Developing, Nurturing
& Supporting Leaders
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Mark Your Calendar!
Making the Great Connection: Your Preaching and Your Leadership
Continuing Ed
for Lay Pastors
Aug. 27-28
Urbana, Ill.
AARMS Convention
Association of Retired Ministers, Their Spouses or Survivors
Sept. 9-12
Bloomington, Minn.
ATiiM Annual Conference
Association of Trained Intentional Interim Ministers
Sept. 29-30
Utica, Ill.
Music and Worship Conference
for CLPs and Preachers
Oct. 4-7
Montreat, N.C.
POAMN Conference
Presbyterian Older Adult Ministries Network
Oct. 12-16
Orlando
Blessings and Burdens: Practical Approaches and Postures for the Use of Social Media In Ministry
Oct. 15-16
McCormick Theological Seminary
Presbyterian Communicators Regional Conferences
Plugging In Without Shorting Out
Oct. 18-20
Slippery Rock, Penn.
Oct. 25-27
Lake Tahoe, Nev.
The Art of Transitional Ministry
Interim Pastor Training
Nov. 1-5
St. Louis
The Art of Transitional Ministry
Interim Executive Training
Nov. 5-9
St. Louis
Emergent Christianity and Tentmaking Ministry
Nov. 12-14
Mundelein, Ill.
Check our website or contact the synod office for details!
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 TODAY IS LAST DAY TO REGISTER!
Making the Great Connection: Your Preaching and Your Leadership
Continuing Education for Lay Pastors
The last workshop in the Great Connections series will be offered August 27 and 28 in Urbana, Ill.
Cost is $125, which includes overnight lodging, take-home workshop materials and meals. Click here for more information. |
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!
"Music & Worship" Conference
for Lay Pastors will Feature John Bell
October 4-7, Montreat Conference
Center, North Carolina
This conference brings together leaders and resources needed by commissioned lay pastors and preachers to nurture their ministry of preaching, pastoral care, and congregational leadership. The Synod of Lincoln Trails is offering $200 scholarships to attend this conference. Download a scholarship application.
Key leaders are John Bell, Iona, Scotland; Byron Wade, vice moderator of the 218th General Assembly, PCUSA; Eric Wall, choir director, First Presbyterian Church of Asheville, N.C. David McDonald, pastor at Clayton (Ind.) Presbyterian Church, is one of several workshop leaders. More about the conference/register online.
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 October Offers Lots
of Learning Opportunities
for Communicators
 Web Ministry and Social Media Training - Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Ill., Oct. 8-9. Presented by M2LIVE. Special registration discount for Presbyterians!Social Media in Ministry - McCormick Campus, Chicago, Oct. 15-16, 2010. Featuring Bruce Reyes Chow, moderator of the 218th General Assembly. NEW!! $75 grants available to communicators from Lincoln Trails.Plugging in Without Shorting Out - Regional Presbyterian Communicators Network Conference, Slippery Rock, Penn. Oct. 18-20. $125 grants available to communicators from Lincoln Trails.Plugging in Without Shorting Out - Regional Presbyterian Communicators Network Conference, Lake Tahoe, Nev. Oct. 25-27. $125 grants available to communicators from Lincoln Trails.To learn more about these opportunities, check out the latest edition of the synod's new Communications Exchange, a newsletter for communicators in Lincoln Trails. |
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Board of Pensions Offers Emergency Disaster Assistance
A Note from Doug Kelly, BOP Regional Representative
Greetings! I am sure you are aware of the Disaster Assistance Grant from the Board of Pensions. So this is just a reminder in case you have clergy or church workers who suffered damage during the severe storms and flooding in late July or in the future.
Peter Sime, vice president of assistance and funds development programs provided me with this description: "In the past, we have assisted church workers with a $1,000 emergency assistance grant when they have had unexpected damage due to natural disaster. We ask them to document the need and use an abbreviated shared grant form. These grants are meant to help individuals who need immediate assistance to help meet short term living expenses.
"For larger amounts, we would prefer to do shared grants but, if the presbyteries do not have available funds, we will treat them on a case by case basis. We obviously try to balance the need of the church workers whose lives have been turned upside down and the assistance program's need for some accountability. The grants are not meant to pay for what would be covered by insurance or for what we would consider "decorative" damage such as shrubs and gardens.
The grants need to be for pastors and church workers (individuals) and not for churches and other institutions."
Contact Doug Kelly, (800) 511-0132 or (800) 773-7752 ext. 7045, if you need more information about applying for emergency assistance from the BOP.
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Jesus Seminar Author to Speak in Normal
New Covenant Community, a PC(USA) congregation in Normal, Ill., will host the Rev. Dr. Robin Meyers on Oct. 29-30.
Meyers, senior minister of the Mayflower Congregational UCC Church in Oklahoma, author of several books and a member of the Jesus Seminar, will be presenting a free lecture Oct. 29 at Heartland Community College at 7 p.m. He also will be facilitating a workshop for pastors and lay people on Saturday, Oct. 30, at Heartland from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, visit the New Covenant Community website.
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Meeting Papers from July Synod Meeting Available Now
The third regular meeting of the synod for 2010 was held on Saturday, July 24, at Philo (Ill.) Presbyterian Church. To review the minutes of the meeting, visit the Lincoln Trails meeting papers web page.
The next synod meeting is Friday, Oct. 29, at First Presbyterian Church, Urbana, Ill.
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