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QUICK CALENDAR Dec. 6, Pastor James Burns Retirement Reception, @Memorial, 4p - 6p Dec. 8, Duncan A.C. @INP, 1p Dec. 10, NOM @Moore, 1p Dec. 15, Council Mtg @INP, 10a - 2:30p Dec. 17, CPM@INP, 10a Jan. 14, Duncan AC @INP, 1pm Feb. 12 -14, Dwight Mission Youth Leader Conference
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Mission Yearbook Prayer Good and gracious God, we confess that in our zeal to please you we may make our own additions to what you require. Remind us of what is important and focus our hearts to do these things. Amen.
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Dec. 2, 2009
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Indian Nations Presbytery extends deepest condolences to Donna and Glenn Giles. Glen's mother, Helen Giles, died Wednesday morning, Nov. 25. Services were held on Saturday, Nov.28 at the First Baptist Church in Carnegie. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. - Romans 14:8 We also extend our sympathy to Campbell and Sue Long II on the death of Campbell's mother, Betty Long, widow of Rev. Campbell Long, died on Sunday, November 29. Services are tentatively scheduled for Friday, December 4, 2009 at 10am at the First Presbyterian Church in Temple. Please remember these families in your prayers. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, says the Spirit. They will rest from their labors, and their deeds follow them. - Revelation 14:13
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MISSION OPPORTUNITIES Solar Under the Sun, a new ministry of Synod of the Sun, is an exciting program providing solar energy for people in need around the world. It will bring energy to clinics in need of refrigeration for medicine, to water treatment systems providing clean water, to schools and communities in need of electricity. As you prepare for your mission trips, consider the possibility of installing solar panels where there is a need. You can send two or three persons to our Solar School to learn how to make this possible. Our first Solar Classes are scheduled for May 13-16, 2010. Details for registration will be on our web page, www.solarunderthesun.org. We continue to raise funds to help make this an affordable ministry. You can help in a variety of ways. For alternate gift giving, please consider the following possibilities: One watt on a solar panel is $7.00. You could sponsor a "Watts Up!" giving alternative. One participant handbook is $30.00. Handbooks for a class of 15 is $450.00 .One solar panel costs $555.00 Donations may be sent to Solar Under the Sun Ministry c/o Synod of the Sun, 6100 Colwell Blvd., Ste. 200, Irving, Texas 75039. Please make your checks out to Synod of the Sun and add Solar Under the Sun in a memo line. Thank you for spreading the word about this life changing ministry and for any contributions you offer. May God lead us to faithful responding to help God's children in need. Thank you for spreading the word about this life changing ministry and for any contributions you offer. May God lead us to faithful responding to help God's children in need.
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Government Street Presbyterian Church (GSPC) in downtown Mobile, Alabama, offers a summer Urban Mission Camp Program. For over 20 years, this congregation has welcomed youth and adults throughout the PCUSA, and provided life-changing experiences through its Urban Mission Camps. Through GSPC's Urban Mission Camp, campers will: Bear witness to the good news of Jesus Christ through service to urban poor Learn about urban issues from those they serve and receive their testimonies about God's presence in their lives. Reflect on poverty issues in light of Biblical and Reformed understandings of Christian faith. Live together and build Christian community Experience the connectional foundation of the Christian community and the PCUSA Grow spiritually through group and individual worship and devotion Campers will reside at Baytreat, GSPC's conference center (newly renovated!), located on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, thirty minutes from downtown Mobile, AL. Campers arrive Saturday afternoon, worship and recreate Sunday, work Monday through Thursday noon at a variety of mission sites, enjoy Thursday afternoon at the beach and dinner at a local restaurant, and depart Friday following breakfast. Visiting churches may bring youth or young adults rising ninth graders through college students accompanied by adult advisors at least 25 years old. Although our maximum capacity is 32 participants per week, we encourage smaller groups (at least three or four youth and one advisor) to come too, and we will work to combine several smaller groups for an even richer experience. One adult is required per seven youth. The cost per participant is $230 and includes six nights lodging, sixteen meals, and a commemorative tee shirt. For more information or to access the brochure and registration materials, please visit our website at www.gspcmobile.org/Urban_Missions/UrbanMissionsPage.htm. Brochures are available at the presbytery office.
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For Such A Time As This - Presbyterian Youth Triennium Plans are being made for the 2010 Indian Nations Presbytery Youth Triennium delegation. The PYT event will have over 6000 youth and adults from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The event will be held July 20-24, 2010 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Our presbytery plans to send a delegation of approximately 30 adults and youth. Youth participants must be for those youth who are entering their freshman year in high school to those who graduate in the class of 2010. Churches are encouraged to nominate young people using the suggested guidelines on the back of the Application/Nomination Form, which is enclosed. Every church is encouraged to nominate at least one youth for this event. The completed Application/Nomination forms are due by January 8, 2001, and should be sent to Matt Trei at the address below or the presbytery office (1001 NW 25th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73106). Go to www.okinp.org.
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PRESBYTERIAN URBAN MISSION Santa Store and The Giving Tree @ Greystone Presbyterian Church Saturday, Dec. 12, Open 9am - 12pm Items needed for Santa Store & Giving Tree: Gifts for Teens, ages 16 - 18 years. ~ Storybooks/Reading Books - All Ages ~ Tissue Paper/Gift Sacks - all ages ~ New Toys, ages 2 -16 years (no war toys) ~ 50 Infant Blankets ~ New Stuffed Animals ~ Hats, Caps, Socks (all sizes & ages) ~ One-size stretch Gloves ~ Puzzles, Games, Crayons, Coloring Books, & Big Print Books ~ Stocking Stuffers & Wrapped Candy. Call Greystone for information to donate items (405) 843-6631
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PC News Weekly Summaries - November 23-25, 2009 November 23 Hooking up Godsey: Sex, sexuality often not addressed in Christian community by Duane Sweep Special to Presbyterian News Service CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The topic of sex may be popular among students on college campuses, but it isn't necessarily a topic found in collegiate ministry settings. But the Rev. Heather Godsey believes the topics of sex, sexuality and spirituality need to be a part of collegiate ministry. Godsey spoke here Nov. 10 at the Synod of Lakes and Prairies' second Collegiate Ministries Conference, "Making Connections in Times of Change." An ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and a program director for the Wesley Foundation at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Godsey said the results of college life and its "hookup culture" make the need for discussions of sex and sexuality all the greater. The "hookup culture" involves more than having connections to get tickets to the best show in town. The "hookup culture" is one of casual sex or sex used to gain advantage, Godsey said. [Read more] Rethinking evangelism Passion for Jesus, focus on prayer part of vision for Evangelism and Church Growth office by Bethany Furkin Presbyterian News Service LOUISVILLE - For many Presbyterians, "evangelism" can be a scary word, one that brings up feelings of hesitancy, nervousness and fear. Talking about one's faith can be hard, especially when it's not a common topic of conversation, says Philip Lotspeich, coordinator for church growth and transformation in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC). "It's so deep, so personal, that we have a hard time articulating it," he says. "It's like being asked to go out and run a marathon without being trained to do it." With a refreshed vision statement, the PC(USA)'s Evangelism and Church Growth office is preparing Presbyterians for that metaphorical marathon. "We really want to help churches and presbyteries pursue their full redemption potential," says Ray Jones, the GAMC's coordinator for evangelism. [Read more]
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November 24 Making connections Moderators' Conference focuses on technology, social media in the church by Bethany Furkin Presbyterian News Service LOUISVILLE - The 2009 Moderators' Conference of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) focused on technology and how it can be used in churches and presbyteries. The theme of the conference, held here from Nov. 20-22, was "Blessings and Burdens: Where Technology and Church Life Converge." The church often asks itself how to reach young adults. To better reach any group of people, it's important to understand the culture in which they live. Participants in their 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s and 30s described the events that shaped their generations - wars, music, civil rights and more. Plenary speaker the Rev. Carol Howard Merritt, a pastor in Washington, D.C., then spoke about the top three issues forming the modern generation: employment, finances and connections. Many young adults move away from family and friends to find education and careers, Merritt said. The median job tenure is now 2.7 years, meaning that young adults are more likely to move around because of work. They are also the first to get laid off and are more likely to work part-time or temporary jobs, meaning they lack insurance and benefits. This transitory lifestyle has effects seen in congregations - it's hard for young people to become involved in church leadership when they're not sure how long they'll be around. [Read more] November 25 Close to home South Dakota churches don't have to look far for mission opportunities by Toni Montgomery Special to Presbyterian News Service STATESVILLE, N.C. - With the recent focus on mission during the World Mission Challenge, the members of Olive Presbyterian Church in Platte, S.D., want to spread the word that mission opportunities are closer than most people might think. "People think you have to travel 3,000 miles to do mission work, but we have it right here, just 150 miles west of us," said pastor the Rev. Dale Sallans. For just over a year, the members of Olive Presbyterian, in concert with nine other Platte area churches of various denominations, have been working to build a relationship with the residents of the small community of Wanblee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It started when the Senior High Community Youth Group, which includes youth from several area churches, went on a weekend mission trip to the reservation. They worked with Gus and Terry Craven, a couple who serve as missionaries with the Assemblies of God U.S. Missions Intercultural Ministries department and work with Native Americans. Gus is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, a connection that is necessary to work with a Native American population that is not often trusting of outsiders. The Cravens came to Wanblee in 2007 in hopes of building a church in the community. While grateful for the work that groups did on the reservation, the Cravens noted that most only came for a week or a weekend. Once they left, the residents of Wanblee never see or hear from them again. The Cravens thought that for a ministry to be most effective, it would need to be a long-term relationship. [Read more]
Issue: 279 November 30, 2009
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
by Charles M. Olsen
In the Shakespeare play, when Juliet suggests that a rose by any other name would be just as sweet, shedismisses the formative power of one's name. She urges Romeo to claim his own personal identity and charism,or special gift, rather than be dominated by the name Montague--to jettison his name, for it is no part of him. Itake exception. My experience confirms a theme found in storytelling through the ages that people andinstitutions become their names and live them out in daily activities. I have seen it in my own family. Two ofour sons are each named for a different grandfather and have taken on subtle characteristics from eachrespective side of the family.
Can it also be true that congregations become their names? Does Christ the Servant Church live out its own lifeany differently than Christ the King Church? Does being a "first church" create subtle or not so subtle attitudesand postures? Does the name Independent Presbyterian Church create a confusion of identity and authority,given the fact that the very essence of Presbyterianism is connectional? Do churches that bear the names ofsaints or biblical characters take on their charisms? What about Trinity churches? Will they function anydifferently from churches with a different name, even though both affirm a trinitarian theology and spirituality?I think they will tend to interpret their stories more often in that light. But that remains an open question. Inseeking congregational stories that connect with the seasons of the church year and name God's presence as aloving God, suffering but risen servant, and empowering Spirit, I am drawn to churches named Trinity. I wantto see if and how they live out their name.
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