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April 26, 2019
Live Webcast
with Tod Bolsinger: Leading in a Rapidly Changing World
Author of Canoeing the Mountains 
April 29, 2019

"Seminary didn't prepare me for this" is the statement that Tod frequently hears from his clients. Come watch Tod speak, take questions, and hold a conversation during this interactive streaming event sponsored by Oregon Dairy. 
 
Contact David Miron [email protected] for more information.  
 
To register, click here.
Acts of Welcome Concert
Art & Stories of Lancaster Refugees  
Free Admission! 
Friday, May 3 at 7pm  
Ware Center , Lancaster, PA 
 
In its second year, Acts of Welcome is a celebration of the immigrant/refugee community of Lancaster, PA, the city dubbed "The Refugee Capital of the USA."  
 
Noe Juarez & Friends will perform Folk and Latin music from South America along with Caribbean Rhythms. Come enjoy a musical tour that begins in Peru and goes all around Latin America. There will be opportunities to sing along and dance. While a free event, donations will gladly be accepted to support the important work of Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Office.  
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Job Openings!
Full Time Development Coordinator
Friends of the Presbyterian Education Board (PEB)
Thorndale, PA 
 
Friends of PEB exists to ensure a quality education for the poorest of the poor in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. We operate as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, raising funds to educate Pakistani children who might otherwise receive no schooling at all. Currently, there are nearly 6000 students in 25 schools managed by the Presbyterian Education Board (PEB) in Pakistan. 
 
The successful Development Coordinator will share our passion and mission-focus. The position includes running the FOPEB donor database and taking a lead role in gift processing, event planning, and production of marketing and development materials, donor research, and online social media. A full-time position, it reports to the Executive Director and may be conducted out of one's home location in conjunction with frequent face to face meetings with the Director (personally or via videoconference.)
 
Interim Associate Pastor 
Doylestown Presbyterian Church
 
The Interim Associate Pastor will provide leadership and support for the church's ministry to children (birth to 4th grade) and families while also sharing gifts with the whole congregation through preaching, worship leadership, teaching and pastoral care opportunities.
 
All staff roles include a shared responsibility to embody the congregation's Mission Statement of "Be a bridge for Christ and a beacon of His love" and furtherance of key themes from its 2018-2023 Strategic Plan: Worship of God, Growing in Faith, and Mission and Service
 
Responsibilities
  1. Provide spiritual leadership and direction for all children's ministries (birth to 4th grade), including, but not limited to Children's Worship Time, Lighthouse, Vacation Bible School, and the Christmas Eve Family Service
  2. Support and enhance ministries for families that will deepen faith and relationships
  3. Be a champion for the safety of children through the Community Protection Policy
  4. Invite and engage volunteers who will support and strengthen the above ministries
  5. Assist in leading worship each week and preach 6-9 times over the course of a year
  6. Share pastoral presence in hospitals, retirement and care communities, and times of crisis
  7. Serve as primary pastoral leadership to the Deacons, the Children's Christian Education Committee, and the Family Ministry Committee; secondary support to the Mission Committee and the Community Protection Policy Committee
  8. Participate in weekly staff meetings and monthly Session, program staff, and worship planning meetings
  9. Work collaboratively with the Associate Pastor for Youth and Their Families, the Director of Tweens and Teens, and the Director of Music and the Arts in our spiritual nurture of children
  10. Supervise Children's Worship Time Coordinators and Nursery Coordinator
  11. Lead 1-2 Growth Groups each year
Application deadline is June 15, 2019. Applicants should send their PIF to [email protected]