Developing, Nurturing
& Supporting Leaders
|
|
Urgent Need for Clean-Up Buckets
 A storm system boasting heavy rains and some snow has swelled creeks and rivers across much of the central United States - especially affected are Missouri and Arkansas. Rivers in Missouri have been cresting well above flood level, and in many areas have exceeded the severe floods of 1993. Arkansas is expecting its worst flooding in 25 years.
As floodwaters recede, families will face the daunting task of clean up and debris removal from the muddy waters.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has provided $10,000 from One Great Hour of Sharing funds to the help families in their clean up efforts. Materials to fill clean-up buckets are being purchased, and the Ferncliff Presbyterian Camp and Conference Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, will coordinate volunteers to assemble the buckets. Clean-up buckets are one of the Gift of the Heart kits distributed through the Ferncliff Church World Service warehouse.
Please prayerfully consider involving your congregation in helping with this effort by:
- Putting together clean-up buckets and shipping them to Ferncliff, or
- Making a gift of $50 (the suggested donation to purchase a bucket and its contents) designated for DR000151.
Information on making and shipping the buckets can be found on the PDA website.
|
 There's Still Time!
Registration Deadlines EXTENDED! Another 24 Hours:
The Authentic Transparent Leader
April 6-7, Camp PYOCA (Brownstown, Ind.)
Register by March 28
April 13-14, Geneva Center (Rochester, Ind.)
Register by April 4
April 20-21, Stronghold (Oregon, Ill.)
Register by April 11
May 4-5, Eastland Suites (Urbana, Ill.)
Register by April 25
Click here for more information. Another 24 Hours is a leadership education ministry of the Synod of Lincoln Trails.
|
Presbyterian Communicators Meet at Stronghold in August
One of three regional conferences for Presbyterian communicators will be held in our synod at Stronghold Conference Center in Oregon, Ill., August 25-26. Volunteers and staff people will have the opportunity to learn how to communicate their ministries
and mission in the world of Web 2.0. Attendees will discuss podcasting, effective
writing, online social networks, reaching the unchurched and other communication
topics. Five $250 scholarships will be available. Registration opens April 30 on the Presbyterian Communicators Network web page. Can't wait till August? Registration is open now for the regional conference to be held at Montreat Conference Center April 30-May 2. |
Interim Pastor Training
April 28 to May 2, Mercy Center, St. Louis, Missouri
3 Spots Left in Week II. Registration Deadline is March 28!
Check the Interim Pastor Training web page for more information or to register.
| |
PCUSA Stated Clerk Kirkpatrick to serve as visiting professor at Louisville Seminary
 The Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick has been appointed Visiting Professor of Ecumenical Studies and Global Ministries at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Kirkpatrick, who is currently stated clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is also the president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. He serves on the governing boards of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., the World Council of Churches, and the Council of Presidents, United States Chapter of the World Conference on Religion and Peace. In September 2007, Kirkpatrick announced that he would not seek a fourth three-year term as stated clerk. In a published statement addressed to friends and colleagues, he cited a desire for "more quality time with my family, to be able to devote myself more fully to the responsibility I have undertaken since 2004 to serve as president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and to share in the life of the church, both locally and globally, in new and creative ways." At Louisville Seminary, Kirkpatrick will teach up to two courses per year in areas of his expertise, including the ecumenical church, Presbyterian studies, the global church, Presbyterian polity and governance, congregational leadership and ministry, and practical theology. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
