Presbytery of Silly Walks in the Pines
Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend,
Unnerves his strength, invites his end.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Woodnotes"

Presbytery of Silly Walks in the Pines

 
Presbytery of Silly Walks in the Pines

Presbytery of Silly Walks in the Pines Sorry, It has been a tough two weeks. Will get back to the presbytery shortly.

November 4 at 1:00pm
Leslie Powell Gilreath
Leslie Powell Gilreath
I, too, thought you'd been lost in technology somehow. Welcome back!
November 5 at 4:23am
Jennifer Lorimer Kondak

Jennifer Lorimer Kondak yes - where have you gone? I'm feeling so un-re-formed!

Susan

Susan Pastor of Disaster, where are you? I miss my Silly Walks updates.

Presbytery of Silly Walks in the Pines
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First Church of Tammy Lane has purchased a most unusual sermon illustration. It is an iron lung to place in their sanctuary for their 2,500 members to contemplate when H1N1 vaccines become available for the general public in the upcoming weeks.
Joe Sellepack
Joe Sellepack
Let's confess our sins and pass the sauce...
October 21 at 2:39pm
Leslie Powell Gilreath
Leslie Powell Gilreath
Hmmm. Could we loan it to the Baptists for a Baptismal pool?
October 22 at 5:34am
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World Without Poverty has announced that its annual conference of leadership interested in ending poverty. This year’s conference will meet this Spring in Malibu. The conference will be held on May 13-19 at the Stone Water Cove Resort. ...
Ann
Ann
Let's see, they're spending all that money on a conference instead of giving it to the poor. Well, the poor will always be with us! Jesus said it!
October 21 at 11:47am
Leslie Powell Gilreath
Leslie Powell Gilreath
Well, but this will benefit those in Malibu who actually will work. Let's keep mission here at home!
October 22 at 5:33am
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The Monarchy Society has decided it will meet at the Tea Shop on Wellshire Avenue on Friday at 11:00 am. This weeks discussion is on why democracy erodes a queen’s centralized authority.
Fred Guevara
Fred Guevara
I love it when Presbyterians get spiritual....
October 21 at 6:56am
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Our previously scheduled guest had a family situation, and will be rescheduled for another show.Carol Howard Merritt is out of town at a conference.That leaves Bruce - All By Himself. We'll be looking ...
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A new survey shows a shocking trend in the Presbytery of Silly Walks in the Pines. It shows that predominantly the presbytery is decreasing in the diversity that it says that it wants. Ethnic congregations ...
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Rev. Harold Thompson III is standing firm on his comments equating President Obama’s policies to former Ugandan Military leader Idi Amin. In a sermon on October 11 Thompson claimed that Obama’s heath care system is like the despot’s, but gave no example how.
Andrew Foster Davis
Andrew Foster Davis
I thought Idi Amin was Scottish, like McCain?
October 16 at 5:16pm
Jon Nuelle
Jon Nuelle
Now counting the days until Fox News "reports" that Obama has declared himself "King of Hawaii."
October 16 at 9:21pm
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First Church of Briarcliff is putting up the streamers, the record player is plugged into the corner and they have dusted off the parasols. It is time again for their annual Harvest Shimmy. No one knows ...
Ann
Ann
I think they should burn the record player and the Liberace tunes! Of course, I'm not sure what kind of toxic fumes Liberace would put into the atmosphere!
October 16 at 12:55pm
Isabelle
Isabelle
I think that is one way to get rid of skeletons in the closet.
October 16 at 1:09pm
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New material is available at the Presbytery Office. Put out by the much heralded Presbyterian Consultants for Hire this new material strikes the right balance of appearing to care about education without actually having to educate anyone. ...
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It was a time when men owned companies and freedom was as far as a man who owned a factory could see. They were times when people like Carnegies, Pullmans and Rockefellers could build cathedrals to themselves. ...
Andrew Foster Davis
Andrew Foster Davis
Those were supposed to be like arrows, like the decline of unions caused a decline in the middle class which is causing a decline of mainline churches.
October 16 at 8:01am
Presbytery of Silly Walks in the Pines
Presbytery of Silly Walks in the Pines
Andrew~
You confused me using math symbols as symbolism. Oh, my head hurts.
October 16 at 8:11am
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The local temperance movement is up to 9 members in just over 3 months! It is the fastest growing organization in the Presbyterian Church! Congrats!
Ann
Ann
Nine members in three months would be fast for just about any Presbyterian church!
October 14 at 10:24am
Annette Brown Vawter
Annette Brown Vawter
I'd join if:
a) I thought it would work &
b) I didn't enjoy the occasional Lava Flow in Hawaii.
Fuddy Duddys Unite!
October 14 at 9:47pm
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Many is the snark that is spread across the twitter universe during a Presbytery meeting. Young people (people under the age of 50) have become ubiquitously associated in the Presbytery of Silly Walks in the Pines with punching 140 characters into their phones or laptops during the meetings. ...
Ann
Ann
Sort of like having Madame Defarge at presby meetings? Who's getting beheaded?
October 13 at 7:39am
KarenMarie
KarenMarie
There's always English paper piecing--small, inconspicuous, and one can say it 'quilts for mission'
October 14 at 8:26am
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Join our online missionaries, Bruce and Carol, as they talk about Purity. Sister Frances Wolverton is already tingling with the Holy Spirit!
Eleanor Sanborn Tyler
Eleanor Sanborn Tyler
Sister Frances and the Holy Spirit need to get a room.
October 12 at 2:32pm