Information for ministers, educators, church administrators, clerks, and congregations | |
Presbytery Meeting Registration Closes Friday at Noon | |
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The registration deadline for Saturday’s presbytery meeting is approaching. Attendees must register by noon on Friday to participate. All attendees will receive Zoom credentials automatically; people who plan to join in person may disregard them.
In-person participants may enjoy a hot breakfast starting at 8 a.m. provided by All Nations Presbyterian Fellowship. We appreciate their generosity. In-person attendees should also remember that wearing masks is required during the meeting.
All participants should be seated or online by 9:15, at which time an orientation will begin. Ministers who are unable to attend are reminded to email Franklin Reding to request an excused absence.
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Help Those Impacted by Hurricane Ian | |
The Disaster Relief Ministry is organizing trips to help with cleanup efforts following Hurricane Ian. The first trip will be held October 23-29 with others occurring in 2023. To volunteer for the October trip or be notified of future trips, email ministry leader Brown Pearson or call him at 804-347-8895.
If you are not able to physically join the relief effort, consider supporting it financially. Make a donation to the disaster relief funds of POJ or Southminster Church (which sponsors the ministry's trips).
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Union Hosting Workshop on Teaching Texts of John | Pastors, educators, and church ministry leaders are invited to a workshop on preaching and teaching texts from John during Lent and Easter. The session will include collective reflection and consideration of new angles of vision provided by recent methodologies and interpreters who read the Bible from different social locations. Dr. Frances Taylor Gench leads the session October 25-26 at Union Seminary. | | |
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LGBTQ+ Youth Invited to Camp Hanover Retreat | Know a middle or high school youth who is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and could use a weekend of extra support? Camp Hanover is hosting a retreat for these youth October 28-30. Through keynote presentations, small group discussion, and fun camp activities, youth will feel loved as the people God created them to be. | | |
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Presbyterian Women to Hold Fall Gathering at Chester Church | Women of the presbytery, join the Fall Gathering of Presbyterian Women of the James. The session will be held November 5 at 9:30 a.m. at Chester Church. Participants may join in person or virtually. The agenda will include a review of this year's Horizon’s Bible study "Celebrating Sabbath: Accepting God’s Gift of Rest and Delight" and future local mission projects. | | |
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Find Rest For Your Soul at Ash Grove Retreat | What does it mean to set down the things we carry, make them lighter, and lift up to carry on? At the Ash Grove Women’s Retreat, November 11 at Richmond Hill, explore where to find freedom and rejuvenation in your life. Sponsored by Ashland Church, the event features speakers Sam Zeigler, Sandi Goehring, and Jennifer Smith. | |
Members of Westminster Church (Charlottesville) took part in a city-wide event to cheer for neighborhood children on the first day of school. Participants were a cloud of witnesses who encouraged and blessed the teachers, bus drivers, kids, and parents at nearby Venable Elementary School. | |
Share a photo of your congregation or ministry in action. Send it to editor Kelley Hope with a short description. | |
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October 13, 7:00 p.m.
PC(USA)
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October 21-22
Camp Hanover
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October 22
Providence Church, Gum Spring
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Saint Athanasius Reenactment | | |
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112th Meeting
Saturday, October 15
HYBRID - Westminster Church, (Richmond) and via Zoom
Overture deadline: Aug. 18, noon
Registration deadline: Oct. 14, noon
Register
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113th Meeting
Saturday, February 18
Invitation needed
Overture deadline: Dec. 22, noon
Packet online: Feb. 2
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114th Meeting
Tuesday, June 20
Invitation needed
Overture deadline: April 25, noon
Packet online: June 6
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Learn about church employment opportunities or submit an opportunity to POJ's calls and jobs board.
- Ministry relations officer, Presbyterian Foundation NEW
- Executive administrative assistant, First Church (Richmond) NEW
- Tenor/baritone section leader, Grace Covenant Church (Richmond) NEW
- Nursery staff, Tuckahoe Church (Richmond)
- Assistant preschool teacher, Sandston Church (Sandston)
- Accompanist, Ashland Church (Ashland)
- Hospice chaplain, Sentara Homecare (Newport News)
- Church administrator/keyboard player, Madison Church (Madison)
- Nursery caregiver, Southminster Church (North Chesterfield)
- Choir director, Salisbury Church (Midlothian)
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