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So what does an urban congregation do when a political party’s convention comes to town?  Given all the craziness of dealing with security, a massive media presence and thousands of protestors, one might think it would be wise of said congregation to close its doors for the week. 

 Central Presbyterian in St. Paul is faced with the reality that the 2008 Republican National Convention will be taking a place just a stone’s throw away at the Xcel Center and Central also sits on the route marked off by the St. Paul police department as a protest route.  With all of this, Central has not chosen to close the church’s door, but instead, throw them open to the world, inviting people to their usual Wednesday community luncheon (which will be expanded to all four days of the convention) and offering a place for people to pray and medidate.  You can find out more about how Central is planning to become a “peaceful presence” during the RNC by listen the this month’s episode of iWitness.

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It seems at times as if Religion and the Arts are set against each other.  But there are many examples where Spirituality embraces the arts.  One example of this is Rev. Dean Seal, a recently ordained minister of Word and Sacrement of the Presbyterian Church (USA), who has a long background in theatre.  While Seal is an ordained Presbyterian minister, don’t expect to see him as the pastor of a congregation any time soon.  His ministry is unique- a bridge between the world of the theatre and the world of the church.  Find out more in this episode of iWitness.

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A light-hearted and informative video promoting the 219th General Assembly to be held in Minneapolis come July 2010 is now available for viewing.  The video was shown at the recently-concluded 218th General Assembly in San Jose. 

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Greetings and welcome to iWitness, a podcast devoted to mission and ministry taking place in the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area. The first episode is a broadcast of a sermon given by Rev. Kara Root at the Annual Meeting of the PTCA on May 13, 2008 at Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, Minnesota. Root is the Associate Pastor at Grace Trinity Community Church in Minneapolis. She preached from the 12th chapter of First Corinthians and the title of her sermon is “Many Members…One Body.”

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