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Paul Lamar, the oldest son of UPCUSA moderator Robert C. Lamar, talks about his father's work and witness, and about growing up gay inside and outside the Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
Lamar, Paul. (interviewee), Staniunas, David. (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1974 : Lamar), First Presbyterian Church (Albany, N.Y.), Lamar, Paul--Interviews., Lamar, Robert C.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterians.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:175927
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, addresses a business session of the 182nd General Assembly.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), World Council of Churches., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Worship., Interfaith worship.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161375
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Participants in Ecumenical Service of Worship and Millikin University Choir.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), Millikin Choir., Millikin University.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Worship., Interfaith worship., Choirs (Music)
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161373
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Participants in Ecumenical Service of Worship, with Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, General Secretary, World Council of Churches, speaking.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.), World Council of Churches., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Worship., Interfaith worship.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161372
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Interior of Auditorium Theatre during Ecumenical Service of Worship, Sunday evening.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Mass Media. (creator)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A General Assembly (182nd : 1970 : Chicago, Ill.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Worship., Interfaith worship.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161368
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Rev. John F. Anderson, Jr. Executive Secretary, Board of National Ministries, Presbyterian Church, U.S., delivers sermon during Ecumenical Service of Worship.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of National Ministries., Anderson, John F. (John Franklin), 1920-2007.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Presbyterian Church--Clergy., Worship., Interfaith worship.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161329
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Participants in Ecumenical Service of Worship.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Worship., Interfaith worship.
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161328
Description:
Text transcribed from slide set's accompanying script: Trinity University Choir and Master Singers of San Antonio Symphony at Ecumenical Service of Worship.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (181st : 1969 : San Antonio, Tex.), Trinity University (San Antonio, Tex.). Choir., San Antonio Symphony Orchestra.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Congresses., Worship., Interfaith worship., Choirs (Music)
Geographic subjects:
San Antonio (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:161327
Creator:
Padersen. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Lutheran church buildings--United States., Public worship--Lutheran Church
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139023
Description:
Vatican City -- Amid the grandeur of St. Peter's Basilica's main alter, Pope Paul VI addresses a huge congregation at a Mass marking the 1,000th anniversary of Christianity in Poland. Thousands of Polish pilgrims from various parts of the world were gathered in the basilica, along with many church and other dignitaries. Pope Paul criticized as "not justified" the Polish government's refusal to permit a papal visit to millennium observances.
Creator:
United Press International. (photographer)
Subject names:
1897-1978., VI, Paul, Pope, Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--History--20th century.
Topics:
Christianity--Poland., Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Vatican City., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139020
Description:
Web site of the American Society of Church History, a community of scholars, dedicated to studying the history of Christianity in relation to broader culture, across all time periods, locations, and cultural contexts.
Creator:
American Society of Church History. (creator)
Subject names:
American Society of Church History.
Topics:
Church history--Societies, etc., Christianity., Church and the world., Christian scholars--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130117
Description:
Web site of the Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest. This Historical Society exists to "stimulate and encourage interest in the collection, preservation, and presentation of the Presbyterian and Reformed heritage in the four state area" of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. It encourages congregations to establish a heritage committee, preserve church records on microfilm or microfiche, celebrate anniversaries by writing histories of their work, and sketches of some of the saints of the church. It is an agency of the Synod of the Sun of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Creator:
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Southwestern States--History., Church history--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Arkansas., Louisiana., Oklahoma., Texas.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130023
Description:
The Covenant Network of Presbyterians is a broad-based, national group of clergy and lay leaders working for a church that is simultaneously faithful, just, and whole. The Covenant Network seeks to strengthen the church of Jesus Christ by working for the unity of the church, furthering the inclusion of LGBTQ persons, seeking understanding and reconciliation, and joining with others seeking a still more just and inclusive church.
Creator:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians. (creator)
Subject names:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians.
Topics:
Church work with gays--Presbyterian Church., Lesbian clergy--United States., Gay clergy--United States., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Christian sexual minorities--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129903
Description:
News conference concerning Eugene Carson Blake's election as General Secretary of the World Council of Churches. Blake also comments on the proposed Confession of 1967.
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker)
Subject names:
World Council of Churches., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (178th : 1966 : Boston, Mass.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116490
Description:
Treasures of the snow. "He said to the snow, be thou on the earth." JB 37:6 [Church in Charleston, West Virginia.]
Creator:
Wilkin, Frank (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings.
Geographic subjects:
Charleston (W. Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7407
Description:
Dr. R.H. Edwin Epsy, Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, and Dr. Roy G. Ross. General Assembly, 1964.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. \u2021b General Assembly (176th : 1964 : Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Geographic subjects:
Oklahoma City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7358
Description:
A group of residents at the J.C. Penney Memorial Community. Homes are open only to married couples and the community is non-denominational in character.
Creator:
Spottswood, Jack. (photographer)
Subject names:
Memorial Home Community
Topics:
Retirement communities--Florida--Penney Farms--20th century., Old age homes--Florida--Penney Farms--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Penney Farms (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7205
Description:
Dr. S. Franklin Mack, William Fore, and Rev. Spencer. General Assembly, 1963.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (175th : 1963 : Des Moines, Iowa)
Geographic subjects:
Des Moines (Iowa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7075
Description:
Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4871
Description:
Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.
Creator:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4870

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