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Camp Donegal Fund Raising Auction on Saturday June 6th at
10am! Come join the fun! http://campdonegal.org/media_09/AuctionFlyer09.pdf
Latta Memorial Presbyterian Church
invites you to their Prayer Garden
Dedication and Strawberry Social on Sunday, June 7 from 2 to 4pm. Latta Memorial is located at 23 Green Street, Christiana, PA.
610-593-5467.
Leaders! Check out
the newest Presbyterian Web site for resources: http://www.thepresbyterianleader.com
Still needed! Mission Critical! Chairperson for the Mthatha Presbytery Partnership Task Force! Please pray and respond to Charlie
Gross at: 717.392.4035 or cwgross@gmail.com
S.P.I.R.E. (Senior Presbyter in Retirement
Experience) meeting to be held on Monday, June 8, 2009 at 11:45 a.m. at the Moravian
Manor Café. Special Guest is Ms. Marion Shatto,
who has been the Moravian Denominational Representative to the Moravian
Reformed Dialogue Committee. You recall one of our Amendments spoke of our
new relationship with the Morvian Church.
Come and learn more of our relationship with the Moravian Church.
Spouses and Survivors are cordially invited.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
SYNOD-WIDE COMMUNITY
2009 SYNOD SUMMER CONFERENCE SCHEDULE CHANGES. The Planning Team for the 2009 Synod
Summer Conference, after realizing that we have been receiving lower
registrations than anticipated, has made the difficult decision to scale
down our upcoming conference to just one and a half days. The event
will begin with lunch on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 and end with a box lunch
distribution on Thursday, June 11, 2009. Exact times for activities
are listed in the revised schedule below. Please feel free to contact
us at 800-242-0534 or cgray@syntrinity.org with any questions or concerns
regarding these changes or the conference in general. Abundant Blessings, Catherine Gray,
The Synod of the Trinity
2009 Synod Summer Conference, June 10 – June 11, Wilson College,
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Help us Change 22 lives of inner city Lancaster youth! We have 13 of the 22 needed scholarships for Camp Donegal
($350 each). Listen to the 4
minute audio testimony on the front of http://www.donegalpby.com and then respond with your checks annotated “Change
22 Lives!” Thank-You!
Samaritan Counseling Center’s
Congregational Ministries of Healing and Wholeness Seminar Presents: A “ NETWORKING BREAKFAST” For Parish
Nurses, Lay Care Leaders, and Clergy.
Saturday, June 20, 2009, 9:00 am – 11:30 am. If you find our midweek seminars
impossible to attend due to work and family responsibilities, here is an
opportunity especially designed with you in mind! Time get’s away from us and does not provide enough
opportunity to share and brain storm with each other in ways that can
benefit our ministries and personal practice. This Saturday opportunity
will afford you time to share experiences and concerns and hopefully
discuss some questions like:
“What
ideas/tools/activities are you finding most helpful for your parish nursing
and health ministries?”
“What
are the most challenging aspects of your ministry? How are you
meeting these challenges?”
“How
can we be of help and support to each other by sharing
resources?”
Place: Parish
Resource Center,
633 Community Way,
Lancaster, PA.
17603
Cost: $10 fee covers breakfast and program. Pay at the
door.
Registration: Reservations are required by June
16. To make reservation(s) please call Ruth Stoll @ (717) 697-6560 or
e-mail Ruth at ris15@verizon.net
Contact Hours: Available for parish nurses.
“Got any rivers you think are uncrossable?
Got any mountains you can’t tunnel through? God specializes in
things thought impossible. He does the things others cannot
do.”
Holy Land Tour--Dr. David R. Clark is planning
a tour to the Holy Land next March 3-12,
2010. The tour to Israel
will be through Jerusalem Tours International and will depart from Newark, NJ.
Dr. Clark is pastor of the Union Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, PA.
This tour will provide opportunities to visit Biblical sites associated
with both Old Testament and New Testament events. Several Roman
archaeological sites will also be visited. Bible study will become
much more exciting as you are able to visualize various sites mentioned in
the Bible. Union is located at 5637 Street Road just off of rt. 472
between Quarryville and Oxford.
The church phone is 717-529-2000.
Leacock Presbyterian plans Annual Hymn Sing
Series - The seventh annual community hymn sings, "Singspiration", will be held at the historic Old Leacock Presbyterian Church, located at the corner of
Old Leacock Road and the Old Philadelphia Pike,
Intercourse, on the first Sunday of the month from May through September.
The series begins at 7:00 p.m. this Sunday, May 3, with ensuing dates on
June 7, July 5, August 2 and September 6. Lemonade will be served in the
church courtyard each evening. Everyone is welcome - submitted by Leacock Presbyterian Church, Paradise
by Richard Smith - Publicity Chmn. - 687-6619
(church office)
English Presbyterian Church to host a Storytelling Workshop led by Michael Forestieri
at http://tellitlikeitis.com/ on
September 12 from 9:30 am until 12 noon. A light continental breakfast will
be served. Doors open at 8:45. There is no fee but donations will be
accepted. This is an educational event geared towards Christian Educators,
Sunday School teachers, Youth leaders, Pastors, Camp Personnel,
etc.
“I have a gift to give you today. Funny thing is, you already have it! I’m just going to show you
how to give it away to others.” These are
the opening words for all of Michael’s workshops for beginning
tellers of all ages. With a knack for seeing the potential in people and
proven success in bringing out their creativity, Michael guides
participants through his “A Gift of Story” workshops. “A gift, like love, is worthless until you give
it away. Giving of ourselves, through story, makes us and our listeners
more than we were before.” – Michael
Forestieri. Contact Kathy Taylor
717-392-1512 kathyt31@comcast.net for more information.
Hitchhiker’s
Guide to Evangelism, September 30, 2009. Does Your Congregation
Struggle with Evangelism? This Workshop is For You! Topics include:
Conversion vs Conversation; The Changing Cultural
Climate; What’s Your Motivation?
Building a Church
of Evangelists - and
more! Led by Bill Easum and Bill Tenny-Britain. Registration 8:30am, Seminar
9:00am-4:30pm. Lunch is included. Fee: PRC Subscribers $55, Non-Subscribers,
$75. Registration deadline is Sept. 23. Seminar to be held at the Parish Resource Center,
633 Community Way,
Lancaster, PA,
717-299-1113. For more information and registration go to http://www.parishresourcecenter.org/lancaster. Please note! The first 20 registrations will receive a
Presbytery scholarship of $25, so the cost is lowered by that much! Hurry!
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Wee
Kirk 2009 Northeast Small Church
Conference, October 12-14, 2009 at Laurelville
Mennonite Church
Center, Mt.
Pleasant, PA. To inspire, equip, motivate and
encourage small PC(USA) Churches and to provide
rest and refreshment for the Clergy and Lay Leaders of those Churches. A
ministry of Presbyterians for Renewal, co-sponsored by Small Church &
Community Ministry Office of the PC(USA) and
Synod of the Trinity. Go to http://www.pfrenewal.org to register or call the presbytery
office for a brochure.
Bethany Presbyterian Church in
Mendenhall has 60 regular print NIV Bibles to give to a church group
needing them. Contact Rev. Ann Dickey adickey543@comcast.net if interested or if you know
of a mission that might use them.
The
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
is going to have a new hymnal. “Committee members
voted unanimously to change the name of the committee from the Hymnal
Committee to the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song. The new
name forms the cheerful acronym PCOCS (pronounced “peacocks”).”
Click here to read the article http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2009/09379
National Youth
Triennium for All Youth Ages 15 – 19! Get ready for - TRIENNIUM 2010! Once again Presbyterians from
all over the world will converge on the campus of Purdue University
for 5 days of incredible fun, awesome worship, great small groups and
unforgettable friendships. Join us for the Presbyterian Youth Triennium,
July 20 - 25, 2010!! The Presbyterian Youth Triennium is a gathering of
7,000 Presbyterian youth and adults from the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, The Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, and the Presbyterian
Church (USA). Chris Rowles (Wayside) was a supervising adult for the 2007
PYT and he is interested in spreading the
gospel of Presbyterian Youth Triennium 2010 to the Churches of Donegal
Presbytery by visiting all of the youth groups in the Presbytery largest
to smallest. He has the video from the last Triennium and his own
presentations and would like to make a presentation for the youth to let
them know that this is a event not to be missed.
His goal is to fill a bus with kids from Donegal Presbytery for PYT 2010.
Please contact the presbytery office
by return email as soon as possible so Chris can arrange meetings.
We need the names of your youth leaders/pastors, their email and phone
number, and meeting time of your youth group.
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