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FROM RACHEL YATES, PRESBYTERY EXECUTIVE
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SEVEN MINUTES
In seven minutes, I can cook an egg. I can drive to my daughter's house or take a shower in seven minutes. In seven minutes, I can work with Chris Halverson to sort through the Presbytery mail...even now, when we're in the season of taking orders for Planning Calendars. There are a lot of mundane things that only take me seven minutes.
Next week, I'll take 7 Minute training. It lasts four hours... Yeah, that's what I thought, too.
Rev. Catherine Neal and I will join other faith leaders from around the area
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WITH CHRISTIAN SYMPATHIES
Longtime member and ruling elder of Calvary Presbyterian Church, Patsy Delgado,
passed away after she suffered a fall over the weekend. Pat was very active in the presbytery over the years, serving on many committees. Most recently she was a regular at our monthly Prayer Meeting here at the Presbytery. Visitation and service will be on Friday, July 12th. Details can be found
here. Please keep Pat's family in your prayers.
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STATED CLERK CLARIFIES ELECTRONIC VOTING
The following is a message from Rev. Dr. Christian Boyd, Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Milwaukee, concerning electronic voting via a platform such as Doodle. This information was send to Clerks and Moderators earlier in July. You can find the information from Rev. Dr. Boyd here.
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INTERNATIONAL PEACEMAKER INVITED TO MILWAUKEE PRESBYTERY
The Presbytery is inviting an International Peacemaker to visit this fall.
Rev. Lydia Neshangwe from Zimbabwe
would be available to preach, lead Bible studies, give presentations, meet with mission teams, enjoy ice cream socials, or whatever ways that you might engage with her. Plan a special event, or have her join you in something you're already doing. Rachel Yates will be coordinating schedules for congregations or other ministries that might want to have part of her time. Rachel knows Rev. Neshangwe from their time together in Denver Presbytery, where Rev. Neshangwe attended seminary. Although dates are not yet set for her visit, please let Rachel know (
ryates@pbymilwaukee.org
or 414-292-2743) if you are tentatively interested in a visit. Thanks to your generous mission support gifts, the Presbytery is able to cover the expenses of this visit.
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PLANNING CALENDARS
The Presbytery office is now taking orders for the 2019-20 planning calendars. The updated calendars begin with the month of September instead of June. We order in bulk, making the calendars a considerably cheaper price. Place your order before August 2nd to be included in this price break.
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SUMMER BOOK CLUB
Are you part of a book club that is looking for it's next great book to dive into? Consider reading We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Dr. Bettina Love. Dr. Love is the presenter at our September Presbytery gathering. Her book offers insight into our educational system through personal reflection, cultural criticism, and relevant theory and will continue the conversation about anti-racism we started in May with Dr. DiAngelo.
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NEWS FROM THE DENOMINATION
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NEW HYMN SEEKS JUSTICE FOR THOSE FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES
Presbyterian pastor and hymn lyric writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has penned the hymn "Christ, You Spoke to Us of Children" calling the Church to "seek justice for [the] people who are often fleeing for their lives as they try to enter the U.S." Read more about what Gillette has to say about this hymn.
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NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NAMED AT INTERFAITH CONFERENCE
The Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee has announced that Pardeep Singh Kaleka is its new executive director. Mr. Kaleka began working with ICGM on July 1st.
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PRESBYTERIAN HABITAT HOME UPDATE
Volunteers from Crossroads, Immanuel, Wauwatosa, and West Grandville churches worked on Saturdays and Wednesdays in June to complete the framing of our 2019 Milwaukee Habitat home. These churches, along with the Presbytery, partially fund the cost of the home and provide lunches and workers. After the mechanical components are installed at the house, volunteers will hang dry wall on two Saturdays in August, August 17th and 24th.
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PEACEMAKING PROGRAM LEADS TRIPS TO PUERTO RICO,
CENTRAL AMERICAN, AND EAST ASIA
In 2019
and 2020 the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program will lead Travel Study Seminars to Puerto Rico, Central America and East Asia. Find out more about each trip by clicking on the highlighted links. Here are the important dates to know and a brief summary of the trip purpose:
Puerto Rico: November 11-18, 2019; applications due by August 1, 2019
In the aftermath of Maria -- the political, social, and racial dynamics revealed by the hurricane and how the Church is responding to them
Central American migrant trails: exploring the journeys to and from the United States and why we must act
Root causes and current challenges of forced migration and labor trafficking
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FUTURE PRESBYTERY GATHERING DATES
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- WEDNESDAY, September 25 - Good Shepherd Trinity Church
- THURSDAY, November 21 - Jerusalem Presbyterian Church, Wales
Share this information with your congregation -- bulletin inserts & bulletin board flyers available!
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