Presbytery of Chicago Preview

November 12, 2010

This is the fourth issue of the Preview, and so far each issue has been seen by at least 340 readers. We hope the mailing list continues to grow, but already more people are opening their copy of the Preview than attend the average assembly meeting. If your church, Presbytery committee, mission team, work group, or other ministry has an event or a project that you want other people to know about, please send it to ahensley@chicagopresbytery.org, so I can include it in the Preview.

If you have people who want to receive each edition of the Preview directly, please encourage them to click on the "join our mailing list" button on the right side of the Preview and sign up.

Thanks for sharing your events and thanks for reading,

Adele Hensley, Editor
Presbytery of Chicago

312-243-8300 ext. 1314

Presbytery of Chicago Per Capita

The Per Capita for 2011 is $30.31. This year the total per capita for each church is based on the membership reported in 2009. This table shows changes since last year: Table detailing 2011 per capita

Pine Avenue United Church needs Musical Instruments for their Performing Arts Ministry.

Please follow this link to learn more or see how you can help.

Springfield Lobby Day with Fourth Presbyterian Church November 17--Advocacy against Violence

Please follow this link to see the flyer for details.

Challenges and Possibilities of Small Church Ministry, at Hope Presbyterian Church, Wheaton on November 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This event is sponsored by the Develop Congregations Mission Priority Leadership Team. To learn more, follow this link.

The Sounds of the South Loop series continues at Second Presbyterian Church on November 21 with a concert by Henhouse Prowlers at 7:30 pm. For ticket information or to learn more, click on this link.

Presbyterians for Renewal of Chicago Presbytery is Meeting at First Presbyterian Church of Downers Grove on Tuesday, November 30 from 1:00-3:00 p.m.

For questions, please call 847-949-6179, or read the attached flyer.

VI Clergy and Lay Leadership Summit Breakfast For HIV/AIDS Community Outreach is December 1 at McCormick Theological Seminary.

See the flyer for more information.

The Latin American Center at McCormick Theological

Seminary is co-sponsoring Hispanic Heritage Lecture Series. On December 4, Dr. Edwin Hernandez will give a report from the Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame entitled,
"Manos Sanadoras and Health:
The Health of Latino/a Churchgoers in Chicago and Health Outreach among Latino Congregations in Chicago."

For details, follow this link.

McCormick Theological Seminary and the Synod of Lincoln Trails are the co-sponsors of a Belhar Confession Workshop on December 4, 2010.

Designed in support of presbyteries and congregations of the synod and beyond, the workshop will give particular attention to the social and theological implications of the Belhar Confession for the North American church today and the ecclesial implications of its proposed inclusion in the PCUSA Book of Confessions.

To register by November 30, please follow this link.

South Asian Presbyterian Church hosts their Annual Christmas Caroling December 11, 5:00-8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Deerfield.

The South Asian Presbyterian Church cordially invites you to this spiritually enriching program of Carols.The flyer is sent to you as an attachment. Please contact Rev. Samuel Akhtar, by email or cell phone (773-301-1050), to confirm.

Get Ready, Plan to Attend the
"Presbytery of Chicago Mission 2010: Reaching Beyond" pre-presbytery on December 14.

You can download a flyer here.

End Hunger and Homelessness Mission Team invites you to join them in a Canned Food Harvest at the December Presbytery Assembly.

Please download the flyer to learn more.

2011 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Communion Bread ACTS 2:42

11th Annual Chicagoland Ecumenical Prayer Service

St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Orthodox Church

6700 W. Diversey Avenue, Chicago, 60607

Preacher: Bishop Wayne N. Miller - Metropolitan Chicago Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Sponsored by Ecumenism Metro Chicago

(formerly the Ecumenical Millennium Committee)

For more information, see the poster.

2011 Presbytery of Chicago Clergy Retreat presents Dr. Kenneth E. Bailey, noted Presbyterian Middle Eastern New Testament Scholar

The retreat runs from 4:00 p.m. Sunday, January 30 until noon Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at St. Mary of the Lake Conference Center in Mundelein, Illinois. Registration forms will be available in December. Meanwhile, you can read more about the retreat, Dr. Bailey, and a special offer on his books in this press release.

Two Things from the chicagopresbytery.org homepage

Five Churches have staff positions available,

including one for a Communications Coordinator, two for organists, one for a director of Christian education and one for an administrator. To learn more, click here.

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Volunteer Opportunities are available at the Presbytery Office and at Presbytery Assembly Meetings. If you are interested, click here.

"I especially need help one or two afternoons a week with checking in returned items in the resource center. I also need help staffing the resource center table at Assembly meetings and taking pictures and video at the meetings." Adele Hensley, Resource Center Coordinator

2011 Assembly Meeting Dates

It's time to look ahead to next year's Presbytery meeting schedule:

February 15, 2011
4:00 pm at Palatine Presbyterian Church
April 12, 2011
1:00 pm at Chicago, First Presbyterian Church
June 21, 2011
4:00 pm at Chicago Heights, First Presbyterian Church
September 20, 2011
1:00 pm at Evanston, First Presbyterian Church
November 19, 2011
11:00 am at Wheaton, First Presbyterian Church

Please note several important changes ! First, in order to minimize snow days, and reduce the four month summer gap, we're meeting in SEPTEMBER and NOVEMBER rather than October and December. Second, the meetings are scheduled for the THIRD week, rather than the second, in order to avoid a conflict with Labor Day and to give our committees more breathing room around the Christmas/New Year's holidays.

We are aware that many sessions hold their regular meetings on the third Tuesday. If our schedule change creates problems for you, please let me know. We need your feedback so we can start scheduling 2012.

Barbara Bundick, Stated Clerk

bbundick@chicagopresbytery.org

The Middle School Winter Retreat is January 28-30 at East Bay Camp in Hudson, Illinois.

To participate, contact Rev. Beth Freese Dammers.

You may download a brochure at this link.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 entering class for ACTs D. Min. in Preaching Program. Final Deadline is January 31, 2011. Contact Marcy Miller, ACTS Doctor of Ministry Program Coordinator (mfmiller@mccormick.edu) or Martha Brown, Director of Doctor of Ministry Recruitment and Admissions (mbrown@mccormick.edu) for more information.

McCormick is also accepting applications for the June 2011 entering Cohort for the Doctor of Ministry Program with concentrations in Building Beloved Community, Parish Revitalization and Pastoral and Spiritual Care. The final deadline for applications is April 1, 2011. See www.mccormick.edu for more information or contact Martha Brown, Director of Doctor of Ministry Recruitment and Admissions (mbrown@mccormick.edu) for more information.