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Presbytery Meetings
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The next Presbytery Meeting is Saturday, January 14, 2012 from 9AM-3PM at Arlington Hills Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, MN. Materials for the meeting will be available in early January 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 pray for the family of Bob Boehlke, a teaching elder who died on November 11 after a brief illness.
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 the Week of November 14-20, 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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|  The Presbytery office will be closed on Friday, November 18 as we begin the process of moving back to our newly remodeled offices in suite 508 of the Minnesota Church Center. We will reopen on Monday, November 21 at 8:30am.
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|  December 28, 2011 1:30-8:00PM North Como Presbyterian Church Roseville, MN The Committee on Preparation for Ministry (CPM) is hosting a one day seminar for individuals exploring a sense of call to Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA). This seminar provides a structured way of meeting with and orienting seekers to the opportunities, challenges and responsibilities that lie ahead should they pursue a formal relationship with the CPM. If you are a pastor or church member who has been in conversation with a member of your church who has expressed an interest in becoming a Teaching Elder, or if you know of someone in your congregation that you believe may have gifts and skills for ministry as a Teaching Elder, please share this invitation with them and encourage them to register for this seminar. Read more...
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|  At the November 8, 2012 Stated Meeting of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area, the 2012 Budget was approved, meaning we can now announce the 2012 Per Capita for PTCA Congregations. The 2012 Per Capita is $31.63.
For a breakdown please visit our Per Capita Page.
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Church of Change: WCCO-TV in the Twin Cities recently highlighted Kwanzaa Community Presbyterian in Minneapolis. The church sold the stained glass windows that frame the sanctuary of their Emerson Avenue campus which was once the home of Highland Park Presbyterian Church for decades until the congregation closed in 1998. The sale will go to fund the Northside Women's Space a ministry that will help women involved in the sex trade in North Minneapolis. Northside Women's Space will be housed in the Emerson building. To find out more, and to watch an interview with Kwanzaa Co-Pastor Alika Galloway, please click here.
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.
Attention At-Large and Retired Pastors: It's time to fill out the annual Non-Parish Clergy Annual Report. This year, there are two different forms to fill depending on your status: a form for honorably retired teaching elders and one for those teaching elders who are at-large. You can fill out either form online by clicking here. The deadline to file a report is December 31, 2011.
Galloway and Street-Stewart to be Honored: On November 17, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., the Rev. Alika Galloway, co-pastor of Kwanzaa Community Church, and Elder Elona Street-Stewart (a member of Dayton Avenue Presbyterian in St. Paul), Racial Ethnic Ministries Coordinator of our Synod, will be honored along with other distinguished women of faith, including the Rev. Sarah Campbell, Dorothea Burns, Rabbi Amy Eilberg, Dr. Josie Robinson Johnson, and Dr. Fatma Reda. Read more...
Remembering Bob Boehlke: A memorial service celebrating the life of honorably retired teaching elder Bob Boehlke, who died on November 11 after a brief illness. The service will be held on Saturday, November 19 at 1:30pm at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian in Minneapolis. Check the Bryn Mawr website for more details.
Paterno's Millstone: Luther Seminary Professor and PTCA Teaching Elder Theresa Latini shares her thoughts on the recent scandal at Penn State.
With Gratitude: With Thanksgiving just around the corner, John Curtiss, pastor of Community Presbyterian Church in Plainview, give thanks to the many people in his life.
A Safe Church, An Inclusive Church: Is your congregation trying to write a sexual misconduct policy? Check out the policy template designed by our Advocates for Intergrity in Ministry Committee. Also, learn about the Presbytery's Policy on Disabilities as well.
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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 www.presbyterytwincities.org/events.
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