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Presbytery Meetings
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The next Presbytery Meeting is Tuesday, November 8 from 4PM-8PM at Boutwell's Landing in Oak Park Heights, MN. Materials for the meeting will be available in late October at our Presbytery Packets page.
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Go Mobile!
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The website for the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area is now optimized to work on iPhone and Android mobile devices. You can get to our mobile site in two ways: one your smartphone, simply go to the www.presbyterytwincites.org web address and you will go straight to the mobile formatted site or simply scan the qr code to your above and you go immediately to the site.
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Parish Paper
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The November and December 2011 editions The Parish Paper, a monthly resource for local churches to which the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area has subscribed on behalf of all PTCA churches, are now online. We encourage you to share The Parish Paper with your session , committees, or teams within your congregation. To download the latest issues as well as archived papers, please click here.
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InPrint Newsmagazine
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InPrint is the newsmagazine detailing the mission and ministry of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area. To download the November 2011 issue, please click here.
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We continue to pray for Teaching Elder and Presbytery Treasurer Ed Martin and Ed's brother, Gene. Gene was recently transferred to hospice care.
We pray for the family of Stephanie Anthony, teaching elder at First Presbyterian in Hudson, WI. Daughter Margaret is recuperating at home from a recent injury.
We pray for Bob Boehlke, a teaching elder who took ill while in New Jersey at a class reunion. He is still at a hospital in New Jersey. for more information and to send cards, please click here. A Caring Bridge website had been set up to folks up to date.
We pray for the family of Ruling Elder Tom Phillips, including wife Betty Jo. Tom died October 14 from heart ailments. Tom was a member of Peace Presbyterian Church in St. Louis Park and was on the Presbytery Personnel Committee.
We've moved our prayers for the churches and ministries of the PTCA to our Mission and Witness website. Click on the date below to see which ministries, pastors and churches are being lifted up in prayer this week. Prayer Requests for Week of October 31-November 6, 2011 If you have a prayer concern you'd like to share with the wider Presbytery, please contact us by email at communications@ptcaweb.org . |
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|  "We fearlessly follow the Holy Spirit into a changing world." Presbytery Meeting Strategic Focus: Nurture relationships and risk trust. (3rd guideline) In accordance with Book of Order, Form of Government G-3.0304, and the Bylaws of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area, Article I, The Presbytery will meet in regular stated session, 4:00 p.m., on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at Presbyterian Homes Boutwells Landing, 5600 Norwich Parkway, Oak Park Heights, Minnesota in the Town Hall. At 3:00 p.m., all teaching and ruling elders new to the Presbytery, or attending for the first time, are invited to an orientation led by the Stated Clerk of the Presbytery, Ruling Elder Nancy Grittman. All presbyters are welcome. Registration and fellowship will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Read more...
Materials needed for Tuesday's meeting are ready for download. Click here to get to the Presbytery Packet.
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A Note on 2012 Per Capita: As churches prepare their 2012 budgets, the Presbytery office has received a number of calls regarding Per Capita for next year. While General Assembly and the Synod of Lakes and Prairies have already set their per capita, the PTCA has not. The Presbytery Budget Taskforce is hard at work setting the budget for the coming year and the Presbytery Per Capita should be known at the November 8 Presbytery meeting. We apologize for the inconveneince.
Leaving a Legacy: When artist Lindy Westgard heard about the need to replace the roof at Macalester-Plymouth United Church in St. Paul. She decided to do what she could to help raise money by donating 40 of her paintings to the church. Mac-Plymouth will look into selling the paintings to raise the needed funds. You can find out more in this Minneapolis Star-Tribune article.
Heeding the Call: Edgcumbe Presbyterian in St. Paul was featured by Presbyterian News Service for the Bike Rack ministry. Read the story.
Don't Forget to File a Report! It's the end of the year, which means it's time to fill out congregational reports. The following forms are due January 31, 2012: the Necrology Form, Members of Session Form, Presbytery Commissioners Form, Current Clerk of Session Form and Terms of Call Form. All the forms can be filled out online and are available at the Presbytery's Form page.
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Presbybytes: Other News and Events
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Don't Miss the following events and news taking place in the Presbytery:
Find out about other events taking place in our presbytery by going to our blog page at www.presbyterytwincities.org/events
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