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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SPONSORS LECTURE ON SEGREGATION
There will be a Habitat event entitled ""The Hidden Impact of Segregation in Milwaukee." The date is August 9, 2017, from 6:30-8:30pm at Bethany Lutheran Church, 2031 N. 38th Street, Milwaukee.
The Hidden History and Impact of Segregation in Milwaukee County Lecture/Q & A by Reggie Jackson, ABHM Head Griot (Oral Historian).
Mr. Jackson reveals how Milwaukee became the most racially segregated metropolitan area in the nation. He examines the role played by national and local policies and social systems that have promoted and maintained this artificial separation between white and black citizens - and other residents of color. Finally, he explains how segregation negatively impacts the economic and social well-being of all the residents of this region.
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PRAYERS, CONCERNS AND JOYS
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We remember in prayer Christian Boyd and Southminster Presbyterian Church's mission team who have been working with Engineers Without Borders in Guatemala, expanding the Joyabaj....(READ MORE).
If you have a prayer request to share, please contact Susan Stoll at
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KETTLE MORAINE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
We lift up one of our congre
gations each week in Fresh Impressions, inviting you to learn more about your sister congregations and keep them in your prayers. This week we are lifting up Kettle Moraine, Hartland.
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO FRESH IMPRESSIONS
If you have an activity or event happening in your congregation and want to share it with our readers, please send it my way. We look forward to the inspiration!
[email protected].
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BE IN THE PRESBYTERY'S WEBSITE
We have a page in our website dedicated to finding a congregation. And we'd like to feature yours! Some of the church photos are there, some are not. Please send a photo of your church if you'd like to be included. Send to
[email protected]. The Presbytery's
website.
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EMPLOYER AGREEMENTS DUE OCTOBER 13
Clerks of Sessions, Treasurers and Pastors,
2018 Board of Pensions Employer Agreements are due October 13. Use this helpful Guide for selecting benefits for your pastors and other employees.
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REST IN PEACE REV. DR. ROBERT ELLSON
We are saddened to learn of the death of Honorably Retired Teaching Elder Robert Ellson on July 14th. Services will be held on Saturday, July 29th, at Luther Manor in Wauwatosa. Please keep his wife Carolyn and their family in your prayers...(
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HABITAT HOUSE PASTOR BUILD DAY
Thrivent Financial and Milwaukee Habitat are co-hosting a Pastor Build Day on August 9, from 9:00am to 3:00pm on a house at 31st and Garfield in Milwaukee. Last year's event was a huge success helping to build relationships and serve a family in need of affordable housing. We hope to have clergy from a variety of Christian denominations. Would you be interested in joining us? If so, please contact Milwaukee Habitat.
The build day will start at 9:00am with a brief devotional/prayer and introductions. In addition to clergy, there will be staff from Habitat and Thrivent Financial. The group does not need any construction skills. They will be installing dry wall on a new construction house started in May under the supervision of Habitat staff and AmeriCorps members. A lunch will be provided about 11:30am and the day will wrap up at 3:00pm.
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PRESBYTERIAN HABITAT HOUSE PROGRESS
On two Saturdays in May we framed the first and second floors of the Presbytery Habitat Home. The home is on the 2100 block of north 32nd street. Our future homeowner, Renee and her son worked with us. She has six children, four of which are grown and out of the home. We finished the trusses, roof and most of the siding during the June Habitat Blitz week. The rough
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OFFICER TRAINING SCHEDULED
Ruling elders and deacons are invited to a training session sponsored by the presbytery and offered through the Leadership Development Task Force. Saturday, September 16, in Mequon; Saturday, September 30, Beaver Dam.
Training will include:...(READ MORE).
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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED FOR SUMMER CAMPS
The Partnerships Team is again offering Camp Scholarships to those attending summer camp! Please find the application form on our website, www.pbymilwaukee.org under "Work of the Presbytery/Partnerships" or click here to print out the form and fill out manually.
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A NIGHT OF QUIETING AT TIPPECANOE CHURCH
Threshold Singing:
A Night of Quieting, Sung Meditation,
and Reflection By Candle Light.
Friday Night August 4th,
7 - 8:30pm. (READ MORE).
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DONNA LEXA MEMORIAL ART FAIR
The 21st Annual Donna Lexa Memorial Art Fair, sponsored by Jerusalem Presbyterian Church, will be held Saturday, August 19, from 9:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. The art fair features artists from around Wisconsin, wonderful pulled pork sandwiches, hot dogs and brats, a silent auction, a children's booth, and fabulous music all day long. The art fair is held in the Village of Wales along the Glacial Drumlin Bicycle Trail just 1 block east of the church on Main Street, (just off Highway 83). There will be a used book sale in the church which will benefit the Mission Committee. All the art fair proceeds go to non-profits in Waukesha County and Kettle Moraine High School scholarships.
Come on by and join in the fun!
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SWEET MUSIC FESTIVAL IN DOUSMAN
First Presbyterian Ottawa, in Dousman, is hosting their annual "Sweet Music Festival" that will be from noon to 5:00PM, August 13. The event is a popular one, drawing about
200 people each year. It will feature various bands, including bluegrass, craft vendors, antique cars, etc!
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INTERFAITH BUS TOUR AND RETREAT
August 18-20, 2017
Sponsored by Wisconsin Conference Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Relationships
Bishop Hee-Soo Jung invites you to join him for an Interfaith Bus Tour and Retreat August 18-20, 2017. Our theme for the event is "Beyond Tolerance." On Friday evening, we will participate in the Shabbat service at Congregation Shalom in Milwaukee. On the following day, we...(READ MORE).
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JULY EDITION OF FACING RACISM NOW AVAILABLE
LOUISVILLE - On the heels of the Big Tent conference in St. Louis, the ongoing PC(USA) Facing Racism campaign has released resources from the event with the theme "Race, Reconciliation and Reformation." The conference emphasized the...(READ MORE).
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CHURCH ATTENDANCE GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The latest in a long line of studies, now numbering in the hundreds, if not thousands, shows that church attendance is good for your health.
Published in May by researchers from Vanderbilt University, the
study found that
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPARKS NEW LIFE AT ONE CHURCH
In the mid-1980s, Trinity Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington, was on life support, and Olympia Presbytery had begun nudging the session to consider pulling the plug.
Drugs, crime, and gangs had infested the church's deteriorating neighborhood. A handful of loyal members attended
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HOW ARE RIGHTS AND LOVE DIFFERENT?
The Declaration of Independence was an incredible document. For the first time in history, or at least for the first time in a history that lasted, it was declared that people have inalienable rights, endowed by God, that a government should...(
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STORIES OF RECONCILIATION AROUND THE WORLD
ST. LOUIS - In some of the most conflict-ridden areas of the world, Christians share a common goal - a witness not of anger or violence, but with the law of love.
At Friday's Big Tent workshop, The Church's Stories of Struggle and Reconciliation, representatives of
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CHURCH FACILITY ASSISTANT
North Shore Presbyterian Church. Hours:
6 - 8 hours per week; As needed for special events;
Attendance at weekly staff meeting
...(
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Grapevine, the Presbyterian Women's newsletter, summer edition.
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Ruach Words
- Teaching Elder Kathryn Craven's website offering worship liturgy.
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Parish Papers article for July, 2017. How Can We Help Immigrants?
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