Following a year in which the Synod of Lakes and Prairies did not increase its per capita apportionment, the synod voted to approve a 10 cent per capita increase for 2011 when it held its spring meeting May 2-4 at Mt. Olivet Retreat and Conference Center, Farmington, Minn.

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A statement from the Administrative Review Task Force on the Future of the Synod of Lakes and Prairies that calls on commissioners of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to “give sincere and thorough consideration to the overtures before them regarding the future role of synods in our church” was affirmed by synod commissioners when they met May 2-4 at the Mt. Olivet Retreat and Conference Center, Farmington, Minn.

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As part of its 2010 Arts and Culture Series, Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church, 217 Mackubin St., St. Paul, Minn., will host its first annual Pentecost Celebration with a concert Saturday, May 22, at 5 p.m. at the church.

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When the youth group at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis heard about the ymiLIVE Video Challenge sponsored by the Presbyterian Foundation, they knew the contest would be a good fit.

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