The Office of the General Assembly has published a two-page errata list for the new Books of Order.  That list may be found at this link:  http://www.pcusa.org/media/uploads/oga/pdf/errata_boo_2011.pdf

You may also find this link on the Resources tab of this web page.

As many of you know, the ongoing voting in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) reached a critical mass yesterday when Twin Cities Area Presbytery became the 87th presbytery to vote in favor of Amendment 10-A.

During Winnebago Presbytery’s regular meeting yesterday there was discussion about what this means for congregations and presbyteries.  Several resources were mentioned and you can find links to all of the resources below including the four key points used to begin yesterday’s discussion.

Official PC (USA) press release and churchwide letter from the Stated Clerk, Executive Director, Moderator and Vice Moderator

Frequently Asked Questions – Amendment 10-A and ordination standards

Communication Guidelines for Working with the Media re: 10-A

4 Key Reflection Points (from May 10, 2011 Presbytery Meeting Discussion)

You may also find these comments made via YouTube videos useful as well:

Elder Cynthia Bolbach, Moderator of the General Assembly

The Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly

We will continue to add resources as they become available.

. . .and the livin’ is easy.  Maybe, it’s not quite summer yet; but it certainly is time to begin making plans for summer camp and Synod School.

Winnebago Presbytery supports United Church Camps, Inc. which operates Pilgrim Center in Green Lake and Moon Beach in St. Germaine.  We also offer camper scholarships up to one-fourth of the costs.  Download a Camper Scholarship Application here.  Application deadline is April 15th!

Synod School is scheduled at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa July 24-29.  This year’s theme is, “All My Relatives.”  Brochures will be arriving in the mail soon.  Winnebago Presbytery offers scholarships to this outstanding event.  Download a Synod School Scholarship Application and return it by June 1st.

RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication.  In other words, it’s a simple way to publish or spread information that has been posted on a web site.  If you are new to reading blogs, you might wonder, ‘how do you know when something new has been posted?’  For example, my family has a blog that we share and I just checked.  No one has posted anything since July 10th.  If you were a regular reader of my blog, I suspect you might have given up checking for new post by now.  But, if you were to subscribe using an RSS feed, then your web browser would tell you when a new post appears.

Wikipedia says this:

RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works – such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video – in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a “feed”, “web feed”, or “channel”) includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content quickly and automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place. RSS feeds can be read using software called an “RSS reader”, “feed reader”, or “aggregator”, which can be web-based or desktop-based.

You can find the RSS feeds on any web site by looking for this icon.

But if you’re like me, even an RSS feed requires too much attention which is why many web sites also offer email updates.  If you sign up for this service, every time a new post is published, you’ll receive an email with the content of the post and a link to the original site.

Finally, there is a third alternative.  Google offers a service called Google Reader.  By typing the web sites you want to follow into the ‘subscribe’ box, Google will keep a list of all your ‘feeds’ and then you can read them whenever you want.  Doesn’t get much easier than that!

By now you’ve probably guessed that the Presbytery’s web site now has live RSS feeds and email subscriptions available.  Stay connected to Winnebago Presbytery and the PC(USA)! Sign up today.

feautor.org -  A free, multilingual, and open space to share religious resources is now being used by several major denominations (including the ELCA) as a gathering place to share ideas.

Here’s what the creators say

Welcome to FeAutor.org!

We are a group of people who have come together to support the sharing of religious resources using Creative Commons licenses. For more information, please contact feautor@religioused.org.

Some of us first met at a World Council of Churches consultation on intellectual property, and others through two planning meetings that a foundation helped fund (one in St. Paul, Minnesota in January of 2006, and one in Sao Paulo, Brazil in April of 2006).

We are organized into working groups that anyone is free to join, including an administrative oversight group which is coordinated by Mary Hess. Most of us who started this project are members of Christian communities of faith, but we welcome participation from people of other faiths. If you speak a language that is not part of the navigation of this site, and would like to contribute a translation to make it possible to navigate in your language, please let us know.

Want a litany to bless backpacks?  How about an Advent booklet or a healing service.  Browse or Search AND if you’ve got something to share, upload content.