John ArnoldApr 9, 2025

_The Evening Post_, 10 April 1924:
WOMEN IN
PRINT.
…
A Press Association message from #Christchurch states that at the Christchurch #Presbytery yesterday a motion, “That the Presbytery initiate the necessary steps to amend the Book of Orders [i.e., Book of Order] to admit #women as #elders of the Church,” was lost, only the mover and seconder voting for it.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240410.2.111

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #PresbyterianChurch #NewZealand

The Presbyterian Church in NZ voted to admit women as elders in 1954 https://teara.govt.nz/en/presbyterian-church/page-2

ArchiseekNov 12, 2024
1898 – Parochial House, Strabane, Co. Tyrone
Large parochial house or priests house behind the parish church. Contrary to the postcard image, it is finished externally in squared, rock-faced limestone with porches, canted bays, quoins, dressings and stringcourses in sandstone. Imposing.
https://www.archiseek.com/1898-parochial-house-strabane-co-tyrone/
#ArchitectureOfTyrone #1898 #CoTyrone #Presbytery #Strabane
1898 – Parochial House, Strabane, Co. Tyrone | Architecture @ Archiseek.com

Large parochial house or priests house behind the parish church. Contrary to the postcard image, it is finished externally in squared, rock-faced limestone with porches, canted bays, quoins, dressings and stringcourses in sandstone. Imposing.

Architecture @ Archiseek.com | Irish architecture, lost & unbuilt buildings
ArchiseekSep 12, 2024

1937 – Presbytery, John’s Lane Church, Thomas Street, Dublin
Architect: Ashlin & Coleman

This former presbytery forms part of a group with the adjacent church and former priory to the rear on John's Lane.The building was designed by Ashlin & Coleman in a very conservative style for the late 19
https://www.archiseek.com/1937-presbytery-johns-lane-church-thomas-street-dublin/
#ArchitectureOfDublinCity #1937 #AshlinColeman #Dublin #DublinLiberties #Presbytery #ThomasStreetDublin

1937 – Presbytery, John’s Lane Church, Thomas Street, Dublin | Architecture @ Archiseek.com

Architect: Ashlin & Coleman This former presbytery forms part of a group with the adjacent church and former priory to the rear on John's Lane.The building was designed by Ashlin & Coleman in a very conservative style for the late 1930s. Finished in granite, it has a flat roof..

Architecture @ Archiseek.com | Irish architecture, lost & unbuilt buildings
damian entwistleDec 15, 2023

Today's poem:

Josephine
- by John O'Brien

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/736760660574257152/josephine?source=share

#housekeeper #josephine #loyalty #devotion #love #tenderness #care #RomanCatholic #priest #parish #presbytery #poetry #JohnOBrien

Josephine

John O'Brien The presbytery has gone to pot since this house-keeper came; She's up-to-date and stylish; but the place is not the same Since Death's hard summons robbed me of the sterling old machi…

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Timothy R. ButlerNov 8, 2023
I left the #PCA because my #Presbytery ignored the #BCO concerning abuse, but conceptually, the Book of Church Order is great. Helps avoid inventing rules to handle situations as they arise. For a church plant like @LittleHillsC, I've been thinking about how to fill that void. #churchorder #churchplanting 🧵1/2
jimbodonFeb 16, 2023
Zooming into my first #presbytery meeting in over a year. #PCUSA