyterians Week Headlines

[1] Church of Scotland Minister Joined by Free Church of Scotland Moderator and Roman Catholic Priest Lead Ecumenical Service at October 2011 Gaelic Music Festival

[2] PCUSA’s Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary to Go Tuition Free in 2015 for Master’s Degree Students

[3] November 2011 Reformation Voice Available for Download

[4] Children’s Book The Quest for Comfort: The Story of the Heidelberg Catechism by William Boekestein is Published by Reformation Heritage Books

[5] Trinity Foundation Announces 2011 Christian Worldview Essay Contest Winners

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[1] Church of Scotland Minister Joined by Free Church of Scotland Moderator and Roman Catholic Priest Lead Ecumenical Service at October 2011 Gaelic Music Festival

An October 2011 article in the Hebrides News titled “Main Mod Events” reports that the ecumenical church service for the 2011 Western Isles Royal National Mod, a Gaelic music festival, held Sunday 16 October 2011 at Martins Memorial Church (Church of Scotland) (COS) in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, was led by COS minister the Rev. Iain M. MacDonald of Cross Church of Scotland in Ness, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, and assisted by the current Free Church General Assembly moderator of the Free Church of Scotland the Rev. James MacIver and by Roman Catholic priest Father Calum MacLellan of Eriskay, Scotland.


+ Hebrides News, Box 100, Stornoway, Scotland HS1 2YZ, info@hebrides.biz

+ Church of Scotland, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN, Scotland, 0131-225-5722

+ Free Church of Scotland, 15 North Bank Street, The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2LS, 0131-226-5286, Fax: 0131-220-0597, catherine@freechurchofscotland.org.uk


[2] PCUSA’s Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary to Go Tuition Free in 2015 for Master’s Degree Students

Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (LPTS) (Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)) announced 4 November 2011 that the school will not charge tuition for students in its master’s degree programs in divinity, marriage and family therapy, and religion beginning in 2015. LPTS’s yearly tuition is currently around US$10,200.


+ Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, 888-728-7228, Fax: 502-569-8005

+ Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1044 Alta Vista Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40205, 502-895-3411,Fax: 502-895-1096, lmarch@lpts.edu


[3] November 2011 Reformation Voice Available for Download

The November 2011 Reformation Voice is available for download at the Heidelberg Reformation Association website.


+ Heidelberg Reformation Association, Rev. Howard Sloan, Secretary, 5543 Business 220, Bedford, Pennsylvania 15522


[4] Children’s Book The Quest for Comfort: The Story of the Heidelberg Catechism by William Boekestein is Published by Reformation Heritage Books

The Heidelberg Catechism has been taught to children for hundreds of years, encouraging them to seek Christ as their true source of comfort. But how did this catechism get written? In The Quest for Comfort: The Story of the Heidelberg Catechism, William Boekestein and Evan Hughes combine history and art to retell the events that led to making the catechism. By sharing the stories of Caspar Olevianus, Zacharias Ursinus, and Frederick III and how they came to Heidelberg, children will gain a greater appreciation of the Christian faith as it is expressed in the Heidelberg Catechism.

The Quest for Comfort: The Story of the Heidelberg Catechism is available from Reformation Heritage Books for US$7.50 plus shipping charges.


+ Reformation Heritage Books, 2965 Leonard Street Northeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525, 616-977-0599, orders@heritagebooks.org


[5] Trinity Foundation Announces 2011 Christian Worldview Essay Contest Winners

The Trinity Foundation has announced the winners of the 2011 Christian Worldview Essay Contest.

The First Prize of $3000 plus 15 books goes to Emmanuel Cumplido of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for his essay “Hope in the Midst of Despair: An Essay on Gordon Clark’s 1966 Wheaton Lectures”.

The Second Prize of $2000 plus 10 books goes to Ryan Hedrich of Lawrenceville, Georgia, for his essay “The Good Work of Philosophy”.

The Third Prize of $1000 plus 5 books goes to Racheal Parker of Greentown, Indiana, for her essay “Philosophical Contrast: Revelation versus the Vain Imaginations of Men”.

All entrants had to read the book Introduction to Christian Philosophy / “The Wheaton Lectures” (contained in Christian Philosophy and Clark and His Critics) by Dr. Gordon H. Clark and write an essay about the book.

The topic for the 2012 Christian Worldview Essay Contest is Without a Prayer: Ayn Rand and the Close of Her System by John W. Robbins.

Additionally, The Trinity Foundation has published For the King: The Trinity Review, 1999-2008 edited by John W. Robbins and Thomas W. Juodaitis, available for US$39.95, and under the current sale flyer - buy one get two free. For the King is The Trinity Foundation’s biggest book yet, 624 pages in 8 1/2 x 11 oversized cloth bound hardback. For the King is the third ten-year compilation of The Trinity Review. Against the World and Against the Churches were the first two.


+ The Trinity Foundation, Post Office Box 68, Unicoi, Tennessee 37692, 423-743-0199, Fax: 423-743-2005, tjtrinityfound@aol.com