Developing, Nurturing
& Supporting Leaders
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Mark Your Calendar!
Synod Meeting
April 24, 2009
Urbana, Ill.
Presbyterian Writers Guild
April 23-24, 2009
Atlanta
Interim Pastor Training
May 4-8, 2009
St. Louis
Appreciative Inquiry and Congregational Change
Workshop with Mark
Lau Branson
May 19, 2009
Utica, Ill.
Big Tent
June 11-13, 2009
Atlanta
10 different PC(USA) conferences, at the same time and in the same place!
Covenant Gathering
Family fellowship
and learning
June 28 - July 3
Hillsdale, Mich.
Synod Meeting
July 25, 2009
Danville, Ill.
Synod Meeting
Oct. 30, 2009
Urbana, Ill.
Check our website or contact the synod office for details!
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 Abundance and Anxiety
by John Van Nuys, Pastor, Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church, Crawfordsville, Indiana
Thanks to a 2006 Lilly Endowment Sabbatical Grant, I got to fulfill a childhood dream of going to the Serengeti in Kenya and Tanzania. I think about that trip often - especially when reading all the current headlines of doom and gloom.
Studying economics in college, I learned that the foundational truth of economics is scarcity: There is only so much; all is determined by supply and demand. Studying theology in seminary, I learned that the foundational truth of God is abundance: God loves us eternally - God supplies our every need - lavishly, abundantly, until our cups runneth over.
Well, which is it?
Read on...
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Synod Will Meet April 24 in Urbana
The regular quarterly meeting of synod commissioners will be held on Friday, April 24, at First Presbyterian Church, Urbana, Ill. Meeting papers will be posted on the meeting information page of the synod website and invitees will be reminded by email.
Sheryl Fancher, one of the organizers of the Ministerial Excellence Fund, will be on hand to inform attendees about this new educational and grant program.
Synod meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend. Please contact Judy Lucas at the synod office, (317) 923-3681, for more information.
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Sabbath Reflections - Part I
by Carol McDonald, Co-Executive, Synod of Lincoln Trails
My mother died almost two years ago. Since that time I have been
attempting to make a trip to west Texas so that some of her ashes could
be placed in the Alpine, Texas, cemetery where three of her brothers
are buried. The Sabbath opportunity provided to me by the Synod of
Lincoln Trails gave me just the time I needed.
Even before my mother's death, I was fascinated by her growing-up years
in Wichita Falls, Texas. I knew that her family was poor; they lived
with their grandmother; and her mother, my grandmother, died when my
mother was 15 years old. I knew it was at Floral Heights Presbyterian
Church that she became a committed Christian and I knew that my
grandmother was extremely active in the women's organization of the
church. This trip seemed like a great time to do some cemetery
"crawling." From my late uncle's exhaustive genealogical work, I
discovered the name of the cemetery in Wichita Falls where my
grandmother is buried. The amazing Internet provided me all the
information I needed - even a map - to locate her grave.
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God is Doing a New Thing in the Presbytery of Ohio Valley
Do You Not Perceive It?
Eighty-one congregations in Southern Indiana seek a Presbyter for Common Life
to promote openness to the guidance of the Holy Spirit so that together
we may live out transforming power of the Triune God in mission and
service.
Apply via email to Carol McDonald, synod co-executive. Deadline for PIFs: April 15. |
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Synod Offers Grants to Attend Atlanta Event June 11-13What's Big Tent? It's a gathering of 10 PC(USA) conferences in the same place, at the same time! Attendees of any of the conferences will enjoy shared meals, workshops, worship services and a grand concluding celebration, in addition to their own special conference activities. Visit PC(USA)'s Big Tent web page for all the details. View the Big Tent video. Anyone from the Synod of Lincoln Trails may apply for a $100 grant to attend Big Tent: Lincoln Trails Grant Application. Be one of the first 100 to register for the Presbyterian Communicators Network conference and get three nights paid hotel accommodations, worth more than $300, for the conference! The "early bird" deadline has been eliminated, which means the early bird
registration fee will not increase. There's still time to register for this exciting gathering of fellow Presbyterians this summer. See you at the Big Tent!
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