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December
16, 2004 - Issue #5
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- Medical Mission
Trip
- Israel/Palestine
- Coming Soon!!
- Missional
Church Corner
- One Good Idea
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FIRST USER OF ON-LINE RESOURCES!
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The first user
of our on-line resources was Rev Dr Jay Wilkins at Trinity! He helped us
fine-tune our process! He ordered a resource from our center by
going to the website:
www.donegalpby.com
clicking
on Resource
Center,
searching for a resource and then sending an email to have it
mailed! Thanks Jay!
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END OF YEAR SPECIAL!!!
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We are having an
end of year special and would love to find a good home for a Canon
copier! It is a high end copier, printer, fax
machine suitable for a network. It costs $105 per month, but we would
consider a good offer. You can get more info at:
www.donegalpby.com and clicking on You
Asked For It (near bottom left)
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CONTACT
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Presbytery
of Donegal
P.O. Box
10054
1861 Charter Lane
Lancaster,
PA
17605-0054
717.392.4035 (phone)
717.392.8922 (fax)
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MEDICAL MISSION
TRIP TO HONDURAS!
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In response to
your request, we are hosting a Medical Mission Trip to Honduras
on June 18 - 25,
2005. This trip is primarily for those
churches who do not have a mission trip organizer in their midst. You
do not have to be a medically trained person to go, but it would be nice to
have a nurse and a dentist. If you want to learn more about this
trip, come to the meeting at First Pres Lancaster on January 23rd at 2:00pm.
Mr. Steve Mentzer will answer your
questions. To sign up, send a check for $100 per person to The
Presbytery of Donegal. Include on the memo line, Honduras Mission
Trip. Also, send your 'passport' name, address, phone number and
email address to Charlie at: 717.392.4035 or cgross@donegalpby.com. The trip will
be limited to 12 people and the cost is $1000 per person, which includes
air fare, lodging, meals, and transportation. Will need $600 by April
1st and $300 by May 18th.
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ISRAEL/PALESTINE EVENT IN LOUISVILLE - FEB 10 - 12, 2005
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The Presbyterian Church
is exploring ways to assist in bringing peace to the Israel/Palestine
area. As part of that effort, actions were taken at the 216th General
Assembly to divest in companies that enable conflict in the region.
We are encouraged to send a representative from our Presbytery to an
educational event on these issues. This event is being held at Louisville
from Thursday Feb 10th at 3:00pm
till Saturday Feb 12th at 12:30pm.
More information is available on our website at: http://www.donegalpby.com We would
love for someone to attend who has a real interest and knowledge of the
situation and who would be able to inform and educate the Presbytery in
various ways. Let us know....
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COMING SOON ISSUES!
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Issues that are being
worked and are coming soon: Workshop and training on Elder and Deacon
extended home communion processes, Beautiful bulletin inserts to interpret
our mission, Diversity Camp at Camp Donegal expanded to a full week July 3
-8, survey of your pressing needs (as well as a survey of your gifts,
talents, and passions).
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MISSIONAL CHURCH CORNER - TEACH TO OBEY
RATHER THAN...
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According to "Shaped
by God's Heart," the third characteristic is teaching to obey rather
than to know. Milfred Minatrea
says that many members of churches continue to be reminded what a Christian
IS, without gaining clear biblical counsel regarding what a Christian
DOES. "Activist preacher Jim Wallis says, 'In the Bible, faith
is not something you possess but rather something you practice. You
have to put it into action or it really doesn't mean anything. Faith
changes things. It's the energy of transformation, both for
individuals and for a society." Missional
churches, according to Minatrea, equip believers,
help congregants to "apply Christianity," and teach obedience
through the use of various disciplines. This 2004 book would be great
for your library!
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ONE GOOD IDEA
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Rev Dr C. Pat Hartsock at Central Downingtown
started using a very personal and warm letter to visitors which gives them
phone numbers for gathering more information about the church and its many
programs. Included with this letter is a "self-addressed stamped
postcard" asking the visitor to rate their visit to Central.
Questions are ranked from Excellent, Above Average, Average, Below Average to Poor. They are: How was
your overall experience of CPC? How would you rate your worship
experience? How would you rate the music? How would you rate
the message? How would you rate the quality of Sunday School?
Yes/No questions included: Did you find the people friendly? Was it
easy to find your way around? Will you come again? They also ask for
age range, male/female, married, single, etc, date and zip code.
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