Public Lectures at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
616 N. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA15206
412-362-5610 www.pts.edu
The W. Don McClure Lectures in World Mission and Evangelism:Christian Faith in a Post-Christendom World
Jonathan J. Bonk, Executive Director, Overseas Ministries Study Center, New Haven, Conn. / Mon., Sept. 27, 11:30 a.m., 4:15 and 7:30 p.m., and Tues., Sept. 28, 11:30 a.m., 2010 (Chapel Service) / Held in cooperation with the World Mission Initiative / Free and open to the public. No registration necessary.
A dinner will be held Mon., Sept. 27, at 6:00 p.m. Reservations are required. Cost is $10.
The Bible Lands Museum: Fall Archaeology Lecture I
Cemal Pulak, Associate Professor of Nautical Archaeology, TexasA&MUniversity, College Station, Texas Cemal Pulak will discuss his work on the Late Bronze Age shipwreck at Uluburun, Turkey. / Tues., Oct. 12, 2010, 7:30 p.m. / Free and open to the public
The Bible Lands Museum: Fall Archaeology Lecture II
Amihai Mazar, Professor of Archaeology, HebrewUniversity, Jerusalem Amihai Mazar will discuss recent finds from his on-going excavations at Tel Rehov in the JordanValley. / Tues., Nov. 16, 2010, 7:30 p.m. / Free and open to the public
The Kelso Lecture in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream in a Post-Racial Society
Stephen G. Ray Jr., Neal F. and Ila A. Fisher Professor of Systematic Theology, Garrett- Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Ill. / Wed., Feb. 9, 2011, 7:00 p.m. / Free and open to the public. No registration necessary. / Reception immediately following
The Albright-Deering Lecture in Methodist Studies
Douglas M. Strong, Dean, School of Theology and Professor of the History of Christianity, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Wash. / Thurs., May 5, 2011, 2:00 and 3:45 p.m. / Free and open to the public. No registration necessary.
ALSO: Coming January 21-23, 2011: Bishop Robert Schnase, author and developer of Five Practices of a Fruitful Congregation, will lead a retreat on the Five Practices at the Five Points Sheraton in Mars.
PRAYER GROUP
The Tuesday morning prayer group will resume our weekly times of prayer in July, meeting at 11:00 A.M. on Mondays, instead of Tuesdays. The first time of prayer will be Monday, July 5 at 11:00 A.M.
MOM’S GROUP
There had been a strong desire by some women in the church to start a Mom’s Prayer Group. Plans came together and in October of 2000 the first Mom’s Prayer Group meeting was held. A group of women in the church would meet weekly to pray for our own children as well as children of the church, the community and the world. We met on a regular basis up until 2006 until everyone’s schedules just became too busy to continue.
Time has passed and the realization has come to mind by many that this time of prayer meeting is needed again. For this reason, the Mom’s Prayer Group will begin to meet once again. It is our hope to meet once a month for one hour to pray and release God’s power on our children. I am currently in search of a devotional/study book to use. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please send them my way.
More than anything else, our families and our children need our prayers. This is an unsettling time to raise children. The peer pressure alone our children face can be overwhelming for them. We must hold our children before the Lord daily.
In addition, I might add, no matter the age of your children, they always need our prayers. I would like to see this become a intergenerational group. Those who have already raised their children and are now enjoying having grandchildren, can be of great help and support to those still raising small children. Even if you don’t have children of your own, you have plenty of children in our church to call your own and these children can certainly use your support and prayers.
I am asking all women of the church who are concerned for children to please consider joining this prayer group. It is my hope that this group would serve, not only as a prayer group to uplift our children, but also as a group that will help women with their own spiritual journey.
Please feel free to call or email me if you are interested in attending @pwatterson@zoominternet.net or 724-622-2514.
“Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your (our) children” -- Lamentations 2:19
