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I encourage you to read "Leaving the Bumper Stickers Behind", posted on the Pittsburgh Presbytery Website. The Pittsburgh Presbytery Council's Task Force to Study Abortion makes two recommendations: 1) Engage in conversation about abortion in your own church and presbytery, and 2) Take action in your congregation to make alternatives to abortion practical and tangible for women and to support and love those whose lives are touched by abortion. The report includes two valuable resources that offer guidelines for starting a group discussion of abortion and ideas for offering practical care ministry to pregnant women. Also provided is a sample memorial service for those grieving the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion.

Shifting Gears #2 will help leaders understand the second step of a three step process in helping a congregation attempt to move to a new place: the Neutral Zone. There are important lessons from the Old Testament Exodus story that we need to understand. We will discuss important leadership lessons from the wilderness that we need to learn for our situation today.