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FROM RACHEL YATES, PRESBYTERY EXECUTIVE
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CONTRADICTIONS
Her parents are police officers; she grew up with guns in her house. Tatiana understands her rights under the second amendment to the Constitution. But, she walked 50 miles from Madison to Janesville to protest gun violence, organizing dozens of other students to join her in this 4-day march. Tatiana Washington, a keynote speaker at the Wisconsin Council of Churches annual meeting, is, in some ways, a contradiction. Her life experiences have taught her to.
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We are saddened to learn that the Reverend Dr. Lawrence "Red" Sinclair, honorably retired minister and retired faculty member of Carroll University entered the Church Triumphant on November 30th at the age of 84. Please keep his wife Mary Ann and his family in your prayers. A memorial service will be held on December 15th at 11am, with visitation beginning at 10:30, at Faith Springs Presbyterian Church. Here is a link to his obituary.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
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Click
here to continue learning about why church incorporation is important. This is prepared by our Stated Clerk Christian Boyd.
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Ruling Elders and Deacons are invited to a training session sponsored by the presbytery and offered through the Leadership Development Task Force. This training will be held Saturday, February 23rd from 9am to 1pm at Faith Springs Presbyterian in Pewaukee. Click here
for more information and to register. Registration deadline is February 6.
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SERVICE OF ADVENT LONGING
The Christmas season is one of bright lights and decorations, family and friends, and good food. However, in the midst of being merry and bright during the Christmas season, the truth is that many of us are feeling anything but that. Our annual Service of Advent Longing provides sacred space for the stress, anxiety, family, health problems, politics, financial pressures, or the other weighty matters of our lives as we prepare to celebrate the Word becoming flesh even as we look forward to the final redemption of Creation. Heritage extends and invitation for you to join us as we worship together on Monday, December 10 at 7:00 pm. Please contact Michelle Henrichs (
mahenrichs@gmail.com
) with any questions.
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ANNUAL CLERK PACKETS HAVE BEEN EMAILED
We sent by email to all church clerks and pastors the documents usually contained in the Annual Clerk Packet. These documents can also be found on our website.
If there is any church that prefers to have the printed packet, please let
Chris Halverson
know.
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Churches should have received their 2019 Per Capita Apportionment statement that was mailed last week. The Presbytery approved the amount of $38 per member. The apportionment is based on the church's December 31, 2017 membership. Our hope is that churches will remit their Per Capita Apportionment by March 31, 2019. Please let
Chris Halverson
know if you will be using a different schedule for payment or if you never received your statement.
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"I presented the first research paper on the pastoral implications of "Xena: Warrior Princess" at the annual meeting of the American Society of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature."
This is Lori Patton, pastor at Bethesda Presbyterian in Waukesha. "Watching
Xena
'religiously' helped to keep me relatively sane during my first six years in the Ph.D. program in Religion and Personality at Vanderbilt, so when I had to write a term paper for a course on Freud and Religion in 1996, I chose an early
Xena episode as the focus. That term paper was radically expanded and reorganized in 1998 in order to be included in a panel on "Women and Religion in Popular Culture" at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion on November 21, 1998. I can hardly believe it's been twenty years since that presentation, but I've got an online version of my paper to remind me just how very long ago that was:
Working Out Your Own Salvation With 'Xena: Warrior Princess
(Or, the Renewing of Ego Ideals in Syndication)."
Unfortunately no one guessed correctly but keep trying and thanks for playing!
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WHO IS THIS?
This pastor is an avid mountain biker.
Send your guess to
Chris Halverson
and the first person to guess correctly will be recognized next week and receive a free dinner at the next presbytery meeting!
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NEWS FROM THE DENOMINATION
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NEXT CHURCH TO MEET IN SEATTLE
"Ruth and Naomi's lives were woven together in a season of despair and displacement. Environmental trauma, poverty, forced migration, food insecurity, personal vulnerability, and power differentials continue
to shape our shared human experience now as it did then. God interlaced the threads of Ruth and Naomi's individual stories. Through God's weaving, these women learned mutual sacrifice, found healing community, and shared liberation." That's the way NEXT Church introduces its coming national gathering on its website. The event takes place March 11-13 at First Presbyterian Church in Seattle. The theme: "Woven Together: Stories of Dissonance, Sacrifice and Liberation." Details, including registration information, are at "NEXT Church."
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What does HOPE mean to you this Advent season? Let's put together a photo collage of original photos submitted by you that remind us of HOPE. Please submit one original photo that represents HOPE to you, sending it to
Chris Halverson, and if we get enough of them, we will post a photo collage next week.
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LUX SUMMER THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FOR YOUTH
The Lux Summer Theological Institute for Youth is offering a
free! two-week summer program at PC(USA)-related Monmouth College (Monmouth, IL), to give high school students from around the country a chance to immerse themselves in big theological questions. The 2019 Lux Institute will be held
June 16-30, 2019 on the theme
"A Place at the Table: Thinking Theologically about Hunger and Poverty." The application deadline for students is
January 1, 2019, which is quickly approaching. There is a
link to a PDF resource available for those who might be interested, and the program website is available
here.
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ERNEST GLENN CHILDREN'S TOY STORE
Christ Presbyterian Church,
1930 W Walnut St.,
Milwaukee
, WI 53205 will again be taking donations for their annual Toy Store for children.
Ernest Glenn Children's TOY STORE
Saturday December 15th, 2018
9:00 am until 2:00 pm
Serving Children up to age 12.
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HOPE (HELPING OTHER PEOPLE EVERYWHERE) MISSION TRIP
The Rock Prairie Presbyterian Church in Janesville, in conjunction with the Jerusalem Presbyterian Church in Wales, are inviting interested volunteers to participate in the 2019 HOPE (Helping Other People Everywhere) Mission Trip. This mission trip will focus on repairing homes that were damaged by extreme flooding from Hurricane Mathew in 2016 and Hurricane Florence in 2018. The mission trip volunteers will be staying at the Highlands Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The mission trip is scheduled for Monday,
March 18 to Friday, March 22. Travel via car-pooling will occur the weekend before and after the mission week. Cost is $150/person which includes lodging at the church and all meals. Contact Mike Williams, HOPE Coordinator with questions or to receive a copy of the Mission Handbook. The handbook may also be found at the church web site
www.rockprairiechurch.org.
col-mike@charter.net
608.751.6274
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CHAPLAIN - EASTCASTLE PLACE
Chaplain, part-time (20 hours per week)
Eastcastle Place, a senior living community formerly known as The Protestant Home, has an opening for a part-time Chaplain. For more information contact Laura Wengler, Community Life Director at Eastcastle, (414) 963-8408,
lwengler@eastcastleplace.com.
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PRESBYTERY OF MILWAUKEE SEEKS TWO POSITIONS
The Presbytery seeks 2 people to serve in unique roles.
- We are hiring a part-time Communications Coordinator to be part of our Presbytery staff team.
- We're also seeking a Pastor to Pastors. Their primary function is to provide pastoral care to pastors in the Presbytery of Milwaukee. The Pastor to Pastors serves as a confidential friend, counselor, and shepherd. They also facilitate groups and mentoring relationships and create other relational opportunities to help pastors stay healthy. Position description
If you are interested in any position, notify Matt Lee, Moderator of Personnel Team.
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FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATE - SYNOD OF LAKES AND PRAIRIES
We are looking for a diverse pool of qualified applicants with strong technical and interpersonal skills to provide administrative and financial operating support under the leadership of the Director of Financial Services for business operations, bookkeeping and accounting procedures, and records management.
The Synod of Lakes and Prairies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and recruits, hires, calls and equips persons without discrimination by race, color, creed, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, or marital
status. Details and job description
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN IN WAUKESHA SEEKS STATED SUPPLY PASTOR
First Presbyterian Church of Waukesha, WI, is seeking a pastor starting Feb. 1, 2019. This is a stated supply position for a limited term with the possibility of renewal. We envision a full-time (40 hours per week) position, although we will consider candidates interested in a part-time position. Effective salary $55,000 plus benefits. Download a job description.
Please e-mail your résumé or PIF to:
presby1@sbcglobal.net
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THE LISBON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SUSSEX AND THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF RICHFIELD, WI ARE SEEKING A STATED SUPPLY PASTOR TO SERVE BOTH CONGREGATIONS
Click
here
for job description and compensation.
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SECOND PRESBYTERIAN IN RACINE SEEKS WORSHIP PIANIST
Second Presbyterian Church in Racine is looking for a church pianist to play for our Sunday worship service. This is a part-time paid staff position. If interested or for more details contact Rev. Alan McCalister at 414-640-4116 or email
amccalister@wi.rr.com
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN IN JANESVILLE SEEKS PART TIME SOLO PASTOR
First Presbyterian Church, Janesville seeks part time solo pastor. Click for
MIF
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CROSSROADS SEEKS TWO POSITIONS
Pastor/Head of Staff: Please click here for MIF
Associate Bridge Pastor:
Crossroads Presbyterian Church in Mequon WI is currently looking for a Bridge Associate Pastor to provide continuity with our Deacons, Adult Ed and Mission/Outreach ministries. This is a temporary role for the purpose of bridging the time until our PNC finds a new Sr. Pastor and we begin a search for a full-time Associate Pastor. It is not required that this Pastor be specifically trained in transitional work. Please see the attached job description or visit our website:
www.crossroadspres.org
Resumes or MIFs can be sent to:
careers@crossroadspres.org
. Please include any links or clips of relevant sermons or other recordings. Please click for JOB DESCRIPTION
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GOOD SHEPHERD TRINITY SEEKS PART TIME BOOKKEEPER
Send resumes to the church at 3302 N. Sherman Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53216, to the attention of Jeannette Bell.
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CALVARY SEEKS SUNDAY SCHOOL EDUCATOR
Sunday School Educator: job description
here
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FUTURE PRESBYTERY GATHERING DATES
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- TUESDAY, November 27 - Linn Presbyterian in Lake Geneva, 4pm
- TUESDAY, February 19 - Living Hope Presbyterian in Menomonee Falls, 4pm
- WEDNESDAY, May 22 - TBD
- WEDNESDAY, September 25 - TBD
- THURSDAY, November 21 - TBD
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