Greetings,  here is a collection of brief news items that may be of interest:

Sacramento, CA: Thanks for a comment by reader Buddy who informs us that at the called meeting of the Sacramento Presbytery yesterday all four motions dealing with ordination standards, per capita, and the trust clause passed.  Buddy's comment is attached to my original post.  Interestingly, Pastor Tom Gray of Kirk of the Hills Church in Tulsa, OK, writes in his blog that the stated clerk of the GA has written a letter to other stated clerks that these types of resolutions are not acceptable.  The story of the meeting was in the Sacramento Bee, both a pre-meeting article yesterday and a post-meeting article today. (Or get to the articles through Google News) The article says that the votes on the first two motions concerning ordination standards were 87-59 and 83-63.  Also, they report that there will be a case filed with the PJC.  More as all this develops.

Ghana:  There has been a bit of press this week over the Presbyterian Church of Ghana's support of a demonstration against homosexuality and same-sex marriages.  The events included comments by the Moderator of the PC of Ghana, Rt. Rev. Dr. Frimpong Manson, where "He described the manifestation of sexual desire toward a person of the same sex as a detestable behavior, immoral, a deviation from normal and perversion of the creator's original intention."  "He has pledged the church's full support for government's prompt and bold stance to prevent this abomination from being encouraged on Ghanaian soil."  This story was fairly widely covered including allAfrica.com (from which I took my quotes), Ghanaian Chronicle, Accra Daily Mail, and 365Gay.

Scotland:  The Moderator of the Church of Scotland has misplaced the ceremonial ring of the office of Moderator.  An undisclosed reward is being offered.  Coverage by BBC News, icLanarkshire, and the Glasgow Daily Record.