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Thursday in Ministry
 October 4, 2012
Newsletter Subtitle Month Year
In Our Newsletter
Informational Gathering for 2013 Youth Triennium
Dates, Locations Set for Annual Records Review
Contact information
2012 Presbytery Directory
2012 Pulpit Supply List
Presbytery meeting - October 13
Dinner with Korean Visitors
NEXT Church Conference
Stated Clerk
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2013 Youth Triennium
Informational Gathering for 2013 Youth Triennium 
Saturday, October 13 at 2:00 p.m.

Immediately following the conclusion of the October 13 presbytery meeting  at Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, there will be an informational gathering for adults from any churches who are interested in sending youth to the 2013 Presbyterian Youth Triennium, July 16-20 at Purdue University.  The gathering will be in the forum room at Pebble Hill and will start as close to 2:00 p.m. as possible.

Please come to this gathering and hear how you can help organize a presbytery delegation.  If you are not able to attend the gathering and are interested in Triennium, please send your name, church name and contact information to Sarah McTyre at [email protected] before October 13.
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Dates, Locations Set for Records Review 

Dates for the annual review of Session records (minutes and membership rolls) have been set by the Overtures and Records Work Group of the Leadership Team.  As in previous years, locations have been arranged around the Presbytery to make it as easy as possible for Clerks of Session and Moderators to attend. 

The records review gatherings are planned for Thursdays (both afternoons and evenings) in October and November. A complete packet of information, including a cover letter, records review checklist, and copy of the updated 2012 Manual for Clerks of Session has been sent electronically to all Clerks and Moderators on August 16. Click on each of the links below for copies of these materials: 
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Contact Information  

For all matters EXCEPT finances, the presbytery address will be:

 

The Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse

P.O. Box 6010

Syracuse, NY  13217-6010

 

For all financial matters, please mail to:

 

Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse

c/o Synod of the Northeast

5811 Heritage Landing Drive

East Syracuse, New York  13057

 

There will be a telephone message on 446-6110 for three months (October - December) referring callers to appropriate people.

 

The Synod is providing storage space for a number of filing cabinets and a desk.

 

If you have questions, please contact a member of the Leadership Team.

 

Click here to contact Leadership Team members 

 
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2012 Presbytery Directory as of 9/9/2012 

 click here:  2012 Directory 09 09 2012

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2012 Pulpit Supply List

 

For an up-to-date list of teaching and ruling elders who are available to serve as pulpit supply, click here: 

Pulpit Supply List as of Sept 6, 2012 

Presbytery meeting - October 13 

 

The members of the Leadership Team met on October 3 and are excited about plans for the October 13 presbytery meeting at Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church.

 

Here is an outline for our gathering:

 

9:30     Registration

 

10:00   Worship with musicians from CNY Jazz

 

10:45    Living into Our New Structure

 - A presentation on the new structure and how the presbytery is functioning

- An interactive time with opportunities to ask questions, give ideas and offer your energy and gifts   

 

12:00   Lunch

 

1:00     Business meeting

 

2:00     Adjourn

 

Some of you may be wondering why you have not received a packet of information 10 days before the meeting.  Our new by-laws do not regulate this aspect of our life together.  In keeping with our new structure, there will be very few items for action at this meeting.  However, there is much good information to share.  The Leadership Team is working diligently to put together a concise packet for the presbytery meeting and will be sending out a link to to access information a few days before the meeting. 

 

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Presbytery invited to dinner to meet visitors from Korea

 

The Korean Partnership Mission and Ministry Team of our presbytery will host three leaders from Pyongyang Presbytery (South Korea) October 11-15. Rev. Gi-Yong Choi, Moderator; Rev. Yoon-Soo Lee, Past-Moderator; and Rev. Woo-Cheol Kim, a member of the Pyongyang Presbytery Ecumenical Relations Committee, will be introduced to members of Cayuga-Syracuse at the Presbytery meeting at Pebble Hill PC on Saturday, October 13.
 
On Sunday morning, October 14, Rev. Gi-Yong Choi will be guest preacher at Pebble Hill.  In April 2012, Rev. Janet Newman, then moderator of Cayuga-Syracuse, preached in Rev. Choi's church and presented him with a commemorative plaque during Pyongyang Presbytery's Centennial Celebration assembly.
 
Presbytery members and friends are invited to meet and visit with Rev.'s Choi, Lee and Kim during dinner at Pebble Hill PC on Sunday evening beginning at 6:00pm. Dinner will be catered by David Forrest. Cost is $12/person. To make a reservation, contact Donna Chapman at [email protected] or 447-9196 by Tuesday, October 9.
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NEXT Church Conference - November 5

 

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

 

I hope you'll be able to get to Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, on Monday, November 5 for our NEXT Church regional conference for Western and Central New York.  NEXT Church is generating a lot of great energy and hope for the future of the Presbyterian Church.  It would be great to have a large contingent from Cayuga-Syracuse!  Feel free to call me with any questions.

 

Pete Shidemantle

Click here to register online!
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Stated Clerk
Gail Banks is no longer able to serve as Acting Stated Clerk.  The Leadership Team is searching for a person to act in this interim capacity until we have a permanent Stated Clerk and hopes to have further information at the presbytery meeting.  In the meantime, please direct Stated Clerk inquiries to Pete Shidemantle, Chair of the Leadership Team, or Sarah McTyre, Vice-Chair of the Leadership Team.
 
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Thursday in Ministry is an e-newsletter sent approximately twice a month to all Commissioners, Ministers, Clerks, Christian Educators, and others interested in the life of the Presbytery of Cayuga - Syracuse. Each newsletter features timely announcements and worthwhile information-assembled from notices we receive from you in our churches, the Synod of the Northeast, and various programs and offices of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  

 

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Presbytery of Cayuga Syracuse
P.O. Box 6010 
Syracuse, NY 13217-6010

www.cayugasyracuse.org
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