Posted on Thursday, February 24, 2005
Rick Ufford-Chase, moderator of the 216th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), will speak at ¾¨Ó㴫ý Monday, March 7, at 7 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
In addition to his duties as moderator, he is a mission worker for the Presbyterian Church, and in that capacity, he works in three related areas. He is the founder and International Director of BorderLinks, a bi-nation educational and community service organization with a staff of 25 from Mexico and the United States. He supports the work of the Evangelical Center for Pastoral Studies in Central America in Guatemala. He is a reservist with Christian Peacemaker Teams, doing nonviolent, direct intervention work in situations of extreme conflict. Ufford-Chase is also a co-founder of the "No More Deaths" movement inviting people of faith and conscience from all over the United States to come to the border and work on behalf of migrants who are at risk crossing the desert.
As Moderator, his primary concerns are to reach out to the next generation of leaders of the Presbyterian Church and to invite them into a lifetime of service. He is an enthusiastic supporter of anything that moves Presbyterians out of the pews and into the world.
The event, which is sponsored by the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Chapel Office, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Rev. James Mohr, chaplain of ¾¨Ó㴫ý, at (724) 946-7116 or e-mail mohrjr@westminster.edu.
