Developing, Nurturing
& Supporting Leaders
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Mark Your Calendar!
Synod Meeting
Calvin Celebration
Oct. 30, 2009
Urbana, Ill.
Annual Tentmaking Conference
Oct. 30 -
Nov. 1
Mundelein, Ill,
The Art of Transitional Ministry
Training for Interim Pastors
Nov. 2-6
St. Louis
Stewardship Kaleidoscope
Presbyterian Stewardship Conference
March 15-17
Indianapolis
Check our website or contact the synod office for details!
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Presbyterian Foundation Offers Innovative Gift Program
As with conventional gift annuity programs, the foundation's new charitable gift annuity program provides the donor with an attractive lifetime income, but the new program can often make the gift available to the named charity immediately. More information. Contact regional foundation development officers Lisa Tait Longo (Indianapolis, 800-710-5094) or Karen Krum (Wheaton, Ill., 888-751-9222) for details.
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What's Up With
Your Ministry?
We'd love to
share the news! Contact Marta at the synod
with updates from your presbytery, congregation,
camp, or other organization. We'll spread the
word!
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Friday, October 30, 8:30 a.m. to Noon
First Presbyterian Church, Urbana, Illinois
Dr. Ken Sawyer, McCormick Historian, is Keynote Speaker
Join the synod in its celebration of John Calvin's 500th birthday! Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. CDT and the keynote address at 9:15 a.m. A box lunch is available at the conclusion of the event, with advance reservations, for $10. For lunch reservations, email the synod or call 1-800-566-5996 by Oct. 26. If you do not wish to join us for lunch, you do not need to make reservations.
The regular quarterly meeting of the synod will follow the lunch break. Anyone is welcome to attend synod meetings. Visit the synod meeting information web page for details.
Click here to download a printable flyer.
Click here for a map to First Presbyterian of Urbana, Ill.
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Synod CLP Training Program
Registration Deadline is October 31
This two-year training program is for individuals seeking
to expand their service to the church and become commissioned lay
pastors.
A commissioned lay pastor is an elder of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), who is granted a commission by their presbytery to lead worship and preach the gospel, watch over the people, and provide for their nurture and service. The presbyteries and the synod recognize this as a way to
provide pastoral leadership to the congregations unable to secure full
time ordained staff.
The next series of classes begins in January 2010. Classes consist
of 12 contact hours each and are offered on twelve weekends during the two-year period.
Click to download more information and a registration form or contact Kristi Miller or Carol McDonald for more information.
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Advent Print Materials
Are Available from Synod
These professionally designed resources from PC(USA) are available to any Lincoln Trails congregation or presbytery. Use them as print ads, door hangers, flyers or inserts. We will help you customize them to suit your needs. There is no charge for the use of the ads.
This series includes one large ad and four small ones. Contact Marta for more information.
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Free Webinars on Evangelism and Church Growth from PC(USA)
PC(USA)'s Office of Evangelism & Church Growth is expanding its offering of free webinars. Register for the next congregational transformation webinar on November 3 at 2 p.m. EST. Visit the Evangelism and Church Growth and PresbyGrow Web sites on webinars being offered in evangelism, discipleship, church growth and transformation.
If you'd like to download video copies of stories on congregations growing Christ's church deep and wide, click on Evangelism or Servanthood. Use in worship or small group discussion and visit Evangelism & Church Growth for discipleship and diversity stories.
To download the video files to your computer, right-click if you are on a PC (click and hold your mouse button if you are on a Mac). From the menu that appears, select the option to "Save target as" (PC) or "download link to disk" (Mac).
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Alternative Giving Opportunities
As many congregations prepare for the upcoming gift giving seasons of Advent and Christmas, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance asks that you consider a gift to help families recovering from disasters. For the past ten years, PDA has responded to requests from individuals and congregations for alternative giving and other special giving opportunities for this purpose.
This year's alternative giving brochure features opportunities to support PDA's response to international or national disasters, and an opportunity to offer your gift to be used where it is most needed.
Call PDS at call (800) 524-2612 to order the brochure (#25412-09-005) or download it from on the PDA website. Giving cards are also available to download and print.
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