Bi-Weekly Brief news & updates
|
|
|
|
Our churches currently in pastoral transition.
Our Mission Co-Workers:
|
|
|
Upcoming Ordination and Commissioning Anniversaries:
Elder Chris Wolf (11/14) - Commissioned Ruling Elder of Marlette-First and Marlette-Second Rev. Tom Cundiff (11/27) - 45 Years - Honorably Retired
We ask that you consider including these requests each week in your bulletin and/or newsletter.
We also encourage everyone to send a card or e-mail or make a phone call to those listed. Sometimes a small gesture creates a big smile.
Contact information for anyone on this list may be obtained by calling the presbytery office at 989-799-7481 or replying to this email.
|
|
|
Updated Per Capita Letters Being Sent |
|
|
|
|
Greetings Clerks,
As a number of you have already discovered, many of the recent Per Capita notices for 2023 have an incorrect membership number which makes the Per Capita total owed by your congregation incorrect as well.
We will be sending out a new Per Capita notice to every Clerk of Session (so expect one soon!). It will be on a different colored sheet so that it will be clear which is the new one.
Please accept our apologies for this mix-up and your patience as we get it corrected. Thank you to all of you who picked up on our mistake.
Yours in Christ,
|
|
|
|
|
The Presbytery of Lake Huron is committed to fostering the faith and vitality of our professional ministry members and staff. We are seeking a candidate to fill a part-time position (approximately 15 hr/wk) to provide care and support, particularly for our pastors, associate pastors, parish associates, CREs, educators, and presbytery staff. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of two years pastoral care experience and knowledge of Presbyterian polity and processes. Additional job responsibilities and qualifications are detailed in the attached job description. To apply, send your resume and cover letter to: Rose Onan, ronan@presbylh.org.
|
|
|
Minutes Review and Clerk of Session Training |
|
|
|
|
Minutes Review: There is one last chance for Clerks of Sessions to have their minutes and registers reviewed. The review will include minutes and records through August of 2022.
The date and location or the final in-person review is:
As in recent years, the Clerk can also review emailed minutes. Just email the relevant minutes to Ted and he’ll review them.
The letter to clerks, checklist and all other relevant information regarding the review process may be found on our website on the Records Review page.
|
|
|
Resources For Ruling Elders |
|
|
|
|
DEFINITION OF RULING ELDER FROM THE BOOK OF ORDER (G-2.0301)
“As there were in Old Testament times elders for the government of the people, so the New Testament church provided persons with particular gifts to share in discernment of God’s Spirit and governance of God’s people. (continue reading).
We are very grateful for all of our Ruling Elders. We'd like to share some links to resources that you may find helpful.
|
|
|
|
|
The Presbyterian Promise Scholarship is a commitment by Presbyterian College (PC) to recognize students for their merit and affiliation with the Presbyterian Church. PC seeks to develop students academically and spiritually in this signature scholarship. Students who are of members of Presbyterian churches will receive a scholarship for a minimum of $20,000 per year for up to four years—that’s an $80,000 commitment to you.
|
|
|
You're Invited! Happenings Around The Presbytery |
|
|
|
|
First Presbyterian Church of Bay City will be hosting their Holiday Fair again this year. Join us on November 5, 2022 9:00-3:00 for Crafters, Artisan Vendors, and Home Businesses, Homemade Baked Goods and Treats in the Country Store, Antiques, Collectibles & Jewelry in the Poke-About Shop. For further information, please contact Joanne Goodman at 989-893-1450, Stephanie Auger at 989-321-1451 or fpcholidayfair@gmail.com.
|
|
|
|
|
Free event - Friday, 7 pm, November 11, 2022 Opera House
"Conscripted Soldier, Conscripted Saint: The Witness of St. Martin for War, Care, and the Church"
Rev. Dr. Adam Tietje, US Army Chaplain
Alma College is proud to host speaker Adam Tietje, a ThD candidate at Duke Divinity School in Theology and Ethics and a chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve. After serving the US Army for nine years, including a deployment in Afghanistan, his experiences have shaped his scholarly interests of war ethics, the ethics and the care of trauma and moral injury, and military chaplains at the intersection of church and state. Adam is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ.
|
|
|
|
|
Rarely Performed Bach Composition is Focal Point for Friends of Music Series Concert
Music series that takes place on Friday, November 18, at noon.
The focal point of the program is the rarely performed Concerto for Three Harpsichords, BWV 1063, by Johann
Sebasatian Bach. Harpsichordists Stefano Massera (of Stuttgart, Germany), William Jean Randall (of Chesterfield Township, Michigan), and Nicholas Schmelter (of Caro, Michigan) collaborate with a five-member string-ensemble for the Bach selection. Other music includes the Konzert in D and Sonata in D, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as Suite Antique, by John Rutter, featuring flutist Shelly Rouse-Freitag (of Oakland County). The concert's harpsichords are built by Knight Vernon, of North Branch, Michigan, formerly of
Chicago, Illinois, who has provided The Blue Bird, an instrument completed in 2020, and Big Red.
This event is produced in collaboration with the Harmony in the Hills concert series at Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church in Rochester, Michigan. A repeat performance will take place there, 620 Romeo St., on Sunday, November 20, at 4:30 p.m. Nicholas Schmelter, Director of Worship and Congregational Life, is pleased to receive questions about the
|
|
|
|
|
One of our requirements is for each clergy person and CRE to take part in boundary training at least once every three years. This year’s boundary training is scheduled for November 16 and 17. We will continue to use the Leaderwise program offered through the Synod of the Covenant. It is a virtual event, taking place from 6 to 8:30 PM each of those two days.
If you are not sure if you need to take boundaries training, the Stated Clerk will be mailing out specific invitations to those who need to complete it this year during September. Or you can contact Ted or Staci at the Presbytery office to check your completion.
Also, if you have taken another form of boundary training, either in another Presbytery or through a different organization, please share that information with Ted so that our records can be kept current.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
