Across The Woods
March 25, 2016


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Presbyterian Women 2016 Spring Gathering - Saturday, April 30 at The Presbyterian Church, Danville, KY.
The Presbyterian Church
Theme:  Hope for Haiti
 
Guest Speaker: 
Dr. Everett McCorvey

Dr. McCorvey will speak on his mission trips to Haiti, which will be interesting, informative and provide us with "hands-on" knowledge of missions outside our own country.

Dr. McCorvey is a tenor soloist, conductor, and professor of voice at the University of Kentucky. He is the founder and music director of the american Spiritual Ensemble, the director and executive producer of University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, and president of Global Creative Connections.

Registration and Fellowship begin at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m., followed by lunch. The cost is $12.

Complete information can be found below.
Holy Week Lunchtime Worship - Second Presbyterian
Second Pres Second Presbyterian Church
460 East Main Street
March 21-25
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.

A light lunch will be offered each day at 12:30 p.m., at a cost of $7/pp

Good Friday
David Holden, Second Presbyterian
 
Global Mission Team
Interested in partnering with missionaries overseas? Three have ties to our own folks in the Presbytery. Mumtaz Kamel Ayoub went to seminary with Laurie McKnight, and he is now working with the Presbyterian Church of the Nile and the American Bible Society in Cairo, Egypt. John and Gwenda Fletcher work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. John is a surgeon consulting with eight hospitals supported by the Christian Medical Institute. Gwenda is an education consultant with the Presbyterian Church of the Congo and is involved in construction and support of schools.
            What can you do? Pray. Act. Give. The PCUSA's unified giving supports missions overseas and at home. Local projects are supported through unified giving, designated gifts, hunger and peacemaking grants collected as special offerings by our congregations.
            Mumtaz can be reached via his Facebook page. The Fletchers can be reached via the PCUSA Congo Mission Network: http://congopartners.org.
            Besides the above, what actions can you take locally? Help Congo refugees being settled in the Bluegrass. Here are some thoughts:
  • Donate furniture, kitchen supplies to Kentucky Refugee Ministries.
  • Help refugees locate family members through the Red Cross.
  • If you're local, transport newcomers until an adult is eligible for driver training.
  • If you're local, conduct English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes at locations accessible to the Congolese.

Youth Triennium 2016 - Deadline for registration is March 31!
2016 Youth Triennium is July 19-23 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Registrations are needed by March 31. 

Please contact Ginny Baker in order to register. Deadline is March 31, 2016! 

Make checks out to Presbytery of Transylvania and mail them to: Presbytery of Transylvania, P.O. Box 23580, Lexington, KY 40523.

Ginny Harville Baker
Director of Ministry for Children, Youth, and Campus
859-255-1074  church


Behind and Beyond the Bars
The 3rd Annual faith-based event focused on offender and re-entry ministry in Kentucky.

Keynote Speaker: rev. Lee A. Schott, Pastor of Women at the Well, a congregation inside the walls of the Iowa Correctional Institute for Women.

Date: April 15
Time: 9am-4:30pm
Location: Flaget Center
1935 Lewiston Drive, Louisville, KY 

Find out more at : www.louisvillereentry.org
 
Presbytery of Transylvania
PO Box 23580
Lexington, Kentucky 40523
859-264-8867

Presbytery of Transylvania | PO Box 23580 | Lexington | KY | 40523