|
In Our Prayers
Ruling Elder John Jo, Korean Central Presbyterian - grandson Ezra Zane Lee was born June 25, 2013. John is Chair of General Council.
The youth and adults who will be in Austin next week (July 7 to 13) on the second of New Covenant's "Keep Mission Weird" youth mission trips, where they will be serving the homeless, hungry, and impoverished.
Ruling Elder Jim Clipson, First Presbyterian, Eagle Lake - Jim is in Methodist Hospital in Sugar Land after suffering a heart attack.
This week, please pray for the congregations listed here.
- Gulf Prairie Presbyterian, Jones Creek
|
|
Quick Links
post-presbytery meeting publication
Connections
|
|
Friends may subscribe to Tuesday Connect by entering their email address in the box on the lower left side of the homepage of the presbytery website.
Copy deadline for each week's Tuesday Connect:
send announcements to
Helen Wolf by noon Mondays for the following day's
Tuesday Connect.
Presbytery Center
1110 Lovett Blvd.
Houston, TX 77006
713-526-2585
|
|
 | | REVIVAL THOUGHTS |
It is most significant that since the Reformation, revivals have recurred with increasing frequency. Again and again, God has rescued that which had gone beyond all human aid: what could have saved the church but these gracious interventions of almighty power?
- D. M. Panton,
quoted in In The Day of Thy Power
by Arthur Wallis
|
 | |
Compline singers
in prayer |
Service of Compline
All are invited to attend Compline, a moving, peaceful, and spiritual form of worship, Sun., July 7, 8:00 p.m. at St. Andrew's Presbyterian, Houston. Compline, a monastic office, traditionally consists of chanted Psalms, short passages of scripture, a canticle (a liturgical song), an office hymn, and a litany, bringing together our thoughts and prayers. The service at St. Andrew's adds an introit and an anthem.
Come experience the spirituality and beauty of a Compline service! |
Available: bulletin covers
Drake Memorial Presbyterian, Orange, has hundreds of unprinted bulletin covers which the church would like to give to another church that could use them. Contact Virginia Bonar. |
 Need a pipe organ?
Are you interested in buying a beautiful solid oak and veneer, tracker action pipe organ with Brazilian mahogany hand-carved pipe shades? It is a 2 manual organ with 9 stops and 9 ranks - 494 pipes in all. The organ is approximately 11 feet tall by 9 feet wide.
If interested, contact Johnna at Westminster Presbyterian, Houston (281-530-1675).
|
 Supreme Court ruling andthe PC(USA)
The Office of the General Assembly has been asked to clarify if the recent ruling by the Supreme Court (The Defense of Marriage Act barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states is unconstitutional) has any impact on the PC(USA) understanding of and polity regarding marriage.
The ruling does not change the PC(USA) definition of marriage nor allow PC(USA) teaching elders or CREs to now perform same gender weddings, even in states where it is legal. The PC(USA) constitution remains unchanged and information provided in the advisory opinion on Marriage and Same-Gender Ceremonies is still valid. |
|
As anticipated...
The Board of Pensions has approved an increase in the medical dues for the Traditional Plan to 23% of Effective Salary for 2014 along with an increase of an additional 1.5% of Effective Salary in 2015 for dependent medical coverage.
The Healthcare Committee also has recommended that there will be no changes in rates for 2014 for those congregations which participate in the Affiliated Benefits Program (ABP) as well as no increase in costs for those retired members who participate in the Medical Supplement Program.
|
|
Save the Date!
Plan now to attend the Presbyterian Women's Hispanic Women's Conference at Mo-Ranch, Sept. 27-29! Don't miss out on this opportunity to praise, learn, and share God's love with our sisters in Christ in the Synod of the Sun!
Contact Esperanza Guajardo (210-922-2465) or Estela Sifuentes (210-273-0984) if you have any questions.
Information and Registration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
