Salem Matters News of What Matters This Week
in Salem Presbytery
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November 24, 2021 | Volume VII Number 47 |
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HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS
The presbytery office will be closed for the holidays on these dates:
Thanksgiving: Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday, November 24-26
Christmas: Thursday, December 23 - Monday, December 27
New Year's: Friday, December 31
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International Campus Ministries of the Triad |
Parkway Presbyterian - Winston-Salem |
First Presbyterian - Burlington |
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Educator Charlotte Allbright Recognized for Innovative Faith Formation
Charlotte Nance-Allbright, Director of Faith Formation and Christian Education at First Presbyterian in Burlington, was recently recognized in an article on the Presbyterian Mission Agency website for her innovative and creative approaches to Faith Formation at First, Burlington. Follow the link below to read the article.
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A digest of the worship and work of the Presbytery’s recent meeting is available on the Salem website HERE. This is a terrific resource for Elder Commissioners to share with their Session as a report from this meeting.
A video recording of the entire meeting can be found HERE. A video recording of the worship service can be found HERE. |
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Salem Presbytery / Moravian Resource Center Moving
The Salem Presbytery-Moravian Resource Center is on the move. All offices for the Commission for Congregational Development for Moravian Church will move to join together with all other agencies in one building. This means a big change for the Resource Center that so many of you are used to visiting. We will have a center in the new location which is right across the street at 459 South Church Street. It will be a smaller version but hopefully a place where you can still visit to consult about faith formation and also to borrow resources. Our online library was lost in the process but we are establishing a new version for our smaller resource center. It should be up by the end of January but in the mean time, call or visit and we will try our best to locate what you are needing. In this process, we are asking if you have resources borrowed in the old system to please return those as soon as possible so that they can be added to the new system. We have culled many duplicate and older resources in this process. From now until the second week in December, they are on the shelves in the old center at the 500 South Church Street building. They are free for the taking so come have a look. After the first week in December, our center will be closed until after the first of the year. If you need Advent things, plan now and let me know so that I can pull them.
Beth Hayes
Resource Center Director
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Presbytery Policy Updates
The Commission on Ministry is continually updating policies that are pertinent to a wide range of members of the presbytery and its churches. There has arisen a feeling that there needs to be a reminder of the Separation Policy for both retirees and ministers leaving a congregation. Please take a few minutes to review those policies at the links below:
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Presbyterian Giving Catalog gifts make a BIG difference on Giving Tuesday
Generosity is a compounding, growing energy. Like yeast in a dough, even a little bit can leaven a lot of flour, a fact Jesus compared to the Kin-dom of God!
This year, people, like you, are each doing their small part to grow a $35,000 impact on #GivingTuesday.
Giving Tuesday (Nov. 30, 2021) is a single day that embodies the spirit the Presbyterian Giving Catalog promotes all year long: the idea that together, each small gift can make a big difference in the lives of those in need. Each of us, giving together, uniting the power of people to transform communities and the world. Growing, expanding, and slowly sustaining each and every one.
Collective generosity accomplishes far more together than any one of us can do alone, and we all know the dollars raised only tell part of the story. So, this year, we hope you’ll encourage your congregation to link their generous hearts, hopes and prayers together, and with the Presbyterian Giving Catalog.
Share this opportunity with your members by displaying our Giving Tuesday poster in a visible area of your church. You can also find other ideas and resources on how to rally your members behind the Giving Tuesday movement and other Presbyterian Giving Catalog activities by ordering an impact guide here.
On our own, we cannot change the world. But when we give together, BIG things happen.
Big change. Big help. Big hope.
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Get Your Congregation Involved With a Digital Campaign!
We have partnered with the giving platform Mobile Cause to provide an easy, online and fun way to involve your members in ministry.
Our first campaign is leveraging a matching gift challenge to make this exciting digital campaign magnify the impact of giving this Giving Tuesday.
Your members can be part of this special campaign by giving one of the following gifts:
○ Sewing Machine
○ Family of Chickens
○ Pair of Goats
○ WASH Aid
If you’re interested in supporting our first digital #GT campaign — or setting up one for your own church — let us know. We can help!
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Civil Rights Tour
Union Presbyterian Seminary is sponsoring a Civil Rights Tour and is sharing this information. Click on the links below for more info and/or to register:
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Stewardship Ministry News: Living Into the Mess of Christmas
The Presbyterian Foundation provides wonderful resources in the area of stewardship. Click HERE to read a recent blog post by Rev. Dr. Glen Bell, as he shares about how Christmas can be messy, but it is important to see the blessings of the season through the mess.
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Student Assistants to the 225th General Assembly (2022)
Do you know of seminarians under care in our presbytery who are not attending a seminary that’s eligible to send a TSAD? Are there other students in the presbytery seeking ways to be involved at the General Assembly? Individuals over 21 years of age may apply to serve as Student Assistants to the assembly, either virtually or in-person. For more info on this role, see the Student Assistant Flyer. Note that the application deadline is December 21.
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Send a Student to Bossey—A message from Dianna Wright, Director of Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations
Did you know that we are members of the World Council of Churches, a fellowship of 349 churches from more than 110 countries, representing over 500 million Christians worldwide?.
Each year the opportunity is open for PC(USA) students to attend. Unfortunately, for the past two years, the pandemic has brought our participation to a complete stop. The good news is, I hope that by this time next year we will succeed in sending a student to Bossey. All admitted students to the Ecumenical Institute for the academic year 2022-2023 are also admitted and will participate in the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GET) on the occasion of the 11th Assembly of WCC in Karlsruhe, Germany, August 31 – September 8, 2022. Consequently, the autumn semester 2022–2023 arrival dates to Switzerland are 17–21 August 2022.
Please share this information and make sure that applicants meet the academic and age requirements set by Bossey. This link will provide all the information needed to prayerfully discern a calling and to apply for admission to this program. The studies run for one academic semester from mid-September to the end of January.
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The Persistent Pandemic
How we wish we didn't need this!
Some other Insurance Board pandemic resources can be found HERE.
The Wisconsin Council of Churches has been a trusted source of advice throughout the pandemic. Their latest resources can be found HERE. |
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Advent Practices During Covid-Times |
Follow the link below for an APCE article highlighting ideas during the season of Covid!
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The Presbytery mailing address remains the same at P.O. Box 1763, Clemmons, NC 27012, and the Presbytery phone number remains 336-766-3393. We no longer have an available fax number. |
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Each week in this space, we will highlight a video, website, or other content that is relevant to how we look at stewardship in the presbytery as well as in our local churches. This week's highlight is our Peace and Justice Ministry. |
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Click on the graphic or HERE to visit and/or subscribe to Salem Presbytery's YouTube Channel. |
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November Prayers for:
Transitional Ministry Network
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Please Hold the Following in Your Prayers |
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The family of Rev. Elijah B. Freeman, beloved pastor and long-time member of Salem Presbytery, who entered the Church Triumphant. A funeral worship was held on Saturday, November 20 at 9:30 am at St. Paul Presbyterian, High Point.
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The family of Rev. Leland Richardson, Honorably Retired, and former pastor at First Presbyterian, Mocksville, who entered the Church Triumphant on November 12, 2021.
We will list these prayer requests for two weeks unless we are notified that they are to be continued. You may submit prayer requests through the link below.
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PCUSA Job Opportunities - Updated 11.22.21 |
Click below for Job Opportunities listed in Church Leadership Connection
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Click below for Board Bulletin - Fall 2021
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Board of Pensions Call to Health |
Click the link below to join the Board of Pensions Call to Health.
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PCUSA News and Announcements |
Click below for the latest news and announcements from the PCUSA.
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