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The weekly newsletter from the
Presbytery of Minnesota Valleys
May 15, 2019
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We are congregations who seek to be a collective expression of the Body of Christ, joyfully participating in Christ's ongoing life and work. "Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing."
(I Thessalonians 5:11)
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Congregation of the Week of May 19-25
First Presbyterian Church of Jackson
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Pastor Eunice Woodberry
Church Treasurer: Dean Albrecht
Church Secretary: Troy Christensen
Custodians: Rodney and Terrie Hlavac
Session Elders: Dean Albrecht, Troy Christensen, Dennis Hample, Tim Hecht, Ginny Krejci, Mary Jo Lutz
Clerk of Session: Diane Frodermann
Deacons: Cindy Albrecht, Audrey Fisk, Wayne Fisk, Terrie Hlavac, Brenda Janning, Dani Janning
Cares & Prayer Concerns:
- For all those serving in the military and their families.
- The unemployed/under employed.
- Those persecuted in the name of Christ.
- Diane Frodermann, Lyle & Millie Fisher, Darryl Iversen, Liz and Guy Vacura, LaVonne Clarksean, Jim & Kay Hough, our members recovering from surgery. Members who are facing on-going medical treatments.
- Our family members in nursing homes/Pines: Lyle & Millie Fisher, Alice Olson, Nina Walterman, Phyllis Hugunin, and Eleanor Hutchinson.
- The youth of our community, we pray that they may know and trust Jesus.
- The prayer concerns of the First Presbyterian Church of Blue Earth
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Presbytery Meeting Update & Mission Project
Commissioners: please let
Karen Lange know your attendance plans TODAY!
The May 21 Presbytery Meeting being held at First Presbyterian Church in Willmar will be a hybrid meeting. Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m. and meetings of the commissions/committee of the Presbytery will begin at 10:00 a.m. Those church commissioners and pastors who are not yet serving on a Presbytery commissions will be putting together hygiene kits for the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance program while the Presbytery commissions are meeting. Presbytery Life is providing materials to put together a few kits, but we are asking churches to also send items from the list below (or money) with your commissioner/pastor so that we can complete as many kits as possible. Please invite members of your church to collect the following items and bring them to the May 21st Presbytery meeting. Please contact Presbytery Moderator Mark Ford at
foxfire1691@yahoo.com
or 218-232-8131 if you have questions.
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(Value $15)
1 — hand towel (approximately 16" x 28", no fingertip or bath towels)
1 — washcloth
1 — wide-tooth comb (remove from package)
1 — nail clipper (UPDATE: nail clippers with metal files or emery boards attached are now accepted; remove from package)
1 — bar of soap (bath size in wrapper)
1 — toothbrush (in original packaging)
10 — Band-Aids® or other adhesive bandage strips
Please do not add toothpaste to the Hygiene Kit. Toothpaste which has an extended expiration date will be added to international Hygiene Kit shipments just prior to shipment. Seal all items in a one-gallon plastic bag with a zipper closure.
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Rev. Anna Williamson was installed on May 5 at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church of Renville. Left-Right: Deb Hess, Mark Ford, Anna Williamson, Pam Kjersten,Scott Thompson, Randy Knuth
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Prayer List
Rev. Araceli Itzep from the Occidente Presbytery
Rev. Randy Knuth, First Presbyterian Church, Osakis
Sue Thompson, Clerk of Session at First Presbyterian Church, Maynard
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For Clerks of Session and Treasurers
This year, the treasurers will receive financial training from Presbytery Business Consultant Bea Ourada while the clerks of session are reading session records. So send your clerk and your treasurer (and/or anyone interested in learning more about church finance) to one of the following trainings in June:
Monday, June 3 from 2:00-4:00 at the presbytery office in Willmar
Monday, June 10 from 4:00-6:00 at the First Presbyterian Church of Osakis
Monday, June 24 from 4:00-6:00 at the First Presbyterian Church of Windom
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Spread the word to young adults (ages 19-30) that JUNE 1 is the FINAL date to apply to the 2019-20
Young Adult Volunteer
year ! National sites are available. Learn more online and
APPLY
!!
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PWP SPRING GATHERING
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Registration beginning at 8:30
Faith Presbyterian Church
108 W Main Street
PO Box 307
Silver Lake
The theme for this event will be: “What’s On Our Horizon?” Mrs. Louella Voigt from Luverne, MN will be our speaker for the day. Last fall she and her husband attended a seminar on “Faith and Addiction” which was held in Minneapolis, MN.
She will share with us some ideas of how we as a community of Christians are called to understand and support families and individuals that struggle with many forms of substance abuse.
During this meeting, we will also share opportunities PW have to do mission, to grow in our own spirituality, as we continue to do the work of Presbyterian Women in our communities, in our churches and with Presbyterian women Churchwide. All women are invited. PW members, women who are not a part of PW – ALL INTERESTED WOMEN.
We would appreciate your registration for this event. Please fill in the form below and send to the person and address listed. Please make reservations by May 28
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REGISTRATION FORM
(feel free to copy and paste to a new document to mail in)
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Registration begins at 8:30 with Coffee and Fellowship.
Name of Church: ______________________________No. of people _________
Lunch Reservations: ($8.00 each) (Enclosed)$ ________ (At the door) $_______
Please send to Dorothy Merrill at the address, or phone below,
by May 28.
Faith Presbyterian Church Dorothy Merrill
Attn: Dorothy Merrill or Phone: H 320-327-2783
PO Box 397 C 320-224-1375
Silver Lake MN 55381 E-Mail: dmerrillsl@hotmail.com
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Synod Gathering for Presbyterian Women in the Synod of the Lakes and Prairies
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June 20-23, 2019
Gateway Hotel & Conference Center
2100 Green Hills Dr
Ames, Iowa
Full registration is $200 and includes meals and programming.
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Join the movement of Presbyterians in Baltimore for a Big Tent like no other.
The theme, Called to a Movement beyond Institution, will emphasize our hope of the Gospel and its power to challenge institutional conventions. The goal is to come together and live in this moment, immersed in our current cultural context of racial division, gender inequality, and economic disparity to be renewed, refreshed and reformed, so that we may be sent out to affect change in our own communities. Big Tent will provide a place where our Presbyterian polity and identity is the foothold by which we proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in action and answer the call to discern the will of God together.
Through worship, Bible study, learning opportunities, and active engagement with one another and the community, attendees will encounter the Church participating in God’s mission for the transformation of creation and humanity.
Organizers for this year’s Big Tent celebration have lined up the guest preachers and leaders for the three-day gathering in Baltimore this summer. The Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah will be the featured speaker at the
opening plenary
on Thursday, Aug. 1.
“Conversations are taking place about the changes that are occurring in our society, especially in terms of our demographics. Churches are experiencing change, including decline and diversity,” said Rah. “I will touch on those, but I really want to touch base on what the appropriate response to these changes should be.”
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The FPC Mankato invites whoever might be interested to hear Mission Co-Workers in August
Charles and Melissa Johnson, mission co-workers in Zambia, are visiting First Presbyterian Church of Mankato on Wednesday, August 14th. The event will be from 5:00-8:00pm. We're going to have a potluck supper and will enjoy time with Charles and Melissa as they share about God's mission happening in Zambia, how they were called into mission partnership, and how churches might hear their call into mission partnership.
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Save the date for Boundary Training - NOTE DATE CHANGE
Tuesday, October 15 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Redwood Falls
Boundary Training is required for all minister/teaching elder presbytery members and commissioned ruling elders. The Presbytery of Minnesota Valleys will be holding a boundary training on Tuesday, October 15 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Redwood Falls. The Rev. Mark Sundby from Leaderwise will be leading the boundary training. The training will focus on a holistic approach to boundaries, looking at overall resilience and well-being as the best prevention against impaired decision making and boundaries violations. More information will be coming.
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Church Staff: Schedule a Day with Karen
Associate for Administration Karen Lange is available to spend a day with church office folks to share tips on setting up bulletins, newsletters, making a Facebook page or to help with any general questions. The cost is Karen’s mileage to and from the church plus providing lunch. Please email
Karen
to schedule.
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Pastoral Leadership Opportunities
First Presbyterian Church, Fulda
- Solo Pastor, 3/4 time up to full-time
Faith Presbyterian Church, Silver Lake
- Part-time Solo Pastor
Hope Presbyterian Church, Spicer
- Solo Pastor
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