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06024
Jan. 19, 2006
Notes about people
by Jerry L. Van Marter
The Rev. Jack L. Moore, a former columnist for Presbyerian Survey (now Presbyterians Today) who entered the ministry in 1960 after a career as a sportswriter and editor, died on Jan. 5 of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 85.
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Born in DeKalb, MS, Moore attended Mississippi State University and graduated — after a stint in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II — from Mississippi Southern College, now Southern Mississippi University. A lifetime honorary member of the Big Eight Conference Sportswriters Association, he gave up his journalism career in 1957 to enroll at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Moore pastored churches in Alpine and Dallas, Texas, and also organized several churches while serving as evangelist/organizing minister for Northeast Texas Presbytery in the former Presbyterian Church in the United States.
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Rev. Jack L. Moore
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talents to work as a columnist for Presbyterian Survey. His column was titled, “In a Mirror Dimly.”
Moore is survived by his wife, Carolyn Silver; six children, Pam Moore Barron, Michael Moore, William S. Moore, James L. Moore Jr., Suzanne Morgan and Judy Bohardt; seven grandchildren and two great-granchildren. A memorial service was held at Round Rock (TX) Presbyterian Church on Jan. 16.
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Philip E. Jenks has been named director of interpretation for the National Council of Churches (NCC). He succeeds Sarah Vilankulu, who retired last month after 30 years on the NCC staff.
Jenks will respond to requests for
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information from the general public; write and
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edit official reports, public statements and
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feature stories; oversee the preparation of displays, brochures and marketing materials; develop and manage content for the NCC Web site; and serve as editor of EcuLink.
For 18 years, Jenks served as chief communications officer for American Baptist Churches. He spent eight years as communication officer for the U.S. office of the World Council of Churches. He also has been a political and business reporter and a journalism professor. During much of 2005, he was the NCC’s interim director of media relations.
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On March 6, Korey Lowry will join the staff of the PC(USA)’s National Ministries of Leadership and Vocation as associate for certification and Christian vocation. He will run the denomination’s certification process for Christian educators and coordinate a new church-wide effort to promote Christian vocation among young people.
An ordained Presbyterian elder, Lowry graduated from Kearney State College in Nebraska, the Presbyterian School of Christian
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Education in Richmond, VA, and Florida State University. He has served since 1993 as
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director of Christian education at First Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee, FL.
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Zambian-born John Nduna, an internationally known relief and development worker, has been named head of the Geneva-based Action by Churches Together (ACT) International, beginning April 1.
Nduna is now director of Church Ecumenical Action in Sudan, which operates out of Nairobi, Kenya. He previously worked as the Africa appeals officer for ACT, a global alliance of churches and related agencies — including Presbyterian Disaster Assistance — that works to save lives and support communities in emergencies.
Nduna graduated from the University of Zambia and attended graduate school in Hyderabad, India.
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Anne Rose, the wife of former General Assembly Moderator Ben Lacy Rose, died on Dec. 28. Her funeral was held on Dec. 30 at Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, VA. Ben Lacy Rose, a Presbyterian minister, was moderator of the 1971 General Assembly of the former Presbyterian Church in the United States.
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