Presbytery Assembly meeting will take place at McCormick Seminary in Chicago. Meeting papers are available for download.

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Chicago Lake View plans to double the capacity of its community programs. - Read more on dnainfo.com

Rummage as the "joyful feast of the kingdom of God" by Rev. Dr. Christine Chakoian, Lake Forest First.  - Subscribers can read it on page 38 on pres-outlook.org

In interfaith weddings, Rev. Joyce Shin at Chicago Fourth "looks to symbols to help the couple find their connections to tradition, noting, for example, that many traditions use a strand of rope to express unity and strength." - Subscribers can read more on christiancentury.org

Rev. Anne Fisher shares what's on her mind as she looks forward to being a commissioner to this year's General Assembly in Detroit. Read her reflection.

60 middle schoolers from 7 churches across Chicago Presbytery worked hard in an Urban Garden, their hands-on mission project for the annual overnight retreat known as A Work of Love. 

Check out their video interview with organizer and Youth Ministry Consultant Rev. Matt Wrzeszcz (pronounced /resh/).

A local Korean congregation is a finalist in 1001 New Worshiping Communities video contest. Watch their creative entry.

They say: "Our vision is to equip students, who will become world changers with the Word of God. Our group name Namoo means 'tree' in Korean. We put in this video our hope, prayer, and fruit."

Is your congregation ready & revved up for growth? Speaker John Wimberly from Congregational Consulting and workshops on: 

Yorkfield Presbyterian Church, Elmhurst

Gun violence is killing our young people all over the city. When did this become normal?

Join CROSSwalk and hundreds of Chicagoans for a gathering in the South Side Avalon Park community. June 8, 3-5 pm. View flyer. 

What did downtown Chicago look like in 1874? Who was moving into the surrounding Prairie Avenue neighborhood? More info.

 

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 5:30pm

Reception to follow. Email RSVP by June 16 or call 800-657-0687

There is an unprecedented level of wealth inequality today. Equipping workshops and inspiring preachers like Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III (Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ) will help re-root you in the "good news to the poor."

June 23-26 at the DePaul University Student Center. More info.

The 12th annual PC(USA) Cuba Partners Network will gather more than 60 participants from the US and Cuba to share their stories, learn what others are doing, and support one another in their mission.

October 1-4, 2014

The Cenacle Retreat Center in Lincoln Park, Chicago

To attend or learn more about PC(USA) Cuba Partners Network, contact Muriel Miller at murielm366@aol.com

SDOP supports groups who are empowering themselves, because these groups - not other people - know what they need to overcome the conditions of poverty, injustice and oppression. 

Small grants ($500 to $5,000)

Deadline: July 1, 2014. Download application form.

The 2014 directory lists Congregations, Teaching Elders, Certified Christian Educators, Elected Ruling Elders and Congregation Members, work groups, committees, and more in our presbytery. 

Use your Assembly packet password to download the directory.

Many churches have needed to find homes for their old blue PCUSA hymnbooks as they make the transition to "Glory to God." Mount Prospect Community is now looking to donate theirs. Do you know of ministries in need of hymnals?

Is there a hopeful and humanizing perspective from which to engage the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? The Ecumenical and Interreligious Work Group (EIWG) of the Presbytery of Chicago believes there is. 

EIWG offers a discussion paper with responses from eight unique and often conflicting perspectives, facing up to the complexities that continue to make compromise elusive.

The PCUSA is engaged deep and wide in World Mission. On the Mission Connections website, you can find:

By Juan Pablo Bravo for The Noun Project

Job Openings

• Evanston Northminster seeks a Youth Pastor.
• Macalester Plymouth Church, St. Paul, MN is searching for a Music Director.
• Chicago Lincoln Park is seeking a musician or two.

More opportunities on chicagopresbytery.org

Search for a call on PCUSA Church Leadership Connection

2014 Moderator's Theme: 

"Proclamation of the Gospel for the Salvation of Humankind"

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