Because Presbyterians know Jesus was homeless
From Sunday's special service on Day of the Poor in Austin, memorializing the 184 deaths of homeless on the streets of Austin in the past 12 months. See also this article by our own Reverend Katheryn Barlow-Williams:
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MISSION PRESBYTERY
WEEKLY NEWS
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How are We Doing on the 2019 Budget?
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Once a month, Fiscal Oversight will be reporting the budget figures in this newsletter. If your Shared Mission Support (benevolence) continues, there is a very good chance we can end the year in the
black.
Mission Presbytery (with the Broadway Building and without John Knox Ranch figures) January through October 31, 2019.
Revenue: $651,220,21
Expenses: $747,062.36
Total ($95,842.24)
Shared Mission Support Received: $401,398 (Great job!)
Budgeted Shared Mission Support: $385,000 plus needed from reserves: $63,325 for a total of $448,325. With two months left we can meet the revenue need!
John Knox Ranch, January through October 31,2019
Revenue: $504,348.15
Expenses: $437,442.07
Total: $66,906.68
Great job, Henry Owen and staff!
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Mission Presbytery and UKirk Offer Collegiate Trip to the Border
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Mission Presbytery and UKirk Collegiate Ministries Association, in conjunction with Texas Impact, are hosting a collegiate trip to explore immigration policy from a Christian perspective.
The trip is scheduled for January 17-20, 2020.
The group will begin in Austin and travel to Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico.
Pastors, educators and parents, please share this with your students away at college and invite them to join us! For more information about the trip, or to find out how you can help donate and offset the cost for each student, contact Rev. Gini Norris-Lane, UKirk Collegiate Ministries Executive Director (
gnorrislane@gmail.com
) or Caitlin Supcoff, Mission Presbytery Youth and Young Adult Coordinator (
youth@missionpby.org
).
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Light the Match: A Campaign for Significant Growth at JKR!
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John Knox Ranch announces "Light the Match: A Campaign for Significant Growth."
Ignited by a pledge from an anonymous donor to match all donations in 2020 up to $400,000, JKR seeks to do three key things:
Renovate and rebuild John Knox Ranch to better meet the needs of our community.
Replenish our Camp Scholarship Fund.
Plan for and vision the future of camp ministry.
Read more about this generous matching donation and how you can support John Knox Ranch in their 2020 campaign via the link below.
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Ordination of Susan Montoya
Sunday, December 8, 2019
4:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
800 Jefferson St.
Kerrville, TX
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Closing Worship Service of
First Presbyterian Church, Alice, TX
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In grateful recognition
of your connection to our congregation, we extend an invitation to you and your family
to join us in our final worship service, as we joyfully lift up
our life and ministry in Alice, TX.
Christ the King Sunday
November 24, 2019
2 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
77 N. Adams
Alice, TX
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Specialized and Member-at-Large Teaching Elders
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A reminder that
Specialized and Member-at-Large Teaching Elders need to submit their Validated Ministers Annual Report by December 31, 2019, sending that form to the Stated Clerk at:
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Seminars, Workshops, Programs
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- Mediation Skills Training (Nov. 18-22)
- Commissioned Pastors Conference (May 13-16)
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On October 27, 2019, the First Presbyterian Church of Collegeport gathered after morning worship to assemble and wrap Seafarer Christmas Boxes to be distributed at the Port of Point Comfort, Texas.
This congregation has participated in this ministry for a number of years as part of our Mission program.
The First Presbyterian Church of Collegeport, Texas marks its 110th Anniversary in November. Their origins were in the First Church of Collegeport—Federated, a community church of fourteen denominations worshipping together. The church was organized in the Chapel of the Gulf Coast University of Industrial Arts on November 30, 1909, and the congregation affiliated with the Presbyterian Church on January 1, 1922.
With God's rich blessing, First/Collegeport enters their 110th year striving to let their light shine as they continue to spread the Good News.
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Because Presbyterians love peek-a-boo
A couple of cuties spy each other at Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church.
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Because Presbyterians love welcoming others:
Seven new members of First Presbyterian of Coppras Cove!
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Oak Hills Presbyterian Church in San Antonio is seeking a part-time administrative assistant. Applicant should have good administrative skills to include typing, filing, routine correspondence, preparation of weekly bulletin, monthly newsletter, annual report, ordering materials and supplies, etc. This person will serve as receptionist for the church, receiving visitors, and incoming phone calls. Must be comfortable working on the computer and using programs necessary for church operations. Must have bookkeeping experience and/or accounting education.
Office hours are Monday through Friday from 9am to 1 or 2pm.
To apply, please send your resume to
rkpet@satx.rr.com. For more information, please call Richard Petitt at 210-260-1764.
Genesis Presbyterian Church in Austin
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seeks part-time Church Secretary.
First Presbyterian Churches in Uvalde and Del Rio seeks a full time Temporary pastor to serve in these
locations.
Schreiner University
seeks a Church Relations Specialist.
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We are Mission Presbytery, serving Christ in the World. In the Reformed Tradition, together we,
- Establish and equip congregations and session to carry out their missions;
- Recruit, receive, ordain, develop, and care for those called to service in the church;
- Enable mission and witness to the Gospel that congregations cannot accomplish alone; and
- Steward our resources faithfully and generously.
We are better together.
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