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Presbytery Assembly
Saturday, February 18th at Rogers Park Chicago
Call papers are up! (And the password is updated for 2012.) Pre-presbytery events on "Questions and Answers on Sex-Trafficking" and "The Fellowship of Presbyterians" begin at 9:15am. Worship and the installation of the new moderator, Deborah Paton convene at 1:00pm, with the meeting at 2:00pm.
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Pre-Presbytery event
Sex Trafficking is not something that only occurs in foreign countries!
Advance Justice Mission Priority Leadership Team and
the Mission Team Against Child Sex Trafficking
Present a February Assembly Pre-Presbytery Session. More info.
Rogers Park Presbyterian Church
7059 North Greenview
Chicago - 9:00-10:30am |
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Morgan Park Mardi Gras
6pm - Mardi Gras Potluck Dinner
7pm - Low Down Brass Band concert
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Continuing Education Opportunities for 2012-2013:
1:00 PM "A Womanist Spirituality of Health and Redemption"
4:00 PM "Justice Notes"
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DOOR Chicago Benefit Concert 
February 23, 7pm Inspiration Kitchen 3504 W Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60624 Singer/Songwriter Matt Black will be performing! For tickets contact: Caroline Underwood DOOR, a joint program of Mennonite Mission Network and PC(USA), invites young adults to "see the face of God in the city" through short-term trips for youth groups and longer periods of service for individuals.
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Small Church Gathering
If you are a pastor or leader in a small congregation - worshiping less than 100 on a Sunday - please consider joining us.
The work? Creating faithful and thriving churches through fellowship, storytelling, building relationships and identifying resources, all while attending to the movement of the Holy Spirit.
Next gathering:
Tuesday, February 28
at Rumble Arts Gallery
Hosted By Grace Commons
3413 West North Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
We will gather from 12:00 PM - 2 PM and have fellowship, conversation and share resources over brown bag lunches. Drinks will be provided. More info |
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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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Worship Alive - Spaces
One of the most frequent requests we get for workshop topics has to do with creating and designing spaces for worship.
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Open Mic - C-W Cafe
Free Coffeehouse & Open Mic: Bring your talent to Carter-Westminister for a wonderfully laid-back evening of free coffee, snacks & entertainment. Share your poetry, perfrom some songs, show, art, etc. All pos
itive and uplifiting forms of talent are welcome. Download the flyer.
4950 W. Pratt Ave. Skokie, IL 60077
MC: Elliot Nott
Phone: 847-673-4441
Second Saturday of every month, 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Next gathering: March 10
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Stewardship Kaleidoscope Conference
March 12-14, 2012
Charlotte, North Carolina
Learn More
Register Online
Early Bird Rate until Feb. 20
 Schedule
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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
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 Interim Pastor Training"The Art of Transitional Ministry"
May 7-11, 2012
St. Louis, MO
Registration deadline: April 9
Interim/Transitional Ministry Education is intended for those presently engaged in interim or transitional ministry and those inquiring about this ministry. Committee on Ministry members and presbytery staff persons with responsibility for contregations in transition will also find the education helpful.
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New in the Resource Center
 For Hispanic Ministries:
- Horizons "Confesemos las bienaventuranzas"
- Manual para el desarrollo de nuevas Iglesias hispanas/latinas
- ¡Refórmanos! Discipulado: a la manera de Jesús
- ¡Refórmanos! Teologia para el peublo presbiteriano
These will be available at Assembly to check out, along with freebies for your personal or church library.
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Visioning the future
Together, let's share stories and talk about the challenges, hopes, and dreams for the Presbytery of Chicago! We are listening for the future to which God is calling us. The experience and insight of every Chicago Presbyterian is part of the process of discernment. More info.
A visioning conversation can be scheduled with your congregation or group by contacting Cliff Lyda ( cliff@elmhurstchurch.org, or 630.862.8686).
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Presbyterian Camps - Saugatuck, MI
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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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.
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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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