Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus the Christ! I pray this communication finds

Spring at Geneva Center Photo provide by Frank Vardeman

 you well and I give thanks for your continuing to give of your time and your talent in service to our Risen Lord through the work of the PWV. On May 21stat 10:00 AM the PWV Assembly will gather and hopefully this time weather won't necessitate our postponing the meeting. It is more likely this time of year that any negative impact the weather may have will be in the form of making it hard to be inside doing the work of the Presbytery while it is absolutely gorgeous outside. It may be tempting to forego the Presbytery Assembly for golfing, fishing, or hiking. I won't pray for rain that day, but I do pray you will join us as we have important work before us. I will pray also that our longing to be outside will not inhibit our resolve to be open to the movement and direction of God's Holy Spirit as together we discern what is best for the expression of God's church known as PWV.

 

Some of the items that will be before us at this Assembly are:

 

• Hearing more from the Visioning Ministry Team about the Joshua Journey and taking next steps together along this journey of visioning for our Presbytery.
• Discerning whether or not to ratify the Proposed Amendments to the Constitution approved by the 220th General Assembly (2012). Only 3 amendments remain undecided at the denominational level.
• Hearing and acting on a report from the Nominating Committee
• Hearing and acting on the report of the Administrative Commission for Faith, West Lafayette
• Hearing the report of the New Ministry Development Team
• Hearing and acting on a recommendation from Council
• Hearing a variety of other updates on the work of our Presbytery
• Perhaps most importantly, worshiping, studying scripture, discerning God's will together, and engaging one another in fellowship beyond our individual congregations

 

Please remember our procedure for distribution of documents for Assemblies and be sure to have all materials for distribution to the Stated Clerk no later than the 13th of May.  

 

Registration and document information can be accessed by clicking here. 

 

I pray God's blessings to be upon each of you and look forward to our being together on the 21st. Grace and peace,

 

Kevin A. Bowers, Moderator

Bethany Presbyterian Church, Lafayette

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Friday & Saturday September 13 & 14, 2013 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rodger Y. Nishioka

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, 

 

As we come close to the end of our time here in the United States sharing about our upcoming service as Mission Co-Workers in Egypt, we would like to take a moment to thank many of you for inviting us to come and talk about what it means to partner with us and with Presbyterian World Mission in this adventure.

 

We have been blessed to meet and get to know so many faithful Presbyterians who are excited about the priorities of World Mission and who are interested in engaging in the work that we will be doing in Egypt. We want to thank the congregations for their hospitality and their interest in this type of mission partnership.

 

We have an official departure date of June 24th, which means that the final countdown has begun. While we are not able to physically come and meet with additional congregations who might want to partner with us in mission, it is not too late to get more information about what this relationship can look like. Rebecca will be at the May 21st Presbytery Assembly meeting with more information about our work and the benefits and possibilities of partnership. She would be happy to connect with more pastors and elders on that day. If you would like to contact us directly in the meantime to be sure to receive that information directly from us, please contact us at kirkpatrickyoder@gmail.com.

 

 

It has been a gift to be able to connect with so many here in Wabash Valley over the past four months, and we look forward to continuing to help Presbyterians in Wabash Valley to engage with the important work of Presbyterian World Mission.

 

Peace, 

Rebecca K & Joshua Y (and Owen)

 

*Please note that because of security issues, you should refrain from putting information about Joshua and Rebecca on the web. Please feel encouraged to pass this information on to any others in your congregation who might be interested in connecting with them and with Presbyterian World Mission. 

by Dan Hotchkiss

 

In an old cartoon by Charles Addams, a man and his son walk through a park and look at statues, each of which depicts a little clutch of people. "There are no great men, my boy," the father says, "only great committees" (The New Yorker, May 5, 1975). 

 

We laugh. A great committee--how absurd! For quite a while, the venerable committee has been out of style. Books on how to jazz up congregations scorn the committee as a time-wasting fossil of the pre-postmodern era. 

 

And yet, some committees accomplish a great deal--managing existing programs, generating and evaluating new ideas, and making it possible for their parent body to make decisions more wisely. What makes it possible for a committee to be good, or even great? 

 

Continue reading  "Great Committees" 

  

 

Thursday, May 9

Stewardship Ministry Team

Friday, May 10 

Pastoral Visit

Friday & Saturday, May 10-11

Joshua Journey Gathering

Monday, May 13

Congregational Visit

Tuesday, May 14

Geneva Center Ministry Team

Wednesday, May 15

Northeast Pastors' Gathering

Thursday, May 16

Commission on Ministry Leadership Team

Friday, May 17

Association of Clinical Pastoral Education Breakfast