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In Our Prayers
RE Barbara Brisch and family - Barbara's husband Curtis died May 21. Curtis served as Elder, Treasurer and Financial Secretary at St. John's Presbyterian, Houston, and was active in the presbytery. Barbara serves on the presbytery's Committee on Ministry.
The Pacheco family, St. Stephen Presbyterian, Houston - the family, which includes 3 small children, lost everything when their apartment caught fire over the weekend. Marlenne is a ruling elder at St. Stephen.
All who have been affected by the recent tornados in Oklahoma. Recovery will take a long time.
This week, please pray for the congregations listed here.
Bethel Presbyterian, Angleton
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John Erskine, a Scottish Presbyterian minister, published in 1747 a book with this title: "A Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and Visible Union of All God's People in Extraordinary Prayer for the Revival of Religion and the Advancement of Christ's Kingdom on Earth pursuant to Scripture Promises and Prophecies concerning the Last Time." It helped ignite the First Great Awakening.
The theme of our 2013 presbytery meetings is
"Revival." In keeping with that theme,
Tuesday Connect is running "Revival Thoughts"
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 Expression of care and support
If your congregation wishes to help the people affected by the recent storms in Oklahoma, these links direct you to information about resources and volunteer opportunities:
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
Making Gifts of the Heart kits - includes a bulletin insert
Volunteer opportunities through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Contact the PDA Call Center for information by email or by calling 866-732-6121. Sites in Oklahoma will be listed when they become available for work teams. |
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 Time to download the information!
The next Stated Presbytery Meeting will be held Sat., June 8, at First Presbyterian, Galveston, start time - 10:00 a.m. The Toolkit, Call to Stated Meeting, Packet, Maps (with parking information), and online registration have been posted on the homepage of the Presbytery website. |
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Report of Healthcare Committee of Board of Pensions
Report is available on the Board's website.
Salient points are:
- The Committee voted to recommend that the Board retain the current dues model for the Traditional Program in 2014, with a 2% increase in dues, to 23% of Effective Salary.
- The Committee further recommended a change to the medical dues model beginning in 2015, with dues of 24.5% of Effective Salary for "full family coverage" and 23% of Effective Salary in cases where member-only coverage is selected. In this model, employing organizations could share none, some, or all of the 1.5% difference in dues with the employee.
Note that this is a recommendation of the Healthcare Committee upon which the full Board will not take action until its June 24-25 meeting. Once the full Board has acted, the Board will unfold a communication plan that will assist Mid-Council leadership as they work with churches to understand and implement any changes approved. The Board continues to welcome feedback. |
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Congratulations, Formosan Presbyterian!
The congregation invites all to celebrate the church's 37th anniversary on Sun., June 2. They particularly welcome previous English Mission members and friends to come and have a great time with reunion and homecoming.
10:00 a.m. - coffee and catch-up
10:15-11:15 a.m. - small group discussion/Bible study
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. English service (Guest speaker Simon Lin), followed by lunch. |
 St. Luke's participates in reading program
Volunteers from St. Luke's Presbyterian, Houston, are following their pastor's lead by reading to classes at their nearby elementary school once a month, as part of HISD's Real Men Can Read program. Each child in the class receives a copy of the book read to take home. Rev. Scott Harbison has been reading to a second grade class at Longfellow Elementary School since last November.
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