Ethics & Society
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Ethics & Society |
Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church in Chaska
A Place for the Mind and Heart
Our faith tradition teaches that the church exists for the world, not the world for the church. Public engagement and service on behalf of the common good is essential to who we are and what we believe. The gospel of Jesus is the gospel of reconciling love. In that same spirit, relying on the guidance and correction of the Holy Spirit, our preaching, teaching, fellowship and service are offered because we love the world.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Listen to "Keepin ' the Faith" program (Illlinois Public Radio) with Pastor Gordon Stewart on "The Bible and Politics" (9/18/11)
9/11/11 Worship at Shepherd of the Hill
Hear MPR commentary on the misuse of the word "freedom" aired on "All Things Considered."
Read Pastor Gordon Stewart's MPR commentary on the "willful ignorance" that St. thomas Aquinas called the greatst sin.
On September 18, 1838 a Peace Conventionn convened in Boston to establish a Non-Resistance Society as a witness to peace. "A Declaration of Sentiments" written by William Loyd Garrison was published by the Convention.
Read "Climate and Tornadoes"The Presbyterian Church (USA) website provides a page with a video on new social awakening and the history of the ecumenical social witness principles. This link will take you to the PCUSA web page that contains the video "Toward a New Social Awakening, The Social Creed 1908 - 2008" produced by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy. Let us know your views on the video or the creed itself by using the Contact Us page on our web site. Come by Shepherd of the Hill Church in Chaska for worship Sunday morning at 9:30, participate in the adult class on the Social Creed, or attend one of the First Tuesday Dialogues on the first Tuesday of the month October through May. Read the Star Tribune commentary by Pastor Gordon Stewart on citizenship, tax-payers, and tax-beneficiaries.MAP to guide to our door.
| Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church in Chaska - host of First Tuesday Dialogues: examining critical public issues locally and globally - is a place for the mind and heart with thoughtful worship, education, community outreach and public dialogues that promote the common good. Shepherd of the Hill Jazz-gospel-classical pianist Momoh Freeman lifts our hearts. Pastor Gordon Stewart brings the sermon and does guest commentaries for Minnesota Public Radio (KNOW 91.1 FM) on "All Things Considered," MPRNewsQ, MinnPost, an online news source, and the Chaska Herald. We are the local expression of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Chaska, Minnesota, sharing the message of God's unconditional love for everyone, a place for your mind as well as your heart. |
| An Ecumenical Statement | "A Social Creed for the 21st Century" |
We seek, whenever possible, to work with Christians of other traditions, and with people of other religions on matters affecting the common good. The Presbyterian Church (USA) in 2008 adopted "A Social Creed for the 21st Century." developed in partnership with the 35 other communions of the National Council of Churches USA representing 45,000,000 members. "A Social Creed for the 21st Century" was composed for the centennial of the Social Creed of the Churches produced in 1908 by the Federal Council of Churches, the predecessor to the NCC, that led to the end of child labor and established worker rights in the work place.