By Bob Gross, The Times Herald.com Fady Amin appreciates the fall colors and the small towns of Michigan’s Thumb. But like many Iraqi Christians who have fled the violence in their country, he’d rather be someplace else. He just wants to go home. Amin, 36, is a native of Baghdad. He is traveling throughout the…
The Layman The Synod of the Covenant is asking the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) to approve the production of a new “pastoral and educational booklet” on end-of-life issues written by Presbyterian ethicists and physicians. The overture’s rationale states since past PCUSA resources have been developed, “matters have become even more complex…
The Layman In 2008, the 218th General Assembly voted to change the name of Youth Advisory Delegates (YADS) to Young Adult Advisory Delegates (YAADS), and this summer, that name could be changed again. The Synod of the Covenant has forwarded an overture (020) to the 221st General Assembly, meeting June 14-21 in Detroit, Mich., to…