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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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On this World AIDS Day, we pray for those near and far living with HIV/AIDS. We pray for those providing care and to the doctors and scientists as they work to end the disease.
We pray for Teaching Elder Denise Dunbar-Perkins and her husband Herb Perkins. Herb had surgery today for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm today.
We pray for Teaching Elder Ron Wilson, pastor of the Associated Church in Owatonna who will have knee replacement surgery next week.
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 28-December 4, 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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|  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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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.
Save the Date: Amy Blumenshine, a nationally recognized speaker and writer on the concerns of returning military personnel and their families, will be the keynote speaker for a morning workshop at Community Presbyterian Church in Rochester on February 25, 2012. Read more...
Street-Stewart Honored: Elona Street-Stewart, synod associate for racial ethnic ministries and community empowerment and a member of Dayton Avenue Presbyterian in St. Paul , received a Summit Community Empowerment Award earlier this month when she was honored in San Francisco by the Pacific Educational Group at its third annual event, "Summit for Courageous Conversations." Read more...
Recent Social Media Articles: For the second issue of our occasional series on social media, we include articles on Twitter, Facebook and Young Clergy, and just what the heck is that funny-looking square box we see everywhere (including this email). Read more...
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:
December 3: Community Christmas Celebration, Hope Presbyterian, Richfield
December 4: Blue Christmas Service, Church of the Way, Shoreview
December 4: An Evening in December, Faith Presbyterian, Minnetonka
December 6: A Service of Remembrance, Westminster Presbyterian, Minneapolis
December 6: Redemption Songs Advent Study, Bordertown Coffee, Minneapolis (Sponsored by Westminster-Minneapolis)
December 6: First Tuesday Dialogues, Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian, Chaska
December 7: Advent Quiet Wednesdays, Lake Nokomis Presbyterian, Minneapolis
December 8: Chaos to Cohesion: Advent Celtic Evening Prayer in the City, Westminster Presbyterian, Minneapolis
December 9: Christmas Razzle, Lake Nokomis Presbyterian, Minneapolis
December 9: Invocation Singers Holiday Concert, Macalester Plymouth United Church, St. Paul
December 10: InVocation Singers Holiday Concert, First Presbyterian, Hastings
December 10: Tangled in Tinsel, Chain of Lakes Presbyterian, Lino Lakes
Find out about other events taking place in our presbytery by going to www.presbyterytwincities.org/events.
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