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December
26, 2004 - Issue #4
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- Memorial Presbyterian Church
- New On the Web
- News from Presbytery
- Missional Church Corner
- Disaster Response!!
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DVD
PLAYER! |
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The
Presbytery office now has a DVD player in the
conference room for your use in interpreting your
mission trips and experiences!
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PREPARING FOR THE JANUARY PRESBYTERY MEETING! |
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IN LESS THAN A WEEK! Docket Info and Omnibus motions are due for the January Presbytery Meeting!! Council meets on Monday Jan 10th at 7pm at First Pres Strasburg. Steering Committee meets at The Bistro at 4pm with dinner at 5:45pm. Docket info and Omnibus motions are due (netting@epix.net) by Wednesday Jan 5th! The January Presbytery meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 18th at 9:30 am at Kennett Square Presbyterian |
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BLESSED NEW YEAR!!!
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The staff of the Presbytery of Donegal prays regularly for you and wishes a joyous, spiritual, and blessed New Year for you all! We are richly blessed to be in ministry partnership with you!
CONTACT |
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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http://www.donegalpby.com
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MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - A SLICE OF HEAVEN
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Christmas Eve at Memorial
Presbyterian Church was truly a slice of heaven! The worship service blended 3 languages - French, Spanish, and English, talents from members representing 9 different countries, and a Haitian choir singing in French! This church began in 1869 as a mission Sunday School of First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster. They are located at 426 South Queen Street in Lancaster and can be reached at (717) 394-0480 or MemorialPCSLanc@aol.com. Rev Walter Chuquimia welcomes you to come to Sunday School at 10:00 am and the Bilingual Worship on Sundays at 11:00am. Come, Stretch, and Grow with this multi-cultural body of Christ! See what God is doing in Lancaster city!
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PRESBYTERY
WIDE MISSION TRIP!
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Mr.
Steve Mentzer from First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster is
willing to host a medical mission trip to Honduras from June
18th to the 25th. You don't have to be medically skilled
to assist! This is for smaller churches that don't have
a person who can plan a trip! It will cost about $750 -
$800 per person for the flight, lodging and food. All
the arrangements will be made! We are limited to 10 - 15
folks! It will be a great way of making new
"missionary friends" in the Presbytery and an
excellent way of serving Christ in another land!
Sign up today by sending an email to: Charlie Gross at: cgross@donegalpby.com!
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NEW ON THE WEB - WHAT'S NEW OR INTERESTING?
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If you want to know more about how the Presbytery operates, the most current Manual is available at: www.donegalpby.com/documents.php
If you want to give your opinion on how to improve our operation, go to //donegalpresbytery.blogspot.com and click on #Comments and then post a comment and post it anonymously (or create a user name and password). If you want to see our 2005 budget, go to our web page and click on Budgets - you will find our 2004 and 2005 budgets. If you need a voucher for your Presbytery related expenses, go to Documents and click on the link for Voucher. We also have the form for your mission and per capita giving located under Documents.
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NEWS ISSUES FROM PRESBYTERY!
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LOOKING FOR A WORK CAMP? West Virginia Ministry of Advocacy and Workcamps is a year-round work camp ministry, inviting us to join them during 2005 . Since October 2001 they have brought 137 volunteer groups to work in West Virginia to do home reconstruction, deconstruction, playground restoration, parks cleanup, stream bank stabilization, and vacation Bible schools, among other things. For further information about joining them in 2005 to help repair damage due to extensive flooding and other disasters in our state, contact www.wvpresbytery.org/wvmaw.htm
ORDINATION CELEBRATIONS! Inheriting the Promise...Living the Call, Celebrating 50 years of Women in Ministry. Eastern Regional Event on March 31-April 3, 2005 in Princeton, NJ. Speakers include Rev. Susan Andrews, Moderator of 215th General Assembly and Rev. Eileen Lindner, Associate General Secretary for the National Council of Churches. For further information contact Janet.m.williams@att.net, 973.728.3081. Also go to www.pcusa.org/women
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE As an _expression of Christian concern for the nurture of students, the Synod of the Trinity is pleased to offer the following scholarships for full-time students whose permanent residence is within the bounds of the Synod:
Racial Ethnic Educational Scholarship (undergraduate studies)
Rusch-Shepard Memorial Scholarship (undergraduate studies)
Synod of the Trinity Educational Scholarship (undergraduate studies)
Mary L. Clark Study Grant (graduate studies)
Mary Meade Maxwell Vocations Scholarship (graduate studies)
Brochures and applications are available from the presbytery office (717.392.4035, kathy@donegalpby.com) or on the Synod of the Trinity website http://www.syntrinity.org/Programs/ScholarshipsGrantsLoan.htm |
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MISSIONAL CHURCH CORNER |
According to "Shaped by God's Heart, the passion and practices of missional churches," the fourth characteristic is to re-write worship every week. Milfred Minatrea reminds us that God is the focus of worship (its not entertainment), worship is experiential and we prefer engaging in experiences rather than passively receiving goods and services. He goes on to say that when only a few people are engaged in planning and carrying out a worship service, it is easy for folks to slip into the passive 'entertainment' mode. But, when a larger number of members are actively engaged in planning, preparing, praying over, and expressing worship, it becomes more of a missional, vibrant, uplifting service to God. Finally, the case is made that worship values creativity. We could place a higher value on the creative gifts and talents of our members to express our God glorifying worship as a community! There are many ways to communicate our love and response to Almighty God! This 2004 book challenges us to "freshen-up" our weekly worship! |
DISASTER RESPONSE FOR ASIA TSUNAMI DISASTER |
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is processing an immediate response of $100,000 from One Great Hour of Sharing and designated funds to support regional church partners and their relief organizations. Already CASA (Church's Auxiliary for Social Action) and the National Council of Churches of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) are hard at work. Those wishing to respond financially may do so by designating gifts for Asia - DR000167. Donations may be sent through normal mission giving channels. Gifts by credit card can be made by calling PresbyTel at (800)872 3283 or online at http://www.pcusa.org/pda Checks payable to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) can also be mailed directly to: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Individual Remittance Processing, P.O. Box 643700, Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700. Please keep the survivors of this disaster in your prayers. |
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