{"id":1404,"date":"2014-12-24T10:14:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T18:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2014-12-24T10:14:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T18:14:21","slug":"christmas-messages-around-presbyterian-branches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=1404","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Messages From Around The Presbyterian Branches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple of weeks I have seen the following official Christmas messages from Moderators of various Presbyterian branches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/news_and_events\/news\/2014\/moderators-christmas-message\" target=\"_blank\">The Church of Scotland &#8211; The Rt. Rev. John Chalmers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianireland.org\/News\/Article\/December-2014\/Presbyterian-Moderator-calls-for-people-to-welcome\" target=\"_blank\">The Presbyterian Church in Ireland &#8211; The Rev. Dr. Michael Barry: &#8220;Presbyterian Moderator calls for people to welcome strangers this Christmas&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebcpcw.org.uk\/English\/Articles\/214\/Neges%20y%20Nadolig%20Christmas%20Message\/0\" target=\"_blank\">The Presbyterian Church of Wales &#8211; The Rev. Neil Kirkham<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/2014\/12\/16\/christmas-reflection-moderator\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Presbyterian Church in Canada &#8211; The Rev. Dr. Stephen Farris<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterian.org.nz\/publications\/news-archive\/christmas-message-from-the-moderator\" target=\"_blank\">The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand &#8211; The Rev. Peter Cheyne<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the PC(USA) both the Moderator and the Stated Clerk get into the act<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/news\/2014\/12\/12\/reasons-celebrate-pcus-advent-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reasons to celebrate the PC(U.S.A.) this Advent\u00a0season<\/a> &#8211; from RE Heath Rada<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/blogs\/stated-clerks-column\/2014\/12\/1\/december-2014-link-daily-toil-holy-quest-advent\/\" target=\"_blank\">December 2014 &#8211; Link daily toil and holy quest in a deeper, earthier way this\u00a0Advent<\/a> &#8211; from The Rev. Gradye Parsons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And finally, a message from the Moderator-designate of the Free Church of Scotland posted on the web site which has gotten some coverage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/freechurch.org\/news\/no-room-in-the-inn-for-jesus\" target=\"_blank\">No Room In The Inn For Jesus<\/a> &#8211; The Rev. David Robertson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those are the ones that I have seen and I apologize for any missed. Feel free to bring missed ones to my attention.<\/p>\n<p>And with that, a Merry Christmas to all who observe this special day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple of weeks I have seen the following official Christmas messages from Moderators of various Presbyterian branches. The Church of Scotland &#8211; The Rt. Rev. 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