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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.
Future gatherings: Tuesday March 14, Tuesday April 17 |
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Women's Worship Service
"Let Justice Prevail"
A Women's Worship Service of Praise and Prayer
Friday, March 2, 2012 @ 7pm
The Faith Community of St. Sabina
1210 W. 78th Place, Chicago, IL
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LEAD 2012
Leadership, Education and Development for the Whole Church
LEAD is the only event where Chicago Presbyterians can take two 3-hour workshops that will better equip them for ministry in their church and community - for only $15 - plus communicate and break bread with movers-and-shakers from other churches. Register online.
Saturday, March 3
Workshops include: - Presbyterian and Muslim Women Interfaith Book Group
- Staff/Finances/Programs in a Down Economy
- La Arquitectura Teológica del Año 2040
- 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-Westminster Pres for a wonderfully laid-back evening of free coffee, snacks and entertainment. Share your poetry, perfrom some songs, show, art, etc. All positive 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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Interfaith Opportunity: Sharing Sacred Spaces
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Parliament of the World's Religions
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This year, religious and spiritual communities are coming together in partnership with the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions to visit each other's Sacred Spaces.
Sunday, March 18, 2-4 PM
Seventeenth Church will open its doors to the general public as well as to visitors from other religious and spiritual communities.
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Join peacemakers from across the country to fellowship, plan, and organize Antiracism, Preventing Gun Violence, Colombia Accompaniment and Advocacy, Israel/Palestine, and more! 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
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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Higgins Scholarship Accepting Applications
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Must be a half-time student. Seminary or Ph.D. level with special consideration being given to M.Div. students preparing for the parish ministry. Priority is given to second year students and beyond.
BASIS OF AWARDS: Grants of up to $5,000 (and at least $2,000) will be made, based on financial need, vocational fitness, plan of study and ecclesiastical connection.
Deadline: March 31. More info and application form
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Donations for your Church Library
Moving the Presbytery office - and particuarly the 3000 materials in the Resource Center - is a big task. Much will be cut, but not trashed! Come pick up books, videos, etc for your church or personal library.
Highlighted: Christian Education - Youth and Adults
→Great selections from Elaine M. Ward and Phyllis Vos Wezeman - two creative and artistic thinkers for meaningful, active children's curriculum
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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 has begun! 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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Choir Robes Needed
 The a capella "Nightingale Choir" of the Presbyterian Church of Mutengene, Cameroon (PCC) is aptly named. They make beautiful music together. They would like to make it wearing robes.
If your church has 20 choir robes in good condition [that do not have church logos, etc.] which you would be willing to donate to these dedicated singers, please contact Rev. Barbara Cathey at bhcathey@gmail.com or 773.577.7363. |
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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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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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Presbytery of Chicago has
Mission Co-Workers
in Colombia, South America
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Get Your Event Listed in Preview
Hundreds of elders, educations, and church leaders read the Chicago Presbytery Preview email, sent the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month. If you have an event to publicize, follow the submission guidelines and send your info to Laura Cathey at lcathey@ chicagopresbytery.orgYou 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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