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June 21, 2008
Here we go
Just in time for the General Assembly, PNNews.org welcomes the launch of three new neighborhod editions. 
The Rev. Cynthia Rigby, W.C. Brown Professor of Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, preached a sermon on humility at a General Assembly 2008 worship service.
"The rich need to sit down with the poor and join in the fishing, emptying themselves," Cynthia Rigby said. "We have the opportunity here and now to repent in our complicity in the destructive systems of the world - not because we hate the world, but want to be more fully in it." (1 response so far)
Becky Lanier (Pines Presbytery) arranges notes on how presbyteries can respond to disasters during the Synod of the Sun's two-day training event led by Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.
Two days of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance training is a good start for the presbyteries in the Synod of the Sun to further explore the multi-faceted needs facing Presbyterians, many of whom are experienced, if not exhausted by responding to disasters in this region.
Jorge Lara-Braud shown in the church, El Buen Pastor, were he served as pastor in Austin, Texas. This photo was part of a feature story in the Austin American-Statesman.
orge Lara-Braud, 77, a Presbyterian lay pastor, theologian and social activist who devoted his life to improving the lot of the marginalized and oppressed, died June 22 after a fall near his home in Austin, Texas.
