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Weekly Update
March 29, 2012 |
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Upcoming Events | |
Save these dates and be on the lookout for details!
4/27/2012
Stewardship Cohort
for Pastors
9:00AM - 4:00PM
Registration begins at 8:30AM
Christ Presbyterian Church
530 W. Tuscarawas Street,
Canton, OH 44702
4/28/2012
Stewardship Cohort
for
Leader Teams
9:00AM - 4:00PM
Registration begins at 8:30AM
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5/19/2012
Stated Meeting of the Presbytery
9:00AM - 4:00PM
Registration begins at 8:30AM
First Presbyterian Church
501 Fourth Street
Marietta, OH 45750
The Rev. Dr. Paul Hooker, speaker
Topic: Theological Foundations of the New Form of Government
Please RSVP by sending in registration to: Muskingum Valley Presbytery,
109 Stonecreek Rd. NW
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
Stated Meeting/ Leadership Summit Flyer (.PDF)
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Facilitator Training for Healthy Congregations
June 12th
to June 14th,
2012
Tuesday, June 12
8:30AM - 4:30PM
Wed., June 13
8:30AM - 4:30PM
Thursday, June 14
8:30AM - 12:30PM
Location:
MVP Mission Center
Trainer:
Debbie Rundlett
Cost:
$350 materials/supplies
$300 for MVP Pastors
Registration: Limited to 24
Facilitator Training for Healthy Congregations Flyer (.PDF)
To register:
Please send check, with name, address, phone and email contact information to:
Shauna Engeldinger
Muskingum Valley Presbytery
109 Stonecreek Road, NW
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
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Questions?
Concerns? Corrections?
Call or Email!
(800) 693-1147
(330) 339-5515 | |
Email Shauna
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday
8:00am to 4:30pm
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Ready for Summer?
Rent Camp LiMRod for your church group or family event.
It is located on 162 acres near Alliance, Ohio.
It is equipped with:
- an inground pool;
- cabins with bunk beds;
- teepees with cots;
- a challenge course;
- climbing wall;
- zip line through the woods;
- kids' mini zip line;
- showerhouse;
- lodge with kitchen;
- hiking trails;
and
- an archery range.
This is a ministry of First United Presbyterian Church of Alliance.
Contact the church office at 330-821-5340 to get an application to rent the Camp LiMRod property.
Camp LiMRod rentals flyer | | |
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Presbyterian Women
Spring Gathering
New Agenda:
Date:
Wednesday,
April 18th
Time:
12:00pm to 4:30pm
Place:
MVP Mission Center,
109 Stonecreek Rd.
New Philadelphia 44663
Speaker:
Laura Hovland
Subject:
Officer Training & Incentives.
Please have new officers or any other persons interested attend for thought provoking exercises in leadership.
Gathering will begin with lunch at NOON.
To RSVP:
Contact
Barb Amon at 330.223.2054
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Empowered Concert 2012
Date:
Saturday,
July 14, 2012
Time:
2pm-9pm
Place:
McFarland Stadium, Clairmont Ave. Cambridge, OH.
More information to come.
Thank you for your interest! | | |
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It's Time!
The time to sing Hosannas and wave our palms is here...
The time for listening and stillness is near...
The time to give thanks and break bread is here...
The time to ask: Is it I, Lord? is imminent...
The time to name those times when we too have joined the crowed in crying
Crucify him! is now...
The time to stand before the cross has arrived...
For only when we have fully entered into this most unholy, yet holy of weeks and walked the way to the cross can we come to stand before the empty tomb. Only then can we know that Christ is risen and we are forgiven!
The journey is not an easy one. While we might prefer to skip straight from our Hosannas to our Alleluias, it doesn't work that way. As poet Ann Weems puts it: "The only road to Easter is through the unrelenting shadows of that Friday. Only then will the alleluias be sung; only then will the dancing begin." We must be willing to die to that which is unholy in us, in order that we might come to live the resurrection life that is Christ's sacrificial gift to us.
This year, allow the events of Holy Week to take hold of you and shape you anew. Dare to step into the unholy stillness of the early week as we await Judas' betrayal of Jesus... and stand in the growing shadows of Maundy Thursday... and feel the excruciating pain of Good Friday... and experience the seeming void of Holy Saturday, that your heart and life might be filled with the joy of Easter. You will not be disappointed!
Holy Week blessings,
Debbie Rundlett, General Presbyter |
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Holy Habit: Worship
This coming week make worship your Holy Habit. If your congregation does not have a Maundy Thursday or Good Friday service, then visit a sister congregation. Whatever it takes don't let your cries of Hosanna skip straight to Alleluia. To do so would be to cheat yourself of the full journey. Death precedes resurrection. There is no other way.
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THE "JESUS IN THE PASSOVER" ON MAUNDY THURSDAY AT CRESTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BY RABBI ERIC LAKATOS IS CANCELLED DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS. | | |
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Anointing
for
New Life
A Muskingum Valley Presbytery Spring Retreat sponsored by the Retreat Ministry Team
Come to a welcoming place
where all are invited to relax in a small group.
Join others to explore practices
which will help to ground us in our life of faith,
such as anointing and the reaffirmation
of baptismal and ordination vows.
Spring Retreat - Sunday, April 29 at 4:30pm to
Tuesday, May 1 at 1:00pm
Saint Therese's Retreat Center, Columbus OH
Cost $150.00 for 2 nights and 6 meals
Deposit: $50 due by Monday, April 16th, 2012
(Scholarships available - contact Donna Robertson 330.927.2746 or donnar100@embarqmail.com)
To Register:
Mail the bottom portion of the RMMG Spring Retreat flyer with payment to:
Muskingum Valley Presbytery, 109 Stonecreek Rd. NW, New Philadelphia, OH 44663
or Email the contact information of attendees to: Shauna@MVPJourney.org
RMMG Spring Retreat Flyer (.PDF)
Please register by Monday, April 16th, 2012
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Cutting Edge Psychotherapy Conference
Mercy Medical Center in Canton
Saturday, April 14th
8:00am - Registration/Breakfast
8:25am - Welcome and Opening Remarks - Dr. Nadas
8:30am - Mindful Solutions Psychotherapy - Dr. Kucyk
9:15am - Acceptance & Commitment Therapy - Dr. Pontius
10:00am - BREAK
10:15am - Internal Family Systems Model Psychotherapy - Dr. Humphress
11:00am - Spiritual Formation - Dr. Wardle
11:45am - BREAK
12:00pm - Panel Discussion/Question & Answer Session - Drs. Kusyk, Pontius, Humphress, Wardle
1:00pm - Closing Remarks - Dr. Nadas
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Formational Prayer Seminar Description:
The Institute regularly holds training seminars in Formational Prayer for those men and women engaged in care-giving ministries. This seminar provides the tools for addressing dysfunctional behaviors; teaches steps for dealing with deep wounds; presents information on spirituality and world view as each relates to helping the broken; and demonstrates pathways that help people dismantle destructive false beliefs.
Link to June Formational Prayer Seminar:
http://seminary.ashland.edu/documents/IFC/june6-9-2012_broch.pdf
Explanation of the Formational Prayer Seminar:
June 6-9, 2012 we are holding a Formational Prayer Seminar. At this seminar, participants will receive in-depth instruction on Formational Prayer. The seminar is based on Dr. Terry Wardle's Book Healing Care Healing Pray. Each participant will receive a copy of the book Healing Care Healing Pray as well as a large three-ring note taking manual. You will also receive hands on experience in a small group setting. The groups are comprised of three seminar participants and lead by a caregiver. Caregivers are doctoral students in the Formational Counseling program at ATS. This seminar runs four full days, a total of 30 hours training. Wednesday you start at 8:00 with registration and end at 6:30 in the evening. Of course, you will receive a lunch and dinner break along with a few 15-minute stretch breaks throughout the day. Thursday and Friday the seminar runs from 8:00 to 5:00 and Saturday 8:00 to 4:00 again with lunch and stretch breaks throughout the day.
I have attached endorsements written by a few people who have attended the seminar in the past. They range from a Seminary president, to a professional in the counseling field, doctoral students, pastors, seminar participants, etc. I think this may give you some clarity as well. The cost for the four-day seminar and materials is $475. However, a group rate of $375 is available to groups of three or more participants who register together.
Healing Care Small Group Leaders Training:
Since seminar participants will not be in class on Thursday evening , Dr. Donna Thomas will be presenting an additional training on Dr.
Wardle's "Healing Care Group Material". Dr. Wardle has designed a 16-week small group experience that is now being widely used by caregivers with very positive results. The purpose of this small group curriculum is to offer individuals a safe place to heal from deep wounds, false beliefs, damaged emotions, and dysfunctional behaviors in a confidential small group setting.
Seminar participants are welcome to be a part of this one evening training session. While the normal cost for this training is $250, you are able to attend for the cost of the Small Group Leader's Materials. Which include a Leaders Guide, an instructional CD, copies of Dr. Wardle's books "Wounded" and "Draw Close to the Fire" and a copy of Dr. Thomas' book "The Healing Christ In Community" for $155.00. This Leaders Guide is a 250 pages color manual that provides everything you would need to do Healing Care groups.
If you are interested in registering for the Formational Prayer Seminar and additionally the Healing Care Small Group Leaders Training, please contact me as soon as possible. We will be glad to have you join us.
The Healing Care Leaders training is only available to those who have completed or are in the process of completing the Formational Prayer Seminar.
If you have, any further questions feel free to contact me at any time.
Lynne Lawson
Assistant Director
The Institute of Formational Counseling
419-207-5547
Formational Prayer Seminar Endorsements (.PDF) |
The MVP Office will be closed on
Monday, April 9th.
We will return with our regular business hours on Tuesday, April 10th.
Order the
NEW
2012-2013 Presbyterian Planning Calendar before April 30th!
This special calendar begins in the month of June 2012,
and ends in the month of December 2013.
Planning Calendar Order Form (.PDF)
2011-2013
Book of Order
Please contact Shauna to reserve yours today!
$9.00 each
Presbyterian Planning Calendars for 2011-2012 are still available in the MVP Mission Center
$7.25 each
Contact Shauna today to pick up yours!
2012 Mission Yearbooks are here!
$12.00 each
Call or email Shauna today to reserve yours!
330.339.5515
1.800.693.1147
Monday - Thursday
8:00am to 4:30pm
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PDA responding to storms and tornadoes that affected the Midwestern and Southern United States
A powerful storm system spawning multiple tornadoes moved through the Midwest down to the southern parts of the United States from February 28 to March 3, 2012. Hundreds of homes were destroyed or damaged, and at least 50 people died from the storms.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is responding by providing One Great Hour of Sharing funds to several of the affected mid-councils (presbyteries) as they respond within their communities. Several members of the PDA National Response Team (NRT) have been sent to work with the mid-councils in assessing the damage and determining how volunteers may be able to contribute to long-term recovery in the affected communities.
Please stand in the GAP for families and communities impacted by these storms.
Give . Your faithful and generous support of OGHS makes the initial response possible. Designated gifts to DR000015 (Disaster Relief - USA Disasters & Emergencies) will help meet the long-term recovery and rebuilding needs of affected families.
ACT . Contact the PDA Call Center by email or call (866) 732-6121 to let them know of your teams' interest in volunteering to help with recovery and rebuilding efforts. Eden Carroll will take your information and let you know when volunteer opportunities arise.
Pray . Our best response is prayer. Please pray for those in the storm-stricken communities including congregations, families, and those seeking to salvage what little the storms left behind. Also pray for strength for those offering assistance, and for those who will participate in the recovery efforts in the upcoming days and months. |
Prayer Request:
If you or someone you know has a prayer request,
please send them to: Shauna at Shauna@MVPJourney.org
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Journeying with Jesus to touch the world...
Empowered by the Spirit to:
Make Disciples, Nurture Our Faith, and Serve the Needs of the Community!
Shauna Engeldinger, Administrative Assistant
Muskingum Valley Presbytery
109 Stonecreek Road NW
New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663
330.339.5515
1.800.693.1147
Fax: 330.339.6225
Visit our website: www.MVPJourney.org
Office hours
Monday - Thursday
8:00am to 4:30pm
*The MVP Office will be closed on Monday, April 9th*
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