All 2022 giving must be received in the Presbytery Office by no later than end of business day on Thursday, January 5th.
Financial Covenant Pledge forms should be returned to the Presbytery Office by January 5, 2023 or as soon as your Session takes action to approve your budget for 2023.
Mission Grants and
Matthew 25 Initiative Grants
Pray. Dream, Pray. Take Action!
The Presbytery of Northern Kansas supports the mission priorities of our congregations by partnering with Sessions through the Mission Project Grant program which can provide up to $3000 additional support for a new mission project for your congregation OR one you have been supporting but has a new initiative or needs additional support for some other reason.
PLUS,
The Presbytery of Northern Kansas is committed to the Matthew 25 initiative and would like to help your congregation get started. Therefore, we are offering $500 Matthew 25 Incentive matching grants to every interested congregation.
Matthew 25 Incentive Grant applications (along with Mission Project Grant applications) are available at www.pnks.org by clicking on Applications Forms and Event Information.
PNK Offers Safe Gatherings
The Presbytery of Northern Kansas is committed to providing safe places of worship and fellowship to everyone they serve. As part of that commitment, they are offering Safe Gatherings as a resource for you in this important area.
Safe Gatherings is an online abuse prevention program that screens and educates staff and volunteers to help prevent abuse of children, youth and vulnerable adults.
Upon successful completion of the Safe Gatherings application, background and reference checks, and online training program, each applicant will receive documentation of approval valid for three years, and will have continued access to the online training program for one year.
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Saturday, April 29, 2023 - location pending
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Saturday, November 4, 2023 - First/Ellsworth
Authorized Pulpit Supply
The Preparation 4 Ministry Committee of the Presbytery of Northern Kansas invites each congregation to recognize Ruling Elders in their congregation with the
+passion +courage +skill +commitment... to join the ranks of the APS!
Authorized Pulpit Supplies [APS] are individuals willing and able to share the Word of God on an occasional basis with members of other PNK congregations who find themselves with an empty pulpit for an upcoming worship service. APS fill pulpits on an as-needed basis at the invitation of individual Sessions, fulfilling their role as elders “to encourage the people in the worship and service of God.” THIS HAS BECOME AN URGENT NEED FOR OUR CONGREGATIONS THROUGHOUT PNK!
The 2023 Festival of Homiletics will create space for learning and conversation that honors what we have been through — and what kind of leaders we want to be as survivors of the storm.
We invite you to attend the 31st annual Festival of Homiletics in Minneapolis, May 15 – 18, 2023. You can:
Attend the festival in-person: Interact with colleagues and presenters, and receive access to all recordings afterward
Purchase digital access: Attend the livestreamed version of the Festival from the comfort of your home AND have all of the recordings to listen to later.
Watch for free: Main sessions can be livestreamed.
Registration is open now! We hope you’ll join us. Click the button below for all the details.
"As a Director of Children and Family Ministries I am constantly on the lookout for high quality faith formation resources for children and their families. In addition to the weekly curriculum, Spakhouse by Augsburg Fortress shines as a great source for Bibles for children at all stages. Oftentimes grandparents ask me for recommendations for Bibles for young grandchildren and the options Sparkhouse offers do not disappoint. For the youngest children Sparkhouse offers Frolic First Bible and Frolic Preschool Bible. For younger Elementary students you cannot go wrong with the Spark or Whirl story Bibles for engaging and inclusive illustrations to go along with common Bible stories. For students in upper elementary to High school a study Bible can be a valuable tool. Sparkhouse offers several NRSV Bibles including a gift Bible that matches the Spark curriculum line. Their study Bibles include helpful tools like maps, information about the books of the Bible, and helpful tools to support the Bible reader in understanding context and applications for their own lives. Our students and families have loved their Sparkhouse Bibles as their gifts for third grade, their tools in Sunday school and as part of what we sent home with each family during COVID."
The Resource Center Committee is excited to announce the launch of the PNKS Digital Library! Over 200 eBooks and Audiobooks have already been added to the library with more titles being added every day. The majority of our new resources will now be added to the Resource Center in digital form. All staff and church members of PNKS member churches are able to use the Digital library.
We hope that this new resource makes using the PNKS Resource Center even easier for you. If you are interested in accessing the library, please email Amanda at ALittell@pnks.org and she will get you set up as a user and instructions for how to access the library.
