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Congratulations to New Hope Presbyterian Church, Franklin, TN
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board has voted to approved a General Assembly Restricted Fund grant application to
New Hope Presbyterian Church
for support of education/ministry with the disabled.
Click here to read the letter received by our Synod Executive, Terry Newland, from the Presbyterian Mission Agency
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NASHVILLE'S FOOD DAY
Friday, October 24, 2014
5 pm - 8 pm
Nashville Farmers' Market
800 Rosa Parks Blvd
Nashville, TN 37208
The Nashville Food Day event includes exhibitors from various non-profits, agencies, and businesses with an interest in our local food system. Local Food System Heroes will be inducted into the Real Food Hall of Fame. There will also be a children's area, cooking demonstrations, and live entertainment, plus door prizes and much more!
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October 31 - November 2 Registration Deadline has been extended to October 27th!
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PCUSA Mission Co-Worker, Kate Taber to visit
October 29, 2014
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You are invited to a lunch and learn on Wednesday, October 29 at the Presbytery office from noon to 1:30pm.
The Rev. Kate Taber will be present to tell about the work she is doing as a PCUSA Mission Co-Worker in Israel and Palestine. Kate will tell how current conditions are effecting civilians in Israel and Palestine and how we can be of support and encouragement. To attend the lunch please contact the Rev. Jule Nyhuis at pastor@hermitagepc.org by October 26.
If you cannot make the lunch, plan to attend Hermitage Presbyterian Church's Wednesday Night Ministry, October 29 from 6-8 pm. Kate will be present for a dinner and presentation. To read more about Kate Taber, click here.
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 | College and Youth Adult Ministries (CoYAM)
Monday, October 27
11:30 am
Cafe Coco
Committee on Preparation for Ministry (CPM)
Tuesday, October 28
4:00 pm
FPC Nashville
Committee on Ministry (COM)
Tuesday, November 11
4:00 pm
FPC Nashville
Stewardship and Mission Interpretation (SMIC)
Wednesday, November 12
1:30 pm
Presbytery office
CE Brown Bag
Thursday, November 13
11:30 am
Presbytery office
Administration and Finance (A&F)
Thursday, November 13
4:00
Presbytery office
Coordinating Committee
Thursday, November 20
4:00 pm
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119th Stated Presbytery Meeting Highlights
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 by Therese Howell
Stated Clerk
Commissioners were welcomed by members of the session and congregation of First Presbyterian Church, Franklin. Worship was led by The Rev. Chris Joiner, pastor of the host church. The Rev. Dr. Craig Barnes, President of Princeton Theological Seminary, preached the sermon. The offering was collected for peacemaking in the Ukraine, and mission co-workers Ellen Smith and Rev. Victor Ignatenkov spoke of their work in Eastern Europe. The Lord's Supper was celebrated.
The presbytery elected The Rev. Steve Thomas, Belfast, as 2015 Moderator, and Ruling Elder Virginia Lovellette, First Cookeville, as Moderator-in-Nomination.
Executive Presbyter Warner Durnell, and members of the Special Visioning Task Force (Steve Douse, James Hudnut-Beumler, Sally Hughes, Robert Montgomery), presented the task force's report and recommendations, which were approved. Three Steering Committees will be tasked with the responsibility of planning, promoting, and processing Vision objectives and goals; the Coordinating Committee is authorized to appoint a chairperson for each Steering Committee, and a member of the CC will be liaison to each Steering Committee. Each stated meeting in 2015 and 2016 will include special presentations highlighting vision implementation. The Special Visioning Task Force's three objectives, and related goals, approved by the presbytery, are:
Objective 1: Building Up the Body Through Connections of Mutual Support
Goals to help broker fruit-bearing collaboration and community through:
- Annual Neighborhood Meetings
- Association of Campus Ministries
- Guatemalan Partnership and Hunger Action
- Sharing of Church Contributions
- Technological Think Tank
Objective 2: Building Up the Body Through Leadership Development
Goals to encourage, train, and equip teaching and ruling elders through:
- "Barnabas Leadership Group"
- Celebration of the Resurrection
- College of Preachers
- Excellence in Officer Education
- Fellowship of the Ordained
Objective 3: Building Up the Body Through Church Transformation
Goals to work for spiritual and numerical growth through:
- Annual "Celebrate the Journey" Reports
- Creation of a Church Transformation and Growth Strategy
- Healthy Congregation Seminars
- Planting New Churches and Redevelopment of Churches
- Prayer Covenant and Prayer Summits
To read The Special Visioning Task Force Report, in its entirety, click here.
The Presbytery thanked the members of the Task Force for their work: Teaching Elders Proctor Chambless (First and Milldale, Springfield); James Hudnut-Beumler (Vanderbilt Divinity School); Sally Hughes (Historic Franklin); Robert Montgomery (First Pulaski); Coordinating Committee Liaison Donovan Drake (Westminster Nashville); and Ruling Elders Steve Douse (First Nashville); Cindy Edwards (Allardt, through May 2014); Rita and Bill Shacklett (First Murfreesboro); Staff Liaison Warner Durnell.
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APA 2014 National Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico
by Linda Griffis
PMT Administrative Assistant
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Thank you to the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee for giving me the privilege to attend the Administrative Professional Association's (APA) National Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 14-19 as my primary continuing education for this year. I have been a member of the APA since 2009 and certified at Level 1.
This year's conference theme was "Fallow Time; allow a time for rest, to breathe, and to renew". I am currently working on my Level 2 certification to which I participated in the following classes; Pastoral Care for Self and Others, Ministry of Reconciliation, PC(USA) History since Reunion, and Christology II. This conference was a great time of worship, learning and fellowship. It was a chance to meet up with old friends and make new ones. APA is a wonderful networking place to meet fellow adminstrators from around the different parts of the country and share stories, ideas, and to learn new ways of doing your job.
 The Mission of APA is to offer opportunities for professional development and personal growth for those called by God to serve as support staff of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). This mission is accomplished by providing continuing education events for certification and occasions for fellowship, worship and spiritual nurture and prayer at both National and Regional meetings as well as seminary sponsored training events.
Currently from the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee we have five people that are involved with APA; myself, Freda
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Dye, Donelson PC; Linda Rogers, Trinity PC; Sarah White, Second PC and Christine Jastrow, Glen Leven PC. If you are interested in knowing more about APA, please give me a call at the Presbytery office (615) 332-3330 or you can visit the APA website at http://www.pcusa-apa.org/.
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 | To help the family of Kenny & Christina Bernitt
Jim & Marie Vowell's daughter and
son-in-law
(Jim Vowell is a member of the PMT's Committee on Ministry) |
First Presbyterian Church of Smyrna 540 Sam Ridley Parkway, W Smyrna, TN SATURDAY November 15 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
FPC Smyrna will be hosting a Benefit Dinner to help support the family of Kenny and Christina Bernitt. In June of 2014, Kenny Bernitt (Jim Vowell's son-in-law) was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia with an FLT3 genetic modifier. To read more about Kenny's illness and ways to help, please click here.
If you are able to attend the benefit dinner, please contact FPC Smyrna's church office at (615) 459-2744 or email church.office@fpcsmyrna.org and let them know how many will be attending the dinner.
Please keep the Bernitt's, and the Vowell's in your prayers as they go through this difficult time.
 EAST BRENTWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Treasure the Past; Envision the Future Sunday, November 2, 2014 All Saints' Sunday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
BELLEVUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 100 Cross Timers Drive, Nashville Alternative Gift Fair for more information visit their website or call 615-646-1666 
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