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</table>Neillhttp://1pcsl.org/index.php?title=Frequently_Asked_Questions&diff=121&oldid=prevNeill at 23:31, 29 April 20102010-04-29T23:31:11Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>We'd love to welcome you into our community. You'll need to sign up for an account at [http://www.secondlife.com SecondLife.com] (basic accounts are free) and download the software to connect to the virtual world. Once you're there, type the word "Presbyterian" in the search bar to find us. Check out our [GATHERING Gathering times] to see when we'll be around, and if you need someone to meet you "in world" and figure things out, just send an email to info@1PCSL.org. Make sure to include the name of your avatar (your Second Life account name) so we can find you more easily.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>We'd love to welcome you into our community. You'll need to sign up for an account at [http://www.secondlife.com SecondLife.com] (basic accounts are free) and download the software to connect to the virtual world. Once you're there, type the word "Presbyterian" in the search bar to find us. Check out our <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</ins>[GATHERING Gathering times<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</ins>] to see when we'll be around, and if you need someone to meet you "in world" and figure things out, just send an email to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[mailto://</ins>info@1PCSL.org <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">info@1PCSL.org]</ins>. Make sure to include the name of your avatar (your Second Life account name) so we can find you more easily.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">On </del>a regular basis<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, we </del>pray for one another, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we </del>engage in lively discussions about our faith and our denomination, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">spent </del>time together in fellowship. We even dance. Additionally, we help and serve one another, and reach out in love to our virtual neighbors, whomever they may be. We hold one another accountable. As an intentional outreach beyond the virtual world and into the physical world, we have "adopted" [http://goodland.org Goodland Academy] in Hugo, Oklahoma, and work to support their ministry with our time, our prayers, and our finances. From time to time, we host events designed to educate, inform, and foster greater understanding about our faith, our practices, and our heritage. We have fun, but we take our calling to ministry and mission very seriously.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We gather on </ins>a regular basis <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </ins>pray for one another, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </ins>engage in lively discussions about our faith and our denomination, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to spend </ins>time together in fellowship. We even dance. Additionally, we help and serve one another, and reach out in love to our virtual neighbors, whomever they may be. We hold one another accountable. As an intentional outreach beyond the virtual world and into the physical world, we have "adopted" [http://goodland.org Goodland Academy] in Hugo, Oklahoma, and work to support their ministry with our time, our prayers, and our finances. From time to time, we host events designed to educate, inform, and foster greater understanding about our faith, our practices, and our heritage. We have fun, but we take our calling to ministry and mission very seriously<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We'd love to welcome you into our community. You'll need to sign up for an account at [http://www.secondlife.com SecondLife.com] (basic accounts are free) and download the software to connect to the virtual world. Once you're there, type the word "Presbyterian" in the search bar to find us. Check out our [GATHERING Gathering times] to see when we'll be around, and if you need someone to meet you "in world" and figure things out, just send an email to info@1PCSL.org. Make sure to include the name of your avatar (your Second Life account name) so we can find you more easily</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Christians we share a long heritage that connects us with other Christians throughout history, beginning in the sacred scriptures of the Bible, and grounded in both the Apostle's Creed and the Nicean Creed. As Presbyterians specifically affiliated with the [http://www.pcusa.org Presbyterian Church (USA)] we are guided by the confessions of the reformed tradition, specifically those found in the Book of Confessions, [http://www.pcusa.org/oga/publications/boc.pdf which can be found here].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As Christians we share a long heritage that connects us with other Christians throughout history, beginning in the sacred scriptures of the Bible, and grounded in both the Apostle's Creed and the Nicean Creed. As Presbyterians specifically affiliated with the [http://www.pcusa.org Presbyterian Church (USA)] we are guided by the confessions of the reformed tradition, specifically those found in the Book of Confessions, [http://www.pcusa.org/oga/publications/boc.pdf which can be found here].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Why do you use the word "Church" in your name? ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Why do you use the word "Church" in your name? ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of our organizing tasks is to explore what it means to be a community of faith (in other words, a church) in a virtual environment. The environment may be virtual, but all of the people and relationships in our community are very real. By calling ourselves "church" we remind ourselves of this critical aspect of our mission. Finally, our name predates our affiliation with the PCUSA, and reflects the long-standing tradition in Presbyterian culture of naming the first gathering of believers in a new place "1st Presbyterian Church of XYZ." For <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">those who find </del>this <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">problematic</del>, you <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are more than welcome </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">think </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1PCSL as </del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1st Presbyterian Community of Second Life</del>" <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or something similar</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of our organizing tasks is to explore what it means to be a community of faith (in other words, a church) in a virtual environment. The environment may be virtual, but all of the people and relationships in our community are very real. By calling ourselves "church" we remind ourselves of this critical aspect of our mission. Finally, our name predates our affiliation with the PCUSA, and reflects the long-standing tradition in Presbyterian culture of naming the first gathering of believers in a new place "1st Presbyterian Church of XYZ." For <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">these reasons, we have left our name unchanged. We hope that </ins>this <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">explanation will help avoid confusion</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and that perhaps someday--if God leads us in this direction and if our polity allows it--we may "grow into" the name.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== Do </ins>you <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">engage in virtual sacraments? ==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Because we value the sacraments so highly, and because our theology (or ecclesiology, rather) is still catching up with our technology, we do not practice the sacraments at this time. However, as part of our commitment </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exploring what it means to be a community of faith in a virtual environment, we do spend quite a bit </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">time discussing and reflecting on how the sacraments might best be honored and practised in this context, within the bounds of our confessions and polity.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==What DO you do, then?==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">On a regular basis, we pray for one another, we engage in lively discussions about our faith and our denomination, and spent time together in fellowship. We even dance. Additionally, we help and serve one another, and reach out in love to our virtual neighbors, whomever they may be. We hold one another accountable. As an intentional outreach beyond the virtual world and into the physical world, we have </ins>"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">adopted</ins>" <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://goodland.org Goodland Academy] in Hugo, Oklahoma, and work to support their ministry with our time, our prayers, and our finances. From time to time, we host events designed to educate, inform, and foster greater understanding about our faith, our practices, and our heritage. We have fun, but we take our calling to ministry and mission very seriously</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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== What do you believe? ==<br />
As Christians we share a long heritage that connects us with other Christians throughout history, beginning in the sacred scriptures of the Bible, and grounded in both the Apostle's Creed and the Nicean Creed. As Presbyterians specifically affiliated with the [http://www.pcusa.org Presbyterian Church (USA)] we are guided by the confessions of the reformed tradition, specifically those found in the Book of Confessions, [http://www.pcusa.org/oga/publications/boc.pdf which can be found here].<br />
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== Are you really a church? ==<br />
The confessions mentioned above speak of a universal church that encompasses all Christians in all times and places. In this sense, we are decidedly a church--or at least part of it. On the other hand, particular churches in our denomination are organized and created according to a specific process described in the [http://www.pcusa.org/oga/publications/boo07-09.pdf PC(USA) Book of Order], and bound to a geographic location within a Presbytery and a Synod. By this definition, we are not a church, but are rather a ministry officially connected to the [http://www.pcusa.org/goodnews/ Office of Evangelism & Growth] of the Presbyterian Church (USA). <br />
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== Why do you use the word "Church" in your name? ==<br />
One of our organizing tasks is to explore what it means to be a community of faith (in other words, a church) in a virtual environment. The environment may be virtual, but all of the people and relationships in our community are very real. By calling ourselves "church" we remind ourselves of this critical aspect of our mission. Finally, our name predates our affiliation with the PCUSA, and reflects the long-standing tradition in Presbyterian culture of naming the first gathering of believers in a new place "1st Presbyterian Church of XYZ." For those who find this problematic, you are more than welcome to think of 1PCSL as "1st Presbyterian Community of Second Life" or something similar.</div>Neill