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In Our Prayers
RE Anne Wilson, Memorial Drive Presbyterian, Houston - Anne will be installed as President of Association of Presbyterian Christian Educators (APCE) this week at the its National Conference.
Tina Battise, Indian Presbyterian, Livingston - Tina's husband, Brian Kirk Battise, died Jan. 21. Brian was the Chair of the church's Board of Deacons.
TE Helen DeLeon - Webster Presbyterian - Helen is currently in Peru, attending to details about the presbytery Peru mission trips next summer. She will return to the church in April.
TE Eid Abdelmassih - Eid has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C. He will consult a specialist in early February to do further testing and start a treatment course.
TE Jon Burnham, St. John's Presbyterian, Houston - Jon's brother, Tim, died this past weekend.
TE Elders Will and Hmingi Browne - Will's mother died Jan. 27. Will was formerly with the Medical Benevolence Foundation. Hmingi is now associate pastor at Church of the Palms in Sarasota.
This week, please pray for the congregations listed here.
- First Presbyterian, Vidor
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Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession.... Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Cost of Discipleship
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Presbytery offices closed today, Jan. 28!
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Grant applications now being accepted
The Presbytery of New Covenant is now receiving applications for grants from two different sources: the Vision Initiative Fund and the Lynn Johnson Social Justice Fund. Application forms are available on the presbytery website along with more information about the grants. Completed application forms should be emailed to Jody Harrington, Moderator of the Ministry Division Steering Committee, by Tues., Apr. 1.
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| Cancelled! Smaller-Membership Church Forums
The Presbyterian Foundation has cancelled both today's and tomorrow's Small Church Financial Roundtable gatherings.
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 Presbytery youth to package 60,000 meals
This year participants at our presbytery's Youth Conclaves will engage in a unique mission experience. In conjunction with the organization, Kids Against Hunger, they will package thousands of meals to be utilized in Livingston, TX, as well as sent to children in Guatemala. In order to make this project happen WE NEED YOUR HELP! Your church is encouraged to make a generous donation towards this project. Any amount is gladly accepted! Checks should be made payable to Presbytery of New Covenant with "Conclaves Mission Project" in the memo line. Mail checks to Att. Caressa Murray, Presbytery of New Covenant. 1110 Lovett Blvd. Houston 77006.
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Connections copy deadline
Please send articles and photos for the Mar/Apr issue of Connections to Helen Wolf by Wed., Feb. 5. This issue will be published the last week of February. The newsletter provides an opportunity for reflections on your congregation's ministries and the work of presbytery committees, as well as that of our partners in ministry.
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Available: pipe organ
First Presbyterian, Galveston, no longer needs an organ that was donated to the church after their organ was severely damaged by Hurricane Ike. The church would like to offer it to another congregation under the same circumstances in which FPC received it, i.e., the receiving congregation is responsible for its transport and will retain the same memorial designation. The organ is a 1992 Baldwin D-422, 2 manual, 61 key organ with 5 speakers (including sub) and 2 amps. A receiving congregation would need to bring a truck to Galveston prior to the end of this week to take possession of the organ. Contact Jennifer Klein Salyer (512-657-3577).
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Save the date!
Watch for information about New Covenant's "Presbyterian Night at the Children's Museum" Sat., Apr. 5. Fun for the whole family at no charge! Just fun and fellowship with Presbyterians! Circle the date on your calendars now!
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Strengthening your congregation's song*
Here's an opportunity for you to attend the Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM) Southwest Gathering on Sat., Mar. 1, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at St. Philip Presbyterian, Houston. Leaders will demonstrate and share methods, strategies, insights, motivations, and inspirations to bring about growth and strength in congregational singing. The congregation is the primary choir bringing music to God. Let us renew our commitment to this basic Reformed tenet. In Scotland, music teachers have long taught, "There is no one who cannot sing." Let us hear, trust, and renew that strong message in our congregations the coming decades! Details Register
*for pastors, musicians, choir members, worship committees
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- William Faulkner
At its gathering Mar. 7-8 at Mo-Ranch, the Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest will celebrate the life and ministry of Andy Edington. Andy touched the lives of many as a scholar, pastor, writer, and churchman. In addition to his brother Robert, also speaking on the occasion will be Sam Junkin, Carroll Pickett, Frank Ehman and Andy's daughter and grandson. The gathering will begin with dinner on Friday and will conclude Saturday around noon. For more information, contact TE Jim Currie (281-991-8700).
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 Caregiving workshop for clergy, chaplains, and lay caregivers
When someone dies, there is often not much to say to their loved ones. But is there a way to minister in the hours surrounding a death? Hospital chaplains deal with this situation daily. A workshop at Austin Seminary will offer insight into ways that caregivers can lessen their anxiety and be more fully present to the grieving.
The workshop will be held Sat., Feb. 22, 8:30 a.m.-noon (light breakfast available beginning at 8:30 a.m.) at Austin Seminary, McCord Community Center (100 E. 27th Street, Austin 78705) Registration fee is $25. Register
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Two films for youth groups
"Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust" will be shown Wed. Feb. 5, 6:00 p.m., at Clements High School in Sugar Land. A question and answer session will follow the viewing with the film's producer, Barbara Sasser, and one of the film's featured Holocaust Survivors, Ursula Progl. RSVP if you and your teen groups plan to attend.
Another film, "The Perfect Turnover," will be shown Wed., Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m., at Congregation Beth Yeshurun, 4525 Beechnut, Houston 77096, and will feature the film and a question and answer session with the film's featured star, Mitchell Marcus. The film is about a high school senior with a developmental disability who gets a once in lifetime chance when his basketball coach puts him in the game. This program is for 7th -12th graders and is part of the Jewish Family Service's ReelAbilities Film Festival. RSVP or 713-667-9336 if you and your teen groups plan to attend.
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