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Dan Smith was a Presbyterian and Congregationalist minister, longtime pastor of West Hollywood United Church of Christ. He was born 2 February 1953 in Buffalo, N.Y., and educated at SUNY Fredonia and Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a conscientious objector during the American war in Vietnam. He was ordained in 1978 and spent six years installed at First Presbyterian Church (Geneva, N.Y.) before moving to Los Angeles. He took the pastorate of West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) in 1984, becoming the first openly gay minister installed in a PC(USA) congregation. During his tenure the congregation would spearhead AIDS ministry in West Hollywood, and build the Lazarus Project, dedicated to reconciling the church with its LGBTQ community. Smith retired in 2020. He died 12 June 2023.
Creator:
Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023. (dedicatee), West Hollywood United Church of Christ (Los Angeles, Calif.) (creator)
Subject names:
West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Smith, Daniel Edmund, 1953-2023.
Topics:
LGBTQ+ Presbyterians., Gay clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345470
Description:
Mary Jane Stickley oral history, 2 August 2023, on CROP support of agricultural education and animal husbandry at Jibrail, in Northern Lebanon, 1960-1961.
Creator:
Stickley, Mary Jane
Subject names:
Christian Rural Overseas Project
Topics:
Missions--Lebanon
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345458
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345456
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Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345455
Description:
Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345454
Description:
Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345435
Description:
Seminar by Melva Costen, likely around the publication of Costen's book, African American Christian Worship, 1993.
Creator:
Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023. (speaker)
Subject names:
Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio), Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023--Archives., Costen, James Hutten, 1931-2003--Archives., Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933-2023.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians., African American public worship., Church music--African American churches.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345434
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Via North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpCFaXaadLM
Creator:
Bethea, Edwin, 1931-2023.
Subject names:
North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Topics:
African American Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:345295
Description:
A promotional film for the Presbyterian-operated Boggs Academy in Keysville, Georgia. Tells the story of Shirley, a little girl who dreams of learning everything at Boggs. Produced by the PCUSA Board of National Missions, 1937.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions., Boggs Academy.
Topics:
African Americans--Education--Georgia--Keysville., African American children--Georgia--Keysville.
Geographic subjects:
Keysville (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344681
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (212th : 2000 : Long Beach, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344182
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (212th : 2000 : Long Beach, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344181
Description:
Oral history interview of Dick Lundy, 11 May 2022, on St. Luke Presbyterian Church (Wayzata, Minn.) accompaniment of Rene Hurtado, a refugee from El Salvador. Dick Lundy is a Presbyterian minister. From 1969 to 1980 he was pastor of McKinley Memorial Presbyterian Church (Champaign, Ill.). From 1980 to 1994 he was senior pastor of St. Luke Presbyterian Church (Wayzata, Minn.).
Creator:
Lundy, Richard A., 1932-
Topics:
Sanctuary movement, El Salvador--History--1979-1992
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344180
Description:
From Presbyterian Mission Agency Communications records, 1978-2008, box 10
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (216th : 2004 : Richmond, Va.), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Mission Agency. Communications
Subject names:
Andrews, Susan
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344176
Description:
Oral history with Babs Miller, parish associate at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.), on her career in ministry, including with Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.) during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, and as an evangelist with That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS) in the 2000s. Babs Miller is a Presbyterian minister, ordained by Mission Presbytery in 2014. Born in Victoria, Texas in 1942, she attended the Presbyterian School for Christian Education (Richmond, Va.) in the 1960s, and worked as a Christian educator, a social worker, and a high school teacher in Texas. She went to Austin Theological Seminary from 1987 to 1990, came out as a lesbian, and began work with Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.). From about 2004 to 2012 she was an evangelist with That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS). She has served as parish associate at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.) since 2014, and continues advocacy for GLBTQ+ rights, in particular protection of trans youth and their families threatened by Texas state law codifying trans health therapies as child abuse. Starting in 2015, Miller was part of the group at St. Andrew's, as part of the Austin Sanctuary Network, declaring public sanctuary for migrants, and helped a mother and child, Hilda and Ivan, seek asylum.
Creator:
Miller, Babs Ann, 1942- (interviewee), Staniunas, David. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Metropolitan Community Church (Austin, Tex.), That All May Freely Serve (Association), St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Austin, Tex.)
Topics:
Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterians., Sanctuary movement., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterians., Church work with immigrants.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344175
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (216th : 2004 : Richmond, Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344174
Description:
Program on Presbyterian assistance for migrant laborers in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Andrew. Digital transfer from Betacam.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services.
Topics:
Migrant laborers' families., Church work with migrant labor.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340994
Description:
Digital transfer from BetacamSP.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (204th : 1992 : Milwaukee, Wis.), Fife, John M. (John Macmillan), 1940- (speaker), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Moderator (1992-1993 : Fife)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340993
Description:
Compilation video of the PC(USA) 204th General Assembly, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By Burrow Bluegrass Productions for PC(USA) Media Services, June 13, 1992. Digital transfer from BetacamSP.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (204th : 1992 : Milwaukee, Wis.)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly. Moderator (1992-1993 : Fife)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340962
Description:
Digital transfer from Betacam SP.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services., Hassan, Riffat. (speaker)
Topics:
Christianity and other religions--Islam., Interfaith relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340961
Description:
Digital transfer from Betacam SP.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Media Services., Haines, Byron. (speaker)
Topics:
Christianity and other religions--Islam.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340960

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