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May God Bless You All With
a Very Joyous Celebration of the Birth of our Savior - Jesus Christ!
We live with Hope, Peace, Love and Joy! Extravagant Blessings!
Turn the pages of your calendar…Lent is coming.
The
Lenten Lectionary Preaching Seminar will be held January 14th
from 9-12 p.m. at Bellevue Presbyterian Church. The leader
will be Rev. Dr. Robert Young.
Please Register for this event by sending an email to
Kathy@donegalpby.com
Please Note - The
Presbytery of Donegal web presence is disrupted by a migration from D&E
Jazzd to Windstream.net! We are experiencing some technical
difficulties during this transition. Hopefully, we will be well before
the new year dawns!
UPDATED INFORMATION NEEDED!
Every three years, thousands of Presbyterian youth gather from all over the
country (and throughout the world) for an amazing week of fun, worship,
making friends, Bible study, play, rest and other adventures. High schoolers
from our denomination, the Presbyterian Church (USA), will join our sisters
and brothers from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in America, as well as youth representatives from
sibling churches from foreign countries. Triennium
happens on the campus of Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana, and
takes place July 20-24, 2010. You can check out the Youth Triennium website
www.presbyterianyouthtriennium.org.
PLEASE send us your updated youth leader contact information so that we can
be sure to share news such as this with them. Even if you think we have it,
please send the contact e-mail addresses for your youth leaders to
kathy@donegalpby.com.
Rev. Gemechisa Guja will lead a mission trip to Dembi Dollo, Ethiopia
during January and February of 2010. Dormitories at 3 schools will be
repaired and painted. Costs for those wishing to go on the trip will be
$2,000 for air fare and $700-800 for living expenses. Help (financially) is
needed. Rev. Guja will be staying on for three months
after the trip to conduct peace and justice programs in Ethiopian churches.
Contact Rev. Guja for further information at
guja12@hotmail.com.
Note from Barbara
and Larry Moir:
Gemechisa's trip to Dembi
Dollo is where we are.
The folks will be staying in the guesthouses right behind us, so we
will have the chance to visit as well.
It is also a good way to get out of the winter weather and into some
spring-like temps and sunshine.
Folks can see what they mission dollars are doing - as well as give our
school (BESS), the elementary school and the Bible College a big help.
IRS Announces 2010 Standard Mileage Rates.
Beginning on Jan. 1, 2010, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car
(also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be:
50 cents per mile for business miles driven
16.5 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes
14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations
The new rates for business, medical and moving purposes are slightly lower
than last year’s. The mileage rates for 2010 reflect generally lower
transportation costs compared to a year ago.
Revenue Procedure 2009-54
contains additional details regarding the standard mileage rates.
Is Your Church Safe For Your Youngest Visitors?
Check out this website:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/lyris/churchsafety/archives/12-10-2009.html
Christmas is nearly here, and churches across America are hosting special
holiday events and worship services. This influx of new guests often brings
an increase in babies and toddlers in the nursery. With swine flu still
working its way through many regions, churches need to be more diligent than
ever on making sure nursery volunteers are healthy, and toys and furniture
are kept clean. Two resources on ChurchSafety.com can help:
A Clean and Healthy Nursery
and
Preparing Your Church for a Pandemic,
a download we're offering for free for a limited time!
Princeton Forum on Youth Ministry, April 26 –
28, 2010 in Princeton.
Theme is “Hope”
All of the Forum info including registration course descriptions,
schedules, lodging, etc is at:
http://www.ptsem.edu/iym
FREE SUPPLIES
for Pitney Bowes DM230/DM330 Series
Mailing Machine: 2 red fluorescent ink cartridges and 1 box of Postage Tape
Strips. Please call the Presbytery office
if you would like to have them 717-392-4035 or
kathy@donegalpby.com.
Have
you added your skills to the database? We now have 152 servants of
the Lord in the database! Help us re-connect and raise the bar!
Use dpres for the master password and go to:
http://www.donegalpby.com/database/skilladd.htm
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