Bluestone's mix 'n match coffee mug inventory is getting low, so here's your opportunity to gain some extra cabinet space for your kitchen!  Please drop off your old coffee mugs at the Presbytery office or give them to anyone you know who is headed for Bluestone this month.  Thanks very much!

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The Waverly-Bethel Presbyterian church is hosting a plaque presentation, as our historic chapel has been newly listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  We invite you to come to this special presentation on Sunday, September 28th at 2PM at the Bethel Chapel (on Old St Marys Pike in Waverly). At this presentation, the plaque will be placed, delicious refreshments will be served, and there will be a reading our of nomination (including what makes the chapel unique in Wood County). 

If you have any questions, please contact Rev. Elizabeth Campbell-Maleke at (607) 279-8011 or damaigrace@hotmail.com.

Davis Memorial in Elkins has a new mission partner!  Holy Trinity Lutheran, ELCA, and DMPC have been having VBS together now for several years.  HTLC has more recently approached DMPC about making our relationship more expanded and structured.  They wanted to partner with us in community outreach and mission as well as enjoy the benefit of regular preachers in the pulpit.  Endless and varied pulpit supply guest preachers was not seen as enhancing their ability to grow in their mission to the community.  Though they cannot afford a full-time installed pastor, HTLC can afford to move forward in supporting regular but part time leadership.

So, on a quarter-time basis, Kevin Starcher and Peter Vial will be alternating in the pulpit at HTLC.  HTLC moved their worship hour to 9:00a.m. to help make this happen... 

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Yes, I realize that Christmas is three months away but there are only two more months until the start of Advent. That means just two months for you to decide on an advent study, to publicize it and to prepare for that study. Your Resource Center is here to help. Here are a few choices for you to consider.

1. While We Wait: Living the Questions of Advent by Mary Lou Redding...
2. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol by Travis J. Scholl...
3. The Scriptures Sing of Christmas by J. Ellsworth Kalas...
4. Come and Behold by Von W. Unruh...

Your Resource Center has these studies and several others.  Come in and see what you like or give us a call and let me help you choose.

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To see a sample, come visit your Resource Center at the Presbytery Office.  We are open 8:30 am - 5:30 pm Monday through Thursday.

Brandy is one of my parishioners.  She developed peripartum cardiomyopathy and gave birth to her daughter a month early before being life-flighted to UPMC - Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh.  Monday she underwent open heart surgery to have an LVAD... She is doing well and was transferred from ICU to the floor today.

Point Pleasant PC is sponsoring a benefit spaghetti lunch tomorrow.  The response is so great that I was sent to get a lot more sauce and containers etc. When I was checking out, the cashier, who knew the church was making the purchase, commented that I must be planning to feed a multitude.  I briefly told her what was going on.** The lady behind me and the couple behind her, total strangers, each gave me $20 for the cause, for Brandy. **

Part of me wants to say, "I wish the dinner had gone off without a hitch," but I can't.  Another part of me wants to say, "Praise God!  Praise God!  Praise God!" and I am!

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Teays Valley Presbyterian Church seeking Choir Director

Choir directing experience, keyboard proficiency and love of God are what is needed to apply for this 8 hour weekly position.

Contact for details/interview 304 757 6071

revdjenk@gmail.com

Presbyterians have had a long history of being involved both in government and the election process. Grady Parson, PCUSA Stated Clerk made the following point in a document entitled, Presbyterians and Politics: Disturbers of Governments, he states: " If we bear witness and serve the Lord, then, as a church and as individuals, we have a clear responsibility to concern ourselves with the social and political sphere also. To say nothing and to do nothing in this sphere is to deny our own Gospel. It is to say that there are at least some areas in the world and in our own lives where God is NOT Lord..."

We hope that the following resource will allow you to assist your congregation in preparing for the Mid-term elections in November. We have provided you with a biblical and theological perspective on why Christians are called to participate in both local and national politics in advocating for  issues important to Christians and in participating as part of the voting and electoral process. You will also find ways to learn more about the candidates running for office in the mid-term elections, and ways that your members can become involved in the voting process; educating others, registering people to vote, taking people to the polls etc.

Voter registration Resource - click here

Resources for World Communion Sunday which include: Prayers for Church Unity, A Litany of Confession, A Great Prayer of Thanksgiving

Can be downloaded by clicking here.

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Now in it's third annual gathering, Wellness and Water is a public education event sponsored by a variety of grassroots and community advocacy groups. This year's event will be held at Village Chapel Presbyterian Church, in Kanawha City, October 4th (with a fundraising concert on Oct 3rd).

There will be panel discussions of issues that affect clean tap water and human health in West Virginia and the surrounding region. The event will also feature an Open Space demonstration and discussion area, where participants can delve in depth into topics that interest them most.

Can you imagine a better way to spend a fall weekend then to "getaway" to the color-drenched mountains at Bluestone Camp? The Presbytery of WV's Bluestone & Nurture Committees with Friends of Bluestone present: The Faith Song, our fall getaway weekend for any and all ages to come and "experience God in Heart, Art & Nature". The weekend will be October 10-12, 2014. 

Information and registration can be found at http://bluestonecamp.com/fall-getaway/. 

Participants are encouraged to bring any musical instrument they play to the retreat.