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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
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Video of 1001 New Worshipping Communities ministry kin-dom community's inaugural edition of kin-dom camp, a week-long summer camp for youth ages 13 to 17 in the Synod of the Sun who identify as LGBTQIA+. Camp leaders and participants talk about how the camp came to be and the impact it has had on all participants. Video originally featured in a Presbyterian News Service article, "'I'm happier and it's crazy how that happens'" (published August 25, 2022).
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Mission Agency (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Synod of the Sun., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Mission Agency.
Topics:
LGBTQ+ youth., Church work with youth.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288241
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Video two of a two part set of lectures and presentations produced by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Office of the General Assembly. (film producer), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church. (creator)
Subject names:
Jesus Christ--Person and offices., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church--Archives.
Topics:
Discernment (Christian theology)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288236
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (216th : 2004 : Richmond, Va.), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church--Archives.
Topics:
Discernment (Christian theology)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288220
Description:
Video one of a two part set of lectures and presentations produced by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Office of the General Assembly. (film producer), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church--Archives.
Topics:
Discernment (Christian theology)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288235
Description:
Report and recommendations adopted by the 197th General Assembly (1985) and reaffirmed by the 212th General Assembly (2000).
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Office of Theology and Worship., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church--Archives.
Topics:
Bias-free language., Language question in the church., Nonsexist language--Religious aspects.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288203
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Video created by the Lazarus Project, a Presbyterian ministry dedicated to reconciling the church with its LGBTQ community. Began in 1977 at West Hollywood Presbyterian Church. Dissolved in 2007 after 30 years of ministry.
Subject names:
West Hollywood Presbyterian Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), Lazarus Project.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious Aspects--Presbyterian Church--20th century
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145237
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Silent march by gay and lesbian Presbyterians and their allies in plenary of the 203rd General Assembly of the PC(USA), introduced by moderator Herb Valentine. Media services identifier PM 91-013.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Mission Agency. Media Services.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly (203rd : 1991 : Baltimore, Md.), Valentine, Herbert Duncan, 1935-
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:145297
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Media Services
Subject names:
Ahvakana, Nelson., Kignak, Ernest.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Alaska., Indigenous Presbyterians--Alaska., Religious life.--Alaska Natives
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Church history., Kaktovik (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:166468
Description:
"Mission Digest" pamphlet, No. 1.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations. (publisher), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. (publisher)
Subject names:
Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020--Archives., Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020., Cook Christian Training School.
Topics:
Indigenous Presbyterians., Presbyterian universities and colleges.
Geographic subjects:
Tempe (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288182
Description:
Cecil Corbett was a Nez Perce Presbyterian minister and church worker. A member of First Indian Presbyterian Church (Kamiah, Idaho), he served as president of Cook College and Theological School in Tempe, Arizona, as national agency staff liaison to Native American churches, and in retirement as an itinerant pastor. He died in 2020 of COVID-19.
Creator:
Cook College and Theological School., Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (180th : 1968 : Minneapolis), Corbett, Cecil, 1931-2020.
Topics:
Indigenous Presbyterians.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:180807
Description:
Short Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Falls of Rough, Kentucky. Dedication service, 1895.
Subject names:
Short Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Falls of Rough, Ky.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Kentucky--Falls of Rough.
Geographic subjects:
Breckinridge (Ky.), Grayson (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:81724
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Atlantic. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of Atlantic., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Synod of Atlantic.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--History--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:162603
Creator:
Bryant Union Publ. (New York City, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (Stony Point, N.Y.)
Topics:
Church buildings--New York--Stony Point.
Geographic subjects:
Stony Point (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:13745
Description:
Session minutes, 1955 through 1958, of Memorial Presbyterian Church, a congregation with a mostly Tlingit population.
Creator:
Memorial Presbyterian Church (Juneau, Alaska) (creator)
Subject names:
Memorial Presbyterian Church (Juneau, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Religion., Church records and registers--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:164812
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Sermon delivered by Phineas Densmore Gurley at the funeral of William Wallace Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, at the White House, Washington, D.C.
Creator:
Gurley, P. D. (Phineas Densmore), 1816-1868. (author)
Subject names:
Lincoln, William Wallace, 1850-1862.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82297
Description:
Presbytery of Chicago- Christopher House- 1618 Fullerton Ave.
Creator:
Hornby & Freiberg. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Chicago.
Topics:
Social settlements--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5120
Description:
Westminster Presbyterian Church Alcolu, SC.
Topics:
Church buildings--South Carolina--Clarendon County.
Geographic subjects:
Clarendon County (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5897
Subject names:
Community Presbyterian Church Manse (Lake City, Colo.)--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Colorado--Lake City.
Geographic subjects:
Lake City (Colo.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112713
Description:
Located at Main and Grand Streets. Looking Northeast.
Subject names:
The Presbyterian Church of Green Ridge (Green Ridge, Mo.)--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Missouri--Green Ridge.
Geographic subjects:
Green Ridge (Mo.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:112630

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