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Join The Visioning Process
- Reaching
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- Congregants
We invite you to share stories, talk about the challenges, hopes, and dreams for the future of our Presbytery.
Next gathering:
Monday, January 23, 2011
First Presbyterian Church of Homewood
6-8:00 pm
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2012 Middle School Winter Retreat
January 27-29, 2012
East Bay Camp - Hudson, IL
Cost: $90, scholarships are available
This retreat is open to all middle School youth (grades 6-8) and their friends in Chicago and Blackhawk Presbyteries. Your time will be spent having fun, enjoying music, making new friends and hearing inspiring messages on the topic of "Surrendering to God." There's lots of great free time options too, like basketball, outdoor games, and an indoor pool.
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Presbytery of Chicago Clergy Retreat
Connect. Learn. Retreat.
January 29-31, 2012 - Sunday, 4 pm to Tuesday, Noon
Featuring Rev Dr Margaret Aymer
St Mary of the Lake, Mundelein - 1000 East Maple Avenue Speaker info Registration |
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Enlivening Congregational Song Seminar
Do you have a passion for congregational singing?
Looking for ways to strengthen your congregation's singing?
Interested in diversifying your congregation's song and repertoire?
Read for more details--including a syllabus and feedback from some of the dozens of persons who've participated in this seminar. Cost of all five sessions and materials is $150.The days and times of the five-sesion seminar (starting January 2012) seminar will be arranged to fit the schedules of the participants.
Contact worshipalive@comcast.net or 773-728-8274 if you are interested in participating in the seminar or have any questions. Enrollment is limited to 10-12 persons. |
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2012 Association of Presbyterian Church Educators
Annual Event
Grand Rapids, Michigan
February 1 - 4, 2012
· Registration · Schedule ·
APCE continues to remember Chicago Presbytery former member Val Murphy through her namesake scholarship. Val served as Director of Christian Education at Sixth Grace Church, Chicago, from 1963 to 1974. The scholarship covers expenses of attending the annual event, and goes to help racial/ ethnic persons working in the field of Christian education, who are also students majoring in Christian education.
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Presidential Inauguration  The McCormick Theological Seminary Board of Trustees cordially invites you to the inauguration of McCormick's tenth president, the Rev. Dr. Frank Yamada
On the evening of the 8th, there will be a panel discussion around the theme of "The view from 2040: The Futures of Theological Education."
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True North Boundary Training 2011
 Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
First Presbyterian Church
7551 Quick Avenue
River Forest, IL
Time: 9:00 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Registration begins: 8:30 a.m.
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Continuing Education Opportunities for 2012-2013:
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 Opportunities for Trips to the Middle East
The Middle East Task Force is sponsoring two trips in March.
Lebanon (Feb. 29-March 8, 2012)
Optional extensions: 1. fly to Amman and join the trip to Israel/Palestine; or 2. fly to Izmir, Turkey, and see many ancient sites around Ephesus and Istanbul.
More info and registration Contact: Pauline Coffman
Israel/Palestine, beginning in Amman, Jordan (March 7-19, 2012)
More info and registrationContact: Garnett Foster |
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Ready for the new year: Mission Yearbooks 2012  Be inspired by a daily mission story and prayer in 2012. Ordering through the Presbytery brings the price/book down from $14.95 to $9.95. Place your order to pick up your church's copies from the Presbytery office. |
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Presbyterian Camps - Saugatuck, MI
Silent nights will soon give way to a winter wonderland. We hope you'll come out for a visit sometime soon!
~Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from your Presbyterian Camps Staff in Saugatuck |
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Worship Alive! Scholarships
The Worship, Music, and the Arts (WMA) Work Group of the Presbytery of Chicago is offering scholarships to Worship Alive! in honor of the memory of Charles E. Dickerman, former WMA moderator and newsletter editor. The Worship Alive! workshops are for those individuals interested in planning and leading worship. Learn more about Worship Alive! workshop topics, dates, and locations.
Scholarship applicants must be a non-clergy member of a church within the Presbytery of Chicago. Scholarships are limited to two people from each congregation.
Download the scholarship application form |
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New Orleans Mission Trip
This winter, a group of McCormick Seminary students will be participating in an outreach ministry of St Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of South Louisiana) called Rebuilding Hope in New Orleans (RHINO). Students will be building homes and meeting the needs of displaced residents during this mission trip, January 21-28.   Melva Lowry is originally from Atlanta but part of the Northeast Georgia Presbytery. She will be participating in the Mission Trip with McCormick. She has done other mission trips from Puerto Rico and the Middle East and is looking forward to doing local mission helping those here in the United States.
Your church can sponsor Melva and other students going to New Orleans, and invite students to come speak about the trip upon their return. Contact Jamie Wasowski for more information. |
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Fair Trade Opportunities
GAMC's Enough for Everyone program provides resources and guidance for your congregation to participate in fair trade. It's supported by your gift to the One Great Hour of Sharing. Opportunities include:
Presbyterian Coffee Project
Fair Trade for your church: coffee, tea, chocolate, cocoa, snacks and more.
Eco-Palms
Palm branches for Palm Sunday are sustainably harvested and ensure fair wages
Sweat-Free Ts
T-shirts made in a sewing cooperative for your youth group, mission trip or event.
Investing in Hope
Invest church or personal funds in micro-finance projects that alleviate poverty. |
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 Job Opportunity: Assistant Director for Summer Camp Programming
The person filling this position will create a positive environment to ensure camper and summer staff success and safety at the Geneva Center in Rochester, IN.
Term - February 1 - July 31, 2012
Salary - $12,000 plus housing
Read the full position description. |
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 Monmouth College Presbyterian Scholarship
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Presbytery of Chicago has
Mission Co-Workers
in Latin America
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You can reissue or modify this content for your own church bulletin or newsletter, without crediting the Preview, but please credit any organizations, photographers, etc, that we credited.  This listing of upcoming events is sponsored by the Communications Work Group of the Presbytery of Chicago Presbytery Coordinating Commission. |
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