June 30, 2005 Issue #19 |
- Top Stories
- Mission Info
- News Issues from Presbytery
- Upcoming meetings!
- One Good Idea
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Purpose Driven! |
Rev. Douglas Hileman is willing to discuss his adaptation of Purpose Driven Church materials with you. He can be reached at: 717.786.3402 or mopcusa@epix.net Thanks Douglas!
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TOP STORIES |
| Food Safety Course will be held at Westminster Presbyterian Church in York (320 N. Queen St.) on Thursday July 14th at 7pm. This is for "church kitchen staff" and those who serve food at church events and public events sponsored by your church. Call David Taualofai, 717.854.1090 for more info.
Doug Baker is speaking at Eastminster, Wednesday evening July 6 at 6:30pm. We're going to have a light cover-dish supper, and Doug will present and lead discussion. The church will provide drinks and desert. Everyone is welcome.
The Evangelism & Racial/Cultural Diversity office in Louisville is sponsoring the Multicultural Church Institute at Ghost Ranch from August 8-14. They are looking for people to attend this conference and have a limited number of scholarships available. This is for "in depth" leadership training in the area of multicultural ministry. He writes, "because of the mounting diversity this nation is experiencing, multicultural leadership training is becoming more and more an urgent matter for Presbyterians as they seek new and creative ways to grow and flourish. They invite you to seriously consider this opportunity. " If interested call his assistant, Dana at 888-728-7228, ext. 5252. Also, visit www.ghostranch.org <http://www.ghostranch.org> or call 877-804-4678 at Ghost Ranch. Dorothea Murray and the Peacemaking Division urges us to register as soon as possible. |
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MISSION INFORMATION
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Our Honduras Mission Trip returned safely on Saturday June 25th! Your prayers were answered in a big way! Thank-You!
Hunger No More - Interfaith Convocation at the National Cathedral in Washington DC. Elder Rick Schmidt, our Hunger Action Enabler attended this event and placed a brief story about it on the webpage under latest news. For more info, the link to the Bread For the World page on the Interfaith Convocation can be found at: <http://www.bread.org/nationalgathering/2005/convocation.htm>
Missions benefit from tabs of cans, Campbell soup coupons, betty crocker coupons, General Mills products, cancelled postage stamps, etc, or do they????? Who has the latest definitive guidance on these collections? I would love to put the truth out about what to collect, who to send them to, and what benefits are accrued!! Help me out! Let me know the results of your research! Send your research and sources to: cgross@donegalpby.com Thank-You! |
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NEWS ISSUES FROM PRESBYTERY!
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"The Word Made Flesh" Fine Art as Teaching Tool - Creative Art as Prayer Wed Sept 14th at Camp Donegal - 9:00am to 3:00pm Registration $15 Deadline to register is: Sept 9th More info to follow on the website www.donegalpby.com
Ministry/Employment Opportunities - Houseparents for House of His Creation, 91 Newport Pike, Suite 203, Gap, PA 17527. Call Beth Ulrich for info at: 717.442.4890 or housecreation@aol.com This is a fulltime residential position for husband and wife. Empty nesters? Couples without children? Young families? Ministry to pregnant young women.
Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education each year awards congregations in the Presbyterian Church (USA) for outstanding programs in early childhood education, excellence in Christian education, effective youth ministry and outreach and social concern. These four Congregation Awards are presented at the annual Association of Presbyterian Church Educators Conference (APCE). Since 1991, 55 churches in 24 states have received these awards. Each award carries a $1000 contribution to assist the congregations in their ministries If your church would like to apply for one of the Union-PSCE Congregation Awards, please call April Swofford for an application at (804) 254-8047 or 800 299-2990 ext 747 or e-mail aswofford@union-psce.edu The deadline for the 2006 Awards is November 1, 2005.
Pastor Familiarization Tours. There are two immediate vacancies on the September 13-20, 2005 Pastor Familiarization tour to Jordan. Go to www.arthurmurphy.com to view the itinerary. The cost of the 8-day tour is only $1,100 per pastor and $1,800 for spouses and church elders. The presbytery office received this advertisement and is passing it along as information, not as an endorsement. Any feedback on this tour company? |
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CALENDAR OF COMING MEETINGS!
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Watch for financial planning and budgeting meetings in July! Get your Department and Division Budget requests together for these meetings! Monday, July 25th at 6:00pm - Donegal Camp Committee dinner meeting at Camp. Monday, August 1st, 1:00pm - 4:00pm - Committee on Preparation mtg Highland. Tuesday, August 2nd, 7:15pm - Outreach Department at Presby office. Saturday, August 6th, all day, Camp Donegal - Softball retreat. |
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ONE GOOD IDEA
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Kathy Bartels suggested a good idea to help with your Stewardship Awareness! She says, "I was looking at the June 2005 page on the Program Calendar, and it lists events that are coming up. The last paragraph is about planning to use Stewardship resources. The link is www.pcusa.org/stewardship/resource then click on Adult Study." Thanks Kathy!
If you have a good idea, I'd love to share it in this eNews letter. Send it to me via: cgross@donegalpby.com Thank-You Very Much! |
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