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Ongoing Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
January 18-25
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an expression of the ecumenical movement - a worldwide movement among Christians:
- to heal the divisions within the Church
- to promote dialogue among churches and Christian communities
- and to encourage Christians everywhere to better understand and reflect the implications of "one Lord, one faith, one baptism."
This map identifies 22 churches that are currently participating in Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ecumenical services and events for 2012. Click the pushpins to find an event to participate in.
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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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Worship Alive - "Proclaiming the Verbs"
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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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Interreligious Opportunity:
Sharing Sacred Spaces
This year, religious and spiritual communities are coming together in partnership with the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions to visit one another's Sacred Spaces.
 Chicago Sinai Congregation practices Classical Reform Judaism, which was first formed in the 1860's and emphasizes reason, personal autonomy, social justice and humanitarian values.
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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 February 8th, there will be a panel discussion around the theme of "The view from 2040: The Futures of Theological Education."
Full info
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Commissioned Ruling Elder (formerly CLP) Continuing Education
 Preaching: Lent and Easter, Year B
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Registration Fee: $35
Registration Deadline: February 6
Workshop held at Philo (Ill.) Presbyterian Church, near Champaign/Urbana, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central Time.
Registration form and Map |
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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.
More info. |
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Continuing Education Opportunities for 2012-2013:
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Confirmation Retreat
March 2 - 4, 2012
Presbyterian Camps - 631 Perryman Street, Saugatuck, MI 49453
Cost: $100, scholarships are available.
This retreat is open to all youth grades 6-9 who are part of a Confirmation Program in the Presbytery of Chicago and come with their church group. Our theme is "Are Christians Allowed to...?" Examine big questions about the life of discipleship, in small groups with fellow church members as well as large group discussions.
Church Registration Forms must be received no later than February 20, 2012
Full info
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LEAD 2012
Leadership, Education and Development for the Whole Church
 Saturday, March 3
Workshops include: - New Deacon Training: Separating Fact from Fiction
- The Altered Landscape of Giving
- Networking and Visioning for Youth Ministry
- To see more, download the full brochure
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Join peacemakers from across the country to fellowship, plan, and organize:
- The PC(USA)'s discernment to become a Peace Church
- Antiracism
- Preventing Gun Violence
- Colombia Accompaniment and Advocacy
- Israel/Palestine
- General Assembly Advocacy
Scholarships Available
April 26 - 29, 2012
Stony Point Center, Stony Point, NY |
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 Interim Pastor Training"The Art of Transitional Ministry"
May 7-11, 2012
St. Louis, MO
Registration deadline: April 9
This Basic Interim/Transitional Ministry Education consists of 60 contact hours divided equally between two Residency Weeks -Week I (30 hours) and Week II (30 hours) separated by a Practicum which combines reflection on, and experience in, some aspect of interim/transitional ministry.
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Wrapping up 2011
Contact Brenda Pious at the Presbytery office for questions about Per Capita, whether your mission check was received, where to send contributions, updates to pledges, inquiries about how mission was posted, and other mission related issues. 312-243-8300 ext. 1307 |
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Presbyterian Camps - Saugatuck, MI
New Years Greetings from your Presbyterian Camps in Saugatuck, Michigan! Here's our 2012 Summer Camp Schedule - Registration begins February 1st. We also would love to host your retreat groups this winter and spring. Please contact the camp for available weekends - call 800-728-1164 or email registrar@prescamps.org. If you are interested in working at Presbyterian Camps this summer, please email director@prescamps.org. |
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 Opportunities for Trips to the Middle East
Isn't it time you visited Israel and Palestine? Pauline Coffman and Paul Parker (from Elmhurst College) will be co-leading a trip, June 12 - 25, 2012, that will look at Religous Diversity in Israel and Palestine and how daily life is impacted by the political realities.
We will be meeting with Jews, Christians, Muslims, Samaritans, Ba'hai, and the Druze. Our itinerary will take us to Yad Vashem (the Holocaust Museum), Masada, the Dead Sea (for a swim), Bethlehem, Hebron, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Acco, and Jaffa. Pick up a brochure by the front doors of the Presbytery office, or contact Pauline at p.coffman@sbcglobal.net for an electronic copy. The deadline for group rates is March 7, 2012, so if you have been pondering this trip, it is time to decide! |
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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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 Monmouth College Presbyterian Scholarship
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Scholarships for Presbyterian undergraduates
The National Presbyterian College Scholarship Program offers need-based scholarship assistance to full-time students entering their first year of college at one of the colleges related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
PCUSA scholarships are available for Undergraduates, Graduate/Theological students, and pastors.
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For Such a Time as This: A Small Church Residency - Growing Leaders, Growing Churches
Launched by the General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC)in Fall 2009, For Such a Time as This is a timely and innovative program that pairs small, underserved congregations with recent seminary graduates in a two-year pastoral residency relationship. The program was designed to renew the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) by equipping new pastors to grow small churches Deep and Wide in evangelism, discipleship, servanthood and diversity.
Learn more or apply to get involved.
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Want to hear the follow-up to these events and the stories of people and churches in this presbytery? Read Our Common Ministry. |
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Connect with the Presbytery
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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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Our workshop with the widely-acclaimed Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence is almost here. You can participate either Saturday, January 28th at the 
