First Presbyterian Church of Evanston

Monday, December 17, 7:30-9:30pm

 

Members of Chicago Symphony Brass Section (Charlie Vernon trombone) and Samuel Ramey join our community for the Christmas Carol Sing. Come early - last year was standing room only! View flyer

 

Friday, December 21 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. 

Visit the Stable Experience the Story of Christ's Birth (Dress Warmly) Candlelight Worship 8:00 p.m.

 

Here's a chance to get your pastor away from their duties for three days of personal renewal. You know your pastor doesn't take a real "Sabbath" nearly often enough. View brochure.

Since 1987, the story-telling vehicle of the people and churches of Chicago Presbytery has been the magazine "Our Common Ministry." It's currently being evaluated for effectiveness to connect and inform churches. 

Your anonymous feedback - whether or not you're a current reader - really helps.Take the 2-minute Our Common Ministry survey to guide how we tell the story in 2013. (Español) (한국어)

Seminars @ Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI) is hosting grant-funded summer seminars in 2013. Seminar topics:

• Sabbath Practices
• Los Protestantes: Latino Protestantism in the United States
• Eastern Orthodoxy for the West
• Communitas: A Visiting Scholar Program
• Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching

More info and application. The deadline is February 8, 2013. 

"Unsuccessful fundraisers cling to beliefs that are wishful and mistaken. Successful fundraisers, religious and secular, share certain practical beliefs. At the risk of oversimplifying, people give money away for two main reasons..." Read more from the research and consulting firm Alban Institute

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For the month of December, Preview is being issued only once. The next edition will be sent January 14, 2013.

 

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This listing of upcoming events is sponsored by the Communications Work Group of the Presbytery of Chicago Presbytery Coordinating Commission.

Editor: Laura Cathey

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