News and Events

Regional JustChurch Gatherings Planned

February 14, 2012 - 1:49am

Regional JustChurch gatherings are planned for cities across the country in 2012 to make The Church Within A Church Movement (CWAC) more accessible to members and new friends.

Extraordinary Ordination 2011 Sermon

December 5, 2011 - 9:02am

Rev. I. Malik Saafir preached at the second "Ecumenical Extraordinary Ordination in a Methodist Tradition Minus the Closet!" held at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, Tucson, AZ on October 23, 2011. The ordination service was set in the context of a weekend event on Living Justice in the Wilderness.

Extraordinary Ordination Press Conference

October 24, 2011 - 10:47pm

This press conference was recorded live at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church in Tucson, AZ on October 23, 2011, prior to the Extraordinary Ordination that afternoon.

Participants included:

  • cathy knight, Executive Director of Church Within A Church Movement
  • The former Rev. Colleen Riley, Extraordinary Ordination Work Area Leader for the Church Within A Church Movement
  • Robyn Morrison, ordinand
  • DeLyn Celec, ordinand
  • Rabbi Shafir Lobb, participant in the ordination service
  • Rev. Mike Smith, interim pastor of St. Mark's Presbyterian Church in Tucson, AZ, host for the Extraordinary Ordination

Immigration Reform: The Intersection of Oppressions

October 24, 2011 - 7:50pm

Immigration Reform: The Intersection of Oppressions - panel discussion recorded live on Friday, October 21, 2011 at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, Tucson, AZ.

Extraordinary Ordination 2011 Video

October 24, 2011 - 7:35pm

The Second "Ecumenical Extraordinary Ordination in a Methodist Tradition Minus the Closet!" recorded live on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, Tucson, AZ.

Extraordinary Ordination Program Book

National movement for LGBT in the church holds ordination in Tucson

October 24, 2011 - 4:23pm

By JD Wallace, KOLD, Tucson, AZ

communion liturgy

Rev. DeLyn Celec (left), Rev. I. Malik Saafir (center), and Rev. Robyn Morrison (right) lead the communion liturgy.

Photo from KOLD, Tucson, AZ; used with permission.

TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - The ordination of two women ministers completed a long journey for both Sunday.  That journey might have been longer than it had to be.

"It was clear to me that my choice was to go in a different direction through Church Within a Church," said Rev. Robyn Morrison after her ordination that was hosted by St. Mark's Presbyterian Church.

Two Women - One Gay and One Straight - Ordained in a Methodist Tradition

October 24, 2011 - 3:32pm

"Extraordinary Ordinations" in Tucson show the way to inclusion

MEDIA RELEASE

October 24, 2011

Two women — one lesbian and one straight — were ordained into Christian ministry of word and sacrament on October 23 at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church in Tucson. The ordinations were through Church Within A Church (CWAC), a movement leading the way to full inclusion in the church.

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