22 January -- Hartford CT. The Presbyterian Promise annual meeting was held at First Presbyterian Church this afternoon. The Annual Report is available here. Begun with worship led by Rev. Gail Faithfull, the meeting included the election of new board members.

Class of 2014: Dan Blackford (Providence), Christine Caton (PSNE), Jane Hindenlang (New Haven: First), June O'Neil (Hartford: First).

Class of 2013: Gail Faithfull (PSNE), Dick Hasbany (New Haven: First), Teddy Hogle (New Haven: First), Ralph Jones (New Haven: First)
Class of 2012: Dan Bender, Keith Rhoden (Hartford: First), Anne Fuhrmeister (Waterford: Crossroads)
from Sponsoring Members: Jane Love (Stamford: First), Lois Maxwell (Hartford: First), Geralyn Plomitallo (Stamford: First)

The major portion of the meeting was a panel presentation. Rev. Dana Lindsley, Presbyter to the Spiritual Community spoke about his experience at the Orlando Fellowship of Presbyterians gathering, and how recent developments are changing the church. Rev. Jean Southard spoke about her experience with the Presbyterian judicial system as it considered her role in a same gender marriage, and about the harm some Christian voices are causing the Gospel and GLBT individuals in countries like Uganda. Elder Alice Evans spoke about the need for Christians to acquire the tools to escape from our conflicted relationship with each other and with others.

This portion of the meeting was recorded. You can listen to the three presentations here:

• Rev. Dana Lindsley


• Rev. Jean Southard


• Elder Alice Evans